Harmonica - La Bohème - Charles Aznavour

[duente80]

head towel wtf

[MrEliott0]

Thanks for your reply and explanations. I live in Bournemouth. Have a good time in Thailand but don't forget (whewn you can) to post the odd video (Ne me quite pas, ou Le plat pais...), ciao. 

[MrEliott0]

I am surprised (and pleased) that you find the time to reply to your 'fans' and play the harmonica. Are you a professional musician or this is just a hobby? In which part of France do you live? Your English is very good, have you lived there? Sooo many questions, sorry. Thanks for the musics, ciao

[alliax]

@MrEliott0 Hello harmonica is my hobby, at the moment i'm taking classes with a teacher of whom I have uploaded videos recently. I lived in England yes, I'm in the south of France but will go back to Thailand in a few months. bye

[MrEliott0]

I like this presentation with your harmonica, just as much as with the words of old Charles, your tone tinged with melancholie gives me "goos pimples" (you know, like when you are cold and your skin gets little bumps, oui?). Tu est formidable.

[alliax]

@MrEliott0 Hello, I know in french it's called "Chair de Poule" which means "Hen's flesh" but also "Chicken's skin". But I didn't know the sound of harmonica could do that to someone, I have to admit it doesn't do it to me, even as I listen again to this video, perhaps I'm immune to it by now? :-)

[betty040481]

Chapeau l artiste ou plutôt serviette l artiste !

[MrEliott0]

Damn you are good! I am sure even old Charles (Aznavour) would have approved your performance, so.fluid. Bravissimo. Merci bien.

[alliax]

@MrEliott0 Hello, unfortunately Charles never commented on the video, or perhaps he did under a different pseudo :-)

[thomasvoo92]

hi again^^ im playing easttop 10holes harmonica( c note)... cn u teach me hw to ply Bb, F#???? i jz cnt find tat sound==''

[alliax]

@thomasvoo92 Hi, as I said many times in comments, I don't know how to play the diatonic harmonica (10 holes) so I can't give you any advice on this.

[thomasvoo92]

@alliax fine... thx anyway

[dom665bo]

Qui êtes vous? Est-ce que vous joueriez par web cam pour un anniversaire ?

[alliax]

@dom665bo Salut, j'ai envoye une video happy birthday joue a l'harmonica, si cela vous dit il y a meme la partition. Cherchez happy birthday harmonica dans youtube.

[flaniman]

Bravissimo!!! Sempre a tempo e senza sbagliare mai una nota, peccato per l'asciugamani in testa di cui non comprendo il significato, comunque davvero molto bravo.

[fya111]

very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rifloez75]

very nice!!!but whats with that hat ?????

[Settenave]

Ensorceleur

[SouperSylvie]

VERY impressive!!!

[paulinebrujns]

waw !

[honkybreaker]

c'est vrai que quand on est boheme et arstiste au debut de sa carriere on est pas assez riche pour s'acxheter de beaux chapeaux, tout ta fait comprhensible :) beau talent

[nyny798945]

franchement c et super mais sans la serviette sa aurai etait memorable lol passe quand tu pe ecouté mes videos et laisser des commentaires bonne journée a toi

[alliax]

@nyny798945 merci pour ton commentaire, desole que la serviette t'ai a ce point troublee :-) J'ai ecoute tes videos, j'aime bien les chansons que tu choisi d'interpreter, tu chantes bien, bravo.

[boriset]

grossssso!!

[dollfrance]

superbe,merci joli bonhomme!!!D Oû est il???

[MAGDF]

Thank you, you made my day ... Very talanted and the towel tells a lot !

[teddyphotographie]

T'es vraiment bon !!!!

[rbotmovies]

Tu sors dla douche jafar ?

[teddyphotographie]

@rbotmovies Ptdrrrrr

[LentZ00]

y la toalla para qué es?

[dollfrance]

no seas cruel transpira,sos argentino???

[blinblin82]

que original tocas la armonica bro!

gracias por compartir este video!

