Great, of course, the master himself. However, this piece sounds better and more tale-telling when played half this speed. Sound like a damn good circus-act now.
Best part of this unique and wonderful recording to me is the ritenuto ending. If you play this work, try it at lower speed, it's beautiful chords sound longer that way ;-)
playing this piece at a slow tempo, in my opinion is just an excuse for not being able to play it fast. I mean it's segovia. the guy must know a thing or two, eh?
This is a very good interpretation of this piece (at the right tempo), but Segovia was here most likely in his late forties (before the second world war) when he could perform at a professional level.
Man, I never heard this piece played fast tempo like that. It sounds so rushed, like he's gotta take a leak and he's tryin' to get through it real fast. I do like it when it's played slower for more dramatic feel and then the diminished parts go a bit faster for building. I think Segovia was awesome of course, I love that old sound how you hear some buzz,t and finger squeaks. It makes it real. I know a lot of classical guitar pros who try to avoid that stuff, but I like it. We're human.
@tomaszwolf yes the original piece for harpsichord is in C minor. but the guitar arrangement is in d minor because it has a shorter note range. sorry for my bad english.
So, the ORIGINAL was in C minor, written by J.S. Bach, but this version is DEFINITELY in D minor, because playing it on my piano, it's definitely not in C minor... but in D minor, yes :D
It depends on your definition of an A. I think he's playing A=415 (about) and most people think of an A as A=440 exactly. For the time the period was written, an A was usually about 415. So, it would sound like a different key to some.
attention the whereabout of rogelio carreon, the virtuoso guitarist in padada davao del sur if you have facebook account send me a message, your long time classmate. I remember you taught a guitar lesson mostly the masterpiece of andres segovia, paco de lucia and even chet atkins. I salute you.
@cristinelu13 You get what you get, if you say that i'm cool then for you i'm cool, but beware of the fact I'm not, anyway why you are commenting so much if you are not into the classical/western stuff is something I don't get, anyway light upon darkness, the wise old man said once
Back to this piece of music, it's a transcription by Segovia for guitar from Bach's lute piece. It is still Bach, but it's altered by Segovia's vision, so i find it very ignorant to judge it by comparing BPMs of this recording to the original piece and other minor stuff. Segovia was trying to enrich the classical guitar repertoire with transcriptions and did a very nice job.
Anyway I remove all my comments because that's not a free learning music forum so I had carried away, everyone learns or not music to fulfill his/hers interestests/needs and not to pose out something like I know this or that and you are wrong or mistake.
So I don't like the segovia play but like the song.
I play music but that doesn't matter.
I think that if somebody says 64th notes at largo is fast doesn't have very much clue about music or playing. Anyway and then born light upon the darkness
@atzitzikas It seems you are here to prove everyone how cool you are and how much music you know. I admit i did not study music theory and don't even care that much anymore about western music or about Segovia. I wanted to say the western (or any) musical writing system is a mere convention , a bridge between composer and interpret and, ultimately, music lies within the ear, not on the paper.
@atzitzikas Italian markings like allegro refer to how the tempo should feel while bpm is just a mathematical fraction. You can use 64th notes at 40 bpm and it will never be a largo. Also bpm marking did not exist when bach wrote this, and btw this is an interpretation, the piece is wrote for lute in C minor and this is a transcription by Segovia in D minor so nobody cares if it's too fast or too slow.
@GyveTurckee I'm sorry my friend but this piece does not have tempo indigation because the sheet had come from a friend of Bach not the Bach himself. By the way the allegro that you mention means agressive and the allegro start from 132 to 168 bpm after that we have presto- means play as fast as you can and then prestisimo -as fast as possible etc. By the way he plays in the end of moderato 102bpm.
Every video I see from this recording session of his he is always playing the music WAY too goddamn fast. And he cheats because he still slows down to nail the hard parts. In my experience one should play the whole piece as fast as they can play the hardest part.
Pero como os atrevéis a juzgar y valorar lo que vosotros jamás llegaréis a tocar!! La madre que os parió!! Cuanta arrogancia...que si esto está bien, que si esto está mal...pero que cojones sabréis vosotros, panda insolentes!!
@paquelas ¡Estoy contigo! Nosotros en México decimos "bola de güeyes" Ya me estaba cansando de tantas tonterías que leí más arriba cuando apareció tu comentario y lo celebro. Me pregunto incluso ¿tocarán la guitarra estos pobres? Saludos.
no he's not playing it to fast, everyone else on YouTube is wrong. The transcription from several other people is in 16th notes not fucking quarters which everyone plays the piece in, learn your music you fat old fuck.
The speed is fantastic but what even more amazing he plays the whole piece with virtually no squeaks. If you listen to others play it they are squeaking like crazy.
Segovia in his time was far more than good and that's because of he was the only one guitar maestro and because he put one huge step to evolve the classical guitar to what we know now. But if you hear some of the classical guitarists now, play with better sound and make no mistake and of course don't cover the melody with the basses like him...
