Ashokan Farewell - No Nail Guitar🎸

Brandon Acker playing Jay Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell" featured in Ken Burns Civil War documentary. Arranged by Shaun Murray. Performed without nails on a Torres homage by Brian Itzkin.
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[@brandonacker]

Learn to play classical guitar without fingernails in just 10 days with Brandon Acker 🎸 classicalguitar-pro.com/p/no-nails-in-10-days

[@daniillandau]

Is this course suitable for beginners? Or is it better to start with "Classical guitar pro vol.1"?

[@brandonacker]

@@daniillandau If you cannot read music and do not have a basic understanding of good technique, it is best to start with Classical guitar pro and then proceed to the no nails course :)

[@Ignacio.Fernandez.Santamaria]

If my English is not good, is it possible with spanish subtitles?

[@brandonacker]

Yes there are Spanish subtitles available :)

[@JJ-ge7ce]

@brandonacker Having played both with and without nails and also creating content on both, which do you prefer?

[@ironmonger100]

It's an honour to have you play something I arranged Brandon, thank you so much. Your performance is breathtakingly beautiful🥰

[@liaoeric8366]

Glad to know it's Shaun Murray's arrangement. I have the guess when I hear Brandon Acker's performance. I had transcribed your performance years ago. Now I don't have to do it again.😊

[@guynoir4733]

This is one of the most beautiful arrangements I've ever heard .

[@dianeb95]

I didn’t realize that Brandon didn’t arrange it until now, so I do want to give credit where it’s due - fantastic work! Thank you so much!

[@StevenBornfeld]

Excellent arrangement--downloaded, thanks!

[@ironmonger100]

@@StevenBornfeld Thank you! 🙂

[@joehill-em9qd]

Just Beautiful!!! It can't be said any better than the way Emilio Pujol put it, "The tone of a string struck with a fingertip possesses an intrinsic beauty, which affects the deepest feelings of our sensibility, just as air and light permeate space. It’s notes are incorporeal, as might be the notes of an ideally expressive and responsive harp…this style stands for the transmission, without impurities, of the deepest vibrations of our emotions”. Thank you Sir!

[@boomerdell]

I was introduced to this beautiful piece of music back in 1991 when I was completely drawn in and mesmerized by Ken Burns’ documentary, The Civil War. I was in my early 20s then, and both the documentary and this song have stayed with me ever since, quite deeply and profoundly. I still well up with tears when I hear it.

[@thadtuiol1717]

Same here. I can't ever get through this tune without getting all emotional. It's so weird, it makes me feel sad for all the people who have died in wars, are dying in wars now, and will die in future wars.

[@ben.arisman]

I concur. Gets every time…to both.

[@guynoir4733]

As I'm part Irish and play classical guitar this gets me and I love it .

[@jeremyacton4569]

That was fantastic. Beautiful!! No nails is a softer attack and a more expressive approach. Thank you for sharing your talent and skill with us.

[@atheios12345]

Just a quick note from a stranger. I haven't played a musical instrument in 10 years, but before that was in the Marine Corps band. I was so burned out from musical playing that I can't even think about playing again. Watching your videos is stirring that itch in me again. Thank you for the inspiration, and perhaps I will one day be able to play again.

[@karenringer5995]

You can .you really can take music back into your heart . Xxx❤

[@manuelklingmann4827]

I wanted to thank you personally for posting all those wonderful music pieces. You are a really maestro and play very emotional and beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing :D

[@pierrebroccoli.9396]

Up vote for the no nails approach to your playing 😁👍

[@LeonsFilm]

My no-nail self feels so represented.

[@sanmlaguiar]

I rarely ever remember of liking the videos I watch, regardless of how much I like them. However, when I watch your videos, I am always drawn to liking it. Brandon, you make me love music and more, each day that passes.

[@tomfilipiak690]

Delightful and gentle as it should be on this piece.

[@sarahwithanh876]

I like that description. He does play very gentle and delicately.

[@Irishharper]

This is just beautiful. Thank you

[@BradfordGuy]

What a beautiful piece. Well done, Brandon. Your playing is absolutely amazing!

[@MrZionforce]

it sounds beautiful and I just love Brandon's touch on the guitar. His tempo and approach to this farewell melody is nothing short of authentic and wonder.

[@paulembleton1733]

Sent me down a rabbit hole checking the history and other performances. The tune feels familiar but I couldn’t remember ever hearing it. Surprised it was written so recently.

[@sombrerosaur]

This has long been one of my favorite pieces to listen to, and hearing it arranged and played so well makes me truly happy. You’ve made my day man, thank you

[@tuandang7352]

bro this is amazing

[@dianeb95]

Ahhhh Brandon, I smashed the like button before I even played it b/c I knew it would be absolutely gorgeous, & you did not disappoint!! Goosebumps upon goosebumps!! This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written, & your arrangement is ‘chef’s kiss’ - God bless you for blessing us with this today!

