I've heard people complaining about John Williams switching from Fleta to Smallman. Presuming this is a Smallman, I don't know why they are complaining..
@wondrbear I have to disagree, metal guitarist do practice in clean tones as well as distorted, they practice clean for clarity and distorted to control the distortion. See Tosin Abasi of Animal as Leaders
Learning tabs will rarely get you anywhere professionally, but you will learn to play this song. Bach himself notated using the French tablature system. If anyone is familiar with the Frank Koonce edition of the complete solo lute works, copies of the manuscripts can be found in the back. BWV 995, 997 and 1000 are in tabs.
As someone who studied classical guitar, I really admire Williams' right hand technique here. Such economy of motion. I love his interpretation of this piece, too.
Gracias a grandes artistas como JW podemos podemos disfrutar de la musica creada por los maestros del pasado.Es admirable la dedicación que requiere interpretar esta música
@wondrbear Then honestly I dont believe you listened to metal. Especially if you believe it is always distorted. Watch Children of Bodom playing Four Seasons Summer by Vivaldi. Most metal musicians learned A LOT about classical music as children.
Metal is not just noise and screaming. It is EXTREMELY neo-classical.
I've been playing guitar since the 70's. I've had to survive in my area playing covers and popular originals. I studied classical for years and years, around 20 or so. I'm still trying to learn this song after about 6 months. I can finally get through most of it slowly and evenly. But, to play it like this or Ana Vidovic, you have to either have a ton of time on your hands or just gifted. I think John Williams and others in his category are just amazing!
@Ettoreks Sorry, that is not true. Personally, i can read music to a decent standard, but i find it easier when learning a piece (especially complicated ones) to use tabulation alongside the sheet as a guide aswell as learning by ear, so too speak.
I don't see why everyone's so against tabs, for one thing , the vast majority of this song is just straight sixteenth notes, and since there's so much going on high up on the neck, tabs would probably be easier for most classical guitarists to read than standard notation... then again figuring out what to do for the right hand would be murder
Que tan maravilloso interprete ...un gran maestro..... abajo hablan sobre los Tabb, pero mejor que se consigan las partituras, aunque es dificil ller para los principiantes, asi aprenden de musica jajajaj.... yo estoy sacandola a oido ,,llevo 2 meses y ya me sale ... me quedan solo 1 minuto de la parte final.. les puedo decir que es demasiado tecnica.. pero hay que ensayarla cada vez para soltar los dedos .... HABER SIDO CONSERTISTA WN JAJJAAJJ....
@chapeauelesmirriau las obras del maestro deben ser estudiadas de su partitura, seria una falta a bach sacarla de oido, yo tambien a estoy sacando, con la partitutra original, pero en la guitarra electrica
@pacolote Sacar esta obra a oído es un ejercicio excelente para la educación del oído y la orientación en el mástil. Yo estoy encantado con que saques esta obra para guitarra eléctrica pero mucha gente cree que eso SÍ que es una falta de respeto. Por cierto, si tocas la eléctrica mira los vídeos de Guthrie Govan, él recomienda que todos los días saques algo de oído, sea una melodía inventada en tu cabeza, o el trabajo de otros.
I find it kind of funny when people ask for tabs and other so called music people like my self get mad at said person for mentioning such an atrocity. well just to inform some peeps like my self Lute music was written in tab like in guitar world, so there take a bite out of that shit sandwich. I read music but there is nothing wrong with anyone trying to learn this on tab. the way it was originally intended but then bach originally wrote it as a violin partita so FML right.
TABS???? Estudia musica, aprende a leer partituras, frustate incontables veces, encierrate a practicar y a practicar por horas, aprende a interpretar la musica, siente la musica, vive la musica, LUEGO intentas tocar la suite. Tabs es una ofensa a esta musica :(
@Adevo7 ojala pudiera, pero vivo en chile, y aca se trabaja o se estudia, no puedes hacer ambas.
por otra parte, hay gente como que estudiamos alguna carrera no afin con la musica, y por ende no podemos darle el tiempo que quisieramos al estudio de algun instrumento.
