Bach Lute Suite BWV996 Prelude, Sean Frenette, lute

got me a lute from NEC's instruments library, refretted her, tuned her up, and gave it a go. Lute is awesome!

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[drummassa06]

Nice cross string trill technique. I am currently waging war on cross string trills and failing miserably :(

[elijahquest]

@drummassa06 Advice if you want it: Try right patterns involving p, a, i, a, i, a, .... etc. ending with double drag w/ a. These work well on trills that end with the lower note. A great two string trill is p,a, i, m.... you can roll that one forever just like xylophones trill between two notes to give the impression of a sustained chord. Try not to wage "war" with this... we got enough of that in the world! Practice very slowly and with love. Peace to you.

[evilkanival1423]

como se llama ese instrumento?

[elijahquest]

@evilkanival1423 Se llama "lute"; este instrumento era del "renaissance".

[luteguitar]

the piece is well played, but playing a music for a 13 course baroque lute on a renaissance lute and with guitar technique doesn't sound good, it sounds like a guitar with reverb but not like a lute I suggest to you to hear to Paul O'dette Baroque lute recordings.

Another thing I want to say is that the medieval-renaissance oud was fretted like a lute, the lute became very different from the oud just in the second half of the 15th century, when they added course and they played with fingers.

[elijahquest]

BTW, this music was actually written on the Lautenwerke, a keyboard instrument. Bach may not have been so particular about which plucked string instrument it would eventually be played on. Maybe he'd appreciate guitar with reverb....

[elijahquest]

I've heard the Paul O-dette lute recordings. They are very good. However, I wasn't trying to create a historically accurate sound here; I was simply auditioning for Cirque du Soleil and they wanted me to play on "as many different instruments as possible". I am not a lutenist per say, in fact I've only ever played the lute for the week that I rented it for this video.

[jordanfelder]

Working on lute technique myself (progress is slooooow) it is very different from classical guitar. Your trills are on p and i typically. Which means your thumb is tucked in so you can reach the higher strings to do faster left hand notes.

[paulgiamb]

@elijahquest

great point! someone that is finally remembering that this piece was for lautenwerk and not for lute :-) maybe that guitar approach is closer to lautenwerk than the lute itself

[crumbon]

Some people talks about what kind of instrument you are using, what kind of string and the the way you play and all those shits!

Good job man.Keep up the good work. Ya don`t have to be Paul O`dette nor Nigel North or Hopkinson Smith etc.

I like your music.

[profesorsergio]

This is an excellent performace!!. Thank you. Favourite and shared. Cheers!!!, Sergio.

[purp68]

Hey, I auditioned for Cirque du Soleil aswell and had to video myself playing lots of instruments. Nice video.

[inzyboy777]

has anyone tried these NEC or the Zachary Taylor lutes? Is it worth it or should I just save my money and blow it on the real thing? Since I graduated I can longer borrow the ones from school and I am looking for a solution. Thanks