Recuerdos de la Alhambra

John Jarvie on classical guitar. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, by Francisco Tarrega. One of the best loved compositions for guitar.

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Music

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• Guitar
• classical
• acoustic
• Recuerdos
• de
• la
• Alhambra
• John
• Jarvie
• Tarrega
• Segovia
• Parkening
• Bream
• Williams
• Greeninger
• stand-up
• guitar
• Francisco Tárrega
• Cover
• Acoustic Guitar
• Guitar Cover

[forinstance872]

how do you control nerves on stage and fear of mistakes ? you really play flawlesly , amazing

[JohneJarvie]

@forinstance872 There is no easy answer to nerves. Time and experience- I've been doing this 35 years. There are things, like meditation, that can help, but nothing replaces just getting up in front of people every chance you have. I do not play flawlessly, although this performance was exceptionally error free by my standards. Missed notes, buzzes, wrong notes here or there are not important. The overall flow and expressiveness of the music is most important.

[forinstance872]

@JohneJarvie thanks for reply , heartening to know even great players like yourself make mistakes too, but playing at home to yourself or even recording a piece to upload on you tube is just light years away from performing on stage or for me performing in an exam , im doing my grade 5 thurs and im a little scared of messing up .....

[JohneJarvie]

@forinstance872 Exams and auditions are the hardest situations in which to play your best. I have found regular audiences to be very forgiving, as long as you play expressively. Nice work on "Romance de Amor" on your channel.

[JohneJarvie]

Thank you!

[Iaokanan29]

you're so original. The only guitarist I've seen playing classical pieces standing, and you do it pretty well. Congrats from an amateur!!

[psion0027]

For years I've been listening to a song called Etude by Mike Oldfield and i love it still.

Only now did I find out that Mike Oldfield's song is his own arrangement of this song.

And I gotta say this is just Brilliant!

[forinstance872]

@JohneJarvie thanks !!!! honoured you took the time to watch one of my videos !!!!

[luppo3]

So much pleasure for the soul.

[luppo3]

Now I understand what you mean about the phrasing. Thank you.

[monsterborn12]

Awesome