The classical and acoustic guitars’ differences mean they lend themselves typically to different genres of music. Spanish and flamenco, as well as Western classical, music lends itself beautifully to ...

“I came in last week from Spain, where I’m on a nine-month Fulbright grant to investigate Spanish guitar music, and I still haven’t adjusted to the time change,” Rijos said.

Agustín Barrios was born and raised in rural Paraguay, far from the world’s artistic capitals. Inspired by his native folk music, Spanish guitar composers and classical masters like Bach and ...

The classical guitar repertoire would be impoverished were it not for the hundreds of transcriptions of music written originally for other instruments. Even some of the best-known Spanish guitar ...

Played with fingers and nails ‘Spanish Romance’ is one of the most popular solo classical guitar pieces from the 19th century ...

Four musicians, one guitar: watch this virtuosic arrangement of Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit ‘Billie Jean’.

Despite the important history and beauty of classical guitar music, on a massive level it’s become a kind of background sound associated with “chillout” mixes.

Growing up in Manchester, Whittingham began playing guitar aged five, initially learning the basics from her father: ‘I was playing rock and pop songs that I was into (and still am!) for a couple of ...