Romance from Jeux Interdits

[sesiparken]

That's your pure beautiful song

[frenchiecocorico1]

Thank you to correct the title.

Toutes mes félicitations et mon estime.

[frenchiecocorico1]

3- At the opposite of what you can think, I don't critize you by pleasure. I have a great admiration of your talents. Of course you are less virtuosic than other comparable guitarists but your performances are always well structured and clear and you have a high sense with the phrasing and expression. So I am sad of what you waste your time and your talents in playing so mediocre piece. Could you remenber that a review is not always negative and may lead to progress.

[frenchiecocorico1]

1- Thank you to post again my previous comments. I removed them to correct my errors. Then I didn't success to post them again.

So I would add this. Evidently I don't critize professional guitarists. Only a swallow professional guitarist could play a so easy famous and fashionable piece and name it with a so pedantic and inapropriate title to obtain easy success from his audience.

[frenchiecocorico1]

2- No real professional guitarist (J Williams, D Russell, ...) use such a method to be famous, even Narciso Yepes who registred first this melody never played it in concert but only for the music movie. Is it to be pedantic to explain the scenario of a movie to someone who had never seen? This is not a "romance d'amour" from the movie "Jeux Interdits" cause a loving scene didn't exist in the scenario. Easy success never lead to a famous career. Only narrow minded person never progress.

[craigalake]

Williams didn't use this method? Really? Have you heard Cavatina from The Deer Hunter? Also, I have a CD with Williams playing this piece from Jeux Interdits. Also you can find Yepes playing this piece in a live concert on youtube. Check the related videos on the side window of this video! You are wrong on all counts except perhaps the title of the piece!

[frenchiecocorico1]

Oh No, Ii'm wrong only on the fact that several famous guitarists had recordered too this mediocre piece. But I am right on the title, I am right also on the lack of technical difficulty and above all as you admitted implicitly, I am right on the fact that swallow guitarists played this kind of mediocre pieces to obtain easy success from neophyte audience. What a glory!

Is this to be wrong on all counts?

[frenchiecocorico1]

Technically you know as weel as me the first passage melody in E minor is played only on the E string and the arpeggio on other void string. The second part on E Major is quiet a little more difficult. but many beginner guitarists learn this tune because of its easiness. Only the fame of this tune makes professionnal guitarist to play in concert but not the level of difficulty.

[craigalake]

Any player that plays a piece purely because of it's level of difficulty is a shallow musician. The level of difficulty of a given piece is irrelevent. I think this is a beautiful piece so I play it. My audiences love it so i play it. Nothing else matters. Your criticism of proffesional guitarisst for playing this despite not being hard enough shows a lack of understanding of why we play music and your pedantic criticism of my incorrect title is childish.

[craigalake]

Why did you remove you comments? I read them of course. I found them most enlightening along with the other essays on the merits (or otherwise) of my performance that you felt compelled to share with us.

I will add them below for others to see and be enlightened from.

And again I say, I do not play this piece for it's fame or technical difficulty. I simply play it because I (among many others) think it is beautiful and so I choose to play it. Yes, it is easy. So what?

[craigalake]

frenchiecocorico1: 1/3 "To insult me could not give you any reason. A professional guitarist who plays a piece or its fame is a swallow musician too. Certainly Idon't undestand the aim of music becaus I am myself a professionnal church organ player with more than thirty years experience. Are you my teacher? I learned classical guitar as well." to be continued...

[craigalake]

frenchiecocorico1: 2/3 "Effectiverly a level of difficulty is irrelevant from the beauty of a piece and non professional aboriginal can play rythmic piece of digeridoo finer than your performances. Don't you think to be very childish to be so touchy about the title explanation? The piece was employed for a french movie that won many awards and teh music became famous itself but it couldn't be a "romance d'amour" and every french would laugh to an so inappropriate title." to be continued...

[craigalake]

frenchiecocorico1: 3/3 "Don't you think to be very childish to be so touchy about the title explanation? The piece was employed for a french movie that won many awards and teh music became famous itself but it couldn't be a "romance d'amour" and every french would laugh to an so inappropriate title.

The fact that your audiences like this tune doesn't proves in anyway it is an interesting piece by its technical level.

If you have other idiotic things to say counitnues, I like that very much"

[frenchiecocorico1]

Then a herd led by a young boy goes to the cowshed and pass in front of the young baby girl. The young sheperd boy approachs her to consolate. He is the son of the peasant nearby. The Romance sound in the background. This movie was very famous and got many prices and awards. In France this tune is only named "Romance" des jeux interdits ("Romance" from the movie Forbidden Games) because it couldn't correspond to a loving scene.

[frenchiecocorico1]

I mean :

1- this piece would never be a "Romance d'amour" which is an unconventionnal title used in English language countries.

It is an untitled piece of a late 19th cent. anonymous composer (spain or mexico).

In the movie "jeux interdits" it corresponds to the scene where the little girl sat on the grass under a weeping willow and near a river bank is crying the death of her parents.

[frenchiecocorico1]

And I could have a better performance of this very easy piece for the beginners.

[craigalake]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what your point is?

[hkge]

Awesome!

[frenchiecocorico1]

This tune is from anonymous of the late 19th c. It doesn't titled "Romance d'amour" (love complain) a. It was played by the Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes as musical extract of the french movie "Jeux interdits" (forbidden games) by René Clair. It tells the story of a young pretty girl whose parents were killed on the road during a german aerial machine gunning of the 2nd world war. Then she was adopted by a peasant family with a young boy. Both played to macabre games in a cemetary.

[starsegovia]

what can i say?... i was mesmerized by your performance and agree with some of your other comments,this piece is played alot i even play it too. But your version is outstanding! ``cristal clear with feeling and beautifully expressed!

[Jualtair]

Is very good performance! ^_^

Ju

[Vreci]

First I thouht: "oh no, not again this song, everyone is playing this one!!!"

Then I decided to hear my future guitar (you know), and I was extremely surprised: never I heard the melody so clear and beautiful (sorry for my friends)!

Is it you or the guitar ??? Joke, just kidding !

best regards,

wolfgang

[craigalake]

Thanks. The guitar has a lot to do with it. I couldn't make this sound without such a great guitar but like a Ferrari, you need to know how to drive it. (which I know you can so you will sound great when you get yours)

I agree this piece is over played but it is a beautiful piece and not played well often enough.

[andricobb]

thats beautiful =)

[scrupuleux1]

SUPERB!

(and congratulations for your wonderfull j-s Bach's works)

[satothequeen]

5*****

Extremely beautiful performance on acoustic guitar~

Thanks!

Sato

[gembela07062001]

Dear Craig,

I am just starting to study this piece! I will be happy if mine is half as good as yours. I especially like the effortless flow of your performance and your long, strong fingers that seem to be designed for barres. Thanks very much for sharing, your friend.

[awsomesss]

sounds so nice Mr Lake

5/5+FAV

[piyomer]

very nice!!