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Kermyt Anderson
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2006
I play classical guitar just for fun. I occasionally post videos of me playing.
Dvořák - Theme from Symphony no 9 (From the New World) II Largo ("Going home")
Composed in 1893, Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95 is probably his most famous work. This theme, from the second movement (Largo), is probably the most well known part of the symphony. After Dvořák died, his student William Arms Fisher added words to the main theme and it became the song "Going Home" (often mistaken for a legitimate spiritual).
From an arrangement by Sophocles Papas for solo guitar (though I added the intro and outro chords).
From an arrangement by Sophocles Papas for solo guitar (though I added the intro and outro chords).
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Villa-Lobos - Prelude 3
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Prelude no. 3 (Andante) by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), subtitled "Homenagem a Bach" (Homage to Bach). From the Cinq Preludes for solo guitar, published in 1940 and first performed by Abel Carlevaro in Montevideo in 1942. Villa-Lobos was Brazil's foremost contemporary composer in the first half of the 20th century, best known for his orchestral works, string quartets, his nine Bachianas Bras...
Alba - Emilia op 13 (habanera)
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Antonio Alba (1873-1940) was born in Spain but moved to Chile as a child and spent the rest of his life there. His real name was Juan Antonio Hava Ferré. (The reasons he adopted a stage name are unknown.) He composed approximately 400 pieces for a variety of instruments. The habanera ("from Havana") was a popular Cuban dance in the 19th century. The most well known example is the aria "L'amour ...
Anderson - The Cheshire Cat
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In Lewis Carol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat is a mysterious figure who seems slightly malevolent, or at least amoral. This piece (which I wrote in 1989) tries to capture the Cheshire Cat's sinister ambiguity, through changes in dynamics and harmonics and other guitar tricks. You can access the sheet music for free here, if you're curious: tinyurl.com/3tekwyrp
Mair - Did I Tell You?
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Austria's Angela Mair writes the most wonderful, accessible melodic pieces. This is the first one I've learned but many more will follow. Check out her channel at www.youtube.com/@angelamair This piece is from "One by One, Vol. 4". Score: bergmann-edition.com/products/mair-one-by-one-vol-4 Score with tabs: bergmann-edition.com/products/angela-mair-one-by-one-vol-4-scores-with-tab
Kottke - Three Walls and Bars
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I've been a fan of Leo Kottke since I was first introduced to his music in 1987, at the Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop in Milwaukee, WI. I've seen him live about half a dozen times since then. Unfortunately most of his music is wholly unsuitable for the classical guitar, but this piece, "Three Walls and Bars," is an exception. It's from his 1981 album "Guitar Music" (one my favorite Kottke albums)...
Review: Fojill Electric Silent Travel Classical Guitar
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This is a review of the Fojill Electric Silent Travel Classical Guitar, which I recently bought to take with me on some upcoming trips. 7:19 What the guitar sounds like plugged in A few points I forgot to mention in the video: * The action is comfortably low. (I prefer low action due to some left hand issues) * I'm using the strings that came on the guitar. I have no idea what they are. * The i...
Chopin - Prelude 20 Largo (Op 28)
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From Frédéric Chopin's (1810-1849) collection of 24 preludes (Op. 28, published in 1839) in all major and minor keys. This one (number 20, Largo) has been transcribed for guitar by numerous artists, including Francisco Tárrega and Agustín Barrios. I don't know who transcribed this version, as I acquired it as a loose page from my father's collection in the 1980s.
Tarrega - Lagrima
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Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) was one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar. His compositions are key to the modern technique and repertoire. In 1882 he composed "Lágrima" (teardrop) in London, apparently because he missed Spain and couldn't bear the English weather, food, and culture. It remains a popular composition and a cornerstone of the stud...
