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  • Its good,thanks for sharing :-)

  • nice song congrat master...it s a pitty that you dont play classic anymore .

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  • watch?v=B7h25FMQyLk

  • Oooh my god this is so beautiful. I have listened to this song many times, different interpretations... and yours ... well Im mesmerized, hypnotized. I started to learn classical guitar 2 years ago and I'm starting to see some progress ;) I would love to start learning this song. Do you have the music sheet? could you send it to me ? Good luck with everything !

  • I gave your performance a "like" for its uniqueness. Playing almost the entire piece over the f hole is very pleasing by contrast to other renditions, but by the same token it's somewhat overdone. I think a combination of several right-hand positions would have been better, but that's certainly a matter of taste. Overall, well done!

  • how this video got 201 dislikes is absurd. this is such a relaxing nice piece of music to listen to in most if not all situations. so very well done.

  • I love your version. touches me!

  • Can we please have more of this talent of yours. It's lovely just to hear how you play the guitar.I bet you will have a huge audience here in YT & FB..

  • @Akongano

    Thanks so much for your comments. I can no longer play classical guitar properly due to arthritis in my hands. However, I have gone back to playing electric guitar (after a break of 25 years!) which is much easier on the fingers and thumbs. Perhaps I'll upload something one day. Given the vast difference in style and sound, I don't suppose those who like my classical guitar playing will enjoy the electric guitar stuff. But you never know...

  • @eddieb8 not true i come from electric guitar background and am now studying classical and i love both especially when classical gets played with some rock influence ect.. they actually are both really amazing ^_^

  • Lindíssimo.Excelente execução;

  • Sounds nice!

    

  • @virtuosoism What an innovative concept.

  • wow..i luv it!!

  • Simply amazing!

  • Beautiful tone, it feels like you are having your senses stroked....hmmmmm

  • fucken sexy playn, better on guitar

  • Really amazing, I really hope I will be able to play guitar as well as you someday.

  • ı like it :)

  • Darn you for taking a bland piece and injecting some much needed feeling into it....apparently that's what so many of the "strict classicalists" below are saying is bad about your playing. Classical was written to be straightforward and what we could call today as just "boring" and adding feeling to it is definitely important today.

  • @vaibanez17 What? You need to get your musical periods sorted out. Phrasing was just as important then as it is today. Stylistically, this is a *romantic* piece with tiny hints of classicism but fundamentally, this is well into the romantic style. Baroque is more 'straight forward' but it was not played robotically. Just because you use excessive rubato doesn't make you a good musician, you need to be aware of stylistic requirements and play accordingly.

  • @XianXiuHong Huh? I was using sarcasm about the fact that lots of people hated this guy's playing because it wasn't "uptight" and "boring" straightforward b/s. The feeling he puts into it rules and makes it way better period. I was mocking the idiots below who think music can never be updated. Classical guitar is way stuck in the past too much.

  • @vaibanez17 Oops, sorry, misread your comment hahaha

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  • Beautiful! Thank you, Eddie.... your heart flows through your hands. blessings

  • Very lovely, skillfully played :)

  • Very skillfully played, with consummate beauty :)

  • Eddie... You did a wonderful job with this piece..Thank you so much for sharing it with the rest of the world...:)

    I've already put it on my favorites...

  • Rythm.. U try to put too much feeling in .. It's sound really bad.. Look at the Kelly Valleau version !

  • I'm not blown away by this by any means. I sure as he'll couldn't play it so I'm not going to say it wasn't impressive....... But yeah.

  • I didn't personally like it, but your playing was beautiful. Congrats.

  • yuck... i don't know what it is, but it sounds like a highschool talent show audition...

  • sounds like crap on the guitar. dont do it. leave it to the piano.

  • @CT2507

    really?

    check this version out then

    v=S9BUlFoTTcw

    again everyone has their own interpretation of the piece

  • @vaggelisvass1977 ofcourse everyone has their own interpretation. that goes without saying. but some are crap to listen to and u just feel like smashing their instrument over their heads. and some are good.

  • @vaggelisvass1977 ...but yea. the version u showed me is surprisingly good.

  • Rubato does not automatically make things more heartfelt. This is a hack attempt to add emotion without putting any into it.

  • Thanks, thats great, i love für elise and i always thought of how it would sound on guitar

  • yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss

  • Can't understand the folks who don't like the interpretation. I think it's very individual, provocative, and, most of all, expressive. Well done.

  • Well spoken davies1...it's a beautiful work played beautifully

  • music gives us the ability to express ourselves like any form of art/behaviour. To be critical of someone's interpretation shows a lack of understanding of the fundamentals of music itself and indeed of life, why others differ to ourselves. Don't be so anal as to pick out the odd note here, the timing or perhaps the arrangement because it does not sound the same as heard before. Just admire the fact that someone has bothered to actually share with you an extension of their own humanity.

