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.
Adam de la Halle 1
Antonio Vivaldi 3
C.P.E. Bach 1
Camille Saint-Saens 1
Edvard Grieg 1
Edward Elgar 1
Emanuel Adrianssen 1
Felix Mendelssohn 1
Francisco Tárrega 1
Frederic Chopin 2
Guillaume De Machaut 2
Guns N’ Roses 1
Hector Berlioz 1
J.S. Bach 14
- 1 Air On G String TAB 2009
- 2 Aria in D TAB 2024
- 3 Badinerie TAB 2000
- 4 Double Concerto for Two Violins BWV 1043 TAB 2009
- 5 Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen TAB 2001
- 6 Invention No. 13 in A Minor BWV 784 TAB 2024
- 7 Partita in A Minor BWV 1013 TAB 2012
- 8 Partita Number One 🎻🎼 TAB
- 9 Prelude II in C minor, BWV 847 TAB
- 10 Prelude in C minor, BWV 999 TAB
- 11 Presto BWV 1001 TAB 2016
- 12 Presto Sonata For Violin Solo N°1 TAB
- 13 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 TAB 2013
- 14 Toccata in D Minor BWV 913 TAB 1963
Jean-Baptiste Lully 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau 1
Johann Pachelbel 1
Johannes Brahms 2
Leontovych Mykola 2
Ludwig van Beethoven 4
Luigi Boccherini 1
Niccolo Paganini 4
Noam Bettan 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 3
Robert De Visée 1
Thoinot Arbeau 1
Tomaso Albinoni 1
W.A. Mozart 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.