[adsdentiste]

j avais 13 ans , la premiere fois que j ai entendu cette chanson. dans 36 jours j aurais 60 ans. je l espere. on ne sait jamais

[vivlingdarling]

wow very nice!

[BennyElie]

Just great, man.

and about the towl, you look a little like Aliester crowley and in case you wonder- it's a compliment !

[caritoog]

excelente!! me encanta... saluditos desde colombia!!! muaaaaaaa

[Bohemiobeatle]

hey, it´s great the way that you play the instrument.... congratulations from colombia!!!

[patopatin]

You play very nice, get out of the towel

[Anidanka]

lol i agree with you on the towel subject. :D

[heartstar111]

Really enjoyed the sound, but think the towel dimishes you're credibilty, for people are always thinking, "What does he have on his head and why?" To get more attention, more clicks? Hey, we live in the free world, put a box of bananas up there, see what happens. Nice playing.

[micmicpopol]

bravo

[enriqueiglesias2007]

very good

[gerarddesmidt]

Great interpretation!

But once again....what is your thing with covering your head in such a dramatic way?

Play your harmonica the way you do, and i will not be surprised that you'll be heard of here in Holland more often than as it is now.

[saadinov]

Something very special and you put feelings in it ,beautifull

[montagnalongapuntoit]

It is very good

[minicocomi]

artiste complet ! vs êtes EXTRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[isalinast]

FANTASTICOO!!

[niltonluiz007]

perfect!!

[Petluw]

I play a bit to but your are fantastic and such good technical ,love to se you make a cd I would buy every one of them

[maufeitio]

SUPER !!! BRAVO !! YOU ARE GREAT !!

[rememberslove]

the Bohemians

thank you...my friend.

[joser5286]

e bella

[tranhn]

I like the head cover too.

[BetterMario]

Magnifico!

[gastonmeb]

buenisimo!!!sos un maestro pive!

[DjamaLo]

Bravo !! Good Work :)

[georgemargaris]

you are great! Keep the songs coming!

you convinced me to buy the chrometta 14

[8BarBluesBoogie]

Very nice..

[culturacolombia]

BRAVO!!!

[mathXStm]

bravo t'as vraiment du talent ( enfin question harmo pasque mise en scene c'est bof bof ^^ )

[WeiJieD]

Mr Bean

[ziperekJP]

hehe ale wstep :P zajebiscie grasz ;] pozdro

[MiseEnGarde]

ho mon dieu c'est super! :D bravo j'aime bien cette interpretation ^^ l'harmonica est un bon et adequat choix d' instrument pour ce morceau a mon avis !

pardonne moi mon francais est un peu mal ..

[exsargento]

Parabéns , você sabe tocar muito bem , fiquei impressionado , maravilhoso

[818zTaz]

bravo!1!!!

[Thida25]

wow!

[jootakahuy]

Charles Aznavour- legend.

Beautiful playing :D i love it.

[muzykmunky]

i love it but PLEEEEEEAASE take the damn towel off ur head! please?

[elouanaa]

kel bel instrument j'ai jamais u la chance de faire un instrument de music mais mes enfant en feron c sur bravo

[PandiBabie]

sorry after sendng the last comment i read your other responces

[PandiBabie]

like the sound are you self taught,lessons,or school for the gifted

[jyscor]

T es Génial ! Aussi dingue que moi mais Génial

[margotchi1]

Hermosisimo, soy una aprendis nata, autodidacta y siempre andube buscando gente tan talentosa como Ud. Maestro. Ya esta en mis favoritos. Magnifica cancion !!!!!! y ademas el acompanhamiento, se que eso ya es un trabajo muy bien preparado. Esta en CD!!! Bracimmo!!

[karesz64]

óriási szuper!!!!!!!!

[pumukelll]

Nice, you are really talented!

And the things you wear on top of your head are funny!^^

Great music =)

[sofy101]

hey!! this is really good! I was just wondering what kind of harmonica that is thx for aswering Bonne continuation

[alliax]

Hello, this is a HOHNER chromatic harmonica, the model is CHROMETTA 14 in C. Thank you.