  • not so fluently i would say

  • Magnifient!

  • You did great I love this song and you did great

  • excellent i love it

  • this is good but.. it is a little bit slow....

  • уборщик

  • A superb rendition of an excellent piece of music.

    Pradeep, Mumbai

  • I admired this song for years before I even learned the name of it. I like the slow tempo which I think gives it a tenderness that is very touching. Thank you for posting this and making my day a bit more lovely!

  • so sehr schon

  • I am a guitarist and I am disheartened to find that a guitar is not suited for this piece. It's just not as good as on a piano. Makes me sad.

  • hey man dont listen to these idiots on here. i have been playing guitar now for about 10 years and from one musician to another this is absolutely beautiful. all these people saying negative things on here could only hope to play like this. keep it up.

  • i believe that your self came out in the music, and that's what's important. Yes it is one of the finest works ever written from a legendary composer but if we all played the song the same then we would all be the same, and not one of us would ever be as Beethoven was. Our own unique character comes out when we feel, and we feel the most when we play our music. Play it as you will, I loved it. Excellent work and keep it up my friend. by listening, i feel that i know how you felt on that stage

  • Thanks for your comments. Yes, I reckon you do know how I felt on that stage when I played the piece. However others experience it, including now on YouTube, it was a magical few minutes for me. Huge risk playing one of the best known classical piano pieces ever composed in such a different way, but hey, I took it! It's very pleasing to come across another person who understands what it was I went through. Cheers.

  • @eddieb8 the mark of a great composer is the malleability of his work... and by that standard you managed to pick one of the best compositions. By the way I wish I had your lute-like right hand tech.

  • Nice post!!!! I like your performance. Do you happen to have the music sheet that you can share so I can watch and learn from you?

  • @oqsajec your a marine? cool

  • i believe this is the second best version on youtube after freddie25 although it is a little slow it is still complete.

  • stop messing up the tempo biatch

  • too slow , but very good

  • Good:)

  • He messed up the timing. I like the original piece better.

  • He uses too much rubato and uses too much 'fake' emotions and it ruins the temppo

  • just try to get this and imagine 10 different guitarist plays the same thing in 10 different ways and interpritation. Cmon, a litte respect! ;)

  • way off no depth no spirit

  • Amazing!

  • where can i get the tabs ?

  • i have the tabs for this song if you want it just ask me :)

  • è un orribile esecuzione , poi tra l'altro non capisco perchè stoppi tutte le note togliendo all'armonia del pezzo la sua bellezza.

    e poi sbaglia pure !

  • Dünyadaki en güzel şey gitar...

  • dude leave the music alone, the flow is awsome and he plays perfectly learn to apprecate music even when u dont like it

  • the tempo is a little weird though, dont get me wrong its still played beautifully, its just not in a tempo im used to :)

  • boring :(

  • um this guy is great, i love the flow and melody and his presentation is flawless and the sound combinations are just perfection to my ears, very few videos can get the peons approval, this is one. no offense but Malmsteen is way better lmao...jking i know different style lol!

  • i've seen Malmsteen play this with his butt hair live!!!

  • i guess sarcasm isn't your cup tea. don't hate cause you can't shred

  • im quite sarcastic myself, it doesnt work to well with text though, i dont hate shredding some of it is pretty impressive i just hate these "elite guitarists" on youtube talking smack about professional guitarists, and yngwie is an arogant tool just listen to him talk about himself, im not saying he a shit musican :)

  • You are in the wrong musical taste-field, go to where Rolling Stones [which at moments in my life, the right ones I adore]so you can get some Satisfaction...

    Wo/Man whatt ever you are, What strange creature laid the egg, you come from?

  • to be perfectly honest i have no idea what you're even trying to say? but thanks for the advice ;)

    i love how you think you know what "musical taste-field" i should belong to considering you know fuck all about me. dont try and be smart it clearly doesnt work for you :)

  • could be much better.

  • not that good honestly. He finished well, but the begining was horrible. The whole thing's timing and rythem was off. Plus, he played an EXTREMELY easy version. No offense, but i've been playing this song for two days now and am already better at it than he is. Why is he a professional?

  • post your video or shut the hell up.

  • looking forward to your superior version on youtube then

  • I'd really like to see you post something better, and if you do I'll be very surprised to see a player at that skill level that is that arrogant.

    BTW, I don't think I'd consider his RHYTHM to be off (although your spelling is), maybe different but it's his interpretation of the piece.

  • actually dude i dont think his spelling was off, i think he just had a different interpretation of the word. i myself opt for the spelling "rithim".