Segovia plays it in D cuz it's more reasonable for guitar. It was written in C minor. I suppose you could tune down a step and play it as it was transcribed but then again you would achieve a much looser tone as nylon strings sound best being very tense. This version is far better than perfect. Segovia amazes me like no other.
Segovia was very arrogant,a bad teacher and if you know this piece he let the bass sound longer that is supposed to last, and in the final two measures he uses a legato out of his own will, if you were his student in a master class he would make you look like an idiot in front of everybody and even show you the way out of his class.
Segovia was hard on some of his students. Nobody criticizes the Japanese martial arts teacher for being “too hard” on his students or for being “arrogant”. I think I would rather spend 5 minutes with Segovia screaming at me than a lifetime with you. We are now seeing the decline of western classical music anyway . Segovia was one of the last great creative and productive spirits in Europe that could give this music real artistic meaning. His artistic genius goes very deep actually.
@kellymich I think the artistic meaning that you mention comes from some fantasy sphere and I don't think that screaming to somebody 5 minutes will do any \
good to his/her productivity or musical education.On the other hand if you
play that way you take advantage because the one that you yelling at feels
inferior and small to you how you are huge and far more than superior. At
last learning or experimenting or being productive doesn't have anithing to do with human feelings.
I'm an absolute ear xD It's in D minor (the sound, I don't know about the written key). The Piccardy 3rd belongs to the fact that Bach was a very religious man, and a major chord is like a symbol of God's perfection.
@ShogaNinja His fingers didn't move and neither did any other part of his body. But, somehow, when I listen to him, I'M MOVED!!!! He came from the gods to impart onto us this thing, this thing that blows our world completely apart. There was Andres Segovia, Bruce Lee, and Lao Tzu. The rest are just worm's poop. Bottom dwellers!!!
I hate to say it, but technically, you're right. Bach wrote this in C minor. This version, however, is being played in D minor, so my analysis will be in D minor. It starts out in D minor, modulates to A minor in measure 13, after two measures of a common tone diminished 7th. This modulation to the 5th is fairly typical of Bach, especially in fugues. Finally, the piece ends with an A major chord, a technique known as a Picardy third, popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
It starts out in D minor, then it modulates to A minor. It is just customary to say something is in D minor if it starts in that key, and it doesn't really matter where it goes from there.
It is not in Dminor. Picardy third is relevant if in A minor. Try a Phrygian analysis; Bach used that in BMV 76. Do people who remove comments they don't like or understand also burn books? Can play without using his fingers...Yikes!!!
I've never had a lesson on guitar in my life and I learned to play it at that speed. You just have to be willing to devote the time. If you want it bad enough you can do it. Believe it or not this is really not that hard to play. The right had does the same thing till the last few bars. Speed wasn't the problem for me, it was a few chord switches down around the 9th fret about 3/4 through the piece. That was brutal as I recall.
@atzitzikas You can't judge tempo markings like Moderato based on the suggestion on your metronome. Its all about how fast the piece appears to be going, and this recording, my friend, is allegro, regardless of the speed of the quarter note.
il mio commento è molto utile, perchè magari molta gente crede che Fisk sia un chitarrista paragonabile a Segovia, cosa impossibile...non intendevo insultare Fisk...è una questione di paragoni: Narciso Yepes, ad esempio, al cospetto di Eliot Fisk, sembra un principiante alle prime armi. Quando ci sono differenze così evidenti, non è questioni di gusti!
hai ragione... in effetti ho sbagliato ad interpretare il tuo commento. ero convinto che si trattasse di uno dei troppi insulti a Fisk che si leggono in questo sito!
certo... il segovia di quegli anni aveva una tecnica spaventosa, non parliamo poi della musicalità! tuttavia eliot fisk è stato l'ultimo allievo prediletto di segovia stesso, per cui non mi pare si tratti certo di uno sprovveduto anzi è forse uno pochi chitarristi di cui valga la pena vedere un concerto al giorno d'oggi. E poi non vedo perchè utilizzare questo sito per insulti, offese o per simili commenti inutili. Cercate di utilizzare uno spazio come questo per elogiare Segovia,!
Hai ragionissimo!! Segovia è in assoluto imparagonabile. Negli ultimi tempi fisk comincia a piacermi meno, ma lungi da me criticarlo, non mi permetto.
Andres Segovia was master. I been playing this piece for quite a while and believe me, it's a piece that takes time and dedication to perfect. Segovia is just amazing. With Bach pieces every detail counts.
@zigzagslash The contemporary guitar doesn't accept that kind of mistakes in the dynamics, I practice guitar with a maestro guidance 4 months now and already hr doesn't accept the type of playing every note the same volume.
you are way off. He does NOT sustain the bass notes. The music says that the bass should rest on the second beat of each measure. This is much harder than just letting it play. He is a master because of little details like that.