@Osviwan trying to play a Bach piece for classical guitar with tabs is not quite effective, tabs are so limitating, sheet is the best and ideal for this kinda works ;),
@Osviwan im sorry mate but if you still use tabs, then theres very much to be done before you start learning a piece like this. My teacher who is on fourth semester on the musical university of Denmark is doing this piece for his bachelor examn, i wouldnt suggest trying to learn anything close this difficulty unless u a very familiar with notes.
@pedskon Bullshit. You are a music snob. Someone can learn whatever music touches them if they want to. They don't have to know how to read music. They don't have to read tab. They don't even have to be able to see.
@Osviwan Not entirely ridiculous. Much of the music for the lute and other historical plucked instruments during the Renaissance and Baroque eras was originally written in tablature.
@Osviwan how can you ask the tabs for this incredible composition!?!?!?!if you usually play chords you won't be able to play this without classical experience
the run that starts at 2:02 through to 2:24 never fails to give me goosebumps. Even when I'm playing this piece myself; all concentration is put to one side when I get to this section... I just feel very content and have no worries about anything. Bach just works so well on guitar.
I just started studying classical guitar and already im in love. I think its time to put the electric guitars away and just learn how to be like this guy. Truly beautiful
@Wishiwasinthe70s Don't be silly. You dont like the electric guitar because people who tend to play the electric guitar generally play very basic songs.
Metal for example, is one of the most closely related modern genres to classical. Metal bands use electric guitars and can make them sound just as beautiful as this. However, I do understand that Metal can be very hard to listen to simply because of screaming. You learn to like it though ;)
@Wishiwasinthe70s it's ok to play both, look for Chris Broderick for example, great classical performer, now lead guitar of Megadeth. I'm studing both at the moment, but they're totally different
John Williams says that you cant really play fast on a guitar. Most people think from the index finger to the pinky but John Williams thinks of each finger individually. All they do is go up and down and not very fast. Thats why he doesnt understand that not very many people can play as fast as him.
Very nice. Goran Sollscher is a tad smoother on this piece with his 11-string guitar. I find the American guitarists to be second to none for technical ability, but a little lacking in expression. Consider Bream, or again, Sollscher, playing any of the really technically demanding stuff like Bach. Granted the stuff wasn't written for the guitar and there was little direction for dynamics, etc. But certain passages are much better with expression. Just my two cents.
@Iwasateeninthe80s They play it with a more Romantic era feel. Which is not wrong. But usually what Bach has on the music, you play mainly because he was such a great composer. A reason I like Sollscher's is because he takes into account the Baroque period mindset, but plays it with more expressive dynamics (Romanticism). The tuning in the baroque period was about a half step below 440 and also the tempo was slower because there were'nt planes and cars that sped up our modern mindset.
@michaelarimes You can play it an octave higher, which is actually how it was originally written. You just need a barre on 2 and a difficult stretch, but it can be done.
@ClassicRockMan95 Just sit down, take scores and try hard... And don't get upset when the result is "a bit" different. I've played the classical guitar for last 30 years and, how to say it - I can still see difference :)
This performance is like a meter bar for me - and even though Williams is unreachable, I may learn a lot looking and listening that marvelous player. Thanks God for Bach & Williams too!
He probably started to play at the age of 3 and obviously had a passion for music, perhaps his closest family are very musical thus inspiring him to further his talent to study music in university and got a scholarship in classical music studies......Just a guess.
@finixhalo lol this is YT mate you gona get ppl being pricks, but most of all having a diffrance of opinon and the fact they can hide behind there pc makes them shout it even louder *looks up and smiles*
@finixhalo And so the assumption is that if someone is inspired to speak upon hearing great music, they're somehow missing the point and should "shut up?" Sorry, I can't agree... although the level of engagement does make a difference.
dmac333100 This is of course another means to itself. The reward is the means in itself, not to an end. Listen and you will appreciate every opportunity you have to express this kind of beauty and love in a myriad of possible ways. Kindness for the sake of kindness, understanding for the sake of understanding, love for the sake of love and selfless for the sake of Christ consciousness. A divine transition of the lower to the higher. The reward is in the means in itself.
I think Williams is a technically great guitarist, what makes an extraordinary combination when playing baroque pieces of composers like Bach or Scarlatti. In my opinion, John is the best in baroque, but I prefer other players in more expressive works such as Julia Florida or La Catedral.
