Very good.............. that's a really good player of luth.... i really don't understand why 8 persons don't like.... i would love to see how they play that piece of kapsberger...
The virtuosity of master He Chin is agood example that the middle age was not only the dark age. in today restless time we explore more and more a quiet and self centered middle age which invented art and handwork in such great artistry that million people today can benefit from it. istn`t that wonderful? i wish every human could play an music instrument, that would be a real revolution to the mind, and change the world completely.
very good technique, good and clear sound.. I don't know anything about lute, but I'm a classical guitarist.... his right hand looks a bit funny? Many times his alternation of fingers look weird...he trills with thumb and index... not that it affects his great sound in any way, but for me, alternating between thumb and index is much harder than going between index and middle... weird technique he has, but works good for him!
that is how a lute was and is played today with thumb- index , because renaissance music need a percussive like effect, the thumb is a strong note and the index is a weak.
alternation Index - middle finger started only at the end of 16th century, so is not correct to play 1400-1600 music with I-M.
He play without nails, this is another different thing from classical guitar.
This virtuoso's pokerface belies the considerable amount of "schwung" and elegance he sprinkles over this challenging piece by Kapsberger. Tasteful use of accelerando here and there.
It's great, but our musical culture and heritage is becoming dominated by orientals - we need to rejuvenate interest in this sort of music (i.e. classical and early music) in Europe.
So grateful to Youtube for making it possible to just stumble across the stuff. I'd never heard of Kapsberger until I searched for theorbo....About the nails - I think there were actually two parallel schools of thought/style. Some played with, so This guy is great.
I think he's using no nails because the sound is soft.
Juliam Bream used nails and guitar technique so is like not playing lute .....is a different sound with that position of the hand, I play both lute and guitar, so I have nails enough to play guitar but short nail to play lute with the true hand position.
Actually, the Lute was NOT played during the Dark Ages. It was an instrument that came into use during the Middle Ages..... The Dark Ages in Europe occured after the fall of the Roman Empire and ended in around the elevnth century..... Contrary to popular belief, they were not 'dark ages' anyway.... they were just less 'enlightened' times
@Stevie1422 The dark ages is a highly euro-centric term only taking the state of Europe into consideration. However despite the fall of Rome in the west many civilisations continued to flourish in the East during this period, hardly a dark or less 'enlightened' period.
wow, I didn't know He Qing plays Lute at all! Apparently, he is awsome!!! I took his class" Westen music history" 8, 9 years ago in Tian Jin Cinservatory in China. I had no idea this teacher could play an instrument, I wish he showed us a little bit...anyways, nice playing, He Lao shi!
His name is He Qing. He had studied guitar with Chen Zhi in China and studied lute and other early instruments with Hans Michael Koch in Germany. He teaches at Tian Jin Conservatory of Music (China). Kapsberger's Toccatas are the most challenging among the Renaissance lute repertoire. He Qing's interpretation of this piece is outstanding. From what I understand, this video is a home recording taped by his student.
Wonderful is not too strong a word. I am grateful there are musicians like you in this world. I wish there might be more. Thank you so much for this performance.
I agree with the other commentators. The finger work was artistic without losing tempo. Prolonged sustains on lower notes projected nicely in this recording. Was it a studio recording?
nothing's dead about that performance. I used to play the Lute and I'm really impressed with his speed and agility. Great classical players speak through their instruments not their facial expressions while playing. Bravo!
Where can you buy one of these? And where do you get strings? Can you retune a Baroque lute so you can play renaissance music? No one I know has ever seen a lute before! Thanks
you can look to societies that specialize in early music. or you can buy a kit and have someone who knows how to build assemble it(i did this). or e-bay, you never know
Many years ago (this has to be around 1975), I had a friend who had (I believe) a 7 chorus lute. He loved playing it, but it (and he) didn't really fit into the the rock band I was playing in at the time. He was quite talented, and had very interesting taste in music, and a collection of "interesting" musical instruments... A Travis Beam electric guitar, the lute, and a mellotron!
hoaddy kindly advised that this gentleman's name is "He Chin" . The title Toeeata is just a typo, for Toccata. Makes finding in the search engine a little difficult. Anyway, what a brilliant player he is, and the sound is excellent.
I like your performance of this lovely music. You must have some musical experience outside of plucked string solo music LOL!