[@Tom-yh8xc]

Beautiful, gentle playing, Brandon. You get a gorgeous, warm sound using this technique. God bless.

[@ajcmando]

One of my favorites to play on my mandolin. Expertly done. Your intonation is sublime.

[@franksabatino7576]

Thanks Brandon. Your sweet, mellow no nails sound is perfect for this achingly beautiful, iconic music.

[@Michajeru]

I love this tune and have been working on it for the last few months. Although it is an American tune it has a real Celtic feel. You played it superbly.

[@mikeNmyGuitar]

Great work Brandon.

[@betoferreiraportugues]

Hey! That was fantastic! Play some Sor next.

[@tylerburk3313]

I have a very fond memory of performing this for our last song in 8th grade orchestra at the middle school graduation ceremony. Probably my favorite piece I ever played as part of an orchestra. So beautiful and sentimental

[@markusmilianmuller]

Thank you so much for your no nail approach and your profound musicality. i am now taking your class and already enjoying a lot after the first lesson.

[@brandonacker]

I'm happy to hear that! Thanks Markus and enjoy my course:)

[@JohnOHanlon-vn8uh]

It doesn’t get more beautiful than this on guitar.

[@jancota766]

Those quick moves up and down the neck ... amazing

[@jimmycricket7385]

Poignant and immaculately played.

[@Robobagpiper]

Gorgeous interpretation! Haven't found an instrument this isn't wonderful on. Did my own Highland bagpipe setting of it and love it on that instrument as well (collapsed to a single octave, of course; and with a chanter that can do a flattened 3rd).

[@eosborne6495]

Appalachian Old Time musicians are notoriously conservative when it comes to incorporating newly composed tunes into the tradition, but this is one tune that just about everyone agrees ought to be an old song even if it’s not. Jay Unger wrote a civil war lament that never was!

[@sallyzimmerman5734]

The superlatives about how you play this composition have already been said. But you and your talent, my dearest maestro, to create emotion from little black dotes bring tears to my eyes.

[@3cardmonty602]

This was the very first song I learned and I still play it today.

[@brianholt3567]

Beautiful tone. Beautiful articulation. Enjoy hearing your playing.

[@davidrobinson7260]

Yes very good time but not perfect.

[@joseph2832]

@@davidrobinson7260 Perfection is a lie.

[@davidrobinson7260]

@@joseph2832 idk what you mean, like I’m not sure if you’re saying something profound or referencing something but yeah.

[@joseph2832]

@@davidrobinson7260 Good luck to you stranger!

[@davidrobinson7260]

@@joseph2832 lol I love your spirit!

[@Jellyforce620]

Been waiting for this one sins the blindfolded guitar comparison with Marshall

[@PitviperX]

so funny you put this out... I heard you play this years ago I feel like and tried to learn it and found Shaun Murray's arrangement... came back to it a couple weeks ago and then you put this out. Glad to hear it fully - Salutations!

[@IvanStoynev]

Why are you so talented!??!?! I love you, man. Thanks for sharing & please keep it up. All the best from Sofia, Bulgaria =]

[@AntonyKein]

Precision, feeling, dynamics...can it get any better than this ??

[@johnosborn1793]

It’s good that you have found your own technique, That was wonderful. Thanks so much. Praise the Lord Amen

[@sentientdonuts]

So glad you finally uploaded a full version of this - I remember rushing to learn it after hearing it in your blindfold challenge videos, and now we have a full version! (It sounds incredible half step down btw)

[@Nickshreds890]

That was majestic! Thank you for sharing your incredible performance of this song! As you know it's quite expensive to attend concerts so I am very grateful for the opporutnity to hear a concert level profesisonal playing. This does not mean I wouldn't happily pay. If i lived in America I would love to see you perform live ! I loved the live stream concert you did a while back. It was at a church with opera singers . It was so much fun and was an absolute pleasure to hear you live! ☺️ Wishing you all the best !! :)

[@resipsaloquitur13]

"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters." ~Norman Maclean

[@Leunam49]

Bellísimo sonido y una gran interpretación. Muchas gracias, Brandon.

[@madtheghost337]

Dude... just.. "wow". ...every time.

[@kentlarue3299]

Yes this 20th c tune can stand proudly among the very best of earlier American tunes such as shanendoa. Bautifully played on guitar solo It sounds it's best perhaps. on fiddle and guitar

[@bootlebeats6331]

Well done and refreshing to hear the beauty of simplicity. (Sometimes trickier to play! Like riding a bicycle slowly) :)

[@johndewitt54]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful arrangement and performance. One of my favorite "movie" melodies along with Stanley Myers' "Cavatina".

[@karenringer5995]

My favourite song I play this a lot at folk meetings beautiful ❤

[@zachsmith8916]

I definitely didn’t expect to be hearing folk music on your channel. I love it.

