With due respect to all super-talented musicians out there. There are few people I would consider prolific. And Pierre without question is one of them. Regardless of whether his music is your style or whatever, the man has an unbelievable command of the instrument and a beautiful mind for song writing. And... probably one of the most technically proficient professionals out there too. Just unbelievable. Mad props to Pierre.
Wu Wei cela veut dire que tu as été chinois il y a bien des années , des siècles , une éternité et que tout son de ton pays retrouvé te déchire le cœur ....
Wish I would have had the ability to stunt this mans aging right then. He was at his height of dexterity and virtuosity. While he's still an outstanding player even at his current age, I have never heard him play this piece as perfectly again as he did here. Granted i never heard him live so these records are the only thing I have to go by. He constantly reinterprets his old pieces, seemingly making them a little easier to play as he ages but he's still marvellous to listen to.
IMO, this is actually better than the studio version anyway. The original has an overdubbed lead guitar a little ways in, and some vocal accents. Still good, but this one is amazing.
I spent a month to learn this song, and played a lot since that. It has been 3 years now, but truly, every time i listen to Pierre play it i just feel i was ruining the song ; (.
Please don't feel that way. The fact that you can play this song at all is a great accomplishment for you or any other guitarist who can play it and this helps lay the foundation of Pierre's future legacy - keeping his music alive in this world.
Exactly. Pierre would want you to keep you perservering and achieve your own unique voice on the instrument rather than you throwing your guitar in the dumpster and giving up. I know what you mean though, I feel like that whenever I learn a classic piece and hear a John Williams recording which is technically annoyingly perfect, it puts me off!
@Chiangmai007 I have the sheets to Nefertari, and Hymn 11. I'm not sure which one to do first. But I'll likely add E Funk by Al Petteway as it has more "wow factor" for the non-musician and general listener. I'm interested in your thought (likes dislikes). Which do you like better Bensusans cover of Si Bhig, Si Mohr, or the one by Ed Gerhard? It is Gerhard for me all the way. Gerhards cover of The Water is Wide is tops for me too. I have not heard better covers by any others on those.
"Wu wei is an important concept in Taoism that literally means non-action or non-doing. In the Tao te Ching, Laozi explains that beings (or phenomena) that are wholly in harmony with the Tao behave in a completely natural, uncontrived way. The goal of spiritual practice for the human being is, according to Laozi, the attainment of this purely natural way of behaving, as when the planets revolve around the sun. The planets effortlessly do this revolving without any sort of control, force, or attempt to revolve themselves, instead engaging in effortless and spontaneous movement." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei
Help me please, Im searchig for a recording of a live show probably in years around 1982 done in french were M.Bensusan made all is greats, Solilai, Wu Wei Nice Felling , he was mostly alone on the stage... My tape of that show died many years ago :- (
Anyone know what guitar he's playing here? It appears to be a jumbo body steel string that he's fitted with classical strings.Never seen anyone do this before...very creative. I'm going to see him this Sat eve in Denver at Swallow Hill. I don't put too much stock in ranking guitar players, but fwiw, Frets Magazine has rated Pierre the 3rd best guitar player in the world. I'm siked to be seeing him in such a small venue this weekend.
@tuikun02 here is a guy that is keeping a real strong grove but moves in some odd timing too. Antoine Dufour - Scratch. It's really not even about guitar anymore when it comes to these guys... it 's music... the sounds/ the not sounds. So so many great players out there. where is are the masses on this? the general public music is hollow. It scares me that more people are not into this stuff. To each his own, but I just think the lack of appreciation of this is scary. music no word? what?
@TheGentlemanBronco dude this is nails. and he is playing it about 15 bpm faster than intended when he wrote it. And if this workshop was recent, he is old now. Give the guy a break.
@stonefreeJMH :) i discovered it today and i have the same feeling..you should check out also Justin Kings August train and also check out maneli jamal;)
There is something seriously "wrong" with Bensusan and his sense of timing and harmonic structure. I'm going to attempt some of his stuff, and when I get off that bus I wonder if I'll ever be able to find my way home. Or if I make it back to normal land will things be slightly different colored? A lot of great fingerstyle guitars I enjoy, but often know where they are headed in a song. Is it just me or do you guys find yourself saying "what the...?!" when he takes off in a odd direction?
I do agree that Pierre does perform this well and is a talented musician but if you listen sometimes he misses notes. When i met him he taught a workshop and said that every not must be played beautifully but when he performed many of his notes were not up to expectationm of what he mentioned.
@Chiangmai007 you greatly misunderstand me. I find it very appealing. But if you prefer to believe otherwise and that helps you; please continue to do so.
je l'ai vu 2 fois et à chaque fois c'était génial .
