Edmar Castañeda harp solo

[sonova7]

Muy bien hombre,

fucking good - engandado.

Saludos de alemania.

[avixilynn]

*_*

[4GA10CELO1]

A true musician...love it!

[vulgarbulgar75]

I love the harp but this is awful, sorry :( There is no melody coming out of this, just random dark sounds.....He ruined the sound of the harp for me

[PVDPMC8]

@vulgarbulgar75 sounds like you know nothing about musicality. this guys understanding about music is genius. if i were you i'd delete my comment vulgarbulgar75

[burpeemetaldrumguy]

Damn it I have to watch this video again for the third time, I keep blacking out.

[amordemadre]

a recogerse ...

[peaceinthemiddleast1]

I love how musicians fall in love with their instruments.

[pcm76]

3:35 O_O love your bass hand.

[pjfdincelli]

Merveille de jeu!

[ANDERSONHARPISTA]

otimo

[jwala0]

I was wondering if this is a Egberto Gismonti's composition !? Who is the author? You haven't said.

Ressignify the harp to me . Tanks from São Paulo ! Do you know Gabriel Martinez the piano player?!

P_

[olivek95]

This is one way to take your frustrations out on the harp, amazing physically but so far as melody?!?!

[jonahharper]

Every time i think he's playing the wrong note, he does some crazy diddly-doo and resolves the melody. Very spastic, very VERY impressive.

[woterx]

this is mad sic man. your to dope!

[christian3490]

broo me gusta ese popurri de ritmos y musica y cuando los mesclas con la musica venezolana...tocas muy bien Dios te bendiga y sigue puliendo ese talento...bendiciones

[andreskizzo]

ok this was uber impressive!! the way you handle the harp and those strings is incredible.

[PsychotikPandora]

wow he use this harp with a guitar sound !

[slaimenmariano1]

Lo mejor que vi en mi vida

[fvanmunster1]

Wonderful!

[poymanjoe]

Fantastic. He uses full potential of this instrument, letting strings vibrate while playing short notes (muting them rapidly) on other strings, sounds sometimes like he is not alone... Couldn't do that on any other instrument. And most of all, beyond technic it makes great music.

[AlexKalicinski]

CHECK OUT EDMAR JAMMING WITH MATTHEW GARRISON!

Seriously you will not be disappointed.

[YenieD13]

You are very talented!

Que Dios te sigue bendiciendo

[barisax42]

Whew!!!

[XNicoseXcoreX]

En jazz al parque en el 2010 estuvó BRUTAL! ese solo.

[tonysalsa100]

the fuckin best in the worl you go papito god bless you and keep bring it!!! you are the man!!!!

[Dimora]

Amazing. 

[KrebSDani]

debe haber sido la unica vez que haciendo zapping de canales de tv me quede en el canal evengelico.

sos un musico increible y de tu testimonio de fe se ve que sos un tipo de gran valor.

un saludo y toda mi admiracion para ti.

[maxitron25]

Gracias por ser un ejemplo a seguir, mi hijo te miro en enlace, GRACIAS!!!!

[ohmiousclown]

No one enjoyed it more than he did. Seriously. :l

[jeff47823]

this guy is sick

[CTrane88]

Lovee ittt

[MrSoaringphoenix]

Move over Anderas Vollenweider!!!!!

[brainsareus]

.......................your boy is sick,and for those you, that don't speak the street vernacular,that means, he, is a master harpist.

[phes1enmi]

Can´t wait to see him live on friday!! Awesome!! =)

[BogoTrip]

maestro¡¡¡¡

[akaiser56]

Really enjoyed your performance in Long Beach last night. You are truly possessed by your music,, in a good way. Loved it.

[eazyfosheezy369]

Wow you look like you are possessed with music! Thus was life changing for me

[SrNetsWalker]

Super Intersting Jazzee way

[lomacabrerence]

Harp virtuoso!!!

[chainRINGU]

Wow, me encanta. <3

[melistone]

QUE CAPO men

[alvarogrb]

BRAVO !!!!

[SlavonicDances]

amazing, wonderful, I like the feeling this caused to me..

[bradbobo]

man... somebody please reattach ma' jaw!!

[invalidbuffalo]

dude...

DUDE!

Holy hell! That was good!

[whatsthebigfndeal]

never really thought much about the harp but this is pretty damn cool

[phyllis1753]

I was just listening to the DC Jazz Festival (6-11-10) over the radio (WPFW). All I heard was "Edmar" and "harp". Did some googling and here I am. All I can say, as my jaw drops about two feet, is; "Damn". Unbelievable! I've definitely got to check THIS guy out some more.

[JavierC1972]

Absolutely amazing.

[Namaps]

Dang, some of those bass lines are really funky! I never thought I'd be saying that about a harp player! Great performance!

[readi1]

so great

[8634443]

Como Diría en mi tierra. mucha GOno......ea.. jejeje excelente.

[YoninaEyes]

BEYOND AWESOME!

[TLescouflair1]

huh?

[TLescouflair1]

huh?

[nyg9291]

yooo g ma nigga dat shit hard as fuck you da truth ma maaaaan, g.

[lenaspieltblues]

What a joy to listen to you Edmar ... great !!!

[ariellejsa]

Edmar- since I saw you play at "55" on Stonewall Place, years ago, I have LOVED your playing... I'm so glad you are doing well for yourself now... TRULY!!!

[germanninja16]

teacher showed this in school...this guy's sick...so amazing how he can make the harp sound like a bass guitar and a guitar player together

[Pablotherapidone]

Grande, Edmar!!! Me hiciste llorar de gozo!!! 5*****

[CrucialCatherineTV]

WOW my friend told me about this guy..he IS amazing!!!!

[romy5260]

Absolutely awesome!!!!

[xorxe10]

Music worlds melt and born from Edmar. 5 stars!!!

[Cambodia69]

Being a bassist, I especially love his percolating hiccups and burps in the low register. This cat is a phenomenon, let's wish him well.

[papupapu1]

Colombian harp virtuoso is virtuoso NICEEE.

[aceir11]

So awesome. 5:13 and on is so badass.

[Fili2009able]

Impresionante nunca imagine que el Arpa podria ser tocada de esta manera , el mejor exito

ojala le dieran mas promocion a nivel TV Radio Revistas etc.

[marianoortizcamacho]

lo mejor de lo mejor de lo mejor

the best of the best of the best

[thespavid]

I don't understand why that didn't end in a stadium full of people standing and clapping.

[MrNoelJMIS]

His album is GREAT. I love it. Great combo stuff.

[lalalalatikt]

Wow he's amazing He made me thing again about the use of harps, the way he plays it it could also be an amazing funk instrument or someting like that. He made me think... that's a good thing

[beniwilliams]

@lalalalatikt - keep thinking, friend. As opposed to not thinking. It will so improve your life . . . and that's a good thing. As opposed to a bad thing . . . (I am joking)

[NicolasCaes]

The reason why it doesn't really sounds like a harp is cause of the harp is amplified.

[beniwilliams]

@NicolasCaes - Only if it's a crap amp, surely? Anyway, how do you know he didn't want it to sound different to the standard harp sound? I think he does. Like Gonzalo Rubalcaba - there is a pronounced percussive thing going on here . . . which would sound awful - or at least not a punchy - on a classical harp

[onel0wcubn]

keep doing what you do man. you made me cry of joy when you where here in dc with paquito. que sigue la rumba! cuando vas a regresar a dc???

[greengreen31]

It's a bit stratchy and it doesn't necessarily sound like a harp but that's still a brilliant performace. You're really talented :D

[ricky061991]

that hurt my ears sounded like shit

[BurNiNgBAssisT86]

this must be so much fun!

sounds great!

[JayLovePlaysGuitar]

thats soo interestingk

[Masamuneblader]

that "samba solo harp" vid on the side includes a lot of the routines he runs through in here but sounds cleaner.

[Qazic12]

This is a strange sounding harp, sounds more like a classical guitar.

