The GODFATHER of GUITAR: TÁRREGA
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And what better place to preserve Tarregas music than inside an indestructible Nokia 3310
"Indestructible" 😂😂😂😂❤❤
That was a great phone.
A great phone requires a great music
@@richsackett3423 the past tense doesn't apply to something that just won't die
They should send those Nokia phones to another planets, not the Voyager.
It is not only tarrega who has inspired many guitarists, but you too have inspired many like me, thanks for your amazing content
Very happy to hear that!
@@LucasBrar
You did not hear that. You read that 😂
I'm not classically trained. But I like to play the classical guitar like a "mini orchestra"
I prefer to play classical than steel string.. you help to actually tell me I made the right choice!
@@davie5012 hmm... sounds right
Damn, this was so cute
My dad used to play Recuerdos de la Alhambra when I was a kid.
I remember this melody since then.
Never realized it's actual level of difficulty.
Three years ago I begun guitar lessons and only now I do have a clue about it.
I lost him when I was 16.
This one and Feste Larianne melody always bring me back his memory.
And tears, of course.
God bless you friend.
Learn it! And then, play it proud. With a smile.
Don t worry,
Honestly I played capricho arabe and recuerdos de la alhambra but to me the recuerdos were way easier.
@@alexandregouge6075 oh wow never mind then! Cheers
if after life exists I hope he rests in peace.
My friend, the tremolo technique used to make my fingers sore, it will pass! If you have mastered Alhambra, try Asturias!
As a cellist I can say with 100% certainty that classical guitar is the most underrated genre in music
Classical guitar is an instrument, not a genre.
@@DJKLProductions 😢
Should i buy a classic or acoustic guitar???
@@nahiduzzaman6656 acoustic comes between classical and electric so go for acoustic first.
OR ELECTRO-ACUSTIC
I like your comedic Videos, but you present your self quite genuine and "real" in this video, which is a welcome experience. I also fell in love with Classical Guitar after listening to Tárrega for the first time :)
Totally agree!
Segovia for me, but without Tarrega there would be no Segovia. The man was a gift from the gods.
i also liked how touching, almost sad this video was
nice
That capricho arabe so beautiful, an actual camel appeared in my house
Bruh...
Bruh...
is it true
plus 10 virgins belly dancing in ur living roo.
And it drank the water
I'm from Finland, the homeland of Nokia, and once I went to a class which was about immaterial rights, copyright etc. The lecturer was eager to show how Nokia had claimed ownership and patented (for telecommunication and toys) the 13 notes' progression. He never mentioned Tarrega and only recently I learned the true origin of the theme.
Truly, it was a lesson on copyright. :)
it is from the grandest of all waltzes
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I alwzys thiught it came 4m Strawss son.
Why was he/she eager? Was that person guilty?
@@corriedebeer799 it means big
The last one was so clean, I actually passed a drug test just from listening to it.
Once he was in London for few months and he missed his home a lot. That's when he came up with 'lagrima'
I'd pretty much want to be somewhere else if I were in London for months as well.
I interpreted Lagrima as such, the A part being in E major key, while B part turns into E minor, which after turns back to the A part
"Tarrega is sleeping in his in London. He is having a sweet dream of his sunny and warm home in Spain, where his mind can rest and be at ease. But then he suddenly wakes up in the middle of the night only to realize he's in the chilly, dark and rainy London, far from his home. He gets up to look at the window, where he sees the rain pour down. He notices how a raindrop is dripping down the window's glass, like a tear on one's cheek. He goes back to sleep, closes his eyes and thinks of the dream he was seeing just before, hoping to fall back asleep to continue his warm and happy dream."
Maybe he was tired of rain and smog.
@@danhope77 rhyming slang?
@@carolramsey8457 yes, it is. London is lovely, just a bit grey for a Spaniard
Im from Seville, Spain, and once I visited Granada and went to Alhmabra. There I saw a street guitar player. He was playing a wonderful song, and when I asked him from who that song was, he told me that piece was from Tárrega.
