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Wich guitar would u recommend for a beginner clasical guitarist? I gave q electric but since ive seen you're technice and hear the possibility,s im so gonna play classical now . But whas wondering what a good beginner choise would be. ❤ ty for youre contents
@@steffanfockenssf this might be a little late but Yamaha and Cordoba makes really good affordable classical guitars for beginners. Give one of them a shot.
I studied classical guitar in Los Angeles in the early 70s. My teacher was a Spaniard named Manuel Sanguesa, an older man by then. His teacher was a student of Tarrega. Manuel told me a story of how his teacher couldn't afford lessons from the master, so he'd hang outside the window of the room in which Tarrega taught, and learn what he could by eavesdropping. Tarrega finally took pity on him and began to teach him free of charge. Manuel said his teacher was very frustrated that sound recording machines were not yet available when Tarrega lived, and that his beautiful playing was lost in history. But I'd say Brandon is a great substitute.
There's no recording of Tarrega, but I remember have heard some old recording of direct disciple of the master like Josefina Robledo here : th-cam.com/video/VZAuj8HdE0c/w-d-xo.html
This video legitimately made me go out and purchase a guitar. One year into learning classical guitar and I swear I'm going to play this piece some day.
@@methanealkane7442 Pretty well! Learning very slowly, but I'm enjoying the pieces I've learned so far. I tried to ignore having to learn chords, but they're too useful to ignore so I had to backtrack. Seems to be helpful just to learn how to move your fingers into ungodly positions :D
Get some Bluetooth headphones and listen to it throughout the day. The next person to give you flak on your route will end up sleeping with the fishes. :P
I have this cheap 1968 Gianinni nylon string that truly sounds magnificent. Back in 1994, I did a neighbor lady a favor with some tree felling and she had heard me play guitar in the past from next door and she new I liked Spanish-Flamenco music. She walked out of the house with a black acoustic guitar case that was dried out and crumbling into chunks and dust within her hands as she brought it out to me. I opened the case and the hinges simply detached and the case fell completely apart revealing the 1968 wooden lady within. It had a broken tuning head and was covered in a layer of gunk so thick you couldn't even see the wood grain on the fretboard. She told me the guitar was a gift to her from an old lover who was a banker that bought if for her, but she never took up the instrument. She gave it to me. I replaced the entire tuning head apparatus and had to use naptha several times to get the gunk layer off the fretboard and frets. Then I lightly oiled the fret board, polished the rest of the guitar and put on some new strings. It took several hours to get her rehabilitated. I, some time later, took the guitar over to her so she could see what it looked like. She was astonished as to its beauty and new life. And then I played her a few songs and the guitar has been with me ever since.
what a miracle that a 1888 Torres guitar did cross road with Brandon in 2019... 131 year old dream come true ! That guitar was made to play Capricho Árabe...
Oddly it seems a little too defined for this piece. Or it could be I’m not used to hearing this piece with so much noted definition. Either way, well played on truly remarkable instrument. De Torres really knew his stuff.
It really is the perfect guitar for Capricho Árabe. Wikipedia includes 3 guitars that Tárrega was known to own. All 3 are Torres guitars. The first was a 1864 that Torres personally gifted to him after hearing Tárrega play and the 3rd was a 1888 Torres guitar SE 114, Tárrega's last and reportedly favorite guitar. The guitar that Brandon is playing is the 1888 Torres SE 124. Built the same year and built with the same internals as Tárrega's 114. As Capricho Árabe was written 4 years later in 1892 it's possible that it was written by Tárrega using his 1888 Torres SE 114, the almost-twin of this 1888 Torres SE 124
So this lovely vampire dude took care of his guitar for more than a hundred years only so he can play this piece for us today. Thank you mister vampire dude, we love you.
I stopped playing classical guitar when i was 15 and cut my tendon in my figure in an accident. This, honestly, is the most beautiful, soul touching thing I've heard in a long long time. Part of me pushed away classical guitar music to cope with losing the ability to play it and this has just reignited that love. Wow. Just wow. (ps. it's not all sad, i ended up becoming a decent drummer when i quit guitar!)
When my godfather went to Spain, I was about 6 years old. He sent a 2 disc set of Segovia recordings. There weren’t any classical teachers near me, but this was one of the pieces that encouraged me to keep at the guitar. A decade of jazz later and I still can’t play it, but I do love hearing it and being reminded of a time when I’d curl up to go to sleep while thinking of my family across the sea. Thank you for this.
I first heard a snippet of this song on an online Encyclopedia CD that came with my 2000 Compaq computer. I was hooked (didn't know it was this song until like 15 years later)...took me a while but I finally learned this a few years back. Keep at it, you can do it!
Juan de Torres, Granada, Spain, the maker, and in fact the inventor of the 6 string Spanish (Classical) guitar, which he did in Sevilla. Tarrega, the composer, was from Villarreal, Castellón, Spain. The player, I know not, but surely worthy of both the instrument and such a beautiful and famous piece.
@@sexymanicou3403 there are concertos for classical guitar and no need for amplification more than the player skills I don't understand exactly that question
@@JulioLeonFandinho In the least , a guitar and string quartet bring difficulty as it is not as audible as the other. I guitar + orchestra is not a good medium ( I.M.P.)
I can’t tell. I’ve heard this famous piece often. But, it all sounded different this time. I guess so much depends on the guitarist. For two years in a row i had season tickets at in an close setting for guitarists worldwide (good old days). If a french, or Italian, or english or Brazilian all played the same piece, the playing oddly reflected their own country. I was always amazed. I don’t know if it’s intentional or not.
@@megahaze5101 I don't even think he was replying to you specifically. I also think its pretty clear that English is not his first language. Lighten up bud.
