Listen to RCM Bridges Guitar Series MP3s (plus download free)

Are you a fan of the RCM Bridges Guitar Series from Fredrick Harris Music? It’s a great repertoire collection at the beginning levels.

I’m happy to announce that you can now listen to and download the MP3s for all of the Bridges Guitar Series pieces that I have videoed.

It can be helpful to be able to preview pieces before you start working on them. It can also be helpful to simply hear another perspective on a piece that you already play.

I’ve gotten some good feedback from these videos on YouTube, and thought that making the audio files accessible would be a service.

The bridges series constantly updates and alternates their repertoire in each edition of each book. For this reason, not all the pieces in every edition will be in this collection.

This collection will grow with time, so check back now and then if you are using this series.

Click in the upper left of the videos below to scroll through the entire playlists.

Preparatory Level Pieces:

Bridges Level One Pieces

Included Pieces:

Preparatory Level:

Autumn Waltz
Bransle de Poitou
Danse Des Iles
Exercise 13
First Exercise on the E String
Flocons de Neige
Moorish Dance

Level One:

Amusement
Andaluza
Andante
Andantino-in-C-Major-Carcassi
Andantino
Anglaise
Anglaise-Carulli
Big-City-Blues
Bohemian-Folk-Song
Branle-Englese
Calleno-Casture-Me
Cancion-del-Limpiabotas
Chanson-Viellotte
Ecossaise
Farewell
Fleur-de-Lotus
Klangbild
Lesson-7

Lullaby
Marionettes
Midnight-in-Sevilla
Minuetto-Carlo-Domeniconi
Moderato-in-E-minor-Anton-Diabelli
Ninna-Nanna
Poco-Allegretto
Quazars
Sonando
Study-in-A-Minor
Tourdion
Travellin
Valse-Carulli
Waltz-Carulli
Waltz-Catalyud

You can also find Full Lesson Videos of a few of the pieces in the RCM Bridges Guitar Series. These videos are extremely in-depth and explore ways to make the pieces more beautiful, so be sure to check those out at your leisure!

Hi, I’m Allen Mathews.

I started as a folk guitarist, then fell in love with classical guitar in my 20’s. Despite a lot of practice and schooling, I still couldn’t get my music to flow well. I struggled with excess tension. My music sounded forced. And my hands and body were often sore. I got frustrated, and couldn’t see the way forward. Then, over the next decade, I studied with two other stellar teachers – one focused on the technical movements, and one on the musical (he was a concert pianist). In time, I came to discover a new set of formulas and movements. These brought new life and vitality to my practice. Now I help guitarists find more comfort and flow in their music, so they play more beautifully.
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Hi Allen,
First public performance ever! I am up to Level 1E in The Woodshed program. It is certainly mega helpful.

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Allen Mathews was recommended to me as somebody who could help me expand my guitar vocabulary. Allen started me on a really fun cycle of lessons and practice. He is a very good and very enthusiastic teacher, and I feel that I'm on the road to learning. I couldn't be more pleased with my experience.

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