Classical Guitar Courses
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Level: Beginner | Early Intermediate | Intermediate & Advanced
Featured Courses
Supercharge Your Sight-Reading
Drastically improve how well you play from musical notation.
Play and Read Music in the Higher Positions
Learn to read music and identify notes on the entire neck.
Better Technique, with “Segovia’s Favorite Scales”
Detailed explorations of this popular technical tool.
Lecuona, Ernesto – Malagueña
One of the most fun and recognizable guitar songs in the world!
Yradier, Sebastián – La Paloma
Step-by-step through one of the most famous and recognizable habaneras of all time.
Skill-Development Courses
Play and Read Music in the Higher Positions
$39
Learn to read music and identify notes on the entire neck.
Better Technique, with “Segovia’s Favorite Scales”
$39
Detailed explorations of this popular technical tool.
Complete Bar Chords Course
$39
Discover how to most easily play bar chords on guitar, as well as how to identify and memorize bar chords.
Beginner Level Pieces
Carulli, Ferdinando – Valse (50-7)
$39
An arpeggio piece with singing melody and steady accompaniment.
Carulli, Ferdinando – Waltz 241-4
$29 (ON SALE!)
A classic tune, perfect for the upper-beginning level.
Kuffner, Joseph – Andantino
$19
A wonderful introduction into the art of playing beautifully, using a fairly simple piece.
Machaut, Guillaume (14th cen.) – Virelai: Quant Je Suis Mis
$29
An antique song suitable for beginners.
Early-Intermediate Level Pieces
Bach, J.S./Petzold – Minuet in G
$39
Originally for piano, this well-known classic is great on guitar.
Carcassi, Matteo – Etude #1 (opus 60)
$39
Make your scales beautiful with this roller coaster study piece.
Carulli, Ferdinando – Valse (50-7)
$39
An arpeggio piece with singing melody and steady accompaniment.
Carulli, Ferdinando – Waltz 241-4
$29 (ON SALE!)
A classic tune, perfect for the upper-beginning level.
Machaut, Guillaume (14th cen.) – Virelai: Quant Je Suis Mis
$29
An antique song suitable for beginners.
Sor, Fernando – Opus 60 Number 16
$39
A beautiful classical ballad by one of guitar's greatest composers.
Intermediate Level Pieces
Carcassi, Matteo – Etude #1 (opus 60)
$39
Make your scales beautiful with this roller coaster study piece.
Yradier, Sebastián – La Paloma
39
Step-by-step through one of the most famous and recognizable habaneras of all time.
Advanced Level Pieces
Study Guides
Study Guides are not full courses, but they are detailed suggestions for self-study. These courses do not go note-by-note like the other premium courses. They assume you can learn the notes and fingerings. And the Study Guide will help you to practice effectively, and breathe musical life into the pieces.
All Courses
- 3 Favorite American Classics
- 3 Medieval Guitar Songs (12th-16th centuries)
- Adriaenssen, Emmanuel – Branle Englese
- Albéniz, Isaac – Asturias (Leyenda)
- Amazing Grace – Traditional Hymn
- American Traditional – Chester
- Anonymous – Greensleeves
- Anonymous – Scarborough Fair
- Anonymous – Spanish Romance/Romanza
- Bach, J.S. – Air on a G String
- Bach, J.S. – Bourree in E minor
- Bach, J.S. – Cello Prelude
- Bach, J.S. – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Bach, J.S./Petzold – Minuet in G
- Beethoven, Ludwig van – Für Elise
- Better Technique, with “Segovia’s Favorite Scales”
- Bouchard/Gagnon – Les Marionnettes
- Brouwer, Leo – A Day in November
- Calatayud, Bartolomé – Waltz
- Carcassi, Matteo – Etude #1 (opus 60)
- Carcassi, Matteo – Etude #6 (opus 60)
- Carcassi, Matteo – Etude #7 (opus 60)
- Carulli, Ferdinando – Valse (50-7)
- Carulli, Ferdinando – Waltz 241-4
- Complete Bar Chords Course
- Create Your Ultimate Guitar Practice
- Duet! Lesson for Two Lutes
- Ferrer, José – Ejercicio
- Ferrer, José – Tango #3
- Giuliani, Mauro – Allegretto
- Giuliani, Mauro – Allegretto Grazioso
- Giuliani, Mauro – Ecossaise (op.33, no.4)
- Home on the Range
- How to Read Music for Guitar
- Kuffner, Joseph – Andantino
- Learn Any Music, In 7 Easy Steps
- Lecuona, Ernesto – Malagueña
- Machaut, Guillaume (14th cen.) – Virelai: Quant Je Suis Mis
- Master the Art of Reading Rhythms
- Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Myers, Stanley – Cavatina
- Pachelbel, Johann – Canon in D
- Paddy Whack, A Traditional Irish Jig
- Play and Read Music in the Higher Positions
- Red is the Rose, an Irish Ballad
- Richard the Lionhearted (1194) – Ja Nuns Hons Pris
- Sanz, Gaspar – Españoleta
- Sávio, Isaías – Lullaby – Study Guide
- Schubert, Franz – Ave Maria
- Schubert, Franz – Lullaby with Tremolo Variation
- Sor, Fernando – B Minor Etude (35-22)
- Sor, Fernando – Etude 1, opus 44
- Sor, Fernando – Opus 60 Number 16
- Supercharge Your Sight-Reading
- Tárrega, Francisco – Adelita
- Tárrega, Francisco – Capricho Arabe
- Tárrega, Francisco – Lagrima
- Tárrega, Francisco – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
- Tárrega, Francisco – Study in C
- The Water is Wide (Folk Song)
- This Land is Your Land
- Troubleshoot Your Classical Guitar Technique
- Two Contrasting Traditional Celtic Tunes
- Villa-Lobos, Heitor – Etude no.1
- Voit, Hans (1545) – Für All Ich Krön
- Yradier, Sebastián – La Paloma
Charles Poliquin
- Move your hands safely and fluidly
- Enjoy fulfilling practices and meaningful work
- Play beautifully with expression and flow
Hi, I’m Allen Mathews.
I started as a folk guitarist, then fell in love with classical guitar in my 20’s. Despite a lot of practice and schooling, I still couldn’t get my music to flow well. I struggled with excess tension. My music sounded forced. And my hands and body were often sore. I got frustrated, and couldn’t see the way forward. Then, over the next decade, I studied with two other stellar teachers – one focused on the technical movements, and one on the musical (he was a concert pianist). In time, I came to discover a new set of formulas and movements. These brought new life and vitality to my practice. Now I help guitarists find more comfort and flow in their music, so they play more beautifully.
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