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This was so fun! Thanks so much Samurai Guitar 🙂 I'll look forward to sharing the video of you teaching me my first Blues Guitar lesson on my channel soon!
Been lurking both y'all's channels for years, and it brought me a huge amount of joy watching you two collaborate. Well done, and excellent indoctrination, Brandon! :D
_"Next thing you know you're going to have nails.. no friends.."_ That laugh. 🤣😂🤣 I can relate. This was unexpected and really fum. I've always been a fan of many genres, so I really enjoyed this.
That face Sammy G made when Brandon showed him the different timbral approaches on the classical guitar is the stuff that keeps a teacher going despite everything. This was excellent!
this general experience is why i'm studying to be a teacher. Not a music teacher, although i will try that out for sure, but seeing someone get genuinely excited by what you're teaching them, seeing a student finally "get it"... one of the best feelings out there
@@thomasmiddlebrooke1012 - yeah, I saw! I wish he’d revisit metal- it’s evolved so much the past 5 years with thumping, hybrid and selective picking techniques.. I feel Brandon would be exceptional in the prog metal scene.
A friend of mine from my high-school metal band days went on from a super-shredder to quite respected classical player. Even back then he was obsessed with doing a metal rendition of Paganini's Caprice No. 5 as he 'couldn't stop hearing it in his head' and he was trying to convince us that it was 'metal music of the XIX century'. Gosh darn it, I think he was onto something...
It was honestly unbelievably comforting watching an accomplished, skilled guitarist struggle with the same things I've been struggling with starting classical guitar.
It’s really funny how that happens sometimes. I have been playing metal guitar for like 10 years now, but you put an acoustic in my hand and it’s like I forget what instrument is.
Several, if not many, years ago I ran across a "Spanish" guitar at an estate sale. The thing was like $45. In good shape with a hard case. I figured 'why not'. I had modern electrics and acoustics. Turned out that this guitar was made in the Philippines during WWII. I'm no classical guitar expert - or player for that matter - but to my ear, it sounds pretty decent. I drag it out on occasion and noodle with it. The sound is just SO relaxing.
Nylon guitars are to me the greatest version of classical guitars. It can give you a sharp or soothing sound, harmonics and the slightly muted sound that feels like each note flow into another
Brandon points out a critical thing with how the score is a mechanical or technical way of playing the song, but nowhere does it tell you how to express it in the moment. That’s the magic of music and can be applied to every genre. This was such an incredible video!
I had a few classical guitar lessons 50 years ago, but didn't understand the part about practicing slowly to build muscle memory and practicing a piece a gazillion times until you've really got it. My ADD kept on getting distracted with folk music and rock 'n' roll (of course, at the time no one knew what ADD was.) And what I really wanted to learn was fingerpicking for playing like James Taylor. Along the way I applied some of the classical techniques and now I play to relax and keep on learning.
Brandon is great (as a person who knows only a minimal amount about classical guitar) for not slavishly recommending everything Segóvia recommended and enccouraging people to just pick up lute tab from 100s of years ago and giving it a bash.
@@CheerfulPessimist686 true that. He was a far better player than Brendon though in more ways than one. He was definitely one of the greats but I wouldn't have wanted to be his student that's for sure.
@@CheerfulPessimist686 You say that as if political ideology would in anyway influence a person's ability to play the guitar. I mean, why did you even bring it up when nobody was talking about that? The guy died nearly 40 years ago, his political opinions died with him but his contribution to music is what will be remembered. Let the bad die, let the good live.
@@highestsettings Why are you talking about his playing? That wasn't the topic of this thread. I do believe his actions and his legacy would be been different--and better--if he'd had a different worldview. The government of Franco, whom Segovia supported, oppressed, imprisoned, and killed artists for their politics. You talk as if a few decades is some unbridgeable ocean of time. And while I do wish that fascist political opinions were dead, there's bad news for you on that front. You may prefer to whitewash over history, but the man should be remembered as he actually was, not as a plaster saint for your comfort. No 'memory hole', no sanitizing, no gaslighting. It truly is worthwhile knowing that even deeply flawed people can make positive contributions, and that even the giants in a particular field remain imperfect human beings.
This is so cool. Thank you for sharing. My guitar playing started in classical music when I was 7 years old. I regret not keeping up that part of my guitar playing as it is really a beautiful thing when you play and hear it. My dad loved to hear me practice but I can tell you those first couple of years was frustrating. (I am now 57)
My parents had vinyl records and a couple of them had classical guitars on them. One was John Williams playing Bach. Such a beautiful album. The other was Classical Gas by Mason Williams. A great mix of classical guitar and modern ensemble music. Although I myself can not play classical guitar like Brandon Acker (or even the 9 year old virtuoso), I still enjoy the sound and the emotion the artist brings to the instrument. It's fun to dabble with from time to time.
great to see other guitarists try classical. The store at the end was great too. hearing Brandon say there's a "Resistance" with the cheaper guitars perfectly explains it. I'm stuck with a $170 C40 for now, one of these days I'll get down to a shop and see what a real guitar is actually like. I've been playing it for almost a year now and it really just does feel 'stiff' sometimes, no other way to explain it.
I’ve played electric for most of my life. However, one summer I decided to take classical guitar lessons and wow! It’s such a beautiful instrument! So much different than electric. I love it!
I really love how much both of you seem to be getting out of this experience. Sam is like "this is a dimension of this instrument I've never explored and I'm so hyped to learn more" while Brandon is like "I would love nothing more than to geek out about this niche thing that I love so much to someone who has a solid basis to understand it".
The very first song I ever learned on guitar was Romanza. Coming from a classical background (cello, violin, viola and bass), I always wanted get into guitar, but for rock. Ended up playing mostly metal and neo-classical/prog, which is a nice blend between the two. It's crazy to hear the difference between the "cheap" guitars vs the 5k+ ones. I never really feel like you can truly do the same with electric guitars to that same level of distinctness. It's just so drastically different.
