6 INTERMEDIATE Classical Guitar Pieces You Should Learn (...and why)

[@beatrixguitar]

Now it's your turn to recommend one song! Give us: - a title - the composer - a brief reason to learn If you like what I'm doing, consider supporting me on Patreon! 🎉😊 www.patreon.com/beatrixguitar

[@davidha7096]

-Vieni Sul Mar -Lawrence Ferrara -a beautiful little piece where the 1st string carries the melody. It is still a very challenging piece for me because of the hand positions/barre/transitions. Nevertheless a romantic melody indeed.

[@drewpiacine9612]

Can do one better. I'm going to record a few of my accoustic pieces 'as classically played as possible' & share. I'm in usa. Fun idea? -Andrew

[@franksabatino7576]

Recommendation: King Lotvin, Andrew York Thanks for all the beautiful work Beatrix.🌞😎👍

[@rbenaque]

@beatrixguitar Thanks for the great work! Here's a recommendation from Brazil: Sons de carrilhões João Pernambuco It's not super hard, has a lot of dynamics and interpretation possibilities, and it's in drop D, so it's another chance to train in different tunnings. Cheers!

[@guilhermelopes1040]

My suggestion for a piece is "Se ela Perguntar" by Dilermando Reis. It’s a very melodic and engaging piece. Dilermando was one of the great names in Brazilian popular guitar and influenced many composers and performers here. Thank you for the opportunity. Best regards.

[@rotaryrotary4227]

I’ve played guitar on and off for about 20 years. I always played finger style songs even on my electrics and would end up getting bored quickly when learning the rock and roll songs. A few months ago it finally clicked that I gravitate towards learning and playing classical songs so I picked up a classical guitar. Thank you for your channel, it’s a invaluable resource for someone diving into this.

[@KBANFU]

@@rotaryrotary4227 if u bored try cafe 1930 ✌🏽

[@ricos1497]

I'm finding the same thing, hence why I'm here! I only have a (beautiful) acoustic these days, but I think I might pick up a second hand classical guitar to try some pieces like these as I love the sound. I had always assumed, as an untrained guitarist, that you needed to be able to read sheet music (as opposed to tab) to get anywhere with classical music, and that was what put me off.

[@robdonell9915]

@@ricos1497Hi, have you made progress ?

[@ricos1497]

@@robdonell9915 don't be ridiculous, I need time to procrastinate. Ask me again in six months.

[@drewpiacine9612]

Timeless arrangements so well-played. 'Beware the soul not moved by music'

[@wimdebaerdemaeker]

As a fellow Guitar teacher I am grateful you posted this, you gave me some inspiration, thank you very much!

[@Abeynmrl]

I love your channel Beatrix. I haven’t picked up a guitar since I was in high school and listening to your playing of these beautiful pieces has inspired me to buy a guitar and re-learn this beautiful art form. Thank you! You have a new subscriber.

[@donaldanderson6604]

The most beautiful guitar playing I ever heard was Julian Bream playing a simple Bach sarabande with no ornaments as an encore. It was perfection and a useful reminder that it is always best to play a supposedly simple piece as musically as possible. These are great choices.

[@valsopuseight]

Balletto by Manuel Ponce. Iconic piece that Ponce wrote for Segovia. One of my favorites.

[@shanereilly4896]

Heard you play "The Sheep on the Mountain" on Reddit years ago. I immediately ordered the sheet music. You play it so beautifully and your album version is incredible.

[@beatrixguitar]

Every time someone says they heard me on Reddit first melts my heart, it was where I started out 🥲❤️

[@blahdiblah2169]

You play so nicely Beatrix and you're such a calm person. Super nice to see this kind of content. Thank you.

[@WEdHarris]

I'm so happy to have come across your channel! Subbed! I'll definitely be back for more! These are wonderful suggestions! Thank You!