[IROCKYOURMAMA]

Wonderful.

[kaczka81]

cool

[sineadiloveyou]

i love it. it sounds so beautiful

[pbertiny]

incredible, you produce that french "vibrato", that je ne se qua!

you're the man!!

[kickedsazabi]

u should rename yourself to mr towel guy

[aires40]

que bonito¡¡

[landztranz]

Of course, most of the great harmonicists taught themselves - without bothering to learn how to read notes. Larry Adler didn't learn how to read music till he was in his thirties, I believe, and by that time he was already a big star. Why was it so important for you read notes? With your talent, you could've taught yourself w/o sheet music.

[alliax]

I've no talent for improvisation or learning "by ear", and also I don't put enough training / work. So learning notes was simply to be able to play easily musics I like, without bothering with working on learning scales and other music theory. Now I can play like a parrot, but there's no emotion in the music and also I cannot go out of what is written and improvise, like others do. I know it would only be a matter of months of self learning with a book on improvisation, but I'm not doing it now

[landztranz]

It sounds like great software! I'll have to check it out. I'm a little short on cash right now - there's nothing like that that's free, is there? And another question: Do u ever open and clean/repair your harmonicas? The Harp On! site talks about that.

[alliax]

I should open and clean, but if they become unplayable I throw them away, I know I don't care about the environment/planet/money.. that's bad and I'm bad, ok let's move on :-)

As for the software, you can find it on P2P networks but if you want to follow the legality then yes you have to buy it. And there probably are alternative free solutions, but I'm not aware of them, perhaps by searching for them on music forums archives, the question has surely been asked before.

[landztranz]

Great to hear back from u. I, too, have tried to play my pianica on occasion (which is like a melodica). Accordions are kinda' heavy, but they're great because u can accompany yourself on them (and I love to sing). Question: If u don't play any other instruments seriously, how do u know how to read notes so well? From the harmonica book and CD you've mentioned? BTW, I've taught myself to play Besame like u just by watching your video, but not as smoothly and clearly - tnx for the free lesson!

[alliax]

I don't know how to read notes so well. I used to transcribe music sheet into my own harmonica tabs and for several years I've done that and I was doing it faster and faster but still couldn't play by reading notes directly. Then what really pushed me into forcing myself to read without tabs is the fact I used the software BAND IN A BOX with many good background musics and the music sheet is on the screen, I couldn't write tabs above them, so I forced myself a little and 2 years after it's ok.

[landztranz]

Yes, definitely one of your best efforts. Beautiful playing, and fun to watch! Two questions: Do u play other instruments? Who are your favorite harmonicists? Someone really trashed Toots Thielemans on YouTube, and I think he's great; who do u think?

[alliax]

Hello, at one point I was practicing melodica because it has the same harmonica sound, and also just began the accordion, again because of the sound of wind passing though reeds, I like the vibration. But I'm not serious enough in any of the instrument! I don't know about favorite harmonicists, I of course like any chromatic player such as Toots, but I now enjoy youtube users who upload their videos of chromatic harmonica, because we can communicate directly though commenting.

[DivaDeb1234]

Sounds Good !

[Laurensnl]

Omg, this is fucking great playing! You are my harmonica idol!

[irma1789]

super! bravo, t franchement surdoué!

[dimitri2809]

franchement c balaise tu gére tro

[musicpercu]

ok...tinquiète j'avais compris que tu t'ennervé pas ..;)

[musicpercu]

franchement je me lace pas d'écouter ce que tu joues!!!tu as appris seule?

[alliax]

oui seul, c'est pas sorcier!

[musicpercu]

waou ténerve pas...lolj'ai un harmonica chez moi et j'ai jamais réussi a en dooner kelke chose...méme en y passant du tps

[alliax]

je suis pas énervé, "c'est pas sorcier" c'est une expression pour dire que c'est pas compliqué, pas absolument besoin de cours, il suffit d'avoir une méthode livre + CD pour savoir quel trou correspond à quelle note, et ensuite il suffit de s'entraîner longtemps.

