"Hall Of The Mountain King" Keith Medley and his 27-string Medley Guitar

[hotsum0ta]

See, this is why i will never be able to play a guitar. Look at those long nails. OMG LOOK AT THEM. CUT THEM WITH FIRE. Oh wait...

[FrasiliasPower]

God dammit. I AM IMPRESSED!

[PikachuPorkChops]

So this is what happens when a guitar and a harp have a baby

[TheKravojed]

@PikachuPorkChops comment WIN !

[pigswithbeards]

@PikachuPorkChops No. That would be a harp-guitar. This is his own spin on a harp guitar.

[NeodymiumTiger]

To tick this guy off, all you'd need to do is randomly turn all the tuning pegs.

Him: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[freddiesace]

those strings could do with not being plastic to achieve its potential. but go playing all the same! respect



[anavrintobin]

This is good but i'm concerned that the guitar does not have enough strings.

[donkeydnd]

could you imagine changing a string on that thing?

[Fratos9]

buying strings for that must be a bitch

[Gruvdigger]

Can't imagine what he'd be able to do if he had a couple of more hands...

[digitalis7]

Fabulous arrangement.

[Murph999]

The man knows his music. Well played and nice guitar - wish I had it.

[Y2kzombies115]

HOLY CRAP!

[88Heimdal]

being Norwegian.. this gives me the ultimate chills!

[Bornbroke013]

@88Heimdal

That has nothing at all to do with your nationality.

[88Heimdal]

@Bornbroke013 in a way it does. since there are many ripoff of this tune. however this one is beyond amazing. but i also get the chills simply in awe of this fantastic musician

[pianoman443]

You've got some extreme talent dude.

I wish I could play guitar like that:)

[fspoxee]

From 3:00 u can do like htis all the day and I'm still gonna be happy :D

[DiabloFomHell]

WOW nice.... only 4 guys never played 27-string guitar

[Morenocrack123]

This Dude Should Be Proud Cuase Hes the Only Man .. That has made this music a classic and AWsome! Congratz!

[kiogra]

i feel i should be playing dwarf fortress now

[cakemonzo]

I want to have that beautiful piece of epicosity..

[KoolThing14]

Never have I seen such an insane looking apparatus in all of my days. It's beautiful.

[Albertan1956]

How could anyone dislike his incredibly imaginative interpretation of this classic??

[Langerayman]

NAILS

[Lazuardy02]

It's awesome !

[englishtwister]

I wonder how someone can dislike this tune? its very talented in my option, and melodic.

[metranful]

two Words FUCKING AWESOME



[dlmaniac]

Un-real!!

[xectoras]

I LOVED IT BUT HIS NAILS.....GOD THEY LOOK LIKE AN ORK ON SOMETHING

[Dr4conian]

@xectoras they are plectrums :P (home grown ones :P)

[Subderhenge]

@xectoras What the point in guitar picks when you can grow your own. LOL

[asdffdsa9]

Now I have a reason to not cut my nails

[52Rapers]

the chuck norris ukelele

[RobGuitare]

It's amazing ! Thanks you for this moment !

[trniquet]

Incredible. I'm a fan!

[kennyFBIbaas]

4 people are deaf.

[CaveraYMacaco99]

I wonder how octaves this have,,,

[alkaw1]

funny, but not vai)

[spartankiller369]

I bet he can play the normal guitar better than 99.9% of all other professional guitar artists lol

[treehoar]

You did it!!!!! and with only ten fingers!! You sir are good.....

[nedisalive]

i'd like to see him while he changes all those strings :D

[Missioneer]

A Classic redone beautifully by a single man... Epic.

[vdlaCruz]

What instrument is this?It's so noice,but some strange too...

[TheCandyMan7665]

@vdlaCruz It says its his own creation...read the discription...

[tomp45]

Fuck! I broke a nail!

[vdlaCruz]

@tomp45 yeah!!!!!!!

[chino3089]

Sir, this interpretation of "in the hall of the mountain king" was wonderful, you have much talent, and that guitar is awesome, I applaud your skill

[Morenocrack123]

DAMMM THAT IS AWSOME!!!

[mrbocter]

OMGOODNESS AWSOME HOW MUCH FOR ONE

[About65tacos]

I bet tuning is a bitch.

[kakuseysha]

Wow Oo

[Morenocrack123]

wow awsome!!

[Imtiazstanford]

i liked it

[yogoo0]

How much did that cost to build

[nirvanaisdeshit]

thats gotta be a bitch to tune :P

[darthanakin3334]

im never cutting my nails ever again...

[RaduBiscuite]

i think this guy must pe REALLY pissed off when he must change the strings...

