Bach Cello Suite No.1 for steel string guitar

[@tarkineWild]

The purists can jump, this is just so rich in the low C tuning and your transcription is a real treat. Gets my 5 star approval

[@InaMayWool]

This makes me so happy.

[@c-LAW]

I've been coming back to this video for about 14 years. The best guitar version of this Cello Suite. We played this song in the car for my children when they were wee little , then as teens, and I'm about to send it to them again as adults.

[@hayesplexi45]

Wow in 2024 I still come back to this ever so sweet rendition, and it puts me in a pensive mood. I feel sad, grateful but also hopeful

[@HugeHawk]

bach would be proud of you man. what I really like in your version is the bass notes that can be heard greatfully. cheers.

[@acausalfermion]

This is my favourite corner of KZbin.

[@Benbutlermusic]

Waris Aafaq wow thank you so much!

[@kennrayy]

Wow - I've been playing this for years on the standard classical D-tuning. Love the thumb pick, the attitude, the "what the frick" Keaggy-esque tuning and your entire interpretation. Fantastic offering.

[@YukonDan]

One of the best performances of this piece - so many play this without the intention of FORWARD MOTION. Bach moves over the bar line! Well played maestro!

[@MUztah]

and recommended to me after 12 years, what a golden video

[@XL72011Peregrine]

One of the best performances of Bach Cello Suite No.1 on guitar I ever heard. Thanks

[@c-LAW]

Probably the most beautiful version of Cello Suite on guitar. The alt tuning makes it work prefect.

[@robertom6532]

Fantastic transcription and performance. Beats the standard tuning and D-tuning versions with a stick. Your version flows and sings. Best ever. Give us more please. Bach was anything but purist so I'm sure he would have liked how effortless you make this sound.

[@Benbutlermusic]

Hey folks. Thanks for all the great responses and interest in this version. I only wish I had practiced it for a few more weeks before posting! Anyhow, there are NO TABS for this. The sheet music is readily available, and the tuning is listed above. Have fun!

[@Redraw4444]

One of the best transcriptions/steel string guitar compositions of this piece on KZbin, lucid, expressive and captivating, steel strings have a lot more resonance than classical style guitars, harder to play but evidently worthwhile as this piece suggests.

[@wgrace451]

Best acoustic version on KZbin BU FAR!!! Very well done

[@peteryoungg]

That's awesome! Thanks so much. That's the way to play on guitar, the real tune with Bass. Yeah!! From Spain, hugs!

[@DontWorryBoutIT101]

I listened to this song I think almost 200 hundred times in a row while studying for finals in high school:) Excellent job!!

[@Gabriel_Hudelson]

Wow. Beautiful. I love Bach.

[@ryanswint6026]

Fantastic! Great arrangement, and it is good to hear classical on a steel string. I love nylon string guitars, but steel string guitars play classical wonderfully in a way all their own.

[@mcintirejeremy]

You really shouldn't have an arrangement this awesome and not tab it for the masses. Do a service to your fellow man! It will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Seriously, best arrangement I've ever heard. Fantastic.

[@ChadRockwell]

Coming back to this again. And I do have the moola to be spending now. Great arangement.

[@marcosleandrolima2210]

I just acquired the TAB in your website! I`m really excited to learn this song! I tried to learn without the TAB, but i only got at first 40 sec.

[@mattbailey7049]

very nicely done. takes a true musician to arrange something for their own instrument

[@Tigermantt]

probably best string guitar version on youtube

[@utuberowski]

I really like how you structured the 2nd half. Makes a lot more sense than any other version I've heard, Cello or guitar. Bravo.

[@bsb4038]

you have proved to me that steel strung classical music is the best. fantastic! they ring with resonance, love it!

[@mattersofheart22]

this arrangement and performance are absolutely incredible, thank you!

[@Tadek59]

Excellent performance and fantastic classic music on the classic guitar !!! Great job 5***** Thanks for share malfattimusic !!!

