Music
Archipelago for Guitar
It's here! My latest one-hour solo guitar journey!You can listen to it and purchase it on Bandcamp.
Milonga for Solo Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=5xSV7agKtX4To purchase the score, click "Add to Cart," and then go to the Shopping Cart page (far right on the page menu). You'll get an instant download of a of 3-page Pdf...
Island Three (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWOO2523s0 This was recorded live at the MakeMusic Harlem Festival. Composition by Jay Kauffman, from Archipelago for Guitar. Subscribe to My Email List and Get a Free CD If you like what you see, hear, and read here, I’d...
Paganini Romanze in A Minor
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 Arranged for Solo Classical Guitar
This is it---the full Serenade No. 13 for Strings, K. 525. It's transcribed for the advanced classical guitar, from G Major into D Major. The Rondo in C is in G Major. If you're a bit burned out on Sor and Giuliani and their ilk, it's a lot of fun to play a great...
Five Preludes
Valentine Sunday Concert at Bartow-Pell Mansion
I will be playing some romances, romanzas, capriccios, valses, zambas, chacareras, carnavalitos, and a Beatles set. Plus a dramatic & romantic story-set-vignette from my own piece, Archipelago for Guitar!* Please note: Valentine's day is a Wednesday,...
Pics from an Exhibition (Music too!)
This concert, put on by Composer's Concordance, happened a while ago (in April), but I wanted to share it with you because now I have some videos! I've included pics of the art show as well, which was very well-recieved. I will add a few more videos of ensemble works...
Dream Lullaby
Here's the video from my performance of the 8th Island in my Archipelago for Solo Guitar. It was done at the Composer's Concordance 8th Annual Composers Play Composers Marathon. It's a lullaby that takes place in a dream, hence the title, Dream Lullaby. Most of the...
April 22 Composers Concordance Concert will also feature Jay Kauffman Paintings and Prints, Sigur Ros…and Foot Tambourine
Here's what you need to know about this concert: I get to play some Sigur Ros (one of my favorite bands) I get to play foot tambourine. I get to have my prints and paintings shown. Also, it will be exciting and entertaining concert, packed with adventurous, fun music...
Archipelago for Guitar
It's here! My latest one-hour solo guitar journey!You can listen to it and purchase it on Bandcamp.
Bookmarks are Here!
Art
This page is under construction. Check back later for updates on the latest bookmarks, cards and prints.In the meantime listen to some music, view my portfolio, or watch some detailed and helpful classical guitar tutorials.
A Tour of the Island of Milonga
if you wish to purchase a high quality signed print email me at jay.kauffman@gmail.com Subscribe to My Email List and Get a Free CD If you like what you see, hear, and read here, I’d love to stay in touch with you! You'll be first to know about new...
Riverside Park 3
Riverside Park 2
Riverside Park 1
Ordering a Signed Print
Below is an unsigned print of Island Two, Bossa Paraiso. The prints are done at Tribeca Printworks. It's a small, friendly business in downtown Manhattan. I work with them on getting things just right. When correcting colors and levels and adjusting these to the paper...
Island 10: Freedom Song
Diving
Guitar Lessons
Instructional Videos
If these videos make you curious, check out these links for learning resources: Basic Classical Guitar Mastery (Originally Conquering Technical Hurdles Guitar Repertoire Courses 1-on-1 Skype Lessons Classical Guitar Tips This is...
Foundational Skills Free Video Four: Right Hand Position and Movement
This video is from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Four introduces to all of the most basic, important points about how, where and why classical guitarists position our right hands as we do. This is an excerpt of a longer video...
Foundational Skills Free Video Three: The Workhorse and the Voice of the Guitar
This video is from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Three introduces you to the obvious differences between the left and right and, as well as the less obvious but equally important commonalities. The course is over 40 videos...
Foundational Skills Free Video 2: Left Hand Leverage
This is a video excerpted from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Two gives you one of the hidden keys to Left Hand leverage and a powerful left hand technique The course is over 40 videos long, It's designed to rebuild and refine...
Basic Classical Guitar Mastery
Filler
Foundational Skills Free Video 1: Why How You Hold the Guitar is So Important
This is a video from online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery, . The course is over 40 videos long, It's designed to rebuild and refine your basic technique from the ground up. If you're a beginner, then much of the material will serve to set you up on...
How to Play Classical Guitar without Dysfunctional Tension
——Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor! I’m not a tendinitis expert! If you have lingering pain or some other issue with your hands that really concerns you , and just doesn’t friggin’ go away — see an appropriate professional. ASAP!——Jay Excess Tension comes from Good...
Learning Music Theory on the Guitar is Just Crazy
I'm reading a book called Guitar Zero, by Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist who decided he was going to fulfill his dream of playing guitar at the age of 40, no matter how scary that seemed and no matter how humiliating his previous attempts had been. He's someone...
How to Integrate Your Technique with Natural Musical Expressiveness: A Video Lesson on Villa-Lobos Etude 1
If you really want others to enjoy what you play, you need to be enjoying yourself. They call it self-expression, but how can you fully express yourself if you aren't fully connected to yourself or to the music? How can you fully express yourself if everything is...
The True Instrument You Must Learn (according to Dr. Firgus-Fortuna Zelfrumzinger Bones)
When you learn to play an instrument like the classical guitar there's plenty to worry about. Your hand position. Your other hand position. Coordinating your hands (and your fingers) with each other. Your fingering. Your sitting position. Your repertoire. Your...
Music
Archipelago for Guitar
It's here! My latest one-hour solo guitar journey!You can listen to it and purchase it on Bandcamp.
Milonga for Solo Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=5xSV7agKtX4To purchase the score, click "Add to Cart," and then go to the Shopping Cart page (far right on the page menu). You'll get an instant download of a of 3-page Pdf...
Art
Archipelago for Guitar
It's here! My latest one-hour solo guitar journey!You can listen to it and purchase it on Bandcamp.
Bookmarks are Here!
Guitar Lessons
Instructional Videos
If these videos make you curious, check out these links for learning resources: Basic Classical Guitar Mastery (Originally Conquering Technical Hurdles Guitar Repertoire Courses 1-on-1 Skype Lessons Classical Guitar Tips This is...
Foundational Skills Free Video Four: Right Hand Position and Movement
This video is from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Four introduces to all of the most basic, important points about how, where and why classical guitarists position our right hands as we do. This is an excerpt of a longer video...