alt-guitar chaconne weiss

[CedricTheSecond]

Really beautiful playing, thank you. You have inspired me to work this piece out to play on my 10-string.

[apetik70]

Great job.You indeed know what kind of dance is a chachonne.

I thing to play this piece cant be played with traditional 6 strings guitar.

All the best Maestro.

[haimcito]

excellent inerpetation. the best i've ever heard on guitar :)

[kameleon40]

Magnifique! Merci mon cher pour ceci.

[joefullmetalguitar]

Complimenti veramente notevole!

stupenda esecuzione, fantastico strumento!

con stima

Gianni da Milano Italia

[MisterGuroo]

Does this kind of guitar have a specific name of it is only a fully customized guitar? I'm thinking of buying one. The sound of the bass complete this kind piece perfectly. Your playing is great, between. I really enjoyed listening this video. =)

[ulbrandt]

beautifully played and a wonderful selection, this is my favorite piece

[AKTMN]

I love this performance. So touching.

[rexord1844]

so bautiful

[gregsylwester]

Simply beautiful ..................

[BFGUITAR]

Very nice! Love the melancholy sound. Deep bass notes on that guitar.

[scrupuleux1]

superb! I love the music of weiss

[GeraldBoyClassical]

Wonderful, wonderful !!!!!!!

[pirki72]

Man you are genius. pirki72

[MacGiver2007]

Just recognizing the good work. Very well played.

[fcomstock]

Beautiful!!!

[BFGUITAR]

Amazing rendition! One of the best renditions of this piece I have ever heard. After listening for 3 seconds I knew I would enjoy the rest of this piece.

[stng82]

Very, very nice! Are you using as standard Baroque tuning?

[26600JOHN]

hello,

thanks for your comment. Most of the time ,i use the renaissance tuning g-d-a-f-c-g-f-eb-d-c-bb.

regards

J J

[meltecal]

This is just great

[mathy483]

bellissimooo!very good!

[threegether333]

wow wow wow

not a profound comment, i know...

but wow!

[andregorny]

Bravo! Wonderful music, wonderful execution... have no words for it, just wonderful! congratulations!!

[eirinikos]

Very nice. How much do those altguitars run? After I heard Goran's version, I downloaded the transcription for 6 string guitar.. and well it looks a lot easier on what you're playing. Those low notes really make the piece, too. I might never play baroque music on 6 string again.

[26600JOHN]

hello

thanks for your comments.

if it looks easy to play this king of instrument , in fact it's much more harder for the right hand. i know some altguitarists who give up and return to the 6 strings.

But it is a so wonderfull feeling that some keep on going ...the best way to play it is, i beleive ,to begin it quite young and in the same time as the 6 string.

if one time you comme to france, please contact me to let you experience this ok ?

best regards

J J

[MAC1712]

beautiful rendition! you play with the hart through your fingers. to me, your´s is better than Sollscher's version

saludos desde Lima, Peru

[locuradevida2]

què lindo!!!!no tengo palabras

[Deerse]

Beautifull played , with great understanding of that what is not written in the notes , but reveales itself thanks to this outstanding interpretation.

[club349]

Amazing, one of the best guitar videos on youtube

[canonmj]

This is one of my all time favorite compositions, and you play it beautifully. I always liked Goran Sollscher's version, but yours is just as good. Very lyrical.

Well done!

BTW, are you aware of this transcription for six string guitar?

[peplicus]

Superb and moving rendition! Played with great understanding. I get the idea that the sound of this kind of guitar is quite big. Is that true? Does it project better than the finest 6 stringers.

[26600JOHN]

hello

thanks for your comment.This guitar is not more powerfull than others but i think that it's because the "ambitus " is a little bit larger than the 6 strings guitar.

regards

J J

[peplicus]

Hello John! Your interpretation. But I didn´t understand "ambitus" as related to sound. Sorry, I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By the way, are you from France?

