Doth My Lute Hath The Courage To Shred?

To Shred or Not to Shred: Will my Lute prevail?
Big thanks to @JaredDines_ for including me in the big shred collaboration and for creating an epic backing track to the lute solo I composed!
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0:00 Intro
0:44 The Lute Doth Shred
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[@brandonacker]

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[@WinoaKaronhiatens]

Would love to hear Painted Black played by a Lute. Listening to this it sounds so likely to play some of those classics.

[@AayYoWhatUp]

Through the fire and flames

[@nightjaronthegate]

"Doth My Lute Hath The Courage To Shred?" is almost as bad as "Noweth in bottles." The th ending is an archaic form of the s ending in the third person singular present tense, so hath means has. That mistake is so common that it's a surprise when it's done right.

[@kreganf]

XD hahaha nice

[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

Does the Shamizan Shred? Its a Japanese String instrument :D

[@xtra3547]

Paladin:Has holy Power Barbarian:Unimaginably angry Druid:In communion with Nature Bard:

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

_"LET IT BE KNOWN, AS THE PLANT COMES FROM THE SEED_ _THE LUTE DOTH SHRED, INDEED"_ *some guy magically fucking explodes*

[@AlconaSD]

@@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 best comment on yt

[@dustyscribe8397]

Basically the dynamic of my Cleric-Fighter-Druid-Bard party rn

[@zedekiahking4169]

fighter: mashing the A button

[@Klangen]

Sorcerer, the magic just bursts through my veins!@@zedekiahking4169

[@oraziovescovi1922]

"...and guitarists" while showing Davie with his bass is peak comedy

[@brandonacker]

Bass guitar is a member of the guitar family 😉

[@oraziovescovi1922]

@@brandonacker Sure! But Davie has always joked about how "Bass is the superior instrument, better than those pesky guitars"

[@brandonacker]

Ah well in that case...I challenge him to a duel!

[@oraziovescovi1922]

@@brandonacker Things are heating between the Bass-Lute fan clubs! But unironically: yes please! I'd love to watch a video with a bass-lute duel!

[@fugithegreat]

​@@brandonackerDavie would definitely take you up on a duel!

[@patcom1013]

Thine luting is of such a splendid shred I was most compelled to listen not twice, but thrice instead.

[@tbpjmr2869]

SOLID GOLD, Sire.

[@jeff3685]

Hahaa!!!

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Yes, I concur!

[@Kelnx]

It's so crazy how good some of these old instruments sound and how they've been mostly forgotten. Need to bring a lot of them back into mainstream music.

[@DeterminedDIYer]

like the dulcimer

[@crisisasp5396]

hurdygurdy les gooooo

[@Kelnx]

@@DeterminedDIYer Dulcimer is still pretty popular in folk music, even in American/Appalachian folk music at least. Such a beautiful instrument.

[@cooliodiablo4571]

Actually a lot of power metal bands incorporate classical instruments into their music such as lutes.

[@C-Farsene_5]

the theramin needs to be back

[@davidg.2008]

more bard metal please!

[@deadredeyes]

All about this!

[@princealigorna7468]

💯 I love early music and classical sounds in metal, so a whole metal song on lute is something I need in my life

[@masamune..]

Yes please more

[@Wishbone1977]

@@princealigorna7468 Have you heard Sitar by Bernth? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWGueaGZjp5lgrs

[@DJSquampy]

Im surprised this isnt a thing already

[@LOZFFVII]

“LET IT BE KNOWN As the plant comes from the seed… The lute doth shred, indeed!” Love that.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

I already knew it can thanks to Need for Speed music from 90s. Lots of them have traditional instruments mixed into the electronic music and the people who made the music even tho are Canadian they are actually Greek and from the music you can hear that Balkan flavor mixed with hard rock and techno of the time ... There were other video game soundtracks who did this but specifically old NFS music stuck in my mind when it comes to this topic. If you people don't know what I am talking about search 90s Need for Speed music playlist or OST and enjoy the flavors of sounds ...

[@Reycied]

Wait, wh-...why isn't this longer?! It sounds SO GOOD.

[@crit7514]

@@austinbannister6595 What D:

[@ashwinnmyburgh9364]

'Tis the worst sorrow, is it not?

