Classical guitar pedagogy

Classical guitar Methods

 * Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) - Instucción de música sobre la Guitarra Española
 * Federico Moretti - Principios para tocar la guitarra de seis òrdenes (Madrid, 1799)
 * Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) (Italy) - Méthode complette, op.27 (Paris, 1810)
 * Fernando Sor (1778-1839) (Spain)

"Method for the Spanish Guitar"

First published in French under the name “Méthode pour la Guitare” (Paris, 1830) and then translated in English under the name “Method for the Spanish Guitar” in 1832. This Famous method for the guitar has justly been called "the most remarkable book ever published on the guitar".

"Guitar School" (Escuela de guitarra, Madrid, 1825).
 * Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849)

Nuevo Méthode para Guitarra (Madrid, 1843)


 * Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853) (Italy) - Méthode complète pour la guitare, op.59 (Paris, 1836)


 * Francisco Tárrega died before he was able to conclude his intention to publish a method of guitar at the request of the violinist Juan Manen.


 * Emilio Pujol (1886-1980) (Spain) - The Emilio Pujol guitar method, by Daniela Polcher. (French)


 * Abel Carlevaro (1918-2002) School of the Guitar

Published in seven volumes.
 * Suzuki method

By Luke Dunlea
 * Kodály Method

Additional incomplete information is available here: Classical guitar methods

Nineteenth century

 * Fernando Sor (1778-1839) (Spain)
 * Teachers:
 * Students: Napoléon Coste (1806-1883) (France)
 * Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849) (Spain)
 * Teachers:
 * Students:
 * Francisco Tárrega (1852—1909) (Spain)
 * Teachers: Julián Arcas
 * Students: Emilio Pujol (1886-1980) (Spain), Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)

Twentieth century

 * Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)
 * Teachers: Francisco Tárrega
 * Students:María Luisa Anido


 * Emilio Pujol (1886-1980) (Spain)
 * Teachers: Francisco Tárrega
 * Students: Alberto Ponce (*1935)


 * Regino Sainz de la Maza
 * Teachers:
 * Students: Alirio Diaz (*1923)


 * Andrés Segovia (1893-1987)
 * Teachers: Self-taught, but influenced by Miguel Llobet
 * Students: John Williams (*1941) (Australia), *Eliot Fisk (*1958), José Tomás


 * Aaron Shearer
 * Teachers:
 * Students: Manuel Barrueco


 * José Tomás (1934-2001)
 * Teachers: Andrés Segovia, Emilio Pujol
 * Students:


 * Alberto Ponce (*1935)
 * Teachers: Emilio Pujol
 * Students: Roland Dyens (*1955) (France)


 * Abel Carlevaro (1916-2001)
 * Teachers: Andrés Segovia
 * Students: Eduardo Fernandez, Marcelo Kayath