Julian Bream - Francisco Tarrega - Study in A Major

[Ruok90]

GREATEST DUBSTEP EVER

[Michajeru]

MY God I love the way this great man plays the guitar.

[seoreb]

I love that last chord.

[LadyXsnack]

stupid video, great music

[MinorityMans]

Julian Bream proves that a Brit can for once be the best in the world at what he does.

[liszt73]

Fantastico Julian!!!!

[pistachioguy]

I think Bream is more of a leg-side player.

[llobet09]

Prefiero la version de Eduardo Fernandez. Disco LA GUITARRA ESPAÑOLA. Si me olvido de las imagenes y solo escucho, no parece tan disfrutada. Aun así qué limpio toca Bream.

[Beenyad]

This is such a damn good song

[thedougshowchannel]

For Bream this was surely a piece of cake. I'll bet he could play it in his sleep standing on his head.

[tvaiden]

I do believe this is a tablature of this song in case anyone stumbles through here and is looking for it. search for this file... ftaet2_a.txt

[Crapweeds]

@tvaiden nice one

[Existential0]

Are those gut strings? I love how they look so delicate.

[Gerson619ASY]

so awesome!!!

[rampagesk8a]

classical guitar by a classic master. on classic film, in a classic locale. productions such as this are timeless.

[GyveTurckee]

Haha! Screw cricket anyway :D

[thebeerbaron666]

I just thought I would share this with everyone this piece name is actually estudio brilliante and not study in a major.

Might be why people are struggeling to get the sheet music

[DjangoMeetsColtrane]

@thebeerbaron666 well, estudio and study really mean the same thing (also: etude). however, this piece is sometimes attributed to Alard, the violinist whose violin study allegedly influenced that of tarrega.

[ipoodaily]

@thebeerbaron666 thanks. i was trying to find the sheet music

[insanmukmin1]

Does he bat for the Yankees?

[jonewer]

Does anyone know where these Bream vids come from? Is there a box set or something on DVD with this lot? I'll let you shag my wife if you give me a copy.

[iorixs]

he hit a home run on that one!

[smoothie66]

Has anyone ever noticed that his left hand 3rd finger looks weird? Kind of clubbed and flat? Has there ever been any discussion anywhere about it? It looks like he uses the pad instead of the tip.

[ultrabot90]

It kinda sounds unlike Tarrega to write a happy piece, lol.

Anyway, anyone know where I can find the sheet music for it? Can't seem to Google it.

[key2kingdom]

It's by a Dude called Delfin Alard, it was written for the violin. Tarrega arranged it for the guitar.

[pictorulmusician]

astia care scriu este prosti nu stie vorbeste =))

[karch139]

Doesn't seem humanly possible to be able to play guitar like this!

[nikkyoomote]

There are no tabs for this piece on internet,anyone knows where to get it?

[clash44]

@nikkyoomote ps if i have it its in standard music notation. can you read it??

[carlosbrion2003]

excelente muy virtuoso

[clash44]

@carlosbrion2003 i might have a copy

[Lutsch]

@clash44 Could you send it to me too? thanks in advance

[rotory2002]

Great piece by an even greater Master. Also check out this version on youtube.......Parkening - Tarrega Estudio Brillante

[sibgeorgy]

Гениальный этюд!

[sosome57]

Good question. As an American, I kind of like the irony of an Englishman playing a Spanish arrangement of a French etude. Sounds damn fine to me!

[thejugglenaut91]

haha so true

[peterwdeng]

What would a Spaniard think?

[warestequen]

Maybe they would think "coño! joder!, este tío es bueno!"

Translation = shit! fuck!, this guy is goood!

Julian bream is one of my inspirations, he is so passionate at playing the guitar.

[zonestar7]

Fabulous!He makes you proud to be English

[zonestar7]

:) great music transcends notional boundaries like nationhoodand unite us all as one humanity!