[@aslanmane]

As an avid folk metal fan, I say there needs to be an album. I'll buy the hard-copy!

[@kishascape]

Celtic metal ftw

[@selfless727]

Lesser known fact, Brandon actually invented metal with the lute shred back in the 1650s, But i guess the world just wasnt ready yet.

[@virginielafrench3921]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😄

[@archemedes2533]

"But your kids are gonna love it!" - Marty McLute

[@karwashblark7499]

He's actually an immortal vampire which is how he plays old instruments with such precision and why his skin is so flawless.

[@MathGeekQ]

I knew it, he's a vampire that has survived for centuries

[@mtgteeto5286]

@@archemedes2533I came specifically to say this

[@melissamusick8300]

Come on, we all know the lute has the guts to shred!

[@Runoratsu]

I see what you did there… 😌

[@kevchard5214]

That is GREAT when I read this I spit out my soda. LMAO

[@GordonPavilion]

You win the internet today!

[@ramonacosta2647]

Well played Melissa.

[@rishiraz1993]

Clever one! 👏

[@Arthur_Netto-Luana_Fox]

There is something so beautiful about old instruments making modern music ...the beauty of history and tradition while accepting the future and walking both in harmony. This kind of art is soooo good

[@zombiewarrior225]

No wonder the bard's greatest ability is inspiring his allies. I'd be inspired too if I heard this in the heat of battle

[@hynori1819]

same concept with gym music.

[@qhazwel]

Please, Brandon, make an album. Some of us metalheads have been wanting something like this for our entire lives

[@LickItTM]

Lute metal? I am confused but intrigued.

[@legogodzilla]

Hold up, what about Folk Metal? There's many different ways to do it, with some investigation I'm sure something will turn up.

[@MichaelMolG]

This gave me flamenco and gerudo valley vibes, and I want a *lot* more of it.

[@frostlips22]

Yes! I would buy that album in a heartbeat!

[@sageoftruth]

Folk metal has had accordions, harps, flutes, and all kinds of other instruments. Why not lutes as well?

[@eclipseeffigy]

Full version please!!!! I was so hooked, NOT ready for that to end! 🤩

[@GoddessPallasAthena]

OMG YES!! This sooo much! I LOVED what I just heard, and want to hear more!

[@Wh00t_]

yes please

[@Love-Is-Kind]

Yes! Please & thank you.

[@chaoinspace2]

maybe a version without the backing music too because I can barely hear the lute

[@wigon]

@@chaoinspace2 Or at least the lute just cranked up a little bit more in the mix.

[@johnscallobs8273]

speaking on behalf of all metalheads, we NEED an album. at least one published song please we need this

[@CookieMonstaHG]

But doth it djent?

[@billyFNbones]

With that many strings it's gotta djent.

[@Kriegter]

thinking of a cheesy medieval story where a metal shredder from the modern time suddenly travels back to the renaissance and begins a journey of lute shredding through the kingdom as he attempts to find a way to return to the 21st century

[@kingfisher1638]

Excellent!

[@FinestFantasyVI]

I want that to be a movie. Thats more creative than anything Hollywood can come up with

[@dickyjoseph6082]

And Keanu Reeves is the one who introduces him to the lute 😂" 'tis excellent, celebrate on fellow"

[@Artchiiful]

Sounds like a great Anime!

[@cyclpiancitydweller9517]

​@@Artchiifulthere is an anime with a heavy metal soundtrack. It's called Bastard Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy.

[@Man_of_Tears]

"Majestic as the king's decree, this sound enchants both you and me." This is just so adequate 😂

[@stinkypitz0005]

I heard it in screamo.

[@michaellennerman7844]

This means that its possible that at least one musician in medieval times played like this.

[@undeadgentalmen]

It is not the instrument that shreds. It is the artist whom shreds.

[@SamBrockmann]

The lute is often a very pattern based instrument. Guitar is too. Shredding is just the process of playing pattern based licks really fast. So, of course one can shred on the lute!

[@elhoward7440]

Looks to me like it's a lot harder to do it on a lute, but as long as you're sticking to the high strings, it's basically the same.

