Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod - acoustic guitar

This has got to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. It will be really hard to play & sing this perfectly, but the longest journey starts with the first step, and here is my first step with this song ...

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• guitar
• learning
• classical
• singing
• sacred
• song

[Giotto1400]

Thank you so much! But please keep working your rendition. I like it very much.

[ImOfTheWoods]

@Giotto1400 OK, thanks. 8o)

[Giotto1400]

Yes, unless you're performing live and mistakes will be less noticeable, then it's always best to work on multiple tracks. The vocal track especially is very easy to edit, so you can do your best in a relatively short time. Otherwise, I can testify that a piece like this requires lots of time and, for me, lost sleep, to do to satisfaction.

[ImOfTheWoods]

@Giotto1400 Thank you again. I've had a listen to yours now and it is lovely guitar and fine singing. Thank you for taking the time & the great suggestions - very kind of you. Merry Christmas. 8o)

[Giotto1400]

Don't mention it! It's a piece worth revisiting, I think, for its universal appeal and also for the challenges it presents to a singer and guitar player, not to mention one person doing both. I have never recorded it the way you do, BTW, with the voice and guitar together; I did mine on separate tracks and it was easier.

[ImOfTheWoods]

@Giotto1400 So true! Yes, now that I'm a bit more experienced, I've tried separate tracks on others songs. I might have a better chance if I focus on one, then the other. Will try this again in the New Year. Thanks again! 8o)

[Giotto1400]

A new version of the same video, different soundtrack

[ImOfTheWoods]

@Giotto1400 Thank you very much. I have not worked on it - somehow I thought that I really couldn't do it much better than I already have - I might make it worse. But now you have me re-considering it. Maybe in the New Year. Thank you for your comment. 8o)

[Giotto1400]

Very nice rendition. I hope you continue to work it. 

[ImOfTheWoods]

@Rogeliorock2 Gracias tanto - very kind of you! 8o)