Regondi Study No 2

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Regondi Study No.2
If you thought No.3 looked tiring this is on a different level! Page after page, tricky left hand positions and endless key changes. I've shown the key changes as they happen, and the piece goes through many including C# major! I cant remember playing another guitar piece with 7 sharps!
The purpose of the study is to play smooth legato melody over difficult changes. Believe me it is not easy! Probably the second hardest of the ten in my opinion.
Someone mentioned No.1 sounding like Schumann. I would say that this has a hint of Brahms, I've played some Intermezzi on the piano and the opening in particular reminds me of some of them.
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Some of my older listeners may not be aware of these studies, but the younger players will. The reason for this is that they were only re discovered in 1987! Nowadays, Regondi is mainstream repertoire, but not so much in the early 80s and before.
Giulio Regondi (1823 - 6 May 1872) was a Swiss-born classical guitarist and composer active in France and (mainly) the United Kingdom.
Regondi was born of a German mother and an Italian father in Geneva, Switzerland. A child prodigy, Fernando Sor dedicated his Souvenir d'amitié op. 46 to Regondi in 1831, when the boy was just nine.
There is a reference to his appearing in London in 1831, presented as a child prodigy of the guitar;
"An interesting little boy of the name of Regondi, apparently between six and seven years of age, performed a fantasia on the guitar, with most manly power and surprising brilliancy. He was seated on a stool, which was placed on the pianoforte."
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[@DrewHendersonGuitar]

Really great. Appreciate the videos you release.

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks Drew. This is a massive coincidence. A friend and I were listening to you just a couple of nights ago saying what a great player you are!!

[@birdman4274]

Regondi must have been just brilliant to compose and play this back in that era. We have so much access to learn how to play CG these days but they had nothing then. Very well played David.

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks!

[@mattie5161]

That is a fearsome piece of work! Regondi was obviously a genius, ahem,,,,I think I'll just enjoy listening to great players such as yourself playing these! Really enjoying these pieces. Magnificently played as always David! Peace & love ✌️

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks for watching. Glad you like them!

[@owenwhalley5008]

Simply masterful David. Why would I expect anything less.

[@davidjaggs]

Now the pressure is on!

[@alexkomodore5241]

David this is fantastic- a great accomplishment! To guitarists, it’s one of those ‘most difficult’ - and under appreciated works. Also so few have dared to record it on video- thank you!

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks Alex. The hardest of the set are this one, number 5 and number 10 which is on another level! I release it tomorrow. ☺

[@MarcosDana]

Amazing. Congratulations

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks Marcos

[@macleod41069]

Fantastic accuracy and musicianship, brilliant as ever.

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks. . Hope you are ok up there..

[@macleod41069]

@@davidjaggs doing fine

[@geoff3725]

lovely smooth playing. Very pleasing to the ear. A pretty piece. Thanks David.

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks Geoff. Keep the video jokes coming!

[@rezaf4213]

Nice. It's like looking at an oil painting with subtle colour variations.

[@davidjaggs]

😀

[@aphorist_x84]

Frightening piece David! And frighteningly good playing 👍. I think I may have to leave this set of studies to the professionals, but looking forward to hearing the rest of the set 🙂

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks Richard. Hopefully my next couple of sets will not be quite so tricky!

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

Just listened ,on you go with another brilliant performance, these pieces are monsters

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks Alan.

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

@@davidjaggs can you explain again how you memorize so well and so fast ?,,it seems like you re playing this for years and you re not are you ?

[@davidjaggs]

I think I'm blessed with a good memory. I do practice sections for hours/days/weeks hands separately. .bar by bar..over and over again. It is never an effort to memorise but getting the notes clean... that's a different matter!

[@klampfetamine]

Just amazing, thank you, Sir!