I was thinking about him all the time, and when I came back home, instead of taking my electric guitar, I took my grand father's flamenco guitar.
I prefer playing electric guitar and metal music, but If you listen to a pro classic guitar player, or a flamenco player... man, thats mayic.
Thanks for this video and sorry for my poor english.
Then we see how much more they are skilled that us lol. I play metal too
¿Era un chico de pelo largo y rubio extranjero? Estando en Granada una vez escuché a un maravilloso guitarrista junto a la Alhambra vendiendo discos a 5€. Jamás había escuchado a alguien tocar así Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Se llamaba Rem Rob, y todavía atesoro el CD que le compré.
dude... learning classical/flamenco guitar before eletric should be mandatory in spain LOL.
@@notoriusdrifter40 I wouldn't say so, I think they're just unable to be compared, just like I'm not the greatest at classical guitar (yet, I'm learning haha), I doubt the greatest classical guitar player would be able to alternate pick very well, or be able to do a pinch harmonic, or be able to downpick quickly, or palm mute, and many more.
They're just 2 different difficult things which can't be compared.
I'd give a thumbs up but then i saw the holy number...
I saw that title and got excited because I can play Tarrega’s “Study in E minor.” But when he started off with “La Grima” I wanted to cry. That’s the last song in my *Classical for Guitar* book
Nice words ✨ Just to let you know: «La Grima» means «The Creep», but «Lágrima» means «Teardrop», hope you find it helpful. Peace 🤙🏾
Not correct. La grima would be “the cringe”, not creep.
Edit: The creeps would also be a correct and better translation
I'm at Estudio in E minor level as well. Still sounds great, and not everyone that says they can play it, plays it well. I look at it (probably exactly what it was) as a lesson from the master :)
@@jasongultjaeff9397 well it’s been ten months since I made that comment. I’ve finished “Lagrima” and I’ve learned about half of Tarrega’s “Gran Vals” as well.
Tarrega's arrangement of the B minor prelude by Chopin is my favorite version of the piece. Tarrega decided to arrange it in G# minor, which means A LOT of barres, but the lower register just gives the piece that deep and haunting sound. Definitely an underrated arrangement imo
If I were to compose (in concerto form and structure 3mvts) for guitar with ring quartet accompaniment, would the guitar be drowned out of the aou d of the string quartet
Ah yes, the Nokia ringtone guy
Kkkkkkkkkk
@@pedrovinicius7410 br detectado
repport
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Bravo thommy oh, indovina di chi è il dislike?
If he's unhappy with his tremolo, I'm glad he can't hear mine. 😬
Ikr, his tremolo is incredible.
Yeah honestly his tremolo still needs shiton of work. Mine is not great but he's as aware as I am of a good tremolo sound. Check out Brandon Acker for a good example of a good sounding tremolo technique.
@Gabriel Mondragon Let's say for the purposes of this simulation, I don't have any friends. Your move 😬
@@chauvesouris1 I'm very familiar with Brandon Acker, and I think Lucas is just as impressive. Then again, opinions are obviously subjective, I'm just glad there are other people who are into the same things as me!
@Gabriel Mondragon Segovia was kind of a dick. Hahaha. But I get what you're saying. Tremolo does not a good guitarist make!
Just finished learning Capricho arabe and it only took me 3 months of dedicated practice , after 15 years of playing guitar.😊 very proud of that accomplishment!
I lost my virginity to Amanda Arabe on 11/11/04
@@Danielfucks69 Nice
Your comment scared me lol
Capricho*
Yes capricho árabe is a beautiful yet technically difficult piece i remember when I learned this I had played for 7 years and it took me half a year to get it concert ready
Thank you for reminding me of this moment 😊
Excellent tone and playing all around! Subscribed! I love your reaction to other players videos too.
