'Le Jardin D'Adonis' by Pierre Bensusan, played by Ben Powell

This is one of my favourite pieces to play...

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• Fingerstyle
• DADGAD
• Pierre
• Bensusan
• Alchimiste
• Michael
• Hedges
• Clive
• Carroll
• Lowden
• acoustic
• Steve
• Vai
• Folk
• World
• Giltrap

[Lokipri]

"This is one of my favorite pieces to play" Well Ben, this is one of my favorite pieces to listen to, when you play it. ¦)

[BenPowellGuitar]

@Lokipri Thank you! :)

[jazzpsalti]

damn man I forgot how hard those m11's are in DADGAD. I wanted to post my version of this tune but it's gonna have to wait. You're killin it Ben!!!

[BenPowellGuitar]

Q- is that a good thing? :D

Good to hear from you mate. I'll be in touch later.

[samadhist]

Hey Ben. This song has been really difficult for me in particular. Not as hard as Bouree Voltige, though! :)

One question about your right hand technique: How do you approach those rolls that Pierre does, for example, at ~2:05. Do you pick the same string with multiple fingers? Is it more in the left hand or the right hand in your opinion?

Thanks, and best wishes!

[BenPowellGuitar]

Thank you! That last roll (second from last bar) involves a hammer on and also a slide on the 5th string. Other than that the RH is fairly straightforward - I use p p (hammer on) i a m a m i p i p (slide) m p m i a i m p a!

I think the hard bit of these rolls is getting the a m a m bit smooth. The trick for me is practicing downward rolls of a m i or a m i p in isolation, really slowly - notice how they FEEL to the right hand - then applying them. Hope this helps.

Best wishes

Ben

[kitikunokami]

perfect cover!!

this is the best pierre's cover i've ever seen on youtube.

[SomeGuitarStuff]

This is magnificent from start to finish. You do it justice.

[andrewlardner]

Fantastic playing. The subtle changes in the phrasing and even in some of the notes as played by Pierre on the original recording come off very well. Such careful musical consideration is hard to come by on the youtube

[nicbos]

Really wonderful mate. Your playing is deep and emotive, thank you so much for this passionate rendition of a beautiful song.

[jazzpsalti]

@Crailair I agree totally. Ben's phrasing is more musical to my ears than Pierre himself... EXCEPT at 0:48, the line as Pierre plays it is one of my favorite things in his whole career. If that were in Ben's performance here, then it'd be essentially flawless (musically)

[Crailair]

Dare I say?!....

.... Ben powell's version is ...BETTER than the original intuite recording?!?

I don't know, ive listened to the original 500+ times and for some reason I like your ver more.

Just my opinion, and its nice to see some one playing the song. You play very very well.

[ocireple]

I saw you at a piazza in Rome last month. I was going to buy your CD, we went to eat an when we came back you were gone. I really enjoyed to music. Let me know how to buy that album you were selling.

John

[rudessdfdf]

inspiring

[Nikos47]

Excellent Ben !! J'adore ! Bensusan te va comme un gant !