[@MisterJonty]

So nice to come across your channel, straight talking, no nonsense. Thank you, 6 beautiful pieces for me to learn ❤️

[@DataPastor]

It is high time to re-start practicing. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@4acesjackdaniels775]

Beatrix, thank you so much for listening to my request for pieces with tabs!!! I really appreciate your help !!! 👍👍

[@caue1472]

My personal recommendation is the song "Gavota Choro" by Heitor Villa Lobos. I recommend this song because, besides being beautiful, I find it addictive and very comfortable to play.

[@Greenfromeso]

I've just now at age 35 started learning guitar.. I'm brand new but classical is what I started with lol.. it's intimidating but you make it seem attainable.. I enjoy your playing.. thanks for the videos

[@davidha7096]

I watched your other video on 6 must-know classical pieces. I picked Chanson D'amour by Maria Linnemann and learned it! Thank you so much for that. On this video, I really liked Hoy y Siempre by Eduardo Díaz. I think that will be my next project. As always you post really excellent content. Keep it up. I really believe in your work!

[@JoseOchoa-dw9vk]

In the early steps of our Classical Guitar journey, the repertoire are primarily single pieces. I aspire to play suites by Bach, Ponce… the advanced stuff I came across a suite by Alfred Feenstra “Suite de Santa Maria”. It is made up of 7 pieces that are an accessible to my intermediate level and since it is a suite I ‘m motivated to learn a complete suite.

[@notsch359]

- The Ballads 1. Allegretto - Nikita Koshkin - it has some technical challenges, but well played it simply sounds beautiful

[@duanefalk219]

These are beautiful! Thank you for sharing them

[@alanguitars]

My favorites were 1. Nowhere and 3. Hoy y Siempre

[@ChrisWoodGuitarist]

Thank you B. A very useful list of tunes. i haven't heard of any of them before.

[@beatrixguitar]

Glad you like them!

[@LindaSeligman-tm3db]

Thanks for the intro to these pieces-I’m always looking for appealing material at this level and want to learn a couple of the ones you present. Wonderful video,

[@philipcooper8297]

- La Paloma - Sebastián Iradier - Why? It's a slow, mellow piece that requires no advanced techniques, in other words easy to learn, yet it will still teach you the right hand control (high tone dynamic) AND it's in standard tuning unlike the Tarrega version. La Paloma is also not overplayed like other pieces (*looking at you, Lágrima), so it will feel fresh.

[@PluckingAmateur]

I don't know any of these pieces but none of them seem scary to learn, so I think I must be approaching intermediates' level. Progress feels good.

[@beatrixguitar]

That’s great, happy for you! Also nice guitar on your profile picture

[@beatrixguitar]

@@PluckingAmateur I highly recommend guitarcollection.com , it is a small company owned by a friend of mine who is really passionate about classical guitars. He's great!

[@StallionStudios1234]

Thanks for the video. I really like those 4th and 5th pieces. Very very cool. I have been playing guitar for +25 years playing mainly Blues, Metal, Jazz and Rock (I am mainly an electric player). Looking at getting better at my classical guitar playing so this video was helpful with some ideas on pieces to learn. Also subscribed! You are an awesome player.

[@TheNightAngel112]

Great video! I've been playing for 10+ years and all of this was new to me. I'll definitely give almost all of them a go!

[@Zazulastudios]

Tarrega's Pavana is an excellent piece - the phrasing repeats a lot making it easier to memorize and learn.

[@Linhjoe]

Hello! This video was exciting and interesting. I know 4 of these songs. so 2 was new to me. I like the sound of your guitar so beautiful, you play so well. 😊 Linda

[@redamg2789]

Thank you pls make more videos like this one

[@edwintapia4076]

Dreams by Sergio Assad. It is not too quick, not too difficult in terms of speed technique, but it has very delicate air and requires careful phrasing treatment.

[@JoseOchoa-dw9vk]

Thank you so much for sharing your video. I appreciate your generosity. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@siriusp6023]

If you are an intermediate player, I recommend to study fantasia de la traviata. It is helping me a lot because of the different lines at the same time. Good luck

[@Earthstein]

Beautiful. Thank you, Beatrix.