If I were to compose (in concerto form and structure 3mvts) for guitar with ring quartet accompaniment, would the guitar be drowned out of the aou d of the string quartet
Classical guitar is massively underrated
Under appreciated 🤔
agreed. It’s actually my favorite breed of guitar
As it should be as the most pretentious con game convincing scholars of your academic prowess while jamming at night in gypsy camps playing folk songs butchering them with glee.
@@MrDogonjon 🤡👉🗑️
Because it doesn't project and its repertoire is quite miserable. I mean, compare it to a violin or a flute...
The Nokia theme brings tears and memories of being a child.
Space Impact came to my mind immediately after hearing that. The memories...
Reminds me of getting a call out from work 😬
Capricho arabe is my favorite, piece I remember hearing it from my guitar teacher when I was young and obsessing over it. When the year was over and I had completed every piece my teacher asked me, do you have something you want to learn? I told him I want Capricho, but he refused saying that it was to difficult for me. Non the less I already started learning it myself so I showed him and we started learning! It's still my favourite
Spain has the best guitarrists? The short answer is yes. The long answer is yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
I mean, it is a spanish instrument.
I wouldn't say spain but iberia!
you should take a look at Antoine Boyer playing Scarlatti and his own piece Waltz for Angelo
Perhaps it is time for you to meet Marcin.
The answer is sí
That photo of Tarrega was indeed hanging on my guitar school wall in Egypt 30 years ago, before the internet was around. Thank you for this video, I so wish my 18 year old self could’ve been able to see it.
Where did you study guitar, Im turning 18 years old, and just trying to master his pieces after seeing his photo on my guitar school wall in Egypt too!
@@mahmoudzaki2665 it’s closed now, was in Heliopolis. One word of advice, practice like your life depends on it, that’s the only way forward, and make use of TH-cam
Turned 18 this month, and indeed, that photo is hanging in my school's wall in Egypt as well
i have been playing guitar for about 45 years. i am an amateur painter, i am learning the basics of landscape painting in acrylics. when i saw the painting of tarrega, i figured that i will try to paint that scene. it hangs in my room, where i practice my classical guitar, and i am very proud of it.
Wish I was more inspired when I was in high school, would’ve been a sponge for music theory and knowledge, seems you need desire to dig for being the change of music these days
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Very *_Amazing_*
Your _tremolo_ is incredible
I'm learning that rn lol, Recuerdos de le Alhambra.
@@rkt_green are you sure about that? It s not the type of the song that you can learn one day from another
@@Insidia85 I've been playing it for 4 months
Play that piece is one of my biggest dreams, tried once but i wasn’t ready.
@Spikecer I mean well yeah of course it’s only difficult Becuase of the tremolo like all of the tremolo peice except for maybe sueno floresta have actually difficult chords
1. LAGRIMA 0:50
2. ADELITA 1:57
3. GRANDE VALSE 3:47
4. CAPRICHO ARABE 5:55
5. RECUERDOS DE ALHAMBRA 8:32
After playing guitar for a bit more than 60 years it is wonderful to see another great young guitarist who has an appreciation for classical composers. I saw Segovia on his US tour in 1978 and still rank it as one of the top memorable moments of my life. Keep it going Lucas!
I can't help listening to "adelita" and remembering the "emotionally unstable guy" who instead of playing the A bass he would play the E and now it's stuck in my head 😂
I am greek
Έλληνας??
@@tsakalos21fingerboards72 Αμέ 😎Represent😂
Ωραίοι
Γειά σας παιδιά
Hello! I am from Brazil, and i love your work! Keep it! Im 13 years old and and I already participated in 2 contests, one with Capricho Arabe, in which I was in 3 place! And the last year I spend with Gran Vals, who won the Popular Jury, I love Tarrega's work. My favorite composer.
@@_angel2542 Soo cool! Thank you! Best of luck to you!
@Tanque Soviético my guy, not all people from Latino America speak spanish.
Você tocar bem, tenta gravar alguma coisa algum dia desses!
And i am a 14 years old pianist , and i am starting to play the flamenco guitar
You and Brandon Acker play with so much grace and finesse. Whenever I feel in doubt while practicing I'll just come over to one of your videos for inspiration.
