In 1960 I was lucky to assist at one of hie recital in the salle de la paix in Neuchatel (Switzerland), he came on with his guitare, sat on the chair and started to play the Spanish suite from Albeniz, 2 hours of dream, then got up and left for ever.
There are those that say "A performance is at its most musical when it's played with the greatest degree of historical accuracy." And there are those that say, "A performance is at its most musical when it's played with the greatest degree of musical sensibility." "Musical sensibility" doesn't always correlate with historical accuracy. Segovia may play anachronistically, but no one can deny that he plays beautifully.
literally no one says those things, or those who do are never heard or taken into account. complete irrelevancy. the only thing that matters is to play well (have good technique) and play the piece as it is supposed to be played. 2 in 1 solves everything
"You must work on that, no?" Oh, if only this was shot in HD! As it is, it's still probably one of the most valuable guitar lessons available anywhere.
I hope this video never gets taken down this is probably one of the most important and legendary masterclasses to ever happen on earth god dam I wish I could have been in it.
I remember seeing this on tv. My father loved the guitar and was a big fan of Segovia.He would watch it on our black and white set.Thanks for putting this series up. It brings back some good memories.
Hi! :) Each piece was written to be played a certain way. The Maestro asked his students to play a chosen piece, then helped them by pointing out where to make adjustments-that's what a music teacher does. The focus of the class wasn't on writing theory or teaching scales/chords. M. Segovia was there to guide them throughout their performances by the knowledge he had of each piece; to improve their musicality & understanding of the music they were playing, & to hone the skills they already had.
Thank you for posting. Mr. Segovia makes me want to never touch a guitar again. And at the same time, he makes me want to never put it down. I have to wonder, if another one like him will ever be again. What a Master! I am beyond humbled.
hi there guys just a quick shoutout to all of you Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm in learning about the master and his music/teaching without you the video could not have reached this far all the best!!!
Maybe this will make you smile. Last week my friend told me that when his father died years ago he left him 2 guitars. He put them in storage because he does not play. He did not know details about the guitars but said they were Ramirez brand and that his dad played classical music. He said the strings were in bad shape. I offered to put new strings on for him. Imagine my surprise when I discovered he had a 1969 Ramirez 1A model with Brazilian rosewood made in the Ramirez shop ! The other one was a 1970s model. I explained to him what a treasure he had and offered to teach him beginner guitar. I hope you enjoyed the story.
@@newinspiration2108 He now understands the value of the guitars. He has not yet decided on taking lessons with me or not. I think I heard the 69 Ramirez whisper to me '"Thank you, I've been waiting years to be played again."
To have learned from Maestro Segovia would have been a great honor. I was born in the wrong era. No one today will come remotely close to his influence on classical guitar.
The last time I saw one of Segovia's master classes was on a PBS station in the early 70s. I had just begun playing classical guitar back then and was understandably enthralled. The longer I played, however, the more I took his approach to the guitar with increased disfavor - this despite his being one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century. I think it began when I purchased a Jose Ramirez guitar, the same model he played, and was dismayed at how difficult the guitar was to play. Part of it was the high action, which was easy enough to correct, but it was mostly the guitar's scale, aka string length. My guitar's string length was a whopping 667mm, where the standard was widely accepted as 650mm. The extra 17mm made reaches and stretches very difficult, but I persevered, although I can't say I was ever comfortable playing a guitar with that scale. Segovia was a big guy, so the extra reach was probably never an issue for him. From what I understand, Segovia was adamant about the long scale because he felt it increased a guitar's projection, especially in large auditoriums, where incidentally he never allowed his guitar to be miced, claiming it was totally unnecessary. Well, I saw Segovia in concert once during his later years, in n a large hall with excellent acoustics, and let me just say, the concert would have been more enjoyable if his guitar had been miced. In the years since buying that Ramirez I have played (and owned) many guitars with a 650mm scale that were equal in projection to a long scale Ramirez, so so much for that argument. But such was Segovia's influence over the house of Ramirez that they didn't begin to produce 650mm scale guitars (again) until after his passing. These days new long scale guitars are uncommon. But such was Segovia's influence over the guitar community that he had the major builders convinced that the long scale was the way to go, and to hell with people who had normal sized hands or smaller. This is by no means my only issue with Segovia, but is probably my biggest. Other topics, such as many of his highly idiosyncratic fingerings, for example, should be the topic for another discussion.
Wow...no pressure there!! What an amazing experience it must have been to be taught by the master himself. Such a patient, gentle spirit. Obviously Segovia had a deep, genuine desire to nurture the gift and love for the beauty of classical guitar in his students. What a legacy...This video is a real treasure. Thanks for posting it.