[rafaelfrancisp]

não entendi nada do que estão falando hehehee

[Naskaciro]

so majestic...so BEAUTIFUL!!

[zxcvb249]

always magnifique!!!!!!

[likogunardi]

what a great and beutifull you are playing guitar...

[celebrationduo]

This was on his concert program when he was 13 or so, he's been playing it for a long time!

[guitardude545454]

Have you heard the colour on the very last chord! :-O

[buerm009]

is this from some sort of documentary??

[DjangoMeetsColtrane]

yep. the actual footage is from a fairly recent bream documentary- My life in music. really good! (you can see a much older bream at the beginning of the video.) incidentally, the performance itself is taken from bream's Guitarra- a documentary about guitar in spain. also, fantastic!

[ShipperS7]

It's from a biographical series about Bream. BBC, I think?

[chopin65]

Ha! Good fun.

[Saiphofwindurst]

Thanks for posting this. It's a great piece by a great player. Julian Bream changed my life in 1983. I was in Dallas for the weekend and stumbled accross his concert as I wandered past the theater. Never heard of him... I was a rock and roller. Bought a ticket an hour before it started. Spent 2 hours with my jaw dropping to the floor saying "no way". Thus began my journey into classical guitar.

[BFGUITAR]

That is an amazing story.

[albenizski]

he also changed my life.. the first time i listened to his villa-lobos, i fell in love with his playing, i never got tired listening to his recordings..

[chopin65]

I started off in classical. It is true. Try Segovia, Williams...I happen to think Hendrix and Clapton cause jaws to drop too.

[dannyboyrocker]

@Saiphofwindurst THATS A BEAUTIFUL THING MAN!! :)

[dolofonos]

@Saiphofwindurst So in [p]layman's terms: you were pwned.

[edguitartorres]

There's no doubt how amazing he is!! Thank you so much for kindly sharing this video

-Ed

[andwhatfire]

awesome,--this recording has birds in the background!

[hansley270]

thanx for this information!!

[rotory2002]

I love this tune.......

[zymoon]

Oh didn't know it yet, thanks. And anyhow Tarrega is a great composer ;)

[pablol61]

bravo, fantastico!!!

[luisricardo00]

Brillante la ejecución. Bravo Maestro

[Joshyi18]

great piece well done :0

[JdaGuitar2]

One word expresses my sentiments: Incredible!

[zymoon]

I love this piece of music! Tarrega is such a great composer! Wonderful!!!

[dkh357]

There are no words to describe Bream's mastery. Enjoy!! I have seen him perform in concert at least three times.

[MelasChupa]

Increible.

[jjson775]

One of the greatest living artists.

[o13mguitar]

this is superb video

[guitarradeviento]

Excelente!

[EmersonsPage]

He looks a lot like Sam Donaldson.

[davidsl222]

Incredible!

[DADRENO]

Why does he pull such exraordinary faces? Is it the feeling or the difficulty I wonder?

[Apartt]

Some people do such faces just by playing, no matter how diffucult.

[MilesB1975]

Perhaps because he has a heart in his chest?

[thejugglenaut91]

my god, why is he feeling emotions!?!? haha

[rotory2002]

I know it seems strange but when I play guitar my nose flares and my friend who plays sticks his tongue out a little. Everybody has a different quirk.

[thejugglenaut91]

hell yah

[mouthofacowboy]

I kinda have this sad looking frown when I play. My brother also plays guitar and has almost the exact same face. It's very strange.

[rotory2002]

Now that this has been pointed out you will probably look at every Guitar player from now on to spot his quirk. :)

[robicool]

hahaha

[guitarclasic4693]

grande de los grandes maestro

es una joya viviente

gracias por el regalo. Peru

[openwndowmaniac]

Does anyone know how fast this is actually to be played? I have a version that says 112 beats per minute which seems ridiculous and I don't think he is playing it that fast here.