SensibleMusician 2 months ago
Do you have it strung as "courses", or are those single strings?
metalschemist 3 months ago
Absolutely stunning!
johnramstead 6 months ago
Very good.............. that's a really good player of luth.... i really don't understand why 8 persons don't like.... i would love to see how they play that piece of kapsberger...
45gerard57 6 months ago
Really nice playing.
larsstrik 8 months ago
nice
JOCKATEO 10 months ago
Fantastic performance and wonderful tone!
yamex5 11 months ago
I studied lute and I wished I had heard anybody play that well in Europe...
Bowing my head
danyel
basidiomycet 1 year ago
Marvelous
frenk1973 1 year ago
This asian gentleman simply reflects the ancient, musical maturity of China. I enjoyed his seamless tact for the European lute and its music.
edgardusXII 1 year ago
Wonderful performance, and from Tienjin! What a surprise.
Just a note: unless he has a particular preference, his name should be romanized as either Ho Ching or He Qing.
yugandali 1 year ago
Hen, hen hao pipa-de yin-yue, tong-xue He Chin! Xie-Xie Ni!
sjokolade777 1 year ago
The virtuosity of master He Chin is agood example that the middle age was not only the dark age. in today restless time we explore more and more a quiet and self centered middle age which invented art and handwork in such great artistry that million people today can benefit from it. istn`t that wonderful? i wish every human could play an music instrument, that would be a real revolution to the mind, and change the world completely.
david196564 1 year ago 2
你好! 非常好您演奏非常光滑，非常古典感謝您
poikaa3 2 years ago
Could you tell more details about the instrument? Instrument maker / model / price / string type and model?
laszlocser 2 years ago
very good technique, good and clear sound.. I don't know anything about lute, but I'm a classical guitarist.... his right hand looks a bit funny? Many times his alternation of fingers look weird...he trills with thumb and index... not that it affects his great sound in any way, but for me, alternating between thumb and index is much harder than going between index and middle... weird technique he has, but works good for him!
haru1ove 2 years ago
that is how a lute was and is played today with thumb- index , because renaissance music need a percussive like effect, the thumb is a strong note and the index is a weak.
alternation Index - middle finger started only at the end of 16th century, so is not correct to play 1400-1600 music with I-M.
He play without nails, this is another different thing from classical guitar.
luteguitar 2 years ago
..excellent musicianship, subtle, a joy to listen to....
cassubia 2 years ago
bravo!!!!
pierocells 2 years ago
What kind of lute is that?
is it an eight course?
AFNYOAQIS 2 years ago
yes
luteguitar 2 years ago
This virtuoso's pokerface belies the considerable amount of "schwung" and elegance he sprinkles over this challenging piece by Kapsberger. Tasteful use of accelerando here and there.
TheJester1962 2 years ago
An Middle Age European instrument and music, performed by He Chin in China and we all can enjoy it on You Tube for free. What a wonderful world.
789vbc 2 years ago 45
It's great, but our musical culture and heritage is becoming dominated by orientals - we need to rejuvenate interest in this sort of music (i.e. classical and early music) in Europe.
djsmurfie 2 years ago
@djsmurfie Orientals???Seriously???
jimmyleepic 2 years ago
I agree. Everyone is playing European music, but no one is giving recognition to Europeans (mostly Germans) for creating it.
People need to recognize that the composer deserves the most credit, and then the performer after him.
tallswede68 2 years ago
@789vbc : and the instrument was brought originally from the court of Baghdad to Europe, which makes it even more astonishing! :)
maan7633 2 years ago
@maan7633 The Oud was, not the Lute.
djsmurfie 2 years ago
@djsmurfie
originally dj smurf, originally.
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@789vbc And we get to read your broken English. Wonderful world.
TheKingdomofErnor 1 year ago
@789vbc there should be more people like you gracing youtube with their presence instead of the whining children you usually see.
andrynor 1 month ago
So grateful to Youtube for making it possible to just stumble across the stuff. I'd never heard of Kapsberger until I searched for theorbo....About the nails - I think there were actually two parallel schools of thought/style. Some played with, so This guy is great.
boundsie99 2 years ago 7
I think he's using no nails because the sound is soft.
