Easy Classical Guitar Volume 1 (PDF)

Easy Classical Guitar – Volume 1 - 15 Authentic Pieces from the Renaissance to Romantic era. All works from guitar and lute sources. PDF Download. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The level is easy-intermediate or post-method book to Grade 3. Composers include: Ballet & Dallis Lute Books, Fuhrman, Logy, Sanz, Giuliani, Sor, Carulli, Molino, Mertz. An authentic collection from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras. Also see my Easy Classical Guitar Vol. 2.

Hardcopy Available (Vol.1-2): amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, and other local amazons.

View the 2020 Edition Print Cover & Table of Contents (PDF)

Video Lessons via YouTube 

• Renaissance Era
  • Robin Reddocke from the Ballet Lute Book
  • Greensleeves - Anonymous Lute Version (2020 Edition) 
  • Canson Englesa (Lusty Gallant) from the Dallis Lute Book
  • Robin Hoode - Anonymous Lute (2020 Edition) 
• Baroque Era
  • Gigue from Suite in C Major by Johann Anton Logy
  • Españoleta Theme by Gaspar Sanz
  • Rujero by Gaspar Sanz
• Classical Era
  • Andantino Op. 50, No. 1 by Mauro Giuliani
  • Andante Op. 35, No. 1 by Fernando Sor
  • Andante Op. 60, No. 14 by Fernando Sor
  • Moderato, Op.27 by Ferdinando Carulli 
  • Waltz, Op. 121, No. 1 by Ferdinando Carulli
• Romantic Era
  • Romance in C by Francesco Molino
  • Andante by Johann Kaspar Mertz
  • Andantino by Johann Kaspar Mertz

Cover image is just for promotion, the PDF is a text cover. Lady Playing a Lute by Bartolomeo Veneto (c.1502–31). Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.