Anyone with a stick up their ass should look at this as an arrangement. Arrangements get to change the way the piece is, but so it's still recognizable as the same thing. Which this is.
God, I miss this dude. A Michael Hedges performance was always a very special event. One always had the sense that Something Bigger was happening, that it wasn't a mere concert of songs being played by a singer-songwriter. A Michael Hedges concert had a distinct taste of transcendence.
This version follows the score by Bach and conveys the musical expression and subtlety of this piece more than any other version on You Tube. Hedges plays the piece G major, the original key allowing the melody to reach the low ranges where it resonates so beautifully and following the original score most faithfully. Most classical guitarists play this piece in D major in a stiff arrangement which adds irksome base notes and alien harmonic inversions. Hedges preserves the lyricism of the cello
@chauntzu The "purists" play Segovia's romantic reharmonization of this piece, with weird bass additions, tall 7th chords, and even parallel major 6ths at the chromatic part at the end, like bach was going for the affect of a series of diminished resolutions.
Here, however, not a single note played in this video isn't Bach's. Who's the REAL purist?
I like players who play for an audience of listeners rather than critics. When the whirlwind is in the the thorn tree its hard to kick against the pricks. Love sound love song love noise love strings love wood. L O V E
The ultimate layer of Bach's genius is that his music can be stretched and played, sung and reinterpereted on different instruments. I
I don't this wonderful version is stretched at all....I bet Bach would love it...he was a midnight improvisor....ask any tight-ass classical musician to even improvise "Happy Birthday" or "Auld Lang Syne"...let alone play on Micheal's level!
More guitarists would be doing themselves, and the world a favor if they would study the classics, instead of just copying without a clue. I hear guitarist say they can play by ear, never seen it yet. There is a joke, how do you get a guitarist to stop playing? put a sheet of music in front of him. This guy has a solid foundation, I like his timing, and he looks like he enjoys the piece.
If Strads and Guarnari violins are so great now given the ageing process and all that....they must have sounded pretty bad 4 centuries ago...being new.Paganini would've cut the ear off of Dr.Who(who was also that painter....(I have this theory)) to have an aged Strad.I wish I had the hearing I did 40 years ago.I could really go town on some of the miserable performances I think I've heard of lately with a certain conviction.Hedges is sweet,fresh air
I agree with dunholy. This was a very soulful performance (in comparison with some of the machine-like performances out there). As a composer, I feel that he "owned" this piece, which is what any good performer must do.
@TasteForDisaster No, he was a solo act, though he often worked with others, such as Leo Kottke, Mike Manring, and CSN. And "did?" would be more appropriate, since he died in 1997.
well i dont get what all the hub bub is. ive never heard of him just clicked on it because i was looking for the allemande movement of this suite as i am a cello player myself and i think he did an absolutely fantastic job. you can always tell a true musician if they look like they love what they are playing. keep killing it michael hedges
@ross19565656 fair enough. A well played cello or five make the perfect noise and/or the best noise ever. Hedges does seem to be prepared to consider his talent frivolous (did, I know he's dead) he seems almost embarrassed by it.....shame really. I know a jokey player myself and it's frustrating that he's too shy to have himself taken seriously. He's awesome. Cynical audiences at a guess breed a reciprocal response from the player
@halipino This "version" is quite close to the original and more so than every other classical guitar rendition of this piece on You Tube. It is in G major, the original key. It is played in the original expressive low cello register, not transposed up a 5th to a treble register like all the others.. It sticks to the original score and doesn't tastelessly add extraneous notes. It is played naturally and expressively. Nothing rock.metal here. This is completely in the spirit of Bach.
@landofway lol I think my comment was purely misinterpreted. When I said "Not purely classical more of an rock/metal interpretation but this version is really excellent as well" and gave the short link watch?v=TtNodZDWLsk I was referring to "another" version other than Michael Hedges who's talent is wonderful indeed. LOL
To me it is very ironic that he is talking about driving safetly, bc he was killed in an automobile accident. R.I.P. MH the world of music lost a great when we lost you. The brightest lights burn twice as bright but twice as short.
Whatever Michael Hedges wanted to play, I was thrilled to listen to. A wonderful, generous, loving performer. And now he's gone. I wish he was still here...
As another Bach fanatic, I think guys like Michael Hedges represent what Bach was about historically. Rebellious and expressive. A true unrequited love for music and eff the rules.
Also give the lovely Michael Hedges a break, I am fairly certain that Michael was beyond totally wasted in this video, either drugs or alcohol.
I have shown this to one of Aaron Shearer's students and one of the best classical guitarists on the planet today. His opinion is as follows: Most people take this too fast, this is a nice tempo, and he is choosing to use less nail, to make it sound more like a cello.
If you want to know who it was, just do some research on Shearer.
Bach liked to try new things and instruments, improvise, and have fun. I feel certain that he would be overjoyed and honored to be played by this great guitarist, 200 years on.
Hedges is playing it in the key of G, the key it was written in by that Bach guy. Every guitar version I have heard is transposed to the key of D to accommodate the limitations of the guitar... points for hedges for working around that... and for kicking ass.
I love it, It's not the perfection of the piece. It's the personal heart felt interpretation and it is just beautiful. It made me cry. He is gone now but at least we have these moments to listen to , remember, enjoy and share with a new generation.
@dunholy Yeah, you know your interesting but wild conjecture (I love wild conjectures) about how Bach would have liked it could be true... But Bream, and the other guys who do this kind of music as a life/art/passion, might have a different take. My point: send it to a professional classical guitarist that you know (I realized that may be difficult) and ask for his take... BY the way, the e-mail you sent me complaining about my tone, Dunholy, you're absolutely right, sorry about that.
@pputnam100 I've noticed how authoritative you have been writing on this great performance of Bach. As I said before, the tops are fans, so I don't think they would have a different take. Besides, authoritarianism with regards to performance practice is so 1940s. Remember that Segovia "authoritatively" transcribed 20th century reharmonizations of Bach's music for guitar. I'd much rather hear the original key, and the naked chromatic penultimate line as Bach wrote, and as Hedges played here. :P
Dead continued: and 20 thousand people were in heaven, regardless of how they were playing, and there I was bummed out cuz they, well, kind of sucked... And mainly because I wanted them to be good so badly.... So sorry, I have this "bad" habit of sharing what I think about music, not just towing some party line. BTW, I still swoon when I hear Box Of Rain on the album
Exactly, and Elliot Fisk would probably know that and have the sense not to try it. It really comes down to who your audience is, I guess. I remember seeing the Dead at one point and I'd be looking forward to some songs I loved from the studio recordings, like Box Of Rain, for example, and yet when they played it I wasa stunned that it was, frankly, awful, they couldn't sing the harmonies at all live. But then here's the kicker: the audience was in heaven; I looked around me and...