@@antonios-st.frantz6523 to give expression to every note, to perceive the movements on the musical sheet and give it to the right and left hands to make it resonate, it means to not to play lazy... give a vibrato where a vibrato is due, pizzicato where pizzicato must be, to articulate, deliver tones, deliver meaning to the every passage, as intendend. not running, not being foggy or imprecise.... i dunno does it make sense to you?
I am a gigging rock guitarist. I am a hobbyist jazz wanna-be. Whenever I feel like I'm accomplished, I come to these videos of true experts who can within a few notes say yes or no. Such excellent technique. Hell, the students perform better than 90% (my made up number) of guitarists out there touring.
Yea, I'm a 61 year old musician who started taking Classical guitar lessons last year at 60. I love it! Its HARD! Its totally different from what I was use to and has improved me as a musician/guitarist or guitar player anyway. I so wish I'd started Classical guitar at 10 or 12. I so love it. Its made mb e a better writer too. Peace😜
Merci pour ce moment d'anthologie ! La Chaconne de Jean-Sébastien Bach est un des plus beau morceau de l'histoire de la musique, et Andres Ségovia un des plus grand interprète. C'est tout simplement magnifique.
Segovia was the undisputed master of classical guitar. Most of the material here is from the 15th to the 18th century.. It will not be familiar to most people. But it the music that will last forever, while contemporary guitar music is ephemeral, and will be forgotten in 100 years. These videos are of immeasureable value in the handing down of the knowledge of the original music and the way it was meant to be played. Segovia is a disciplinarian because he wants nothing lost in the transfer of this knowledge from generation to generation. We have already lost so much of value already.
I have to disagree here: Segovia's way of playing is a way of playing, but certainly not the way 'it was meant to be played'. It worked very well for him, but it could hardly be called 'historically informed'.
imo - Segovia was (in part due to his success - which included some perhaps exaggerated claims *like who taught him*) a self elected conduit of earlier Classical guitar playing (he was generally considered the finest player of his generation). However, one person can only transfer so much and it will always be tainted by personality and teaching skill (an entirely different skill from playing) and whatever their own specific skill sets within the guitar playing discipline are. Segovia often fixated on the minutiae and really wanted players to be a tape recorder of him, I think. I feel you could see this with John Williams while he understudied Segovia (Segovia liked how accurately William's played Segovia's own arrangements). Still, i wasn't in the room so to speak. Just a hypothesis :)
It's amazing how much classical players don't FEEL the music! Segovia is trying to take the student through a splendid walk in a garden, and the student is rushing around to see everything.
"It's amazing how much classical players don't FEEL the music! " I think that says more about your own prejudices than it does about classical musicians.
In fairness to them, it’s hard to feel the music when mainly your feeling anxiety and excitement. They are being filmed as they perform for, and get critiqued by, Segovia himself. They are also pausing and starting, pausing and starting. It is good for learning but disrupts flow state, which makes it harder to slip into the emotion of a piece.
Thank you for posting this. This is worth its weight in gold to me. I still maintain, that if it wasn't for Segovia, rock and roll would be played on fiddles.
Wow, this is great and extremely intimidating when the student needs to copy the professor !! Ear training at its best. Does anyone know if there are professor / classes such as these today? I am in NYC.
Xanos, you can do a search for Master Classes in your area. Check with a local university or any where they offer a music program. "Master Classes" happen all the time. You might want to look for a local Classical Guitar Guild also.
Thank you so much for posting these masterclasses with Segovia. This is of the utmost value to everyone interested in the Maestro and his music and now it is available for future generations. Such a gift!
Thank you! This is an incredible video. The inimitable greatness of Segovia is in the fact that all the students we see in the film have all become great guitarists and masters! Honor to Segovia.
I like how at the end they swap guitars and you can see great playing never depends on the instrument but on the player. And how Segovia really takes his time to figure an issue out.
Thank you for posting this video for all eager guitarists out there that want to grow in the appreciation of the classical guitar and culture. Although Segovia's technique and theories have been severely challenged by the newer generations of guitarists. I pity them all.
Merci pour cette vidéo rare et précieuse 🎶🎶💤🎶🎶🎶💤🎵🎵🎵
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O cara ganhou um violão Ramirez 1960 direto das mãos do próprio Segovia e do próprio Ramirez, ainda bem que está em vídeo pra acreditar...que honra meus amigos...
