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Amplification and Classical Guitar: The Search for Natural Colors

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Fretwork: A Look at Vintage Japanese Classical Guitars

Concierto de Aranjuez Composer Rodrigo with article author Graham Wade

The Truth About Rodrigo’s ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’

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It’s Never Too Late to Start: Starting to Play Guitar as an Adult has Unique Challenges—and Opportunities

To those of you either struggling to learn guitar as an adult or returning to it later in life—no, it isn't too late to achieve something remarkable. Read More

The History of the Modern Classical Guitar and its Deep Iberian Roots

Significant developments in classical guitar design and technique flourished in Spain during the past few centuries, but the story began many years—perhaps millennia—earlier. Read More

Video Pick of the Week

Classical Guitar Video Pick: William Kanengiser Plays Fernando Sor’s ‘Grand Solo’

Watch a marvelous 2009 performance by LAGQ co-founder William Kanengiser of one of the most famous pieces in the instrument's repertoire: Grand Solo by Fernando Sor. Read More

Classical Guitar Video Pick: Changsha Winner Huaicong Mu Plays Regondi’s Bellini Variations

Watch the great young Chinese guitarist Haicuong Mu play Giulio Regondi's variations on themes from Bellini's opera "I Montecchi e Capuletti" Read More

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Music to Play

Music to Play: Chris Dumigan’s Arrangement of ‘Londonderry Air’

FROM THE SPRING 2018 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Whether you’ve been reading Classical Guitar for one issue or... Read More

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Classical Guitar Music to Play: Allegretto K.581 by Mozart (Arr. Martin Grayson)

Edited by Neil Smith This innocuous looking transcription holds several technical points. A light staccato, created by either... Read More

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Classical Guitar Music to Play: Moment Musical by Schubert (Tr. Tárrega)

From the Classical Guitar archives, this is a 1922 setting of a most famous piece by Franz Schubert, "Moment Musical," transcribed by Francisco Tárrega. Read More

Composer Debussy alongside sheet music for Clair de Lune on classical guitar

Play ‘Clair de Lune’ by Debussy on Classical Guitar

This arrangement attempts to mimic the effect of the depressed sustain pedal on the piano by allowing adjacent notes, played on separate strings, to sound on together. Read More

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