Classical Guitar Music

Choros by Villa-Lobos was the first in a series of “Choruses” written for a wide variety of instruments. Choros was origianlly written for solo classical guitar, the violin and cello parts were additions by Darren Curtis Skanson, his producer Tom Capek, and cellist Wayne Templeman. Villa-Lobos was the most famous and most prolific of all Brazillian [...]

Brazilian Samba Caliente - “Lively, fun and passionate, this Brazilian Samba guitar composition will make you get up and dance. Brazilian Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely viewed as Brazil’s national musical style. Brazilian Samba developed as a distinctive kind of music at the beginning of the 20th [...]

Malagueña has been performed by everyone from Roy Clark to flamenco master Carlos Montoya and is a classic guitar selection. A folkoric type of song in its origins, the Malagueñas became one of the traditional styles of the flamenco style in the 19th century. In true translation, A Malagueña is actually a woman living in the Spanish [...]

Ave Maria sheet music with guitar tablature (TAB) for classical guitar solo, classical guitar with violin, classical guitar with cello, and classical guitar trio. The sheet musics that are featured here are arrangements of both the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria and the Shubert Ave Maria. You may be familiar with Ave Maria because it is a wedding music [...]

Fur Elise by Beethoven for Classical Guitar - “Beethoven is the greatest of all Classical composers. Surprisingly, Fur Elise lies pretty well on the classical guitar. Some of the faster passages in Fur Elise had to be altered because of range considerations, but all in all, I think maestro Beethoven would approve! The classical guitar [...]

About this arrangement of Angels We Have Heard On High - For the recorded version by Darren Curtis Skanson, string orchestra with classical guitar makes this arrangemant of Angels We Have Heard On High truly unique. However, the guitar arrangement was designed to stand by itself. Darren always has a knack for maintaining motion and [...]

This arrangement of Away In A Manger is for classical or fingerstyle guitar. The download has regular guitar sheet music in standard notation as well as guitar tablature (tab).
“One of the sweetest of the traditional carols, away in a manger is actually sung to 2 different melodies. This classical guitar version of Away In A Manger [...]

“This arrangement of We Three Kings is for classical guitar and starts with the guitar outlining a beatiful minor nine chord. The effect is returned for the cool and mysterious ending. This soft triplet feel creates images of We Three Kings and their journey.
If you are in a quiet place when you listen to the [...]

 Darren Curtis Skanson’s arrangement of O Holy Night. Sheet music in standard notation with guitar tablature (TAB) for classical guitar.
Song History - “O Holy Night” (”Cantique de Noël“) is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877). Cappeau was a resident of Roquemaure, located [...]

Mary’s Lullaby with classical guitar and cellos is a slow contemplative work that is very peaceful and reverent. It is also my only original composition on the CD “A Light Classical Christmas”. Mary’s Lullaby has 2 distinct sections. The first section I imagine Mary singing softly to the Child about now much she loves him as she [...]