Capricho Arabe is a beautiful dance among the frets. Isn’t it amazing how the sounds of music blend with the geographic locations of where that musician comes from, where they have traveled, and what they have been exposed to. Music is truly a beautiful gift that God has given to mankind. You’re technique is very advance in the way you are able to capture emotion with timing as if to present something as the artist intended it to impact the listeners.
no
Music is god
Capricho Árabe
@@hagegesamuel The next best thing to God 😊
I need a full version of Capricho Árabe, you're performance is just too great to leave us on the first variation with the honey on the lips!
what? what honey on what lips? why are people putting honey on their lips?
@@morgredtheblack it's an expression, I'm not a native english speaker so I just said something that I would say in spanish, but in english. It just means letting us see something we like and then not giving the whole thing.
@@hectorvoces5991 i see. but all expressions come from something, like a small ritualistic thing so what was happening with the honey when and why
@@morgredtheblack I didn't create the expression, I don't know. I mean, it's just because honey is sweet, there's no ritual, just... honey? Idk ;-;
@@morgredtheblack I think it just figuratively means to tease one with something, like having a small taste of honey on the lips but not a real taste
me thinking im getting better at classical guitar, then lucas putting lagrima as the easy song me:😢
Same 😅😂
but with Adelita
But even the easier pieces by Tárrega are far from easy so don't drop this! 👑
Hang in
Lol!
@@eKi48 well said
Not a conoisseure, but Tárrega and Albéniz are two of the most representative musicians of 19th century in Spain for me along with Falla later on. As I'm from Granada, I have the privilege of roaming around the city and its streets every day, walking through the little forest of the Alhambra hill and reaching the fortress' gate with Tárrega on my headphones is completely a thing. Your technique, as far as I'm aware, is flawless. Just a quick note, Capricho Árabe reminds me more of the Alhambra than Memories of the Alhambra hahahahaha.
Issac Albéniz was an Uruguayan
I was born in Vila-Real, like Tárrega, and I might move to Granada at some point because all my friends live there now. Gotta visit some places with Tarrega in my headphones
15 years into guitar, 2 years into classical and Im on Level 4 of Terrega! Beautifully played Lucas!
Tárrega is an incredible composer. I think he transmited everything that was in his mind and heart with perfection. I've never been to Alhambra, but when I listen to the song and close my eyes, it's like the place shows up in your mind. It's hard to describe with just words. Tárrega was a genius, there is no doubt about that.
❤🎶🌏
After playing piano for 10 years, and then one day I finally heard Chopin, it was if I heard the taproot of musical expression for piano. I was instantly inspired by that almost ancient sound... And having tinkered with guitar for a little over 6 years on and off, I feel the same about this wonderful composer. How can any guitarist not feel some sort of kinship with this mans work? I can hear blackbird by the Beatles in the first piece, Earl Klugh in the second, and on and on, I instantly hear how this man influenced the playing of many already famed musicians. And your video has truly inspired me.
@Blaze that's life before the internet for ya lol.
Memory of Alhambra is also a piece that make me fell in love with classic music and fell in love with guitar in general 😭❤️
When you played Recuerdos de la Alhambra I was immediately transported back in time to my teenage years: hot afternoon hours during Sicilian summers. Sat in a small room, my classical guitar teacher would play a few songs before and after each of our lessons. Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Asturias were always the ones that left me hypnotized, in awe. Thank you for bringing back those memories and inspiring me to pick up the classical guitar again.
I like Tarrega’s arrangements for Chopin’s Nocturnes.
Tarrega also arranged Leyenda/ Austerius and variations on a theme of Mozart.
His arrangement of the B minor prelude is my favorite version of the piece. Tarrega decided to arrange it in G# minor, which means A LOT of barres, but the lower register just gives the piece that deep and haunting sound.
@@MrDogonjon Leyenda was composed by Isaac Albeniz, for the piano.
