Sarabande and Allemande by Visée

[@Spoderfok]

After all those centuries he still remembers how to play his theorbo

[@misterE-1989]

He's a vampire in case you didn't know.

[@RobertVincelli]

I love hearing music from hundreds of years ago, it’s like a time capsule of the past. Great job Brandon 👍

[@PlenumGaming]

My KZbin automatically loops, I think I accidentally watched this video about 6 times without realizing because I loved this piece.

[@ArticLight14]

This guy and Estas Tonne. This should be all I listen to on a Sunday.

[@bmhyakiri]

Those bass notes are just something else... beautiful.

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

My only Christmas present, Thank you Brandon :)

[@stefaniasmanio859]

hi! I am very sorry this is your only Christmas present... it is anyway a special gift from our beloved Brandon.. all my love from Italy!!

[@gaelnazariomackay1340]

Same

[@brandonbeckius3799]

No problem

[@spoonlyspoon]

The sound of my dreams, I love the theorbo so much, maybe some day I will own one

[@ScottGlasgowMusic]

Lovely instrument!

[@Tonvanis75]

Hey! Mr.Acker *_"I'm still here and love every "beat" of your performance. Thank you for your uplifting music in the craziness of our time. You are a one and only artis that play throughout the pandemic"_*

[@lisa5249]

This gets my Sunday morning off to a lovely start...🥰

[@JonathanGasper]

Very nice! The theorbo is the coolest instrument, and perhaps more naturally suited for Baroque counterpoint than any other, with the possible exception of the harpsichord.

[@lamecasuelas2]

Oh Man, this Is such a peaceful piece of music. Thank you i really needed something like this.

[@johnsimms3957]

I love those bass strings!

[@Rylee_G]

That allemande was fireeee

[@Tylervrooman]

Got that 2020 look in this video!!

[@brandonbeckius3799]

It is the knowledge that you, the superior Brandon, are so incredibly talented and yet, still as human as I am. That knowledge is what drives me along my own musical path, on a quest to get truly master the art, as you have done so yourself.

[@StrandCheckout]

Me too. I only played ukulele and then I picked up a guitar because of Brandon.

[@yonatanbeer3475]

Don't know how to break it to you, but Brandon hasn't been human since at least 1610.

[@MarkHoemmen]

Great sound!!! I liked the little strums in the Allemande!

[@jargonizations]

This is better than Christmas

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Really intriguing full sound that captures the ear. As a guitar composer for book trailers about comics seeking inspiration, I like your dynamics and the tone for the bass notes. Cheers!

[@lazy010011]

Guitar composers for book trailers about comics are entering the realm of "I'm a vegan".

[@stellajacobson231]

As amazingly played as always! Thank you for another great performance 😄

[@alexnomad7859]

Thank you very much. It was very beautiful.

[@sergheigov1346]

Thank you, Brandon

[@ehalverson9323]

Beautiful

[@ArielGuitars]

Beautiful performance!

[@CatsPajamas23]

This is beautiful. (Thanks for sharing this.)

[@xirknight]

Beautiful!

[@asherbeal8357]

Amazing as always! 👏👏👏 Cheers Brandon 🍻

[@davidbusby2550]

Gorgeous music.

[@crimsoneastwood1787]

Completely unexpected... I like it!

[@abhimanyuvarma28]

Beautiful.... It feels good to know that despite the fact that many people (at least through my experience) are not as aware of older plucked string intruments as they are of more recent classical, acoustic, and electric guitars, there are still people who play thesr beautifully, and the tradition is not yet (and never will be) extinct. Also, I noticed that some of the bass strings are not necessarily on the fretboard,they seem to be above it. Why is that?

[@postsender4021]

i think they are meant to just be played openly so no need for the fretboard to extend to them

[@davidacod9124]

Beautiful ❤️

[@DZ-ky1fe]

I never knew Bane was so talented!

[@irinafill5535]

Thank you for the music... Merry Christmas, Mr. Brandon Acker 🎶 🎄 🎅🏻 ⛸ 🛷 ⛷ 🎸 🎄 🎶 ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ 💗

[@theredcat6678]

Happy Christmas Brandon and everyone ❤❤❤❤💗💗💗💗❤❤❤❤

[@aries_9130]

Wonderful!

[@BraedonHofmann]

Very soulful playing! I enjoyed the recital :)

[@brandonacker]

Thanks, Braedon!

[@lovelybird6771]

Brandon absolutely shredding on the theorbo was on everybody's Christmas list this year ☃️ Happy holidays & thank you for all the beautiful videos you've been putting out this season. I love the virtual medieval caroling experience you've been serving us while we're all stuck at home

[@NoUsernamae]

Couldn't help but hit the download button on this one

[@xirknight]

8 string djent players gangster until Branden arrived.

[@paulgriffinpencil]

Amazing as always Brandon. The Theorbo bass notes make it sound like another instrument playing. I'm guessing that's why you enjoy it so much. Impossible to recreate on a 6 string. More Theorbo videos. :) happy holidays.

