Villa-Lobos' Prelude No.1, classical guitar

[darkblood065]

I'm not sure what's up with the dislikes but you played it well. Pity the guitar sounds a bit meh though.. But try and make it more exciting, add colour to the piece I suppose.

[Alanjan]

what kind of guitar is that anyway?

[watercolour]

@Alanjan

cheapo guitar XD

[soaring138]

Beautiful guitar !

[HiTm4nGe]

I don't think but maybe^^

[cihad2003]

how long are youa actually playing?

[alidotakbari]

you know that the first, second and third string must ring at the same time right? the way you play it, makes the notes disconnected.

[Harlendar]

You've a good technich, but your intepretation is bad...

[Zstriker]

i agree.

[alidotakbari]

@Harlendar ya i agree

[IamDaCapo]

I have this sheet music :P I learning it :)

[OpDeTypmachine]

Pretty poor playing....yur how old? 5? pretty good for a 5 year old.. :/

[Crashstrike]

Show de bola!! Awesome interpretation, you're an excelent guitar player, keep the amazing work pal !

[basbreda]

very nicely done man! thumbs up

[chopin65]

Bravo!

[altazboy]

very nicely done - and Yes, Brazil does have one of the most wonderful cultures on the planet. I was fortunate enough to go there for a few days almost every week for a year and a half in the early 90's - great stuff!!

[rafaspinola]

Another great video! Good to see that you appreciate brazilian Villa Lobos, BTW I'm Brazilian

Brasil tem uma das maiores culturas do mundo!

[kurusek]

part with acords-2:04-2:14 is not rhytmic. generally very good, but for me it's not dynamic enought.

[Narimatzu]

awesome!

[doomsdayspectrum]

Greeeat, man!

I've been learning this song for 2 or 3 weeks! It's amazing.

Congrats.

[NL99XRAY]

heey , were can you download or buy the notes for Villa-Lobos' Prelude No.1. ?

i wanne learn it  :)

[DJStuddah]

Man I LOVE classical music... i hear this stuff and i just wanna learn it... lol, i used to play this song a while ago, when i first started playing the guitar... now i heard it again and jumped on it, lol... i was playing this ish for like 4 hours yesterday after work, and am pretty much done with it... I just ahve to brush up and tie everything in... I will be posting my video soon... BUT GOOD JOB BRO...

[duvel7777777]

yeah , great job

[ruge000]

mmmmm E not very clean... and Em part good .,.,.,.,. try to stand in only one tempo too much rubato .,.,.,.,

[SUNNYD3322]

Superb;)

[Hokkaidowolf]

i can only agree yangmagic0703...would make the hole song better

[superGin95]

6 bravissimo!!!!!! Ottima interpretazione per un pezzo di questo livello... :P Complimenti!

[yangmagic0703]

when do you that chord, your index finger slided on the string. which is not good, because the E A G bass strings are what make the noise, all you have to do is to lift up the index when sliding =)

And about the E major part, when you do bar 13th and 14th (from the beginning of the part), you can use the join of index instead, ready for a bar chord, then press down from the join of index all the way to the whole finger

see if a video from me is needed, my teacher loves this song

[sublime556]

Great performance. Pretty song, love the classical guitar.

[JesseGuitar07]

saved

[jacquillo]

nice playing , great piece (i m learning it right now)

[JesseGuitar07]

awesome job!

5*****

all the best

jesse

[nicktr]

I like the articulation but there is too much rubato, it makes it sound like you're struggling to find some of the positions in time, also too many broken chords and you seem to keep adding in a bottom E where it isn't written, what's going on there? In the middle section of E major you strum the chord of E, why not just do a rasquando (or however it's said)?

You're a very compitent player but there is such a thing as too much interpretation

[Guitargreat344]

I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, but I'm a cusp player.  I play electric rock and metal as well as classical and jazz. But something i really noticed about classical players and I hated was that they spend more time analyzing the music than they do actually listening to it. Which I hated about art school. Dude, you did an awesome job. and played this piece well. Villa Lobos is no walk in the park.

[abnamrol]

I like rubato

[aaaahhhh123]

pretty good my man.

[j13secondsshy]

i disagree with the person that said this piece needs more rubato. it needs less, and rubato only in the correct spots. i think you need to play in a stricter rhythm in many places.i'd suggest working on your tone, you sound a little too brittle. this piece needs lots of really sweet, round sound. i feel that there is a lack of definitive pulse through much of this, which is a problem i had too, its too easy to be too free with villa lobos, which makes it drag. good work though keep it up

[alsozoidberg]

Haha very nice. You've been listening to the John Williams version. He's the only one who plays bottom E along with the D in bar 4. My favourite version too ;). Nice work.