Mr . shaq147 may be you are right but remember that Williams plays an extensive guitar repertoire and didn't sacrifie the musicality because technical difficulties (others guitarist adapt the version to its lack of guitar technique or musical solutions ) Come on don't rest merits to this big and very big and honest man everyhone are in debt with him !
For what his opinion was worth, Andres Segovia said that John Williams forehead was "touched by the hand of god". Add that to the above and you have an accurate representation of how John got here. I have a copy of Williams playing 20 Sor studies (brilliantly) when he was 17 which blows your timeline. Every student that attends a reputable Conservatory (not Observatory) of Music to study Guitar has to learn to play piano. But Williams couldn't attend a conservatory. Yes anyone can do this.
This is a true master at work, it takes such precision an accuracy to play acoustic like this, and guitarists like John Williams only inspire me to play harder. :)
I envy John Williams. He plays this prelude with such a calmness on his face - it looks almost as if he himself is absent; or as if a part of him is just contemplating quietly.
When I play the prelude from BWV 1006 my face is smirking, lots of twitching going on, the breathing becomes irregular. I wish I was as serene and detached as him...
This is a prelude from a violin Partita. Also Sinfonia to Cantata 29.
pobinr 1 day ago
I've heard people complaining about John Williams switching from Fleta to Smallman. Presuming this is a Smallman, I don't know why they are complaining..
Incisionator 4 days ago
john è impressionante...
MrRogerfe 1 week ago
@wondrbear I have to disagree, metal guitarist do practice in clean tones as well as distorted, they practice clean for clarity and distorted to control the distortion. See Tosin Abasi of Animal as Leaders
NO11YOU 2 weeks ago
amazing :O
Sryper666 2 weeks ago
His fingers are tickling the strings. :3
kutekitty7 3 weeks ago
1:10 , slight reference to Fur Elise?
danbs07 3 weeks ago
@danbs07 haha yes
statsrelick 3 weeks ago
@danbs07 Bach died before Beethoven was even alive, ergo, no.
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danbs07 3 weeks ago
its not right when 1 person sounds like an orchestra!!!! This is insane :O
petrucciphan 3 weeks ago
Learning tabs will rarely get you anywhere professionally, but you will learn to play this song. Bach himself notated using the French tablature system. If anyone is familiar with the Frank Koonce edition of the complete solo lute works, copies of the manuscripts can be found in the back. BWV 995, 997 and 1000 are in tabs.
bryan2j 3 weeks ago
la calidad de hombre que fue bach
nezalrock 4 weeks ago
Dr.Drew is a bad ass! LOL Just kidding,John is amazing.
chrismeyermusic 4 weeks ago
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exiledgolem 4 weeks ago
91 people have no appreciation for music...
classicoALEX 4 weeks ago
Who knew Richard Dreyfuss was a BADASS on the guitar??? LMFAO
djnphaze 1 month ago
Wspaniale
TomaszMazepa 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
excellent performance
GSphinx33 1 month ago
I have a power tab file for this. It's good too. Google it, I can't remember where I got it. Sorry if this offends the guitar snobs.
steelyspielbergo 1 month ago
As someone who studied classical guitar, I really admire Williams' right hand technique here. Such economy of motion. I love his interpretation of this piece, too.
wyclifdotnet 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
ahha learn to play the classical guitar don't ask for the tabs silly!per example, i'm14 and i know how to play this sheet with notes....
GuitarMan1497 1 month ago
Perfecto...
lucasapendino 1 month ago
Step 1 Go to w w w (dot) songsterr (dot) com
Step 2 type 'bach' into the search bar
Step 3 press ctrl + f
Step 4 type prelude in e
Step 5 click on it.
That's the tab. Like so people can see
thatparkourkid 1 month ago
i read music very well and would love to have the actual notes right in front of me to read. this is a beautiful piece.
TheresaStarshine 1 month ago
Gracias a grandes artistas como JW podemos podemos disfrutar de la musica creada por los maestros del pasado.Es admirable la dedicación que requiere interpretar esta música
alexandro3933 1 month ago
this is guy is a master 10 peoplle in the world or less can pull this off
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@wondrbear Then honestly I dont believe you listened to metal. Especially if you believe it is always distorted. Watch Children of Bodom playing Four Seasons Summer by Vivaldi. Most metal musicians learned A LOT about classical music as children.
