Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roˈðɾiɣo]; 22 November 1901 - 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire.
Nice overview video. Two major "guitar" composers I would have expected to see that you omited are John Dowland and Silvius Leopold Weiss (the Bach of the Lute), but other than that it's pretty much a spot on who is who of everybody you will encounter in your first years of learning classical guitar.
I truly enjoyed this video. I agree with others - it would be tremendous if you could expand it to add some of the other master composers that are mainstays of the guitar, Lauro. Villa Lobos. Rodrigo. etc... Thanks for a wonderful job and great information.
Dude love the video. Been playing now classical guitar now for three weeks. Im learning how to play Lagrima. Its a joy to see my fingers play this notes i hear always on my car radio. I went from Superjoint Ritual to Francisco Tarrega. Any tips that you can give a beginner like me? Greetings from Germany . Gruß.
Really good video. I do appreciate promoting these composers. The only thing I would argue is that the modern guitar does not have a superior sound quality and is not necessarily louder. In fact many 19th Century guitars have a richer tone which carries more in a halls than modern guitars. The story that the modern classical guitar has all of these "better" qualities is just a myth, told before the recent revival of period performance practices on originals and reproductions, and the myth is still repeated despite its inaccuracy. My two 19th century originals have far richer tones that modern classical guitar. My Panormo copy is the only guitar I can use that is loud enough. and rich enough. to accompany a violin. The modern classical guitar, with its thin tone, just doesn't work.
Thanks for your insight! I've never tried playing a period guitar but I would love to try. Have you made any recordings of your instrument? Also, a lot of it might come down to familiarity as well. For instance I'm definitely more accustomed to the sound of the modern guitar and I find period instruments sound more trebly, so for me this makes the instrument sound less rich. However as you point out, this probably helps in making the period instrument's sound carry better than the modern instrument.
@@brettvachon Hi Brett. Yes, it is certainly perception and what people value. The modern classical guitar has a particular sound that has become the ideal that people value. Its not that it is better or worse, its just that it becomes the reference. The problem as I see it, is people then take what they value and then use every available positive word to describe the tone, and so you often hear the modern classical guitar sound described as a rich, full, complex, sweet tone (with full harmonic over tones) etc. However, if you look at the actual spectrum and harmonic overtones of a modern guitar, there is a less complex harmonic range and more fundamental. More fundamental (and less harmonic overtones) is what actually gives the modern guitar its distinctive sound, a crisp tone, a clear bass etc.. However we shouldn't call the tone rich and complex, but rather thin and crisp. (these are not value judgements, just descriptions of the tone) As an analogy, I liken the modern guitar to the digital CD and the 19th century guitar to the analogy record.
Thanks for your reply @@andrewsstuffy. I would certainly expect people to use positive words to describe things that they value :) But I'll use an example to illustrate my point about familiarity. For instance, if I hear a C Major chord in equal temperament and then hear the same chord in just intonation, I prefer the version in equal temperament even though technically it is "out of tune" with respect to just intonation. But I realize that this is 100% due to the fact that the overwhelming majority of what I listen to is in equal temperament. So I suspect that because I am more familiar with equal temperament, it sounds better to my ears even though acoustically speaking, the opposite is true. I would liken this analogy to period vs modern instruments.
1-Probably says ONLY AI, Olga's friends and sstutty; but still for much that they try The Truth is but One. 2-By the way , can anyone imagine modern music, specially American music without the ''modern'' guitar and the work of these other masters ...? .3-And by all means, do go back, and study and listen to those Super masters like Beethoven, Mozart and Bach's celestial music two!. That'll certainly make you grow as ''a musician''. ...Shema!!!.
Hi Stephan, if you are looking for anthologies I would consider either the RCM Classical Guitar Series or the Classical Guitar Exam Pieces by Trinity College London. For free resources you can check out The Guitar School (Eythor Thorlaksson)
Yes, precisely. Tablature was used to notate instrumental music and mensural notation, or notes on a staff, was for singers. Over time the notation on the staff with a treble clef became used as a 'universal' way of notating music
I don´t know why some people say Fernando Sor was the Beethoven of the guitar, the two composer have nothing to each other. Sor indeed was a truly important guitar composer, but his style was more related to Carl Philip Emanuel and Johann Christian Bach, maybe to Haydn and Mozart than Beethoven. The forms, the harmony, the classical cadences maybe are a bit similar. Beethoven is something very different.