I find the electronics tend to make the biggest difference. There is nuance in the construction of the body but like, $60 pickups and $1000 pickups is where the massive difference is going to lie. Other things like your bridge style (and I don't care what the benefits are, a Floyd Rose bridge is a hateful thing and you can't convince me otherwise) or machine heads or just what tone adjustments you can do is what makes an expensive electric guitar worth it. The rest is just craftsmanship. Smooth frets, good intonation, a strong neck, good wiring... Marks of a good guitar.
This and the companion piece, in which Samurai Guitar teaches Brandon the blues, is (are?) fascinating. It's like two guys from different dimensions finding something in common. Outstanding content.
I studied classical piano years ago, and seeing a modern-style guitarist like Sammy G exploring the world of classical guitar with such an open mind makes me really happy. Modern guitar is objectively phenomenal, but it is wonderful that a List A guitar youtuber is high-lighting the origins of guitar in such an honest way. Keep making these videos Mr G, your content continues to grow and develop in a way that I am loving.
Thank you for this video, and I have been a classical guitarist for 15 years. I played so many master pieces over the years and went back to electric guitar and didn't even touch the classical guitar. It's strange why I did that but after watching this I went straight to my classical guitar and played ❤ thank you for bringing back my memories and made me play beautiful classical music again ❤🙏🙏
Just your conversation about feeling the magic of something new again inserted some of that feeling in my brain and I immediately picked up my 6 and started practicing, so, thanks. Ive bombarded myself with so much extreme music of all different genres that just some simple classical on an acoustic is so refreshing and beautiful.
The Brune's are easily the most fun people I have had the pleasure to meet. I remember messing around and playing Master of Puppets on either a Torres or Hauser back at GFA 2018 and Richard and I both laughing our asses off having such a GREAT time! Everyone should have a Brune at this point. I'm sooo glad that Brandon, Rob, and Sammy have been able to really show the beauty and ranges of their guitars.
I come from a classical background and fingerpicking is second nature after years of playing - but had to practice hard recently to do a good simple boom-chuck. Funny to see it from the other direction here into fingerpicking. Always more to learn and appreciate..
I was introduced to these guys by their videos with Marshall guessing the guitar just by hearing Brandon play it. Genuinely worth finding them, they're great! Brandon's a genuine viruoso, and Marshall is insanely impressive at his craft. Loving this collab!
this was an excellent video - thanks so much for exploring the classicals. I recently spent quite a bit of time trying out classicals for my son who is starting to become interested in them (and also flamenco music) and I was struck just how foreign the instrument felt - I've been playing electrics and acoustics for 30+ years and I was dumbfounded how much I felt like a newb when trying these instruments. we ended up getting him a lower-end yamaha after he tried a few and it was the right fit. gotta admit, when i hear him in his room messing with la malaguena i get shivers listening to it. They are truly amazing instruments. Please do more like this - more guitarists need to explore classicals.
I love my classical guitar. Of the "stable" I only have one, and it's the "Yamaha beater" of classical guitars, I think I paid 400 bucks for it new. It's great though, it's such a unique playing experience versus all my other guitars, plus those nylons can be nice on sore fingers. This was a joy to watch! Your video got me to pull out my old music book for classical. Thanks!
Yamaha makes great classical guitars! I prefer Cordoba, but in the same way I prefer Wendy's over Culver's, where it's just a matter of preference and not of quality.
one of the best things I did was pick up a classical guitar while learning my scales and arpeggios to make some really beautiful stuff it really conveys so much emotion and teaches you a lot of control of expression as you play. it was a cheap entry level one but man does it ever sound incredible mic'd up with some reverb too :3
As a Spaniard and a guitarist I feel great pride when watching these types of videos!! In many places in the world it is called Spanish guitar. Definitely the Spanish guitar makers are among the best in the world...in Granada I met many foreigners who came to study how to be a flamenco guitar luthier and they were all crazy about the techniques and mastery of the Spanish... thank you for these videos
As one of those foreigners in Granada (well La Herradura but Granada province) who made the guitar Brandon is playing in this video this comment is very nice to read
there’s so much room for nuance in classical guitar, like, there’s so much depth to explore in every area, you really can work on a song for a decade and still feel like you’re learning.
I learned to play guitar on a cheap classical, and I didn't know that other acoustic guitars were different. So I would play Iron Maiden bass lines, attempts at Metallica parts, Jane's Addiction parts, etc. on that guitar. I learned fingerstyle on that guitar, learned a few classical tunes. My other guitar was electric, it was for all the metal stuff. Thirty years, I've picked up a steel string acoustic and realized just how different that instrument is. But I've always appreciated that I started on a classical. Oh, and it makes wide frets seem so easy, in fact, I prefer any guitar with a wide nut.
Thats great!! I'd love to see some future videos of you doing some classical guitar playing as you get more comfortable with it. Once you start, you're hooked, I was! My Jackson started slowly collecting more dust, I love classical guitar so much...the raw emotion! I fell back at a campfire event and ruined mine beyond repair. So, I'm dusting off my Jackson again... just like riding a bike. I watched your Klon video a year ago and decided to buy one from wish. I put it before my Boss EQ-20 and my sound has never been better! Rock on brother!!🙂
Guitar for the right hand! All seriousness, i love hearing brandon acker talk about guitar, and i had the same reaction as you had when he was explaining dynamics and timber.
Man, thanks so much for making this video. I really enjoyed it. I think the vast majority of electric guitar players really don't know much about classical guitar, and how different it is. It really is like a completely different instrument to play. And to watch a virtuoso play, is really something else. The level of technical proficiency is mind boggling. I abandoned the electric guitar several years ago, and have become obsessed with the classical guitar. It's in my hands the majority of the time I'm home.
