W.I.L.T. 2
What I’m Listening To. No. 2 A newsletter from Irish composer and music tutor Chris Ledwidge. A semi regular update on what I’m up to and music I’ve…
W.I.L.T. 1
What I’m Listening To. No. 1 Let’s start this blog thing up again. A semi regular update on what I’m up to and music I’ve been listening to…
Christmas & New Year gift vouchers
I will have music lesson gift vouchers available this year up to the 16th of December. These can be a great gift to go along with a musical…
Online Music Lessons
There are a few places remaining this term for one to one online music lessons. If you have a goal in your music making that you’d like help…
Spring EP Review
The folks at No More Workhorse were lovely enough to have a listen to my new EP, released on the 29th April and review it for their site.…
An interview with The Limerick Voice
Last month I spoke to the Limerick Voice site about my 4 EP music project and about music generally. You can have a full read on the link…
New EP – Winter | Piano and Strings
I have a new EP out today. It has 5 tracks on with music written for piano and strings. I started writing the pieces for this EP after…
An Irish Times Mention
In todays Irish Times Magazine I spoke in a piece by Arlene Harris about some plans for the year. I spoke about completing my BA in Music and…
Sheet Music
I’ve added a sheet music page to my site. Have a look here – https://chrisledwidgemusic.com/sheetmusic/ I’ll be adding music notation on there so you can download it and…
Fix You – Coldplay – Solo Guitar Arrangement
Here’s an arrangement I did of Fix You by Coldplay for solo guitar. I recorded it as a reference for a couple of students who are studying this…
Un Dia De Noviembre
Here’s a really nice classical guitar piece by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. It’s one of a few South American pieces that I’ve been working on lately. I’m a…
Francisco Tárrega – Adelita
A student of mine has recently been studying Adelita by Francisco Tárrega. I’ve recorded a video of this as a reference for them. Hopefully plenty of others will…
Maurice Ravel
This weekend there are lots of events on radio and TV commemorating the birth date of Maurice Ravel, March 7th 1875. BBC Radio 3 had dedicated a full…
Guitar Technique for Beginner Guitarists
Guitar Technique There have been lots of books and articles written about “Technique” for the guitar. That is, the best way to actually hold and play the instrument…
Guitar Moves
Loads of my students will find this series of videos really interesting. Guitarist Matt Sweeney interviews some very well known guitarists and asks them to show some of their…
The Beatles – Yesterday
One of my guitar students recently asked me if I’d record my version of Yesterday by Paul McCartney. He’s working on this in his lessons. It’s good for…
Our Train a Comin’
Why does so much of my work seem to be affected by the weather. When it was sunny I was playing Spanish music. Today when it’s pouring rain…
Singing Lessons – What I’ve Learned
Recently I’ve been taking a few singing lessons from a local music school. I actually moved to singing lessons when the advanced guitar work I wanted to do…