[petti]

i guess 112 bpm at three notes per beat was what was meant.. and looking at it like that bream scores at least 160 :D

[LeedsUnitedLoyal]

Why do I even bother playing when I can just watch Bream?

[smashbashcrash]

absolute genius!

[jorgebenbrasil]

it seems like a lot of classical guitar purists hack on musicians for lowering the action on their guitars - but this sounds just fine to me and you can plainly see the action is set pretty pretty pretty low. feel free to sand down those saddles.

[janboogy]

um..doesnt look that low.

[jorgebenbrasil]

get your eyes checked

[janboogy]

1:43 gives a clear view of the strings in relation to the fret board. It doesnt look anything out of the ordinary to me.

[thejugglenaut91]

if you were playing a nylon, why would you even want to lower the action when you can already play with such small force?

[joejoepassthemilk]

lower the action? help me out man

[Darinor]

get the strings closer to the board. Which means you have to apply less pressure to get a clear note.

[ILikeClassicalGuitar]

I don't understand how Bream gets that color out of that last chord...

So warm.

[sir1920]

@ILikeClassicalGuitar he uses vibrato to add to the effect of very warm.

[nouoriel]

@ILikeClassicalGuitar

The answer is simple: he's a genius.

[CNFrostXY]

@ILikeClassicalGuitar Play near the half length between the stringlength of the highest note you play and have more area contact between your right hand(or nails i should say) and the strings you will get the warmest sound you can. And ofcourse if you want the bream sound you need to do a romantic vibrato!

[Klaudiusz1983]

this piece ic bit hard i have problems with fast pieces mine fingers are geting confused

[thejugglenaut91]

you gotta practice your scales but like this Using fingers: 1,2 2,1 2,3 3,2 1,3 3,1 1,2,3 That will loosen you up. It's pretty boring to do it but it's almost right away that i felt they were getting better. Btw, andres segovia came up with that exercise

[wperdigon]

i have tried this and i find it confusing...

[Hektor88]

there are a couple of ways to go about the scales. The idea is to get your three picking fingers nimble so they don't get confused. You can lso play your scales going "i, m, a, m, i, m, a, m" basically starting on your index finger and going back and forth between your three. Just go slow at first. It is really awkward, but as you get used to it you'll find that studies and pieces get much easier.

[openwndowmaniac]

If you work on the simple arpeggio throughout the piece and practice it over the first two measures and gradually increase the speed I think you will develop the coordination.

[Klaudiusz1983]

I will do so.Thanx for advice is alweys good to here/read some tips....

[jedijenkeez45]

BEAUTIFUL!

[guitarclasic4693]

muy hermoso y muy eficiente para la velocidad

gracias maestro bream y tbm al Monteverdi

[Claire1Rogers]

does there exist any real footage , or audio of Tarrega himself?

[philomelodia]

No audio. This much I know. Barrios was the first classical guitarest to ever record himself and he did this around 1910-1913. Tarrega died in 1909. He could've recorded himself but never did.

[Claire1Rogers]

wow...thankyou, i mean really, thankyou.

I didnt expect such an informative response:)

But its sad, wud have loved to hear the composer of Alahambra play himself!

[philomelodia]

Indeed it is quite sad and you're quite welcome. Only too happy to be of service. You raise an interesting question though. I wonder who made the earliest recording of Recuerdos De La Alhambra. Did Llobert do it? He was Tarrega's student if memory serves so, it stands to reason that he would've played it somewhat close to how Tarrega himself would've done so. Anyone know?

[DenAnsiktslose]

Well, in all likelihood, Tarrega's probably isn't any better than other guitarists out now. He didn't play with finger nails, so it would be lacking a lot of the force in the song, but it still be nice to hear, of course. Though I don't care for him, John Williams probably performs Recuerdos de la Alahambra better than most. I'm also rather partial to Bream's and David Russel's.

[Onesnowbal]

Man...he is squeezing those notes out. What a face......brilliant.