You mentioned a whole host of barely known or unknown guitar composers, and only a couple of better known ones, such as Tarrega and Mangore - but what about Isaac Albeniz, or Piazzolla? Where are they in this history? They're much better known than most of the others you included in this survey.
I appreciate your playing and the explanations but ...you couldn’t pick uglier background for your playing...concrete, busy and badly designed bridge ? Common !
I would love to see you do a long documentary on the history of classical guitar. This is interesting and fun for us classical guitar lovers.
that would be awesome but i'm not sure i have the film-making chops to do that haha
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roˈðɾiɣo]; 22 November 1901 - 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire.
I wish you can mention more modern composers like Villa-Lobos, etc.
Nice overview video. Two major "guitar" composers I would have expected to see that you omited are John Dowland and Silvius Leopold Weiss (the Bach of the Lute), but other than that it's pretty much a spot on who is who of everybody you will encounter in your first years of learning classical guitar.
this was actually the exact video I've been looking for. Super good job!
Cool! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
@@brettvachon where did you study guitar?
@@jamescopley8863 i started lessons when I was 8 and then did a Bachelor degree at the University of Montreal
Great job Brett. Don´t stop making videos.
Thanks!
I truly enjoyed this video. I agree with others - it would be tremendous if you could expand it to add some of the other master composers that are mainstays of the guitar, Lauro. Villa Lobos. Rodrigo. etc... Thanks for a wonderful job and great information.
Thanks!
Awesome video man I’d love to hear a follow up with mario castelnuovo tedesco, Britten ..?
Learned a lot! Thank you.
Perfectly done! I learned a lot!!!!
Awesome😀
kudos on your video......it sure caught my eye! Please keep up this valuable and worthy work!
Thanks Ron !
The classical guitar is played sitting down, always has been.
Marvelous and very Inspirational. Many thanks....
My pleasure!
Nicely done. thanks !
Very Interesting Thank You
This is very interesting and enlightening. Well done I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you!
Great video. Im watching you in Moldova)
Thank very much for this information
you're welcome! i'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Hey Brett,
Great video you have here. Glad to see some good educational content for the classical guitar!
-John
Hey John, thanks!
Sweet video
🙂😃👍
I really appreciate this video man!!!
Awesome!
This was excellent and helpful!!
Right on!
good job, thanks for the history lesson.
Great! 😊
Thanks to you, I have some new composers to check out. But....No mention of Llobet or Villa-Lobos?
Good point, it would have been a good idea to include Miguel Llobet!
Dude love the video.
Been playing now classical guitar now for three weeks. Im learning how to play Lagrima. Its a joy to see my fingers play this notes i hear always on my car radio. I went from Superjoint Ritual to Francisco Tarrega. Any tips that you can give a beginner like me?
Greetings from Germany .
Gruß.
Thanks!
Best advice I can give is to be consistent. A little bit of practice every day and you will improve considerably over time. Good luck! 😁
This is a great video my friend :D
thanks :)
Thank you for this!!!!!!
You're Welcome!
Great video.
Thanks!
Thanks so much ! Learnt a lot !
My pleasure!
This was excellent. Thank you
cheers 😊
Tarrega is my favourite. I have read Pujol's biography in translation
Brilliant!! Thank you so much for this video!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you and keep on
Thanks you too 😃
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Very good video! Thanks a lot
What about Paganini and Segovia ?
More on Francisco please 🤘
8 minutes are enough. Even for a brief history.
Really good video. I do appreciate promoting these composers. The only thing I would argue is that the modern guitar does not have a superior sound quality and is not necessarily louder. In fact many 19th Century guitars have a richer tone which carries more in a halls than modern guitars. The story that the modern classical guitar has all of these "better" qualities is just a myth, told before the recent revival of period performance practices on originals and reproductions, and the myth is still repeated despite its inaccuracy. My two 19th century originals have far richer tones that modern classical guitar. My Panormo copy is the only guitar I can use that is loud enough. and rich enough. to accompany a violin. The modern classical guitar, with its thin tone, just doesn't work.
Thanks for your insight! I've never tried playing a period guitar but I would love to try. Have you made any recordings of your instrument?
Also, a lot of it might come down to familiarity as well. For instance I'm definitely more accustomed to the sound of the modern guitar and I find period instruments sound more trebly, so for me this makes the instrument sound less rich. However as you point out, this probably helps in making the period instrument's sound carry better than the modern instrument.