Hell yeah, Sammy G! This is a great video and I hope people see the nuance and beauty of the classical guitar. I play electric, flamenco, and classical…so this was something I enjoyed watching and hearing.
Bought a $150 dollar Yamaha classical.. it was.. surprisingly good. Got an air bubbler and stuck it to the treble side, closed the air-out side with a screw so it was vib'ing super fast.. left it for a week.. did the same on the bass side with big open vibes (loosen the screw..) .. left for a week.. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GUITAR. To this day when I pick that up it's better than my 1200 one.
It is always such an enlightening experience to see somebody who is already extremely experienced at one instrument pick up something new. In this case especially, because it isn't even a new instrument but a new style. Watching a great musician struggle and be humbled by a brand new challenge gives some perspective to newer musicians that everyone had to start somewhere
started on classical didn’t mess with it journeyed through several electrics and acoustics. It wasn’t until I had injured my wrists skating and took a summer off guitar and when I came back I didn’t plug into my setup or even pick up the acoustic, I went towards the classical and it really opened my eyes. Started crafting up compositions and different ideas because I was so engulfed in this sound. Truly a wonderful instrument, I’ll still go crazy on my other guitar but when the weathers right, this one’s in my arms.
Wow, this is great. I think one of the greatest things about Classical Guitar is the interpretation and how different two players will make the same piece sound. In my mind Julian Bream will always be the gold standard but I like others as well.
Hey Sammy, some great pieces you should check out to learn are: Sor - Op 60 No 5 and No 6, Tarrega - Lagrima, Adelita, Etude in E minor. Giuliani's 120 arpeggios 😉
It's incredible to see people I consider great guitarists try what I've been doing since 9 I can barely pick anything but a classical guitar and sometimes feel a bit envious about people who play the guitar in different ways (I love electric guitar and crazy guitar solos are the reason I started music school as a kid) Still, it does feel nice to see it's not easy for people so great to play it with soul, makes me a bit prouder to have done it for so many years :)
What I would really like to see in the future is for you to take these expressions and variations learnt about classical and apply it to your own blues style, there's so much to learn from different styles that can carry over to other genres
I trained on classical as well - also by accident! I walked into a guitar store and picked up a classical guitar and picked out Pink Floyd's Classical Guitars - ended up buying that guitar and when asked what kind of lessons I wanted I said "Well, it's a classical guitar, I guess I'll take classical lessons." lol - 35 years later and I don't regret that decision. Edit: I should add that I'm not as excellent as Brandon - I'm merely good at it.
When I first started learning guitar, I was struggling greatly with using a pick. I had a Spanish style guitarist show me some fingerstyle, and eventually met his teacher who taught me some Flamenco style as well. My right hand has developed a hybrid style using folksy style grip and hand placement, but my fingers move like a classical guitarist, and it's really helped shape my own tone and style. It also turns out that one of my great ancestors was Dioniso Aguado, and one of my goals for guitar was to learn some of his work. I definitely have been slacking on that goal, for as much influence and love as there is for the genre, it's not my music I play or my story to tell. But I still listen to it from time to time and frequently find myself incorporating elements of the style in my work.
I love this guitar 'cross-cultural' roadtrip! Actually, I had already imagined Brandon doing a 'roadtrip' format where he's driving and picks up a guitarist of another genre, talk shop and play what they know/compare notes, etc. This is as close to that vision as I could have hoped PLUS they added the luthier angle! Outstanding, guys!
Ha! Perfect! And Flamenco style is another world connected to Classic by just a nylon string guitar and similar technique but also very different. Although Randy Rhoads wasn’t flamenco, you can understand his allure to move into classical from metal…
Now this is really superb content. I personally have long loved nearly all forms of guitar music, not just the metal/rock/prog/instrumental rock/jazz which live closest to my heart but also classical, flamenco, folk, etc. I don't believe I am special, but I do believe widening one's horizons is never, ever a bad thing for any music lover. Well done here!
Dear Samny G, your videos are always entertaining and fun to watch. But this one is so extraordinary ❤❤❤ I got goosebumps - Thanks so much. Greetings from Germany, Dietmar
Enjoy your trip! I'm a classical guitarist by training. That alone has helped me pick up the other genres with relative ease. In an ideal world, and in my opinion, every guitar player would start with classical guitar.
Last year I found a holy Grail $10,000 guitar for $100 at a pawn shop. The metalhead owners saw "Alvarez" on the label and assumed it was an infamous cheap Japanese Alvarez classical guitar , not a Spanish handmade Juan Alvarez by a master... Literally the happiest day of my life. They never even bothered to tune it up. After 35 years playing, the best sounding guitar I've ever played in my life.
@@P.B.andJamGOOD ON YOU! I had a different kind of ten-grand experience: I went downtown with my then-very young son to the highbrow classical guitar store. Once inside I noticed something was amiss. He had a few steel-string models hanging on the wall. And in between a row of nylon-strings was this unimpressive, cheap black steel- , and the guy boasted, See this one? It's worth TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS! But, since I had my son with me, I wasn't able to ask the man WHY IT WASN'T IN IT'S FU**ING CASE?! The shop went out of business not long after.
I've been stuck with a $100 guitar that I refurbished and re-keyed for 15 years now. While it's sentimentally valuable to me it fights everything I try to play on it. It's been my great ambition to find a nice $2000 guitar to get that massive step up in quality, but I've never had the money. One day I'll get there and I will appreciate every last note I play on it.
@@P.B.andJam I just recently had an experience like that but way lesser. I found a valve trombone that was musty, crusty, dusty, and every other adjective that ends with usty. The guy sold it to me for $25 and I spent a night just cleaning it thoroughly and now it probably costs like $300, not as much of a difference as the $10,000 yours was, but still pretty good imo
Such a treat to see Brandon recommend Romance as your first piece. It was my first piece and I still love it. Learned by tab on a cheap steel string. 😂
Seeing Sammy G play through Spanish Romance that first time gave me so much nostalgia. That was also the first piece I learned when I majored in classical guitar in college.
