A place where compositions & arrangements for guitar grow on a regular basis.
The music you find here is written for different playing levels (1-5), as stand alone compositions or in combination with lesson material on different topics. Feel free to enter the COMPOSITIONS ARCHIVE where every piece is presented with detailed information.
On my YOUTUBE CHANNEL you find every composition performed and a lot of topics related to the guitar.
Two of my earlier books, THE MAGIC LANTERN and OPEN SKY are available here: SONGBOOKS.INFO
At MUSICNOTES.COM you will find an ever-growing library of my guitar arrangements through a wide field of different genres. It is designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists.
A part of my compositions is published by BERGMANN EDITION based in Aarhus, Denmark. They are Europe’s leading publisher of new and rare music for classical guitar.
NEWS
24.7.24
NEW VIDEO online / WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY / SCORE AND TAB FOR FREE
Enjoy this meditative and peaceful moment of music…
WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY TAB WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY – Partitur
18.7.24
NEW VIDEO online / CATHEDRAL LIGHT / SCORE AND TAB FOR FREE
Cathedral Light Cathedral Light TAB
12.7.24
NEW VIDEO online / BEATLES ARRANGEMENT All My Loving / TAB at musicnotes.com
This is a leftover from one of my student arrangements I did last year. You can play it as a solo arrangement or in company of a rhythm guitar player, which can be great fun. Best wishes !!
4.7.24
NEW VIDEO online / SCORE & TAB for free !!
This is my new composition THE GREEN PATH. It’s the first piece in a series of tunes I will post here over the summer. Hug u all…
THE GREEN PATH SCORE & TAB PLAY VIDEO
28.6.24
NEW VIDEO ONLINE / GLORIOUS NEW MORNING
This is the 4th and last release from my book at BERGMANN EDITION. It’s an Arpeggio Study with a special meaning, at least to me…watching a new morning rising has much more meaning to me since I get older. This composition is for everything good life stands for !!
7.6.24
NEW VIDEO ONLINE / GUITAR GARDEN DIARY #1
My new composition LUNAR LANDING is out now. This is one of the pieces that got it’s title afterwards. The tune reminds me of a moon landing, like you can see it on those vintage videos from 1969…it’s until today a state of surreal happening, also the early film material of the moon landing creates this special mood in me, so the feeling of this composition brings that to memory…not that I’m THIS old to have seen it live on TV…
This kind of video shooting I call “COMPOSING IN A TIME LAPSE”. I want to show the process of handwriting I love so much, so you’re free to download the handwritten score or the digital layout.
LUNAR LANDING – HANDWRITTEN SCORE LUNAR LANDING – DIGITAL SCORE PLAY VIDEO
1.6.24
THE GUITAR & COFFEE SERIES
I recently started a new series on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL, called Guitar & Coffee.
Since I always sit on my beloved chair in our kitchen in the morning, I always grab my guitar and play in the morning. This is
a thing I really enjoy a lot and there is wide, open space in our appartement, the windows above are open in Summer, you can
hear the birds sing and the life outside…I will write a few things about this in my BLOG soon.
This series of videos will be a spontaneous thing, where I play old stuff I composed, maybe some music from others…I´ll see.
Enjoy the first two here, two tunes I wrote maybe 15-20 years ago…
GUITAR & COFFEE SERIES N01 / MORNING MOOD PLAY VIDEO
GUITAR & COFFEE SERIES N02 / ROOM N015 PLAY VIDEO
25.5.24
A SERIES OF NEW COMPOSITIONS FOR THE BERGMANN EDITION
I got a new collection of compositions out at the great BERGMANN EDITION.
The Book is called TALES FROM THE GUITAR GARDEN and you can get the Scores as PDF or print here: new book
Here are three of the four pieces for you to watch on YOUTUBE. Enjoy !!
I : WHISPERING TREES PLAY VIDEO
II : THE PRINCESS DELIGHT PLAY VIDEO
III : THE WHITE OLD OWL PLAY VIDEO
28.3.24
SEA PRELUDE / COMPOSITION FOR SOLO GUITAR – FREE DOWNLOAD
Recently we had a wonderful vacation on the Slovenian coast with an incredible ocean view from our hotel room. The foggy, rainy and sometimes stormy weather we had is always a great inspiration for me…I just like the mood it creates.
I composed a little piece called SEA PRELUDE, just to catch the feeling I had while looking out into this incredible space for hours.