I jumped on trying to learn Recuerdos de la Alhambra during my first year of guitar, still learning it thirty years later... and later discovered the appreciation and love for the rest of this list, "down" to Lagrima. They all have the depth and beauty of the work by the genius composer Tarrega. Beautiful performances of the masterpieces!
It goes easier if you would have started later.
His music is really something magical. After learning to play Lagrima, I suddenly appreciate how beautiful his pieces are. Next to learn is Adelita. His pieces are something addictive lol
*Lágrima
My mum was an acoustic guitar teacher before she had me and for a little while after, but when I was little we moved country and she's slowly stopped playing over the years. She used to play me some of these pieces when I was very little and I never knew who the composer was as I chose a different instrument to play. Hearing that music again has brought me to tears, thank you for bringing back such sweet, distant memories
Thank you for defending classical guitar in such a beautiful way, we all fell in love with this instrument thanks to Tarrega
Maaan, my sister is a guitarrist and I've been imitating her skills without knowing the author, so it was Tarrega :"0
I used to feel so much emotion when my sister played the guitar, i was a child who listened and it gave me so much peace somehow. Sometimes felt bad and sometimes happy but always in pace...
My sister used to practice as a teenager and I listened in bed. I loved her interpretation and the piece itself. Maaan, now I want to play Lágrima x'd, that was from my favourites.
that’s so beautiful, i love the way you guide the listener through it. the final song brought me a tear
As a latino and guitarist I have to say this kind of playing touches my soul. Even though I’m more of a Rock/Pop guitarist, I would always be intrigued to touch on classical guitar, especially some work of Tarrega! Awesome playing!
Lucas Brarrega: godfather of jazz interpretation.
It's a coincidence I'm currently trying to learn "Grand Vals" with Tab from Sky Guitar.
I didn’t know Nokia’s ringtone was based on Tarrega’s Gran Vals- interesting
Yah
The way you handled the rhythm and your fluidity in Gran Vals just makes me wonder how many hears of practice does it take to play that good, the pauses were exactly on point, there wasn't a single time I felt any note was being played individually, amazing work.
You tremolo technique is outstanding. Like an angel singing. I wish I could listen to this piece until the end. Congratulations and my greatest respect.
@jjjmm brandon acker's better
Listen to David Russell's version (Siccas Guitars channel) - now that's an accomplished tremolo!
Lucas: I am still not satisfied with my tremolo
Also Lucas : *plays tremolo perfectly *
His tremolo is no where near perfect at all he needs a load of practice and yes so do I but we have to recognise just like he did when something isn’t good enough so we can improve
His is not perfect. You can hear the jitter in it. But at least he can do it, unlike myself. Lol
@@bryansouza2397 You’re never good enough. Not with tremolo
it was not perfect at all
Isn't he playing a legato? Tremolo is a pitch changing, floating bridge on an electric guitar "whammy bar". Correct me if I'm wrong.
Saudações do Brasil! Realmente espetacular! Um Abraço de um grande fã.
Mais um abraço de um grande fã 🤜
Brasil em peso!😎
@@MatheusAnti massa!!! Haha
tamo junto na viola!
Opa; mais um por aqui. Bacana demais!
Evocas Granada con la guitarra, tierra de Lorca. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Bravo, maravilloso!
Best respect for this man ...Tarrega est une inspiration pour les jeune guitaristes Classic.
What a beautiful video! My 15 year old daughter and I enjoy watching your videos together. Often hilarious, always interesting and inspiring. My daughter plays classical guitar since some years and asked me one day out of the blue if I could buy a book of Tarrega sheet music. Hearing her practice is pure joy. Thank you for your videos and happy new year! Greetings from Brussels
Yumi, most of Tarrega's music can de downloaded for free at the IMSLP website - an important, legal online resource for classical musicians. (They provide pdfs of scores that are no longer under copyright.) Here's a link to the index page for Tarrega: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Tárrega,_Francisco
@@davidkrupka536 thank you 😊!
