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16/03/2025

Brand-new video out on the Rodrigo Fantasia Concerto - Danza de las Hachas. Dive into the full movement, where I help with fingers & chord shapes. This is the easiest movement of this concerto, so why not get a little dance in your practice session with this new lesson from Classical Guitar Rocks

Welcome to this 15th guitar lesson on Rodrigo Guitar Concerto: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre. In it, you will dive into the chords & score fixes of the 3rd m...

06/10/2024

Ready for a deep dive into the mind of a luthier?

We sat down with the fantastic, Alex Bishop Guitars for a chat. We cover a wide range of topics, from double walled guitars to Art vs Engineering. Grab a cuppa and sit and enjoy a gentle stroll through the mind of a master craftsman. There are tips for finding a luthier, building your own guitar, and polishing as well.

https://youtu.be/Uxyerm7-dAo

In this conversation with renowned guitar maker Alex Bishop ( ) we dive in to what making guitars means to him: the artist vs the engine...

10/09/2024

Getting to the end of this concerto now. Loads in this, almost final, lesson for nailing the final movement. Along with some handy hacks *cough * - fixes - *cough* to the score. Which will help you play those chord shapes 😉

Welcome to this 14th guitar lesson on Rodrigo Guitar Concerto: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre. In it, you will dive into ending chords & score fixes of the 4t...

10/05/2024

RWCMD Junior Department is being shut!!

This is bad for Wales!! How & why has this been allowed to happen. The students that use the Welsh college to gain vital instrumental lessons, theory and training are now going to have to travel further. This will impact quite a few who can not afford to do so. It will leave a fallow field in the next generation of young Welsh musicians.

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama...

07/08/2023

Something new. Learn the chaconne as Bach constructed it, 4 bars at a time. This method is guaranteed to help you nail this challenging Baroque masterpiece.

Welcome to this series of classical guitar lessons on the Chaconne BY J.S. Bach (BWV 1004). We are going to learn it as Bach wrote it, 4 bars at a time. Each...

12/07/2023

New lesson on an old piece. Grab some 19th century orchestral texture with this lesson on Op. 61.

Learn the opening introduction to Mauro Giuliani Op. 61 in this new classical guitar lesson from . In it, we will dive into the fingeri...

26/06/2023

This ending has it all sextuplets, slurs and staccato chords. Brand new lesson on Rodrigo's Fantasia Concerto

Welcome to this 9th guitar lesson on Rodrigo Guitar Concerto: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre. In it, you will dive into the chords, sextuplets & ending solo o...

04/06/2023

G major variation here to Dowland's awesome Tears Pavan. Quick dirty 16th century lesson here.

Learn how to play the beautiful and iconic Lachrimae Pavan by John Dowland on the classical guitar. Explore the 2nd variation (bar 33 - 49), in G major, and ...

10/05/2023

Want some help diving into this awesome Rodrigo Concerto? We are moving into the beautiful Knight of Naples section now.

Welcome to this 6th guitar lesson on Rodrigo Guitar Concerto: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre. In it, you will begin the beautiful melody of the 2nd movement (...

12/04/2023

Final video is out, if you have ever wanted to learn this 'battleship' piece (one of my former teachers words); here is the ending. It is just pure, unadulterated fun!

Learn variation 6 & the ending to the Mozart Variations op. 9 by Fernando Sor with this bar-by-bar breakdown guitar lesson from In t...

06/04/2023

I sat down with the amazing Canadian guitarist Tariq Harb for a chat about the nuances, phrasing and complexities of playing the Aranjuez adagio on stage. Use the chapters, it is a long conversation, but worth your time if you want to find out what a professional thinks about when getting ready to perform a big piece.

https://youtu.be/4NjSEuID8qM

27/03/2023

Here to help pull this masterpiece off the page and onto your fretboard. More Leo Brouwer goodness in this new video

Dive into Leo Brouwer's Black Decameron in this first lesson on the Harp of the Warrior. In this lesson we will dive into the fi*****ng, tips, and music of t...