I caught the premiere by chance and I'm glad I did. A lovely performance; there should be more solo electric Bach. And I completely agree about the 330/Magnatone combo. It's just the perfect sound, clear but wavering, with a decay that's not too long or too short.
@@GuitarUniverse2013 So, this is kind of a trick question, as Magnatones actually have true vibrato (modulates pitch), rather than the much more common tremolo, which modulates volume. Yes, it's from the amp.
Beautiful in every way. The Gibson es-330 with this tone really suits Bach. The music is so fresh and understatedly powerful it’s almost as if it could of been wrote in the present. Fantastic !
Seek out lady in the unicorn. It’s a wonderful album by John Renbourn. He was one of the very first guitarist to play medieval and classical music on electric guitar. the beret and bee minor by Bock is especially lovely. Excuse the shit out of my spelling. By the way, Professor Bill Levitt of Berklee College of Music wrote three instruction books that were completely devoted to plain classical music with a pic. Very interesting approach. And Berkleee was the first Music school. One could go to and not be forced to study classical music. By the way, since a lot of blue-collar and working class, kids loved Guitar, they didn’t really have, the kind of lifestyle that would allow them to do nothing but play guitar music 10 hours a day. You know they played rock, Bluegrass, heavy metal, and old rock ‘n’ roll. And because you could go to Berkleee, major in music and have the guitar as your principal instrument it allowed thousands of middle-class and blue-collar kidsget a college degree. This is what I call the hidden gift Berkleee. It allowed a whole different kind of demographic to have a college degree.
The compression comes from the amp, nothing was added. It's recorded with a zoom recorder, set slightly too high so a little distortion happened in places
Although this hybrid technique seems to me a bit weird, you did an amazing job indeed! Since I did my own arrangement of the piece I am perfectly aware of it complexity and difficulty.
Thanks so much! and yes hybrid is utterly strange I agree, but for me it can help to serve the lower voices to come out clearer. Your version is actually the only other solo-guitar version I have heard, you did a fantastic job! Congrats! The artificial harmonics you do are amazing.
@@mikkelploug thank you very much indeed! I haven’t thought you would check my own version, that’s really great, thank you. The hybrid technique seems weird to me as I am a finger player, I have never played with a pick. I especially appreciate you used the original key. I do the same whenever it’s possible. I’ve come across another solo guitar transcription which was in a minor. But I didn’t like it too much. I love your tempo and phrasing, which is so relaxed! Thanks for your kind words, sir.
@@unwrought9757 You are most welcome! And thanks, that really means a lot! I find it unbelievably "groovy" music thanks to the ever amazing counter lines. I will be working on this the rest of my life :)
I'm still changing the arrangement to see if I can find better solutions, but maybe someday I will feel it could be good enough to be written down and shared, then you can have it for sure!
An exceptional guitarist! Superb!
I caught the premiere by chance and I'm glad I did. A lovely performance; there should be more solo electric Bach. And I completely agree about the 330/Magnatone combo. It's just the perfect sound, clear but wavering, with a decay that's not too long or too short.
That’s called tremolo. I believe it’s from the amplifier, right?
@@GuitarUniverse2013 So, this is kind of a trick question, as Magnatones actually have true vibrato (modulates pitch), rather than the much more common tremolo, which modulates volume. Yes, it's from the amp.
Magisterial music and performance thanks
Wonderful arrangement
Bad ass my my man... Bad ass...
Beautiful in every way. The Gibson es-330 with this tone really suits Bach. The music is so fresh and understatedly powerful it’s almost as if it could of been wrote in the present. Fantastic !
Excellent! ..an interesting RH technique
I like the pot plants in the corner there 😉
Wonderful!
Lovely. Superb tone. Bravo!
really amazing
really beautiful. Congratulations.
Beautiful!
Beautiful playing.
Stunningly beautiful!
Love this so much. Just haunting and gorgeous.
Excellent! The vibrato works wonders in this context.
Superb. Thanks for this!
Masterful use of plectrum and finger
👏🏼👏🏼🎸🎶
This was magnificent!
Bravo, Mikkel!
Darkly lovely!
Thanks Mikkel!
Wow, beautiful, thanks!
Seek out lady in the unicorn. It’s a wonderful album by John Renbourn. He was one of the very first guitarist to play medieval and classical music on electric guitar. the beret and bee minor by Bock is especially lovely. Excuse the shit out of my spelling. By the way, Professor Bill Levitt of Berklee College of Music wrote three instruction books that were completely devoted to plain classical music with a pic. Very interesting approach. And Berkleee was the first Music school. One could go to and not be forced to study classical music. By the way, since a lot of blue-collar and working class, kids loved Guitar, they didn’t really have, the kind of lifestyle that would allow them to do nothing but play guitar music 10 hours a day. You know they played rock, Bluegrass, heavy metal, and old rock ‘n’ roll. And because you could go to Berkleee, major in music and have the guitar as your principal instrument it allowed thousands of middle-class and blue-collar kidsget a college degree. This is what I call the hidden gift Berkleee. It allowed a whole different kind of demographic to have a college degree.
Sure, except Berklee is insanely expensive.
This music is everything
WTF! Bach with Hybridpicking👍
Impressive. Playing classical music on electric guitar is so difficult especially controlling dynamic… Was there any compressor/limiter used here?
The compression comes from the amp, nothing was added. It's recorded with a zoom recorder, set slightly too high so a little distortion happened in places
@@mikkelploug The clipping adds character, even if unintentional! Also, 32-bit float recording is now available--headroom galore!
Although this hybrid technique seems to me a bit weird, you did an amazing job indeed! Since I did my own arrangement of the piece I am perfectly aware of it complexity and difficulty.
Thanks so much! and yes hybrid is utterly strange I agree, but for me it can help to serve the lower voices to come out clearer. Your version is actually the only other solo-guitar version I have heard, you did a fantastic job! Congrats! The artificial harmonics you do are amazing.
@@mikkelploug thank you very much indeed! I haven’t thought you would check my own version, that’s really great, thank you. The hybrid technique seems weird to me as I am a finger player, I have never played with a pick. I especially appreciate you used the original key. I do the same whenever it’s possible. I’ve come across another solo guitar transcription which was in a minor. But I didn’t like it too much. I love your tempo and phrasing, which is so relaxed! Thanks for your kind words, sir.
@@unwrought9757 You are most welcome! And thanks, that really means a lot! I find it unbelievably "groovy" music thanks to the ever amazing counter lines. I will be working on this the rest of my life :)
@@mikkelploug so will be I! This is a lifelong sentence.
Beautiful performance.
Note to recording engineer: I think the mic (or maybe the recording level) was overloaded into distortion at several points.
Might have been the point. Bach with P 90s
Wow.. is this arrangement written out anywhere?
We discussed this during the podcast (link in the description). No, not written out yet.
I'm still changing the arrangement to see if I can find better solutions, but maybe someday I will feel it could be good enough to be written down and shared, then you can have it for sure!
this sounds infinitely better than any harpsichord