Metal is not just noise and screaming. It is EXTREMELY neo-classical.
Renagade1325 1 month ago
I've been playing guitar since the 70's. I've had to survive in my area playing covers and popular originals. I studied classical for years and years, around 20 or so. I'm still trying to learn this song after about 6 months. I can finally get through most of it slowly and evenly. But, to play it like this or Ana Vidovic, you have to either have a ton of time on your hands or just gifted. I think John Williams and others in his category are just amazing!
rowbocaster 1 month ago
Can someone send me the tablature by private message please, Thanks
Sephix57360 1 month ago
@Sephix57360
tablature? i hope you're joking
If you want to learn a masterpiece like that you have to study a lot of classical theory and know perfectly how to read the music
Ettoreks 1 month ago in playlist john williams
@Ettoreks Sorry, that is not true. Personally, i can read music to a decent standard, but i find it easier when learning a piece (especially complicated ones) to use tabulation alongside the sheet as a guide aswell as learning by ear, so too speak.
It
rob8624 1 month ago
Harry Potter and Star Wars. Do I need to say more?
soycinthya 2 months ago
how do 90 people NOT like this?
mikemk100 2 months ago
actually tabs were the first notation for lute, but I think now staff notation is a more solid way and tabs are only a compliment or the "easy" way
josemontenegro777 2 months ago
Just the Best.
lucasGGGGGGG 2 months ago
I can read music, I prefer tabs because I'm much better at learning through numbers.
Use whatever you feel you absorb faster :)
Ezabs 2 months ago
I don't see why anybody would repel any kind of musical learning techniques.
Haakization 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I don't see why everyone's so against tabs, for one thing , the vast majority of this song is just straight sixteenth notes, and since there's so much going on high up on the neck, tabs would probably be easier for most classical guitarists to read than standard notation... then again figuring out what to do for the right hand would be murder
MrSkarmazov 2 months ago
IN YOUR FACE, ELECTRIC GUITARS!
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Futurewriterwitch 2 months ago
Que tan maravilloso interprete ...un gran maestro..... abajo hablan sobre los Tabb, pero mejor que se consigan las partituras, aunque es dificil ller para los principiantes, asi aprenden de musica jajajaj.... yo estoy sacandola a oido ,,llevo 2 meses y ya me sale ... me quedan solo 1 minuto de la parte final.. les puedo decir que es demasiado tecnica.. pero hay que ensayarla cada vez para soltar los dedos .... HABER SIDO CONSERTISTA WN JAJJAAJJ....
xmirkox2 2 months ago
@xmirkox2 como que sacandola de oido???? eso esta mal hahaha
pacolote 2 months ago
@pacolote ¿Por qué está mal?
chapeauelesmirriau 2 months ago
@chapeauelesmirriau las obras del maestro deben ser estudiadas de su partitura, seria una falta a bach sacarla de oido, yo tambien a estoy sacando, con la partitutra original, pero en la guitarra electrica
pacolote 2 months ago
@pacolote Sacar esta obra a oído es un ejercicio excelente para la educación del oído y la orientación en el mástil. Yo estoy encantado con que saques esta obra para guitarra eléctrica pero mucha gente cree que eso SÍ que es una falta de respeto. Por cierto, si tocas la eléctrica mira los vídeos de Guthrie Govan, él recomienda que todos los días saques algo de oído, sea una melodía inventada en tu cabeza, o el trabajo de otros.
chapeauelesmirriau 2 months ago
this is truly amazing. He is my idol!
maddiedavis6789 2 months ago
I love this version... but he omits so many bass notes
returnNull 2 months ago
I find it kind of funny when people ask for tabs and other so called music people like my self get mad at said person for mentioning such an atrocity. well just to inform some peeps like my self Lute music was written in tab like in guitar world, so there take a bite out of that shit sandwich. I read music but there is nothing wrong with anyone trying to learn this on tab. the way it was originally intended but then bach originally wrote it as a violin partita so FML right.