Oh okay my ears hear no sustain overlaps. Yeah I'm deaf. What the music says and how it is played can be individualized. Before moving guide fingers or lifting fingers before tones are finished is a no no in classical technique.
I'm sixty and I've been playing since I was thirteen. But you know all that.
Wow, he played an E at 00:43 instead of an F (for the F diminished). Sneaky. Then again, Segovia was known for just changing what's on the page as he chooses (Sor, Bach, everything he played). He plays this incredibly fast.
I love the videos of classics and masters of the arts but damn do I hate the "im in my own ass" comments you get by some people. Regardless this is lovely, thank you for posting it.
this is a master he wrote a lot of these pieces which were originally for violin or cello, and transcripted them for guitar.........i have an old lp record of him, its awsum beedeetrip
Segovia is not just the consumate guitarist but the consumate MUSICIAN. He doesn't think about the guitar in a bubble, but rather he uses the guitar as a vehicle to unlock the power and genius of Bach, mere prelude or not. The piece surges forward and is suddenly pensive. The music breathes like a living thing. There are moments of tension and subtle beauty, showing us the many possiblities inherent in the composition. THAT is the artistry of Segovia. If you can't hear that yet, repeat.
A fun musical comparison: listen to several amateur recordings of this prelude on you tube: you'll see varying degrees of amateuristic skill. The notes are there, more or less. Next, listen to established guitarists. With them, the notes and the speed are there, with ease, and you may even here rubato here and there. Finally, come back and listen to this Segovia recording. The differences should be apparent immediately becomes the pieces comes alive, it has something the others didn't...
Fast and perfect. The cliche that everyone agrees and it´s always commented: what perfect tone ! When you play it fast it gets more impactant. Man this guy is still the best. I know that many classical guitar players have come, but none with the same capacity, NONE, NOONNNEEEEE.
I don't notice from the video or from hearing it (because he plays it so fast) but, does Segovia take the rests on the second beat literally? Does he mute the open strings when there is a rest or does he let them ring?
Are there even rests on the second beat or are they just in the arrangment that I have?
I dont think he takes the rests literally. I have several versions of this by different artists and it does not seem like they pay much attention to the rests.
There is no need to improvise on that which has already been molten, cooled, shaped, and crystallized in the mind of a man whose genius has practically engulfed the respective universe of his own art. His legend will reverberate eons after your now smug feeble chicken-scratch picking skims the atmosphere of some unfortunate heavenly body.
You'll have to pardon me, your "taking the piss" remark utterly eluded me. Could you condescend to explain? Otherwise - no I'm afraid I cannot be any more pretentious - and I suggest you look at the comment to which I had replied (jazzman's) before you resort to character assaults. This is a written composition which though perhaps conceived in improvisation, was written by one man and performed here by another. Save the baroque-improv lesson for an artist that is known for their improv
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The first classical guitar peice I almost learned to play. Segovia was my hero when my friends were into Hendrix. I think I benefit from Segovia as my choice. So much still to learn even after 40 years of playing!
THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME. Everytime I hear him play he really touches my heart. It is no coincidence that he always taught his students(whom which he had thousands), the most important part of playing the guitar is to play with your heart. God bless him.
Es la mejor interpretacion la del maestro Segovia
unaidea1 1 month ago
I don't mean to be a troll, but.. "DEFNATELY" actually spells "definitely"
TrollWorks 2 months ago
Great, of course, the master himself. However, this piece sounds better and more tale-telling when played half this speed. Sound like a damn good circus-act now.
Best part of this unique and wonderful recording to me is the ritenuto ending. If you play this work, try it at lower speed, it's beautiful chords sound longer that way ;-)
trftherockfiles 2 months ago
At the end he has this face like "Yeah Im a bad ass"
TheILLchild 2 months ago
did anyone knew that holiday(by scorpions) has been taken from this prelude??
RH415CP 3 months ago 2
Ummm... and please, what year was this recorded in?
thedeeliciousplum 4 months ago
hes playa 2 slow
guitarfan1979 5 months ago
playing this piece at a slow tempo, in my opinion is just an excuse for not being able to play it fast. I mean it's segovia. the guy must know a thing or two, eh?
RacerXFrenzy 5 months ago
This is a very good interpretation of this piece (at the right tempo), but Segovia was here most likely in his late forties (before the second world war) when he could perform at a professional level.
