Classical Guitar News, Sheet Music, Artists, and more

A quick note before we get started, I haven’t reviewed any of these offerings and, sometimes in life, you get what you pay for. So keep that in mind. Sometimes you’re far better off by just buying a good version of the piece you want to play.

There are a lot of sites out there offering free guitar sheet music. I’ve limited my best of list to sites actually offering music that people generally want to play.

Dirk’s Guitar Page is one of my favorites. Here you’ll find one of the biggest collections of free sheet music for classical guitar on the net. Be forewarned - don’t print it all out at once.

Jan-Olof Eriksson offers a wide range of pieces for classical guitar including those from Bach, Scarlatti, Weiss, Barrios, Malats, Albeniz and many more.

8notes.com has a few pieces for classical guitar including those from Bach, Tarrega, Granados, Satie, Carcassi, Giuliani and others.

delcamp.net claims to have almost 1000 free sheet music files in pdf format located on its forum.

Stanley Yates offers excellent free transcriptions to

Isaac Albeniz’s Preludio-Leyenda;
J. S. BACH’s Prelude from Cello Suite 3 bwv 1009;
Mauro GIULIANI’s Sonata op. 15 (first mnt.);
Enrique GRANADOS’ Orientale (Spanish Dance no. 2);
Stepan RAK’s Elegy (excerpts);
Ernest SHAND’s The Gnomes, op. 77;
Morceau’s Lyrique No. 2, op. 104;
Fernando SOR’s Sonata (op. 15b); and
Francisco TARREGA’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra.

Complete works of Fernando Sor

Baroque guitar music - collection of 49 pieces.