Attention: There is a scammer impersonating me in my comment sections. They are impersonating me and telling random commenters that they have won a prize and then scamming them out of money. At least two of my followers have lost money as a result. This is a problem plaguing many TH-camrs at the moment and I'm doing everything I can to report every single one but they seem to infinitely reappear. So please, report them if you see one and do not fall for the scam. Warm regards, Brandon
It’s economy of movement, something shared across both classic and modern guitar. You move as little as you possibly can while still preforming all the motions necessary
I found this gem of a guitarist last year and I'm so glad he is getting all these opportunities now! Playing a Torres is an honour you deserve as a guitarist.
i’ve been listening to the song for my whole life. my dad used to put an andres segovia album on for sunday morning breakfast and this song would be on it. nice to see it here :)
I grew up having fun attending many rock concerts and festivals from my first concert AC/DC way back in 1981 and many more since. I'm 56 now still love ZEP, SABBATH, TED, RUSH also loved Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead etc... It's that guitar sound i admire. How these artists created this beautiful sound with the chords they reached from years of practice sitting alone in their room wanting to become more than just a good player. The way you play this piece by Francisco Tarrega is so pure, so exacting. Yes I like rock n roll but it's anyone who can bring out the best within themselves as a guitar player. I've shown family and friends and said " Look how beautifully this guy Brandon plays this song. Look at his hands" As you're playing your arms, hands and facial expressions become " the instrument " it sounds so great. I've watch other videos but nobody is as good as you Brandon. If you ever tour out in Southern California or Riverside area I'll be front row center enjoying that beautiful guitar sound but this time I won't be shouting and banging my head like I did attending all those gigs in the past 35+ years.
At this quality level, both of the guitar and the player, Brandon doesn’t play the the guitar, it plays him. Beautifully performed and great song choice.
As I'm currently learning this, I just have to say Brandon's intonation is just excellent in this piece. Every little premeditated stoppage with that extra flair to add emotional toil to his rendition makes this arrangement that much more complex and wonderful.
I’ve been playing guitar for about 40 years and have heard all kinds of guitars & players. Everything about that rendition was outstanding. The instrument, piece of music, musician & performance. Truly beautiful. Thanks for uploading.
This man is beyond talented, the way he makes it sing, weep, it’s all so…. Idk the word for it. I just love watching & listening to Brandon play. Thank you Rob Scallon for introducing me to such a fine musician!
Mesmerizing, enticing, mellow, sweet and beautifully long gone yet present sadness is what this guitar and the fingers playing it has stirred. I'm here because of Scallon's video with Marshall and Acker too.
Excellent playing skills, but for me the lower notes lack bass….which may, of course be down to recording technique or equipment. I tend to compare classical guitar sound with the quality of tones and dynamics demonstrated by Maestro Andres Segovia who credited much more to the quality of your finger nails than to the instrument!
How can a man be so likable, such a nice person, a friend to Rob and still be so in depth with music and have such an ability. In my experience musicians of this level are just arrogant thats why I say it
It's weird because I've noticed that classical guitarists, who are both guitarists and classical musicians, two groups of people known to have a lot of arrogant individuals, are seemingly the most humble of the two groups.
Comes with centuries of life experience. Remember, he bought all those old ass instruments when they were new, learned all this stuff when it was hot shit back in the day. Of course, the vampiric attraction power doesn't hurt either.
I understand that classical guitar music isnt everyone's choice but negative comments on here must be from very jealous people that obviously do not have the ability this guy has and never will...his playing is sublime and the piece of music chosen is beautiful...
Totally agree,as a classical guitarist and tutor , his interpretation and method is of very high quality,trolls like the above no-brainers are the type of people who give up after 1 0r 2 lessons.p.
I used to play a Lot of Blues and Jazz, and did not understand why someone would play only classical music when you can learn Hendrix or SRV. Now to be honest I only practice Classical Music, it's quite hard, but I can express myself better with classical music, it's really soul touching.
I've listened to your Capricho Arabe a zillion times and, still, it surprises me, each and every time, again and again. It's just the best interpretation I've found on YTube, so many thanks for sharing this magical piece with all of us, thanks a zillion ! I'm now going back to playing after 35 years ... wish I will get back to where I was, a long long time ago ... not giving up :)
Hi Mariarosapacorigh I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹
Thanks for using the accent mark on the a (Á). I know it's a minor detail but we spanish speakers appreciate it a lot. We believe that its absence is understandable given that the internet is in english but its presence shows appreciation for the language and cultures relating to it.
You do not play it. You dance it. So free and beautifully played. I mean “everyone” has heard this piece one thousand times. So, it takes a lot to make the listener, i.e. me, cry listening to it again.
About a year ago, this man played theorbo for a production I was in at Wheaton College. It made me incredibly happy to see this pop across my feed and see him getting the recognition he deserves!
I was introduced to this song by you and I immediatly was emotionally connected to the song. Every now and then I get the itch to hear the song again and look it up on iTunes, but the versions I find never quite have the same clarity and feeling. When I come back to youtube to listen to the song, I remember why this song is so remarkable. Thanks for the amazing content!
I came here from Rob Scallon's video and I can't help but think this is like a dream come true moment for someone like Brandon. My 60's Japanese Elger is more guitar than I can handle... I don't even think I would breath near something like that.
I prefer this version of "Capricho Arabè" over any other recording i have heard. So instead of listening to Garibay or Segovia, I end up pausing my listning-session and going back to this video time and time again. By now it is certainy my most watched YT video, and after 1,5 years it still amazes me. Thank you Brandon!
This is the video that inspired me one year ago to pick up a classical guitar. I startet to lern Capricho Arabe on my 1/2 size classical guitar and eventually bought a broken, but easy to fix 4/4 guitar. Since then i almost only play classical/romantic pieces and enjoy it a lot! A co-worker has given me a 19th century guitar that is also fun to play (and really graceful for videos). Thank you a lot! 💙
2:43 when you finally arrive at the A at the top of the line, the guitar speaks in a way that I’ve not heard from any other performance of this piece. Wow.