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks for watching. 👍

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Beautiful theme, super fluency, well lost for words , your dedication too your art is exceptional , I wonder what pieces you studied at University, I'm going through old pieces again thanks too your inspiration

[@csnelling4]

Lovely playing, thank you!!! 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧🍷

[@davidjaggs]

👍

[@peace_in_our_world1]

I am so happy to find your excellent rendition of Regondi's Etude No. 2 Mr. Jaggs. Simply beautiful performance. My question, will there be also a study guide like no. 1 and 9??

[@davidjaggs]

One day maybe.. I've been asked to do a massive project for a big publisher which at the moment is taking up all of my time. No.2 is one of the toughest for sure, getting the melody to flow legato isn't easy. Thanks for your nice comment and please keep watching!

[@peace_in_our_world1]

@@davidjaggs Thank you so much for kind reply. Congrats and success for your future projects. A couple of days ago I have started by my own to work on no. 2 step by step. Your uploaded video is already a huge support. I look forward to your next performance. A happy and successful 2021 without COVID.!!!

[@Nylon_and_Gut-MatteoLaurenzi]

So clean.

[@davidjaggs]

Thank you Matteo.

[@edwardcyris6423]

Incredible!

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks for watching Edward.

[@BabaBest2000]

I can't believe you're using D'Addario EJ45s. That's what I've been using for a while. I thought it was time for a change...

[@davidjaggs]

Try putting a carbon D'addario g on. They're slightly thinner and give a lovely singing tone. You can buy hybrid half sets of trebles.

[@jean-michelnadeau2833]

How did Regondi just compose all of these bangers? Just how did he do it?!

[@davidjaggs]

🙏😊 creative man to say the least! Thanks for watching!

[@jean-michelnadeau2833]

​@@davidjaggs thank YOU for uploading these fantastic pieces. Your work has been of much help with fingerings and figuring out complex measures. I might (read: probably won't 😅) record myself playing 1 and 2 in the near future if work and daddy duty don't interfere too much.

[@davidjaggs]

@jean-michelnadeau2833 ah yes, daddy duty! I know it well! Thanks! 🙏

[@davidjaggs]

I would recommend 1 and 8. 2 is horrendously difficult!

[@themusiccovenant]

Very nice

[@davidjaggs]

Thanks!

[@EliasLins1]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@felipegonzalez7304]

David, I am not very familiar with Regondi's music. It is very interesting and lovely. I enjoyed your performance. Kudos to you! What edition are you using? Your own? Is it commercially available? Would you say that each of the etudes are intended to work on a specific aspect of technique or musicianship? Anyway, thanks.

[@davidjaggs]

Hi Felipe. The edition is Matanya Ophee. It is available through music shops etc. You'll probably find some versions for free on the internet of some studies. It's not always clear what specific technique each study is for. Usually a variety. I'd recommend 1 and 8. Really nice to play. 10 is a monster..2 and 5 are really hard. 9 is not so hard. Good luck with them and thanks for watching!

[@felipegonzalez7304]

@@davidjaggs Thank you!

[@jobjimenez5455]

I love your playing!!! How do you manage to sustain the bass line on measure 27 when it shifts to A flat?????

[@davidjaggs]

Hi Job. Thanks for your comment. It is all playable, just! The A flat bass note is only a crotchet so you can release it at the same time as playing the melody D natural. This kind of thing happens all the way through this piece, the difficulty is making it sound like everything is held over when it is not. It helps to record in a nice church with a big reverb!

[@jobjimenez5455]

@@davidjaggs what type of Guitar you play on? Is it double top?

[@davidjaggs]

@@jobjimenez5455 hi there.. it's a traditional build. I met the maker and made a short film here.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHjaXnltZ5iUo9U

[@cathschofield674]

That looks and sounds hideously difficult. Did you actually play that from memory ??????

[@davidjaggs]

Yes Cath.. but memory was the least of my problems! Thanks for watching!

[@snowfiresunwind]

Yes I was wondering that as well - a staggering memory achievement.

[@mattbod]

Yikes...

[@davidjaggs]

😅