My first classical and far and away the guitar i have the most time on is a mini yamaha that i bought in Bahrain. It has crossed the atlantic with me 5 times
my first guitar was actually a classical guitar! it was pretty cheap and didnt sound that great, but was fun to play edit: i actually still have it! i cant play it right now because i put it in left handed cuz i got bored one day
This is easily one of my favorite videos of yours…it reminds me of a pivot point in my former surfing career where I would surf in places and waves that are so different, even though all the basics are there, there is a new learning curve that can be exhilarating or frustrating, depending on your attitude. The look on your face reflects the exhilaration perfectly.
I've taught classical guitar. When I started, I was surprised at how some talented guitarists coming from other backgrounds found the classical playing position and fingerstyle difficult to master. Personally, I started with classical and moved on from there, and to this day, I far prefer a classical fingerstyle on an electric to using a pick. Also, people think I play in a quite strange position when standing with an electric because I position the guitar up against my chest and into a classical position with the nut at about my eye level.
I came to classical technique purely to just round myself out as a player, but now I'm 100% a guy that on electric, steel string, or electric bass is playing in classical position and if I'm standing my strap sets it relatively high and I look like a nerd.... but it just makes sense ergonomically and I feel like it's insane to sacrifice so much facility to look cooler with a neck parallel the the ground and wrists bent like crazy. I feel almost equally comfortable fingerstyle or with a pick.
I always enjoy your videos. It's great to see you exploring the world of classical guitar. If you think of Segovia as "The Hendrix of classical guitar", I think you'll be amazed to listen to some of the newer players. Vera Danilina is a hot new talent, but there are dozens of young and middle aged players who have taken classical guitar playing to a level Segovia never approached. Classical guitar building is also enjoying an era of innovation and excellence. Joshia de Jonge is an outstanding Canadian builder. There are a great number of other excellent classical builders in Canada, the U.S, and around the world. This could be a whole new adventure for Samurai Guitarist.
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“I’ve been playing [Romanza] now, forever”
Brandon subtly confirming the rumors he is a centuries-old vampire
Thank you for resurrecting (ahem) this meme, which is one of my favorites!
@@KarenPautz It's truly risen from it's casket thanks to the well placed words of this follower of Brandon's
A guitar-playing vampire. That sounds like a great premise for an anime.
Trueeee@@unduloid
What was the piece in 1200 dollar priced guitar. 9.40
This was so fun! Thanks so much Samurai Guitar 🙂
I'll look forward to sharing the video of you teaching me my first Blues Guitar lesson on my channel soon!
Been lurking both y'all's channels for years, and it brought me a huge amount of joy watching you two collaborate. Well done, and excellent indoctrination, Brandon! :D
This is an excellent crossover
as a former metal guitarist, you already have a bit of a base, too!
_"Next thing you know you're going to have nails.. no friends.."_ That laugh. 🤣😂🤣 I can relate.
This was unexpected and really fum. I've always been a fan of many genres, so I really enjoyed this.
Dude, you're such a great teacher. I've used some of your classical lessons in my own technique now. 🖤☠🤍
Thanks for coming by! It was a blast meeting you and playing with cool guitars!
It’s so great and heart warming to see the next generation of builders keeping legacies alive. Awesome work you’re doing!
i wouldn't at all complain seeing you and brandon bringing classical music and guitars to other content creators as well.
Nice watch Marshall!
U are the star of this video, and obviously the one w Rob Scallon too. You should start your own for real.
Anybody know the song being played at 10:33?
That face Sammy G made when Brandon showed him the different timbral approaches on the classical guitar is the stuff that keeps a teacher going despite everything. This was excellent!
I know what you mean. That was the best expression.😊
this general experience is why i'm studying to be a teacher. Not a music teacher, although i will try that out for sure, but seeing someone get genuinely excited by what you're teaching them, seeing a student finally "get it"... one of the best feelings out there
But hooly moly it sounds so nice. I made the same face when I saw it
What was the piece in 1200 dollar priced guitar. 9.40
Brandon is so cool. Hard to imagine he was a metal guitarist one day.
classical and metal aren’t too far off. Definitely the most fun to play.
@@thomasmiddlebrooke1012 - yeah, I saw! I wish he’d revisit metal- it’s evolved so much the past 5 years with thumping, hybrid and selective picking techniques.. I feel Brandon would be exceptional in the prog metal scene.
A friend of mine from my high-school metal band days went on from a super-shredder to quite respected classical player. Even back then he was obsessed with doing a metal rendition of Paganini's Caprice No. 5 as he 'couldn't stop hearing it in his head' and he was trying to convince us that it was 'metal music of the XIX century'. Gosh darn it, I think he was onto something...
@@ifeelfantaastic2425 YES. I agree. Let's get Brandon some thumping lessons.
@@ZachMcCordProgSomebody needs to get Brandon and Charlie Robbins in a room together.
It was honestly unbelievably comforting watching an accomplished, skilled guitarist struggle with the same things I've been struggling with starting classical guitar.
It’s really funny how that happens sometimes. I have been playing metal guitar for like 10 years now, but you put an acoustic in my hand and it’s like I forget what instrument is.
@@Sharvictus different worlds
@@Sharvictusthis is me going from classical to an Electric guitar 😭😭😭
You can never go wrong having Brandon on your channel! This is great!
Several, if not many, years ago I ran across a "Spanish" guitar at an estate sale. The thing was like $45. In good shape with a hard case. I figured 'why not'. I had modern electrics and acoustics. Turned out that this guitar was made in the Philippines during WWII. I'm no classical guitar expert - or player for that matter - but to my ear, it sounds pretty decent. I drag it out on occasion and noodle with it. The sound is just SO relaxing.