Curatica 5 months ago 2
Very well done, very good interpretation too
horstb29 6 months ago in playlist BWV 999
Yes, but tune your guitar to open C minor and then try playing this piece on a 12 string!
slubberde 6 months ago
Segovia is the man but I feel like hes going off tempo. I guess he was Russian after all LMAO
Caddrel 6 months ago
That sure was a lovely few minutes...
zoyclem 6 months ago
it's simply easier i D minor :) I play it myself. In C minor it would be bloody hectic
tomaszwolf 7 months ago
Man, I never heard this piece played fast tempo like that. It sounds so rushed, like he's gotta take a leak and he's tryin' to get through it real fast. I do like it when it's played slower for more dramatic feel and then the diminished parts go a bit faster for building. I think Segovia was awesome of course, I love that old sound how you hear some buzz,t and finger squeaks. It makes it real. I know a lot of classical guitar pros who try to avoid that stuff, but I like it. We're human.
stratthead 7 months ago
originallky it is in C minor. End of story.
tomaszwolf 7 months ago
@tomaszwolf yes the original piece for harpsichord is in C minor. but the guitar arrangement is in d minor because it has a shorter note range. sorry for my bad english.
xXwarstuserXx 7 months ago
Segovia is brilliant. But in my humble opinion, this piece calls for a slower interpretation. :)
marvenmema 9 months ago
que capacidad! y a mi que me costaba tocarla en piano el año pasado
DoubleBasserjihh 10 months ago
wow
Greenless001 11 months ago
So, the ORIGINAL was in C minor, written by J.S. Bach, but this version is DEFINITELY in D minor, because playing it on my piano, it's definitely not in C minor... but in D minor, yes :D
claymationmark 1 year ago
I'll send you the music if you want proof that it is in Dm
mvp019 1 year ago
It depends on your definition of an A. I think he's playing A=415 (about) and most people think of an A as A=440 exactly. For the time the period was written, an A was usually about 415. So, it would sound like a different key to some.
WeedMIC 1 year ago
What key is this in? Just kidding :-)
TuLithu 1 year ago 3
amazing
thysonofthesun21 1 year ago
too.. much.. awesomeness, i need to balance it out with some justin bieber
tee23en 1 year ago 20
@tee23en justin bieber will be absolutly forgotten in two or three years...Segovia, like every master, will live in the heart of music for centuries
kopadenieve 1 year ago 6
attention the whereabout of rogelio carreon, the virtuoso guitarist in padada davao del sur if you have facebook account send me a message, your long time classmate. I remember you taught a guitar lesson mostly the masterpiece of andres segovia, paco de lucia and even chet atkins. I salute you.
virgilio645 1 year ago
@cristinelu13 You get what you get, if you say that i'm cool then for you i'm cool, but beware of the fact I'm not, anyway why you are commenting so much if you are not into the classical/western stuff is something I don't get, anyway light upon darkness, the wise old man said once
atzitzikas 1 year ago
Back to this piece of music, it's a transcription by Segovia for guitar from Bach's lute piece. It is still Bach, but it's altered by Segovia's vision, so i find it very ignorant to judge it by comparing BPMs of this recording to the original piece and other minor stuff. Segovia was trying to enrich the classical guitar repertoire with transcriptions and did a very nice job.
cristinelu13 1 year ago
Anyway I remove all my comments because that's not a free learning music forum so I had carried away, everyone learns or not music to fulfill his/hers interestests/needs and not to pose out something like I know this or that and you are wrong or mistake.
So I don't like the segovia play but like the song.
I play music but that doesn't matter.
I think that if somebody says 64th notes at largo is fast doesn't have very much clue about music or playing. Anyway and then born light upon the darkness
atzitzikas 1 year ago
@atzitzikas It seems you are here to prove everyone how cool you are and how much music you know. I admit i did not study music theory and don't even care that much anymore about western music or about Segovia. I wanted to say the western (or any) musical writing system is a mere convention , a bridge between composer and interpret and, ultimately, music lies within the ear, not on the paper.
cristinelu13 1 year ago
@atzitzikas
um....i am trying to figure out what you mean by your post.
Is English your first language?
gtrrobster 10 months ago
@gtrrobster I can speak english very well.
One of my posts is totally
evident to what common eye can see as not english.
Yes I'm greek and in that post is all greek to me....
In other hand posts must be short, in that manner you must
reach a conclusion with little text and not to write a book, so it's
obvious that if someone knows or not english must bad-use them to do that.
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@atzitzikas Italian markings like allegro refer to how the tempo should feel while bpm is just a mathematical fraction. You can use 64th notes at 40 bpm and it will never be a largo. Also bpm marking did not exist when bach wrote this, and btw this is an interpretation, the piece is wrote for lute in C minor and this is a transcription by Segovia in D minor so nobody cares if it's too fast or too slow.
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@GyveTurckee I'm sorry my friend but this piece does not have tempo indigation because the sheet had come from a friend of Bach not the Bach himself. By the way the allegro that you mention means agressive and the allegro start from 132 to 168 bpm after that we have presto- means play as fast as you can and then prestisimo -as fast as possible etc. By the way he plays in the end of moderato 102bpm.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
Every video I see from this recording session of his he is always playing the music WAY too goddamn fast. And he cheats because he still slows down to nail the hard parts. In my experience one should play the whole piece as fast as they can play the hardest part.
