Foo - The most beautiful piece of music I've heard in a while!

David Qualey playing "Let it Be" on classical guitar.....this is absolutely an incredible interpretation and I wish I was HALF the musician this guy is

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aKyDJ_yCw7A

I dunno... He's a talented guitarist with an incredible familiarity of the fret board, but IMO the timing was way too choppy instead of flowing smoothly. But that's just me. :)

Very nice, it's kind of folksy.. btw, I despise pretty much anyone who can play chord melodies on the guitar, playing chord + melodies (+ base lines!) at the same time is just sick man. . it's kind of like being able to solve a rubik's cube in under a minute the first time you pick it up, -it's just not 'natural' to possess such abilities. non. :P

Speaking of chord melodie soloist savants, has anybody else have ''Chord Chemistry'' - by this guy? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvN7QtqDK4) As far as I know, he is like the Bobby Fischer of chord melodie fretboard magicians.


http://www.artofliferecords.com/al10112.jpg





*correction, 'was' .. I just read on youtube that he has past on. :(

Here's what happens when a keyboardist takes up guitar.

Stanley Jordan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXQz_k20YI&mode=related&search=

David Qualey playing "Let it Be" on classical guitar.....this is absolutely an incredible interpretation and I wish I was HALF the musician this guy is

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aKyDJ_yCw7A

listening to it now.. very nice..

Here's another, Rodrigo y Gabriella, a great duet to Stairway to Heaven, Spanish Classical style

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0

More from Rodrigo y Gabriella - Tamacun
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LU68qT4T1bE

Playing Diablo Rojo here as well...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MPhVpIlc1vs

Here's another, Rodrigo y Gabriella, a great duet to Stairway to Heaven, Spanish Classical style

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0

Interesting light play. :o

Different strokes for different folks. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk)

This has been my all time favourite song ever since it was released. (It's shortened a bit for the video)

Different strokes for different folks. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk)

This has been my all time favourite song ever since it was released. (It's shortened a bit for the video)

As it is supposed to be rendered upon the ears of civil humans. :rolleyes: :lol:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=StVjlXQ_Xmw

thanks for sharing. Tom. Beautriful rendetion. I am curious to hear more of his stuff. When , I feel in a mood to hear a voice from heaven, I listen to Eva Cassidy.

Different strokes for different folks. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk)

This has been my all time favourite song ever since it was released. (It's shortened a bit for the video)

Hey, I love that song, either the Metallica version or the original Irish folk version (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jvLcLLIzTwI)!

Here's what happens when a keyboardist takes up guitar.

Stanley Jordan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXQz_k20YI&mode=related&search=



That's just sick.. That kid is sick in the soft gelatonous areas inside the membranous cavity of his cranium.. For real.

Here's another, Rodrigo y Gabriella, a great duet to Stairway to Heaven, Spanish Classical style

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0



That was really pretty.

Different strokes for different folks. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk)

This has been my all time favourite song ever since it was released. (It's shortened a bit for the video)

Heh, I really liked it when Thin Lizzy did it years ago. Metallica does it very well:)

Here's what happens when a keyboardist takes up guitar.

Stanley Jordan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXQz_k20YI&mode=related&search=

Daaayuummmm....

Yngwie Malmsteens' live version of Icarus' Dream Suite is a pretty amazing little piece.....

I was always a bit partial to The Verve's intro to "Bittersweet Symphony" too, with the violin and cello (I like the extended version).

And lastly....Rodrigo's "Concerto de Aranjuez"....

I think this is amazing!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jbl5ibCQOlo

Holy Mother of God! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw):eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Different strokes for different folks. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk)

This has been my all time favourite song ever since it was released. (It's shortened a bit for the video)

Yeah, I really love their version as well. Far better than the Thin Lizzy version, IMHO.

But doesn't it kinda sound like he's singing "whiskey in the gyro"? :p :D

Yeah, I really love their version as well. Far better than the Thin Lizzy version, IMHO.

But doesn't it kinda sound like he's singing "whiskey in the gyro"? :p :D

Well, enough whiskey and your head feels like Gyro, true?

I think this is amazing!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jbl5ibCQOlo



:rolleyes: Pftttt.. I could do that, -easyyy. :beer:

Holy Mother of God! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw):eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


Actually, that doesn't look all that difficult.. it's just a lot of fingerpicking and tappin', but no weird chord shapes with/moving lines or anything compliplicational like that.

Actually, that doesn't look all that difficult.. it's just a lot of fingerpicking and tappin', but no weird chord shapes with/moving lines or anything compliplicational like that.