[@sandyday2342]

Lovely tone and dynamics! I'm hearing hints of 'Waltzing Matilda' in the melody...

[@kathyhollenbach7413]

Soooo lovely. Your rendition of this song is perfection! ❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏I enjoy this sound of no nails. Very smooth and soothing..

[@mellifergold]

Thank you so much for a piece of soulful and gentle reality in these wild crazy times 🕯️🎶🌼

[@kithg]

One of my favorite songs. Sound wonderful on guitar. I play it on a linear tuned ukulele and that’s good too. Thanks gor this lovely performance.

[@Zayphar]

Good god I love this song so much.

[@123four...]

I loved this movie, this song in particular always stood out. Great rendition!

[@seankasabuske1986]

Love your performance, love the arrangement, and love the tone of your gorgeous guitar!

[@ross5066]

Beautiful rendition. I normally hear this tune in bluegrass circles which is a very different take.

[@ianyule8687]

Beautiful indeed, but it's strange because I was thinking it was a traditional Scottish folk tune.

[@pegasus5287]

So beautiful! Thank you

[@externalreflection3147]

This is absolutely beautiful brandon Can you please make a cover of la cathedral by barrios I would love to hear it from you ❤🪐

[@GuitarG687]

Sounds just beautiful, thank you!

[@thomasmiddlebrooke1012]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@murraykilpatrick3029]

Very beautiful, You've made a wonderful job of that. Thankyou. I'm a folkie, finger style guitarist, who has often played that lovely tune, on a piano accordion. Food for though.t

[@kenspencer9895]

A lovely performance of a lovely song.

[@jeffpf38]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@CameraLaw]

Very brilliant. Made my afternoon. Thanks.

[@tpf1952]

So, so very fine! Thank you for sharing!

[@classicalrichard9717]

This is the most American sounding piece of music by far. Lovely playing man.

[@TonberryV]

This is beautiful, but I dread the day that I hear it at my grandfather's funeral. He heard my highschool band play it and requested it. I learned (and subsequently forgot) the fiddle part. I wish I had more time to relearn and move people like this moved me.

[@mrduddydog]

Thank you Brandon .

[@mandorodney]

Goose bumps!❤

[@rickderwitsch]

So Lovely!

[@chiron14pl]

such a lovely piece and well played

[@rogerdalebone]

Beautiful!

[@johnstrand7456]

This is absolutely lovely - beautiful melody and a sympathetic arrangement of it to bring out the best

[@JosephAlanMeador]

Beautiful.

[@lukisprieston477]

I love this song. Great cover

[@thewickedlizerd7495]

I love this song I’m playing on classical guitar for my spring concert. I absolutely love your playing!

[@carlossantamaria4378]

As usual you nailed it! and without nails! Great performance Brandon!

[@jeff3685]

Beautiful

[@puttsky7]

Beautifully played thank you

[@jerrypeeters4575]

Very beautiful!

[@Remi-B-Goode]

Very beautiful

[@jub8891]

This sounds so much better on guitar than violin lmao

[@myroomisblue2679]

Thems fighting words 😂

[@milkwalkerjones633]

As a violinist who has played this song solo on many a paid gig for the last 30 years, I agree but I think there's probably a time and place for either/both. A duet properly arranged would be nice.

[@milkwalkerjones633]

Also, I was surprised this version wasn't in drop D although that would definitely complicate some voicings and fingerings.

[@amidala3927]

Most things do.

[@oreally8605]

Both were used in the documentary. So I fully disagree.

[@shanznightowlsquad]

Beautiful! ❤

[@deanfeldman2505]

Well executed. Sounds lovely as well

[@johnmccoy9653]

A beautiful rendition, sir! Mournful, yet bright and hopeful.

[@cardinalflower6959]

Loved it!

[@Voytek777]

Beautiful playing

[@barbarafuglein3918]

Sehr,sehr schön!!😊

[@nikfore]

You nailed it I have to say!

[@danielchristiansen594]

Excellent playing, and very enjoyable!

[@Vanguardw]

now I have a new piece to learn, beautifully played!

[@Brianitzkin]

Beautiful interpretation Brandon. The guitar is sounding better than ever

[@kentlarue3299]

Lovely

[@jondudley295]

Thank you!

[@Holistase]

stunning..

[@elijasuiters9932]

Loved the performance! I understand if this request is too much trouble, but I really think a renaissance esque version of "You Can Never Come To This Place" by Masayoshi Takanaka on one of your extended scale lutes would be an incredible thing! I feel like you could really channel the feeling of innocence lost and the bittersweet beauty of mortality.

[@Jason-wv2db]

Bravo good sir!

[@williambell3876]

Beautifully played , well done . I enjoyed that , thank you. . Bill .

[@rickkaylor8554]

Very nice arrangement!