One of my favourite pieces and played superbly by Pierre Bensusan..The fluency and skill is another level. Fabulous 🙏
Can't believe such a beautiful piece can ever be written and played with a single guitar. Truly genius. All my thanks for letting me enjoy it, Pierre!
almost nobody can play it. only masters can
@@gmsi7d371 Thanks!
With due respect to all super-talented musicians out there. There are few people I would consider prolific. And Pierre without question is one of them. Regardless of whether his music is your style or whatever, the man has an unbelievable command of the instrument and a beautiful mind for song writing. And... probably one of the most technically proficient professionals out there too. Just unbelievable. Mad props to Pierre.
the most underrated song ever
Best version
What!!! 2:34-2:42 OMG What an amazing original piece, and performed flawlessly!! Bravo! Thank you.
Wu Wei cela veut dire que tu as été chinois il y a bien des années , des siècles , une éternité et que tout son de ton pays retrouvé te déchire le cœur ....
i could listen to this a million times and still get chills. very soothing.
He is a king. He is the best, not one of the best, just the best of the world.
Wish I would have had the ability to stunt this mans aging right then. He was at his height of dexterity and virtuosity. While he's still an outstanding player even at his current age, I have never heard him play this piece as perfectly again as he did here. Granted i never heard him live so these records are the only thing I have to go by. He constantly reinterprets his old pieces, seemingly making them a little easier to play as he ages but he's still marvellous to listen to.
Pierre plays the most alive and sensitive music I've heard. He is a conduit to inner feeling and external energy.
Ah, I hadn't heard him for so long, what a nice breath of air!
Il a bien évolué avec le temps, ça fait toujours autant de bien de l'entendre
Such incredible playing. One of the best fingerstyle songs I've ever come across.
Thank you for uploading this. I'm binge watching Pierre today :)
As always, he's my go to for composition and soul
One of the authorities on DADGAD in the world today. BRAVO Sir!!!
Truly a master, feeling the music each second.. fantastic
I have been watching this video time and time again for years
I'm going to ignore this so I can continue living a happy life playing guitar. It's insane how good some people are!
I forget how utterly brilliant this guy is. I'm reminded again.
Thank you.
Funny how non-musicians and non-guitarists can tell how amazing this man is. Dull is a word that only a fool could use to describe this.
He's shaking and his contracting and I'm surprised he could even play at all.
It's AWESOME
got this concert, wonderful thing all over...
This is extremely outstanding.
he really is one the best 5 who've ever played the thing. Sweet Jesus H.
I feel the essence of '無為' in listening this beautiful tune.
Got it! 11 june. Thanks
Beautiful...
Mi emoziono sempre a sentirlo.
There is a better audio version. Search:
2 song from Pierre bensusan
Owesome!!!
Amazing!
Incredible.
Great Artist!Seems Also very humble
IMO, this is actually better than the studio version anyway. The original has an overdubbed lead guitar a little ways in, and some vocal accents. Still good, but this one is amazing.
Wow. Lovely.
Meraviglioso !
vwow. so serene.
very impressive
Those old ribbon transducer acoustic pickups were horrendous! Glad there's a plethora of great pickups available these days.
¡Estupendo!
Stupendous!
YES FATHER🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥❤️👌🏾
5 people who dislike this song can't hear.
Arte. Nada más.
For a newer rendition of this beautiful piece with top quality sound, youtube search Pierre Bensusan | Wu Wei | Live @ The Silk Mill Recording Studio
masterpiece
dude ur out of ur mind!!!!!1
shet so good! love this song i just found my next song to learn which will probably take me 10yrs to learn ahah
Play this at my funeral
Tears do form.
That was great! I just wish the sound quality was a bit better:(
I spent a month to learn this song, and played a lot since that. It has been 3 years now, but truly, every time i listen to Pierre play it i just feel i was ruining the song ; (.
Please don't feel that way. The fact that you can play this song at all is a great accomplishment for you or any other guitarist who can play it and this helps lay the foundation of Pierre's future legacy - keeping his music alive in this world.
Exactly. Pierre would want you to keep you perservering and achieve your own unique voice on the instrument rather than you throwing your guitar in the dumpster and giving up. I know what you mean though, I feel like that whenever I learn a classic piece and hear a John Williams recording which is technically annoyingly perfect, it puts me off!
Took me longer than a month, Ha! And same.... his fluidity is beautiful.
@stonefreeJMH . i think its a song with different style from Rylynn . B UT both songs are GREAT !
@Chiangmai007 I have the sheets to Nefertari, and Hymn 11. I'm not sure which one to do first. But I'll likely add E Funk by Al Petteway as it has more "wow factor" for the non-musician and general listener. I'm interested in your thought (likes dislikes). Which do you like better Bensusans cover of Si Bhig, Si Mohr, or the one by Ed Gerhard? It is Gerhard for me all the way. Gerhards cover of The Water is Wide is tops for me too. I have not heard better covers by any others on those.
any1 here who know what part 0:30-0:34 is called in music theory? like best lick i've ever heard.
