Asturias Albeniz High tuned guitar Kertsopoulos

Y.Kertsopoulos interprets Asturias by Isaac Albeniz on a high tuned guitar giving an F#minor, octave higher transport, to the usual Eminor fingering.In 1948 A.Segovia introduced the nylon string aesthetic of A.Augustine. The classical and flamenco guitar enjoys this aesthetic for more than sixty years and J.Bream, J.Williams, D.Fampas, the Romero family, C.Parkening, Alirio Diaz, R.Dyens, L.Almeida, Paco de Lucia, P.Pena, C.Montoya, Sabicas, Serranito are only a few of the guitarists that play with great success this aesthetic which has worldwide acceptance today. A.Barrios and H.V.Lobos played with metal strings while D.Prat, A.Lauro, F.Tarrega, R.Montoya played with gut strings. At the time of M.Giuliani, M.Carcassi, L.Legnani, F.Carulli, F.Sor, D.Aguado the guitar was strung with metal, gut and silk strings and had either double courses or single strings. Also further back in history G.Sanz, Bermudo, Brescianello played the guitar in higher pitched tunings and the triple strung guitarra battente was popular mainly in Italy. Y.Kertsopoulos introduced in 1994 the Kertsopoulos Aesthetics which as a multiplex open architecture scheme provide the possibility of reviving and realizing the many faces of the guitar's aesthetics, as they have been recorded in history. Among many guitarists that play the aesthetics Smaro Gregoriadou has made many succesful first world presentations of different aspects of aesthetic styles in guitar interpretation.

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[ayeGyi36]

how many strings are there on this guitar? I saw quite a number of them

[gkertsopoulos]

This is a triple-double-single string guitar.Three strings on the 6th and 5th, two strings on the 4th and 3d and one string on the 2nd and 1st strings.

Cheers, Yorgos

[GUITARRRRA]

Is this a guitar solo or do you have a violin backing you up? Your tremolo is just perfect, any tips?

[gkertsopoulos]

It is a guitar solo with no backing up whatsoever, keep your fingers as close as possible to the strings, pluck the string with the weight of the fingers and use action-reaction in-between the movements, cheers, Yorgos

[mku17ra]

I'm quite honestly, sick and tired of hearing this piece on youtube (for some reason people think this piece would make them an instant virtuoso guitar player). However, it's fresh to my ears once again, thanks to you.

[unagondolaunremo]

wonderful, impressionante!

[boatynoh]

Everything about this recording is perfect. The slight distortion only enhances the simultaneous explosion of all my internal organs.

[basst25avril]

magique!

[eschelar]

The guitar is at the same time obscenely ugly and deeply fascinating. Kind of like a pungent cheese perhaps. Something you don't put every day on your fajitas, but definitely something that can be enjoyed occasionally with the right setting.

You have some excellent variations in your interpretation. I especially the intensity at around 4:50 (second time it shows up). Breathtaking.

I haven't finished learning the whole thing, so I just improvise and I like it.

PS. Get a better mike. :)

[philomelodia]

That guitar has a very sweet crystaline sound. Is it tuned 5 halfsteps up? It sounds very much like a requinto though, truth to tell, I have never heard a requinto do that and I grew up listening to the best Trios of all like Los Tres Reyes, Los Panchos and others who had very accomplished lead requinteros. You are an excelent guitarist.

Classical Guitarist

[Johancielto13]

one day im going to make you a offer for this guitar that you cant refuse

[GUITARRRRA]

Thank you so much for the tip. It sounds as if you have an orchestra backing you up. Thanks once again for the invite.