Chris Ball: Classical guitar on YouTube

Classical guitar on YouTube

Chris Ball — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:12:00 +0100

I've uploaded my first YouTube Video. YouTube is awesome for classical guitar — as well as seeing professionals play, you can watch other amateurs to get fingering ideas for a piece, or work out what you might like to learn next. Plenty of mistakes in my video, but it's a first attempt.

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Jon

Wed, 09 May 2007 17:10:11 +0100

Hi, Great playing! epecially loved the sound of the last chord - ala segovia!

In response to George Frederick Handel's question about fugues on the guitar:

It does require two hands to play one note, except in the case of slurs, which are produced by the left hand only.

Fugues are possible however since the guitar is capable of sustaining 3 and sometimes 4 or 5 voices. Check out the Bach fugue from BWV 998 Aka, prelude,fugue, and allegro. This is a 3 voice da-capo fugue originally composed for the lauten-werk (a keyboard instrument invented by Bach).

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Lion

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:52:08 +0000

nice video, Chris. Magic fingers on a classical guitar.

Do you know Carlos Montoya? One of the best in Spain (Flamenco).

Greetz

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Jon

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:56:36 +0000

The chords at the end sound great! like Segovia's chords ;) In response to GeorgeFrederickhandel's question about Fugues being played on the guitar -

There are many 3 and 4 voice fugues that are commonly played on the guitar such as Bach's prelude , fugue, and allegro BWV 998 and many other fugues from the violin sonatas and partitas. Even though it takes two fingers to make a sound (except for slurs which are L.H. only) we still have 10 fingers and therefor should be able to play at least a 4 voice fugue. Sometimes holding bass notes for their full duration has to be compromised however one can use articulation to create the illusion that the note is still sounding.

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by georgefriderichandel@yahoo.co.uk

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:31:06 +0100

Your a cracking player but can one play fugue on the guitar since you (more often than not)need two hands to play one note?

Regards Alan

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Andrew hancox

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:25:57 +0100

Beautiful Chris, just beautiful. Nice to see a wedding ring on that finger too.

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Chris

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:32:25 +0100

Thanks! No particular hints, other than making sure you have a piece you really want to learn. This was the first piece I'd played with a fugue in, so the time I spent learning it was fun rather than burdensome.

The forum at www.delcamp.net has many guitarists posting MP3s of their own creation; it's a nice way to hear new pieces, and is where I heard the one I played in the video.

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Anthony

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:14:37 +0100

Fantastic performance, great tone and neat fret work, any hints on playing ? I need some inspiration at the moment

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Chris

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:17:39 +0100

I used a score rather than tab, but there's tab at the URL below. It's in a different key (Em/Dm) but otherwise looks identical:

http://www.delcamp.net/pdf/tablature/weiss_fantasie_tablature.pdf

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Jonas

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:49:32 +0100

tabs for that online anywhere?

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Paul Mellors

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:57:40 +0100

Brilliant....one thing, how long is you little pinky ;)

"Classical guitar on YouTube" by Thomas Chung

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:53:39 +0100

Bravo!

-- Thomas