GyveTurckee 1 year ago
Pero como os atrevéis a juzgar y valorar lo que vosotros jamás llegaréis a tocar!! La madre que os parió!! Cuanta arrogancia...que si esto está bien, que si esto está mal...pero que cojones sabréis vosotros, panda insolentes!!
paquelas 1 year ago 2
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@paquelas
proditorio11 2 months ago
@paquelas ¡Estoy contigo! Nosotros en México decimos "bola de güeyes" Ya me estaba cansando de tantas tonterías que leí más arriba cuando apareció tu comentario y lo celebro. Me pregunto incluso ¿tocarán la guitarra estos pobres? Saludos.
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yuepon13 1 year ago 11
he's playing it too fast. wrong wrong wrong. that fat fuck
paperchasin23 1 year ago
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@paperchasin23
no he's not playing it to fast, everyone else on YouTube is wrong. The transcription from several other people is in 16th notes not fucking quarters which everyone plays the piece in, learn your music you fat old fuck.
yuepon13 1 year ago 12
The speed is fantastic but what even more amazing he plays the whole piece with virtually no squeaks. If you listen to others play it they are squeaking like crazy.
lhurien 1 year ago 2
Does anyone know what year this was filmed?
itsjarrod 1 year ago
Segovia in his time was far more than good and that's because of he was the only one guitar maestro and because he put one huge step to evolve the classical guitar to what we know now. But if you hear some of the classical guitarists now, play with better sound and make no mistake and of course don't cover the melody with the basses like him...
atzitzikas 1 year ago
grande maestro!!
Grimnir92 1 year ago
Segovia plays it in D cuz it's more reasonable for guitar. It was written in C minor. I suppose you could tune down a step and play it as it was transcribed but then again you would achieve a much looser tone as nylon strings sound best being very tense. This version is far better than perfect. Segovia amazes me like no other.
AliceinChains8593 1 year ago 2
@AliceinChains8593 The meaning of the song is best understandable when you tune two semitones down.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
Segovia was very arrogant,a bad teacher and if you know this piece he let the bass sound longer that is supposed to last, and in the final two measures he uses a legato out of his own will, if you were his student in a master class he would make you look like an idiot in front of everybody and even show you the way out of his class.
sonicosmo 1 year ago 4
Segovia was hard on some of his students. Nobody criticizes the Japanese martial arts teacher for being “too hard” on his students or for being “arrogant”. I think I would rather spend 5 minutes with Segovia screaming at me than a lifetime with you. We are now seeing the decline of western classical music anyway . Segovia was one of the last great creative and productive spirits in Europe that could give this music real artistic meaning. His artistic genius goes very deep actually.
kellymich 1 year ago 2
@kellymich I think the artistic meaning that you mention comes from some fantasy sphere and I don't think that screaming to somebody 5 minutes will do any \
good to his/her productivity or musical education.On the other hand if you
play that way you take advantage because the one that you yelling at feels
inferior and small to you how you are huge and far more than superior. At
last learning or experimenting or being productive doesn't have anithing to do with human feelings.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
Why so fast..? I do not like it this fast...It sounds like a guitarist on speed or a guitarist with ADHD.
Za7a7aZ 1 year ago
Sounds like Segovia Major to me... :-)
PurpleGravityMusic 1 year ago
segovia is so good that he pisses notes and craps staff paper.
y3k23k 1 year ago
yes this piece is in Dminor because it has the B flat which is the alteration in the F mayor scale wich is the mayor relative scale of D minor :D
cabitothekid 1 year ago
I'm an absolute ear xD It's in D minor (the sound, I don't know about the written key). The Piccardy 3rd belongs to the fact that Bach was a very religious man, and a major chord is like a symbol of God's perfection.
RagnaBlutengel 1 year ago
of course it is in D minor , no doubt.
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Hilliard999999 2 years ago
When he hit that first A bass note after the string of E bass notes, it's as if time stood still.
dissonancedistorsion 2 years ago 3
I'm trying to play this prelude whith my guitar, and this is the best interpretation that i listen. i love this prelude
alejoboey 2 years ago
@alejoboey I'm sorry but i think that Julian Bream and Ana Vidovic have another level of intepretetion
atzitzikas 1 year ago 2
No words...........................
jonnykam 2 years ago
Segovia was so good that he doesn't even have to move his fingers, he just thinks real hard and the music comes out.
ShogaNinja 2 years ago 37
@ShogaNinja Segovia was so good that Guitars begged him to play them.
Claire1Rogers 1 year ago
@ShogaNinja But I don't think he had to think that hard! :)
Jonlemaar 1 year ago
@ShogaNinja His fingers didn't move and neither did any other part of his body. But, somehow, when I listen to him, I'M MOVED!!!! He came from the gods to impart onto us this thing, this thing that blows our world completely apart. There was Andres Segovia, Bruce Lee, and Lao Tzu. The rest are just worm's poop. Bottom dwellers!!!
