Classical Guitar Music

Tommy Tedesco was an American master session musician and renowned jazz fusion and bebop guitarist. "The Most Recorded Guitarist in History" was a title conferred upon Tommy Tedesco, and it’s doubtful anyone else could lay claim to it. Tedesco’s astonishing portfolio and reputation were a result of his versatile sight-reading abilities and talent for interpreting [...]

Acoustic jazz. Acoustic nylon classical guitar with violin lead, cello, and cello pizzicato solo highlights this acoustic jazz composition by Darren Curtis Skanson. Darren has delved into acoustic jazz on several of his recordings. His acoustic jazz always features his acoustic guitar work whether it be classical or steel string guitar with strings like violin [...]

Right hand guitar tapping technique was popularized in the late 70's by Edward Van Halen when he literally turned the guitar playing world upside down with his miraculous fretwork. It may be considered an extended technique, in that guitar tapping technique  is executed by using the fingers of one hand to 'tap' the strings against [...]

Ave Maria History - Ave Maria is a Hail Mary from the Latin Ave Maria (Salutatio Angelica), a traditional Catholic and Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This setting was Written by Franz Shubert in 1825 for his “Songs from Sir Walter Scott”. Contained in this cycle is the [...]

Schubert’s Ave Maria Cello and Guitar Duet - If there is any song that exemplifies what is “Light Classical” it might be Schubert’s Ave Maria. Franz Schubert wrote this Ave Maria setting of the Catholic Mass component. Because the melody of Ave Maria is so long and flowing, I decided to make this arrangement for cello and [...]

Jesu, Joy Sheet Music, TAB, and MP3 for Guitar. 

Believe it or not, the great classical composers did a fair amount of stealing of melodies from other composers. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach is an example of that very phenomenon. Bach wrote the very familiar triplet figure melody we know as Jesu, Joy of Man’s [...]

Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod - This lush instrumental arrangement of Ave Maria for classical guitar with classical guitar, violin, and cello captures the reverence and beauty of this timeless piece. Written in 1852, Ave Maria by Gounod and Bach is a wedding music favorite right along side

Gesu (Jesu) Bambino is a beautiful setting of a traditional Italian carol. The tranquil strains of the gentle lullaby Gesu (Jesu) Bambino feature Classical Guitar with drop “D” tuning, strings, and bells. Even though not as well known here in America, Gesu (Jesu) Bambino is one of the most beautiful carols ever written.
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“The Menuet In G is from The Notebook for Anna Magdalena. This sweet little classical guitar arrangement of the menuet displays Bach’s gentle side. The Menuet In G has always had questions about its actual author. Even though Johann Sebastian Bach is credited with the composition, many think his wife Anna Magdalena was the actual [...]

“This  Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy classical guitar with strings arrangement is from the Nutcracker Ballet. Of all the selections I have recorded, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy was one of the most technically challenging to bring to the guitar. It was originally written for glockenspiel. The glockenspiel is an instrument similar to a xylophone but [...]