[@BobFergusonWellness]

Thank you Beatrix. I will work on these. Lovely!

[@clementovieiradasilava2368]

You are so excelent musician.

[@santiagobluerain9370]

Bravo much gracias miss. 🎸

[@andrewpurkis1049]

I cant wait to have a go wt these pieces. Thankyou for sharing

[@charliegordan6354]

I had no idea you got your masters in music ed! Thats so cool, im about to start student teaching. I just got my BA in MusEd

[@watchful1168]

I think you are wonderful Miss Beatrix!

[@willt9331]

Love these! A little more advanced intermediate piece but julia florida by barrios is really beautiful. Also highly recommend suite del recuerdo by merlin

[@philcottone2247]

Love your channel.

[@omg-vert]

More content like this, please. =) For my recommendation I would suggest the same one i suggested last time. 'El Vito by José de Azpiazu'. I first heard this piece played by Ana Vidovic and I thought I would never be able to play it. Now it is the piece I have the most fun playing. Of course I am nowhere near Ana but I CAN play it. It might be a bit intimidating but it is more approachable than one might think.

[@QueensWino]

Lovely pieces, thanks so much for sharing them! I'd love to see a similar video on intermediate pieces using the tremolo technique. If you've done one already, please let me know. It's a big jump from the Sagregas etudes to Recuerdos, haha! Forgive me for stating the obvious...

[@Muxia777]

I really like1.nowhere!!

[@jorgeguitar15]

Valeu pela exelente dica...Otimas musicas..exelente video

[@antoniog.z.4372]

Thanks very much!

[@rodrigoribe4314]

Thanks for your recomendation

[@MarcelMaya]

love you ❤

[@datorexviashvili5781]

I LOVE BEATRIX❤

[@vagamorneval8451]

Thanks.

[@hammerandwhiskers5463]

Thank you so much for this video! I love pieces that make the guitar just sound "full" or "rich" and a bit melancholic at best - your choice of songs quite literally resonates therewith :3 Might I ask the names of the songs played in the background while you talk? I recognised Lagrima and Mazurka, what are the others? My suggestion is "Rain" by Morscheck and Burgmann. It's a piece written for two guitars but works solo as well! As to the why: relatively easy to play (the chord hand seems to naturally dance over the fret board) whilst the harmony manages to capture the partly cozy, partly forlorn mood of a rainy day. Back when I used to take classical guitar lessons as a teenager, our teacher had us perform this on stage, the first piece I really LIKED to :D It remained one of my favorites untill today, a perfect one for when someone hands you a guitar to "play something"

[@dannyvu2878]

Hi Beatrix. They are such beautiful pieces. Thanks for your recommendation. I love your playing. And could you please let me know what guitar in this video did you use?

[@LiamWakefield]

Beatrix plays a guitar by Italian Luthier Gioacchino Giussani (640 scale) with d'addario high tension strings.

[@inmacarlosjarquesocias2722]

really good pieces . I like very much the piece od Eduardo Diaz . Have you heard something of Eduardo martin in an easy and intermediate level ? . For me is one of the first options

[@guymurray3419]

I would suggest two pieces by Hirokazu Sato - Memories of Childhood and Twilight Hour. Both exceptionally beautiful, and easy enough to play that one can concentrate on the expression.

[@2011Noud]

Maybe add a seventh one? A bit more surprising regarding chords. I love your work and I'm curious to hear what you would do with this one: Blue Sky, Grey Clouds comp. Noud Koevoets (on KZbin)

[@Therapyxx]

Sometimes I like the classical music, but somehow mostly a like games/movie/anime/epic arrangements on guitar/piano, it really hears like modern classic, especially epic orcherstral arrangements But did you think about learning something like - Anything from Two Steps from Hell - Movie themes like Game of Thrones, Interstellar, Time - Game Themes like Last of Us, Silent hill - Anime like a lot of awesome stuff from Attack on titan, bleach etc. ? overall its just a part of fresh air to instrumental enjoyment :)

[@jasongultjaeff9397]

The theme from Interstellar sounds incredible on Classical guitar. There are quite a few versions on KZbin out there.