@@brettvachon Hi Brett. Yes, it is certainly perception and what people value. The modern classical guitar has a particular sound that has become the ideal that people value. Its not that it is better or worse, its just that it becomes the reference. The problem as I see it, is people then take what they value and then use every available positive word to describe the tone, and so you often hear the modern classical guitar sound described as a rich, full, complex, sweet tone (with full harmonic over tones) etc. However, if you look at the actual spectrum and harmonic overtones of a modern guitar, there is a less complex harmonic range and more fundamental. More fundamental (and less harmonic overtones) is what actually gives the modern guitar its distinctive sound, a crisp tone, a clear bass etc.. However we shouldn't call the tone rich and complex, but rather thin and crisp. (these are not value judgements, just descriptions of the tone) As an analogy, I liken the modern guitar to the digital CD and the 19th century guitar to the analogy record.
Thanks for your reply @@andrewsstuffy. I would certainly expect people to use positive words to describe things that they value :)
But I'll use an example to illustrate my point about familiarity. For instance, if I hear a C Major chord in equal temperament and then hear the same chord in just intonation, I prefer the version in equal temperament even though technically it is "out of tune" with respect to just intonation. But I realize that this is 100% due to the fact that the overwhelming majority of what I listen to is in equal temperament. So I suspect that because I am more familiar with equal temperament, it sounds better to my ears even though acoustically speaking, the opposite is true. I would liken this analogy to period vs modern instruments.
1-Probably says ONLY AI, Olga's friends and sstutty; but still for much that they try The Truth is but One.
2-By the way , can anyone imagine modern music, specially American music without the ''modern'' guitar and the work of these other masters ...?
.3-And by all means, do go back, and study and listen to those Super masters like Beethoven, Mozart and Bach's celestial music two!. That'll certainly make you grow as ''a musician''. ...Shema!!!.
Awesome video! Would you be able to list the pieces that you played in this video? 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks! I made a list in the description 😊
Good job!
thanks!
Thank you for this. It really does seem like this Information isn't as easily found as information about your typical great composers for orchestras.
Yeah we need to spread the word 😊
Great video!!!
thank yoU!
Where can I find guitar books with those pieces? More like "where do you get them"
Hi Stephan, if you are looking for anthologies I would consider either the RCM Classical Guitar Series or the Classical Guitar Exam Pieces by Trinity College London. For free resources you can check out The Guitar School (Eythor Thorlaksson)
~ Brett. Thank you for this education! What is the music played at the beginning & during the end credits (please)!
You're welcome ! The music you here is the third movement from my guitar sonata 😊
Such a Great Video :)
Thanks 😁
so what you’re telling me is that guitarists originally only read tablature and only later started writing on the treble clef?
Yes, precisely. Tablature was used to notate instrumental music and mensural notation, or notes on a staff, was for singers. Over time the notation on the staff with a treble clef became used as a 'universal' way of notating music
What about Villa-Lobos?
Thankfully, There is lots of wonderful music written for the guitar in the 20th century, but I didn't cover that in this video
I don´t know why some people say Fernando Sor was the Beethoven of the guitar, the two composer have nothing to each other. Sor indeed was a truly important guitar composer, but his style was more related to Carl Philip Emanuel and Johann Christian Bach, maybe to Haydn and Mozart than Beethoven. The forms, the harmony, the classical cadences maybe are a bit similar. Beethoven is something very different.
I think it's because Beethoven (1770-1827) and Sor (1778-1839) were alive around a very similar period.
thank you for ending with Barrios...he was American and the first composer to add anything significantly new and different to the repertoire
19th-20th century classical guitar composers like Villa Lobos Nikita Koshkin.
Why ,just why !didn’t Beethoven write for lute ?! Because it didn’t project ?!!
He could have written chamber music , solos , anything !!!
You mentioned a whole host of barely known or unknown guitar composers, and only a couple of better known ones, such as Tarrega and Mangore - but what about Isaac Albeniz, or Piazzolla? Where are they in this history? They're much better known than most of the others you included in this survey.
But that's the point of the video.. the composers mentioned in the video are well known to guitarists, but they are unknown to everyone else
Albeniz wasn't really a guitar composer. His works were transcribed for guitar if I'm not mistaken.
I appreciate your playing and the explanations but ...you couldn’t pick uglier background for your playing...concrete, busy and badly designed bridge ? Common !
The Government just tore down and rebuilt the entire highway interchange. Maybe I should do a before/after comparison shot?
Playing a classical guitar with a strap??? WTF ???
Try it sometime.