[@firstthessalonian6889]

@@elhoward7440 Yes His technique takes eons to master, he clearly has mastered it. Bravo, mad lad bravo.

[@keithwood6459]

Except he didn't. He just played reasonably well.

[@SamBrockmann]

@@keithwood6459 , what a sh*t take. Lmao

[@keithwood6459]

@@SamBrockmann Look, he plays well. I'll give him that. The lute sounds great. The piece of music was pretty cool. But he put himself beside Charles Berthoud and other major talents, and I'm sorry but he's not competing. If he's going to put himself on par with such great musicians, he needs to bring more to the table than that. His finger picking is solid, but nothing there was shred-level. JMHP. Edit: Based on his other videos on guitar I would have expected much more. He has the shred in him for sure. Just needs to really bring it down on the lute.

[@resourcedragon]

I read some time ago that metal fans and baroque fans tend to have similar personality types. And I've certainly seen quite a lot of comments from people who identify chiefly as metal fans saying that they enjoy some baroque videos on KZbin, particularly Vivaldi's music.

[@HeathsHarleyQuinn]

As a metalhead who loves Vivaldi I can confirm

[@bogdiworksV2]

Another metalhead who loves Vivaldi. Forgotten for centuries, that man wrote some of the baddest stuff ever. But let us also not forget Monteverdi and Handel. (forgot about Bach, sorry).

[@jeffreydurham2566]

Combine the two and you have baroquen metal

[@elhoward7440]

I'm pretty sure most metal musicians can play other genres quite well too, e.g. they can do great ballads if they want to. And a classical music education helps with all music.

[@tiggerdcat]

​@@elhoward7440 Quite so! I was classically trained on the cello, then had to teach myself the bass for a piece we were doing and from there, I decided to teach myself everything else. I went from playing classical to jazz, bluegrass to rock, alt and metal, you name it. Right now I'm in a dream pop and syntheticwave phase, but I still stay up on alt and classical, which are my go tos, and peek in on the metal scene from time to time, for new, unexpected talent.

[@Version0111]

I once had a very weird dream that i saw an ad for Elder Scrolls 6 which featured an Argonian bard shredding on a lute.

[@Attaxalotl]

Yes please

[@TheGrayfrog100]

You just made my LIFE! I was working a show in 1999! the Director vetoed me using a Lute. I am an old fashion metal guitarist as well. This is Amazing!

[@beasthaven1571]

Tell me Thy Lute Shreded indeed!!! Why isn't this longer!!

[@guitashamilele]

Is it possible to shred on a lute?: No. Is it possible for Brandon Acker to shred on a lute?: Yes.

[@boristhebarbarian]

What a cliffhanger at the end. We need a longer version of this.

[@deepsea5348]

I LOVE this mixture of modern and historical music!!!

[@HidanoKyoku]

"Until the beat doth DESCEND!" got me.

[@Nickshreds890]

Hearing lute in a heavy metal context pleases my ears verily! 👂 Brandon doth your musical knowledge know no bounds? Haha i loved this :) ! Your playing is so spectacular ! You've got a great sense of humour too 😂

[@Nickshreds890]

The section at 1:39 was so tense! That was awesome and reminded me of plenty of metal guitar solos :)

[@Saira-er2wg]

Brandon is the only one I trust to answer this age old question

[@grantreborn]

Bro we need this into a full LONG song! PLEASE!!! This music swims in my soul, I need it like I need air

[@christopherloeppke4778]

YESssssss! You plays that grandpas guitars very well !(Squizguard) Totally fire man! Keep it up!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@CookyOfficial]

I watched this with a friend and we both just fell silent because we were so taken aback. Now I've heard you shred before but this is a WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE and I would love more of it!

[@terra9226]

M'lord! This was indeed quite the exceedingly adequate shredding! 🔥

[@Regularguy92]

Hear, hear

[@GTX1123]

What's really cool is Paganini's Capriccio 24 shredded on an electric guitar. Niccolò really was the metal shredder of his day...

[@ghrocker99661]

The first part of the intro is so damn catchy. It needs to be made into a full song

[@Baby_boodle]

The lute absolutely would be a perfect instrument for an interlude partway through a metal song! Then again, it's perfect all the time anyway. I always love what you share!!