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DC, I take it you agree with me then... However, if any middle of the road classical guitarist had performed the piece this way he would have been seriously panned. Hedges did his own thing on his own pieces in a beautiful, quite unique way but with Bach he was in over his head. Period.
@pputnam100 I think this comparison is a little pointless. Had Hedges focused on classical, or Bach, for his career, the results might be different. He likely played around for fun with classical pieces and decided to drop it in at the tail end of his concert. To say it's "over his head" would be to similarly critique a classical guitarist who dropped a Hedges piece in at the end of his concert for fun.
@type3secretion Michael Hedges went to the Peabody Conservatory to study classical guitar and composition - that's a serious place. If someone is messing with his skills because he's playing this piece on a steel string or because he plays more freely than is the classical norm, that's their problem. He liked the piece and he threw it into his set - anyone with ears and an appreciation of both Michael and classical music knows that Bach was HUGE for him - this piece is a great example.
@zzmook Never meant to imply that he wasn't serious about it. One thing I believe about Michael is that he was utterly serious and in love with music. I meant that he did not likely practice the hours a day required for ultra polished performance of classical pieces. This is actually an assumption, but it seemed he was much more into his own composing. I also think this is a great performance of this piece - I did post it!
@type3secretion Yeah, I get that you love his music too, I guess I'm misplacing a little indignation that deserves to be thrown at pputnam100. I think we're on the same page here, my apologies - I just got worked up that the classical police couldn't get over themselves and just enjoy a great artist showing some of his influences through a pretty little piece.
@type3secretion Steve Howe introduced a rock audience to classical music in a "Roundabout" (geddit) sort of a way...don't take it away from Michael. There is a certain embarassment on either side of the genre to admit that you like and admire that which is not im keeping. Sad really. There's a crossover there somewhere, a proper one and I have a feeling the Japanese will bridge that gap. Hey a billion kids learning violin and playing X-Box? Please!
@type3secretion Like a Politician making a joke? Bream would've torn this rendition apart that's for sure. I did mention crossovers a few minutes ago but now I'm not so sure. Maybe the twain should never meet. Orchestras play rock with a smug smiley grin, rock groups do all the scales as if to demonstrate it's not so hard. Shall we pretend I was never here?
@pputnam100 Let him be panned by the "classical traditionalist fascists". They can have their view and thankfully most of us completely ignore them. Change is beautiful - stasis is boring and unoriginal and if we were locked into it we would be totally uninteresting creatures.
@johnmacward Yeah, I agree with you completely, seriously, except for one thing: hedges' rendition sounds kind of like some conservatory student plucking it out without much breathing or phrasing. It's straight, to the point, pretty much what it says on the page... whatever. When he was playing his own stuff I never would have characterized it that way. It was alive, breathing passion, unique..... Him
@ChamberOfSorrow Well, yeah, in turn I kind of agree with you. He's giving it his best shot from the basis of his own ability with classical and at the end of the day it depends on how much classical you know or enjoy. For example - I've watched Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, Preston Reed, Tony McManus and at first you are shocked by the new technique and style but soon it's a fact, and it's effect wears out and the originality has to come out again - you yearn for better and better.
@pputnam100 How much starch do you take in that brown eye of yours? My Lord, how relentlessly insufferable can one human get? My guess is that you will continue to demonstrate exactly how relentlessly insufferable as it seems to be your nature. Beautiful spirit, lovely playing and undeserving of your insufferability.
@GumatzPotrzebie Nice talk, you seem to have a decent handle on that nifty multi-sylallabic word you discovered: " insufferable" Anyway, I'll keep doing my best as to not let you down. Man, nice civil little forum you have here...
Hedges was a classically trained musician/composer. To say that it is "over his head" displays your ignorance. The sound quality is poor, but his playing is very nearly flawless and for a tune that usually comes off emotionless on anything other than a cello. Apparently it's over your head. The guy wrote in over 60 different tunings. I'm pretty sure that very little got over HIS head..
@joeybagadonutz23 Oh boy, another Hedges sycophant . First off, you say "classically trained musician/composer" as if it's sacrosanct, when hell, my uncle went to Berklee for a few semesters, too, and in short, big deal! Neither of them graduated." - well maybe you take the perspective of a New Age music fan with a collection of William Ackerman/Windham Hill records, then I guess Hedges is mind-blowing. Let me guess, you think George Winston was a great pianist, too.
@ChamberOfSorrow What the Hell do you care what anyone thinks, and likewise why would anyone care what you thought on the subject? I am irked enough by your high opinion of yourself and your presumptuous statements to bother to write this comment. How were you so incensed to be a lout and comment on music you clearly have no respect for? What's in it for you? Don't like it? Change the channel. Please. Go away.
@BuzzCrumhunger let's break this apart here: first, you're a member of a site that almost exclusively is about people sharing and then commenting, giving their, Yes, opinions, on music, but you ask "why would anyone care what [essentially, anyone] thought on the subject?" Interesting, maybe we should close the site.... wouldn't want anyone giving opinions, would we now?... especially any that might conflict with our beliefs
@ScabzNScarz I love it, you start by saying "unless that is Bach's opinion" -clearly and correctly implying that we can't know that until in the next sentence you let us know his opinion. What are you, a medium as well as an idiot?
@pputnam100 please keep in mind, which i'm sure if you are a guitarist you know, that jazz guitar, folk guitar, fingerstyle guitar are all derived from CLASSICAL MUSIC. Hedges is originally a classical guitarist, trained classically and then formed his own sound of fingerstyle guitar which is so popular today amongst guitarists. However, he formed it around classical guitar. To say that a Bach piece is over his head is pointless. He did Bach justice here, no doubt about it.
@pputnam100 Uhhh...I don't think middle of the road classical guitarists can play this piece half that well. I think this is a beautiful interpretation with nice phrasing and great musical direction. If I had to complain about one thing, the rhythm could be a little more stable in places, but that's just my stupid opinion and personal taste. He studied at friggin' Peabody!
Seriously mate, on the last video I though you were ignorant but this comment shows what little you actually know about music. I’m not saying this is a bad performance of that Hedges was a rubbish guitarist, its just this is pretty average in terms playing Bach.
its so amazing to see how he controlls the loudness of the strings so well... very rare to see such skill. its sad to know that such geniuses appear only once every few generations...