Nylon guitars are to me the greatest version of classical guitars. It can give you a sharp or soothing sound, harmonics and the slightly muted sound that feels like each note flow into another
Brandon points out a critical thing with how the score is a mechanical or technical way of playing the song, but nowhere does it tell you how to express it in the moment. That’s the magic of music and can be applied to every genre. This was such an incredible video!
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well notation actually does but as this is a solo intrument you can play with that
Great video! Brandon Acker is SCARY good -- love his performances and lessons. Awesome collaboration, Sam!
I had a few classical guitar lessons 50 years ago, but didn't understand the part about practicing slowly to build muscle memory and practicing a piece a gazillion times until you've really got it. My ADD kept on getting distracted with folk music and rock 'n' roll (of course, at the time no one knew what ADD was.) And what I really wanted to learn was fingerpicking for playing like James Taylor. Along the way I applied some of the classical techniques and now I play to relax and keep on learning.
Brandon is great (as a person who knows only a minimal amount about classical guitar) for not slavishly recommending everything Segóvia recommended and enccouraging people to just pick up lute tab from 100s of years ago and giving it a bash.
old lute tabs are great if you can read them tho.
Segovia did some great things for guitar, for a literal fascist.
@@CheerfulPessimist686 true that. He was a far better player than Brendon though in more ways than one. He was definitely one of the greats but I wouldn't have wanted to be his student that's for sure.
@@CheerfulPessimist686 You say that as if political ideology would in anyway influence a person's ability to play the guitar. I mean, why did you even bring it up when nobody was talking about that? The guy died nearly 40 years ago, his political opinions died with him but his contribution to music is what will be remembered. Let the bad die, let the good live.
@@highestsettings Why are you talking about his playing? That wasn't the topic of this thread.
I do believe his actions and his legacy would be been different--and better--if he'd had a different worldview.
The government of Franco, whom Segovia supported, oppressed, imprisoned, and killed artists for their politics.
You talk as if a few decades is some unbridgeable ocean of time. And while I do wish that fascist political opinions were dead, there's bad news for you on that front.
You may prefer to whitewash over history, but the man should be remembered as he actually was, not as a plaster saint for your comfort. No 'memory hole', no sanitizing, no gaslighting.
It truly is worthwhile knowing that even deeply flawed people can make positive contributions, and that even the giants in a particular field remain imperfect human beings.
I'd love to see a "progression" series where you keep us updated on how it's going
Would be really cool to see you progress
Marshall and Brandon are great, it's good to see them pop up again in my musical youtube feed.
This is so cool. Thank you for sharing. My guitar playing started in classical music when I was 7 years old. I regret not keeping up that part of my guitar playing as it is really a beautiful thing when you play and hear it. My dad loved to hear me practice but I can tell you those first couple of years was frustrating. (I am now 57)
Pick it up again, I did at age 46 & it’s been a source of frustration, curiosity & joy for years.
What’s meant for you will not pass you by!
Man, something about that 12k guitar is so beautiful and elegant. I really love that finish that's kind of understated.
My parents had vinyl records and a couple of them had classical guitars on them. One was John Williams playing Bach. Such a beautiful album. The other was Classical Gas by Mason Williams. A great mix of classical guitar and modern ensemble music. Although I myself can not play classical guitar like Brandon Acker (or even the 9 year old virtuoso), I still enjoy the sound and the emotion the artist brings to the instrument. It's fun to dabble with from time to time.
great to see other guitarists try classical. The store at the end was great too. hearing Brandon say there's a "Resistance" with the cheaper guitars perfectly explains it. I'm stuck with a $170 C40 for now, one of these days I'll get down to a shop and see what a real guitar is actually like. I've been playing it for almost a year now and it really just does feel 'stiff' sometimes, no other way to explain it.
I’ve played electric for most of my life. However, one summer I decided to take classical guitar lessons and wow! It’s such a beautiful instrument! So much different than electric. I love it!
It just hits different doesn't it
Love it when some of my favourite RUclips guitar channels collaborate like this... It is an explosion of discovery and learning, as always.
I really love how much both of you seem to be getting out of this experience. Sam is like "this is a dimension of this instrument I've never explored and I'm so hyped to learn more" while Brandon is like "I would love nothing more than to geek out about this niche thing that I love so much to someone who has a solid basis to understand it".
The very first song I ever learned on guitar was Romanza. Coming from a classical background (cello, violin, viola and bass), I always wanted get into guitar, but for rock. Ended up playing mostly metal and neo-classical/prog, which is a nice blend between the two.
It's crazy to hear the difference between the "cheap" guitars vs the 5k+ ones. I never really feel like you can truly do the same with electric guitars to that same level of distinctness. It's just so drastically different.
I think you can with electric if you talk about the whole chain. The amp is a really big deal.
I find the electronics tend to make the biggest difference. There is nuance in the construction of the body but like, $60 pickups and $1000 pickups is where the massive difference is going to lie. Other things like your bridge style (and I don't care what the benefits are, a Floyd Rose bridge is a hateful thing and you can't convince me otherwise) or machine heads or just what tone adjustments you can do is what makes an expensive electric guitar worth it. The rest is just craftsmanship. Smooth frets, good intonation, a strong neck, good wiring... Marks of a good guitar.
Electric guitarists are much more exposed to the trap of gear over skill.
@@ragnarockerbunnyYou really can't tell much of a difference in pickups past how hot they are and that's not really price dependant.
This and the companion piece, in which Samurai Guitar teaches Brandon the blues, is (are?) fascinating. It's like two guys from different dimensions finding something in common. Outstanding content.
One thing about Brandon is that he started with a modern band before going classical...he can shred and still use his electric guitar.
That's what makes him unique. He better start making music with classical and rock element. He could be the next Jason Becker.
Verily, he shreddeth yet upon ye lute.
Brandon is by far the best choice for this kind of thing. Great watch.