[@M4ve12ick0]

Dang! That sounds awesome! The tremolo fits really well in there

[@virginielafrench3921]

I agree

[@RivetingAdventures]

Great heavens! Thou flute hath shred so marvelously, thou must produce another tune!

[@m.emanuelagiacomuzzi7207]

Il liuto ha un suono evocativo di epoche antiche e ricche di sentimenti forti. Ci trasporta indietro nel tempo con potente nostalgia.

[@mcguinnessboi2027]

He learned how to shred directly from Vivaldi

[@DouglasMcLaughlin-kq7hk]

Try Scarlatti for much earlier concepts. EVH lifted Cathedral idea, classically trained.

[@kingkramer]

I think we all need a full version of this!

[@ashwinnmyburgh9364]

I want this so bad!

[@MilaArdeyne]

I agree

[@cdey8512]

This video was all the things I didn't know I needed together: lute, shred, and silly captions. Thank you...verily!

[@DouglasMcLaughlin-kq7hk]

Jimmy Page would insert JS Bach's Lute in D as part of the bridge ( tease ) prior to the breakout in "Heartbreaker". 17th century shred. Ah, forsooth...

[@MrLiffeloffe]

This channel is just wholesome

[@BartBe]

As the plant cometh form the seed, the lute does shred indeed!

[@Visigoth_]

Makes me think of *Apocalyptica* (I love it when "modern" music is blended with traditional music and/or instruments!)

[@FluffieXStarshine]

Blackmore's Night is where my mind went.

[@DemianX6x6x6X]

the world needs more of this

[@char1737]

That was glorious!

[@kevchard5214]

I am extremely impressed. Not only shredding on a lute, shredding with classical style music. BRAVO BRAVO

[@BassFunMusic]

Just discovered your channel and I must say, your music is mind-blowing. Can't wait to hear more from you. 🎵💖

[@brandonacker]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@Xw3dn3sd4yX]

THY LUTE! IT SHREDS! 🤘

[@Jaycobb07]

"let it be known as the plant comes from the seed, the lute doth shred indeed!" goes hard af

[@Otokogoroshi]

This showed up randomly in my feed and I didn't know what to expect but WOW this was amazing! Gotta sub now!

[@tristanvadimterranova8053]

I love open-minded musicians and people with a sense of humor. Thank you for this delightful musical moment !

[@arthusLawitBeta]

That was f*cking amazing!

[@aliceesperanza]

literally in my 20’s. This is my first time seeing a lute. I absolutely love it 🥺

[@eamonbusse9981]

Imagine the bard busting this out in the kings court

[@Elhesh]

I reckon you are always “shredding” in your own way mate. I listen and play to a great deal of diverse music and I have come to believe that everyone “shreds” once they reach a certain level of creativity, understanding and technical proficiency. Which you most certainly have reached a significant time ago. 👍

[@johnc.hammersticks]

This man just shred on the lute, thats a flex and a half. "Tales will be told of this man and his courage and talent into the ages"😄

[@atillaEryavuz]

Kvothe would be proud. Very well done

[@jamesvaughan8395]

I'm a blues and metal guitarist, and I always assumed the lute could, indeed, shred. I always planned to get a lute, one day.

[@KnightmarePhoenix_official]

This is a contender for the best combination of graceful and wicked that I've ever heard in music. Awesome work!

[@edi9892]

I need more of this. The closest I've seen thus far was In Extremo and Wagakki. Both use traditional, if not outdated instruments to play modern style music, which gives it a really special vibe...

[@faustwulf3535]

That's fucking sick. I need more lute break-downs

[@CT-gy6us]

Thy luth doth sound fantastic and thou hast won mine admiration. Being a Shakespeare enthusiast ( even though I'm French), I'll quote: " If music be the food of love, play on "...

[@virginielafrench3921]

On pensevpareil cher compatriote !

[@imherkhan]

Your talent astounds, good sir.

[@brandonacker]

*Bows gracefully*

[@virginielafrench3921]

Sire Brandon de Luthamour !! 😉 ( ça sonne bien je trouve 😌💖)

[@amazingsalt1062]

Your all not ready for this yet but your grand grandkids are gonna love it.