It's probably the recording, but that big ole guitar has the smallish metallic tone of a hallow body electric jazz guitar unplugged. Great piece. Love harp guitars
@dunholy Yes, there are a lot of people that are wannabe knowitalls when it comes to Bach. But the point of playing classical music is to be evocative. And if you can play Bach and move people, then you are playing Bach right. Speaking of Mr. Bream, I bet he would LOVE this performance. All the tops are Hedges fans, and I know this for a fact.
Guitar has been through many phases in a short time.
And throughout it there have been players that have been credited with the turning tides, and taking to the next level for the world to feed off and expand as it will.
I fear time will almost forget Michael Hedges amidst the McKees and Mayers in the realm of acoustic guitar. Whoever controls his estate should really consider re-releasing some material . . "Artist Profile" and such . . I'll be first in line to buy a copy and share the joy.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Bach was a genius. Thank you Michael Hedges, and rest in peace, Brother. If there really are harps in Heaven, Hedges has mastered them!
@RectumPilum Exactly what I was thinking! But just the intro and bits in pieces. BTW I would rather say. Bach came first! SH certainly inspire himself! :-)
When you combine the shear emotional beauty of this Bach piece with Michael's genuine soul and tragic future, it crushes my heart. I've watched this video twice, both times my eyes have welled up in tears. It does no good to ask yourself or wonder "why"...why must things like this happen.
without a doubt, the driving comment was really bizarre. Wow. I'm so happy to find these videos. It really shows off his talent in more ways than just an audio recording can.....
This might sound really great to someone who doesn't listen to a lot of straight-up baroque and classical music. I found it boring and uninspired. No dynamics, no artistry, he's just playing the notes. I think his hippie fans found classical music so difficult and unapproachable that when they saw him dabble in Bach they thought he must be something close to a "real" musician and therefore "good". But OK, enough Bach, now light some sandalwood and get back to the new-age yoga crap.
@FireGirlG hey FireGirl, I didn't say nor mean to imply that he was not a smart guy or a great musician. I just think there's a lot more to Bach than what he presented here. If you're going to play Bach, then play Bach and not some stoned-out dabble. He obviously had the chops to do this and I think his fans, while deeply impressed with this, could have been totally blown-away.
@ianispooponastick OK, I promise from now on to only say nice things about vids (or nothing at all). Thank you Mr. Hedges for having the stones to pick up a harp guitar and play Bach. RIP. Apologies to all. Let's just enjoy music and not let it turn us into over-analytical a-holes.
@smoothie66 Quite frankly, I was blown away. I thought this was beautiful. Think what you want of me. That's you perogative. And believe it or not, you are entitled to your opinion, and I respect it. But the way you initially expressed it I thought was rather rude, which is why I responded the way I did. whouston33wh touched on it already with what your exact words were. I do sincerely hope that you do think of Michael Hedges as more than "new-age yoga crap."
@FireGirlG let's see them play it, eh? If you don't mind my saying, this is no put down. But I think in some instances, it's not the "inspiration" that counts, but sheer technical prowess, which certainly Hedges has to be playing that. Especially on an instrument for which it was certainly not intended, and a good rendition at that.
I'd have to disagree with you. The point of covering Bach is to play the notes he wrote. He didn't add any of his Michael Hedges twist and talent into it, just wanted to play some simple Bach. And stop contradicting yourself: "now light some sandalwood and get back to the new-age yoga crap" compared to "I didn't say nor mean to imply that he was not a smart guy or a great musician". Sorry that he's too hippy for you, it's not like he revolutionized the acoustic guitar or anything.
@whouston33wh you're right, i did unintentionally contradict myself in an attempt to soften-up my previous comment for the sake of trying to be a little nicer about it. So...if you want to see my actual feelings about this vid, see my first comment. Thanks for bringing it all back up after I had decided to be done with it. ppfffttt
Well you just contradicted yourself again by saying "Thanks for bringing it all back up after I had decided to be done with it" and replying to my comment. If you were really done, you would have let it be and not done replied at all. You really gotta watch what you write down. And I don't care that you don't like michael
@smoothie66 LOL this is an incredible performance of Bach! Every stroke creates full, detailed tone, he utilizes open strings to create subtle accents... hell, at least he played it in G! How many of your classical guitar heroes do even that? And how are you an authority on Bach anyway? Classical guitarists are spinning out of control with their concept of "traditional" Baroque music, and it started with the erroneous success of Andres Segovia.
@jazzpsalti no offense man, but you are speaking out of ignorance. you have NO idea what it takes to play the classical guitar beautifully. yes, it is a good performance of Bach, however it is NOT faithful to the original, and yes he played it in G, but he tuned his guitar/harp to G, so really it is like playing it in open D, a very standard tuning for this piece on classical guitar. Im no authority on Bach, but i have taken counterpoint I and II and form and analysis at the collegiate level
@jazzpsalti and ALSO, I am a graduate level classical guitarist and you come across very ignorant by saying Segovia's success was erroneous, yes the classical guitarists concept of baroque music is a little extreme but if you actually listen to what is going on in the music or have played it yourself, you have to be man. Cmon, you are not sounding very musician-like by your comments. we ALL know how difficult it is to truly play a piece well...unless you are not a TRUE musician of course.
@blaxican11 Okay. Please defend the arrangement Segovia writes at mm 38-39. If you don't know what to defend, then our conversation can end here. Peace out dude.
@smoothie66 Man, no kidding, hey did you get flamed mercilously also for daring to voice an opinion contrary to his newage/hippie greatness? I've received so many really nasty messages because of what I've said here, and as any fool can see, nothing I said was particularly inflammatory, I have to say I've never been on a forum where there was as much incivility.
I think it's terrible. This has no depth, look at Li Jie, or Segovia's video. I think this lacks because of using just one string at the time, i really don't like the arrangement, is poor.
Hedges interpretation is beautiful. And what a great sound. His harp-guitar adds a unique warmth. Sad...he should have been around a lot longer. All of these videos of Hedges are great. A fine tribute.
If anyone would like to hear another, somewhat jazzy rendition of this famous prelude, the violin video I posted on my channel may be of interest .
Wish there were a better recording with out good bass I feel like we're losing most of the emotion in this piece.... That being said I would rather hear him play his amazing original pieces. I've heard this played on classical guitars more to my liking.