Jonlemaar 1 year ago
@ShogaNinja What a great comment!!
peteacher52 8 months ago
@peteacher52
wow i got 26 thumbs up for that :) WOOT!
ShogaNinja 8 months ago
@ShogaNinja He does make the right hand look effortless when he plays
toogoodbw 4 months ago
The perfect tempo
Arrmmiinn 2 years ago 3
im learning this!
lafierra 2 years ago
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This piece is not in Dminor. It ends on an A major chord and is probably modal.
Hilliard999999 2 years ago
I hate to say it, but technically, you're right. Bach wrote this in C minor. This version, however, is being played in D minor, so my analysis will be in D minor. It starts out in D minor, modulates to A minor in measure 13, after two measures of a common tone diminished 7th. This modulation to the 5th is fairly typical of Bach, especially in fugues. Finally, the piece ends with an A major chord, a technique known as a Picardy third, popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
zjak8 2 years ago
@zjak8 it was translated to guitar...
there's a pause in the song.. but i like his playing. here many exaggerate knowing Segovia as great personality...of course hats off but....
classical666 2 years ago
My original comment was removed. The piece is not in Aminor, so why Picardy third?
Hilliard999999 2 years ago
It starts out in D minor, then it modulates to A minor. It is just customary to say something is in D minor if it starts in that key, and it doesn't really matter where it goes from there.
zjak8 2 years ago
It is not in Dminor. Picardy third is relevant if in A minor. Try a Phrygian analysis; Bach used that in BMV 76. Do people who remove comments they don't like or understand also burn books? Can play without using his fingers...Yikes!!!
Hilliard999999 2 years ago
@Hilliard999999 Remember Chuck norris doesn't do push ups, he pushes the earth downwards.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
@atzitzikas
haha! good one man...
gtrrobster 10 months ago
You're right. the piece is neither A minor nor D minor; Bach wrote this piece in C minor, but it happens to be transcribed in D
fatboi420x 2 years ago
@fatboi420x This is correct.
TheSovietAlliance 1 year ago
Why remove, is this a religious cult?
Hilliard999999 2 years ago
@Hilliard999999 It's a rare occasion but i think Bach uses very less the d minor
he uses cassations almost at all b's that should be flat the track has one
unworldly motive.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
@Hilliard999999
Why do you claim it is not in D minor?.....Dm is the main chord through out. then Gm (iv) , A7 (V7)....
gtrrobster 10 months ago
o.0 oh my GOSH! THAT'S the original speed?!?!
>.> no hope for me then...XD
patti9estel 2 years ago 3
patti9estel,
I've never had a lesson on guitar in my life and I learned to play it at that speed. You just have to be willing to devote the time. If you want it bad enough you can do it. Believe it or not this is really not that hard to play. The right had does the same thing till the last few bars. Speed wasn't the problem for me, it was a few chord switches down around the 9th fret about 3/4 through the piece. That was brutal as I recall.
DAToDATonian 2 years ago
@patti9estel I don't want to scare you but the original speed is ''moderato"
means 96 bpm the dear fellow segovia plays at 88 bpm.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
@atzitzikas You can't judge tempo markings like Moderato based on the suggestion on your metronome. Its all about how fast the piece appears to be going, and this recording, my friend, is allegro, regardless of the speed of the quarter note.
GyveTurckee 1 year ago
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guitarrero1 2 years ago
he looks like francois mitterrand
kdang1 2 years ago
Благодарю Вас
B62T 2 years ago
@TruthSurge...u r a jerk
MiRaquibThi 2 years ago
the best EVER!
CMRbuzz7 2 years ago
il mio commento è molto utile, perchè magari molta gente crede che Fisk sia un chitarrista paragonabile a Segovia, cosa impossibile...non intendevo insultare Fisk...è una questione di paragoni: Narciso Yepes, ad esempio, al cospetto di Eliot Fisk, sembra un principiante alle prime armi. Quando ci sono differenze così evidenti, non è questioni di gusti!
gugliox 2 years ago
hai ragione... in effetti ho sbagliato ad interpretare il tuo commento. ero convinto che si trattasse di uno dei troppi insulti a Fisk che si leggono in questo sito!
leandrobeikes 2 years ago
:31 he misses one note. it's muted. Not that I could play this at all but it's nice to know he's human. :)
TruthSurge 2 years ago
thank you for video
ALERENDA 2 years ago
se confrontate Eliot Fisk, sembra un pricipiante alle prime armi...hahahaha!!!