Nuttall - Gaelic Song I
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A short piece by the contemporary English composer Peter Nuttall, from his 1984 collection "Twelve Inventions for Guitar." This is listed as grade 3 in the 2015 Trinity syllabus. My Peter Nuttall playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLQnpiL7l_ANuR7SnVtBgCacOIjOest6Ae.html
Spinardi - El Gato
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Not much is known about Alejandro Spinardi (1899 - 19??). According to Domingo Prat's "Diccionario de guitarristas" (1934), Spinardi was a very accomplished guitarist, composer, and poet. Spinardi established and was director of his own guitar academy, and his published works, "mostly based on Argentine folklore, [are] without great difficulties and very pleasant." Prat concludes his entry on S...
Torroba - Torija (from Castles of Spain)
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Torija (Elegía) is from the Castles of Spain suite by Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982). It is named for the castle of Torija, built by the Knights Templar in the 11th century. This is one of Torroba's most popular compositions for guitar, due to its beauty and lyricism. It's a joy to play. This is the second piece from Castles of Spain that I've learned. You can watch the first here: th-cam....
Someday My Prince Will Come (from Disney's Snow White)
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Composed by Larry Morey and Frank Churchill in 1937 for the Disney film "Snow White," "Someday My Prince Will Come" is an unusual song in that it lasts only a minute and has no chorus. In 2004, the American Film Institute ranked this as 19th greatest film song of all time. I made this arrangement in August 1990, when I was 19 years old. I was going for jazzy chords underneath the melody. Althou...
Sagreras - Tiempo lento de mazurka (Segundas Lecciones no 13)
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From the second book of lessons for guitar by Julio Sagreras (1879-1942), published in 1935. A mazurka is a Polish folk dance with a strong accent on the second beat. Sagreras clearly indicates an emphasis on the first beat in the score. My teacher briefly tried to get me to play it with an accent on the second beat, but I decided to follow the composer's very clear intention, even if it's "wro...
Giddings - Mariel
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When I saw that Jim Giddings had written a piece titled "Mariel," I knew immediately that I had to learn it because that is my daughter's name. This is from his 2019 collection "Bossa Noche." Jim has written over 200 original compositions for guitar, plus over 60 transcriptions of popular songs. These are all freely available for download via Dropbox at the following link: tinyurl.com/2p9nhbbd
Beethoven - Theme from Symphony 7 Op 92 II Allegretto
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Beethoven - Theme from Symphony 7 Op 92 II Allegretto
Sagreras - Segundas Lecciones no 24 Tempo de vals lento
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Sagreras - Segundas Lecciones no 24 Tempo de vals lento
Sagreras - Book 2 Lesson 44 Allegretto (Tiempo de danza arabe)
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Sagreras - Book 2 Lesson 44 Allegretto (Tiempo de danza arabe)
Sagreras - Book III Lesson 3 Andante melodico
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Sagreras - Book III Lesson 3 Andante melodico
Sounds gorgeous Kermyt, never heard this arrangement before.
I enjoyed your review, thanks for doing it! A few months ago I got interested in the Cordoba Stage guitar after watching Lucas Brar doing his jazzed up version ofTarrega's "Capricho Arebe" on TH-cam. If you haven't seen this, it's worth looking up. So I went to a music store and tried one out. I came away from that realizing that I am far, far away from being a Lucas Brar, lol, but also that I would probably be better off building my own slim body nylon string guitar (I should add that I build acoustic guitars, you can Google my name along with "guitars" to see a few if you are interested) so that I could make one with a standard classical guitar 52 mm neck width. From there my mind got onto silent, travel guitars and what I ended up building was a guitar similar to yours (without the side tubing as of yet; I just use a strap) but in addition, it folds between the 16th and 17th fret using a SOSS hinge. It's overall length when folded is about 16.5 inches so it easily fits inside a standard carry-on bag for air travel. The pickup/pre-amp is the one you see the most of if you Google silent guitar pickup. I ended up getting mine for $20 from Walmart. It works OK, about as good, as I now realize, as can be expected for a piezzo pickup, which is to say, the sound is not great. I wasn't really satisfied and I was still