@Grouchomx yeah, according to the Hedges book I have, It's G1 C2 C#2 A1 D2 E2 G2 D3 E3 A3 D4. The first five are the "harp" strings. The numbers after the note names are explained on MH's website, they just designate the octave the strings are in.
A great talent lost at the age of 43 in a car accident which was not alcohol or drug related. The car appeared to have skidded off a slick, curvy road, slid down the embankment and flipped over, ejecting Hedges in the process. His talent lives on on youtube.
I prefer chello, at least in English. There is enough insanity in spelling already. You think things would be pronounced in a language as they are spelled, or why letters? Chello is logical. Cello is an historical inheritance few understand, and illogical from a phonetics point of view.
So then you probably like his use of the word, judging from your previous response. (And it seems you are confusing two different people here - Mr.Dhengis is different from bagOPrions. But since I am dumber than you thought, it must be that you aren't confusing them, but have some elevated meaning.
Anyone with a stick up their ass should look at this as an arrangement. Arrangements get to change the way the piece is, but so it's still recognizable as the same thing. Which this is.
MsCellolad 4 days ago
This is so ironic. He died in a car crash.
Lughnerson 1 month ago
Love and Light
nickeyfumi 1 month ago
God, I miss this dude. A Michael Hedges performance was always a very special event. One always had the sense that Something Bigger was happening, that it wasn't a mere concert of songs being played by a singer-songwriter. A Michael Hedges concert had a distinct taste of transcendence.
mahajohn 1 month ago 4
Hedges + Bach! Sweet, fresh air! They are truly brothers across time! This is so precious, thank you!
MrSmekalka 1 month ago
Anyone who what tuning he played this in?? Would love to learn this piece...
jedijenkeez45 1 month ago
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anyone else freak out at 0:03?
gtorranojacobs 2 months ago
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gtorranojacobs 2 months ago
This version follows the score by Bach and conveys the musical expression and subtlety of this piece more than any other version on You Tube. Hedges plays the piece G major, the original key allowing the melody to reach the low ranges where it resonates so beautifully and following the original score most faithfully. Most classical guitarists play this piece in D major in a stiff arrangement which adds irksome base notes and alien harmonic inversions. Hedges preserves the lyricism of the cello
landofway 2 months ago 2
69 people = troglodytes.
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@chauntzu The "purists" play Segovia's romantic reharmonization of this piece, with weird bass additions, tall 7th chords, and even parallel major 6ths at the chromatic part at the end, like bach was going for the affect of a series of diminished resolutions.
Here, however, not a single note played in this video isn't Bach's. Who's the REAL purist?
jazzpsalti 2 months ago
I like players who play for an audience of listeners rather than critics. When the whirlwind is in the the thorn tree its hard to kick against the pricks. Love sound love song love noise love strings love wood. L O V E
tikiart1970 3 months ago
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Rockstafar 3 months ago
this peace is so great nearly as ground breaking as yngwie mamlsteens version of Beethoven's 5th???...incredible, original, musical genius.
(please note the sarcasm in this message)
Rockstafar 3 months ago
The ultimate layer of Bach's genius is that his music can be stretched and played, sung and reinterpereted on different instruments. I
I don't this wonderful version is stretched at all....I bet Bach would love it...he was a midnight improvisor....ask any tight-ass classical musician to even improvise "Happy Birthday" or "Auld Lang Syne"...let alone play on Micheal's level!
radiokid2 4 months ago
lets see what you can do with a a bathtub strapped around your neck
INCOMINGFIST 4 months ago
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LMFAO!
smaaatkid 4 months ago
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Kudos on that one ....HAHAHAHA
strangher11 3 months ago
Is there a way I can get a copy of this?
msmomo2u 4 months ago
Is there a way I can get a copy of this?
msmomo2u 4 months ago
More guitarists would be doing themselves, and the world a favor if they would study the classics, instead of just copying without a clue. I hear guitarist say they can play by ear, never seen it yet. There is a joke, how do you get a guitarist to stop playing? put a sheet of music in front of him. This guy has a solid foundation, I like his timing, and he looks like he enjoys the piece.
cjlovendale 4 months ago
ironic that he talks about driving home safely
stargrass187 5 months ago 2
I know he's dead
Rikk303 5 months ago
If Strads and Guarnari violins are so great now given the ageing process and all that....they must have sounded pretty bad 4 centuries ago...being new.Paganini would've cut the ear off of Dr.Who(who was also that painter....(I have this theory)) to have an aged Strad.I wish I had the hearing I did 40 years ago.I could really go town on some of the miserable performances I think I've heard of lately with a certain conviction.Hedges is sweet,fresh air
Rikk303 5 months ago
67 people should be shot and killed for voting :-S
MrRudetski 5 months ago
remind me again why this video even has a dislike button?
gusjohnson15 5 months ago
Purists are foolish short-sighted elitists!!!
chauntzu 5 months ago
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jazzpsalti 2 months ago
I agree with dunholy. This was a very soulful performance (in comparison with some of the machine-like performances out there). As a composer, I feel that he "owned" this piece, which is what any good performer must do.
mandopiano 5 months ago
Excellent, a really good job.
Fastallesversteher 6 months ago
does this guy play in some famous band or seomthing?
TasteForDisaster 6 months ago
@TasteForDisaster No, he was a solo act, though he often worked with others, such as Leo Kottke, Mike Manring, and CSN. And "did?" would be more appropriate, since he died in 1997.
branciforte3241 6 months ago
@branciforte3241 oh that's a pity, and thanks for the info. it's a shame that a lot of great artists have already passed away...
TasteForDisaster 6 months ago
stop arguing and just watch the great video, jesus christ
zakkattack99 6 months ago 3
well i dont get what all the hub bub is. ive never heard of him just clicked on it because i was looking for the allemande movement of this suite as i am a cello player myself and i think he did an absolutely fantastic job. you can always tell a true musician if they look like they love what they are playing. keep killing it michael hedges
ross19565656 7 months ago
@ross19565656 fair enough. A well played cello or five make the perfect noise and/or the best noise ever. Hedges does seem to be prepared to consider his talent frivolous (did, I know he's dead) he seems almost embarrassed by it.....shame really. I know a jokey player myself and it's frustrating that he's too shy to have himself taken seriously. He's awesome. Cynical audiences at a guess breed a reciprocal response from the player
Rikk303 6 months ago
Michael Hedges talent is wonderful.