I studied classical piano years ago, and seeing a modern-style guitarist like Sammy G exploring the world of classical guitar with such an open mind makes me really happy. Modern guitar is objectively phenomenal, but it is wonderful that a List A guitar youtuber is high-lighting the origins of guitar in such an honest way. Keep making these videos Mr G, your content continues to grow and develop in a way that I am loving.
yessss this is the collab of the century. I'm always happy to see classical guitar get a little love
Thank you for this video, and I have been a classical guitarist for 15 years. I played so many master pieces over the years and went back to electric guitar and didn't even touch the classical guitar. It's strange why I did that but after watching this I went straight to my classical guitar and played ❤ thank you for bringing back my memories and made me play beautiful classical music again ❤🙏🙏
Just your conversation about feeling the magic of something new again inserted some of that feeling in my brain and I immediately picked up my 6 and started practicing, so, thanks. Ive bombarded myself with so much extreme music of all different genres that just some simple classical on an acoustic is so refreshing and beautiful.
Literal chills when he did the timbre shifts in his piece. 🥺 Man, music is awesome. What BEAUTIFUL playing.
The Brune's are easily the most fun people I have had the pleasure to meet. I remember messing around and playing Master of Puppets on either a Torres or Hauser back at GFA 2018 and Richard and I both laughing our asses off having such a GREAT time!
Everyone should have a Brune at this point. I'm sooo glad that Brandon, Rob, and Sammy have been able to really show the beauty and ranges of their guitars.
I come from a classical background and fingerpicking is second nature after years of playing - but had to practice hard recently to do a good simple boom-chuck. Funny to see it from the other direction here into fingerpicking. Always more to learn and appreciate..
What a fantastic combination!
I love seeing musicians dive into the uncomfortable and love seeing Brandon and his passion for the music and playing!
Very eye-opening! Thanks
I was introduced to these guys by their videos with Marshall guessing the guitar just by hearing Brandon play it. Genuinely worth finding them, they're great! Brandon's a genuine viruoso, and Marshall is insanely impressive at his craft. Loving this collab!
Thank you guys.
Brandon, you are an ace in a deck of oh so many talented guitar players.
I'm learning to play the ukulele, and this video really helped my technique for scales. Merci beaucoup.
this was an excellent video - thanks so much for exploring the classicals. I recently spent quite a bit of time trying out classicals for my son who is starting to become interested in them (and also flamenco music) and I was struck just how foreign the instrument felt - I've been playing electrics and acoustics for 30+ years and I was dumbfounded how much I felt like a newb when trying these instruments. we ended up getting him a lower-end yamaha after he tried a few and it was the right fit. gotta admit, when i hear him in his room messing with la malaguena i get shivers listening to it. They are truly amazing instruments. Please do more like this - more guitarists need to explore classicals.
I love my classical guitar. Of the "stable" I only have one, and it's the "Yamaha beater" of classical guitars, I think I paid 400 bucks for it new. It's great though, it's such a unique playing experience versus all my other guitars, plus those nylons can be nice on sore fingers. This was a joy to watch! Your video got me to pull out my old music book for classical. Thanks!
I adore my Yamaha C40!! That thing will go through hell and back and play just fine, I use it to write and record as much as my electrics.
Yamaha makes great classical guitars! I prefer Cordoba, but in the same way I prefer Wendy's over Culver's, where it's just a matter of preference and not of quality.
@@collinbealMy teacher raves about the value (cost:quality) of the Yamaha GC172SF. :-)
This has to be one of the best videos I’ve seen on the internets. Amazing content ✌️➕❤️
Love Brandon Acker so much. Great video!
Such a pleasure to see you get excited the moment you realised what you didn't know. That was a beautiful moment to share. Thank you
Great to see the history and background of the classical guitar being kept alive !! 🎶
my fav 2 youtubers in one vid..........loved it, as a rocker myself but has a love for classical music, loved this
one of the best things I did was pick up a classical guitar while learning my scales and arpeggios to make some really beautiful stuff it really conveys so much emotion and teaches you a lot of control of expression as you play. it was a cheap entry level one but man does it ever sound incredible mic'd up with some reverb too :3
Great video, Thanks Samurai guitarist
As a Spaniard and a guitarist I feel great pride when watching these types of videos!! In many places in the world it is called Spanish guitar. Definitely the Spanish guitar makers are among the best in the world...in Granada I met many foreigners who came to study how to be a flamenco guitar luthier and they were all crazy about the techniques and mastery of the Spanish... thank you for these videos
Im one of these foreigners in Granada. Gracias
As one of those foreigners in Granada (well La Herradura but Granada province) who made the guitar Brandon is playing in this video this comment is very nice to read
@@Brianitzkin I was thinking how beautiful and how well that guitar sounds... Great job!
there’s so much room for nuance in classical guitar, like, there’s so much depth to explore in every area, you really can work on a song for a decade and still feel like you’re learning.
I learned to play guitar on a cheap classical, and I didn't know that other acoustic guitars were different. So I would play Iron Maiden bass lines, attempts at Metallica parts, Jane's Addiction parts, etc. on that guitar. I learned fingerstyle on that guitar, learned a few classical tunes. My other guitar was electric, it was for all the metal stuff. Thirty years, I've picked up a steel string acoustic and realized just how different that instrument is. But I've always appreciated that I started on a classical. Oh, and it makes wide frets seem so easy, in fact, I prefer any guitar with a wide nut.
Thats great!! I'd love to see some future videos of you doing some classical guitar playing as you get more comfortable with it. Once you start, you're hooked, I was! My Jackson started slowly collecting more dust, I love classical guitar so much...the raw emotion! I fell back at a campfire event and ruined mine beyond repair. So, I'm dusting off my Jackson again... just like riding a bike. I watched your Klon video a year ago and decided to buy one from wish. I put it before my Boss EQ-20 and my sound has never been better! Rock on brother!!🙂
The one he made with the special finish where the alcohol evaporates was my favourite by far, it sounded so good.