[elbozz]

C'est bien vrai, sans patience on arrive à rien. Il faut des milliers d'heures pour arriver à quelque chose de très satisfaisant, mais après un peu de pratique on ne fait que se motiver plus en plus a chaque heure. C'est une des meilleures sensations imaginables que de réussir à jouer quelque chose qu'on aime. C'est comme gagner des masses de fric, sauf que ça nous est acquis quasiment définitivement.

[musicpercu]

c'est vrai...la musique c'est surtout du temps et beaucoup de patience,je suis plutôt bien plassé pour le savoir je fais du hautbois et de la percussion...mais tu aurais raté quelque chose si tu n'en aurais pas fait...;~)

[musicpercu]

c'est vraiment génial ce que tu sais faire!!!c'est pas donné à tout le monde...

[alliax]

Pas tout le monde a la patience ou le temps de s'entraîner des milliers d'heures, mais ceux qui peuvent et le font y arrive. Rien ne m'a été donné, j'ai pris le temps, plutôt que de faire autre chose :-)

[musicpercu]

franchement???

chapeau!!!

[manyahya]

oui dis moi tu connais aznavour de près

?

[alliax]

Je connais pas mal de ses chansons oui, mais je ne l'ai jamais rencontré ni été à un de ses concerts si c'est de ça que tu veux parler.

[manyahya]

la vré signification de la serviette est : quand aznavour chante cette chanson il porte une serviette ds la main, a part ca c fantastik

[alliax]

Ouais en fait c'est un chiffon qu'utilisent les peintres pour nettoyer leur pinceaux, il le fais bien dans une vidéo sur youtube.

[gulit31]

comment tu as appris a jouer, méthode, prof, tout seul? énorme en tout cas!

[alliax]

Salut, j'ai appris à jouer avec une méthode livre + CD et ensuite de la pratique, voilà c'est tout, je n'ai même pas téléchargé de cours en vidéo si ça existe, c'est simplement en jouant les chansons que j'aime à partir de partitions. Du coup je ne sais pas improviser et je suis nul pour déchiffrer une musique d'oreille.

[alliax]

Pas de bonne raison/explication pour la serviette :-)

[foudoud]

nice i like that ... one of the best instruments to listen to .... j'adore cette chanson en + mais prkoi la serviette ?

[simohard]

bravo t'es talentueux, bonne continuation.

[lashulu]

Lindo!

[jojiozawa]

Merveilleux, fantastique, et peut etre Sukiyaki la prochaine fois from Japan

[NELLOARA]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[yan02370]

trop fort un grand merci meme si la serviette et de trop

[lvillarroelv]

BRAVO!!!

[146azy]

excellent.

[alliax]

thanks

[iggyzpopz]

Opps, forgot to give a..um.."score". Thats better. I think. How to you give a rating in a comment? All this 10 stuff?

[alliax]

you have to click on one of the stars below the video, you can only vote once per video, not once per comment.

[iggyzpopz]

Bloody Surrealists get everywhere.

[flower150]

Hello Alliax,

You play beautifully, but why DO you wear a towel on your head?

[alliax]

Hello, thanks. I don't know WHY, but I do.

[flower150]

why is he wearing a bandage round his head?

[staircapades]

looks more like a towel ^.^

but yes indeed why

[flower150]

Hi staircapades. Perhaps it's a sort of sucurity blanket like kids use. Mine called it his 'didi'. But he does play well!

[flower150]

Perhaps he's miming and there is tape recorder in there

[osantu]

mon cher ami, vous ne trompez personne ! vous croyez quand faisant le pitre les gens vont penser que vous n'êtes pas un musicien sérieux. Hélas pour vous, derrière votre présentation clownesque nous sentons bien que vous êtes un talentueux harmoniciste doté d'une réelle sensibilité.félicitations.

[pinkquartz79]

You are a really talented player, and it sounds very spiritual, too!

[nunoisidro]

Alliax,

Congratulations.. you have a great talent !

Best Regards, from Portugal...