[MrChisum]

I've just had another look and I believe that is Jose himself, although I know Liam has had a go at him as well and I'm pretty sure it was on the day this footage was shot.

He's also got a much better action than his dad.

[MrChisum]

The bowler is guitarmaker Jose Romanillos' son, Liam, who was, and perhaps still is quite a respectable medium quick bowler. He's also a tremendous maker in his own right.

Here he's performing under strict instructions from his dad to keep it very gentle and well pitched up as he was terrified of the possibility of Liam damaging Bream's fingers.

[cynic150]

I had not heard this before. Really entertaining and, of course, brilliantly played. Only second to Segovia himself.

[Datzfunk]

oops nevermind...Estudio Brilliante

[Datzfunk]

Does anyone else even try to cover this?

[omaregb]

im actually studying this piece ;)

[robicool]

is it hard..? (stupid question i know lol)

[omaregb]

well it depends of the player, for me its not too hard, but i get very tired in the beginning of the 4th page

[guitaroll]

You are saying it turns a straight man gay?

[davidfinkledrums]

Yes in fact...

it IS..................ok........­............!

I know it's 'classical and not 'crassical' nevertheless, rude people (such as I admittedly) can and will enjoy it as well.

And as I am a big fan...I'm not afraid say that "Julian Bream fucking rules" in my own special manner.

As my wisened ole' father always said: "Son.., Fuck em' if they can't take a joke!"

So here's to Bream...the best and most dynamic 'crassical guitarist since Barrios Mangore.

Thank you, goodnight.

[davidfinkledrums]

It may sound crass...but that run at 1:05 gives me a hard-on...

[Joshualancing]

....................ok........­...........?

[davidfinkledrums]

Yes in fact...

it IS..................ok........­............!

I know it's 'classical and not 'crassical' nevertheless, rude people (such as I admittedly) can and will enjoy it as well.

And as I am a big fan...I'm not afraid say that "Julian Bream fucking rules" in my own special manner.

As my wisened ole' father always said: "Son.., Fuck em' if they can't take a joke!"

So here's to Bream...the best and most dynamic 'crassical guitarist since Barrios Mangore.

Thank you, goodnight.

[inesofy]

~sem dúvida um dos melhores guitarristas do mundo

[Lilsteffibabe]

this guy rocks and heehee, his facial expressions are so cute!

[Ennarico]

incredible playing

[AntonIceChill]

seems quite difficult to play that tremelo *-) i got over the recuerdos de la alhambra but this... :p

[slawter687]

This is really just soooo good

[test123ok]

the expressions on his face are priceless :)

[Essential0000]

What is this pice called?

[guidovg]

read the name of the video.

[Vivace214]

Isn't it really called Estudio Brilliante? Damn good all the same. V.

[weynato]

Francisco Tarrega arranged for the guitar from a violin etude written by 19th century violinist and composer Delphin Alard.

[davidklausa]

Or the title in quotes at :15.

[classical10398]

This piece is called ''Estudio Brilliante"

I can play it.

[philomelodia]

Wonder if he found it easy to go from lute to guitar and back. I found out that he's very highly regarded as a lutinist though I only really knew him as a guitarist since that's my instrument and he's just about as good as it gets in my book. Anyone know if a guitarist easily becomes a lutinist or is he just that dang good?

[robicool]

i think you got it in one...hes just that dang good! i know a few people who see the lute as a progression from classical guitar, and they find it harder in some cases, but apparently once you get used to it, then you can generally switch between them. theyre definately not as good as julian bream, but you know lol

[amanogawa1]

i keep expecting john cleese to come leaping around the corner...

[yowsa52]

He may have been older at the time they formed, but I can see him as part of the Monte Python troop. He has great facial expressions.

[snuffeljay]

Haha, great

[thequestionto42]

Why did you write that! :P Now all I ca see is John Cleese strutting around the field making silly walks!