@@yumicharbonneau I wish my parents were to say that about my practice lol! Mine isnt beautiful, I play metal. But i will definetly get myself a classical guitar too
@@notoriusdrifter40 Keep on playing! The more you play, the better you get, the more fun you have. She plays rock too, and we love it!
I had never knowingly listened to tarrega. What a gift. Your versions are wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
After 4 years without playing the classical guitar, only electric guitar, you made me to pick up my classical guitar again after such a long time and spend 4 hours learning and mastering adelita. Thank you so much for making me rediscover the beauty of classical guitar.
4 hours yeah ok sure jajajajajaja. Es un chiste...
I took 30 years off CG to play electric guitar in bands, as bands dissolve i gravitate back to solo repertoire change venues and get better gigs making more money I can't go back I'm too old now and I have clout with solo guitar I never had with electric. The power to negotiate my own price schedule my own gigs..
@@utecastronoova863 it's not that hard to learn. It's only at 2 level of difficulty. Just because you suck, doesn't mean everyone else has trouble learning this piece
I listened to Lucas and went to buy a spanish guitar. After 5 minutes l was llaying the Recuerdos of Alhambra... so great a feeling!
@@mzxochitl i think its possible learning it in that time, but mastering it is another thing for sure. Getting the perfect volume on those ligados before the bar chords, maintaining an even tone throughout the piece among other things will certainly take more time.
Holy shit.... as a metal head, I didnt know how much I needed this in my life. Thank you!
Specially Capricho Árabe and Recuerdos de la Alhambra, they are so incredible beautiful pieces of art…
Ahhhh this brings me back to my freshman years of college, there were three music majors in my dorm. I went o a tiny school and out dorm was smaller lol. We had A pianist downstairs who had a lovely upright downstairs, myself as a trombone/ piano major and a classical guitar major, our guitar major was by far the most soothing and joyful to listen to practicing. Makes me wish I had spent my musical schooling playing nylon rather than brass.
I dare to say both are beautiful and can bring peace of mind. I blame myself these days for not playing an instrument at all. So I guess it's a matter of perspective. Good on you that you play anything at all :)
Tarreha is the reason I started playing classical guitar. He is by far my favorite classical guitar composer! I absolutely love your interpretation of these pieces! The best I’ve heard…..and I listen to every version of his work I can find!!
I remember when I was at my Fifth year of playing guitar in a musical center. I attempted to play capricho arabe, I learned by heart the partition but couldn't play with the original tempo and was struggling with a lot of parts especially the ones containing the full fret finger. It frustrated me a lot. A year later I decided to quit the classical pieces because I was charmed by all the videos of fingerstyle that were coming out during 2016. I wanted to play stylish guitar where we tap and hit every corner of the wood not just boring classical pieces. Since 2016 I ve never stopped practicing my fingerstyle pieces, every new tablature that I bought contained a new plethora of techniques that I've never seen before. But I didn't loose motivation and kept practicing over and over the same line for as long as it needed. It was normal for me to take up to 6 months (yes half a year!) just for one piece. Today I ve reached such level that I'm currently learning the song of the Golden dragong from estas tonne without any issue (the partition is now available freely on TH-cam if you search a bit). All this to say that I would like to learn again capricho arabe to take my revenge over my old 5 year guitar player.
Lucas Brar isn't just a talented guitarist wanting his dues. He is taking us on a journey of guitar enlightenment.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra was also the piece that motivated me to start learning classical guitar. You, Fábio Lima and Edson Lopes are also the guitarrists who have inspired me to learn guitar.
Lucas i want to thank you for giving me the taste of classical music. I am, I was a blues player like thousand and thousand guys playing panthatonic scales … turning around trying to play srv as I could but I have a neurological disease now ! I’m in a wheelchair and my arms are suffering from playing strongly. I discover the Magic of classical guitar with your channel and now I learn classical guitar in a city school. The word for classical playing is softness and playing is less painful for me. How good it is to play beautiful pieces and how good it is for my soul. I.m learning adelita currently with such a pleasure. I learn to read music and the notes on the neck things that I was not able too. You give me a new musician live I want to thank you so much ….Ben from France 🇫🇷
How are you doing?