Ringwraithlp3 2 months ago
@Ringwraithlp3 You'd have to be gifted to learn this on tab.
3daywkend 2 months ago
TABS???? Estudia musica, aprende a leer partituras, frustate incontables veces, encierrate a practicar y a practicar por horas, aprende a interpretar la musica, siente la musica, vive la musica, LUEGO intentas tocar la suite. Tabs es una ofensa a esta musica :(
Adevo7 2 months ago
@Adevo7 ojala pudiera, pero vivo en chile, y aca se trabaja o se estudia, no puedes hacer ambas.
por otra parte, hay gente como que estudiamos alguna carrera no afin con la musica, y por ende no podemos darle el tiempo que quisieramos al estudio de algun instrumento.
Trinitrotoluenador 2 months ago
WOOOOO AMAZING
Lauraa9o 2 months ago
Fantastico!
Bellissimo!
Perfetto!
Pymmusic 3 months ago
this is awesome!
Matjex 3 months ago
OMG!
argie723 3 months ago
tabs are not suitable for this music
Havelneft 3 months ago
@Havelneft thank you for that i was about to say the same thing
slung6string 3 months ago
by the way, this is Lute Siute No. 4, BWV 1126, the BWV 1006 is the first cello suite
josemontenegro777 3 months ago
perfect
ShadowCloud143 3 months ago
why tag with other john williams !! argh
lcblsc 3 months ago
Do you have the tabs?
Osviwan 3 months ago 61
@Osviwan trying to play a Bach piece for classical guitar with tabs is not quite effective, tabs are so limitating, sheet is the best and ideal for this kinda works ;),
josemontenegro777 3 months ago
@josemontenegro777 ... I know. Just a bad joke.
Osviwan 3 months ago
@Osviwan lol then okay
josemontenegro777 3 months ago
@Osviwan HaHa That's a good one!
TheClassicalflute 3 months ago in playlist TheClassicalflute's favorites
@Osviwan
google this:
"/j/johannsebastianbach-tabs-2052/preludefrom4thlutesuite1-tabs-20278.html"
Trinitrotoluenador 3 months ago
@Osviwan im sorry mate but if you still use tabs, then theres very much to be done before you start learning a piece like this. My teacher who is on fourth semester on the musical university of Denmark is doing this piece for his bachelor examn, i wouldnt suggest trying to learn anything close this difficulty unless u a very familiar with notes.
pedskon 2 months ago
@pedskon Bullshit. You are a music snob. Someone can learn whatever music touches them if they want to. They don't have to know how to read music. They don't have to read tab. They don't even have to be able to see.
nterry78 2 months ago
@nterry78 if he can learn without anything, then why ask for tabs?
pedskon 2 months ago
@pedskon Because it was a bad joke!!!
Come on, guys! It is ridiculous asking for Bach's tabs.
.. Or maybe not. After all your comments now I think it's not impossible.
Of course it won't be easy, but i'll try to play this using tabs.
You didn't get my bad joke, and I thank you.
Osviwan 2 months ago 32
@Osviwan Not entirely ridiculous. Much of the music for the lute and other historical plucked instruments during the Renaissance and Baroque eras was originally written in tablature.
1Freeman 54 minutes ago
@Osviwan do you still want the tab ??
halofreak12321 2 months ago
@Osviwan hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hammeredbro95 2 months ago
@Osviwan classtab.org
gblove82 2 months ago
@Osviwan yes
gremby 1 month ago
@Osviwan I have it, if you want write me to jorgeluisolivagaspar@gmail.com
I have the suite complete
HOMOMUSICUM 1 month ago
@Osviwan how can you ask the tabs for this incredible composition!?!?!?!if you usually play chords you won't be able to play this without classical experience
GuitarMan1497 1 month ago
@Osviwan |
classtab dot org
chbrules 4 weeks ago
Muy cabrón!!1
SinuPageValenci 3 months ago
cool and inspiring :D
hlightify 3 months ago
maestro!!