intrigued with the idea of a silent guitar so then I got the urge for the Yamaha Silent guitar which you mentioned a few times in your review. I figured the Yamaha must have much better electronics since they all sound pretty good on TH-cam reviews. You may be interested to know that, in my opinion, the Yamaha doesn't sound that much better than the guitar I built. Even Yamaha could not overcome the limitations of a piezzo pickup and the sound comes nowhere close to that of a real classical guitar (in my opinion). And, while it looks like a work of art, the side rails are actually beveled where your arm rests and where it hits your chest so those contact points are quite sharp. Its as though Yamaha went out of their way to make it a painful instrument to hold. If I really liked the sound, I would have found a way to pad those areas however, between the unsatisfactory sound and the pain of playing it, I will be returning the Yamaha to the store. The bottom line for me from this experiment is that, regardless of instrument quality, I do not like the piezzo sound for a nylon string guitar and effects such as delay and reverb really don't hold any interest for me. So I doubt I will ever actually use the travel guitar that I built. I will always find a way to bring the classical guitar I built for myself or, I will just do without practicing for the time I am travelling. You seem like a fairly dedicated classical guitar player so I wonder if you will find the same. The other thing is that I am now back to thinking of building a slim bodied nylon string guitar in which I could install the classical version of the K&K pure mini pickup. I've installed a few of them on regular classical guitars that I have built and they sound great. Those guitars, when amplified, still sound like a classical guitar, just louder. That's what I am after but in a near silent version that I could use for quiet practice.
Joli ! 🎶👍😺
Well played Kermyt, very nice performance. I love this prelude. To me, this one is the most “romantic” of the series, even with that modernistic language.
Thanks Juan! That’s an interesting observation. I hadn’t really thought of it that way, but I think you’re right.
Nicely done Kermyt! 👌👏👏
Thanks Andre! I gather this is the easiest of HVL’s guitar compositions, but it took about 5 months before I could play it fairly consistently (and even then it’s hard to get through without screwing up somewhere)
@@kermyta HVL never easy 🤗
Charming composition indeed Kermyt! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Juan!
Nice discovery! Thank you Kermyt, well done 👍 👏🙏
Thanks André! I've just added a link to the music in the video description. It's a fun piece, I encourage you to give it a try!
Very ingenious piece Kermyt! 🙌🏼
Thanks Juan! It's really weird interacting with something that you yourself wrote over 30 years ago.
Nice inspiration Kermyt ! 👍👏👏
Thanks André! I was a bit hesitant to put out there something I wrote in high school, but if nothing else it's fun to play.
@@kermyta you were right to post that wonderful piece! 👌👏👍
Dear Kermyt, you have done a beautiful interpretation of my piece! I am happy that it touches your heart, we can see and hear that! Thank you for this great and carefully done contribution, best regards, Angela
Thank you so much, Angela -- both for your very generous comment and for composing these wonderful pieces! I am so looking forward to learning more of them!
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Thanks!
Nicely done Kermyt ! 👌👏👏
Thanks André!
Bravo Kermyt, well played. This is such a lovely piece.
Thanks Juan! Yes it is such a lovely piece. I've read somewhere that she comes up with the melody first and then adds the harmonies; perhaps that's why her work has such strong (and beautiful) melodies.
@@kermyta that makes sense!
Nice playing. Bravo. Nice technique.
Thanks Paolo!
Nicely transcripted and played! 👍👏👏
Thanks André!
This is a very beautiful piece Kermyt, thanks for introducing me to it. Your playing is great!
Thanks Juan! It's not typical of Kottke's output, but it's a lovely piece. (If you're not familiar with him, search TH-cam. He tends to play very upbeat pieces on steel string acoustic.)
@@kermyta I just did it, interesting work!
Introspective music! Well done! Best regards. Étienne
Merci Etienne!
Nice work! 👍
Thanks! I saw your shout out on Twitter as well!
Nice Kermyt! I’d love to have one of those just to play around!
I figure I will get enough time with it over the summer when I’m traveling so I’m resisting for now the urge to play Villa-Lobos with the distortion and delay cranked up to 11.
@@kermyta 😁
Thanks for sharing this beautiful song: enchanting classical guitar performance, like 4! Congratulations and greetings from Italy
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Great job Kermyt! Your sound and tone fits so well to this prelude.