I discovered here "Adelita" of Tarrega. It was like a revelation. I changed my mind. To my burial, rather an a piece of Persian ney, I want this one be plaid. By a living talented guitarist...
You playing is beautiful! And the sound you achieved in the recording is gorgeous as well. Thank you for sharing this beautiful music.
I'm kinda proud that I was able to predict the entire list.
I love Tarrega's pieces. Thank you for bringing attention to his work, I'm sure a lot of people just found something new to listen to.
I also really enjoyed your interpretations...it would be great if you could upload the full pieces some day :)
As a metal guitarist for almost 30 years now I'm secretly in awe of the skill of classical guitarists.
Your playing and tone are amazing you have some serious skill ive been playing classical and neo classical for going on 30 years and love the passion and technique you play with amazing flow and musicality your truly blessed.
The tremolo makes me wanna cry. I always tear up when I hear it. Tarrega is a true inspiration
Me studying recuerdos de la Alhambra: lets rest and watch some yt videos.
First recommendation: this videos
This is a great video and a worthy romp through the some of Tárrega's finest work.
Thank you. I have been inspired.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra was the reason I started listening to classical guitar. Beautifully played. Thank you!👏👏
Tremolo, by some distance, indeed is the most difficult technique in classical guitar. Thank you for that rendition of Recuerdos de la Alhambra. That was magnificent.
Yes. Tremolo.
My favorite piece by Tárrega is and always will be Capricho Árabe, beautiful as heaven.
Thank you! Recuerdos de la Alhambra is also the reason I fell in love with classical guitarr. it still feels the same as the first time I hear it, Lagrimas in my eyes.
Good lord, to top off an already incredibly talented show of hands that may be the best rendition of Recuerdos de la Alhambra I've ever heard. Actually moved me to tears. Such an devastatingly gorgeous piece of music. I've tried playing it myself but lack the tremolo technique. Thank you so much, I am inspired to pick up my Cordoba today after work and learn one or two of these.
Alhambra is pronounced "Alambra", since the H is silent in Spanish and only have an important use when is after c, like in 'capricho', where it is pronounced like in 'choose'
Brandon Acker has a really great tremolo technique
i thought of him right away when i got to that part. good taste man
His tremolo is fantastic. Paola Hermosin's too.
Beautiful, thanks. My grandphater was an guitar's teacher, and I always remember his love for Tarrega. I losted him temporaly in the pandemia, but I have his guitar to play Tarrega', songs and remember.
i played Electric for 2 years ans through out those 2 years i watched your channel and fell in love with classical. now i practice classical guitar for half a year and it's been really fun. a good springboard from my regular alt picking, sweeping and all the metal shit.
You’ve shown me new music, and as a beginner it’s very encouraging to learn the guitar
Recuerdos de Alhambra has been the bane of my existence for ages. I've been missing the tip of my right hand's middle finger since I was 7, and hard as I try, I just can't do a decent index-ring-pinky tremolo :( I've mostly put the guitar down now, but back when I was playing a lot more, once I warmed up, I could sub I-A for I-M alternation well enough to pull off even a half-decent "Rio Ancho" - but never Recuerdos. Your rendition though - beautiful! I've heard the piece killed a million times by people who focus too much on the mechanics but they don't seem to distract you from capturing its essence. Kudos!
I’m a commercial guitar student at college and as a freshman I just started studying classical for the first time, and I gotta say I’ve fallen in love with it. This video along with your play through of Chopin’s Nocture has inspired me to pick up the guitar constantly and start learning Capricho Árabe. I gotta say thank you for what you do!
James Brown would say: "Where´s the syncopation?"
This is the video that got me into Tarrega, 1 year later, im his biggest fan, thank you for the amazing video, and changing my life forever.
Great video.