RodKlaus 3 months ago
Heil J.S. Bach !! I've been practicing in this song since i was in 2nd grade in senior high school =)
W15DY 4 months ago
add distortion and its called "metal"
seancolbur 4 months ago
@seancolbur Maybe "Tormetal" ????
bilstew 3 months ago
@seancolbur Maybe "Tormetal" ????
bilstew 3 months ago
@seancolbur Maybe "Tormetal" ????
bilstew 3 months ago
the run that starts at 2:02 through to 2:24 never fails to give me goosebumps. Even when I'm playing this piece myself; all concentration is put to one side when I get to this section... I just feel very content and have no worries about anything. Bach just works so well on guitar.
DrLaverock 4 months ago
@DrLaverock I agree, that section is one of the most beautiful things that I've ever heard I think. It's mesmerizing.
TheArsenalfc101 3 months ago
Autocontrollo perfetto!!!!
UNICO!!!!
Gialand1 4 months ago
Beautiful high altar in that old church.
bitterclinger100 4 months ago
Interpretação magistral de um dos maiores violonistas contemporâneos. Sixto Parollo, São Paulo, Brasil.
sixtoparollo 4 months ago
I just started studying classical guitar and already im in love. I think its time to put the electric guitars away and just learn how to be like this guy. Truly beautiful
Wishiwasinthe70s 4 months ago 19
@Wishiwasinthe70s Don't be silly. You dont like the electric guitar because people who tend to play the electric guitar generally play very basic songs.
Metal for example, is one of the most closely related modern genres to classical. Metal bands use electric guitars and can make them sound just as beautiful as this. However, I do understand that Metal can be very hard to listen to simply because of screaming. You learn to like it though ;)
Renagade1325 2 months ago
@Wishiwasinthe70s it's ok to play both, look for Chris Broderick for example, great classical performer, now lead guitar of Megadeth. I'm studing both at the moment, but they're totally different
josemontenegro777 1 month ago in playlist JOHN WILLIAMS
@Wishiwasinthe70s In that case you've got a few years studying ahead of you....
But I agree, truly beautiful!!
1945Twan 1 month ago in playlist More videos from MonteverdiXVI
@Wishiwasinthe70s
Bach on the acoustic guitar blows away all electric guitar music, bar none. Bach on an electric guitar doesn't work - it must be acoustic.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 1 month ago
Isso e incrivel...devino mestre con dedos abençoado por DEUS.......
MegaMario1949 4 months ago
one of the best guitarist ever.
gremby 4 months ago
This man is bald. Also blad.
ScaldingAnus 4 months ago
My Watch the video, excuse my English youtube.com/watch?v=UXDpD_axpXo
jrtles 4 months ago
it almost seems written and acted
donottawaguitar 4 months ago
Thats the best classical guitar Ive heard on youtube. Fabio Zanon comes close. SImply brilliant.
fieldfullofthistles 4 months ago
Isto é real?
MARTHAMFA 4 months ago
Sweet Jesus...who said men can't multi-task/ Exquisite x
nixart7 4 months ago
its like sunshine on my face
Omegaroth 4 months ago in playlist Johannes Sebastian Bach
Detalhista em cada nota. Que perfeição ao tocar Bach, realmente um grande mestre.
wlsk8gdf 4 months ago
His playing is miraculous!
moreira7daniel 4 months ago
John Williams says that you cant really play fast on a guitar. Most people think from the index finger to the pinky but John Williams thinks of each finger individually. All they do is go up and down and not very fast. Thats why he doesnt understand that not very many people can play as fast as him.
ThommyTerneborn 4 months ago
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ThommyTerneborn 4 months ago
COMO ME ENCANTA ESE PRELUDIO
TheCloud1006 4 months ago 3
holy sh-t
deanofoy 4 months ago
Me, an engineer, would never be able to calculate John Williams coordination and time of training. What a genious.
140895 4 months ago
@140895 time of training is the easy part: we can compute upper bound, knowing his birthdate and today's date.
1828459045 4 months ago
Woooow!!! Great!
TheMsEsperanza 5 months ago
Just beautiful
lidoevera 5 months ago
Very nice. Goran Sollscher is a tad smoother on this piece with his 11-string guitar. I find the American guitarists to be second to none for technical ability, but a little lacking in expression. Consider Bream, or again, Sollscher, playing any of the really technically demanding stuff like Bach. Granted the stuff wasn't written for the guitar and there was little direction for dynamics, etc. But certain passages are much better with expression. Just my two cents.