It's called shellac. lol
Guitar for the right hand! All seriousness, i love hearing brandon acker talk about guitar, and i had the same reaction as you had when he was explaining dynamics and timber.
I want to live in that guitar shop and hear all the stories these guys have to tell. The passion and the knowledge these guys have is so inspiring
Absolutely loved this episode! Killer editing, pace, and insight. Learned a lot about not only guitar, but how to conduct a killer interview!
Man, thanks so much for making this video. I really enjoyed it. I think the vast majority of electric guitar players really don't know much about classical guitar, and how different it is. It really is like a completely different instrument to play.
And to watch a virtuoso play, is really something else. The level of technical proficiency is mind boggling.
I abandoned the electric guitar several years ago, and have become obsessed with the classical guitar. It's in my hands the majority of the time I'm home.
Thanks for the video, it honestly made me look at classical guitar differently than ever before. I’m highly interested now.
This was magnificent! What a breath of fresh air! ✌️😌🎸
Hell yeah, Sammy G! This is a great video and I hope people see the nuance and beauty of the classical guitar. I play electric, flamenco, and classical…so this was something I enjoyed watching and hearing.
Bought a $150 dollar Yamaha classical.. it was.. surprisingly good. Got an air bubbler and stuck it to the treble side, closed the air-out side with a screw so it was vib'ing super fast.. left it for a week.. did the same on the bass side with big open vibes (loosen the screw..) .. left for a week.. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GUITAR. To this day when I pick that up it's better than my 1200 one.
It is always such an enlightening experience to see somebody who is already extremely experienced at one instrument pick up something new. In this case especially, because it isn't even a new instrument but a new style.
Watching a great musician struggle and be humbled by a brand new challenge gives some perspective to newer musicians that everyone had to start somewhere
It's hilarious that sales guy's "reasonably priced" guitar is more expensive than 99% of all owned classical guitars that anyone owns.
Yeah, $700 is the most I'd pay for a guitar, it better be made of gold if it's anywhere near the thousands
well hes got a $200000 one in the shop you cant really blame him
started on classical didn’t mess with it journeyed through several electrics and acoustics. It wasn’t until I had injured my wrists skating and took a summer off guitar and when I came back I didn’t plug into my setup or even pick up the acoustic, I went towards the classical and it really opened my eyes. Started crafting up compositions and different ideas because I was so engulfed in this sound. Truly a wonderful instrument, I’ll still go crazy on my other guitar but when the weathers right, this one’s in my arms.
Wow, this is great. I think one of the greatest things about Classical Guitar is the interpretation and how different two players will make the same piece sound. In my mind Julian Bream will always be the gold standard but I like others as well.
This is such an awesome left turn from the other content that you normally post. Wow such good stuff from the other side of the guitar playing world.
I learnt classical guitar and I really enjoyed it! The sound of a classical guitar is so special, you cannot compare it to anything else.
Hey Sammy, some great pieces you should check out to learn are:
Sor - Op 60 No 5 and No 6, Tarrega - Lagrima, Adelita, Etude in E minor.
Giuliani's 120 arpeggios 😉
It's incredible to see people I consider great guitarists try what I've been doing since 9
I can barely pick anything but a classical guitar and sometimes feel a bit envious about people who play the guitar in different ways (I love electric guitar and crazy guitar solos are the reason I started music school as a kid)
Still, it does feel nice to see it's not easy for people so great to play it with soul, makes me a bit prouder to have done it for so many years :)
Maybe time to try something new with electric? It’s so inspiring musically to try something completely different from the usual!
What I would really like to see in the future is for you to take these expressions and variations learnt about classical and apply it to your own blues style, there's so much to learn from different styles that can carry over to other genres
I trained on classical as well - also by accident! I walked into a guitar store and picked up a classical guitar and picked out Pink Floyd's Classical Guitars - ended up buying that guitar and when asked what kind of lessons I wanted I said "Well, it's a classical guitar, I guess I'll take classical lessons." lol - 35 years later and I don't regret that decision.
Edit: I should add that I'm not as excellent as Brandon - I'm merely good at it.
When I first started learning guitar, I was struggling greatly with using a pick. I had a Spanish style guitarist show me some fingerstyle, and eventually met his teacher who taught me some Flamenco style as well. My right hand has developed a hybrid style using folksy style grip and hand placement, but my fingers move like a classical guitarist, and it's really helped shape my own tone and style.
It also turns out that one of my great ancestors was Dioniso Aguado, and one of my goals for guitar was to learn some of his work. I definitely have been slacking on that goal, for as much influence and love as there is for the genre, it's not my music I play or my story to tell. But I still listen to it from time to time and frequently find myself incorporating elements of the style in my work.
I love this guitar 'cross-cultural' roadtrip! Actually, I had already imagined Brandon doing a 'roadtrip' format where he's driving and picks up a guitarist of another genre, talk shop and play what they know/compare notes, etc. This is as close to that vision as I could have hoped PLUS they added the luthier angle! Outstanding, guys!
Both of you are genuine and likeable, we need more people like you!
"It knows papa when it hears it" 🔥🔥🔥
"Oh, an *excellent* choice, sir! You have such exquisite taste!"
Guitar lesson part of the video is very relatable. The wow-effect of discovering something very fundamental, from a proper teacher, whole new world.
Ha! Perfect!
And Flamenco style is another world connected to Classic by just a nylon string guitar and similar technique but also very different.
Although Randy Rhoads wasn’t flamenco, you can understand his allure to move into classical from metal…
Now this is really superb content. I personally have long loved nearly all forms of guitar music, not just the metal/rock/prog/instrumental rock/jazz which live closest to my heart but also classical, flamenco, folk, etc. I don't believe I am special, but I do believe widening one's horizons is never, ever a bad thing for any music lover.