[@AbolfazlAmouzad-zi8jq]

Good job beatrix

[@JohnGroff-h4l]

I like some of these pieces very much, and your performances of all of them. I would like to learn some of them, but when I followed the links and tried to order the first, third, and sixth, there was either no way to actually order or the order process hung up before I could submit it. Could you tell me some way to get the scores?

[@LiamWakefield]

Glad you like the selections. If you're having trouble with buying the scores from a site, you will need to contact them and let them know that their e-sales setup is not working for you.

[@joeyoungs8426]

Beautiful Promise - Hirokazo Sato Birds Flew over the Spire - Gary Ryan

[@davepowell7168]

Caprichio Arabe was not a wise choice because masterpieces contrast against contemporary pieces expose trivia by comparison . Not that the composition is necessarily naive .Thanks for the intros tho

[@davideffler9501]

Beautiful playing. Do you think "Huelgoat" would be too difficult for an intermediate player? I heard this played the first time by French guitarist, Fred Mesnier.

[@AntMaunderGuitar-f2q]

Hoy y siempre is very nice. Some of my favourites are Alman by Robert Johnson Tears in the rain by Joe Satriani Solitude by Joe Satriani

[@oromani1842]

As an educator, what do you consider a good age to introduce children to learning classical guitar? Any tips for introducing guitar and not making them resent/resist it?

[@Brid124]

hello Beatrix, I discovered a piece, it' s called"Illyrian Lullaby" by John Addison. IT so beautiful. Is IT possible for you, to make a Video with this piece and to explain about emphasis !

[@momo5534]

Thanks so much for the ideas!! Just a little question: How is the 5th piece named? Isnt it a jazz standard from the real book?

[@WansbeckBikecam]

@@momo5534 it's Parisian Waltz. An original piece but sounds very much like Parisian Walkways by Gary Moore, likely inspired by it I think

[@momo5534]

@@WansbeckBikecam Ohh thank you for your answer ;) it reminded me of this quest. Its actually the standard Blue Bossa from Kenny Dorham.

[@guilhermelopes1040]

Thank you for the beautiful recommendations. I have a personal question. I'm a beginner, and passionate about studying F. Sor's étude in E minor. I know I rushed as a beginner to try to play it decently. Any tips? Should I try to tackle it again in the future? ❤

[@beatrixguitar]

Hard to give an advice without hearing you play but try to chunk it up into small sections. Identify what are the difficulties for you and work on them separately. Don’t play the full piece at once, go little by little 😁

[@guilhermelopes1040]

@@beatrixguitar Thank you for the tips. I'll do that. I'll break it into parts and work on solving the problems in small segments of measures, and then I'll move on to the next ones.

[@mer1red]

I was like you in the beginning. I always wanted to play some more advanced pieces that I liked (eg Asturias) and spent a lot of time without having a good result. Much later I had to completely start again with it, because I had developed bad habits. The lesson I learned: be patient. Stick to the pieces of your level or grade. Every stage has its own beautiful compositions. Always try to find out the grade of the work you want to learn. Opinions about the Sor etude vary from (advanced) intermediate to advanced, grade 8. Mostly, if you have not been playing for 3-4 years it's better to wait.

[@guilhermelopes1040]

@@mer1red Thank you for the advice. I started less than a year ago and got ahead of myself with the piece. I’m content to pause where I am for now and master the skills needed to move forward. The bad habits you mentioned make a lot of sense. Thanks!

[@markavandyk]

Beatrix, do you have any more intermediate suggestions? I love many that you have suggested and get sick of playing all the old farts!

[@lucasergiu5995]

another intermediate piece would be Recuedos de la Alhambra - Francisco Tárrega to master the tremolo

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

That one unfortunately is not an intermediate piece

[@Insidia85]

Intermediate? 😂

[@LiamWakefield]

Definitely upper intermediate to advanced.

