It never ceases to amaze me how so many people playing classical are paying no attention to the notes on the page, or the tempo. There's so much beauty in playing the song as it's written. This isn't jazz people, come on.
What he means is students these days learn how to play guitar but they don't understand the music. The issue is that people associate virtuosic or really great guitar playing as "play it so fast people can't believe you could play it like that." So they miss out on pretty much the entire tempo of the song, which notes to hold out, which type of tone the note should have, and the dynamics/accents. So the guy can play the song sure but he doesn't understand it it's just a bunch of notes coming out of the guitar no actual music.
Sorry I didn’t see this. Yeah he’s right. So many players today try to shine brighter than the music as composed. It’s about the music; the player is a vessel, not an end in himself. Virtuosity is easy, Paul Gilbert comes to mind - no offence. Being a perfect vessel for the great composers is a totally different thing.
These VL preludes tempt so many to try without the required absolutely solid technique and attention to detail , they are so beautiful and at a glance seem so accessible and almost casual but fall apart quickly if the player is over extending themselves, they are full of nuisances and ornaments and every one of them essential to the integrity …. I should know I’ve butchered them for years! 😳😂
Watching this reminds how happy I am to be self taught. I can’t stand learning anything in this manner. I can also appreciate how hard it is to teach but I myself will always learn solo. I will say though, that he is an excellent teacher. It must take a lot of patience.
Abraham Villalobos he keeps telling him to play it faster and play along with him in perfect synchronisation which is not easy and not a good way to learn. I learn all my songs by slowing down the music to about half the tempo to adapt to the fingering then gradually speed up. I know myself where I’m going wrong in my playing and will be strict on myself before I proceed. There’s also the fact that I prefer being alone when I practice. Each to their own I guess.
@@S_dott but a masterclass is different to regular music lesson. David Russell won't be there to see the student's improvement, that's why Russell often asked the students in this masterclass to play along in synchronization, so the student can commit the tempo, accents, etc. to memory. What you do in your practice sessions is exactly the thing music students should do in their practice sessions.
I feel that anyone who attends a master class like this needs to be a certain standard to begin with. All master classes are about musicality not so much about technique the master expects you to have already achieved a certain level of skill in your playing before attending. I think the master here was being very kind to you in his appraisal .
So I really want to know why this chap decided to go to a recorded masterclass with one of the greatest modern classical guitarists in his pajama bottoms???
Ashwin stop moving your body your head when u play u need to sit erect and with a straight posture as by doing so oxygen flows in all of our bodies and our muscles are more relaxed such fancy dancing movements of your head etc will create unwanted tension .. Watch how John William's sits he sits like a machine....that's the best posture to play effortlessly
@@tritone3284 I dont know e Who that is but he is not John Williams or david Russel or segovia and he never will be if he dances while playing the idea is to be totally relaxed like a mediation
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I really like how David does his master classes. He is technically observant yet really gracious and kind while doing it,
Yes!! Totally :)
I've attended and participated in many masterclasses. Russell crams more instruction per minute into his classes than anybody else I've ever observed.
Un privilegio recibir una clase de un gran maestro.
It never ceases to amaze me how so many people playing classical are paying no attention to the notes on the page, or the tempo.
There's so much beauty in playing the song as it's written.
This isn't jazz people, come on.
What do you mean?
@@sylwesterkukuka3592 Maybe in respecting the tempo
What he means is students these days learn how to play guitar but they don't understand the music. The issue is that people associate virtuosic or really great guitar playing as "play it so fast people can't believe you could play it like that." So they miss out on pretty much the entire tempo of the song, which notes to hold out, which type of tone the note should have, and the dynamics/accents. So the guy can play the song sure but he doesn't understand it it's just a bunch of notes coming out of the guitar no actual music.
Sorry I didn’t see this.
Yeah he’s right. So many players today try to shine brighter than the music as composed.
It’s about the music; the player is a vessel, not an end in himself. Virtuosity is easy, Paul Gilbert comes to mind - no offence.
Being a perfect vessel for the great composers is a totally different thing.
@@estebanquinones5918 tempo of the "song" - calling it a song and having the audacity to teach others...
These VL preludes tempt so many to try without the required absolutely solid technique and attention to detail , they are so beautiful and at a glance seem so accessible and almost casual but fall apart quickly if the player is over extending themselves, they are full of nuisances and ornaments and every one of them essential to the integrity …. I should know I’ve butchered them for years! 😳😂
It's a journey
Fantastic teacher!
master Russell really kind
i love it when david russell is being passionate at teaching! great human being. barssss
Gran profesor: paciente, atento y amable.
Currently busy with this piece for my June exam so this really helped! 🇿🇦
You came to Korea 30 years ago and performed, right?
I was touched.
Watching this reminds how happy I am to be self taught. I can’t stand learning anything in this manner. I can also appreciate how hard it is to teach but I myself will always learn solo. I will say though, that he is an excellent teacher. It must take a lot of patience.
Would you mind to elaborate? I didn't get why it's better to be self taught for you
Abraham Villalobos he keeps telling him to play it faster and play along with him in perfect synchronisation which is not
easy and not a good way to learn. I learn all my songs by slowing down the music to about half the tempo to adapt to the fingering then gradually speed up. I know myself where I’m going wrong in my playing and will be strict on myself before I proceed. There’s also the fact that I prefer being alone when I practice. Each to their own I guess.
@@S_dott but a masterclass is different to regular music lesson. David Russell won't be there to see the student's improvement, that's why Russell often asked the students in this masterclass to play along in synchronization, so the student can commit the tempo, accents, etc. to memory.
What you do in your practice sessions is exactly the thing music students should do in their practice sessions.
Great maestro, candid, compassionate. For Sure Segovia could had used some of this.
Segovia was an old hard arse🤣
I feel that anyone who attends a master class like this needs to be a certain standard to begin with. All master classes are about musicality not so much about technique the master expects you to have already achieved a certain level of skill in your playing before attending. I think the master here was being very kind to you in his appraisal .
Tengan la amabilidad y la bondad de poner la traducción abajo vean la forma de que el maestro hablé castellano
Unfortunately the sound quality is poor. Mic masked by mush.
So I really want to know why this chap decided to go to a recorded masterclass with one of the greatest modern classical guitarists in his pajama bottoms???
I wish I hadn't put the camera directly under the air conditioner....
Such sessions, while well-intended, feel, in every case like they're emergency room triage...that feels entirely wrong to me.
Ashwin stop moving your body your head when u play u need to sit erect and with a straight posture as by doing so oxygen flows in all of our bodies and our muscles are more relaxed such fancy dancing movements of your head etc will create unwanted tension ..
Watch how John William's sits he sits like a machine....that's the best posture to play effortlessly
Hi @Himanshu Y , sorry to say this, that wasn't me in this video, I was shooting this video. Lol!!! 🤣
@@ashwinraj0027 ok
Yeah really? go and tell this to R. Gallen. You are so wrong posture and technique it's all very sugestivo. My friend.
@@tritone3284 I dont know e
Who that is but he is not John Williams or david Russel or segovia and he never will be if he dances while playing the idea is to be totally relaxed like a mediation
@@tritone3284 at what level do u play cg ? Since you happen to be an expert
why are you wearing pajamas brother? i think it's fucking with your timing
What a boring affair