[@Shindai]

Absolutely stunning. I wasn't expecting there to be a video of this music on guitar, but I'm glad there is.

[@adamrafferty]

Really Really Great. I play this in D standard tuning, and I love the drive and richness you are getting...5 stars.

[@BabyEater9000]

This is absolutely beautiful. Wow.

[@DR-nh6oo]

Bloody beautiful, this is a piece I will be working on all my playing life, thanks for reminding me I don’t need to run out and buy a classical guitar, I will keep practicing an hope I can get to sound something like this, cheers

[@houtbay9]

Wonderfully played, brilliant

[@kokkari37]

Whoever gave this a thumbs down is clueless! Inspiring rendition!

[@lisajones3242]

I know right?????

[@olivieraleman]

love it! listened to this on different instruments and your version is fresh. john

[@alspageddi]

@dondd01 Yes, he's using CGDGAD.

[@donfranchezko]

wow, that song piece always takes me on an emotional roller coaster.. i imagine a very sad story with a very happy ending.. its beautiful and you played it like you were the author.

[@RonLindeman]

Sounds great, nice arrangement,the guitar sounds great too, thanks also to Amigomusica for sending me this vid, it's always nice to see so many talented musicians on YT!

[@WillHJohnson]

Very enjoyable! Classical guitar can often come across as "robotic", but that was definitely not the case here! An inspired, very "human" quality to this. Thanks for doing it.

[@MariaSarah2]

This is awesome, thanks for sending. You play beautifully Maria Sarah

[@millburnboy]

Nicely played Ben. I usually play this in Drop D but will give your tuning a try as it is nice and "rich" sounding.

[@OdysseusRex]

Very beautifully done.

[@THOWRIAK]

Absolutely lovely sound on the steel string! Thanks! Keep it up! I'd like to hear the whole suite on the steel string.

[@Boudg]

Beautifull man ! J-S Bach is the best song writer of all time.

[@guitarpoop1]

wow. what a dreamy low end! very well done, and incredible tone!

[@SaintRidley]

absolutely astonishing..... well done

[@sdOK14]

Oooh excellent stuff. Lovely arrangement.

[@yarongolany3608]

Bach would love it the most

[@lyodd989]

so beautiful.

[@mikeatvillage]

ACE, INCREDIBLE !!!! LOVE IT!

[@ChrisHam01]

Beautiful rendition!

[@DukeRightious]

Absolutely fantastic. Congratulations! Best, Duke

[@Benbutlermusic]

Hey guys, some of you missed it in the description but TABS are available at on.fb.me/Zsj89M

[@srikanthbodduluri6517]

awsome

[@klaust58]

well done...very, very well done! nice sound and perfect playing!

[@Grimpus1972]

For everyone interested in the TAB, I have this to say: I too, think guitarvangelist rendered a beautiful job of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, Prelude. An exquisite performance perfectly suited for CGDGAD tuning! Instead of waiting for a TAB, I decided to pick out the piece by ear, note by note. I've been working on this for three weeks every night. I can now play the first half of this Prelude by memory, and I'm still working on it nightly. Try doing this, you'll surprise yourself.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Learning the hard way is more effective indeed

[@jellynellyelly]

This is, just amazing.

[@Tadek59]

The excellent sound !!! You are the virtuoso of the guitar !!! Bravo.... 5***** Thanks for share amigomusica !!!

[@josejavierjuarez552]

A Soundtrack of my life...

[@clevelandtyler2]

Wow that was unbelieable. You are very talented!

[@HarpGuitarTexas]

Bach is great. Interesting arrangement. Nicely played.

[@EvanJS5]

this song is amazing on any instrument!

[@irritatedvikinganime]

Perfection!... I transcribed the suite myself, and ended up playing it in C, open tuning... "Bleh!" I say!!! G has such a more robust feel, even over the standard D classical guitar approach... Good show, mate!

[@Pianoman1488]

Great sound! I play classical guitar and the sound from the steel string is a nice change.

[@badflamenco]

@Xurinsru The instrument is tuned it "dropped D" wherein the bass string is dropped from E to D. And well done, Sir.

[@rafaelb1026]

Man this is version is awesome not completely like the original but just awesome and it's amazing to se the dynamics you can only perform on a steel string , I congratulate you

[@FernandoPaolinelli]

Congratulations! Perfect, beautiful, unique.

[@Ziziline]

Amazing. Many Stars and Greetings Angeline

[@scheidtl]

wonderful music

[@SelfPL]

@XurbX Because except the fact that a lot of tabs suck, you have different arrangments, tunings and such. Makes a lot of difference!

[@paralasalud]

i get goosebumps from when you play the open strings alone lol. amazing rendition.

[@TheGuitarMusicFan]

That was flawless, and unusual in this tuning. Enjoyed it a lot.

[@SanchezGuitar]

Quite simply an outstanding performance!!

[@MichiganPowersports]

@NorrisChuckling i play it with c tuning and it works VERY nicely. you can hit those deep tones and still have great sounding melody. i use c standard on all of my playing

[@mylifesamessandashambles]

the best guitar version, serious talent. its played seemingly in open c. not a very common tuning on guitar. the best you will get , encapsulates the tune perfect, a pleasure, enjoy.

[@Benbutlermusic]

Thanks Phillip!

[@mylifesamessandashambles]

No worries Ben. This is a great interpretation. When are you going to post moonlight sonata?

[@dgcmusi]

Great playing .... I enjoyed this very much. Great dynamics in your playing. I also like the rubato in the playing.

[@avaevans7704]

Beautiful

[@LenaRiess]

That was so wonderful ! Thank you (and Luc for sharing). Very good idea to play J.S. Bach on steelstring, it works marvelous

[@llanbradach]

Great playing and a nice sound too, Im going to learn this of this video.

[@duffypratt]

Very nice arrangement. As long as its well played, Bach seems to work on every instrument. And you gave a really nice interpretation (with a few changes I would quibble with).

[@lonelydwightfrye]

This is fantastic! I love the open tuning approach.

[@persyphanny]

You are amazing! I'm trying to figure it out on my Fender. It's harder than it sounds, but you nail it! Bravo!

[@murphysound]

Wonderful! The best guitar adaption of this beatyful piece that i have heard. Thank you for uploading :)

[@lepr8]

FANTASTICO!!!! You are really a perfect finger style....

[@TheDynamicsDepartment]

I could listen to this for hours

[@micallo58]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[@phillynn79]

excellent interpretation

[@DanielDaVinchy]

wow that really had me thinking. I can feel emotion in every chord when you strum every string with your fingers, and occasionally your pick. Anyway, 5 stars. Thanks again! -Daniel

[@fdapproved16]

I love this.....it's so relaxing

[@dillotank9421]

Beautiful.

[@hopfuser]

Your fBach C1 is one of the best I ever heard! Chapeau! Please... play this again on a good 12 string guitar, I´m sure you can do it and it will sound great, too.I did this with the Villa-Lobos Nr.1 and it was great fun.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

fantastic!

[@livelife409]

wow...just ...WOW.----u got sum made skillz and i play the cello this is my favorite peice....talent i like

[@Benbutlermusic]

Thanks for the comments. It's a Neumann TLM 103 mic through an Apogee Mini Me preamp, with a little post mixing in Pro Tools. Good gear certainly helps.

[@FromZero2HD]

Never heard anything like this, has a nice acoustic flavor as if it were written to be played this way.

[@robcastellani]

Argh! I started arranging this piece in this exact tuning as well about a year ago! Looks like you beat me to it man. Very well played!

[@aaaaLyyyy]

this is beautiful

[@voxbox18]

beautiful

[@stefanmuller3727]

Excellent

[@rolandkalus]

Wonderful version....I love it! Truely art!

[@RickyReyesStudio]

Beautifully played. Im incredibly jealous. It sounds just as great on a guitar. Good work man.