[@MrGourdman1]

How about Julia Florida by Barrios. There is tab for it on the Internet.

[@davebrady1490]

Are you playing that guitar through an electric pickup and amp?

[@LiamWakefield]

The guitar being played is built by Gioacchino Giussani. It doesn't have any pickups. The sound is recorded on microphone.

[@garygaither8263]

❤

[@JJ_Khailha]

What is the tune played over the intro please? I used to play it.

[@lalodiaz]

Lágrima by Francisco Tarrega

[@zachcarmichael699]

What's the piece used as background music?

[@caue1472]

Lagrima - Francisco Tarrega Capricho árabe - Francisco Tarrega

[@Muxia777]

What a beautiful woman with the beautiful music!!

[@jlsm7746]

Comment for the algorithm

[@IlyaGontmacher]

Parisian Waltz is nice..., but it's no Kurpie..., just not And you made a "confession" 😇

[@JasonPeever]

I would like to see a video with six of your most difficult pieces😅😅. Really really CHALLENGE YOURSELF THX

[@MrRobinThornton]

Goran Ivanovic, like the Tennis player?

[@MrRobinThornton]

@T-ext_Officialbeatrixguitar thanks for replying. I do wonder how many parents have bought their children guitars after watching them mime on Tennis rackets. What are your thoughts on Canarios? I'm finding the timing hard to get my head around. It's something in the phrasing. Susan McClary said that she drove her husband nuts for a summer, trying to understand French keyboard music. It's interesting to see how time has been conceived through the eras.

[@anthonyrich1592]

I don't know why, it's not really similar, but whenever I hear The Sheep on The Mountain I tend to think of Howl's Moving Castle.

[@eliassemaan8917]

All 25 Etudes by Carcassi in Op. 60 !!

[@canaldoyoutube2383]

🖐️❤

[@giancarlojohn5064]

Farewell by Sergio Assad. Challenging musical phrasing in my opinion.

[@danderas6377]

I really like the thought and passion you put into your videos. If you have the time, could you given a listen to "Zweiter Fruhling" by Carsten Meyer? Cheers!

[@MLM_EC]

like guitar more than violin....violin is screeching,but guitar rings angel bells

[@Felipe-s1v]

She kinda reminds me of Maggie Greene from TWD

[@johannesnel8060]

Please play Maurice Ravel's "Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte".

[@LiamWakefield]

Is that your recommendation for an intermediate piece which we should all try?

[@Insidia85]

Is that guitar behind you a Godin?

[@LiamWakefield]

That is a Manuel Rodriguez guitar. Beatrix will be at the Guitar Summit 2024 in Manheim on September the 27th and 28th as a Rodriguez representative.

[@RuZZkiy-Vanka]

Something in the 5th piece sounds like Parisienne Walkways to me 🧐

[@Samy-hy5yf]

@@RuZZkiy-Vanka agreed, I guess Gary Moore listened well!

[@jrglezch]

More than "songs" it seems to me that they are a sort of digitation excercises bou they are cute. Thank you

[@dariofernandez3854]

🇺🇾❤️🌹🎼🎶🎵❤️💐

[@ProntoLlegaraElDiaDeMiSuerte-1]

No 5 maybe. i hind the others boring

[@GoranIvanovic]

So amazing to be included in this very informative video. Thanks @beatrixguitar

[@beatrixguitar]

Hello Goran, sorry I just noticed your message. Thank you so much your kind comment, and for writting such a beautiful piece for us guitarists! :) Cheers!

[@GoranIvanovic]

@@beatrixguitar thank you so much and pleasure to hear you and meet you!

[@medzoklife]

Hi dear. I m a dentist from India. Saw ur vid, great info. I wanna say-- I LOVE U ❤️ Shall u marry me??

[@LiamWakefield]

No.

[@dariofernandez3854]

🇺🇾❤️🌹🎼🎶🎵❤️💐