I have been playing the guitar for 12 years... and consider myself quite good at it. I mainly play rock/metal and things like that. Thus video has reaalllyyyy humbled me and I may go out and pick myself up a classical guitar and try to learn some of this style. Absolutely amazing 👏
good luck you will see, as I tried this piece this also thinking that it is not fast so I could play some parts.. you will understand how this guy is a master... each not each played correctly at the right level, balanced between bass and high strings.. this is very difficult for electric guitar players like us.. the finger touch is really something
Brandon was a metal head too, used to play shred guitar and got turned on to classical music. I was the same, played 7 years learning nothing but metal and eventually fell in love with blues. I also really like bluegrass, not from that culture at all but I find it so beautiful. Love mountain music
I learned to play this properly yesterday. By yesterday, I mean I finally managed to play through the entire song without messing up yesterday. I've been learning this song for more than a month. It's such a beautiful song, and playing it is just so satisfying. I've never really learned any classical song before but as soon as I heard this song I wanted to learn it. Now I only have to learn to play it as well as this guy.
When you're playing, you seem to be living out the music. You're not just playing it, it's like you're channeling it. Fascinating and beautiful. Thank you. (Subscribed. How could I not?)
I've been on the fence about picking up a classical guitar for a while, since I've just been playing steel strings for years, but this pushed me off the fence. Excellent work, sir. Got yourself another sub, as well.
@basses atta It really has been like starting over from scratch, but in a good way. I've gotten a handful of short pieces down, but I've got a ways to go before I get to this level. Even the jazz stuff I've learned is only minimally useful to learning classical.
What makes this rendition so beautiful is not just the piece itself, but the interpretation he puts in it.... as an amateur guitarist I apreciate you, Bravos
Every technical gesture is perfect, and manages to convey the emotion when playing. his guitar looks like a theater because of how it resonates. this is exquisite. Thank you.
Bro, this version of this song sounds exactly as I would expect it when it was written. Beautiful cover my friend. I have to be honest, I'm a metal guitarist, and you have inspired me to broaden my technique. Thanks bro
Wow. I've heard the expression, "Hearing the violin played to weeping perfection." I think one can say this about Brandon's playing here with this guitar. Wow. I watched the video of Rob and Brandon playing all the insanely expensive guitars and this video was one of the cards that came up at the end and I kenw it would be special, I jsut didn't know how special it would be. Wow.
Of all the renditions of this song I have seen and heard, this one definitely feels most like how I always imagined Tarrega would have performed it. Bravo!
Showing, once again, how so very intimate the guitar is. It's a companion, it's a friendly voice, it's a storyteller, it's a motion-picture, it's both a blank canvas and a colorful spectrum of all that is extant in the human psyche. However, it does take formidable skill and composition to evoke these things. And here, it has been done as well as just about anything I've heard of late. Bravo!
My brother in law said last week that "no one plays instruments anymore, it's archaic, people do electronic music now". He couldn't be anymore wrong, and I feel sad for those who can't appreciate mastery and elegance interpreted in this beautiful music. Well done.
I studied classical guitar when I was a music major in my undergrad years, before changing majors. I have come to appreciate that experience so much more after watching Brandon's videos, especially on the history of the instrument. It's an honor to be a small part of the experience of guitarists around the world.
First I’ll admit i am an old man and I have spent my life on basically two things (aside from my wife, sons and grandsons) pianos and electrical engineering. While listening to this I am feel I have certainly failed in (at the very least) one aspect as I cannot ever have hoped to shown that amount of passion as I have just witnessed in, this or any young male or female. This fill my being with such undulatory joy that the (and I mean no disrespect by saying): youth have the ability to pass on this level of emotion in the compositions of yesteryear. I hope that in my lifetime I have contributed, to humanity, (in the vocation of electrical engineering) a tenth or twentieth of that which this hero has in his respective field. I wish greatnesses abounding, health and all the best towards you and yours! {I hope that I have articulated my this properly and not made a fool of myself. I apologized for any grammatical errors}
Wesley, you are a gentleman and your work in electrical engineering has advanced the human race by implementing the inventions of Nicola Tesla, the greatest genius to have lived. Thank you for your service and and dedication to your field.
@@xxxxyz854 I appreciate your sentiment and while I doubt I have contributed much more that a few as a platform for these geniuses to create more amazing pieces of art that I never had the ability or tech to do. Although I am retired I really enjoy following the development of new technologies and now I’m just rambling so thanks for your positivity and I appreciate it. I wish good health, happiness and all the best to you and your family. Thanks again!
I love guitars, but never listened to classic guitar before. It's the first time I've heard this song entirely, and man, this remind me so much of my grandfather! He passed a couple years ago, but he absolutely LOVED classical music, had a great collection of discs from all the greatest composers, and I'm sure he would just love listening to this. I will keep this in my mind everytime I remember him. And now I guess I'm a classic guitar fan as well. Thank you for blessing the world with your beautiful playing!
Hi Carlossantamaria I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹
I used to listen to an album by Nicolas De Angelis called " une lettre pour Anna" when I was young, because my parents would play it on their record player at times... It always has been a nostalgic keeper in my mind. This title is on the album too.. Until today, I had never seen someone playing it live on a video.. It is really awesome, thanks for the beautiful playing.. on a beautiful guitar 🎼👌
Proficiently perfect and gorgeous was the playing here. Unreal articulation and emoting with both left and right hands. Dynamics beyond reproach. How any serious guitarist can see this and not be inspired is beyond my understanding.
Never gets old. I've heard it 200 times or more and I can listen to every week and get something new each time. First hearing was after seeing Carlos Montoya playing a show at UIC in 1984. He didn't play this because he was a flamenco guy but I went to the public library and checked all the Segovia records I could find. Later I was fortunate enough to see the maestro play live in Chicago. You could hear a pin drop. Great rendition please keep recording!!
I will never forget the first time I heard a Classical guitar played correctly. I was in Seattle...wandering around the Public Market sometime in the 90's. In one of the lower level stairwells I heard what I thought was a Piano. I went to investigate and was slack jawed to see this old guy just playing a guitar. I sat there for the next hour...damn near in tears.