  • I bet your lame enough to rip the sound from this video and play it on loudspeaker and pretend to play the guitar and claim yours is better, LAME-O Noob!

  • PWNT!!!

  • Although this is the easy version of this tune, still very very nice and well played.

  • nice,, u live in byron now where u n o_a and another filipina known u..ok

    tall and handsome as she said ..well just go back to o_a then maybe that was the meaning of my dream...not in this lifetime but somewhere in time...

  • beautiful

  • Outstanding Job...Superb ! ! !

  • too bad you have no idea what you are talking about

  • i kinda see wat ur talkin about itz like he wasn't quite sure if he was playin rite and he was hesitating to make sure he played it correctly

  • Too bad the guitar doesn't have a sustain pedal.

    =)

  • I thought this was beautifully done with fine feeling and musicality.

    One of the unfortunate side effects of modern recording technology is that we can hear so many recordings from outstanding genius players that we sometime lose our appreciation for the merely excellent players. Let's not go down that route and be hyper-critical of what is really a fine recording.

    I liked it.

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  • that guy doesnt look like professional

  • how doesnt he look professional, how does a guitarist look professional, a cape?

  • Oh man, what a crap )))

  • This performance is much more enjoyable when you listen to it with your eyes closed. I think Mr. Eddie Blatt has influenced the piece with much of his own heart and feelings and it stands out beautifully when you close your eyes and listen to his performance.

  • hey guys, I kinda like that song.

    Does anybody know where I can download tabs for THAT arrangement? There are so many tabs on the internet for the song, but i could'nt find some for this arrangement

  • lol Mute. it is slow and a fwe mutes but its ok.

  • Worth seeing live, but definitely a strange interpretation. 35 years doesn't mean anything when attributing it to the piece. Its how he plays it, don't focus on the number of years.

  • Comments to the way I played this piece vary from exceptionally good to exceptionally bad. There are valid points to both sides and I acknowledge the validity of the criticisms. I admit to technical and interpretive shortcomings that were pointed out, but I am also delighted that some enjoyed the performance. It's always challenging to try something very different. Thanks to all.

  • @eddieb8 i dont know if u got a bad score or something, but ur playing isnt fluid and smooth. And ur bass notes don't linger at all. U lift up your fingers too quickly, therefore creating awkward silences between the notes.

  • READ:: Eddie Blatt has been playing guitar for over 35 years. Of the many styles he has played, classical and flamenco guitar are now his favourites. He plays both solo and in groups such as Ionnah. ,,....you really think you are better? everybody who says he's not good should fuck off..!

  • it is good, but i rather like it more when is played under the original tone

    5 stars though

  • Huh, I guess I really didn't think it was that bad......

  • I'm all for other interpretations of classical works, but this was cringe inducing at times...

  • 1:14 is funny :-)

  • SLOW!but good :)

  • I have tabs

  • Can you send it to me?? please!!

  • TABS PLEASE

  • are you guys retarded?did beethoven actually say it had to be played a certain way? no. you are allowed to take liberties in the piece itself as long as you get the main idea of the actual piece. Instead of just playing like you guys are saying he should be he's playing a version of it that is full of passion, rather than just playing it just to get it over with,which, by reading some of everyones comments, is what everyone else would rather have preformed. at least some ppl understand that...

  • i agree, stupid ranging tempos, and just his expressions haha

  • Eddie can't play in time.

    The rhythm is crutial.

    His time distortions are very

    distorted. No regard for the composer.

    His unevenness is due to lack of technique not feeling. The music is not about him but about Beethoven's music.

    But with maturity may come a better interpretation. At least he loves classical music.

  • I hate how he closes his eyes to "feel the music." I understand why he does this but I don't accept the fact that in many parts he darts his head from pleasant to back to the guitar to pleasant again. Seriously, if you don't have the chords/finger placements memorized so that you can play the song without looking (or at least for a good period of time), don't do it, it'll risk your performance. Just because they're professionals doesn't mean they can skip out on what they teach the amateurs.

  • Take your pointless rant elsewhere, no one cares kid.

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  • Wrong note for start.Puts this musical piece to shame

  • Decent, you suck at picking with your thumb. Incredibly not smooth at all with your thumb. Way to choppy. get a fucking finger pick for your thumb or something dude. The bass and treble is like off beat and not smooth. Decent though.

  • you have absolutely no taste

  • He wasn't trying to keep it "in beat", that was his interpretation for the song. I don't think you know what you're talking about at all. Listen to more songs and you'll see that not everything has to be perfectly in beat for it to be a good performance/interpretation- especially when it comes to transcriptions like this, it's better when the performer puts his own spin on things, since you obviously can't ever acheive a perfect transcription.