[@zahykhoury]

Merry Christmas from Beirut Sir Brandon 🎺🎄🎅

[@小豆はん]

Brandon Ackerさんの動画でテオルボの良さを思い知った

[@amitjena8082]

Persian nostalgic feeling.....I admire this guy

[@amitjena8082]

@@Fellow_Traveller1985 I got that feeling

[@sonoransaguaro3786]

@@Fellow_Traveller1985 he's means the STYLE, sweetie. Not the piece.

[@alexandermackay-smith2364]

Western music grew from the Mediterranean cultural world, as Jordi Savall's many concerts demonstrate. Instead of arguing, why not listen to the Persian music, to hear what a Persian might find they had in common?

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

What a great presentation...This makes me wonder if there was a composition that made the player to pluck all those strings.

[@DaveyReynolds]

like the one you're listening to?

[@ouddude6054]

Love the theorbo - can you recommend a solo release / album on the instrument? Cheers

[@Divaris]

Bravo !

[@morungin5320]

Outplay bro❤

[@acornhousepear4483]

And somehow after all these centuries he still knows how to play🧐

[@viridian_meridian]

I've always wondered how old baroque luthiers kept archlute necks straight...

[@andrewroffey]

Brandon, I love the sound of the theorbo. Just wondering if you have ever set a modern piece to be played on this wonderful instrument?

[@lindamclean8809]

Magic

[@ermanngies1914]

Brandon, could you post your music on Tidal in MQA please?

[@omarp.rawidigdo1357]

Do we get a new years bonus as well

[@k-dramagoodmorningseoul]

Hi! How are you? ~ The year 2020 is coming to an end when everyone had a hard time. Good job. I hope the infectious disease will be resolved in the new year and everyone will be healthy and happy. Thank you. Happy New Year. ^O^

[@katerkamp]

How do you record multistring instruments? Your recordings sound very good! Can you make a tutorial how you deal with the low strings, what microphones do you use?

[@MrUnit731]

Is it fair , comparing you with Segovia? 🎶🎵 I love your videos.

[@n0rmql_122]

Hey brandon where are you getting all these type of instrument?

[@mysteriousfox88]

thats the dread pirate roberts

[@sherlock6848]

What? Did Brandon put some nail polish on? Watch his left hand nails. They are pinkish. 🤪Beautiful. The music is also very calming.

[@blueberryshake333]

Polish can strengthen the nails

[@mantra4863]

Brandon Acker for TESV:Skyrim lute bard covers

[@brunosipavicius7867]

A doubt. Is the allemande movement is related to any folk music or religious music from Germany? I see and hear this movement in many works from baroque and own. Is it earlier? Thanks.

[@ubarhd1]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tehmightymo]

Are those extra frets you've taped inside the first fret?

[@brandonacker]

Yes . They are called tastini.

[@tehmightymo]

@@brandonacker Cool! Do you tape on different ones depending on what key you're in? Also, at 1:58, when you start that descending sequence of bass notes, I see you play vibrato on some higher note, but it doesn't seem like you actually plucked any of those strings. Does that higher note just ring out by resonating with the bass note?

[@sarcastaball]

One can never be too safe. God forbid the theorbo catches a mean case of covid.

[@lykagonzales4152]

So... He's not in Spotify? 😱

[@phanakapana]

Love the music. Love the mask.

[@Nando-gc8kb]

If I get a cat, I'm gonna name it theorbo

[@Nando-gc8kb]

@@Fellow_Traveller1985 nice one, i'll keep that in mind

[@pishbot]

[@DavidFranck-ml4gb]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqXdXqqVpc-rqKMsi=lgwpwyGwJeH49CFA It took me days of searching the memory banks to figure out why it was resonating.

[@DanielOliveiraViolao]

:-)

[@yoba6037]

You look really empathetic with your mask. Thank you for spreading the mask message. We need to save more lives, even with youtube videos

[@edgar-xavier]

Beautiful. What's up with the mask?

[@joshwoods7641]

The description says he recorded it as part of his viola de gamba recital from Christmas, so he's probably not the only person in the room.

[@codyswanson8481]

Is it me or do I hear some Chopin in there?

[@georgedimakis9580]

Could you try to play some more uplifting music, perhaps withe bouzouki, a greek instrument (your music is great not trying to hate)

[@timaha83]

Why the mask

[@brandonacker]

This was part of a recital filmed in another families home with someone who is high risk. So although it looks like I'm alone, wearing a mask was the safe and respectable thing to do.

[@truekingvictory]

_tosses a coin in the tray_

[@gurleenkaur5738]

*Yeah, but mask failed to hide ur true emotions while playing*

[@michaelgutman4910]

Beautiful music, but why the mask? Unless, you're playing the masked troubadour bandit.

[@dtrmind]

The mask makes it weird, like he sold his soul