[daybea2]

where did u learn it...? =( I want to learn but...I don´t know if you learn on your own...

[alliax]

yes I learned on my own, at first with a book method and a CD, then I played musics I like from singers, I play the singer part.

[littleitaly19]

laboheme

[soldier093]

exellent!

[stoneage218]

you are excellent cngratulations.

[starrcenturion]

Very Good

[cupofjoe29]

what key is that chromatic in?

[alliax]

in C

[nejsede]

thats beautiful broo

just keep going

[inshallahojala]

¡flipante!

[wyattearp66]

Superb interpretation IMHO !

Your videos are very pleasing to watch and listen to !

One technical question : how do you make this quick rolling effect at the start of some notes ? Is it a rolling effect created with the tip of the tongue ?

[alliax]

yes, it's some bad habit, it's just a quick brrrrrrrr sound that you can do in the air without harmonica, making the tongue vibrates.

[sofy101]

c'est super! chapeau!

[lyvid]

some parts remind me of the godfather theme =P exclent!

[nairbfry]

Wow, I love this song! I really like the french style of music. Your videos are interesting and entertaining! 5/5

[guitarndidge]

chapeau l'artiste

[Bambiino29]

Magnifique interprétation !!

Bravo !!

[aronron2727]

Sehr gut !

[19294484]

Magnifica interpretacion

[mimilafourmi0]

t'es très doué, bravo !

[brumgum]

Pourquoi le tissu-eponge?????.

[alliax]

Pourquoi pas?????

[Molinard7]

Wonderful!!!!

I have saved this to my favorites. Let me know if you have a c.d. I can purchase? Thanks! Jeannemarie

[alliax]

Hello, yes I have to prepare the page but I want to sell a DVD with all my videos on it. Is a DVD with data files inside ok, or you want an audio cd ?

[Molinard7]

I would LOVE an audio cd.

Tell me how much and where to send?

[alliax]

Hi, the problem is that for an audio cd you'd have to choose several songs, I have to buy and burn a cd and send it to you, it's very personal. Do you know you can do it all by yourself? You buy the cd, you download the videos you want with keepvid dot com and extract the sound of them with the software called SUPER and then burn the audio cd with NERO or the one which came with your cd drive.

[alliax]

On the DVD I want to provide the video files I've uploaded to youtube because they are of a much better quality, image and sound wise. And on it I'll also put an mp3 version of all the videos so that burning an audio cd out of the dvd will be nearly effortless.

[Molinard7]

Sounds good!

[onecuban]

Don't know who you are, but--BRAVO!!!

[vmss2007]

bravo

[iriomarcos]

Muito bom

[tangobee]

Lovely... really enjoyed your rendition of La Boheme...

[mayamarjo]

i can't beleive it's you who is doing this! it's so good!!

[YERO0]

bravo man

[lisabaha]

wow that was absolutely amazing

[pte46]

BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO....

[elliealistair]

Hi Alliax - this is one of my favourite recordings of yours, and I think its party because you are not reading, which gives you freedom to play with more heart. Im fed up with the usual blues harmonica playing -

[devnulanimations]

very very good

[trashr2d]

tragique version, frissons et compagnie. Créole dans la coiffure. Merci !

[manipha]

i love la bohe'me however i couldn't figure out the reason why this talented guy chose to wear a towel?

[GHMisterT]

I've enjoyed all your videos,allax, and this is the most curious one. Really enjoyed the hand and towel choreography as well.

[ganyi]

bravo!

[reda1989]

beautifullll

[raneze]

Great stuff... Love the towel though

[MisterQuebec]

Ca vous fait bien la serviette sur la tete. Merci. Et vous jouissez bien de l'harmonie!

[lunalunanueva]

Wow!!!

Lo Máximo!!!

Gracias.

[sexbrain]

beautiful phrasing, deeply felt...very sexy

[yakamoneye2]

it's great thank you!

[alliax]

Thank you, you're welcome.

[DOGAHIDETOPA]

bonita interpretación.Un gran artista.