Look at those huge hands playing a 660 mm scale Ramirez which requires great strength and add great technique and amazing musicality and you have the tip of the iceberg of how great this man is . Of note ,he never is involved as to who the luthier is knowing that musicality will make a mediocre guitar sound better . So many guitarist including myself thought that owning that Ramirez would make you Segovia . A sad lesson learned . Thank you for this video %
I had a Ramirez and the neck was an absolute torture to my girly short and slim hand and fingers! Many of the famous maestros who've been popularizing Ramirez guitars really have round, big, and fat fingers with enormous strength.
I was lucky enough to attend a Segovia appearance near Chicago back around 1979. A small auditorium format. His expression through the instrument was so good it almost brought tears. I had studied classical guitar with a guy named Robert Guthrie, years earlier, who had participated in one of Segovia's Masters Classes. Now I understand what he went through.
This is an incredible video recording. Not only for guitar music lovers and those who treasure their Segovia CD collection, but also to educators and overall classical music fans. If you don't have time to listen to the whole video, which I found to be a great inspiration, then at least fastfoward to episode surrounding ~1h03m, "...not repeat twice...", and ~1h40m - exchange of guitars with the professor. Thanks again!
Americans like me are not used to hearing instruction without some soothing words first. Europeans, like the great gypsy guitarists I have taken workshops with are not being mean, they are assuming the student not only can take it, but is there to hear what they are doing wrong so they can improve.
There is a huge difference in tonal quality, rhythm, and phrasing . . . In how one speaks and what they are conveying. The speaking voice can convey so much and it's not hard to tell the difference between someone who is irritated or worse, and someone who is simply trying to help. Segovia is giving constructive criticism, nothing more and it is very apparent in the inflections of his voice, let alone his body language. There are just a lot of people who think they are cleaver at hiding these feelings, and yet even a small child can easily tell the difference. You say "Americans", but is that not your own heritage? And how can one ever understand the heritage of another without having lived it? Perhaps with a younger country, there are more trying to find their own way still, but people are basically the same all over the world. I have had teachers who truly want to help, and from there patience is born. I have also had teachers who seem to be more interested in proving _themselves_ and this is where things start to go horribly wrong. I find it interesting too that most of what Segovia is trying to teach is how to _play from the heart_ and that speaks also to his clarity of purpose. There is nothing to disguise for him, his intentions are true. That is what for me makes him not just an extremely good, but a truly great player.
Whoever this woman is the fact that she has received instruction from Maestro Andre Segovia is apparent. How fortunate his students were to learn from him. Very interesting to see this happening.
The "women's name" is Brigitte Zaczek from Vienna, Austrria... here is something about her... www.guitarkutnahora.com/en/personalities-of-classic-guitar/?brigitte-zaczek-austria
Segovia wasn't necessarily the greatest teacher because he thought you should mostly play things exactly like him, but watching this you just see the extreme musicality Segovia had and why he is so legendary. I might him super briefly in the 80s and after shaking his hand he said "a classical guitarist must always pay much attention to perfect hands and nails". I was just an intermediate self taught guitarist (and still am) but he could tell I played from my nails and even in a 15 second interaction he sort of gave a lesson.
Segovia lent his concert guitar to a spectator in order for him to copy its dimensions. His name was Georg Bolin, of Sweden. I have a guitar built by him in 1953, and signed, and it has the name Var, with a circle over the a. I believe it means Spring. The guitar has an interesting history. I bought it used via on-line from a shop in S.F. USA. It had been stolen from there and suffered a crack, which was repaired. It is spruce and rosewood, and I think it sounds magnificent. I was inspired to learn, listening to Segovia Recently, some commentator said that the young generation has surpassed him in technique. I see a few on the web who are quite good, and at least one who slaps his guitar as much as plays it, and while entertaining in a way, does nothing for my soul. Segovia hits the soul spots and that can't be done by just any old body. There are a zillion electric aficionados out there, bending and fuzzing their way into an emptiness of shallow nowhere-ness. It helps if they have nice hair and boobs.
i love this because the music is so good and that the video is so long thats what im looking for. i need long videos of this kind of classical guitar does anyone have anything like that for me?
Well said, practising slowly has been the key factor in developing my playing. Without doing so my tremolo would surely have developed with many inconsistencies in tone and volume
ya tenia yo referencias del maestro segovia pero se quedaron cortisimas es mas de de lo que yo pense rompio todos mis conceptos en lo que me dijeron señor segovia lo amo
Such a great video! A very different way of teaching from what we're used to now'a days... It might pass to some as rude, but it's so far from that. Remember, these people came here for the criticism of someone who has devoted their life to the instrument.
