If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Etude in E Minor (Allegro Moderato) by Fernando Sor
Exercise (Paimimim-Paim-Paim) (Paimimim-Paimimim)
Time 2:28
Grade 3- Intermediate
Etude in E Minor is a fine example of one of many Fernando Sor’s studies which focus on the right plucking hand. A study in the [...]
Dee by Randy Rhoads
Grade 3 Intermediate
Time 0:51
Randall William “Randy” Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. A teacher of classical guitar, Rhoads mixed his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. “Dee” was written for Rhoad’s mother [...]
Grand Waltz (Grand Vals) by Francisco Tarrega
Grade 4 Late Intermediate
Time 3:03
Tarrega actually wrote the Nokia ringtone jingle as heard in this song. In Grand Waltz, you will play along the entire neck. You will also play certain parts with the melody in a fixed barred position for multiple measures. Be sure to hold double notes [...]
Prelude in F by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Exercise (pimamii)
Time 0:22sec
Matteo Carcassi produced many valuable classical guitar lessons and exercises. Here’s another pattern in form of a short 8 bar prelude. You will learn how to pluck separate strings with a sweeping feel using the pattern (pimamii).
Andante (BWV1003) by JS Bach
Grade 4 Late Intermediate
Time 2:22
This serene and beautiful piece is taken from Sonata ii of Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin. It fits on the guitar fingerboard so well that it is unnecessary to alter a single note of the original for this transcription. Only the tempo and fingerings [...]
Sleep of the little doll (El Sueño De La Muñequita) by Augustin Barrios
Time 1:51
This sleep of the little doll is a waltz in triple meter with harder barred chords at the beginning and artificial harmonics at the end. The latter are octave harmonics played higher from the 12 frets onwards giving the bass notes a [...]
Etude in A Minor by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Grade 3- Intemediate
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (July 27, 1781 – May 8, 1829) was an Italian guitarist and composer, and is considered by many to be one of the leading guitar virtuosi of the early 19th century. His first instrumental training was on the cello—an instrument which [...]
E Minor at Midnight by Fernando Sor
Grade 2Early Intermediate
Time 1:10
Merry christmas, everyone! This short song by Sor, E minor at Midnight is a fine example how expressive a simple tune can be. Fernando Sor is considered to be a key composer from the 19th century. Spanish born in barcelona in 1778. Fernando’s was bought up [...]
Waltz of the Robin by Fernando Sor
Grade 3 Intermediate
Time 0:55
Fernando Sor (14 February 1778 – 10 July 1839, Paris) was a Spanish guitarist and composer. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled Cendrillon. Sor’s works for guitar range [...]
March of the wooden soldier by Fernando Sor
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 0:55
Most historians often refer to the first half of the 19th century as “the golden age of the guitar”. During this time the guitar enjoyed an unprecedented popularity. Among the most-praised musicians of the golden age of the guitar was Fernando Sor. Audience assembled [...]
Allegretto by Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 0:37
Many of Fernando sor work are easy and accessible to a beginner of classical guitar. Allegretto is a short melody that has minimal left hand movement with many repetition of chords. This song also has plenty of open strings for ease of play. Allegretto is one of [...]
Prelude in C by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Exercise (pim)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 0:23
Matteo Carcassi wrote numerous music for the guitar and plenty of exercises too. During his life, the guitar was still in development so carcassi composed numerous exercises to introduce musicians to the instrument. Prelude in c is an easy exercise dealing with chord [...]
BWV1007 Prelude in D by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Grade 4- Late Intermediate
Time 2:08
Johann Sebastian Bach will be forever revered for his intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty. In his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, you can hear some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello. The Prelude, mainly consisting of arpeggiated chords, [...]
Prelude in D by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Exercise (pimi-aimi)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 0:23
Matteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. During Carcassi’s life, the guitar was fairly new. Carcassi began to wrote many lessons and exercises to introduce the guitar to musicians. In Prelude in D, you will get to play the pimi-aimi 8 [...]
Lesson in C by Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 1:09
Fernando Sor is considered to be a key composer from the 19th century. Spanish born in barcelona in 1778. Fernando’s was bought up in a monastery. Sor wrote his first opera at 18. Some called him the beethoven for the guitar. Lesson in C is [...]
Intro in A-Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
Grade 2- Intermediate
Exercise (pimi)
Time 0:24
Matteo Carcassi (Florence, Italy, 1792 – Paris, France, January 16, 1853), was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar (melodic and progressive studies) that remains valuable, relevant and interesting. His most famous works are collected in his 25 Studies, op.60. Intro in [...]
Andantino by Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 1:09
Ferdinando Carulli was born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples on February 9, 1770. Like many of his contemporaries, he was taught musical theory by a priest, who was also an amateur musician. Carulli’s first instrument was the cello, but when he was twenty he discovered the guitar [...]
Easter Hymn by Fernando sor
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 1:05
Born in Barcelona to a fairly well-off family, Sor was descended from a long line of career soldiers, and intended to continue that legacy, but was distracted from this when his father introduced him to Italian opera. He fell in love with music and abandoned a military [...]
Arpeggio in G by Matteo Carcassi
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise (pmam-imam)
Time 0:24
Matteo Carcassi developed countless studies for the instrument still taught in school worldwide. Carcassi wrote plenty of easy to play guitar tunes such as this one. In Arpeggio in G, you will play 4 strings using this (pmam-imam) 8 note pattern. An Arpeggio the notes of [...]
Arpeggio in A by Matteo Carcassi
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise (pimi-aimi)
Time 0:35
Matteo Carcassi (Florence, Italy, 1792 – Paris, France, January 16, 1853), was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar (melodic and progressive studies) that remains valuable, relevant and interesting. Arpeggio in A is a short study for the right hand. You [...]