[MLoer]

Are there tabs for this at all ? xD

[watercolour]

lol, i have never seen the tab

[Hacker2090]

@MLoer classtab dot org

[Lethe333]

Great skills. I love it. Very well played. I think it would be very nice, if you could play it with the guitar from your "Eternal Snow" Video ;) Just my humble opinion.

Regards

[Bucetinho]

awesome.

villa lobos is great.

[cutemussy]

lovely guitar =D

[okialbaholics]

pretty good interpretation. I watched a master class for this song led by Carlos Barbosa-Lima, the famous virtuoso/arranger and he actually studied under Villa-Lobos (I think?). Anyway, he suggests half-way rubato style but not enough to lose the tempo so it'd be nice to see some more. He also frowns upon the rasq at the bar chord section, but I think it gives some flavor. eh!

[okialbaholics]

and sorry i meant more rubato around the 'breakdown' section (right before the major section and at the end). Sounds good during the other sections!

[singsingsongs]

you people who post comments need to learn grammer and spelling

I am learning this peice and you kick my ass at it . . . great playing!!!

[angrymormon]

always gives me a laugh when people criticize others on spelling and grammar and spell grammar wrong.

[singsingsongs]

my fault product of the sf education system . . .

[marlonn31]

Surely you mean GRAMMAR and PIECE.

Otherwise, not bad!

[ilikeminties]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA "grammer".

[CLASSICALBARD]

u play far more good that an average classical guitar player and u break all the estereotypes,thats very nice friend keep it on

[watercolour]

thanks classicalbrad~~~

[retardriot911]

on your way to stardom my friend. props to you

[Meisenhexer]

Maybe you should use Hannabach Strings - blue - silver special.

Good Job! Keep on playing.

[JesseGuitar07]

good job! keep it up!

jesse

[kamenpankov]

nice i am playng the same peace and i play it just like you :D

[ferrismichael]

Sounds good!

[retardriot911]

just out of curiosity, how long have you been playing guitar, and how old are you?

[114201514]

very, very, nice playing, I am trying to lern in now (i saw that in 1:20 you made a thing more easey then me... thanks for the "tip"), you plaied it very good, thanks alot!!!

[watercolour]

you are welcome ^^

lol, your score doesn't indicate the harmonic there?

[114201514]

no, not the harmonic, the fourth eighth in that tact i first took "354xxx" instead of "x899xx" ^^ (i am sorry about my english, i am from sweden) Thanks again!

[retardriot911]

Good for you bro, you play very well.

[auzole]

excellent, compliments, vous méritez une vraie guitare...une vraie guitare vous mérite...merci..!

[piano6861]

I love this piece. I'm glad you posted it. Brought back memories of my guitar player friends playing this in college.

[hamsonb]

I just watched about ten versions of this song played and I have to say that this was the best.

[watercolour]

thank you!

[nmclay]

Outstanding! That guitar is awful. You REALLY do deserve a better guitar!

[watercolour]

thanks!

[oscillator]

How could you play so well, but still be using such a cheap guitar? Time to hit the folks up for some cash!

[loadermen]

very emotive... congratulations

[chadmuskabeatz]

what tipe of strings do you use?

[watercolour]

D'Addario Pro Arte EJ46C

[geosochi]

oh the sounds of fresh bass strings.... :)

[SteveFeces]

sound is too bright, try and get a warmer tone

[oscillator]

His guitar isn't capable of a warm tone. The blue paintjob should tell you that.

[jacquillo]

you master the piece and play it very nicely , making the guitar sing. parabens

[zefixx]

look about the rhythm....

all chords in the right hand are the same tempo. the only variation should be in the melody...

the middle part is quite good...it will sound much better, if you put out the tact change from 3/4 to 2/4

but nice technique!!

[leirbag23]

Forgive me if I'm intrusive, but i'm studying this piece and I thought I'd share some of the things I've learned :D

[leirbag23]

do the whole arpeggio, you're eating up a few notes from the E chord

and your hand is TOO close to the bridge, put it over the opening.

but you're good!

[watercolour]

hi leirbay23,

yeah, I ate up few of them...i appreciate u being obvervant.