9; Composed by Manuel Maria Ponce at the request of Segovia to be attributed to (the style of) J.S. Bach as a joke that Segovia & Ponce played on composer Fritz Kreisler. After reconsidering, Segovia & Ponce later agreed to attribute the work to Sylvius Leopold Weiss; it is entitled: Suite in A Minor, Gigue. (the 5th & final mvt. of the suite). 10; John Dowland, My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, Allemande (arr. Karl Scheit) 11; Isaac Albeniz, Zambra Granadina, Op.97 No.4. THANKS MR. HUYNH! MUCH ENJOYED
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00:00:56 - Brigitte Zaczeck (Austria) - J.S. Bach, Chaconne, Violin Partita No.2, BWV 1004 (arr. Segovia)
00:29:45 - Oscar Ghiglia (Italy) - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Aria Con Variazioni detta "La Frescobalda" (arr. Segovia)
00:38:18 - Andres Segovia - J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007, Prelude
00:42:04 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - John Dowland, Allemande, "My lady hunsdon's puffe" , Poulton No.54
00:44:17 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - Joaquin Turina, Fandanguillo, Op.36
00:49:46 - Richard Johnson (U.S.A.) - J.S. Bach, BWV 998, Prelude (arr. Segovia)
00:59:17 - Aldo Minella (Italy) - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Guitar Concerto, Op.99, Mvt.1
01:16:34 - Luis Rodrigo (Spain) - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Tarantella, Op.87a
01:28:26 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - Sylvius L. Weiss, Gigue
01:36:06 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - John Dowland, Allemande, "My lady hunsdon's puffe", Poulton No.54 (arr. Karl Scheit)
01:40:40 - Michael Lorimer (U.S.A.) - Isaac Albeniz - Suite Española No. 2 Op.97, No. 4 "Zambra Granadina"
Oh god thx, I was desperatly looking for it
@@sylvain4093 You're welcome. 🙂
Much appreciated, you don’t even know how much time you’ve saved
Thank you very much for these!
tyvm, pinned your comment!! 🙏
This is the miracle of the Internet. How fortunate we are to have a chance to watch Segovia teaching the guitar!!!
True 100%
Absolutely!
I Agree!
That was the most enjoyable Chaconne I've ever experienced.
Indeed
The real great thing of this masterclass is the precision, the perfectionism and the attention to the details, he was really a great, no 1
In 1960 I was lucky to assist at one of hie recital in the salle de la paix in Neuchatel (Switzerland), he came on with his guitare, sat on the chair and started to play the Spanish suite from Albeniz, 2 hours of dream, then got up and left for ever.
There are those that say "A performance is at its most musical when it's played with the greatest degree of historical accuracy." And there are those that say, "A performance is at its most musical when it's played with the greatest degree of musical sensibility." "Musical sensibility" doesn't always correlate with historical accuracy. Segovia may play anachronistically, but no one can deny that he plays beautifully.
Beautiful playing always comes from the inside, labels like "anachronism" come from the outside. You have to decide which voice to listen to.
literally no one says those things, or those who do are never heard or taken into account. complete irrelevancy.
the only thing that matters is to play well (have good technique) and play the piece as it is supposed to be played. 2 in 1 solves everything
"You must work on that, no?"
Oh, if only this was shot in HD! As it is, it's still probably one of the most valuable guitar lessons available anywhere.
I hope this video never gets taken down this is probably one of the most important and legendary masterclasses to ever happen on earth god dam I wish I could have been in it.
I remember seeing this on tv. My father loved the guitar and was a big fan of Segovia.He would watch it on our black and white set.Thanks for putting this series up. It brings back some good memories.
These people were so talented, how could they not get nervous and mess up in front of Segovia, just shown the level of excellence.
A rare look at a genius at work. Wonderful stuff.
She's nervous, but I can tell she is soaking it in. I have had a few opportunities to study with masters in my own art -such a blessing.
Hi! :) Each piece was written to be played a certain way. The Maestro asked his students to play a chosen piece, then helped them by pointing out where to make adjustments-that's what a music teacher does. The focus of the class wasn't on writing theory or teaching scales/chords. M. Segovia was there to guide them throughout their performances by the knowledge he had of each piece; to improve their musicality & understanding of the music they were playing, & to hone the skills they already had.
Thank you for posting. Mr. Segovia makes me want to never touch a guitar again. And at the same time, he makes me want to never put it down. I have to wonder, if another one like him will ever be again. What a Master! I am beyond humbled.
hi there guys
just a quick shoutout to all of you
Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm in learning about the master and his music/teaching
without you the video could not have reached this far
all the best!!!
fantastic video, wich song was playing the first girl???
it's a Chaconne by Bach but I forgot which movement
sorry for being not so clear...
Thanh Huynh Thanks for share the uncut version.
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+Thanh Huynh Thank you so much for this.