@haikusa wuweie is the idea of creating by allowing to happen. I'd say he's pretty right on.
@nathanialbeltz I think it's trainable to get such accuracy in the left hand. With loads of practice. At least I'm hoping so for my own sake ;D
MASTER PIECE
"Wu wei is an important concept in Taoism that literally means non-action or non-doing. In the Tao te Ching, Laozi explains that beings (or phenomena) that are wholly in harmony with the Tao behave in a completely natural, uncontrived way. The goal of spiritual practice for the human being is, according to Laozi, the attainment of this purely natural way of behaving, as when the planets revolve around the sun. The planets effortlessly do this revolving without any sort of control, force, or attempt to revolve themselves, instead engaging in effortless and spontaneous movement."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei
Help me please,
Im searchig for a recording of a live show probably in years around 1982 done in french were M.Bensusan made all is greats, Solilai, Wu Wei Nice Felling , he was mostly alone on the stage... My tape of that show died many years ago :- (
Anyone know what guitar he's playing here? It appears to be a jumbo body steel string that he's fitted with classical strings.Never seen anyone do this before...very creative. I'm going to see him this Sat eve in Denver at Swallow Hill. I don't put too much stock in ranking guitar players, but fwiw, Frets Magazine has rated Pierre the 3rd best guitar player in the world. I'm siked to be seeing him in such a small venue this weekend.
@jonyboulder2 he has ,,,lol
its called"the guitar book "
@tuikun02 here is a guy that is keeping a real strong grove but moves in some odd timing too. Antoine Dufour - Scratch. It's really not even about guitar anymore when it comes to these guys... it 's music... the sounds/ the not sounds. So so many great players out there. where is are the masses on this? the general public music is hollow. It scares me that more people are not into this stuff. To each his own, but I just think the lack of appreciation of this is scary. music no word? what?
Such a nice guy; and very humble. Step aside Andres Segovia ;o)
@TheGentlemanBronco dude this is nails. and he is playing it about 15 bpm faster than intended when he wrote it. And if this workshop was recent, he is old now. Give the guy a break.
@pentacleofvenus Try some of Al Petteway's tunes in dadgad. Pretty accessible and not mountain to climb like most of Pierre's tunes are
Holy mother of God...
❤
@TheGentlemanBronco Its Music not A Tennis Match!!
I looked at Amazon and iTunes but didn't see the mp3. Sorry.
0:28 - 0:34 ... wow...
Is there any chance of obtaining an mp3 version of a version of Wu Wei somewhere?
This is brilliant.
Pierre makes me feel so small as a guitarist.
Any idea of the venue?
Rylynn's still on top for me.
What year was this?
the title is very ironic!
@stonefreeJMH :) i discovered it today and i have the same feeling..you should check out also Justin Kings August train and also check out maneli jamal;)
Wu and Wei were 2 kingdoms in Chinese history. At a guess, it might be something about them? Or something . . . I don't know . . . I'm new here.
I think wu-wei doesn't mean 2 kingdoms, but a word means "non interference" or "laissez faire". It is one of the core values of Daoism.
@TheGentlemanBronco
1st: consider the difficulty of this song.
2nd: what the fuck? which notes are missing in this tune? It's PERFECT.
There is something seriously "wrong" with Bensusan and his sense of timing and harmonic structure. I'm going to attempt some of his stuff, and when I get off that bus I wonder if I'll ever be able to find my way home. Or if I make it back to normal land will things be slightly different colored? A lot of great fingerstyle guitars I enjoy, but often know where they are headed in a song. Is it just me or do you guys find yourself saying "what the...?!" when he takes off in a odd direction?
Wu Wei ，what is means?
The guy below is right. This is literally blinding.
pretty tough
I do agree that Pierre does perform this well and is a talented musician but if you listen sometimes he misses notes. When i met him he taught a workshop and said that every not must be played beautifully but when he performed many of his notes were not up to expectationm of what he mentioned.
8 year olds can play Rylynn. There is something very serious that you are missing or not understanding.
I too am looking for some interesting DADGAD tunes.
what does wu wei mean?
issit chinese? irish dialect?
all hail wu wei
@6Cannibal6Bassist6 you can't even compare pierre to justin.. its true
now that I've got your attention, watch this video again
Is this really difficult?
jesus
@Chiangmai007 you greatly misunderstand me. I find it very appealing. But if you prefer to believe otherwise and that helps you; please continue to do so.
Are you 8? Happy Birthday to you
Look at his left hand LOL! He should publish a method book.
he published a few through mel bay and there's a great video he did for truefire.com where he teaches this very song.
c clair..lol