Category Archives: Rob’s Guitar School

LAGRIMA – Francisco Tarrega – Full Tutorial with TAB – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Lagrima performed by Robert Lunn

Lagrima by Tarrega is one of my favorite pieces and it is one of the first pieces I performed in public for the first time. I started playing electric guitar in high school. My guitar heroes were Eddie Van Halen and Slash (they still are). I went to Hope College and took a classical guitar class with Larry Malfroid and loved it. I loved it so much that I decided to become a music major. The first student recital I played in I played Lagrima, Adelita (also by Tarrega) and Spanish Romance. It’s a piece I have played regularly since then. I have never grown tired of it.

Francisco Tarrega is one of my favorite guitar composers (the other being Villa-Lobos). His pieces work well on the guitar and sound so beautiful.

I hope you enjoy this guitar lesson. You can find more lessons like this at my guitar school found on my website.

HALLELUJAH – Leonard Cohen – Full Tutorial with TAB – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Hallelujah performed by Robert Lunn

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen is a beautiful song. It’s a song I’ve always wanted to arrange for guitar and finally did that a couple of years ago. The song was originally released in 1984 but became more popular through recordings by John Cale and Jeff Buckley. It became even more popular from the movie Shrek.

In this guitar lesson I teach you my arrangement of the piece. I tried to make this arrangement as easy as possible. You can find more teaching videos like this at my guitar school found at my website.

ESTUDIO IN E MINOR – With Tremolo – Tutorial with TAB – Francisco Tarrega – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Estudio in E Minor performed by Robert Lunn

Estudio in e minor is a great little study composed by the Spanish composer, Francisco Tárrega. For the first half of the piece, the right hand pattern is the same as the pattern found in Spanish Romance. For the second half of the piece it is played with tremolo. Tremolo can be a tough technique to learn. The nice thing about this piece is that the tremolo is all on the first string. I find that a lot of people have difficulty with the tremolo when it is on the second string.

Francisco Tarrega is my favorite guitar composer. What I mean by that is he is my favorite composer who composed for the guitar. Well…one of them. It’s a tie for me between Tarrega and Villa-Lobos.

I hope you enjoy this teaching video. You can find more videos like this at my guitar school found at my website.

YESTERDAY – The Beatles – Full Tutorial with TAB – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Yesterday performed by Robert Lunn

Yesterday by the Beatles is a classic song originally recorded by Paul McCartney on vocals with acoustic guitar/strings in the background. The Beatles are one of my favorite bands and I plan on making more arrangements of their music.

Yesterday

All my troubles seemed so far away.

Now it looks as though they’re here to stay

Oh, I believe in Yesterday.

Please visit my guitar school found on my website for more teaching videos.

ESTUDIO IN A MINOR – Dionisio Aguado – Full Tutorial with TAB – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Estudio in A Minor performed by Robert Lunn

Estudio (study) in A minor by Dionisio Aguado is a great little study perfect for the guitarist who has played for a while but is new to fingerstyle guitar. The left hand isn’t too difficult and the right hand repeats a lot.

Aguado was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer who lived from 1784-1849. He was friends with, and even lived with for a short time, the great Spanish guitarist, Fernando Sor. I heard once (I don’t know if it is true) that many of Aguado’s concert works were destroyed and all that we have left are a few concert works and a bunch of studies.

I hope you enjoy this video. If you would like to see more videos like this please visit my guitar school found at my website.

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW – Wizard of Oz – Full Tutorial with TABS – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow performed by Robert Lunn

In this guitar lesson I teach you the classic song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, from the movie, Wizard of Oz. Not gonna lie, when I was a child, I was in love with Judy Garland.

This song, composed by Harold Arlen, contains a beautiful melody and is a good example of the AABA song form. Overall, I tried to make this arrangement as easy as possible so that the performer can really focus on making the melody sing.

I hope you enjoy this video. You can find more teaching videos like this at my guitar school found at my website.

Moonlight Sonata – First Movement – Ludwig van Beethoven – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Moonlight Sonata performed by Robert Lunn

This is my arrangement for guitar of the first movement from Beethoven’s sonata, Moonlight Sonata. This sonata is Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor. For this arrangement I transposed it to the key of A minor to make it a little easier to play. The name, Moonlight, was coined by a critic after Beethoven’s death.

I hope you enjoy this arrangement. Score/tab is available at my website.

Here is the teaching video:

EL TESTAMENT D’ AMELIA – Full Teaching Video with TAB – Fingerstyle Guitar

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El testament d’Amelia performed by Robert Lunn

El testament d’Amèlia is a beautiful catalan folk song. This particular arrangement was made by Miguel Llobet and was part of his Canciones Populares Cantalanas.

I’ve loved this song since the first time I heard it. It has a beautiful and haunting melody and I love that he uses artificial harmonics in the arrangement as well. Many of the most popular classical guitarists have recorded this arrangement including Andres Segovia, John Williams, and Julian Bream.

I hope you enjoy this teaching video. You can see more videos like this at my guitar school found at my website.

THE GODFATHER (LOVE THEME) – Nino Rota – Full Tutorial with TAB – Fingerstyle Guitar

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The Godfather performed by Robert Lunn

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I have always loved this theme. Such a beautiful piece of music composed by Nino Rota. It originally was a song called, “Speak Softly, Love.” It was a theme that was used in the movie, The Godfather. 

I remember seeing Guns n’ Roses in concert many years ago and seeing (and hearing) Slash (one of my favorite guitar players) play this. Since seeing that concert I have played this on my electric guitar. A few years ago I decided to make this arrangement for classical guitar.

In this guitar lesson I teach you the arrangement that I made. The arrangement isn’t too hard and can be played by an intermediate level guitarist. I hope you enjoy this lesson. You can see more video lessons like this at my guitar school found at my website.

ALLEGRO in A Minor – Mauro Giuliani – Full Tutorial with TABS – Fingerstyle Guitar

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Allegro Performed by Robert Lunn

In this guitar lesson I teach you this Allegro in A minor by Mauro Giuliani. This is a great right hand study for the right hand is perfect for the guitarist who has been playing for a while but is new to fingerstyle/ classical guitar.

Mauro Giuliani was an Italian virtuoso guitarist/composer who lived from 1781 to 1829. He composed a bunch of works for the guitar, everything from simple etudes all the way up to complex works for the professional guitarist.

I hope you enjoy this guitar lesson. You can see more videos like this by visiting my guitar school found at my website.