About the bridge,well, u may be deceived by the camera angle, my hand was not that far from the sound hole.

thanks for your comment~

[leirbag23]

Well, then it might be that your guitar or its strings have a glassier sound than most. I believe your performance would sound better if you took your hand a little bit closer to the fretboard, especially in the E minor parts. Another thing i disagree with is the low E when you first hit the D, in the fourth measure. When I play this song, I usually do the D alone. But it's your choice. By the way, which strings are these? They sound almost like steel.

[mysticbisa]

mmmh I don't like the interpretation... and particularly the sound (maybe it's the guitar), it's too "flat", you should change it moving your right hand to have now a bright now a dark sound...I don't know if you understand me..sorry I don't know english very well

[Segovia69]

I think classical guitar should be played in the middle of the guitar.If you don't agree say something.I study classical guitar here in Brasil I have started to learn Bachianinha Nº1.Anyway it was a very good interpratation!

[watercolour]

hi~Segovia69

What do u mean by 'middle of the guitar'?

[Segovia69]

Your right hand...

play wiht your hand up the hole

understood what I mean

[watercolour]

hi Segovia69, thanks for ur advice. Pls be informed that u may be deceived by the camera angle, my hand was not that far from the sound hole.

Beside this, in my humble opinion, VL's Prelude No.1 requires a strong tone to play, so slight away from the hole is probably just adequate.

[Segovia69]

Ow right

Because my teacher is very strict

For me any classic song has a well sound playing in the middle.But if sounds better to you playing there...it was a very good interpratation!;)

[Honken]

Excellently played, time for a new guitar? Horrible sound ;).

[creedisthebestus]

nice work on the melody. I've heard the peice performed so many times and the melody is ambiguous. Good work. The only thing I heard that was a little off were the trills during the E major section. I'm sure that you've worked those out. Great work and interpretation. Who's version do you like the best. I really like Parkenings due to the tone of his instrument. John Williams plays the E major section well too. You pretty much have it going for you. Perform it a lot!

[watercolour]

Thanks creedisthebestus!

I am glad that u like it; I usually listen to John Williams version. XD

[marvl]

Sorry, those aren't trills. "Ornament" or "inverted mordent" are more accurate terms.

[drawnacrol]

Hey,I have my music pracitcal in 2 weeks and this video will be a great help,I'm strugling with some of the parts like dynamics,amazing version of this piece by the way,hope I'll get it up to standard.

[luwileo]

Powerful performance! I always wonder what's the title of the song... :) Looking it out for more! Saw some threads on 'strings' what would you recommend for classical guitar - low tension or high tension? heh

[alsozoidberg]

Whoa! Impressive performance! one of my favourite pieces. You're really good btw, time for a new guitar.

[ginyuusijin]

I think that it is a very powerful performance

[monsterpanda]

wow dude, this is REally good, I especially like the part where you alternate between the harmonic and chords, how many takes did you do for this? great job.

[watercolour]

Hey thanks!I think was the 1st(or @ the most 2nd) take if memory serves. I didn't do many takes 4 this 1 becoz I've been playing this piece since the last century. LOL sometime I actually did more takes for pieces that r far most easier. Like the guitar ver. of Zanarkand (which is much easier than this), I took almost 10 takes to finish it becoz I only practiced it for 2 days b4 the recording.

[smileyguitar]

Excellent playing! BTW, it sounds like your guitar has steel strings and not nylon? Actually, I think the great Agustin Barrios-Mangore used to play a guitar with steel strings ...

I wonder if it's easier or harder to play classical pieces with steel strings?

[watercolour]

On the other hand, LOL it is a CG with D'Addario Pro Arte Composites EJ46C on, yeah, so they are all nylon strings. haha, I would never will put steel strings on classical guitar.

To play classical pieces on steel string guitar with steel strings is definitely harder.

[smileyguitar]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot how the hard-tension nylon-strings sound ... and anyway, the sound quality of youtube is rather significantly distorted/compressed ... which has misled me.

And now that I think about it, playing THIS particular piece with all the LH slides on steel strings would have been torturous! ... unless you've got skin of steel also! :-)

[mcbaldan]

3rd video? Well, once again, good playing!

[mcbaldan]

I really liked your interpretation, good job. ;)

[watercolour]

hey, thank you so much~ I think your stuff are great too!!

[mcbaldan]

Actually, I like this better than the John Williams video.

[watercolour]

thanks Can, comment like this from a true guitarist like you means a lot to me.