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Wich guitar would u recommend for a beginner clasical guitarist?
I gave q electric but since ive seen you're technice and hear the possibility,s im so gonna play classical now . But whas wondering what a good beginner choise would be. ❤ ty for youre contents
@@steffanfockenssf this might be a little late but Yamaha and Cordoba makes really good affordable classical guitars for beginners. Give one of them a shot.
That's $2,412 for each note on the fretboard.
You forgot the open string notes. So it's actually 275000 / (20*2 + 19*4) = $2,370.69 per note. And I won't pay a PENNY more!
@@justinutube lol 69
@@justinutube And he has to throw in the 5th, 7th and 12th fret harmonics for FREE!
@@billymays495 nice
This makes it look more expensive, lol. 275.000$ for the whole guitar, that's acceptable. But 2, 400$ for each note, that's way too much :)
I studied classical guitar in Los Angeles in the early 70s. My teacher was a Spaniard named Manuel Sanguesa, an older man by then. His teacher was a student of Tarrega. Manuel told me a story of how his teacher couldn't afford lessons from the master, so he'd hang outside the window of the room in which Tarrega taught, and learn what he could by eavesdropping. Tarrega finally took pity on him and began to teach him free of charge. Manuel said his teacher was very frustrated that sound recording machines were not yet available when Tarrega lived, and that his beautiful playing was lost in history. But I'd say Brandon is a great substitute.
If your teacher's teacher frustated about that then it would be an amazing thing that lost in human history...
@@kokodayo5796 what? how come?
There's no recording of Tarrega, but I remember have heard some old recording of direct disciple of the master like Josefina Robledo here : th-cam.com/video/VZAuj8HdE0c/w-d-xo.html
Well, audio recording was invented in 1877, depends what year he was studying...
@@alfin9189 are you dumb?
He looks like the type of guy that you'll ask if he knows how to play and he'll say
"I'm not that good"
Alan Garcia good one
Did you see “crazy rich Asians”?
That scene in the plane when she asks him if he’s rich he says we do ok
And when he plays he suddenly turns godly
Haha ese es Luisito el crack en tu perfil??
@@AJ-jt4ti si, lo conocí en Las Vegas, muy buena persona, se porta igual que en sus videos jajaja
"I mean yeah, I dabble"
This video legitimately made me go out and purchase a guitar. One year into learning classical guitar and I swear I'm going to play this piece some day.
Nice! Look into some Torroba as well. Some of my favorite pieces to play are from his "castles of spain" series.
You can start working on it with a year into it. I did, and although I got somewhat terrible results at the time, i learned a lot.
Learning this piece and doing it almost perfectly.. was def a satisfying feeling. Congrats to your 1 year in! Def an amazing journey❤️
McClearly how is it going?
@@methanealkane7442 Pretty well! Learning very slowly, but I'm enjoying the pieces I've learned so far. I tried to ignore having to learn chords, but they're too useful to ignore so I had to backtrack. Seems to be helpful just to learn how to move your fingers into ungodly positions :D
Even his hair look so talented.
sinan beyreli omg
This is mostly practice, not talent.
😂😂
@@dann5480 I practice a lot but even I will admit that I can never reach his level.
This is talent honed with practice.
bruh xD
I play this song in the morning when I get ready for work; it makes me feel as if I'm some sort of mafia boss and not a package handler for fed ex.
Get some Bluetooth headphones and listen to it throughout the day. The next person to give you flak on your route will end up sleeping with the fishes. :P
Nice comment
@@willstatmen9591 - thanks 😊
You must be a hell of a guitar player ...
it remembers me music in Hercules in New Your film with Arnie )
This will be the type of video that’ll get recommended to everyone in a couple of years
AD C this was in my recomended
This is gonna show up in every guitar players recommend right now
It's being recommended now.
It’s in my recommend and I don’t even play an instrument
I am only leaving this comment here so I can reply to it when the prophecy is fulfilled.
I have this cheap 1968 Gianinni nylon string that truly sounds magnificent. Back in 1994, I did a neighbor lady a favor with some tree felling and she had heard me play guitar in the past from next door and she new I liked Spanish-Flamenco music. She walked out of the house with a black acoustic guitar case that was dried out and crumbling into chunks and dust within her hands as she brought it out to me. I opened the case and the hinges simply detached and the case fell completely apart revealing the 1968 wooden lady within. It had a broken tuning head and was covered in a layer of gunk so thick you couldn't even see the wood grain on the fretboard. She told me the guitar was a gift to her from an old lover who was a banker that bought if for her, but she never took up the instrument. She gave it to me. I replaced the entire tuning head apparatus and had to use naptha several times to get the gunk layer off the fretboard and frets. Then I lightly oiled the fret board, polished the rest of the guitar and put on some new strings. It took several hours to get her rehabilitated. I, some time later, took the guitar over to her so she could see what it looked like. She was astonished as to its beauty and new life. And then I played her a few songs and the guitar has been with me ever since.
Great story
i love this man so much
ikr! Liked him so much before and now he recorded my favourite classical piece and I'm in awe.
same, so grateful to Rob for introducing me
Thanks, Jared! I'm a fan of yours as well. Maybe we need to get together to find out if a classical guitar can djent...
@@brandonacker 2020 is not gonna be complete without this happening.
@@brandonacker djent with a Narciso Yepes-style 10 string
This dude is helping define what a modern classical musician is. People value this kind of intimacy. Bravo!
It sounded great on my stereo, I have horn speakers so this was very lively.
This guy feels like a personification of the person you wanted to be when you picked up a guitar.
"Personification of the person"?
@@philiphaycock3845 What's so difficult to comprehend?
@@fuckoff565 A person is already personified just by being a person.
Scorn Pole - we all know what you meant...( in spite of the snarky comments) the ‘embodiment’...(of the person). Cheers & Happy New Year!
Well this is underrated
This is pure magic. This may be a $250,000 guitar but he definitely is a $1,000,000 guitarist. Bravo!