Muchas gracias por el video.
Maybe this will make you smile. Last week my friend told me that when his father died years ago he left him 2 guitars. He put them in storage because he does not play. He did not know details about the guitars but said they were Ramirez brand and that his dad played classical music. He said the strings were in bad shape. I offered to put new strings on for him. Imagine my surprise when I discovered he had a 1969 Ramirez 1A model with Brazilian rosewood made in the Ramirez shop ! The other one was a 1970s model. I explained to him what a treasure he had and offered to teach him beginner guitar. I hope you enjoyed the story.
I absolutely love this story! A true gem of a story. I hope he would treasure those fine guitars AND your lessons more than he used to.
@@newinspiration2108 He now understands the value of the guitars. He has not yet decided on taking lessons with me or not. I think I heard the 69 Ramirez whisper to me '"Thank you, I've been waiting years to be played again."
the female student at the beginning of the video is Brigitte Zaczeck of Austria
To have learned from Maestro Segovia would have been a great honor. I was born in the wrong era. No one today will come remotely close to his influence on classical guitar.
de lucia
agreed
Wow this is the best thing I found on RUclips this year.
The last time I saw one of Segovia's master classes was on a PBS station in the early 70s. I had just begun playing classical guitar back then and was understandably enthralled. The longer I played, however, the more I took his approach to the guitar with increased disfavor - this despite his being one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century.
I think it began when I purchased a Jose Ramirez guitar, the same model he played, and was dismayed at how difficult the guitar was to play. Part of it was the high action, which was easy enough to correct, but it was mostly the guitar's scale, aka string length. My guitar's string length was a whopping 667mm, where the standard was widely accepted as 650mm. The extra 17mm made reaches and stretches very difficult, but I persevered, although I can't say I was ever comfortable playing a guitar with that scale. Segovia was a big guy, so the extra reach was probably never an issue for him. From what I understand, Segovia was adamant about the long scale because he felt it increased a guitar's projection, especially in large auditoriums, where incidentally he never allowed his guitar to be miced, claiming it was totally unnecessary. Well, I saw Segovia in concert once during his later years, in n a large hall with excellent acoustics, and let me just say, the concert would have been more enjoyable if his guitar had been miced.
In the years since buying that Ramirez I have played (and owned) many guitars with a 650mm scale that were equal in projection to a long scale Ramirez, so so much for that argument. But such was Segovia's influence over the house of Ramirez that they didn't begin to produce 650mm scale guitars (again) until after his passing. These days new long scale guitars are uncommon. But such was Segovia's influence over the guitar community that he had the major builders convinced that the long scale was the way to go, and to hell with people who had normal sized hands or smaller. This is by no means my only issue with Segovia, but is probably my biggest. Other topics, such as many of his highly idiosyncratic fingerings, for example, should be the topic for another discussion.
Wow...no pressure there!! What an amazing experience it must have been to be taught by the master himself. Such a patient, gentle spirit. Obviously Segovia had a deep, genuine desire to nurture the gift and love for the beauty of classical guitar in his students. What a legacy...This video is a real treasure. Thanks for posting it.
They must be nervous, playing for the Master.
Such a joy to watch this master share his craft for the betterment of the instrument.
14:41 - "practice ... everything .... slow!"
@red_array what does it mean to articulate in guitar ?
@@antonios-st.frantz6523 to give expression to every note, to perceive the movements on the musical sheet and give it to the right and left hands to make it resonate, it means to not to play lazy... give a vibrato where a vibrato is due, pizzicato where pizzicato must be, to articulate, deliver tones, deliver meaning to the every passage, as intendend. not running, not being foggy or imprecise.... i dunno does it make sense to you?
@red_array what's that mean?
thanks for that
now I'm gonna take that in mind from now👍
I am a gigging rock guitarist. I am a hobbyist jazz wanna-be. Whenever I feel like I'm accomplished, I come to these videos of true experts who can within a few notes say yes or no. Such excellent technique. Hell, the students perform better than 90% (my made up number) of guitarists out there touring.
Yea, I'm a 61 year old musician who started taking Classical guitar lessons last year at 60. I love it! Its HARD! Its totally different from what I was use to and has improved me as a musician/guitarist or guitar player anyway. I so wish I'd started Classical guitar at 10 or 12. I so love it.
Its made mb e a better writer too.
Peace😜
He taught over decades, more students than most teachers will ever have. Amazon patience and teaching skills.
Merci pour ce moment d'anthologie ! La Chaconne de Jean-Sébastien Bach est un des plus beau morceau de l'histoire de la musique, et Andres Ségovia un des plus grand interprète. C'est tout simplement magnifique.