Well done here!
Little known fact Segovia was one of the first to use tapping. TWoodfrd discussed him when he was repairing an instrument made by Segovia's luthier.
Marshall is so fun. I love how proud he is and the way he describes his guitar 🤌🤌
Dear Samny G, your videos are always entertaining and fun to watch. But this one is so extraordinary ❤❤❤ I got goosebumps - Thanks so much. Greetings from Germany, Dietmar
What a fantastic video!!!!! So much fun. Thank you both so much. I think I'm already subscribed to you both, but if not I will right now.
Enjoy your trip! I'm a classical guitarist by training. That alone has helped me pick up the other genres with relative ease.
In an ideal world, and in my opinion, every guitar player would start with classical guitar.
@@richardlaiche8303 and that would be boring too. Im classically trained but I think it's great that everything's got a different approach
This was fantastic? I can hear the tone, vibrations, everything..oh my. Oh my. Thank you
It's funny to me (not in a bad way) that you can see a dude with a $200,000 classical guitar on the street and have no idea it's worth that much
Last year I found a holy Grail $10,000 guitar for $100 at a pawn shop. The metalhead owners saw "Alvarez" on the label and assumed it was an infamous cheap Japanese Alvarez classical guitar , not a Spanish handmade Juan Alvarez by a master... Literally the happiest day of my life. They never even bothered to tune it up. After 35 years playing, the best sounding guitar I've ever played in my life.
@@P.B.andJamGOOD ON YOU! I had a different kind of ten-grand experience: I went downtown with my then-very young son to the highbrow classical guitar store. Once inside
I noticed something was amiss.
He had a few steel-string models hanging on the wall. And in between a row of nylon-strings was this unimpressive, cheap black steel- ,
and the guy boasted, See this one? It's worth TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS! But, since I had my son with me, I wasn't able to ask the man WHY IT WASN'T IN IT'S FU**ING CASE?!
The shop went out of business not long after.
I've been stuck with a $100 guitar that I refurbished and re-keyed for 15 years now. While it's sentimentally valuable to me it fights everything I try to play on it. It's been my great ambition to find a nice $2000 guitar to get that massive step up in quality, but I've never had the money. One day I'll get there and I will appreciate every last note I play on it.
@@P.B.andJam I just recently had an experience like that but way lesser. I found a valve trombone that was musty, crusty, dusty, and every other adjective that ends with usty. The guy sold it to me for $25 and I spent a night just cleaning it thoroughly and now it probably costs like $300, not as much of a difference as the $10,000 yours was, but still pretty good imo
@@DrEnzyme
Dr. Enzyme. I like that name. Cool.
Such a treat to see Brandon recommend Romance as your first piece. It was my first piece and I still love it. Learned by tab on a cheap steel string. 😂
Seeing Sammy G play through Spanish Romance that first time gave me so much nostalgia. That was also the first piece I learned when I majored in classical guitar in college.
Does anyone know what he’s playing at 10:33? It sounds divine!
My first classical and far and away the guitar i have the most time on is a mini yamaha that i bought in Bahrain. It has crossed the atlantic with me 5 times
my first guitar was actually a classical guitar! it was pretty cheap and didnt sound that great, but was fun to play
edit: i actually still have it! i cant play it right now because i put it in left handed cuz i got bored one day
One really good about classical giitars Is that It forces you to learn with a proper position and grip
@@lamecasuelas2 i wants aware it was a classical guitar- i just played it as a normal acoustic
This is easily one of my favorite videos of yours…it reminds me of a pivot point in my former surfing career where I would surf in places and waves that are so different, even though all the basics are there, there is a new learning curve that can be exhilarating or frustrating, depending on your attitude. The look on your face reflects the exhilaration perfectly.
I've taught classical guitar. When I started, I was surprised at how some talented guitarists coming from other backgrounds found the classical playing position and fingerstyle difficult to master. Personally, I started with classical and moved on from there, and to this day, I far prefer a classical fingerstyle on an electric to using a pick. Also, people think I play in a quite strange position when standing with an electric because I position the guitar up against my chest and into a classical position with the nut at about my eye level.
I came to classical technique purely to just round myself out as a player, but now I'm 100% a guy that on electric, steel string, or electric bass is playing in classical position and if I'm standing my strap sets it relatively high and I look like a nerd.... but it just makes sense ergonomically and I feel like it's insane to sacrifice so much facility to look cooler with a neck parallel the the ground and wrists bent like crazy. I feel almost equally comfortable fingerstyle or with a pick.
@@Yeargdribble yes, exactly, better reach, better precision, and fewer chances for injury.
I love that you made a video with Brandon Acker!!! You are both my favourite RUclips guitarists!!!
what's the song(piece?) brandon plays at 13:20
Gymnopedy n.1 by Satie
Awesome video, Samurai!
I wouldn't even go in the same room as those guitars, because I know that I'd accidentally kick them or drop them or something.
I’m also scared that I might damage the wood of the guitar just by looking at it
I always enjoy your videos. It's great to see you exploring the world of classical guitar. If you think of Segovia as "The Hendrix of classical guitar", I think you'll be amazed to listen to some of the newer players. Vera Danilina is a hot new talent, but there are dozens of young and middle aged players who have taken classical guitar playing to a level Segovia never approached. Classical guitar building is also enjoying an era of innovation and excellence. Joshia de Jonge is an outstanding Canadian builder. There are a great number of other excellent classical builders in Canada, the U.S, and around the world. This could be a whole new adventure for Samurai Guitarist.
I would be terrified to hold over half of the guitars y’all just played 😂
Great video! Really fun. Looking forward to watching more.
id love to see "building a classical guitar with a pro luthier " just like what rob did lol
5:36 That yes was more of a "Mmmmnnm, yessss. Quite satisfactory much superb."