Thanks Juan! I realized today that I've recorded this piece have a dozen times over the past 18 months. Wasn't ever satisfied with it before until this take.
Well played thank you
Thank you Jeffrey!
A romantic soul with a contemporary twist! What a beautiful performance
Thanks Venâncio!
Sounds nice Kermyt!
Thanks Juan!
Nicely done Kermyt! Beautiful sound and phrasing ! 👍👏👏
Thanks André!
Great interpretation of this beautiful piece. Thanks for the info in the description…best wishes 🙏👌👍Daniel
Thanks Daniel!
Good job, I like it. A+++
Thanks David!
Nicely done Kermyt! 👏👏👍
Thanks, André!
1 lk Beautiful music🎶🎶 well played🎉🎉 great performance
Thanks!
Nice piece Kermyt, congratulations on the very clean playing! 👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks, Juan! This is a fun little piece to play.
Squeeks suck
Indeed they do! They make "squeakless" strings, but I've heard mixed reviews of them (which many complaining they sound flat). I also know some people who enjoy at least a little squeaking, as it proves that an actual human played the piece, that it wasn't heavily edited, etc.
@@kermyta I'm always catching hell from my wife for all the Squeeking coming out of my racket box. I've heard I may be able to decrease those squeeks with the right stings. interesting to know that there may be a compromise with their sound. I always admire videos of people playing challenging pieces with little or no squeeks. I wonder, sometimes, whether the squeeks are edited out through software.
Beautiful music, well performed. Thank you very much. Nice coincidence, I'm currently studying another Spinardi composition. Have a good Sunday. Best regards. Étienne
Merci Etienne! I'm happy to hear you're working on another Spinardi piece. I think he deserves a wider audience. I was working on one of his works a year ago that I set aside as it was too difficult. I need to get back to it soon.
3 lk Fantastic music🎶🎶 great performance🎉🎉 well played 👍👍stay connected
Thanks!
It is a nice piece, I like Sagreras, very good!
Sagreras is one of my favorites!
Interesting piece, I subscribe, greetings.
Thanks Ramón! I've subscribed back. I'm interested to see what you're doing with the 10 string guitar!
Thank you Kermyt@@kermyta
Great playing Kermyt, beautiful!
Thanks Juan!
Nicely done Kermyt ! 👍👏👏
Thanks André!
Wonderful guitar playing, wonderful music, listened with great pleasure. Thanks! I wish you all the best and further creative success!
Thanks!
Beautiful piece and performance. Well done!
Thank you very much!
@@kermyta You're welcome.
Very nicely done, Kermyt. Good job! - Dave Marshall
Thanks, Dave! Say hi to my Dad when you see him next!
Hi, bonjour bravo Kermyt !!! I like what you do, great rendition, I subscribed to your channel !!!! I'm a 71 years old french guy and I cover the greatest hits of my youth the 60' !!!! Sure you will like !!!!! Would you please be so kind and have a look at it !!! I dream to have 400 memberships till my 72th birthday !!!! Would you be so kind and help me to realize that ? Thanks a lot in advance, friendly greetings from France
Great choice and well done. Thank you Kermit. Best regards. Étienne
Merci beaucoup, Étienne! I’m glad you liked it.
Love this piece! Bravo 👌👏👏
Thanks André!
These Castillos de España are such beauties. Well played Kermyt, all the voices in the piece sound just great! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks, Juan! I'm looking forward to learning more of them. Many are probably out of my reach (I understand even Segovia couldn't play them), but I think I can learn five or six of them.
This is such a nice arrangement Kermyt, congratulations!
Thanks, Juan! It's really weird engaging with something I did over 30 years ago. We've all wondered why an arranger made certain choices, but it's an odd process when the person you're questioning is your younger self!
@@kermyta 😁
Nicely done Kermyt! 👏👏👍
Thanks, André!
Wonderful guitar playing, wonderful music, listened with great pleasure. Thanks! I wish you all the best and further creative success!
Thanks so much!