  • i think you can make more of it.. it just sounds.. empty. ok it´s just like the piano, but on a classical guitar i would have played.. i don´t know ,, more notes at least, more like a classical playing, if you can follow me ;)

  • It sounds very strange on guitar. Not bad, just very...as if it doesn't fit. This melody was written for the piano, and I don't think guitar works very well.

    At the same time, he plays it well. I don't find it too slow - I like the tempo. But it was destined for the piano. Or another classical instrument (maybe a cello owuld work?).

  • Okay, its not exactly as I would have imagined it for the guitar, and not a perfect performance, but again, its a translation from piano to guitar, doesn't always work well, and its actually emotionally quite nice. The speed should be slower but perhaps not this slow. Thats how I envision it anyway. Certainly not gonna tell this guy he sucks, he clearly doesn't. Is there room for improvement? Certainly.

    ~Kai

  • i absolutely love this. is there any chance you could play greensleeves? i'm in love with that song.

  • this guy, amazing, actual CLASSICAL guitarist, dynamics and everything

    four stars

    some frat boy with horrible technique

    five

    <3 youtube

  • se oye bien!!!

  • i agree,he did an fantastic job playing this piece.fur elise is extremely difficult to pull off on guitar.great job man

  • Nice work.... i enjoyed it very much.... and yes it definitely can't be compared to the same level as the piano...it is not easy playing this piece on the guitar

  • ...Wtf is wrong with you guys?Don't you know how hard it is to play something like that...? He played perfect!

  • yes he played perfect but.. fur elise can´t be played in the guitar at the same level than in the piano...

  • i know a 12 yr. old kid who can play this whole song much better than this guy can. This guy is playing it way too slow

  • AS IF SPEED and ARTISTRY were the same, or even equal. Playing a piece means bringing your own interpretation. If you want speed and a rigid "perfection" I suggest you stick to MIDI files. In a talent show at the freshman dorms I once watched two contestants play the same piece "Mood for a Day" One played it with almost blinding speed, the other with emotion and his own interpretation. The second guy placed 1st.

  • speed can indeed be incorporated into artistic expression, but he obviously wasn't going for speed here. He was most likely going for a slow, moody feeling which I think fits the song quite well. Just because he isn't going fast doesn't mean the guy isn't extremely talented. For all you know, he could destroy most people in speed competitions. The artistry here is how cleanly and emotionally the song was played and expressed. Bravo, 5 stars.

  • That's about the most ignorant thing I've seen in a comments list, are you aware of a word "interpretation"?

  • ur retarded guitar isnt about speed at all this guy is probly 10 times better than that kid thats why hes he and the kids sitting at home playing pokemon

  • u suck, man!!

  • Good effort..

  • wow this guy sucks ...if this guy has a stage freddy25 should make a damn concert rigth now

  • bravo...........

  • I like the version of Freddie25 SOOO much better!

  • You right. It's much better.

  • Great job! I'm learning Mr. Blatt's video (as well as tabs I found online) to learn this song myself. Please take this as a compliment. I've mastered most of it on my guitar. This is fun to play.

  • Nice, very hard to play classical songs on a guitar

  • Wow some of these comments are terible, if you don't understand Classical then you should try to understand that first. Some of you are right he doesn't sustain enough my wife said he sounds like he's searching  she knows nothing about Music.

  • Yeah, I've always said that about your wife but you've necer listened to me, now you admit it.

  • Beautiful.  Complimenti. Bravo.

  • way too much rubato...sounds likes he's off time to the normal ear. his sustain of the notes is horrible, it sucks especially for people who've never heard the song before.

    any noob can sound like...off-time without sustaining the chords and notes... so not worth having an audience and cameras filming from all those angles...

  • look up ppls comments who say it sounds good...they prolly never heard it before

  • dude wtf. this blows

  • amatuer hour ?

  • not that good it doesnt have enough flare in it

  • Too much rubato...

  • That is really really really good. I wish I could play like that.

  • great performance of an all-time masterpiece

  • what a masterpiece! bravo!

  • I like it....... sounds really great!

  • Great Job! I love playing that tune on my Godin La Patrie. I play it differently (not using strict e maj, and a min chords) Im gonna try learning it in that way.

  • Here to clear things up i was refering to the post made by reformedman, not of this video. I only skimmed through this video it was alright way better than I could do...

  • Nice attempt, needs a bit of work though. You might want to try an arrangement that begins on the 12th. I play the fuller range, it makes it sound more diversified and fuller and not so monotonous on the same fret area.

    Very nice attempt nonetheless.

  • I can see where the guy is coming from that posted this. I mean i checked his channel he has tons of videos of him playing in front of audiences all around the world and should have the knowledge to back up his post, well played. (All the sarcasm in the world put into this).