ЭТА ГИТАРА СТОИТ КАК РОЯЛЬ , КАК ТАКОЕ МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ ?😮😢😮
Where can I buy him
Rick harris: “i’ll offer you 3 thousand, i’m taking a huge risk here”
" i got a buddy, who's an expert "
Laughed way too hard at this made my day 😂😂
"Best I can do is 15.... dollars. I mean come on its been played before."
lmao
You wanna pawn it or sell it?
Click for the price tag and stay for the skill and sound. Very nice.
Indeed
Truly
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what a miracle that a 1888 Torres guitar did cross road with Brandon in 2019... 131 year old dream come true ! That guitar was made to play Capricho Árabe...
I agree!! Brandon should record an album with this Torres if he can get access again!1
Oddly it seems a little too defined for this piece. Or it could be I’m not used to hearing this piece with so much noted definition. Either way, well played on truly remarkable instrument. De Torres really knew his stuff.
It really is the perfect guitar for Capricho Árabe. Wikipedia includes 3 guitars that Tárrega was known to own. All 3 are Torres guitars. The first was a 1864 that Torres personally gifted to him after hearing Tárrega play and the 3rd was a 1888 Torres guitar SE 114, Tárrega's last and reportedly favorite guitar. The guitar that Brandon is playing is the 1888 Torres SE 124. Built the same year and built with the same internals as Tárrega's 114. As Capricho Árabe was written 4 years later in 1892 it's possible that it was written by Tárrega using his 1888 Torres SE 114, the almost-twin of this 1888 Torres SE 124
I think ''he'' was around when it was made. Him being a vampire and all. He probably lost it in one of the great wars and now just found it again.
So this lovely vampire dude took care of his guitar for more than a hundred years only so he can play this piece for us today. Thank you mister vampire dude, we love you.
What’s the age joke about?
@@ciegosanchez5289 Never mind the joke... it gets old pretty quick
A vampire joke that doesn’t suck
@@ciegosanchez5289 vampires live long time
@@narta11 with all due respect, sir, the exit is right there
I stopped playing classical guitar when i was 15 and cut my tendon in my figure in an accident. This, honestly, is the most beautiful, soul touching thing I've heard in a long long time.
Part of me pushed away classical guitar music to cope with losing the ability to play it and this has just reignited that love. Wow. Just wow.
(ps. it's not all sad, i ended up becoming a decent drummer when i quit guitar!)
Ah, so that's how drummers are created!
What a story. And so nice you can be touched and willing to put a few words to it.
I’m sorry you cannot play the worlds greatest instrument. Continue to love it though ❤️
Then you haven't heard Agustín Barrios...
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When my godfather went to Spain, I was about 6 years old. He sent a 2 disc set of Segovia recordings. There weren’t any classical teachers near me, but this was one of the pieces that encouraged me to keep at the guitar. A decade of jazz later and I still can’t play it, but I do love hearing it and being reminded of a time when I’d curl up to go to sleep while thinking of my family across the sea. Thank you for this.
I first heard a snippet of this song on an online Encyclopedia CD that came with my 2000 Compaq computer. I was hooked (didn't know it was this song until like 15 years later)...took me a while but I finally learned this a few years back. Keep at it, you can do it!
I almost forgot, humans are capable of true greatness. The Maker, the Composer, the player. Incredible beauty.
Question does a guitar concerto with string quartet accompaniment need amplification of the guitar?
well said. everything about this is amazing
Juan de Torres, Granada, Spain, the maker, and in fact the inventor of the 6 string Spanish (Classical) guitar, which he did in Sevilla.
Tarrega, the composer, was from Villarreal, Castellón, Spain.
The player, I know not, but surely worthy of both the instrument and such a beautiful and famous piece.
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there are concertos for classical guitar and no need for amplification more than the player skills
I don't understand exactly that question
@@JulioLeonFandinho In the least , a guitar and string quartet bring difficulty as it is not as audible as the other. I guitar + orchestra is not a good medium ( I.M.P.)
What a privilege playing that 130+ year old Torres. You deserve it bro.
Torres? Francisco Tárrega. 1892 Spain
Normally people can't play this melody correctly. This was perfect. Francisco would be proud.
I can’t tell. I’ve heard this famous piece often. But, it all sounded different this time. I guess so much depends on the guitarist. For two years in a row i had season tickets at in an close setting for guitarists worldwide (good old days). If a french, or Italian, or english or Brazilian all played the same piece, the playing oddly reflected their own country. I was always amazed. I don’t know if it’s intentional or not.
I think Christopher Parkening does a fantastic job with it. One of my personal favorites.
Wrong. I consider normal and still play it
@@hernanmazzini5277 post a better video, then you can troll my comment.
@@megahaze5101 I don't even think he was replying to you specifically. I also think its pretty clear that English is not his first language. Lighten up bud.
I been playing for 35 years..........closed my eyes.....and felt at peace.
Same here. Haven't felt that emotion in a long time. So much better with good headphones and eyes closed
3:55 this is one of the most elegant transitions from major to minor in all music’s history. So seamless yet so effective.
And 2:42 is the most elegant transition from minor to major ahah Sweet chromatism right on our face.
My favorite part
I have also learned and played this for years and years and it's my favorite part. its nice to see others like that part as well.
It's sounds very like Schubert
I'm not impressed
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roger roger, amazing playing btw! love ur covers of tarrega
I'm always impressed by how little classical guitarist's fingers seem to move compared to how many notes are played
Very true. So much is in the technique and ridiculous amounts of practice time wise.
that's how everyone should play if they learned guitar properly
It's all in position and knowing which finger needs to be the anchor point.
Right. I could never figure that out.
It’s economy of movement, something shared across both classic and modern guitar. You move as little as you possibly can while still preforming all the motions necessary
I found this gem of a guitarist last year and I'm so glad he is getting all these opportunities now! Playing a Torres is an honour you deserve as a guitarist.
Forza Magico Milan! :)
That's not a $275,000 guitar.... that's a $10M guitarist.
