Classical Guitar
Classical music on electric guitar is a serious technical workout. You are dealing with composed pieces that demand precise fingerpicking, clean articulation and often unusual left-hand stretches. Bach fugues, Paganini caprices and Beethoven sonatas have been adapted for guitar by players who wanted to push the instrument beyond its usual territory.
These pieces build finger independence and reading skills that carry over to every other genre. If you can play a Bach invention cleanly, rock solos will feel easy.
Adagio 1
Adam de la Halle 1
Antonio Vivaldi 2
Ballade "Dame, ne regardes pas" 1
C.P.E. Bach 1
Camille Saint-Saens 1
Cantabile 1
Edvard Grieg 1
Eerie Etude 1
Emanuel Adrianssen 1
Felix Mendelssohn 1
Francisco Tárrega 1
Frederic Chopin 2
Guillaume De Machaut 1
Guillaume Vrac 1
Hallelujah 1
Hector Berlioz 1
J.S. Bach 9
- 1 Air On G String TAB
- 2 Badinerie TAB
- 3 Double Concerto for Two Violins BWV 1043 TAB
- 4 Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen TAB
- 5 Invention No. 13 in A Minor BWV 784 TAB
- 6 Partita in A Minor BWV 1013 TAB
- 7 Presto BWV 1001 TAB
- 8 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 TAB
- 9 Toccata in D Minor BWV 913 TAB
Jean-Baptiste Lully 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau 1
Johann Pachelbel 1
Johannes Brahms 2
Ludwig van Beethoven 3
Luigi Boccherini 1
Miguel Llobet 1
Niccolo Paganini 4
Niccolo Paganini 🎻🔥 1
Pierre Attaingnant 1
Prelude II in Cm 1
Prelude in Cm 1
Rimsky-Korsakov 1
Robert De Visée 1
Street music from XIII to XVI cent 1
Swan Lake 1
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly 1
Thoinot Arbeau 1
W.A. Mozart 1
5 Arpeggios 1
5th Symphony 1
Classical Technique for Electric Guitar
Classical guitar on electric means clean tone, no distortion, and every note exposed. There is nowhere to hide. Alternate picking needs to be perfectly even, hammer-ons and pull-offs need to ring cleanly, and your fretting hand needs to stay relaxed through difficult stretches.
Most classical adaptations work well in E Standard tuning. Use the neck pickup with the tone rolled back slightly for a warmer, rounder sound that sits closer to a nylon string guitar. These pieces reward slow, patient practice more than anything else on the site.