Not purely classical more of an rock/metal interpretation but this version is really excellent as well. watch?v=TtNodZDWLsk
halipino 7 months ago
@halipino This "version" is quite close to the original and more so than every other classical guitar rendition of this piece on You Tube. It is in G major, the original key. It is played in the original expressive low cello register, not transposed up a 5th to a treble register like all the others.. It sticks to the original score and doesn't tastelessly add extraneous notes. It is played naturally and expressively. Nothing rock.metal here. This is completely in the spirit of Bach.
landofway 2 months ago 3
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@landofway lol I think my comment was purely misinterpreted. When I said "Not purely classical more of an rock/metal interpretation but this version is really excellent as well" and gave the short link watch?v=TtNodZDWLsk I was referring to "another" version other than Michael Hedges who's talent is wonderful indeed. LOL
halipino 2 months ago
I love Bach, and i love Hedges!
johnyprestige 7 months ago
your guitar has a tumor
xFesx 7 months ago 2
To me it is very ironic that he is talking about driving safetly, bc he was killed in an automobile accident. R.I.P. MH the world of music lost a great when we lost you. The brightest lights burn twice as bright but twice as short.
RealDealPhill 7 months ago
@RealDealPhill Agreed - wasn't his accident on account of bad weather?
JJRaff18221882 7 months ago
Whatever Michael Hedges wanted to play, I was thrilled to listen to. A wonderful, generous, loving performer. And now he's gone. I wish he was still here...
inara414 7 months ago
As another Bach fanatic, I think guys like Michael Hedges represent what Bach was about historically. Rebellious and expressive. A true unrequited love for music and eff the rules.
Also give the lovely Michael Hedges a break, I am fairly certain that Michael was beyond totally wasted in this video, either drugs or alcohol.
daniel0x54 7 months ago
look at the size of those monstrous hands!
gatoradeee 8 months ago
does anyone else feel very saddened when he is talking about driving home?
Fruscianteistheman 8 months ago 3
I have shown this to one of Aaron Shearer's students and one of the best classical guitarists on the planet today. His opinion is as follows: Most people take this too fast, this is a nice tempo, and he is choosing to use less nail, to make it sound more like a cello.
If you want to know who it was, just do some research on Shearer.
jazzpsalti 8 months ago
so it is possiblee, ive wanted to learn this on guitar forever
drummingmonster 8 months ago
Hell YEAH!
Jonlemaar 9 months ago
Nice...check out Pipixcan69 to see LAGQ playing Bach (rare video in You Tube)
Pipixcan69 9 months ago
i miss him soooooo much !!
He used to come around once a year and i planned my schedule around him, rip friend
strangher11 9 months ago
@dunholy completely agreed. I play classical guitar and michaels' intonation is fantastic...
dewinmoonl 9 months ago
Bach liked to try new things and instruments, improvise, and have fun. I feel certain that he would be overjoyed and honored to be played by this great guitarist, 200 years on.
The Classical Police should relax.
1MCOPE 10 months ago 22
Very poetic interpretation
stefushaasus 10 months ago
Hedges is playing it in the key of G, the key it was written in by that Bach guy. Every guitar version I have heard is transposed to the key of D to accommodate the limitations of the guitar... points for hedges for working around that... and for kicking ass.
rainbowskelter 10 months ago
2:57 lovely progression
bbakertile 11 months ago
The friend I never met..
Jeemoda 11 months ago 2
I love it, It's not the perfection of the piece. It's the personal heart felt interpretation and it is just beautiful. It made me cry. He is gone now but at least we have these moments to listen to , remember, enjoy and share with a new generation.
Muzacplayer 11 months ago
It is pretty ironic that he died in a car crash, I believe in Mendocino County between gigs. So Sad.
gustafgrapple 1 year ago 2
@dunholy Yeah, you know your interesting but wild conjecture (I love wild conjectures) about how Bach would have liked it could be true... But Bream, and the other guys who do this kind of music as a life/art/passion, might have a different take. My point: send it to a professional classical guitarist that you know (I realized that may be difficult) and ask for his take... BY the way, the e-mail you sent me complaining about my tone, Dunholy, you're absolutely right, sorry about that.
pputnam100 1 year ago
@pputnam100 I've noticed how authoritative you have been writing on this great performance of Bach. As I said before, the tops are fans, so I don't think they would have a different take. Besides, authoritarianism with regards to performance practice is so 1940s. Remember that Segovia "authoritatively" transcribed 20th century reharmonizations of Bach's music for guitar. I'd much rather hear the original key, and the naked chromatic penultimate line as Bach wrote, and as Hedges played here. :P
jazzpsalti 1 year ago
Plus folks get touchy cuz he died young
pputnam100 1 year ago
Dead continued: and 20 thousand people were in heaven, regardless of how they were playing, and there I was bummed out cuz they, well, kind of sucked... And mainly because I wanted them to be good so badly.... So sorry, I have this "bad" habit of sharing what I think about music, not just towing some party line. BTW, I still swoon when I hear Box Of Rain on the album
pputnam100 1 year ago
Pointless? Sure, what isn't pointless besides love and family? But we're chatting about music here.
pputnam100 1 year ago
Exactly, and Elliot Fisk would probably know that and have the sense not to try it. It really comes down to who your audience is, I guess. I remember seeing the Dead at one point and I'd be looking forward to some songs I loved from the studio recordings, like Box Of Rain, for example, and yet when they played it I wasa stunned that it was, frankly, awful, they couldn't sing the harmonies at all live. But then here's the kicker: the audience was in heaven; I looked around me and...
pputnam100 1 year ago
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DC, I take it you agree with me then... However, if any middle of the road classical guitarist had performed the piece this way he would have been seriously panned. Hedges did his own thing on his own pieces in a beautiful, quite unique way but with Bach he was in over his head. Period.
pputnam100 1 year ago
@pputnam100 I think this comparison is a little pointless. Had Hedges focused on classical, or Bach, for his career, the results might be different. He likely played around for fun with classical pieces and decided to drop it in at the tail end of his concert. To say it's "over his head" would be to similarly critique a classical guitarist who dropped a Hedges piece in at the end of his concert for fun.
type3secretion 1 year ago 16
@type3secretion Michael Hedges went to the Peabody Conservatory to study classical guitar and composition - that's a serious place. If someone is messing with his skills because he's playing this piece on a steel string or because he plays more freely than is the classical norm, that's their problem. He liked the piece and he threw it into his set - anyone with ears and an appreciation of both Michael and classical music knows that Bach was HUGE for him - this piece is a great example.