gugliox 2 years ago
certo... il segovia di quegli anni aveva una tecnica spaventosa, non parliamo poi della musicalità! tuttavia eliot fisk è stato l'ultimo allievo prediletto di segovia stesso, per cui non mi pare si tratti certo di uno sprovveduto anzi è forse uno pochi chitarristi di cui valga la pena vedere un concerto al giorno d'oggi. E poi non vedo perchè utilizzare questo sito per insulti, offese o per simili commenti inutili. Cercate di utilizzare uno spazio come questo per elogiare Segovia,!
leandrobeikes 2 years ago
Hai ragionissimo!! Segovia è in assoluto imparagonabile. Negli ultimi tempi fisk comincia a piacermi meno, ma lungi da me criticarlo, non mi permetto.
artistikidea 2 years ago
Andres Segovia was master. I been playing this piece for quite a while and believe me, it's a piece that takes time and dedication to perfect. Segovia is just amazing. With Bach pieces every detail counts.
zigzagslash 2 years ago 15
@zigzagslash The contemporary guitar doesn't accept that kind of mistakes in the dynamics, I practice guitar with a maestro guidance 4 months now and already hr doesn't accept the type of playing every note the same volume.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
Awesome source of inspiration and sensitiveness, definetly a gienius...
Cordeliamodel 2 years ago 4
è un grande!!!
sorimarco 2 years ago
You can see the Eiffel Tower from his window.
wingatei 2 years ago
its a movie set
ArturoL2009 2 years ago
my god....how beautiful!
Segovia...the master.
s0undch4s3r 2 years ago 2
i liked the way he ended the melody " like he saying" damn it was a piece of cake next please
MRZEROO 2 years ago 2
From all the footage that Ive seen on Segovia,it seems that he was at his peak during this time.I think this was during the 1950's.
iamJROD 2 years ago
Segovia FTW!
seaningtime 2 years ago
Eat your hearts out. This is the MASTER.
And notice how he sustains the bass tone, not lifting any fingers so full overtones last. Students who got to study with him were/are blessed
cotatijsk 2 years ago
you are way off. He does NOT sustain the bass notes. The music says that the bass should rest on the second beat of each measure. This is much harder than just letting it play. He is a master because of little details like that.
Arsalias 2 years ago
Oh okay my ears hear no sustain overlaps. Yeah I'm deaf. What the music says and how it is played can be individualized. Before moving guide fingers or lifting fingers before tones are finished is a no no in classical technique.
I'm sixty and I've been playing since I was thirteen. But you know all that.
cotatijsk 2 years ago
There is a tempo at which this piece is possible to play, then there is Segovia's tempo...
dread0metal 2 years ago
its not really that fast.
bobbobby1992 2 years ago
it dont have to be fast
agvap 2 years ago
this video is really old.
Akron162 3 years ago
No shit.
Wonderful piece of music though.
freddaahh 3 years ago
A true master of the guitar, he prints his personal touch to every single piece he plays. Gracias por el post!
Pericles6117 3 years ago 2
Wow, he played an E at 00:43 instead of an F (for the F diminished). Sneaky. Then again, Segovia was known for just changing what's on the page as he chooses (Sor, Bach, everything he played). He plays this incredibly fast.
DiMeola99 3 years ago
bass rest on the second beat in each measure. true master
Arsalias 3 years ago
Wow! Unplugged. Segovia shreds. Bach rulz.
francescaemc2 3 years ago
Does anyone else think that after about 0:44 this piece loses its "thread" or becomes a bit aimless?
MelkorNoir 3 years ago
I think so too, the end is not so good. He does not seem happy.
aristotele77 3 years ago
I love the videos of classics and masters of the arts but damn do I hate the "im in my own ass" comments you get by some people. Regardless this is lovely, thank you for posting it.
xcaluhbration 3 years ago
GREAT!!!
letargic4 3 years ago
this is a master he wrote a lot of these pieces which were originally for violin or cello, and transcripted them for guitar.........i have an old lp record of him, its awsum beedeetrip
beedeetrip 3 years ago
to funcdoktor:
of course he dont need to improvise /even if he could/ but bach and all old masters improvised whose music and they all teached improvisation..
isnt it so ? - well .. :-)
doublearejazz 3 years ago
OMG! Classic! Thanks SO Much for posting. Truly one of the greatest musicians of the last century!
Vee98 3 years ago
Breath-taking!!! Segovia breathes life and energy into the music - or rather, liberates it. Thanks so much for posting this.
HolyMotherofGrid 3 years ago
Segovia is not just the consumate guitarist but the consumate MUSICIAN. He doesn't think about the guitar in a bubble, but rather he uses the guitar as a vehicle to unlock the power and genius of Bach, mere prelude or not. The piece surges forward and is suddenly pensive. The music breathes like a living thing. There are moments of tension and subtle beauty, showing us the many possiblities inherent in the composition. THAT is the artistry of Segovia. If you can't hear that yet, repeat.