You can download the FREE SCORE here: SEA PRELUDE – Partitur PLAY VIDEO
16.3.24
A STUDENT ARRANGEMENT FOR GUITAR TRIO ONLINE / HEDWIG’S THEME
I arranged the two main themes of this amazing John Williams composition in a way that the guitars act equally, should mean parts of the main melody in higher ranges is divided between the guitars, so that the difficulty level is the same for all three of them.
I did this arrangement after a request of a students guitar trio I teach and coach weekly. All three of them play on the same level.
You can download the FREE SCORE here: HARRY POTTER – HEDWIG’s THEME PLAY VIDEO
15.3.24
A COLLECTION OF NEW VIDEOS ONLINE !!
There are a few new videos on the GUITAR GARDEN channel online I want to share with you.
COOL BREEZE
From the Rainbow Collection of the BERGMANN EDITION. PLAY VIDEO
DANCING LIZARD
From the Rainbow Collection of the BERGMANN EDITION. PLAY VIDEO
SMILES FROM HEAVEN
From the Rainbow Collection of the BERGMANN EDITION. PLAY VIDEO
5.1.24
FIRST VIDEO OF THE NEW YEAR ONLINE !!
On the morning of the new year I did what I do all the time at home, play guitar…and a new tune came out very fast. I was inspired
by the foggy morning outside the window and I call it FOGGY NEW YEAR.
You can download the PDF as Free Sheet Music.
There is a version in Standard Notation and one in TAB here: FOGGY NEW YEAR – Partitur FOGGY NEW YEAR TAB – Partitur
I also did a new BLOG ENTRY on the topic of inspiration. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section.
Best wishes for the new year to all of you
23.12.23
NEW CHRISTMAS VIDEO & FREE SHEET MUSIC ONLINE !!
I made an arrangement of a beautiful Xmas tune called ADVENT form the Austrian composer Franz Moser. I did this from a 4-part choir arrangement into a solo guitar piece with some variations. Feel free to play the piece. The arrangement is published as Free Sheet Music here on the Guitar Garden website
find the FREE SHEET MUSIC here: ADVENT with Var – Partitur
22.12.23
NEW VIDEOS & SCORES FROM ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ONLINE !!
LAST BUTTERFLY
The 2nd release of the new BERGMANN EDITION scores.
see my catalogue of compositions here: COMPOSITIONS
MY PERSONAL RAINBOW
The 1st release of the new BERGMANN EDITION scores.
see my catalogue of compositions here: COMPOSITIONS
RISE AND FALL OF AN OCEAN WAVE
Original composition published exclusively at MUSICNOTES.COM
see my catalogue of compositions here: COMPOSITIONS
CHORAL FOR A GROWING FLOWER
Original composition, published as FREE SHEET MUSIC.
see my catalogue of compositions here: COMPOSITIONS
15.09.23
Free Sheet Music PDF
A new composition is online. It´s a piece for solo guitar with the title CHORAL FOR A GROWING FLOWER.
There are three PDF for FREE download on my BLOG. The first one is a digital sheet music edition, the second a scan of my handwritten score and a third one with some analysis and personal thoughts on the composition.
13.09.23
Recording of 14 Guitar Instrumentals this Summer…
I was very busy in August recording my solo album with 14 guitar instrumentals. I recorded the whole MAGIC LANTERN collection and a new Suite with the Title PERSONAL RAINBOW,
which will also hopefully be available as sheetmusic this autumn. The album will have the title “CATS & DRAGONS”. I recorded the music all by myself at the awesome TRACKLINKING STUDIOS and did the digital editing. The Tracks are now delivered back to the Studio for mastering. I will post a blog entry about the process of the whole thing in the near future.
Here is a short impression from the studio work:
10.09.23
!! MORE NEW VIDEOS ONLINE NOW !!
I was very busy during the Summer, recording my album with guitar instrumentals,
named CATS & DRAGONS. So I was a bit lazy updating the Guitar Garden website…
So here we are: This one is called FIRST DAY OF SUMMER on the page COMPOSITIONS
This is the last one from THE MAGIC LANTERN Book. The composition is called Stardust and you find it here: COMPOSITIONS
And finally this summer I filmed BALLAD FOR A SUNKEN SHIP. The last composition edited here from the OPEN SKY Book.
Also here: COMPOSITIONS
26.05.23
!! NEW VIDEO ONLINE !!
You will find my new tune LOVE SCENE on the page COMPOSITIONS
12.05.2023
!! NEW VIDEO ONLINE !!
You will find my new tune MORNING MOOD on the page COMPOSITIONS