[LeeteaHutchin]

Breath taking!! Something, I've heard for the first time, but will her about a million more times before I get tired of it! I wont attempt to play this myself, that would be aiming far to high!!! Thank you for uploading this great performance Mr/Mrs (delete as appropriate!)

Lee x

[cubscout89]

Actually this song is not that difficult to play, once you see the sheet music. This song aka Estudio Brilliante. Ok, to play it the way Bream does is different story:) To play for your own personal enjoyment it's worth memorizing:)

[LeeteaHutchin]

Thanks man!! I did actually try a few bars of this the other day and your right, to get to breams speed level seems impossible!! I will persevere though!

[MoiDeCoentro]

why they call it 'study'? is it to believe the author could do better if he tried to do an actual 'music'?

[dwarvengiant]

no that isnt really what it implies , but what it does imply is that it concentrates on 1 specific technique or idea

[MoiDeCoentro]

Well thanks for the info, as you can see by my thumb-downed comment, I'm some kind of heretic now... the message is everywhere: don't question, go with the flock, it's sad...

[LeeteaHutchin]

Tahnk you for that bit of info dwarvengiant! I never knew that!

[blueguitarist]

your a fucking idiot

[MoiDeCoentro]

I think calling a music 'study' is almost like calling a baby 'human prototype'... Other than that, I'm glad you found the opportunity to insult someone.

[tiagoexatas]

supremo!

[robicool]

fantastic performance, short but effective lol itd be interesting to hear this transcribed onto piano

[Tom4321234321]

Parkening can really play this piece, but hell will freeze over before we see it here.

[RRZWOO]

Is there a particular reason why there aren't many Parkening videos on youtube?

[bilstew]

maybe he's not good enough ????

[RRZWOO]

No, I don't think that's it.

[petersuki]

After all, it is not the famous tremolo study. But it's actually more difficult to play well...it's a very well liked and well known, even famous piece, but people are not queuing up to put their versions on utube? I'd like to see how everyone does with this piece.

[petersuki]

It's not strictly a tremolo -rather arpeggios. One can here the tune very well, which is the difficulty. Julian has recorded this piece exquisitely in a studio. This take is played on a garden bench! It is a piece well known to players but few will venture a clean and pleasing live performance.

[docdoc]

the tremolo is beautiful but too weak! one can hardly hear it!

[omaregb]

maube because there is no tremolo?

[GabeSlice]

scary

[petersuki]

Peo kind grin

Will you post your version?

[BakedWalnut]

Aye - he appears to be a god also...

[petersuki]

This is a lovely guitar piece. I have not been able to find other versions of this on u tube. Where are the guitarists who can do justice to this tricky piece? I heard a Segovia recording from many years ago and he was great. What about our new breed? Who can play this well? Has John Williams recorded this?

[bilstew]

agree with you peter only thing ive heard to equal this is Gregor Piatigorsky playing "Romance" by Rubenstein on Cello(see Youtube)I was asking Per if he could transcribe the melody for C/Guitar.but feel it might lose out somewhat in the transcription.Bill.

[ryanguitar1]

absolutely awesome

[pgricardo2008]

Belíssima interpretação, até os pássaros entram na cabeça do compasso!!!!

[Gr00veT00be]

Greatest guitarist ever

[danielmagli]

meravigliosa interpretazione!

[jllobet]

Beautiful, I think this is the best interpretation I've listened of this piece.

[naturanaturans]

Think graceful interpretation as bream is

[thetiler]

Enjoyed the video as well as the music. Interesting touch being outside! Woundering if that was Julian making that swing. But hey, he can sure make that guitar classically swing!

[daco54]

not only is it julian bream with the criket bat its a criket bat made by the same guitar maker who made the guitar on the clip,the bowler is john williams .

[mr6uldv8]

if so, when was this video made? 60's?

Beautiful. I have an early of this by Segovia that is also beautiful. I would have loved to hear Tarrega play this too.

I first heard this played more slowly by a guitarist as the opening and closing theme song for a PBS series about plants where this gu