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 [...]
Study in C by Napoleon Coste
Grade 1- Beginner
Napoléon Coste was born in Amondans (Doubs), France. He was first taught the guitar by his mother, an accomplished player herself. Study in C is another beginner song to get you better acquainted with the instrument.
Las Hachas by Gaspar Sanz (1640 – 1710)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 0:31
Las Hachas is a easy piece by Gaspar Sanz, an Aragonese Spanish composer and priest born in Calanda in the area of Bajo Aragón. Sanz became the dominant figure of Spanish baroque music, and has influenced several composers well into the twentieth century. This is [...]
Waltz in D by Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 1:11
Ferdinando Carulli was an extremely prolific writer for guitar, writing over 400 works for the instrument in the space of 12 years. Carulli was born in Naples. In Waltz in D, is a great beginner song using 4 fingers on the right hand.
Study in G Major by Napoleon Coste (1806-1883)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 0:29
Study in G Major is an easy peice by the french guitar composer Napoleon Coste. This piece is a great practise for a beginner. Napoleon Coste was born in France in 1806 and was taught the guitar by his mother. As a teenager he [...]
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Grade 4 Late Intermediate
Time 2:51
Johann Pachebel is German like Bach and is a master of the organ. Pachelbel met the Bach family in Eisenach and became the teacher of Johann Christoph Bach, the older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. Canon in D is a Wedding classic alongside with Bach’s [...]
Andantino in A minor by Ferdinando Carulli
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 1:00
Andantino in A minor is an early intermediate song ideal for beginners. This song is easy because the rhythm is constant, there are no barre Chords, and only a few chord shapes to remember. For the right hand, all pima will be used so you [...]
Minuet in A minor by Dionisio Aguado
Level 2 – Early intermediate
Time 0:45
Aguado studied music at a college in Madrid where a monk named Basilio taught him how to play the guitar. Dionisio Aguado’s Minuet is a good introductory song for the classical guitar. A minuet is a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in [...]
Estudio by Napoleon Coste (1805 – 1883)
Time 0:24
Napoleon was taught by his mother at a very early age. By age 18, Coste was performing in public. Napoleon later became Fernando sor’s student and quickly established himself as the leading French virtuoso guitarist.
Napoleon is french and is a major figure in guitar composition of the mid-nineteenth [...]
Marche in D (Anh122) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Grade 4-Late Intermediate
Time 1:32
Marche in D is originally written for the harpsichord. This piece is taken from Anna Magdalena’s Notebook, Bach’s gift to his second wife. and a prized possession of the Bach household. Marche in D possess the characteristic earmarks of Bach’s music in both the [...]
Study by Napoleon Coste (1805 – 1883)
Time 0:25
Napoleon is a french guitarist and is a major figure in guitar composition of the mid-nineteenth century. Napoleon was taught by his mother at a very early age. By age 18, Coste was performing in public. Napoleon later became Fernando sor’s student and quickly established himself as the [...]
Grade 1-Beginner
Time 0:41
Ecossaise by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Grade 1- Beginner
Mauro giuliani was born in Italy 1781. Giuliani’s early life is relatively unknown as he was a seasoned traveller. He finally settled down in Vienna in 1806 at the age of 27. Soon he led the classical guitar movement there and became the greatest living guitar and [...]
Grade 2-Early Intermediate
German Dance (WoO42) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Time 0:43
German Ludwig van beethoven was a crucial figure during the period of the Classical and Romantic eras. Ludwig van Beethoven is a key person in the western classical music. His works are timeless and emotionally charged. It is no surprise, Ludwig is one of [...]
Etude in E minor (Opus60 No19) by Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
Grade 3- Intermediate
Time 1:13
Caracssi has written 25 melodic studies for the guitar and this is lesson number 19. During Carcassi’s time, the guitar was fairly new. Carcassi began to wrote many lessons and exercises to introduce the guitar to musicians. He also invented a tripod to [...]
Adelita- Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
Grade 4- Late intermediate
Time 1:22
The girl’s name Adelita is a variant of Adela (Old German) and Alida (Latin), and the meaning of Adelita is “noble; small winged one”. This song is colorful in tone and fun to play. If you are confident in your barre chord technique, this is the song for [...]
Sarabande (BWV995) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Time 1:51
Sarabande (BWV995) is rather dark and mysterious and unlike bach’s signature sound. BWV 995 is accepted as his arrangement and not the work of a copyist. A few of Bach songs like the ones in the notebook of anna magdalena are attributed to other composers.
Grade 1- Beginner
Andantino by Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849)
Time 0:30
Dionisio Aguado was a spanish guitarist and good friend of Fernando Sor. Aguado studied music at a college in Madrid where a monk named Basilio taught him how to play the guitar. In 1824, Aguado wrote a system of fingering and harmonic effect called “the method” which [...]
Minuet in D Minor (Anh132) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Grade 3 Intermediate
Time 1:00
This minuet is meant for the harpsichord and contains both the charm and the emotional depth characteristic of J.S.Bach. The Notebook for Anna Magdalena is a collection of work Johann Sebastian Bach given to his second wife Anna Magdalena. This notebook is a [...]
Gavottes II (BWV 1012) by JS Bach (1685-1750)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 1:10
Gavotte 2 can be played either on it’s own or together with Gavotte 1 in this order: (Gavotte 1 – Gavotte 2 – Gavotte 1). Gavotte 2 is the middle interlude of this dance song. To me this section is easier than previous (2 [...]
Grade 4 Late Intermediate
Gavotte I (BWV1012) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Time 1:42
Gavotte is a French dance during the 17th and 18th centuries. It is part of the optional dances of the Baroque Suite. Gavotte 1 can be played either on it’s own or together with Gavotte 2 in this order: (Gavotte 1 – Gavotte 2 [...]
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