Fingerstyle and Classical Guitar Sheet Music

Sound files for all sheet music are over there ⇒

They’re down below if you’re on a phone.

Read This Before You Begin

Sound Files: Download the sound files and listen to them a zillion times prior to tackling each song. The sound files are to your right. If you’re on your phone, they’re down below.

Standard Notation: In tablature we trust, but we like standard notation too. If you want copies without tablature, we can make that happen. It’s the modern world and we own software.

What’s TuffAxe? It’s the chord-melody arrangement. Some people call it “fingerstyle.” It’s tough to play, and if you can do it, you’re “tuff” … that’s good.

Multiple Voicing: Each piece of sheet music is designed to be played in at least four different ways. Level 5 and 6 material is meant for ensemble work and usually has even more voicings.

Our Books: We have pre-printed books waiting for you at the office. They have plenty of instruction not available online. Save your sanity and your printer and buy them.

Copyright: Don’t sell anything you find on this page or we’ll hunt you down and start dating your sister. If there is no PDF, email me to acquire a copy after a short discussion about your plans.

Get a Teacher Ya Lunatic: Sheet music won’t make you a musician. You need to do three things: Practice, show up to play with others, and get some decent instruction. Gutting it out by yourself with internet downloads is the worst way to do this. You’re developing bad habits without knowing. Stop looking for something “cool” to play. That mindset will impede your progress. Learn how to play properly with good technique on stupid songs and then you will be able to play anything.

Stoicism: The problem is not a problem. Our attitude toward the problem is the problem. Start right now. Do what you can. Analyze the results. Start again tomorrow. If you play one hour a day every day, you’ll master the guitar in just over 27 years. If you play less than that, it’ll take longer. Enjoy the ride and have realistic expectations. If making music were as easy as those “play guitar the easy way” advertisements suggest, everybody would be doing it. It’s not easy, and they’re not doing what those ads say at all. Plan on many hours of using your best sense of humor as you fail your way to being the best you. Patience, practice, trying to do what your instructor asks of you, and “showing up” will work.

Book 1: One Chord Songs

Yup, we know, these songs aren’t cool enough for you. And NO I do not want you to become an expert on Three Blind Mice, but I DO want you to become a guru on fingerstyle and rest stroke, so that’s why these basic songs are used to teach you the proper skills. Do ’em all. They’re way more important than you might imagine when getting started. They are the foundation for everything else in the program. Hell, I’ll even send you the teacher’s guide via email if you want. GO HERE

Book 2: Two-ish Chord Songs

Most of these songs are on the annoying side, but some are wonderful and all are helpful to finish out your toolbox necessary to effectively play sophisticated music for the rest of your life. Melody, Chords, TuffAxe, Duets … oh my. And yeah, the printed edition of Book 2 has tons of additional stuff you’ll want. Come buy the complete book. GO HERE

Book 3: Multi-Chord Public Domain Songs

If you can play all the parts of all these songs, you are ready for a life in guitar. Come buy the complete Book 3 to be cool and delightfully informed. GO HERE

Book 4: Iconic Songs Worth Mastering

This is the stuff you’re probably hoping to play, but don’t waste your time working on these unless you can play all the stuff in Books 1 through 3. We’re developing multiple books for high-level solos, duets and ensembles. Many are still under copyright protections to the original composer so we don’t post PDFs. Should you like to tackle these songs, we’ll need to chat over email to get you started.

Arrangements typically can be used in may ways including singing with lyrics, playing chords, guitar melodies and second voices, arpeggios, basslines, percussion, and of course solo play with standard notation or tablature. We’re in love with our TuffAxe lines (fingerstyle chord-melody) and you should be too. In addition to the conductor’s score and sound file, individual parts have their own sheets. GO HERE

Classical Guitar

Our classical music intabulation program is HERE. You’ll need a password, patience and perseverance.

Christmas and Hanukkah

We completely updated our holiday book for 2022. It’s wonderful and playable and could make you some money playing for Santa’s elves. Come pick up a copy of our book. GO HERE