Juliam Bream used nails and guitar technique so is like not playing lute .....is a different sound with that position of the hand, I play both lute and guitar, so I have nails enough to play guitar but short nail to play lute with the true hand position.
luteguitar 2 years ago
Lute is awesome!
champclay18 2 years ago
shiyt thats what im talkin bout! Toccata on a lute!!!
Rahmemhotep 2 years ago
That's a nice-sounding lute.
DannyBurgoyne 2 years ago
Wow... that just melted my face off! Amazing.
SkeeterBlack 3 years ago 4
Perfect *and* full of feeling, that's really wonderful!
AlainNaigeon 3 years ago 4
can sb give me a definition of what a lute exactly is...i find thousands of different instruments named lute..
btw the video's music is beautiful
premrawat1 3 years ago 3
it's what he's playing there. It's a kind of instrument that was around in the dark ages.
Grigeral 3 years ago
thanks,..well, but i read that also a guitar is a kind of lute, and there are douzens of others i havent even heard of
premrawat1 3 years ago
generally a lute comes in multiple kinds, for instance a 10 chorus lute means it has 10 sets of strings.
There is also a lute harp, but I can't think of any other kinds in particular.
A guiter is similar to a degree. They both get their sound from the shape, wood and strings (accoustic guitars anyhow) but that's pretty much it :).
Grigeral 3 years ago
Actually, the Lute was NOT played during the Dark Ages. It was an instrument that came into use during the Middle Ages..... The Dark Ages in Europe occured after the fall of the Roman Empire and ended in around the elevnth century..... Contrary to popular belief, they were not 'dark ages' anyway.... they were just less 'enlightened' times
Stevie1422 2 years ago
I know, I meant to say more renaissance times, no idea why I put dark ages ^^
Grigeral 2 years ago
I used to make the same mistake all the time lol..... That chap does play beautifully don't you think?
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Stevie1422 2 years ago
He does indeed :). He and Luthval have made me want to actually buy a lute. Unfortunately, they are so expensive...
Grigeral 2 years ago
@Stevie1422 The dark ages is a highly euro-centric term only taking the state of Europe into consideration. However despite the fall of Rome in the west many civilisations continued to flourish in the East during this period, hardly a dark or less 'enlightened' period.
lebleualto 1 year ago
@lebleualto Most of history is Eurocentric - why? Because from 1500 the history of the world is the story of European ascendancy.
djsmurfie 1 year ago
@djsmurfie The dark ages are not "from 1500".
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djsmurfie 11 months ago
nice!!!!!
sonofsikander 3 years ago 2
He is good...
get it? :)
senselab 3 years ago 2
Holy hell, extremely impressive playing!
mintehfresh 3 years ago 8
that is some really beautiful woodwork in the centre of your lute
TheTheifInYourHead 3 years ago 4
Wonderful! What a splendid musician!
chevychase 3 years ago 17
Very impressive and quite virtuosic indeed.
lutemusic 3 years ago 5
beautiful... thanks a lot
M2MTWO 3 years ago
That would be the shit though!!!
guitarlad89 3 years ago
wow, I didn't know He Qing plays Lute at all! Apparently, he is awsome!!! I took his class" Westen music history" 8, 9 years ago in Tian Jin Cinservatory in China. I had no idea this teacher could play an instrument, I wish he showed us a little bit...anyways, nice playing, He Lao shi!
musicpipa1021 3 years ago 2
This is extraordinarily fine playing and, as far as I know, He Chin is completely unknown in the West.
bill1lute 3 years ago 3
Hau jile!
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Walvis2007 3 years ago
Brilliant!
Waldco 3 years ago
His name is He Qing. He had studied guitar with Chen Zhi in China and studied lute and other early instruments with Hans Michael Koch in Germany. He teaches at Tian Jin Conservatory of Music (China). Kapsberger's Toccatas are the most challenging among the Renaissance lute repertoire. He Qing's interpretation of this piece is outstanding. From what I understand, this video is a home recording taped by his student.
leyenda168 3 years ago 6
Wow, go asian dude go!
EricLR81 3 years ago
what's the difference between lute and guitar?
dyhs2006 3 years ago
They are spelt differently.
EricLR81 3 years ago
number of strings
origin (lute came a lot first and it's maybe the origin of the guitar)
rafaelpnbsb 3 years ago
Outstanding. That is very, very skilled and inspired playing.
wallygrundle 3 years ago
So great.