Is he really that good?
Breck Breckenridge yes......
@@fgb3126 He's actually insane, from his VERY clean technique to his dynamics in his playing, yes, he really is that good.
Blessed by Ling Ling
I'm looking for a musician slave who's selling him?
The emotion put into this rendition is truly inspirational. Bravo, young lad.
"young lad" he's a 2000 year old vampire
Question does a guitar concerto with string quartet accompaniment need amplification of the guitar?
00:37 That slide to D with vibrato shows exactly how incredible the tone of this instrument is. Wow.
This is before Jack Black became his subtitute teacher in his school
Absolutely golden
God this is so underrated
Classic😂
I feel special for getting the joke 😂
He plays like a dancer looking at their foot.
i’ve been listening to the song for my whole life. my dad used to put an andres segovia album on for sunday morning breakfast and this song would be on it. nice to see it here :)
Hey champoo, my Dad used to do the exact same thing, and here we are listening to this. It would seem that Dads influence us all
I grew up having fun attending many rock concerts and festivals from my first concert AC/DC way back in 1981 and many more since.
I'm 56 now still love ZEP, SABBATH, TED, RUSH also loved Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead etc...
It's that guitar sound i admire. How these artists created this beautiful sound with the chords they reached from years of practice sitting alone in their room wanting to become more than just a good player.
The way you play this piece by Francisco Tarrega is so pure, so exacting. Yes I like rock n roll but it's anyone who can bring out the best within themselves as a guitar player.
I've shown family and friends and said
" Look how beautifully this guy Brandon plays this song. Look at his hands"
As you're playing your arms, hands and facial expressions become
" the instrument " it sounds so great.
I've watch other videos but nobody is as good as you Brandon. If you ever tour out in Southern California or Riverside area I'll be front row center enjoying that beautiful guitar sound but this time I won't be shouting and banging my head like I did attending all those gigs in the past 35+ years.
At this quality level, both of the guitar and the player, Brandon doesn’t play the the guitar, it plays him.
Beautifully performed and great song choice.
I think they play of eachother, each making the other sound, and play, better
perfect instrument, perfetct player, perfect sound recording, perfect camera!
This man's control is deserving of an attempt on this rare instrument. He was prepared for sure. Wonderful job. 🤘
Cyn Hicks For this price you should never have to tune this guitar or change its strings ever. They should always be fresh and in tune.
As I'm currently learning this, I just have to say Brandon's intonation is just excellent in this piece. Every little premeditated stoppage with that extra flair to add emotional toil to his rendition makes this arrangement that much more complex and wonderful.
This guitar has been waiting for so long to get played this well
That guitar used to belong to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regino_Sainz_de_la_Maza one of the best Spanish classical guitarrists of the XX century.
I’ve been playing guitar for about 40 years and have heard all kinds of guitars & players. Everything about that rendition was outstanding. The instrument, piece of music, musician & performance. Truly beautiful. Thanks for uploading.
I heard he has a portrait of himself upstairs in the attic that's slowly growing old...
You, sir, are a man of culture!
Haha nice
Where is this from?
@@Mundillou picture of dorian grey. give it a go
what are the chances i just finished that book last night :))
This man is beyond talented, the way he makes it sing, weep, it’s all so…. Idk the word for it. I just love watching & listening to Brandon play. Thank you Rob Scallon for introducing me to such a fine musician!
Mesmerizing, enticing, mellow, sweet and beautifully long gone yet present sadness is what this guitar and the fingers playing it has stirred. I'm here because of Scallon's video with Marshall and Acker too.
@@nah9585 well said.
He's got the duende. Mr, Gatlif explains better here: th-cam.com/video/wBXfVA6HuUc/w-d-xo.html
Came here from Rob as well :D
Excellent playing skills, but for me the lower notes lack bass….which may, of course be down to recording technique or equipment. I tend to compare classical guitar sound with the quality of tones and dynamics demonstrated by Maestro Andres Segovia who credited much more to the quality of your finger nails than to the instrument!
How can a man be so likable, such a nice person, a friend to Rob and still be so in depth with music and have such an ability.
In my experience musicians of this level are just arrogant thats why I say it
It's weird because I've noticed that classical guitarists, who are both guitarists and classical musicians, two groups of people known to have a lot of arrogant individuals, are seemingly the most humble of the two groups.
In my experience as a professional musician, the better the musician, the more humble they tend to be. Not that there aren't douches among them.
@@jtbsax I've known some top end pros and on a personal level most are humble. Some of the snarky one are that way because of the crude public's BS.
Comes with centuries of life experience. Remember, he bought all those old ass instruments when they were new, learned all this stuff when it was hot shit back in the day. Of course, the vampiric attraction power doesn't hurt either.
That was cringe and gay
I understand that classical guitar music isnt everyone's choice but negative comments on here must be from very jealous people that obviously do not have the ability this guy has and never will...his playing is sublime and the piece of music chosen is beautiful...
Totally agree,as a classical guitarist and tutor , his interpretation and method is of very high quality,trolls like the above no-brainers are the type of people who give up after 1 0r 2 lessons.p.
I used to play a Lot of Blues and Jazz, and did not understand why someone would play only classical music when you can learn Hendrix or SRV.
Now to be honest I only practice Classical Music, it's quite hard, but I can express myself better with classical music, it's really soul touching.
This is not classical music. It is contemporay / late modern music.
@@mr_elyte Quite wrong. This is classical guitar music of the romantic era. Please do your research before spouting nonsense.
making mistakes is a great way to find new melodies. I a little bonus for being not so great at playing. lol.
I didnt know the black spidey suit gave him guitar skills too.
😂
He's Ackerman too!!
I JUST COME FROM THAT VIDEO WTF
@@Navarroonn which episode???
@@mypfpisbetterthanyours5177 hmmmm 3rd Spiderman movie?