I agree, it's not to terribly complex, but man, what a sound!

shameless promotional plug for my favorite ''living colour'd'' guitarist (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iogKOz4ZDKI). :beer:


dah-dah-dah-dah dahdahdahdah dah dah (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mcNtV6alzqg). :)

Getting a bit odd here (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1xPGqWt3L7A&mode=related&search=)

Here's what happens when a keyboardist takes up guitar.

Stanley Jordan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXQz_k20YI&mode=related&search=

I was gonna mention Stanley Jordan til I scrolled down and saw your post.

Also, check out Tuck Andress (another harmonizer extraordinare):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZjE1lYoQw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhDqYpRyLM

Very nice, it's kind of folksy.. btw, I despise pretty much anyone who can play chord melodies on the guitar, playing chord + melodies (+ base lines!) at the same time is just sick man. . it's kind of like being able to solve a rubik's cube in under a minute the first time you pick it up, -it's just not 'natural' to possess such abilities. non. :P

Amen to that...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c1jWozFT-ws&mode=related&search=

He reminds me of a teacher i had in high school, only not as much of a scrub.

He can sure finger pick though man...hummm hmmm

Seriously, if you close your eyes you swear there are two guitars.

This is from his website:

It was sometime in 1957 at a friend's house that I first heard a Chet Atkins record of solo guitar, and boy was I excited, overwhelmed, and frustrated all at the same time! I thought this guy must have 35 fingers and at least three hands! My family finally bought a record player and I was able to buy my first of many Chet records. I used to sit for hours listening to him play the bass, chords and melody ALL at the same time, but unable to figure out how he did it. It wasn't until I was about 14 that I finally saw him play on TV and was able to see for sure that he really had only 10 fingers like myself, and with this visual reassurance by midnight I was playing, more or less, the piece he had just performed on TV. For me the puzzle had been solved and my interest in trying to play pieces of Chet's soon started to fade to be replaced by a desire to try and arrange my own pieces in a solo style. Somehow the idea of copying something that had already been done did not really interest me once I had understood how it was accomplished.

Ironically, Chet Atkins is also one of the many people who inspired me to pick up a guitar. Though, i still can't come close to pretending to be him. Oh right, and this exact recording by Tommy Emanuel http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzajpeAWuA&mode=related&search=

OK, I'll admit that this isn't exactly on track, but since I had to work a couple of hours this morning I needed something to pick me up, and since we have broadband here at work I pulled this up..........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnIZDwpOoU4&mode=related&search=


Good way to start the day........

Thanks for posting this, "Let It Be" is my favorite song. :) Usually when people try to do their "take" on Beatles songs it just ends up being a shame, but that was beautiful.

Thanks for posting this, "Let It Be" is my favorite song. :) Usually when people try to do their "take" on Beatles songs it just ends up being a shame, but that was beautiful.

Speaking of "Let it Be".......

Me! I'm not as good as most of the musicians before me here, but.....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xBvgvE72CUE

I was gonna mention Stanley Jordan til I scrolled down and saw your post.

Also, check out Tuck Andress (another harmonizer extraordinare):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhDqYpRyLM



That was pretty amazing. The first time I saw this guy was on BET playing a live (on stage) castles made of sand/little wing medley with his wife Patty. It was enough to make me go and purchase their CD, (I think it's called 'Love Warriors' or something). It's got some decent renditions of some Stevie tunes (like 'If It's Magic') and some spirituals type stuff, but the centre pieces where Castles/Little Wing and his solo version of Europa - which was my favorite track on the CD. The only thing was that I remembered him playing a lot of identical parts from the Castles/Little wing on the album version - as he had played live on stage when I had seen them perform on BET, the same thing is true with the album version of Europa vs. this youtube video. I wonder if these performances were the ones recorded for the album or what?

I was gonna mention Stanley Jordan til I scrolled down and saw your post.

Also, check out Tuck Andress (another harmonizer extraordinare):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZjE1lYoQw





I take that back, there is definently some variation there compared w/ the album version.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0

true artistry

Another track from that Tuck guy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUThp8yhFbU&mode=related&search=


''I Wish''.. Bad ass. :beer:



"Looking back on when I Was a little nappy headed boy
When my only worry was for Christmas what would be my toy
Even though we sometimes
Would not get a thing
We were happy with the
Joy the day would bring!

Sneaking out the back door
To hang out with those hoodlum friends of mine
Greeted at the back door
With boy thought I told you not to go outside
Tryin' your best to bring the
Water to your eyes
Thinkin' it might stop her
Grom woopin' your behind

I wish those days could come back once more
Why did those days ev-er have to go
I wish those days could come..." :D :beer: