Nadir, prepared guitar by Apostolos Paraskevas, 2002

[albbster]

Very beautiful.

[seanearnest]

....yeah, but give me a BEAT I can groove to.

[CodyRicheson]

@seanearnest, then listen to music that has a beat. If you think you're supposed to groove to this, you're missing the point. It's not the same kind of aesthetic as pop or dance or rock music.

[sdwilliams777]

put the headphones on and listen with your eyes shut... I saw this a month ago or so and didn't think too much about it. Ran into it again and listened without watching, its totally different.

[AmericanDiaz]

great piece!

[HerrDeLaney]

haven't you ever heard of Harry Partch?

[muaddib1st]

I love prepared guitar!

[oneplusanotherone]

he is obviouslby versed in the composture aand art forms accessable through prepared guitar, but he is most certainly not the first

[what567]

Is that a chapman I see on the stand next to the performer?

[classicalguild]

yes, indeed! it is Chapman guitar

[what567]

Cool! I have one that looks exactly like it, but it has a pin bridge.

[richragsdale]

lovely

great stuff

[RSCdesign]

you cant say sonic youth fkn invented this. prepared instruments go back quite a whiiiile

[bazookascrew]

John Cage???

[Quergitarre]

beautiful !

[pokerastin8r]

Absolutely one of the most beautiful things ive ever heard..unbelievable playing sir..simply amazing!

[cursedvanity]

Beautiful!

I guess anything can be used to create a prepared guitar... I've been using a screwdriver these days...

[offlineyr]

Any particular reasons for paper clips? Why not crocodile clips? ... Did you use them for to produce some specific harmonic partials or for just timbral effects?

[defdeezy]

gorgeous

[pinholedstars]

how did he prepare the guitar?

[classicalguild]

paper clips on the first 4 strings, near the bridge. the work is published by berben/Italy

[pinholedstars]

great, thank you! Has this been recorded to a CD yet?