zzmook 11 months ago 21
@zzmook Never meant to imply that he wasn't serious about it. One thing I believe about Michael is that he was utterly serious and in love with music. I meant that he did not likely practice the hours a day required for ultra polished performance of classical pieces. This is actually an assumption, but it seemed he was much more into his own composing. I also think this is a great performance of this piece - I did post it!
type3secretion 11 months ago
@type3secretion Yeah, I get that you love his music too, I guess I'm misplacing a little indignation that deserves to be thrown at pputnam100. I think we're on the same page here, my apologies - I just got worked up that the classical police couldn't get over themselves and just enjoy a great artist showing some of his influences through a pretty little piece.
zzmook 11 months ago
@type3secretion michael hedges actually studied music at university. Where he would have played a lot of classical pieces..
workman845 9 months ago
@type3secretion Steve Howe introduced a rock audience to classical music in a "Roundabout" (geddit) sort of a way...don't take it away from Michael. There is a certain embarassment on either side of the genre to admit that you like and admire that which is not im keeping. Sad really. There's a crossover there somewhere, a proper one and I have a feeling the Japanese will bridge that gap. Hey a billion kids learning violin and playing X-Box? Please!
Rikk303 7 months ago
@type3secretion Like a Politician making a joke? Bream would've torn this rendition apart that's for sure. I did mention crossovers a few minutes ago but now I'm not so sure. Maybe the twain should never meet. Orchestras play rock with a smug smiley grin, rock groups do all the scales as if to demonstrate it's not so hard. Shall we pretend I was never here?
Rikk303 7 months ago
@pputnam100 Let him be panned by the "classical traditionalist fascists". They can have their view and thankfully most of us completely ignore them. Change is beautiful - stasis is boring and unoriginal and if we were locked into it we would be totally uninteresting creatures.
johnmacward 1 year ago 2
@johnmacward Yeah, I agree with you completely, seriously, except for one thing: hedges' rendition sounds kind of like some conservatory student plucking it out without much breathing or phrasing. It's straight, to the point, pretty much what it says on the page... whatever. When he was playing his own stuff I never would have characterized it that way. It was alive, breathing passion, unique..... Him
ChamberOfSorrow 1 year ago
@ChamberOfSorrow Well, yeah, in turn I kind of agree with you. He's giving it his best shot from the basis of his own ability with classical and at the end of the day it depends on how much classical you know or enjoy. For example - I've watched Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, Preston Reed, Tony McManus and at first you are shocked by the new technique and style but soon it's a fact, and it's effect wears out and the originality has to come out again - you yearn for better and better.
johnmacward 1 year ago
@pputnam100 How much starch do you take in that brown eye of yours? My Lord, how relentlessly insufferable can one human get? My guess is that you will continue to demonstrate exactly how relentlessly insufferable as it seems to be your nature. Beautiful spirit, lovely playing and undeserving of your insufferability.
GumatzPotrzebie 11 months ago
@GumatzPotrzebie Nice talk, you seem to have a decent handle on that nifty multi-sylallabic word you discovered: " insufferable" Anyway, I'll keep doing my best as to not let you down. Man, nice civil little forum you have here...
pputnam100 11 months ago
@pputnam100
Hedges was a classically trained musician/composer. To say that it is "over his head" displays your ignorance. The sound quality is poor, but his playing is very nearly flawless and for a tune that usually comes off emotionless on anything other than a cello. Apparently it's over your head. The guy wrote in over 60 different tunings. I'm pretty sure that very little got over HIS head..
joeybagadonutz23 11 months ago
@joeybagadonutz23 Oh boy, another Hedges sycophant . First off, you say "classically trained musician/composer" as if it's sacrosanct, when hell, my uncle went to Berklee for a few semesters, too, and in short, big deal! Neither of them graduated." - well maybe you take the perspective of a New Age music fan with a collection of William Ackerman/Windham Hill records, then I guess Hedges is mind-blowing. Let me guess, you think George Winston was a great pianist, too.
ChamberOfSorrow 11 months ago
@ChamberOfSorrow What the Hell do you care what anyone thinks, and likewise why would anyone care what you thought on the subject? I am irked enough by your high opinion of yourself and your presumptuous statements to bother to write this comment. How were you so incensed to be a lout and comment on music you clearly have no respect for? What's in it for you? Don't like it? Change the channel. Please. Go away.
BuzzCrumhunger 8 months ago
@BuzzCrumhunger let's break this apart here: first, you're a member of a site that almost exclusively is about people sharing and then commenting, giving their, Yes, opinions, on music, but you ask "why would anyone care what [essentially, anyone] thought on the subject?" Interesting, maybe we should close the site.... wouldn't want anyone giving opinions, would we now?... especially any that might conflict with our beliefs
pputnam100 8 months ago
@pputnam100 unless that is bachs opinion it is irrelevant. bach probably would have loved this for its unique and artistic qualities.
ScabzNScarz 11 months ago
@ScabzNScarz I love it, you start by saying "unless that is Bach's opinion" -clearly and correctly implying that we can't know that until in the next sentence you let us know his opinion. What are you, a medium as well as an idiot?
ChamberOfSorrow 11 months ago
@ChamberOfSorrow that is why i said probably. read a little more carefully.
ScabzNScarz 10 months ago
@pputnam100 please keep in mind, which i'm sure if you are a guitarist you know, that jazz guitar, folk guitar, fingerstyle guitar are all derived from CLASSICAL MUSIC. Hedges is originally a classical guitarist, trained classically and then formed his own sound of fingerstyle guitar which is so popular today amongst guitarists. However, he formed it around classical guitar. To say that a Bach piece is over his head is pointless. He did Bach justice here, no doubt about it.
ChrisW21341 9 months ago
@pputnam100 Uhhh...I don't think middle of the road classical guitarists can play this piece half that well. I think this is a beautiful interpretation with nice phrasing and great musical direction. If I had to complain about one thing, the rhythm could be a little more stable in places, but that's just my stupid opinion and personal taste. He studied at friggin' Peabody!
jonmendleguitar 8 months ago
Here he doesn't impress the way he can on his own music; in truth, this is played far, far better by any professional classical guitarist
pputnam100 1 year ago
@pputnam100
Seriously mate, on the last video I though you were ignorant but this comment shows what little you actually know about music. I’m not saying this is a bad performance of that Hedges was a rubbish guitarist, its just this is pretty average in terms playing Bach.
DCTheGuitarist 1 year ago
brilhante
videomakkers 1 year ago
nice Music, but for me as a german it sounds terrible how he pronounces Bach.