I've listened to your Capricho Arabe a zillion times and, still, it surprises me, each and every time, again and again. It's just the best interpretation I've found on YTube, so many thanks for sharing this magical piece with all of us, thanks a zillion ! I'm now going back to playing after 35 years ... wish I will get back to where I was, a long long time ago ... not giving up :)
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@frankuvlkan embarrassing.
Thanks for using the accent mark on the a (Á). I know it's a minor detail but we spanish speakers appreciate it a lot. We believe that its absence is understandable given that the internet is in english but its presence shows appreciation for the language and cultures relating to it.
You do not play it. You dance it. So free and beautifully played. I mean “everyone” has heard this piece one thousand times. So, it takes a lot to make the listener, i.e. me, cry listening to it again.
About a year ago, this man played theorbo for a production I was in at Wheaton College. It made me incredibly happy to see this pop across my feed and see him getting the recognition he deserves!
I was introduced to this song by you and I immediatly was emotionally connected to the song. Every now and then I get the itch to hear the song again and look it up on iTunes, but the versions I find never quite have the same clarity and feeling. When I come back to youtube to listen to the song, I remember why this song is so remarkable. Thanks for the amazing content!
I came here from Rob Scallon's video and I can't help but think this is like a dream come true moment for someone like Brandon.
My 60's Japanese Elger is more guitar than I can handle... I don't even think I would breath near something like that.
Did you get a free gig bag?
I didn't even get a gig bag when I bought my Fender Tele new. At $275K, I expect a hard case, some blow and three hookers.
@@stefanodomeni strange on my fender strat i get one
@@djavidianmx1832 As if Guitar Center does anything for free...
Hahaha
😅
The digital accuracy, coupled with magical passion that dripped from his fingertips was crazy. Beautiful.
Sounds disgusting, especially while I sit here eating my waffles. Please refrain from 'not refraining' to speak.
I prefer this version of "Capricho Arabè" over any other recording i have heard. So instead of listening to Garibay or Segovia, I end up pausing my listning-session and going back to this video time and time again. By now it is certainy my most watched YT video, and after 1,5 years it still amazes me. Thank you Brandon!
This is the video that inspired me one year ago to pick up a classical guitar. I startet to lern Capricho Arabe on my 1/2 size classical guitar and eventually bought a broken, but easy to fix 4/4 guitar. Since then i almost only play classical/romantic pieces and enjoy it a lot! A co-worker has given me a 19th century guitar that is also fun to play (and really graceful for videos). Thank you a lot! 💙
2:43 when you finally arrive at the A at the top of the line, the guitar speaks in a way that I’ve not heard from any other performance of this piece. Wow.
He's virtually holding a house in his hands.
A very small house by NA standards at that, fuck I hate this world
@@PolarShine_ You should look into houses in Texas!
But so much better than a house.
@@SgtMacska Wait... is Texas THAT much cheaper compared to other states ?
@@xDamage69 Yes, weirdly so tbh. But then again, more land and lower wages in the area usually leads to that.
I have been playing the guitar for 12 years... and consider myself quite good at it. I mainly play rock/metal and things like that. Thus video has reaalllyyyy humbled me and I may go out and pick myself up a classical guitar and try to learn some of this style. Absolutely amazing 👏
good luck you will see, as I tried this piece this also thinking that it is not fast so I could play some parts.. you will understand how this guy is a master... each not each played correctly at the right level, balanced between bass and high strings.. this is very difficult for electric guitar players like us.. the finger touch is really something
So.... How's it goin on that journey?
Brandon was a metal head too, used to play shred guitar and got turned on to classical music. I was the same, played 7 years learning nothing but metal and eventually fell in love with blues. I also really like bluegrass, not from that culture at all but I find it so beautiful. Love mountain music
I'm Portuguese. And this 200 year old piece of music says so much to me as if it was written today.
I don't know what's more impressive, the guitar or the guitarist. You make me want to grow my nails out again. Incredible playing. 👍
I'm here due to Rob Scallon, and I couldn't be happier to reconnect with the classical guitar after many years!
🌵yeah, me too!
I learned to play this properly yesterday. By yesterday, I mean I finally managed to play through the entire song without messing up yesterday. I've been learning this song for more than a month.
It's such a beautiful song, and playing it is just so satisfying. I've never really learned any classical song before but as soon as I heard this song I wanted to learn it. Now I only have to learn to play it as well as this guy.
Wow, that's awesome
Breath-taking. I actually felt my heart drop a couple times.
When you're playing, you seem to be living out the music. You're not just playing it, it's like you're channeling it. Fascinating and beautiful. Thank you. (Subscribed. How could I not?)
Real pleasure listening to a guitarist like that.
This is medicine for the soul. Wow that guitar sounds so beautiful.
I'm glad you got to play a whole piece on it. The sound, the resonances, even on video are absolutely heavenly!
Done in one take, no edits 😳 This means it’s the same AMAZING piece of perfection each time we watch it 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
I've been on the fence about picking up a classical guitar for a while, since I've just been playing steel strings for years, but this pushed me off the fence. Excellent work, sir. Got yourself another sub, as well.
itll feel like youre relearning guitar at first, but keep at it and youll play pieces such as those with that much intimacy
Nylon > steel
Any day of the week
@basses atta It really has been like starting over from scratch, but in a good way. I've gotten a handful of short pieces down, but I've got a ways to go before I get to this level. Even the jazz stuff I've learned is only minimally useful to learning classical.
What makes this rendition so beautiful is not just the piece itself, but the interpretation he puts in it.... as an amateur guitarist I apreciate you, Bravos
Came for the guitar, stayed for the playing. Beautiful!
This was so beautiful, I’m stunned, can’t figure life right now. I discovered you like 5 days ago and I will say it. Brandon, you are golden.
Every technical gesture is perfect, and manages to convey the emotion when playing. his guitar looks like a theater because of how it resonates. this is exquisite. Thank you.
You have a new convert to classical guitars. You play beautifully, the passion is felt by your wonderful talent. Thank you.