[JgProdigeNiKKi]

his expressions are awesome!! :D

[celesbass]

verrrrrrga que aarrechooo

[jazzmuziq1900]

wow....

[peradonai]

braaaaavooooooooo maestro... tu coneccion con dios es fuerte.

[tommieftw]

nice man !!! keep going

[fuckgardengnomes]

i love it! keep the music coming

[emilfranciss]

this would be awesome in an alternative band!! good work bro

[Saxyman14]

Isn't everything Alternative?

[beniwilliams]

@Saxyman14 - Hahahahahahahaha - Yes! Everything! Except the alternative alternative ! 

[mg6347]

impresionante

[fortizdrum]

COLOMBIA PAPA!!!!!

[ljustaku]

super!

[RixeDNB]

amazingly innovative!

[PaoloLJ]

Edmar es otro lote! que increible que suena

[alincielo]

Amazing!!! ( is your harp electrified?)

[hammondplayer91]

you have an amazing technique and a great sound! KEEP THE HARP ALIVE!!

[BOnEhEAdD]

Funny dancing stuff xD

[yoamolatimba]

viva Colombia Carajo

[rtvcc]

en verdad exelente para mi que soy arpista se me hace increible todas las tecnicas que utiliza

felixiddes para edmar

[defleppard7777]

tuning that would be a bitch haha

[StatD]

this guy is incredible!

[viejorafabajista]

SIN PALABRAS MUY PASADO...

[flutebird]

muy bueno , yo tuve la oportunidad de ver a edmar en chile hace un par de años ya ,la misma noche que toco paquito d rivera en un festival de jazz de la capital y aun lo recuerdo como si fuera ayer, sencillamente increible jamás habia pensado en el harpa como instrumento de jazz, y ni hablar del solo de maracas que se mandó. Quedé doblemente impresionado!!!

[Cochese]

me pasó lo mismo, y de hecho, junto a paquito d' rivera tocó las maracas con un virtuosismo similar al que tiene con el harpa.

una noche impresionante

[javijazztazz]

wow increible no pense que se podia asi tocar el arpa ya quiero aprendar a tocar yo tambien

[NateTheGreat408]

3:06 EPIC

[juanfe195]

viva Colombia!

[amiharp]

Incredible technique ad fast playing...but It seems a bit like messy improvisation without any direction

[caraphyllis]

It doesn't sound "messy" to me. He's combining different genres but there's a unifying musical sensibility underneath. Very sophisticated playing, not just technique. He's listened to a lot of music and has assimilated it, creating a collage. At least that's how I hear it. This guy is a genius in the true sense of the word, IMO.

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp - Dear Amanda, Because you are - judging from your favorite clips - a repertory musician - you may not be able to fully appreciate improvisation, which is often 'messy' (all part of the scene, like a full orchestra trying to play rubato sections even with a great conductor, perhaps, there will always be a blurring of boundaries, and we grow to love these sounds because of their life, rather than their crystalline perfection) ...

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp - but speaking as a professional musician of 35 years standing, I am surprised that you cannot hear the beautiful clarity in the inexorable development of rhythmic harmonic and melodic ideas, as they move, shifting, doubling and tripling the tempo, always naturally building on what went before, packed with references to the musical traditions of Spain, the Caribbean, West Africal, and Brazil (all traditions much older than Classical Music).

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp It would be unfair to chastise you for lack of exposure to these musics, but you would miss so much in what Mr Castaneda played without that familiarity, just as an aborigine at the Proms might not 'get' the pomp and circumstance of - er - Pomp and Circumstance. I am also sure that musicians trained in the Western Orchestral tradition do not enjoy rhythm for its own sake.

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp @amiharp - It is a cerebral thing that seldom journeys below the belt. I will resist the urge to point out that the Orchestral tradition is dead or dying, having shaken itself to pieces through serial, atonal, electronic revolutions into a wilderness of private languages, with the inanity of minimalism as its hapless saviour.

[amiharp]

@beniwilliams

Being from latin america myself and having lived in various latin american countries including Paraguay, AND owning several paraguayan harps besides having a father who plays them; I think I do have somewhat of an understanding about improvisation and Folk harp music of this kind.