S0M3K1ND0FCRAZY 1 year ago
Hermoso... :'(
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Mau12123 1 year ago
its so amazing to see how he controlls the loudness of the strings so well... very rare to see such skill. its sad to know that such geniuses appear only once every few generations...
jingeshan24 1 year ago
Greatest performer I have ever had the privilege to see perform live!!
RIP Michael!!!
davebase3 1 year ago
It's probably the recording, but that big ole guitar has the smallish metallic tone of a hallow body electric jazz guitar unplugged. Great piece. Love harp guitars
TheReighnart 1 year ago
@dunholy Yes, there are a lot of people that are wannabe knowitalls when it comes to Bach. But the point of playing classical music is to be evocative. And if you can play Bach and move people, then you are playing Bach right. Speaking of Mr. Bream, I bet he would LOVE this performance. All the tops are Hedges fans, and I know this for a fact.
jazzpsalti 1 year ago
Guitar has been through many phases in a short time.
And throughout it there have been players that have been credited with the turning tides, and taking to the next level for the world to feed off and expand as it will.
I fear time will almost forget Michael Hedges amidst the McKees and Mayers in the realm of acoustic guitar. Whoever controls his estate should really consider re-releasing some material . . "Artist Profile" and such . . I'll be first in line to buy a copy and share the joy.
musicalcoffeedreams 1 year ago 2
good job !!!
toommaso 1 year ago
How ironic his remarks are. Hedges died in a car accident.
beautifulady2003 1 year ago
Weird he is telling people to "please drive safely."
Joeey 1 year ago
beautiful....absolutely beautiful!
blackbettyshoes 1 year ago
R.I.P. Michael Hedges
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dfgrde 1 year ago
How I miss this special special man ~ Heaven sure gained an Angel.
gabbygryphon 1 year ago
I waited until like 1:30 for the music to star and then..... TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!
Gaborio1 1 year ago
fuckn' beautiful !!!!
jabberarson 1 year ago
WONDERFULLL!!!!!!!! ;D
TonicEnergy 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Bach was a genius. Thank you Michael Hedges, and rest in peace, Brother. If there really are harps in Heaven, Hedges has mastered them!
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 1 year ago 3
Why are we comparing stuff. Michale did a beautiful rendition of this piece. God just enjoy the music and the beauty of it.
immortalsoloist 1 year ago
Horizons
RectumPilum 1 year ago
@RectumPilum Exactly what I was thinking! But just the intro and bits in pieces. BTW I would rather say. Bach came first! SH certainly inspire himself! :-)
AdamasMst 1 year ago
@AdamasMst as Steve said himself, "It's bacically Cello Suite 1 in the beginning and gradually evolves into it's own piece"
RectumPilum 1 year ago
How can 55 people not appreciate this? I wrongly assumed that everyone could recognize and enjoy true beauty.
revelinabandon 1 year ago 3
@revelinabandon They like lady gaga. End of story.
guhcdn 1 year ago
this would give bach a boner
abfplano54 1 year ago 3
@abfplano54 Then I must be Bach!
rooflee 1 year ago
whats creepy is he died in a car accident.
ACSSinstructor 1 year ago
hes off hes head
lankyman77 1 year ago
wow....
potscheese 1 year ago
I love it.
aerycksmusic 1 year ago
When you combine the shear emotional beauty of this Bach piece with Michael's genuine soul and tragic future, it crushes my heart. I've watched this video twice, both times my eyes have welled up in tears. It does no good to ask yourself or wonder "why"...why must things like this happen.
bladey1010 1 year ago
(playing, then abruptly stops)...."Bach"....(back to playing) Lol. What a beautiful person.
samsjd 1 year ago 3
without a doubt, the driving comment was really bizarre. Wow. I'm so happy to find these videos. It really shows off his talent in more ways than just an audio recording can.....
spinningrooves 1 year ago
Mr. Hedges remains a hero of mine. Such a shame that a shining talent died so young. /salute
eightballfreek 1 year ago 3
i thought it was a bit ironic him telling the audience to drive home carefully..........
Heapsgood 1 year ago
@Heapsgood awwww.... that's awful
PurpleSpaceTrucker 1 year ago
The thing about Bach's work is it seems like a "living" thing. At least that's the feeling I get from it.
oeyesea 1 year ago
love this song.kinda ironic that he warns everyone to drive home safely.
onyachamp 1 year ago
This might sound really great to someone who doesn't listen to a lot of straight-up baroque and classical music. I found it boring and uninspired. No dynamics, no artistry, he's just playing the notes. I think his hippie fans found classical music so difficult and unapproachable that when they saw him dabble in Bach they thought he must be something close to a "real" musician and therefore "good". But OK, enough Bach, now light some sandalwood and get back to the new-age yoga crap.
smoothie66 1 year ago
@smoothie66 Michael Hedges was a genius musician. If you can't see that, then I'm afraid there's nothing that can be done for you.
FireGirlG 1 year ago
@FireGirlG hey FireGirl, I didn't say nor mean to imply that he was not a smart guy or a great musician. I just think there's a lot more to Bach than what he presented here. If you're going to play Bach, then play Bach and not some stoned-out dabble. He obviously had the chops to do this and I think his fans, while deeply impressed with this, could have been totally blown-away.
smoothie66 1 year ago
@smoothie66 That's still shameful. This man was an amazing musician and i think his performance was wonderful.
ianispooponastick 1 year ago
@ianispooponastick OK, I promise from now on to only say nice things about vids (or nothing at all). Thank you Mr. Hedges for having the stones to pick up a harp guitar and play Bach. RIP. Apologies to all. Let's just enjoy music and not let it turn us into over-analytical a-holes.
smoothie66 1 year ago
@smoothie66 Quite frankly, I was blown away. I thought this was beautiful. Think what you want of me. That's you perogative. And believe it or not, you are entitled to your opinion, and I respect it. But the way you initially expressed it I thought was rather rude, which is why I responded the way I did. whouston33wh touched on it already with what your exact words were. I do sincerely hope that you do think of Michael Hedges as more than "new-age yoga crap."
FireGirlG 1 year ago
@FireGirlG let's see them play it, eh? If you don't mind my saying, this is no put down. But I think in some instances, it's not the "inspiration" that counts, but sheer technical prowess, which certainly Hedges has to be playing that. Especially on an instrument for which it was certainly not intended, and a good rendition at that.