I'm torn between the gratification of the sounds I'm listening to and witnessing the sheer joy of the musician in creating them. Brilliantly done.
You sounded so beautiful I actually cried I'm happy to have discovered you and I'm happy to say you have a new fan
The tone of it is so soft and mellow, nothing like any other guitar.
Brandon really is a fantastic player. Ive heard many versions of this piece and his is one of my favorite. Hes legit.
Spanish guitar is some of the most beautiful music you will ever hear.
The emotion is intense!
This gives me chills every time I listen to it, its just that good.
this guy deserves to have this guitar.
I thought the same.
It's not his?
You have to earn things you don’t just “deserve” them
@@g496r500t *Buy
g496r500t perhaps he hasn’t monetarily earned the guitar, but in skill he’s earned just about any guitar on earth.
This guitar produces tones that are so clear and balanced that I would never put it down again...Very cool!!!
Bro, this version of this song sounds exactly as I would expect it when it was written. Beautiful cover my friend. I have to be honest, I'm a metal guitarist, and you have inspired me to broaden my technique. Thanks bro
A price matches the guitar? Yes .
But no money can match this man's talent and aura.
All the love and respect to you , Sir .
Wow. I've heard the expression, "Hearing the violin played to weeping perfection." I think one can say this about Brandon's playing here with this guitar. Wow.
I watched the video of Rob and Brandon playing all the insanely expensive guitars and this video was one of the cards that came up at the end and I kenw it would be special, I jsut didn't know how special it would be.
Wow.
Of all the renditions of this song I have seen and heard, this one definitely feels most like how I always imagined Tarrega would have performed it. Bravo!
It's one of my favorite songs to listen to when getting my workday started! Thank you!!!
Wow, eye’s and ears where glued to the screen for the entire video. Great performance!!!!!!
Showing, once again, how so very intimate the guitar is. It's a companion, it's a friendly voice, it's a storyteller, it's a motion-picture, it's both a blank canvas and a colorful spectrum of all that is extant in the human psyche. However, it does take formidable skill and composition to evoke these things. And here, it has been done as well as just about anything I've heard of late. Bravo!
My brother in law said last week that "no one plays instruments anymore, it's archaic, people do electronic music now". He couldn't be anymore wrong, and I feel sad for those who can't appreciate mastery and elegance interpreted in this beautiful music. Well done.
I studied classical guitar when I was a music major in my undergrad years, before changing majors. I have come to appreciate that experience so much more after watching Brandon's videos, especially on the history of the instrument. It's an honor to be a small part of the experience of guitarists around the world.
First I’ll admit i am an old man and I have spent my life on basically two things (aside from my wife, sons and grandsons) pianos and electrical engineering. While listening to this I am feel I have certainly failed in (at the very least) one aspect as I cannot ever have hoped to shown that amount of passion as I have just witnessed in, this or any young male or female. This fill my being with such undulatory joy that the (and I mean no disrespect by saying): youth have the ability to pass on this level of emotion in the compositions of yesteryear. I hope that in my lifetime I have contributed, to humanity, (in the vocation of electrical engineering) a tenth or twentieth of that which this hero has in his respective field. I wish greatnesses abounding, health and all the best towards you and yours! {I hope that I have articulated my this properly and not made a fool of myself. I apologized for any grammatical errors}
Wesley, you are a gentleman and your work in electrical engineering has advanced the human race by implementing the inventions of Nicola Tesla, the greatest genius to have lived. Thank you for your service and
and dedication to your field.
@@xxxxyz854 I appreciate your sentiment and while I doubt I have contributed much more that a few as a platform for these geniuses to create more amazing pieces of art that I never had the ability or tech to do. Although I am retired I really enjoy following the development of new technologies and now I’m just rambling so thanks for your positivity and I appreciate it. I wish good health, happiness and all the best to you and your family. Thanks again!
@@wesleytownsend8214 The very best for you and those you love.
The best contribution you can make to the world is just be yourself!
You can always get a Yamaha C40 and start from there. I used to think guitar was impossible once but now it's like my shadow
I love guitars, but never listened to classic guitar before. It's the first time I've heard this song entirely, and man, this remind me so much of my grandfather! He passed a couple years ago, but he absolutely LOVED classical music, had a great collection of discs from all the greatest composers, and I'm sure he would just love listening to this. I will keep this in my mind everytime I remember him. And now I guess I'm a classic guitar fan as well. Thank you for blessing the world with your beautiful playing!
One of my favorites of all time, the beauty is indescribable. Fantastic interpretation Brandon, the level of execution is flawless!
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Playing this piece for solo and ensemble and will be my final high school solo, easily the most challenging thing I've ever played
Good luck!!
I used to listen to an album by Nicolas De Angelis called " une lettre pour Anna" when I was young, because my parents would play it on their record player at times...
It always has been a nostalgic keeper in my mind.
This title is on the album too..
Until today, I had never seen someone playing it live on a video..
It is really awesome, thanks for the beautiful playing.. on a beautiful guitar 🎼👌
Was probably a dream come true to play this guitar for a pro like Brandon. Really nice rendition. Thank you.
I feel like the only word I can say that would sum this up is: exquisite.
Proficiently perfect and gorgeous was the playing here. Unreal articulation and emoting with both left and right hands. Dynamics beyond reproach. How any serious guitarist can see this and not be inspired is beyond my understanding.
Never gets old. I've heard it 200 times or more and I can listen to every week and get something new each time. First hearing was after seeing Carlos Montoya playing a show at UIC in 1984. He didn't play this because he was a flamenco guy but I went to the public library and checked all the Segovia records I could find. Later I was fortunate enough to see the maestro play live in Chicago. You could hear a pin drop. Great rendition please keep recording!!
I will never forget the first time I heard a Classical guitar played correctly. I was in Seattle...wandering around the Public Market sometime in the 90's. In one of the lower level stairwells I heard what I thought was a Piano. I went to investigate and was slack jawed to see this old guy just playing a guitar. I sat there for the next hour...damn near in tears.