Manhã de Carnaval, by Luis Bonfa is a favorite of mine. I first heard it played by the guitarist, Baden Powell:
I run a jazz band at Lake Michigan College and this past year we played a version of it for jazz band which was a lot of fun. This is not my jazz band but is a fun performance:
In this recording I am reading from a lead sheet.
-Rob
Here is the famous Bourree in E minor by J.S. Bach. You can learn this note-for-note at my website. Just check out my guitar school by clicking here.
Eyşan Unutamıyorum is the theme song found in the Turkish television show, Ezel. You can learn this guitar arrangement in my guitar school found on my website: http://robertlunn.com
This arrangement of La Campanella comes from my second volume of easy arrangements. You can find the rest of this teaching video on my website in my guitar school. This melody comes from Paganini’s second violin concerto.
Dee is a piece written by Randy Rhoads and was included on the album, Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne. Beautiful piece of music that was written for his mother.
This is one of my favorite pieces. It’s an old English folk song that was eventually turned into a Christmas carol (What Child Is This). The full video can be found at my website in my guitar school area.
Here is a teaching video I put together of the B minor etude (Segovia #5) by Fernando Sor. Sor was a wonderful composer and this piece presents certain challenges for the beginner and intermediate level guitarist. Here are the details:
B minor chord and the right hand pattern (0:00)
mm. 1-8 (0:58)
mm. 9-16 (4:01)
mm. 17-24 (6:01)
mm. 25-32 (8:03)
mm. 33-40 (11:05)
mm. 41-end (11:59)
Tips on Barre Chords (14:42)
This is a great miniature by Francisco Tarrega and is one of my favorite pieces to play. In fact, I played this, Lagrima, and Spanish Romance in my first ever student recital. The breakdown goes like this:
mm. 1-4 (0:00)
mm. 5-8 (5:43)
mm. 9-12 (6:06)
mm.13-end (10:34)
I have started a guitar school on my website (http://robertlunn.com). I am hoping to have it fully running by mid-June. Here is a little boogie for guitar I picked up from a Stevie Ray Vaughan song many moons ago. Here is the breakdown:
mm. 1-4 (0:00)
mm. 5-8 (1:36)
mm. 9-11 (2:46)
mm. 12-end (3:26)
This is a great piece by Mauro Giuliani. It’s a good exercise for the right and left hands and….it sounds cool. You can find this video broken up (with standard notation) here.
Here is the breakdown: Measures 1-8 (0:00)
Measures 9-16 (5:38)
Measures 17-End (6:56)