Segovia - a TRUE blessing to our universe-
I.apreciate this wonderful MASTER CLASS from Máster Andrés Segovia my ídolo for ever ❤❤❤
Thank you so much from Argentina .
Segovia was the undisputed master of classical guitar. Most of the material here is from the 15th to the 18th century.. It will not be familiar to most people. But it the music that will last forever, while contemporary guitar music is ephemeral, and will be forgotten in 100 years.
These videos are of immeasureable value in the handing down of the knowledge of the original music and the way it was meant to be played. Segovia is a disciplinarian because he wants nothing lost in the transfer of this knowledge from generation to generation. We have already lost so much of value already.
Thank you so much for your insightful comments. Would you say Segovia is like the Soup Nazi, someone who suffers for their art?
I was thinking that his fingertips are surely suffering. It's possible that Segovia's instructor fits the description.
very nice and thorough comment, my friend :)
I have to disagree here: Segovia's way of playing is a way of playing, but certainly not the way 'it was meant to be played'. It worked very well for him, but it could hardly be called 'historically informed'.
imo - Segovia was (in part due to his success - which included some perhaps exaggerated claims *like who taught him*) a self elected conduit of earlier Classical guitar playing (he was generally considered the finest player of his generation).
However, one person can only transfer so much and it will always be tainted by personality and teaching skill (an entirely different skill from playing) and whatever their own specific skill sets within the guitar playing discipline are. Segovia often fixated on the minutiae and really wanted players to be a tape recorder of him, I think. I feel you could see this with John Williams while he understudied Segovia (Segovia liked how accurately William's played Segovia's own arrangements).
Still, i wasn't in the room so to speak. Just a hypothesis :)
what a GREAT HONOR to have studied and learn from El Maestro Segovia...
Thank you sooo much for this great video, can't tank you enough, AWE
theres just not many that work to this level of musician ship anymore..a 2hr lesson!....incredible....brava!
It's amazing how much classical players don't FEEL the music! Segovia is trying to take the student through a splendid walk in a garden, and the student is rushing around to see everything.
Their teachers probably focussed more on techniques, really a pity.
Its not just classical musicians. The same could be said for players of jazz, metal or any other genre.
no, the student doesnt want to go outside and he wears eye patches on both eyes
"It's amazing how much classical players don't FEEL the music! "
I think that says more about your own prejudices than it does about classical musicians.
In fairness to them, it’s hard to feel the music when mainly your feeling anxiety and excitement. They are being filmed as they perform for, and get critiqued by, Segovia himself.
They are also pausing and starting, pausing and starting. It is good for learning but disrupts flow state, which makes it harder to slip into the emotion of a piece.
como siempre la musicalidad y el fino oido de andres segovia nos regala en este video una transcripcion deliciosa
Thank you for posting this. This is worth its weight in gold to me. I still maintain, that if it wasn't for Segovia, rock and roll would be played on fiddles.
Wow, this is great and extremely intimidating when the student needs to copy the professor !! Ear training at its best. Does anyone know if there are professor / classes such as these today? I am in NYC.
Xanos, you can do a search for Master Classes in your area. Check with a local university or any where they offer a music program. "Master Classes" happen all the time. You might want to look for a local Classical Guitar Guild also.
I doubt it. People today are so easily offended by every little thing and refuse to take any form of constructive criticism.
What a BRUTAL sound Segovia!
Thank you so much for posting these masterclasses with Segovia. This is of the utmost value to everyone interested in the Maestro and his music and now it is available for future generations. Such a gift!
Thank you! This is an incredible video. The inimitable greatness of Segovia is in the fact that all the students we see in the film have all become great guitarists and masters! Honor to Segovia.
I like how at the end they swap guitars and you can see great playing never depends on the instrument but on the player.
And how Segovia really takes his time to figure an issue out.
Thank you for posting this video for all eager guitarists out there that want to grow in the appreciation of the classical guitar and culture. Although Segovia's technique and theories have been severely challenged by the newer generations of guitarists. I pity them all.
Every teacher is a product of their times, all generations will be challenged in the end.
"I pity them all" that's just so ridiculous hahaha
impresionante esta magistral clase del respetado señor segobia y su genialidad expresada a traves de la sencivilidad y romanticismo de la guitarra .
Merci pour cette vidéo rare et précieuse 🎶🎶💤🎶🎶🎶💤🎵🎵🎵
O cara ganhou um violão Ramirez 1960 direto das mãos do próprio Segovia e do próprio Ramirez, ainda bem que está em vídeo pra acreditar...que honra meus amigos...
He is one of the best , if not the best classical guitarist I have ever heard.