MufasaEnterprises 3 years ago
Wow, this is great playing.
connectwired 3 years ago
Where do you even get lessons for those? self taught?
godsloved3 3 years ago
very good, thank you!
mwvh1 4 years ago
Very nice work on chord changes. What or those strings made of? Sounds like nylon but I've heard gut is used by some.
philomelodia 4 years ago
@philomelodia Gut.
djsmurfie 2 years ago
Bravo Brilliant a true inspiration please do more videos!
:-)))))
mikaelk2007 4 years ago
Wonderful is not too strong a word. I am grateful there are musicians like you in this world. I wish there might be more. Thank you so much for this performance.
kcjrr27 4 years ago 3
wonderful....
funcool91 4 years ago
Wow! This is fantastic!
walteria1964 4 years ago
I agree with the other commentators. The finger work was artistic without losing tempo. Prolonged sustains on lower notes projected nicely in this recording. Was it a studio recording?
BrucknerMotet 4 years ago
Wonderful - thank you!
uruziam 4 years ago
lute should be played like this.
kadrab 4 years ago
Chinese could be good at LUTE because they have BeeFa, simillar to Lute.
naturanaturans 4 years ago
its a pipa 琵琶. can search some of its song in youtube.
simon18i 4 years ago
thanks man... it is PIPA PIPA PIPA^^
naturanaturans 4 years ago
Great!!!
Brucis51 4 years ago
harikasın. çok güzel... teşekkür ederim.
evrimbayindir 4 years ago
perfect control of the fingers and nuances, beautiful performance and SOUND
jacquillo 4 years ago
Great Job!
gatocabrito 4 years ago
Excellent in every regard!
SoloGuitaristNet 4 years ago
Beautiful! ;-)
patukuzunkol 4 years ago
Congrats! A pleasure to listen to & watch this video.
Betelgeuzus 5 years ago
very well
guitar0707 5 years ago
wonderful playing ... kaspberger is difficult music, your rendition is realy great
mayabis 5 years ago
Really good ! music is beautiful and really well played ! Thanks.
Luthval 5 years ago
Plus, I note that he is using historically correct "thumb-under" technique with the right hand.
kd5txo 5 years ago
nothing's dead about that performance. I used to play the Lute and I'm really impressed with his speed and agility. Great classical players speak through their instruments not their facial expressions while playing. Bravo!
kd5txo 5 years ago
He plays at a professional level perhaps comparable to Paul O'Dette, currently the best player in the world.
lelamondt 5 years ago
Absolutely wonderfull!!!! Wish my lute playing sounded like this!!!!
Eastwinds10 5 years ago
Where can you buy one of these? And where do you get strings? Can you retune a Baroque lute so you can play renaissance music? No one I know has ever seen a lute before! Thanks
Mod74 5 years ago
you can look to societies that specialize in early music. or you can buy a kit and have someone who knows how to build assemble it(i did this). or e-bay, you never know
coreyagraph 5 years ago
Many years ago (this has to be around 1975), I had a friend who had (I believe) a 7 chorus lute. He loved playing it, but it (and he) didn't really fit into the the rock band I was playing in at the time. He was quite talented, and had very interesting taste in music, and a collection of "interesting" musical instruments... A Travis Beam electric guitar, the lute, and a mellotron!
duckrangler 5 years ago
Wonderful! Finally a really good lute player! Thank you!
wwelti 5 years ago
This rocks!
Murple333 5 years ago
I love it, absolutely amazing, but his face is so dead.
LikuX 5 years ago
thats concentration, and at least its better tha him putting a lot of pretend faces on with fake emotion
RandomMocker 5 years ago
Yeah, but it's still dead.
LikuX 5 years ago
Excellent!
hmurrieta 5 years ago
Beautiful - he's a fine player!
JDC57 5 years ago
Never thought i would see someone preform this piece.
KaliNitras 5 years ago
hoaddy kindly advised that this gentleman's name is "He Chin" . The title Toeeata is just a typo, for Toccata. Makes finding in the search engine a little difficult. Anyway, what a brilliant player he is, and the sound is excellent.
RussellK9 5 years ago
Wow! Such a beautiful song and especially instrument..
tragiedia 5 years ago