[peplicus]

What I want to say is that your interpretations of Weiss are superb; I love how your passion for this music is understated and is juist conveyed through the strings. Anyway, I loved this Weiss and your other videos! (By the way, My Youtube is, all of a sudden in Rench!)

[bukena]

That was beautiful. Now I need to get myself one of those guitars.

[gutplucker]

this is enchanting!

[paulgiamb]

Cool, you've tuned your guitar a tone lower, to preserve the original g-, haven't you?

[26600JOHN]

hello

yes the guitar tuning is in f# (3rd string).

[filsuf]

Ah, vous etes francophone ;) .. vous jouez ce morceau tres bien, comme j'ai lu la partition en vous lisant! Ca m'etonne bien que je sais pas du tout cette piece ;) Merci! Je vais l'apprendre aussi maintenant.

[clubsandwedge]

inspiring

[geosochi]

Thank you, I'm enjoying this immensely. You have realized the beauty of this piece in all its harmony and perfection... may I also compliment you one the excellent tone you get out of your instrument!

I hope you play this piece for many people and make them aware of Weiss's genius and how such music adds so much wisdom to one's contemplation of this world...

[flegetone1]

Eccezionale

[naturanaturans]

Great. that gtr is best for baroque. is that yepes style 10 string?

[drummassa06]

A truly chilling/profound piece of music. If only S.L. Weiss' works were as popular as J.S. Bach's. I find Weiss to be just as good (if not better) a baroque composer as Bach. GREAT PERFORMANCE!! I would kill to have that guitar. Looks like a blast to play.

[baroque2]

I love the sound of your guitar.

Great interpretation by the way!

[vigilantee311]

who's the constructor of the guitar? looks like a Bolin but not sure, i have one myself (boline) but only six string :D

[26600JOHN]

hello

i make my own instruments during the summer school vacations

regards

j j

[fegc]

Hi, I'm amazed by your skills and by the quality for the recording.

What gear do you use to record the guitar?

Thank you very much for the videos

[26600JOHN]

Hello

thank you for your comment.

To record the guitar. I use 2 ramsa (panasonic) microphones from 80 cm and a usual SB live.

regards

j j

[bobbyVisitor]

Merveilleux.

[26600JOHN]

hello,

If one time you try such a guitar you will see that the problem is not barre (even 7 or 8 stringed barre )not the scales either ( from the 6th strings it goes diatonic down !) it's just quite hard to play the right bass with the thumb !!! but praticing is just 200 % pleasure on this type of instrument so ... ( one use to say that it needs 10 years pratice for each string so i must live at least up to 110 years....)

regards

J J

[26600JOHN]

tank you for your comment , but ?

[ahmetgm]

Emotional,i have never seen like this. This listenin was maybe 1000! perfect perfect perfect!

[ahmetgm]

Realy amazing and perfect performance.

Thanks.

[SoloGuitaristNet]

A true Alto without a cut-away and played wonderfully. Please post more.

[gitarre1987]

I love your guitar's sound,also super playing!

[26600JOHN]

guitar construction

[micronauta]

I really love the ciacona in G minor I'm studying a E minor guitar Transcription (by me)from the R. Chiesa book. I also saw a A minor transcription. What do you think about it? What is the the best transcription that capture the real feeling of this piece? Sorry for my bad english

[26600JOHN]

Hello,

if you go to my web site "johnny-jerome-com " you will find on the same page as this video the music sheet i use in this recording.Concerning this piece one says that it is one part of a duet and the 2 nd part is lost. it 's sound reasonable as the lute part is playing the ground every 8 bars (nearly)  the tuning i use is from the basses : Bb-c-d-eb-f-g-c-f-a-d-g-

thanks

J J

[pijptabak]

I am very impressed with the relaxed way of playing. It fits the music. The instrument sounds very nice. I'm wondering how much effort it took the build it yourself.

[Curatica]

Beaux instrument et belle interprétation.

[james987987]

Thanks for a very musical performance. Did you build your guitar almost like a baroque lute?