[MidnightMayhem91]

AMAZING and OUTSTANDING

[Dannypanify]

What's the tuning for this guitar?

[lonelydark1]

@Dannypanify The Lowest drone string is tuned at a very low c or b and as for the high drone strings idk

[noeyecontactatall]

2 people thought this sucked

because they are so stupid

[IrnBruDude000]

@noeyecontactatall I think they just collapsed due to the awesome playing and landed on the dislike button.

[devildew9]

so cool !!!! wow

[inuexorcist]

VIVA CC :D

[toolsheded]

Amazing sound quality for a one off build...

[pontuserickson89]

Amazing.. 

[AxeGlove]

Extraordinary! Happy to see you are still moving forward with the film and I can't wait to see it!

[Artisticer]

LOVE it!!



[fuckinglesbians85]

you rock hard !!! I admire you man !!!! :)

[AsculaTheNinga]

Started out wuestionable, but wow!!

[magirecords2004]

Funky stuff!

[anemaaarie]

this is .. magic

[WilliamAlphaWolf]

outstanding!!

[veverel93]

I ques that somewhere in the world is a realy upset octopus

[YanmingYuMusic]

tabs? lol jk.. imagine.....

[tewbtv]

It's a beautiful guitar - but it looks like the extra bass strings are getting muted by the picking arm or at least the baggy sleeve.

[kiriappeee]

goosbumps at 0:58!!!

[leonor9321]

estoy atónito. ese señor es casi casi mozart.

[kire19998]

@leonor9321 para mi mozar es yiovanni busca world dance

[XXHattoriHanzoXX]

I bet tuning that's fun

[LoneliestIam]

A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

[Yokai44]

This video alone has inspired me to pick up the guitar again. Fucking amazing.

[kionay]

actually the name of the song is In The Hall...

but all the same its an awesome vid

[rogiermusic]

How expensive are these? Can't you also call this a 27-string harp guitar?

[wydfarasprophecy]

HE LOOKS LIKE JIGSAW :)

[komitadjie]

Wow, now that is an INCREDIBLE display. What an instrument, and serious mastery of it's use!

[grimsonvideo]

Sorry, I just enabled ratings. Did not know it was off.

[Morenocrack123]

@grimsonvideo Dude This Video Is AWSOME! , i made piss in my pants when a saw it XD!

[ERock73]

Why can't we rate it, it'd be a solid green bar...Awesome!

[crazyzombies]

a guitar fit for satan..

[mercurycordoba]

Epic.

[tsahi753]

What's this instrument? it's so wonderfull !

[mynameiscrazy22]

@tsahi753 he made that himself

but in a sense its a guitar with 7 strings, the bass notes and treble notes are tuned in 3rds

[JaysonDejaVu]

i died cuz of epicness

[Irishike]

I posted one Keith's tapes on my facebook account .. lots of replys.. most of them in the OMG that is sooo cool range

[kliknon]

this is my favorite youtube video

[tbarks982]

This Dude is Nice

[TheLilleSneipen]

beautiful..

[WSamaelW]

This sounds so beautiful O.o

[camulos123]

how name's music?

[ALACE001]

Impressive.

[FoxFilipin]

Simply awesome.

[MrNigelguy]

He just needs more fingers to complete the experiment!!!

[musicallysmitten]

Keith makes re remember my friend Leo Gosselin, now living near Tucson Arizona, who makes and plays the Chapman stick, the acoustic range of Keith's 27 string guitar comes close to approximating what Leo does with his Stik.

[UBCSVictor]

he invented this guitar because he wants to play a song in his mind but he cant do it in a ordinary guitar so he invent this new kind of guitar :D

[UBCSVictor]

yeah and i just read about him in a news paper then it says he is on youtube and thats why im here watching him how he use his great master piece...it takes two years of making of this guitar..and he is now starting to make another guitar which has a 37 string :') how brilliant !

[Southernstoryteller1]

Found you on Wimp.com also, and so glad I did. You are amazing and inspiring!

[chauntzu]

Outstanding!!!

[ThePostal67]

Thank God I found this! I visit Wimp and it was there, they have given me some of the best things and this is outstanding, beyond beautiful....

[Sfikakis]

Now that's a real sweep arpeggio on 3:01:)

btw 27 strings and they sound all GREAT!!!

[clanangus]

Man, this music seems a lot with prelude to madness from savatage... And it is from this album "hall of the mountain king" by coincidence hahahahha

but I prefer savatage's one, although this is a great guitar with a lot of potencial! And this guy is really incredible.

[clanangus]

@clanangus Sorry, i read the entire description just now. You already say about the original compositor edvard gried. Sorry for my mistake.