Thanks for uploading and we have chance watch the master's video.
hi Willy Ben,
my pleasure!
Hi Thanh Huynh!
have wonderful days!
Segovia always thought you can't just play the notes, you need too feel love always to your notes))
Que viva España
Look at those huge hands playing a 660 mm scale Ramirez which requires great strength and add great technique and amazing musicality and you have the tip of the iceberg of how great this man is . Of note ,he never is involved as to who the luthier is knowing that musicality will make a mediocre guitar sound better . So many guitarist including myself thought that owning that Ramirez would make you Segovia . A sad lesson learned .
Thank you for this video %
I had a Ramirez and the neck was an absolute torture to my girly short and slim hand and fingers! Many of the famous maestros who've been popularizing Ramirez guitars really have round, big, and fat fingers with enormous strength.
Is Segovia’s guitar in this video a Ramirez or is it a Herman Hauser?
Que es la exelencia, todos tocamos como podemos, pero estan esos que superan todo, alegrate con los que podes, y esforzate por lograr lo mas
Andrés S. El verdadero orgullo de España.
😂😂😂😂
Lessons to be learned......love and passion to be expressed......from a Master.
It was extraordinary to make it that far..
And then sit in with Segovia Guitar 🎸!!!
I was lucky enough to attend a Segovia appearance near Chicago back around 1979. A small auditorium format.
His expression through the instrument was so good it almost brought tears.
I had studied classical guitar with a guy named Robert Guthrie, years earlier, who had participated in one of Segovia's Masters Classes. Now I understand what he went through.
I am so jealous! Saw him at Orchestra Hall in '75.
excelent, congratulations my friend thanks for upload this video it is marvelous
Quel maitre !!!!!! Quels eleves !!! Quelle discipline !!!
All, except Zaczeck and Minella.
This is one of the best gifts life could ever give to us.
This is an incredible video recording. Not only for guitar music lovers and those who treasure their Segovia CD collection, but also to educators and overall classical music fans. If you don't have time to listen to the whole video, which I found to be a great inspiration, then at least fastfoward to episode surrounding ~1h03m, "...not repeat twice...", and ~1h40m - exchange of guitars with the professor. Thanks again!
Americans like me are not used to hearing instruction without some soothing words first. Europeans, like the great gypsy guitarists I have taken workshops with are not being mean, they are assuming the student not only can take it, but is there to hear what they are doing wrong so they can improve.
There is a huge difference in tonal quality, rhythm, and phrasing . . .
In how one speaks and what they are conveying. The speaking voice can convey so much and it's not hard to tell the difference between someone who is irritated or worse, and someone who is simply trying to help.
Segovia is giving constructive criticism, nothing more and it is very apparent in the inflections of his voice, let alone his body language. There are just a lot of people who think they are cleaver at hiding these feelings, and yet even a small child can easily tell the difference.
You say "Americans", but is that not your own heritage? And how can one ever understand the heritage of another without having lived it? Perhaps with a younger country, there are more trying to find their own way still, but people are basically the same all over the world. I have had teachers who truly want to help, and from there patience is born. I have also had teachers who seem to be more interested in proving _themselves_ and this is where things start to go horribly wrong.
I find it interesting too that most of what Segovia is trying to teach is how to _play from the heart_ and that speaks also to his clarity of purpose. There is nothing to disguise for him, his intentions are true. That is what for me makes him not just an extremely good, but a truly great player.
It's not mean when you focus on the technique in your criticism. The teacher assumes you came because you want to learn.
"Americans like me are not used to hearing instruction without some soothing words first. " #ytmostidioticcomments
Looks like they had a lot of fun !
Whoever this woman is the fact that she has received instruction from Maestro Andre Segovia is apparent. How fortunate his students were to learn from him. Very interesting to see this happening.
The "women's name" is Brigitte Zaczek from Vienna, Austrria... here is something about her... www.guitarkutnahora.com/en/personalities-of-classic-guitar/?brigitte-zaczek-austria
Piet d'H. The "WOMAN'S name," thank you.
hey you bet, she's amazing
I have a hard time not wishing I had had the chance to learn from him also.
Pickin' and grinnin'.
Such a priceless treasure on video! Thank you for sharing this DVD with us! What a maestro!
(Common names In order of which they are heard) 1: J.S. Bach, Chaconne, Violin Partita No.2, BWV 1004 (arr. Segovia). 2; Girolamo Frescobaldi, Aria Con Variazioni Detta "La Frescobalda" (arr. Segovia). 3; J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007, Prelude. 4; John Dowland, Allemande, Poulton No.54. 5; Joaquin Turina, Fandanguillo, Op.36. 6; J.S. Bach, BWV 998, Prelude (arr. Segovia). 7; Mario Castelnuovo Tudesco, Guitar Concerto, Op.99 Mvt.1. 8; Mario Castelnuovo Tudesco, Tarantella, Op.87a...
