Classical Guitar

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Video Pick of the Week: Andrea Gonzalez Caballero Plays Isaac Albéniz’s ‘Cataluña’

Not much explication is needed for this Pick, as the featured piece—Isaac Albéniz’s Cataluña, from his epic multi-part...

Video Lesson: Learn the Classical Standard ‘Romanza’ from Michael Chapdelaine

From the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE THE PROBLEM: You’re uncertain about how to embark on playing a somewhat...

Vivid History: A Beautiful New Book Charts the Creative Relationship of Francisco Tárrega and Dr. Walter Leckie

BOOK REVIEW BY GRAHAM WADE Dr Walter Leckie & Don Francisco Tárrega: The unlikely tale of an English...

Sheet Music Releases: Works by Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Bryan Johanson, and Fabrice Pierrat

Periodically, we write about classical guitar sheet music books. Though we can’t possibly keep up with the enormous...

Video Pick of the Week: Koen Claeys and Quatuor Hermes Play the World Premiere of Brouwer’s ‘Quintet No. 2’

Back in 2017, I reviewed an excellent album by Belgian guitarist Koen Claeys called Paint Me Blue, which...

Yamaha Introduces NX Nylon String Acoustic Guitar Series at NAMM 2020

Shannon with Yamaha showed us the new nylon string NX series at NAMM 2020. There are six guitars...

Cordoba Guitars Introduces New Esteso and Friederich Models at Winter NAMM 2020

At Winter NAMM 2020, Josh Chapman from Cordoba Guitars details a pair of new nylon-string instruments: the small-bodied...

Video Pick of the Week: Matt Withers Plays Don McLean’s ‘Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)’

Our Video Pick this week is a lovely version of American folk-pop singer-songwriter Don McLean’s early 1970s classic...

Now Accepting Registrations for Spain 2020

For the musician or music lover, the word Spain is practically synonymous with the word guitar. Travel with...

Digital Conservatories: Classical Guitarists Increasingly Go Online to Learn and Sharpen Their Skills

Fom the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Blair Jackson It almost goes without saying that when it...

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Stories

Christopher Mallett’s ‘Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements’

Album Review: ‘The Blue Album’ by Pablo Sáinz-Villegas

Profile: Classical Guitar Great Raphaella Smits

The Classics

‘Forbidden’ Fifths in Guitar Music From Sor and Before to Hendrix and Beyond