Iwasateeninthe80s 5 months ago
@Iwasateeninthe80s They play it with a more Romantic era feel. Which is not wrong. But usually what Bach has on the music, you play mainly because he was such a great composer. A reason I like Sollscher's is because he takes into account the Baroque period mindset, but plays it with more expressive dynamics (Romanticism). The tuning in the baroque period was about a half step below 440 and also the tempo was slower because there were'nt planes and cars that sped up our modern mindset.
peppy6078 4 months ago
You know, as technically advanced as John Williams can play, he sort of cheats around the 2 minute mark - he plays the pedal A open.
lemonyfreshforme 5 months ago
@lemonyfreshforme
What?? Get out of here.
nikujassi 5 months ago
@lemonyfreshforme What's wrong with using an open string for a pedal tone?
michaelarimes 4 months ago
@michaelarimes You can play it an octave higher, which is actually how it was originally written. You just need a barre on 2 and a difficult stretch, but it can be done.
lemonyfreshforme 4 months ago
....QUE PLACER ESCUCHAR ESTA BELLA PARTITURA EN GUITARRA POR
UN MAESTRO EXCEPCIONAL COMO J. WILLIAMS!!!!
huincas54 5 months ago
Anyone know what make of guitar he is playing ?
fretmonkee 5 months ago
@fretmonkee Greg Smallman in Australia makes his guitars. He's been playing Smallman guitars for many years. He used to play guitars by Fleta.
ergastule 5 months ago
87 looters thought 'Lute' mean't 'loot'.
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opustenzy 5 months ago
Isn't this piece also Preludio for Partita No.3 in E major for solo violin? They sure sound the same to me!!
iamrobbierrr 5 months ago
@iamrobbierrr Yeah, just checked my copy of the Sonatas and Partitas, they're same thing
orientalnegro 5 months ago
i wish he played this while i was eating dinner
ClassicRockMan95 5 months ago
how the fuck does someone learn that?
ClassicRockMan95 5 months ago 5
@ClassicRockMan95 hard work??
stagesix6 5 months ago
@ClassicRockMan95 Just sit down, take scores and try hard... And don't get upset when the result is "a bit" different. I've played the classical guitar for last 30 years and, how to say it - I can still see difference :)
This performance is like a meter bar for me - and even though Williams is unreachable, I may learn a lot looking and listening that marvelous player. Thanks God for Bach & Williams too!
interadmin 5 months ago
@ClassicRockMan95
Tell me about it.
He probably started to play at the age of 3 and obviously had a passion for music, perhaps his closest family are very musical thus inspiring him to further his talent to study music in university and got a scholarship in classical music studies......Just a guess.
hipstarchild 4 months ago
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finixhalo 5 months ago 175
@finixhalo lol this is YT mate you gona get ppl being pricks, but most of all having a diffrance of opinon and the fact they can hide behind there pc makes them shout it even louder *looks up and smiles*
ubernagash 4 months ago
@finixhalo And so the assumption is that if someone is inspired to speak upon hearing great music, they're somehow missing the point and should "shut up?" Sorry, I can't agree... although the level of engagement does make a difference.
stevetadworkz 3 months ago
Williams is a great guitarist. Sadly way too worse degraded. He is a perfectionist!"!!!!
varfordogjesus 5 months ago
C'est (presque) parfait, et sans le moindre intérêt.
HBerlioz007 5 months ago
...excepcional interprete de este noble instrumento...un MAESTRO!!!
....Y no solo por esta bella transcripción de Bach, si no por toda la
labor que realiza. Digno de ver...más, el escucharlo.
huincas54 5 months ago
Thank´s for the great music
jonnyvallin 5 months ago
dmac333100 This is of course another means to itself. The reward is the means in itself, not to an end. Listen and you will appreciate every opportunity you have to express this kind of beauty and love in a myriad of possible ways. Kindness for the sake of kindness, understanding for the sake of understanding, love for the sake of love and selfless for the sake of Christ consciousness. A divine transition of the lower to the higher. The reward is in the means in itself.
dmac333100 5 months ago 2
@dmac333100 Nicely worded my friend
dietcoke258 5 months ago
@dmac333100 Nicely worded my friend.
dietcoke258 5 months ago
Phenomenal talent . . . incredible douche
Dyzlak75 5 months ago
Justin Bieber has 87 Youtube accounts...