In other words, I agree with you whole-heartedly.
nfectedpsychosis 1 year ago
@smoothie66
I'd have to disagree with you. The point of covering Bach is to play the notes he wrote. He didn't add any of his Michael Hedges twist and talent into it, just wanted to play some simple Bach. And stop contradicting yourself: "now light some sandalwood and get back to the new-age yoga crap" compared to "I didn't say nor mean to imply that he was not a smart guy or a great musician". Sorry that he's too hippy for you, it's not like he revolutionized the acoustic guitar or anything.
whouston33wh 1 year ago
@whouston33wh you're right, i did unintentionally contradict myself in an attempt to soften-up my previous comment for the sake of trying to be a little nicer about it. So...if you want to see my actual feelings about this vid, see my first comment. Thanks for bringing it all back up after I had decided to be done with it. ppfffttt
smoothie66 1 year ago
@smoothie66
Well you just contradicted yourself again by saying "Thanks for bringing it all back up after I had decided to be done with it" and replying to my comment. If you were really done, you would have let it be and not done replied at all. You really gotta watch what you write down. And I don't care that you don't like michael
whouston33wh 1 year ago
@smoothie66 LOL this is an incredible performance of Bach! Every stroke creates full, detailed tone, he utilizes open strings to create subtle accents... hell, at least he played it in G! How many of your classical guitar heroes do even that? And how are you an authority on Bach anyway? Classical guitarists are spinning out of control with their concept of "traditional" Baroque music, and it started with the erroneous success of Andres Segovia.
jazzpsalti 1 year ago
@jazzpsalti no offense man, but you are speaking out of ignorance. you have NO idea what it takes to play the classical guitar beautifully. yes, it is a good performance of Bach, however it is NOT faithful to the original, and yes he played it in G, but he tuned his guitar/harp to G, so really it is like playing it in open D, a very standard tuning for this piece on classical guitar. Im no authority on Bach, but i have taken counterpoint I and II and form and analysis at the collegiate level
blaxican11 1 year ago
@jazzpsalti and ALSO, I am a graduate level classical guitarist and you come across very ignorant by saying Segovia's success was erroneous, yes the classical guitarists concept of baroque music is a little extreme but if you actually listen to what is going on in the music or have played it yourself, you have to be man. Cmon, you are not sounding very musician-like by your comments. we ALL know how difficult it is to truly play a piece well...unless you are not a TRUE musician of course.
blaxican11 1 year ago
@blaxican11 Okay. Please defend the arrangement Segovia writes at mm 38-39. If you don't know what to defend, then our conversation can end here. Peace out dude.
jazzpsalti 1 year ago
@smoothie66 Man, no kidding, hey did you get flamed mercilously also for daring to voice an opinion contrary to his newage/hippie greatness? I've received so many really nasty messages because of what I've said here, and as any fool can see, nothing I said was particularly inflammatory, I have to say I've never been on a forum where there was as much incivility.
pputnam100 11 months ago
Thinking about all the really talented musicians who died so young is bumming me out.
oeyesea 1 year ago
I think it's terrible. This has no depth, look at Li Jie, or Segovia's video. I think this lacks because of using just one string at the time, i really don't like the arrangement, is poor.
SaiyanCHW 1 year ago
rythm??
pepitho 1 year ago
I can die peacefully now thanks to this...
tammerlane25 1 year ago 2
wow, wow, wow
Princesa1977gua 1 year ago
Hedges interpretation is beautiful. And what a great sound. His harp-guitar adds a unique warmth. Sad...he should have been around a lot longer. All of these videos of Hedges are great. A fine tribute.
If anyone would like to hear another, somewhat jazzy rendition of this famous prelude, the violin video I posted on my channel may be of interest .
unusualmusician 1 year ago 2
pretty prophetic comments considering how he died
thespaceprincess 1 year ago 11
My sis plays Bach on the Piano...I must chat her about this
Maguirearch 1 year ago
Wish there were a better recording with out good bass I feel like we're losing most of the emotion in this piece.... That being said I would rather hear him play his amazing original pieces. I've heard this played on classical guitars more to my liking.
chrisghorton 1 year ago
his hair is disgusting. nice guitar player though.
james10492 1 year ago
@james10492 He's a hippie, it's supposed to be disgusting.
puremassacre9 1 year ago
Anyone know the tuning on this?
Grouchomx 1 year ago
@Grouchomx yeah, according to the Hedges book I have, It's G1 C2 C#2 A1 D2 E2 G2 D3 E3 A3 D4. The first five are the "harp" strings. The numbers after the note names are explained on MH's website, they just designate the octave the strings are in.
Zielkenoel 1 year ago
man its really really really uncomfortable hearing him talk about safe driving knowing that he had died in a car accident
boogster123321 1 year ago
Deffinetly. It also just came to my attention that amung his friends he was known as a bad driver.
MrTaylorN 1 year ago
mmm.... okay.
Snotra 1 year ago
A great talent lost at the age of 43 in a car accident which was not alcohol or drug related. The car appeared to have skidded off a slick, curvy road, slid down the embankment and flipped over, ejecting Hedges in the process. His talent lives on on youtube.
surfstomp 1 year ago 2
This is a difficult piece to do well on guitar. hedges version rivals the best cellists.
2008ol 1 year ago 2
Michael hedges is obviously a virtuoso, however this is bach chello suite. Played on a chello its much more deliquate.
MrDhengis 1 year ago
I prefer a cello to a chello.
awesomewelles90 1 year ago 39
I prefer chello, at least in English. There is enough insanity in spelling already. You think things would be pronounced in a language as they are spelled, or why letters? Chello is logical. Cello is an historical inheritance few understand, and illogical from a phonetics point of view.
bagOprions 1 year ago
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awesomewelles90 1 year ago
So? Just proves my point. English makes no sense. I'd prefer it did. Apparently you prefer an illogical mess. To each his own.
bagOprions 1 year ago
Also what the hell is "deliquate"!? That's not even phonetically correct!
awesomewelles90 1 year ago
So then you probably like his use of the word, judging from your previous response. (And it seems you are confusing two different people here - Mr.Dhengis is different from bagOPrions. But since I am dumber than you thought, it must be that you aren't confusing them, but have some elevated meaning.
bagOprions 1 year ago
i like them kellos
mokaza40 1 year ago
@awesomewelles90 I personally prefer Jello....
catamaranman333 1 year ago
0:47 he´s gone for 5 seconds... GONE
lanarituba 2 years ago 74
I love you Michael Hedges even though I never have met you. You'll live in the hearts of those who were touched by your music.
ianispooponastick 1 year ago
@lanarituba It's like he knew
Methos06wd 1 year ago