I do not take away from the amazing playing that Edmar obviously portrays here. but Virtuosity for the sake or virtuosity isn't necessarily "improvisation".

listen to Nicolas Caballero sometime.

[amiharp]

@beniwilliams

Besides having had extensive study in both classical and ethnic music. I am well aware of what is musically going on here.

Please be a little bit more careful when judging others personal taste next time. And do not immediately claim that it is lack of knowledge or exposure.

Everyone is entitled to their own taste and opinion.

Have YOU ever been to latin america?

btw: i also lived in various parts of Asia where improvisation is a MUST in music.

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp - Well done on your taste, training, knowledge, background, origins, etc. None of that stopped you from disparaging this music - which according to the rest of us ignoramuses is something beyond the ordinary. You will know that, from the player's viewpoint, opinion counts for nothing in making art - only certainty. By the way, I have played with Toto La Momposina and many other great South American musiciians, performed all over the world, and have lived in the Far East for 7 years.

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp - No, there is an older aesthetic at work here, which, in order to understand you must put down your shield as defender of the great hall of dead people's music (the imaginary library of timeless works, more irrelevant to our lives with every passing hour), and feel the vitality of this music - rhythmic art - it is the mother of the endless doodles that feed the white zombie orchestras of the elite, so desperate to believe in their superiority, their inexorable sense of direction

[beniwilliams]

@amiharp - Please read in reverse order !

[gladysmortenson]

absoulutely incredible.

[G33I08]

MY NAME IS EDMAR

[rodo2music]

Estemmmm Soy arpista, y no puedo negar que este tipo es un virtuoso, tiene mucha velocidad de manos, dedos y todo. Pero sinceramente... (hablando en "argentino") NO ENTENDI UNA GOMA FLACO!!!!!!! No se entiende lo que tocas. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR MUSIC.

[kukuku909]

no entendistes lo q toca porque lo toca todo y quiere inventarpon giovanni hidalgo y edmar castañeda y ve ese video aver si tampoco entiendes lo q toca

[rumba7575]

It's not bad but i don't like it

[beniwilliams]

@rumba7575 - no-one cares

[pattycobo]

Excelente un virtuoso!!

[xKyleWagnerx]

Just Unbelievable...

[foulestwitch]

perhaps a sitar or an asian lute would better suit his finese

[beniwilliams]

@foulestwitch - you are missing the point by light years

[foulestwitch]

um, does any body else think he should just a get a freakin guitar? this i found highly irritating..

[beniwilliams]

@foulestwitch - the go and lie down in a dark room, and ponder the wisdom of suggesting one instrument is better than another . . .

[chinesejazzviolinist]

An industry person told me about Edmar yesterday, and I am glad he did. He is out of this world. I have never heard anything like this before, playing the latin bass line and the melody, and harmony and soloing. Great playing.

[rx4u57]

Martin, thanks for bring Edmar to the public's attention. He is GOOD!! I'm trying to find/collect music of the harp that football playing teenage sons would enjoy. Art in America, Rudiger O., Savourna S. etc... Edmar is especially pertinent as he is a male playing the harp they could identify with. Wish Edmar lived in my area to teach lessons.

[Splovengates7]

How you do that!

[Myrddyn7]

He's amazing but that harp sounds absolutely awful. It is buzzy and much to guitar-like to me. His technique is excellent, but I dislike that harp's tone.

[ofmontreal88]

i don't know. i think that is what he was going for.

[thatsbalone]

he needs that sound for this music. lol. i'm sure he could make it sound full and beautiful like classical harp music.

[beniwilliams]

@Myrddyn7 - from this point, you can (a) stay in your rut - or (b) learn to hear new sounds - like everything, music and sounds move on - today, new technology applied to traditional instruments gives us new sounds - and new techniques cross-fertilize from different cultures - but it requires open ears to enjoy the huge feast that awaits you - or not - your choice . . .

[Pprovo1]

now THIS is a talented musician!!! I would LOVE to see this guy live. Amazing music!

