Gaspar Sanz, Españoletas - Baroque guitar

[P0werMaxi]

1:20 omg, its perfect =)

[Morbidjeff666]

can any1 give me some tips 2 play this music or classical in general?

[Luthval]

@Morbidjeff666

Look for Delcamp forum, there are free classical guitar lessons...

Val

[Reverie323]

Amazing! I have just begun learning to play acoustic guitar a week ago. I figured i might have as well learn classical songs in the beginning and came across this song in the more difficult sections of my book. Watching you play so beautifully, I have gained an aspiration to play just like you.

[Luthval]

@Reverie323

I wish you the best, playing this beautiful song... ;-)

Thanks

Val

[McPhersonBassMaster]

I have to say, I love the sweet, softer sound of the lute more than the bright, percussive (to my ear) sound of the modern guitar, and the Baroque guitar just fits right in the middle. It's a bit brighter and louder than a lute, but it isn't just as overbearing as what is basically the Romantic Era Guitar which is used now. You really need to record more music for this, it sounds great.

[Luthval]

@McPhersonBassMaster

Yes sounds nice on this instrument for Sanz, but you also need a mordern gutiar to play Tarrega or Barrios... What I try to do is the right instrument for the right music...;-)

Thanks

Val

[131313407]

I love the piece but cannot find the sheet music. Where do you think i can find it?

[Luthval]

@131313407

Did you really search ? I ask google for "Gaspar Sanz espanoletas score" and the first link gave me a free pdf...

[poopedmahpants]

@Luthval are the two guitar parts on that score combined what you're playing here? I have an audition including this song next month, and I don't read well, so I'm hoping to have this memorized by then

[Luthval]

@poopedmahpants

Hello, here I'm playing from the original tablature by Sanz. ;-)

Val

[Burnoutjoe]

Hi, I love your video's! I've been thinking of getting a lute for ages now, but after looking into it I'm going to get a baroque guitar so I don't have to sacrifice practice time on the new tunings. I've found a 6 course baroque guitar which looks like it would be very straightforward to play guitar music on. Would you recommend doing this or do you think a 5 course is the way to go?

Don't rush to reply, I'd really appreciate a response whenever you're free.

Joe

[Luthval]

@Burnoutjoe

Hi Joe !

As far as early music for lute or gutiar is in tablature, new tunings are really not a problem ;-) Don't play early music from modern guitar scores, but try always to play it from original tabs !

There is just no music for 6 courses baroque guitar, and perhaps the sixth will not be ok for playing Sanz, Murcia or de Visée rasgueado chords intended for 5 courses guitars. So my advice is to have a 5 course one. ;-) Good luck !

[Burnoutjoe]

@Luthval

Thank you for the advice Val! I have the option of commissioning a 5 or 6 course version so will try and get my hands on one to give it a test run then go for it!

Thanks again and Merry Christmas.

Joe

[Luthval]

@fuegofiremegafire

I think you can easyly find it on the net... good luck !

Val

[edferda]

nice guitar.

[ShaggyBox1]

Great video! Could you tell me where you where able to find the sheet music for that version of the song?

[Luthval]

@ShaggyBox1

I think if you search on the net you'll find easily either original tablature and modern guitar score.

[986710]

i like it !!!

[Luthval]

@986710

Thanks ;-)

Val

[Reload0316]

What type of guitar is that?

[Luthval]

A baroque guitar (copy from intrument of the XVIIth century, as used by Gaspar Sanz.

[sesameseedbagel1]

DO you have a tab for this? Or do you where I can get one for free?

[Vampiress318]

I absolutely love Medeival music, and that was one of the most beautiful pieces I ever heard, thank you for making this video!

[Luthval]

Thanks for listening !

(This is not medieval period, but baroque (XVIIth century) Medieval finished at the XVth century...)

Val

[buddybear]

I really enjoyed your interpretation. Thank you! Buddy(bear).

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot ;-)

Regards

Val

[Luthval]

It is a baroque guitar... ;-)

V.

[gnomebottom]

Are baroque guitars expensive?

[Luthval]

I'm afraid yes... Look on the net for lutemaker, they also make baroque guitars.

Good luck (and start saving money...)

Val

[gnomebottom]

Thanks for the reply and great playing btw! I play some renaissance/baroque music on the classical guitar. It's probably high time I uploaded some videos ;)

[Chon12490]

Are all the strings on that guitar nylon, like the vihuela?

[Luthval]

Yes, but thiner than guitar strings and less tension, but in the XVII they were gut.

V.

[Chon12490]

So is this song suppose to have a close relation to Greensleeves

[Luthval]

Same ground on la Romanesca.

V.

[ramonesux]

great! 5 stars

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot ;-)

Val

[robicool]

I love that guitar, I love the music of Sanz, and I love you playing them both! Thanks Val!

I'm curious, what made you decide to come onto youtube?

[Luthval]

when I look first at Youtube there were just a few lute videos, not any greensleeves on the lute, so I decide to spread the word of lute music ;-))) lol

Val

[robicool]

and we all are so glad that you did! thanks again :)

[Luthval]

It is tune exactly the same as the guitar (minus the 6th bass string) but sounds different with some strings in octave (and here A=415, not usual 440)

Val

[Luthval]

Thanks ;-)

V.