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Thank you so much mate!
Godbless
Thanks I was looking for this!
Muchas Gracias Andrés Segovia
It's incredible that you managed to upload this video. I've been playing the chaconne for over 30 years.
Now, I'm gonna improve. Thank you so much.
The Art of Classical guitar with Andres Segovia
Indeed a Timeless piece of Art. Ausgezeichnet
Qué regalo nos ha dado Andrés con esta película! Gracias!
Segovia wasn't necessarily the greatest teacher because he thought you should mostly play things exactly like him, but watching this you just see the extreme musicality Segovia had and why he is so legendary. I might him super briefly in the 80s and after shaking his hand he said "a classical guitarist must always pay much attention to perfect hands and nails". I was just an intermediate self taught guitarist (and still am) but he could tell I played from my nails and even in a 15 second interaction he sort of gave a lesson.
I saw him in concert in 1979. I assure you it was magical.
Very inspiring...
Noteful Gratitude...
This is very valuable document and many thanks for uploading.
Thanks for sharing
Absolutely excellent vid! Thankx Thanh for posting. Its almost like I'm getting a lesson from the master himself!
no shortcuts in the Classical Biz b-a-b-y !
I was already very impressed by Segovia, but now I am amazed
Segovia lent his concert guitar to a spectator in order for him to copy its dimensions. His name was Georg Bolin, of Sweden. I have a guitar built by him in 1953, and signed, and it has the name Var, with a circle over the a. I believe it means Spring. The guitar has an interesting history. I bought it used via on-line from a shop in S.F. USA. It had been stolen from there and suffered a crack, which was repaired. It is spruce and rosewood, and I think it sounds magnificent. I was inspired to learn, listening to Segovia Recently, some commentator said that the young generation has surpassed him in technique. I see a few on the web who are quite good, and at least one who slaps his guitar as much as plays it, and while entertaining in a way, does nothing for my soul. Segovia hits the soul spots and that can't be done by just any old body. There are a zillion electric aficionados out there, bending and fuzzing their way into an emptiness of shallow nowhere-ness. It helps if they have nice hair and boobs.
Andres Segovia is a legend...the best of the best
This deserves to be professionally remastered. Could you imagine this with remastered audio and maybe in color? I would buy that on DVD.
i love this because the music is so good and that the video is so long thats what im looking for. i need long videos of this kind of classical guitar does anyone have anything like that for me?
please never errase this video. it's awesome!
What a wonderful gift to share! Thankyou
Maestro de maestros
Awesome and amazing, thisnis verry touching
This video is a treasure !!!
Well said, practising slowly has been the key factor in developing my playing. Without doing so my tremolo would surely have developed with many inconsistencies in tone and volume
ya tenia yo referencias del maestro segovia pero se quedaron cortisimas es mas de de lo que yo pense rompio todos mis conceptos en lo que me dijeron señor segovia lo amo
Really a great Maestro! for all of us.. Thanks
Such a great video! A very different way of teaching from what we're used to now'a days... It might pass to some as rude, but it's so far from that. Remember, these people came here for the criticism of someone who has devoted their life to the instrument.
wow this is so awesome
It is fantastic that these early videos exist. Are there more videos of the master teaching?
precious....thank you for sharing...you can listen and learn alot from the video
gracias muy buena lección..con el maestro segovia..
Absolutely marvelous. Thank you for posting.
merci pour ce partage
Excellent!!! Amazing!!!
Wow some find!!! Gam on!
EXCELENTE... GRACIAS Thanh Huynh... Que buen video...
So Spectacular!
And I'm just sitting here playing Asturias.. Wow, this is fantastic!
I am quite certain I would crack under the pressure of this master class.
9; Composed by Manuel Maria Ponce at the request of Segovia to be attributed to (the style of) J.S. Bach as a joke that Segovia & Ponce played on composer Fritz Kreisler. After reconsidering, Segovia & Ponce later agreed to attribute the work to Sylvius Leopold Weiss; it is entitled: Suite in A Minor, Gigue. (the 5th & final mvt. of the suite). 10; John Dowland, My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, Allemande (arr. Karl Scheit) 11; Isaac Albeniz, Zambra Granadina, Op.97 No.4. THANKS MR. HUYNH! MUCH ENJOYED
Segovia the best teacher
Amazing guitarists!
Thanks for sharing this!
Viva la Segovia !