[konieck1970]

Tremendo animal este loco de Edmar, los come mierdas que critican toquen así como el y despues me avisan.

[tzal39]

Incredible!!! I have never ever seen or heard anything like this. I would love to put this on film just to slow down his finger technique to see how he achieves these fantastic sounds.

[tagima1]

Saludos hermano colombiano...

desde chile felicitaciones por tu trabajo

eres realmente un virtuoso del harpa , increible la inspiracion y dedicacion me quede sin palabras ... sigue adelante con este maravilloso don ....

abrazos!!!

[stepcollegno666]

the word "hermano" is almost like Friend?

[viruspunk102]

"hermano" is brother....but its like saying "bro" see us beaners come in handy :D

[Coui0112358]

woow.....so jazzy!!

[norkmania]

He is an inspiring virtuoso. I can't think what I do that well!

[beniwilliams]

@norkmania - I can, probably, hahahaha

[andy3pak]

Dude! that was freakin amazing!!

[Twicebakedtaters]

That was amazing

[radiosinaloense]

Cuantas pastillas tienes en esa harpa? Necesitas un poco aclarar tus pisadas. Se confunden las cuerdas de arriva.

[moriente7]

el jazz del principio no me gusto por que no soy admirador de ese tipo de musica lo que si me gusto fue la quirpa y el pajarillo del final

[msbfd]

He reminds me of a jazz piano player... awesome playing and improvising.

[InesaDom]

Que evolucion ,del arpa man,te felicito ,desde Paraguay,london kike Pedersen, viva Edmar !

[elizagalopez]

Hola edmar! De nuevo vi tu video y me parecion fantastico, Que Dios te bendiga ese maravilloso talento que tienes, un saludo desde Colombia! Cuando vuelves?

[davidbarrel]

God bless you man;)

que dios te bendiga

saludos de Uruguay

[netrom75]

w

ould have loved to hear him whit Frank Zappa

it´s fantastic

[MarkHarmer]

Fab stuff - very inspiring. Love the thumb "twangs" as well as the damping stuff. Nice video production too.

[aleo26]

q puteria...

[jd4arpas]

edmar lo admiro mucho. me alegra saber que un compatriota llegue tan alto partiendo del joropo. lo voy a estar viendo en bogota jazz al parque....

[JMDewald]

That's got to be the greatest harpest ever.

[Quebailemarieta]

Chingodeliquísimo mi bendito hermano. Dios te tenga y Charlie Parker sentado a su derecha te tengan en su santa gloria.

[shalom1973]

I'm shocked, thats blew me away......I am a solo harpist but I've never seen someone whale away on a harp that aggressively and sound so good.......bueno my friend!!!

[shalom1973]

amazing.............

[Rheidun]

thats mad harping!

great technique...

I love the damping effects

all the best

Rheidun

[Siviratrox]

Men eres un tremendo artistaaa!! DIos!! :O!!!

[sdjifgsliu]

d+++++++++

[nivsha]

Sweet! Thanks for the post.

[BackToInfinity]

WTF!!! Totally Crazy! And really really impressive...

[BATAMUNTU]

really very impressive....love your vibes...thanks so much...gba

[MaxZT]

awesome awesome awesome. his harmonies around 4:47 are fantastic. thanks for the sounds. oh shit, wait, ahhh that roll at 5:30 just happened. awesome stuff. thanks so much.

[McPeg7]

Ohhh my gosh. Somebody sign this guy up and pay him big bucks. He is awesome. I love it, love it, love it. I am a rookie harpist, and could never dream of doing what this dude did.

[SirFunkBass]

Really great!

[oeppevnvpeb]

very good!

[reinaldobass]

Sinceramente sorprendente. Una mezcla impresionante de destreza y creatividad. Desde Venezuela, tierra de grandes arpistas, te deseamos lo mejor.

[Stepdenisethetrumpet]

Dude he is amazing

[rosty88]

bah si la cosa es hacer sonidos raros hasta yo lo hago y lo subo a internet y digo que es un solo xd