Nessun Dorma on electric guitar (opera)

[ITARoss]

very nice! Good choice of the gain and the reverb, I prefer this sound than the Beck's one! My personal opinion, obviously!

[workingclassBLOOD]

nice. yeah i've heard jeff Beck's version. it's ok, a little too clean for my taste. i really prefer the reverb on this one. nice touch. thx 4 posting.

[foundjoe]

@workingclassBLOOD Thanks! I focus a lot on trying to get a good guitar tone, so I'm really appreciate your comment!

[krlognrlda]

tabs?

[foundjoe]

@krlognrlda I recorded this a few years ago and don't have tabs for it. It's a pretty simple melody and would be easy to figure out by ear.

[alexar96]

Can you give me the tabs??

please

[Abyss2Zero]

I have no complaints. I enjoyed watching this video. Thumbs up!

[pedraline]

looks like you're having a very boring time !

[foundjoe]

@pedraline This was put together quickly, so I was trying not to mess up the melody.

[CAVERN1234]

fantastic great version i might have a go myself when i get around to recording the backing track once again brilliant

[GabbeRose]

Great job men!!

[MrOmegaS]

potts is nothing!

search PAVAROTTI and 3 TENORES

NOOB

pavarotti RIP

[foundjoe]

Potts' appeal is from being an everyday guy doing something extraordinary ... without being a trained, dedicated performer. Among the other versions of Nessun Dorma, I tend to prefer Franco Corelli over Pavarotti.

[chrisdylanlloyd]

NOTHING beats the MANOWAR version

[justinl81]

nessun dorma requires a whammy

[jdem0]

not neccessarily. what's wrong with sliding/ and/or bending?????

[justinl81]

bending raises the pitch and by only a small amount, but this song requires lowering the pitch, by several notes. sliding doesn't really give the same sound at all.

[jdem0]

fair enough. i suppose you have a point. but take nothing away from the video, still a good version.

[foundjoe]

Do you have your own example of how this should be performed?? I'm not sure where you think this bend is needed.

[justinl81]

there are small pitch shifts all through nessun dorma that are important parts of the song, but there are a few points in particular that really give the song its character

for instance, at "No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diró"

there's a shift on "lo" that is normally performed in a very particular way, and when it's done right, it's just beautiful

it can't be done with a bend because it's a downward shift covering several notes, and it's too slow and small a range for a slide

[foundjoe]

Again, do you have an example posted somewhere??

[justinl81]

you can hear it in the vocal versions, but nobody seems to have posted a guitar version that uses a whammy, maybe I will later

[foundjoe]

I'm not a big fan of whammy bars, so it would be more impactful to hear an example so as to determine whether it augments the character of the song.

[thatgibsonguy0001]

@justinl81 Jeff Beck has done it!!!!!!!!!!

[justinl81]

@thatgibsonguy0001 nice, exactly what i was talking about

[PhilBorg66]

Congratulations! It was amazing. Do you have the tab?

[Arradon]

sweet!!!

[sirbris]

very nice! could you post the tabs?

[lachlunn]

was good for what it was man. it lacks the feeling that Nessun Dorma demands. usually it gets me all kinds of emotional but this didnt unfortunately. i dont know what can be done but keep at it.

[foundjoe]

Thanks for the comment. There are some inherent limitations in using the guitar to cover a vocal song ... have to settle for playing the melody, as it's hard to capture certain nuances at which the human voice excels.

[drwcubs]

for me it was that the background was all midi and the guitar, nothing personal, was just straight forward with very few liberties taken. i have a recording of a band, i believe they're called Man 'o' War doing Nessun Dorma and it's amazing

[JakkoWilko]

Nice, when I play it I do the same as you but higher pitched, 12th fret is my open, try it it's aces.

[foundjoe]

Good suggestion. Have a little problem with intonation higher on the neck (which I need to get fixed) but will check that out.

[WezBolton]

Very good mate - not heard this on electric guitar before - sounds good! (-:

[foundjoe]

Thanks. Was hoping to do something relatively original with the song.