[617Ghost]

Typical YouTube Guitar Video: :05 "eh..." :10 "hmm..." :25 "uh..." :50 "whaaat!" 1:20+ (head asplode)

Awesome work.

[kleinebudde]

What tuning? :D

[gblueslover2]

=@kleinebudde You're right = D

[Praun718]

This is simply stunning. Im literally blown away by this. Must look into getting a CD.

[Demnchld1993]

This video literally brought tears to my eyes! This is trully AMAZING!!!

[TheAvengedbullet]

Inspector Gadget? Awesome.

[LeQuyDo305]

kiểu này cứ như piano từ trầm >vừa> cao

[Eysc]

at 0:58 my mind was blown. amazing

[Devenly1]

I wish I could do that!

[catdieselpowa]

Wow. Talented musician, for sure.

[thibaultabrial]

Bravo,what an amazing performance and beautiful music

[lovelypino92]

AWESOME :X

[TenaciousNacho]

It seems to me that in essence, he created a harp, with a guitar neck. Very interesting. I'm jealous.

[superbrunoeluana]

magine qnto tempo o loko leva pra afina :|

[duduhorst1]

pior ke é né!!!!

[squirtsbikerpage]

Love watchin' tha' pickin'.... Talented guy! Respects

[TheGuitarGuy1993]

AWESOME

[manuorchestra]

The final strumming is epic !

[Thom337]

Tam Lin Instruments designed and built a left-handed harp-guitar much like this more than five years ago.

[FredtheShred]

This is one of the most clever arrangements I've seen, as well as a fantastic use of a harp guitar! Amazing stuff! :)

[ShredReviews]

Staggering vision and execution, imagination and sheer skill in all aspects of his playing and luthiery. Subscribed of course :)

[CrooningFebbre]

Speechless..

[almydf1]

Nobody recognized the inspector budget song that he is playing at the begin of the video?

[Rhaabjorn]

@almydf1 lol very similar but not it

[atpav21]

@keixoun I'm not much of a fingerpicker haha but he needs to trim that shit haha

[humanpridevideos]

Putting strings on this bad boy must be a bitch

[atpav21]

That's awesome, but those long ass nails are grossing me out. I know they are good for playing though

[keixoun]

@atpav21 THey don't have to be that long. Actually, if they too long they make it even harder to play, which is not the idea.

[grimsonvideo]

Hey everybody, I'm stunned and happy for Keith that these videos I produced have caught on all of a sudden thanks to #CNN exposure and many others too. I'm just glad that a unique creative person such as Keith gets some deserved attention. The fact that he built a masterpiece of an instrument and then mastered the playing of it is pretty astonishing. I'm so glad to have created some videos that help bring his artistry to a wider audience. Enjoy!

[Thom337]

@grimsonvideo

[ordonknight]

@grimsonvideo YES!!! I totally agree. I think kids these days are forgeting what real music is. all this stuff that is mainstream at this time is nothing but repetitive beats and lyrics, anyone can replicate that! but this... The Beautiful masterpeices Keith creates are true works of art that take skill and practice to play. Thank You for Producing these, Keith deserves way more attention than what he is earning.

[ricebrown1]

One man string quartet.

[sneakynessss]

Mesmerizing! 

[fright01]

The clicking of his nails on the strings bugs the SHIT out of me...

[MrSquidbill]

Thing must be heavy as all hell...

[ZombieApocalypse09]

In a basic sense, isn't this just a guitar with a partial harp mounted on it?

[Famous1969er]

Fingernails not included!

[jstnxprsn]

I would like details on the guitar itself and the tuning, please.

[fastnbulbous82]

Man, this is cool and not gimmicky like some other "inventions" we sometimes see. Really nice sound

[Benton46]

...I have a hard enough time, playing on SIX strings...nice tone.

[abeigor]

Amazing, love it.

[gandalph915]

I want that guitar so I can do awesome 27 string sweeps.

[JSmithTheAxeMan]

Must be a bitch to restring.

[K3MaL]

@JSmithTheAxeMan +1

[Dave0Rock]

@JSmithTheAxeMan seriously lol. Must take soooo long to tune too.

[sattmolis]

Yea, we should all probably put down our guitars now.

[aserian]

@sattmolis No, we should pick them up :o

[ShainEighmey]

Definitely a great take on a classic.

[highriskphoto]

I am going to burn my guitars now after listening to this Master...wow!

[PeterInglisGuitar]

Beautiful sound! A pleasure to listen to.

[ChewbaccaFetus]

Eargasmssssss.

[elviswilson]

GOOOOODDDD GOD this is awesome. So damn cool.

[sabrefang0]

This makes me want to put down my guitar and get a new hobby lol jk. This was awesome Keith.

[Lisathewonderpony]

Beautiful!