[alinitto]

Yes, of course, Tarrega came later, but I pointed to the picture in the beginning of your video, her right hand position is very different from yours .. also there are other classical pictures depicting lute players as the famous "Lute Player" by Caravaggio (1596) or that of Jan Kupetzky (1711), or "Woman Playing the Lute", by G. Terborch (xvii cent) .. all are using quasi the same technique very close to that of the classic guitar ...

[Luthval]

Of course, and hundred of others showing different positions (attention, people liked to be painted playing instruments, but were not all the time players themselves, so paintings are indication, of course, not true...) And of course there is not ONE true position, depends of the instrument, the player, the style...

Val ;-)

[ramonesux]

and after all, if your ear cant figure any difference of the song coming from dif playing hand positions, no reason to think one is wrong. so, paints doenst constitue a able comparison.

i think the musician, after many blind tries, goes for his own prefered position...

thought i never did a good-achieving blind test, cuz my ear sucks and i anit got the gift

^^

[alinitto]

I wonder about the right hand position .. is it your particular

way to play ? The young lady in the picture in the beginning

of the video has it closer to that taught by the school of Tarrega.

[Luthval]

The instrument I play here is a baroque guitar, not a classical, the technic was much closer to lute technic than modern guitar. Tarrega came long time later ;-)

Val

[Luthval]

Thanks for the comment. I will soon work on the bwv 1008 (cello, transcribed for baroque lute) but the presto of 1001 is perhaps out of reach for me (on the lute...) but I plan to do the Siciliana that is so beautiful...

Val

[kandlaker]

Wow man, it's amazing!!

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot

Regards

Val

[andrefrica]

do you studed baroque guitar in school? or to learn sole

thanks

[Luthval]

No I learn alone, at the conservatory I learned lute only. (but it is very close technic)

V.

[YoJolina]

Yay another one of my favourite pieces! Gosh that guitar is just soo great! This one goes in my favourites!

Best,

Jo

[Luthval]

Funny toy isnt'it ? I love to play Sanz on it...

All the best,

Val

[baroqueboy]

This music is extraordinary not only in its beauty, but in its relaxing quality. The baroque guitar sounds so mellow because of the gut strings--modern guitars always sound more jarring and irritating, even with nylon strings. Your playing on this instrument is so sensitive and warm. Thank you for reducing my stress today.

[Luthval]

Thanks fo the nice comment.

Best regards,

Valéry

[lautenist4711]

one of my favorites.

Very nice tone and very good phrasing. Congratulations!

And - thanks for sharing. It's always a pleasure to watch and hear you play

Thomas

[Luthval]

Hello Thomas, thanks for the kind words, and I wish you a very good musical year for 2009 !

All the best,

Valéry

[torisand]

Thank you kindly! *****

Tor Inge

[Luthval]

Thanks to you ;-)

Val

[librarian1955]

Dear Valery,

Your playing is perfect! And watching you one can feel that you enjoy playing very much. I am happy for you and for us.

Aisha

[Luthval]

I like this one very much, so perhaps it is the reason you see me enjoying playing it ;-)

Amitiés

Val

[dominiquedv]

Bonne année, Luthval! La guitare baroque de ton frère sonne bien, j'espère enregistrer bientôt un nouveau morceau de guitare baroque. Et que cette année ne t'apporte que du bonheur!

[Jualtair]

This video is beautiful! I'm studying this piece and your interpretation will be useful to me! :-)

[Luthval]

Hello, I hope you will enjoy playing it as I do...

Best whishes,

Valéry

[JaggedCougar]

I`m korean yongster,

(far east from your country.)

I`m interresting in european medieval instrument, such as lute you are playing.

thank you for improving my ground knowledge in medieval music, always.

[Luthval]

Hello,

Thanks for visiting my channel. If you have any question, send a private message, I'll try to answer.

Best regards

Valéry

[DonRambone]

beautiful!!!!

[Luthval]

Thanks ;-)

V.

[Hildegard71]

Gaspar Sanz is one of my favorites! Nice play and for you: all the best (and a lot of lute/guitar-play) for 2009!

[Luthval]

Best whished Hildegard ;-)

Many thanks

val

[Roselyne18]

C'est une excellente interprétation , merci Valéry !

Tous mes meilleurs voeux pour l'année 2009 !

Amicalement , Rosy .

[Luthval]

Merci ;-)

Tous mes voeux également ;-)

Val

[Gealach74]

very nice Val!

i love this piece!

i only have the first half of it!!!

in wich key do you play it?

do you have in standard notation?

thanks and happy new year!!!

vicente

[Luthval]

Hello Vicente,

I do not have the score, but the original fac simile... (key A, but played in 415....)

Happy new musical year ;-)

Val

[okvolleyball]

great job

[Zappfrank]

Un excellent travail comme toujours! Un trabajo de excelente calidad! A great Maestro, as usual! I like very much your work with Ernststolz aussi. Bon Année 2009!!! ((:-[)

[Luthval]

Merci beaucoup du commentaire ;-)

Amitiés

et bonne année

Val

[DamianNixon]

Excellente, comme d'habitude. Merci, Val.

[Luthval]

Merci ;-)

Val