Such incredible talent! So glad I found this channel :)
So so beatiful and inspiring!! And I mean both Tarregas compostions and your video. I enjoy all your videos very much! Thank you Lucas!!
Your tremolo in Recuerdos is masterful. Your playing has such a melodic roundness. This has been my favourite composition and I’ve listened to it 100s of times over the years, played by all the greats, but your performance helped me hear it with new ears .
As a Tarrega lover myself, it was a pleasant experience to me seeing him being admired by You as well. Great video Lucas, please do more of this kind of 'serious' stuff 🤝
It's funny how all classic guitarists breath for the rhythm (instead of tapping their feet).
Classical musicians in general*. Tapping foot while playing is frowned upon in classical music
@@dang5874 : of course, it would be considered as having fun and all these classics are damned boring to death, you know, which is considered good manners amongst them. :)
After years that I put aside the classical guitar for the acoustics you made me regain the desire to play these beautiful pieces and for this you deserve all my esteem and also the subscription. I will certainly be rusty but the wonderful feeling these pieces give you when you play them are unmatched. Thank you for this, forgive my bad English but I'm Italian and I use google translator.
The sublimity of Tarrega pieces is of course the heart stopping melodies, but so important are the exquisite poise when the music hangs for the briefest of moments before rolling smoothly onwards. Like dancers floating effortlessly across a ballroom hanging for a brief second, turning gracefully on tiptoe before continuing to glide on.
Hey Lucas, Your tone and dynamics are superb!! What ever recording equipment you're using doesn't sound bad either. But your guitar is sounding great. I just love your tone. I, too, struggle with Recuerdos and have been playing for over 50 years. I had a friend who was a big fan of Emilio Pujols, a direct student of Tarrega, who recommended completely cutting all the nails in your right hand down to the flesh and then playing this piece, staring with no nails (with rest strokes, mind you) and graduating further into the piece with free strokes as the nails grow. It certainly helped me with tremolo technique and I don't struggle as much as I used to on this piece, but still have not mastered it. Don't think ever will. Nonetheless, love your sound, dynamics, musicality. All are great!!
As an amateur guitarist, I was already familiar with tarrega but thanks to you I’ve discovered new ones that I’m now keen to learn! However I must admit that no music brings me as much joy to play on the guitar as Bach’s !
Absolutely... Beautiful,
TY for sharing
Beautiful ! Glad I stumbled upon your channel. It’s such a pleasure to hear a fellow musician who is so very much in love with the music and the his guitar .
His compositions are pure emotions
i actully cant believe he did it... im genuinely in tears right now
I was fortunate enough to travel to Córdoba nearly every summer to attend a classical guitar festival there, where I met many very established guitarists. Some of them would even stay with my family when they were in town, which I didn't really appreciate at the time. I was young then, and mostly just tagged along with my family. Now, any time I hear the compositions of maestros like Tárrega or Albéniz, these songs that are so much a part of my childhood that they feel like family to me, it makes me tremendously emotional. I never learned to play classical guitar myself, perhaps because I was surrounded by so many extremely talented and accomplished musicians, and I don't know if I'll ever be able to. There are so many memories attached to the instrument for me, those six streams resonate with so many emotions--both happy and incredibly painful. Nevertheless, it will always be something I respect immeasurably and that will haunt me, in some sense, for the rest of my life.
With regards to Recuerdos, the song's tremolo is intended to capture the sound of running water, which can be heard throughout nearly all of the palace as well as the surrounding gardens. I think if you were to hear that sound, shaded from the hot Andalusian sun, surrounded by the smell of the garden, you'd understand exactly why Tárrega composed that song in that way. It's truly one of the most beautiful compositions. I remember when I was young, people would assume it was played by two guitars, and they would be shocked to see it performed by one person. If I could play a song for my father, by some miracle, it would be that one.
Im from Granada, and I've playing guitar 5 years now. Im in LOVE with guitar, music and Tarrega. And of course, the Alhambra is beautiful ;)