[@letsgo529]

sounds like heaven and hell are finally done with each other

[@chhhmaris]

Verily, the finest piece of shredding that was, laid down upon mine ears.

[@LordQuintix]

And thus, a new genre was born that day. With Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, Wood, Metal, the Lute combined has doth shredded away! Bring forth the glory of thine heart and soul, for the epic tones of Bard Metal!!

[@qzwxecrv0192837465]

All I have to say is "that picking hand is crazy smooth"

[@BattleSKY8]

The title cracks me. Lovely lute music!

[@kumakhan7452]

You never disappoint! Many horns to you, sir!

[@virginielafrench3921]

Henry Purcell : " strike the viol " Brandon Acker : "shred the luthe "

[@UnwarrierChicken]

Thy talent truly showed and shredding your lute bestowed.

[@user-jg5gz8ys3f]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE CASTLE WITH THIS ONE🗣🗣🔥🔥💯💯

[@bohdizafa8849]

One of my favorite channels. YAR! YE LUTE HATH COURAGE TO SHRED!

[@thewholeroll]

That was great. Very tasteful, but still shred! Would love to see a "What do early instruments with distortion sound like?" video, but I imagine that might be one sacrilege too far!

[@demonkingzucist1159]

I honestly would love to hear this become a whole song

[@kimmcwicked7434]

The algorithms sent me the goods this morning!! The sounds from thine luth trickle through mine ears. And maketh me most enchanted!

[@bansheegaming107]

The vampire has shrede on his lute🔥🔥🔥

[@RienV1980]

As a lover of both classical music and progressive rock and metal I really love this

[@jeb197]

Ditto !

[@BeepBoopBee]

This was not what I was looking for, but holy shit im glad i found it! The lute sounds so heavenly and now I'm kinda sad its so short 😅 Thanks KZbin recommended!

[@alanhyt79]

Simply amazing. Looks like it can shred.

[@Raccoon5]

The intro riff is orgasmic. I need a full version like right now!

[@jocosesonata]

Now we need every instrument to be played by its medieval counterpart. MedievalCore goes Metal!

[@Ithirahad]

Animal-skin drums instead of those synthetic plastic flappy things would've been a good start... Synthetic drumheads and fancy modern drums in general have their place, but this decidedly isn't it :P

[@daveprice5911]

there's some german medieval metal bands, feuerschwanz being the first one that comes to mind

[@organiclifeform1780]

I beg you to make an entire album of lute shedding! PLEASE!!!

[@ThatHorribleMusiciandork7]

Dude rolled a nat 20 of performance! I bet the entire tavern is shocked! XD

[@ApabasPopass]

That sounded so awesome! I love the language you used in your subtitles, aswell. Very apt.

[@Runoratsu]

Mooooore! This is SO DOPE! I want a full album of this! Pleeeease!

[@missunderstanding357]

Shredeth on kind Sir!!! 🤘

[@helpineedvanke3175]

Imagining this guy as a metal guitarist nearly broke my brain

[@casonrenee]

That was clean homie! Tbh ive never seen anything like a string extender on an instrument before either. Very very cool! Made me think of learning lute lol

[@brandonacker]

Thanks! If you're really interested, you can learn the lute at my online school Arpeggiato.com

[@robinmarks4771]

I was literally saying to my partner the other day that I'd love to play some Dowland in folk metal fashion, as much of his oeuvre already sounds pretty shreddy. Let's hear more, Brandon! Absolutely epic.

[@cuervojones4889]

Lutes have such a pure, sweet sound to me.

[@RengokuOniGiri]

Please make this a full song and make a lute metal album! I really need this 😅

[@hannahl4108]

The INSTANT I saw this in my feed, I KNEW this was gonna be GOOD 💖💖💖👏👏👏 ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

[@navyatejajaini9300]

The sound is soo pure and beautiful

[@virginielafrench3921]

Oh yes ! Lovely

[@hennerdierks6410]

Until the beat doth descend? Wow, what a way to mention a beat drop :D I kinda want more. this sounds amazing!

[@Iamyolomonkey-ed2gh]

The Lute has such a nice sound