BMessemer 3 years ago 3
A fun musical comparison: listen to several amateur recordings of this prelude on you tube: you'll see varying degrees of amateuristic skill. The notes are there, more or less. Next, listen to established guitarists. With them, the notes and the speed are there, with ease, and you may even here rubato here and there. Finally, come back and listen to this Segovia recording. The differences should be apparent immediately becomes the pieces comes alive, it has something the others didn't...
BMessemer 3 years ago
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rodriguezclassical 3 years ago
for the harpsichord
ruby8500 3 years ago
Simply the best
ricky962292 3 years ago
this was written originaly for piano?
german2890 3 years ago
lute
CGsir 3 years ago
yeah but it was also included in a organ suite or something like that right? Becuase i heard this same piece but in piano and in c minor.
german2890 3 years ago
Not that I know of, but I suppose its possible.
CGsir 3 years ago
where is this piece?
paganiniGOGO 3 years ago
Tres bien
BlueJazzyClassic 3 years ago
wich is the date of this record?
straus001 3 years ago
Es el amo.
Iniestai 3 years ago
muito bom!!!
moska305 3 years ago
Fast and perfect. The cliche that everyone agrees and it´s always commented: what perfect tone ! When you play it fast it gets more impactant. Man this guy is still the best. I know that many classical guitar players have come, but none with the same capacity, NONE, NOONNNEEEEE.
fl4vio 3 years ago
Thank you very much for sharing this unforgettable video!!!. Cheers!!!, ~Sergio.
ottokees 4 years ago
Il grande Maestro ha insegnato a tutti cos'è la chitarra classica e qual'è l'anima di un vero chitarrista.
Grazie Maestro
scossona 4 years ago
Love the beautiful beautiful ending!
love the way he did it! Go to Bebot3001! same piece but in c minor and on the piano! but not better than him! he's way better than me.
bebot3001 4 years ago
Unbelievable. This guy is still the standard.
kabbagehead 4 years ago
i always like his control on the guitar, so nice!!!
carefreemusic 4 years ago
Somebody please Help!
I don't notice from the video or from hearing it (because he plays it so fast) but, does Segovia take the rests on the second beat literally? Does he mute the open strings when there is a rest or does he let them ring?
Are there even rests on the second beat or are they just in the arrangment that I have?
crustywindows 4 years ago
I dont think he takes the rests literally. I have several versions of this by different artists and it does not seem like they pay much attention to the rests.
kreagor7 4 years ago
I think with the speed he's going with, it reaLLY DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PAUSE THE BASE.
tobassem 4 years ago
@tobassem sorry but the speed doesn't have anithing to do with dynamics
the melody goes louder ,the bass that you mention plays softer because is
the acconpaniment that way it sounds deeper and softer to tight up the melody.
atzitzikas 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
good old scool - not bad
..you wonna see/hear something realy innovative - ..how to improvise bach or mozart ..?!
look for video : "bach sarabande jazz guitar"
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..you ll astonish !
:-)
doublearejazz 4 years ago
There is no need to improvise on that which has already been molten, cooled, shaped, and crystallized in the mind of a man whose genius has practically engulfed the respective universe of his own art. His legend will reverberate eons after your now smug feeble chicken-scratch picking skims the atmosphere of some unfortunate heavenly body.
funcdoktor 3 years ago
Is there any way you could be more pretentious? Improvisation was a dominant feature of Baroque music... ahhh nevermind you must be taking the piss.
simnos1 3 years ago
You'll have to pardon me, your "taking the piss" remark utterly eluded me. Could you condescend to explain? Otherwise - no I'm afraid I cannot be any more pretentious - and I suggest you look at the comment to which I had replied (jazzman's) before you resort to character assaults. This is a written composition which though perhaps conceived in improvisation, was written by one man and performed here by another. Save the baroque-improv lesson for an artist that is known for their improv
funcdoktor 3 years ago
sweet
vetruok 4 years ago
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3NUNS 4 years ago
we must not forget that it was the great,german luthier hauser who made this possible.
jargenlink 4 years ago
Hauser guitars may have been incredible but Segovia switched to Ramirez... I wonder why.
GiveMeMoreVids 4 years ago
because hauser died
jargenlink 4 years ago
The first classical guitar peice I almost learned to play. Segovia was my hero when my friends were into Hendrix. I think I benefit from Segovia as my choice. So much still to learn even after 40 years of playing!
DAVEBLISS2007 4 years ago
Segovia, THE classical guitar Maestro.
Playing JS Bach at normal tempo ...
So beautiful ...
Koxygru 4 years ago
personally i felt that the speed is jus rite... fast enough to absord u into the music and touches ur heart...
carefreemusic 4 years ago
He's playing too fast. Where the sense of music is?? God knows. God is Jimi. Lemmy is god.
Olaf357 4 years ago
THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME. Everytime I hear him play he really touches my heart. It is no coincidence that he always taught his students(whom which he had thousands), the most important part of playing the guitar is to play with your heart. God bless him.
5stringofFernandoSor 4 years ago