Tenxiowo 5 months ago
@Tenxiowo That kids got it all from cash to youtube accounts. Your jelous hahahahaha
themancdogg 5 months ago
@themancdogg
xP LOL
Tenxiowo 5 months ago
I think Williams is a technically great guitarist, what makes an extraordinary combination when playing baroque pieces of composers like Bach or Scarlatti. In my opinion, John is the best in baroque, but I prefer other players in more expressive works such as Julia Florida or La Catedral.
classicalfede 5 months ago
1.3 million can't deny the mastery of williams & jsbach!
nettle99 5 months ago
not forgetting the theme tune to the deer hunter(cavatina)
montana5527 5 months ago
john williams has wrote music for numerous films such as the godfather theme tune, this man is a legend and a beautiful guitarist
montana5527 5 months ago
@montana5527 john williams (composer) is a different person than john williams (guitarist). but they're both amazing
THEDaegan 5 months ago
@montana5527 I think JW the composer and JW the guitarist are two different JW's.
3daywkend 4 months ago
Mr . shaq147 may be you are right but remember that Williams plays an extensive guitar repertoire and didn't sacrifie the musicality because technical difficulties (others guitarist adapt the version to its lack of guitar technique or musical solutions ) Come on don't rest merits to this big and very big and honest man everyhone are in debt with him !
cantaclaro2 6 months ago
Perfect!
kurtisstarkie1 6 months ago
Certified Intergalactic! Many thanks, John Williams! Listening to your playing made me discover new ideas.
Dogaradodia 6 months ago
so... Beautiful
Thank you anonymous on Octavias Blog.
Nazgul100 6 months ago
For what his opinion was worth, Andres Segovia said that John Williams forehead was "touched by the hand of god". Add that to the above and you have an accurate representation of how John got here. I have a copy of Williams playing 20 Sor studies (brilliantly) when he was 17 which blows your timeline. Every student that attends a reputable Conservatory (not Observatory) of Music to study Guitar has to learn to play piano. But Williams couldn't attend a conservatory. Yes anyone can do this.
4WhiteLight 6 months ago
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4WhiteLight 6 months ago
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!! Great!
Thank you so much...
With sincere respect and with the happiness wish from Petersburg.
Raisa
Rai06f 6 months ago
The first few notes rise up from the silence like the first rays of sun. Advantage Williams, big advantage Bach.
stevetadworkz 6 months ago 33
"John Williams" Its the God of Classic Guitar
Java100794 6 months ago
@Java100794 more like Jesus, segovia would be god ;)
LifeisforGuitar 6 months ago
I have a target as a guitarist, being able to play the 10% of how john williams would play with a huge hangover
massimoburton 6 months ago 2
@massimoburton good luck !!
stanleguetto 6 months ago
I can't even get amazed, it's something that I never even thought of!
compareshafin 6 months ago
86 people are deaf .
stanleguetto 6 months ago
@stanleguetto lol'd
EroSennin506 6 months ago
so this was written for lute and adapted for guitar?
bachynskymusic 6 months ago
@bachynskymusic That is correct.
OmegaRed1993 6 months ago
This is a true master at work, it takes such precision an accuracy to play acoustic like this, and guitarists like John Williams only inspire me to play harder. :)
LySeRgIa2 6 months ago
I envy John Williams. He plays this prelude with such a calmness on his face - it looks almost as if he himself is absent; or as if a part of him is just contemplating quietly.
When I play the prelude from BWV 1006 my face is smirking, lots of twitching going on, the breathing becomes irregular. I wish I was as serene and detached as him...
RajaBegun 6 months ago
truly one of the greats Bravo Maestro!!!
placo10100 7 months ago
Master of the classical guitar!
JHJH007 7 months ago
felisidadez por sus canciones
albert015able 7 months ago
beautiful
mettaborough 7 months ago
Saluditos, les recomiendo este vídeo: REVELACION NO EXISTE LA MUERTE
gallinitaciegav 7 months ago