GENTLE GIANT - Free Hand - Medley - (Acoustic Cover by MELANIE MAU & MARTIN SCHNELLA)

[@amberpipkin]

Amazing acapella and arrangement!!! STUNNING! BRAVO!!!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you do much :)

[@straupp]

Gentle Giant is extraordinary - and you nailed it !

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️ Glad to read your words

[@michelcolmant1714]

Another ones of medieval Gentle Giant songs could be covered by our "three friends" 😍

[@laylakayla2]

Wow, just wow! His Last Voyage simply made me cry.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much :)

[@sftnetts]

What an impressive tribute. Please do more!! Greetings from Osaka.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much 😊 😊 We also have lots of CDs. We do ship worldwide. Are you interested?

[@BerndSander-zw5kz]

Wer Gentle Giant noch aus den 1970ern kennt weiß, dass hier ein ganz dickes musikalisches Brett gebohrt wird. Der Gesang, das Gitarrenspiel - alles auf höchstem Niveau und begeisternd. Tolle Idee die verschiedenen Stücke in einem akustischen Medley zusammenzufassen. 👍😊

[@MartinSchnella]

Ganz lieben Dank Bernd! Schön, dass dir unser Arrangement gefällt 😊

[@siggidietrich7432]

So wunderbar - ihr seid so tolle Künstler🎶👏👏👏

[@MartinSchnella]

Danke lieber Siggi ☺️

[@aspirationsthegentlegiantp5362]

Just unbelievable. I got the chance to hear this before the release and was just blown away. But this video is destined to be a classic. Bravo

[@MartinSchnella]

❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much

[@grigorygornostaev]

Очень, очень, очень круто!!! Спасибо! 🙏🏻

[@mikefred55]

STUNNING! I saw GG do this live and it was flawless. Best live band I have ever seen. This is mind-boggling to see a cover of this amazing song! Great choice of a challenging song to perform!!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@TonyNeal100]

Never heard a GG rendition that is equal to the original, until now - sensational! Fabulous performances, recording and video. Great to know that their music is still alive and inspiring others.

[@MartinSchnella]

Wow!! Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️

[@InnerAlchemistTarot]

I'm in love with you guys! Family from over seas. Wow, just wow. All my favorite bands. You are amazing! So much love to you all ❤ appreciate you. From America 🇺🇸

[@MartinSchnella]

Thanks so much!! ☺️☺️☺️

[@ohcanada7838]

I still have this album. I love your rendition guys. At 70 we still aren't too old to listen fantastic covers of old favourites. Great job.

[@giorgiotornarolli4589]

Gentle Giant, quanti ricordi....siete veramente bravi, bravissimi......👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much!!! 😊

[@panzerlieb]

I was riveted. I could not stop watching. I am truly blessed to have seen this performance. Thank You so very much 🙏

[@MartinSchnella]

Wow!!! Thank you so much ☺️ ☺️ ☺️

[@crocodilegrundee4514]

Celtic and A Cappella. Another beautiful one from you all! Absolutely loved it.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much :)

[@GentleGiantOfficial]

👏👏👏

[@MartinSchnella]

Oh!!!! What an honor!!! Thank you so much ☺️ ☺️ ☺️ ☺️ Feel free to share it, if you like ❤️

[@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson]

Fantastisch! Eins meiner Lieblingsalben, mit so einer tollen ungewöhnlichen Instrumentation gecovert. ❤

[@MartinSchnella]

Das freut uns!! Dankeschön 😍🤩

[@frankpauschert3901]

wonderful tribute to one of the best bands that ever existed

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much Frank!! Best regards from germany ☺️

[@twelveouncetrance4034]

Wow, sheer perfection. Beautifully done!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️

[@orogenicman]

Beautiful. Love Gentle Giant.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️ ☺️

[@LeaSchauzu]

Das ist soooo schön. ❤️

[@MartinSchnella]

Danke liebe Lea ☺️

[@kellettthomas9176]

What I love about you two is you're not afraid to take on the most ambitious projects. Your musicianship is unquestioned. And then your vocals and arrangements, as well as the tuning on the acapella part, is stunning!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Kellett. :) We do our best :)

[@luigimangano9584]

Hallo Martin, thanks a big-lot for your own very great talent and really harmonious creativity, for example with that arrangement very refined you (and Melanie with all the other musicians, much wonderful) offer to us profound purity in perfect counterpoint 'a-cappella', sublimated by the receptivity of the frequencies/vibrations that you all send us..... Persevere wisely by continuing to offer us your celestial and phantasmagoric MUSICAL CREATIONS, it being reductive to simply call them songs! See you soon (l do hope) and a brotherly hug to everybody from ltaly. Namāste 🕉

[@horstlind3613]

Großartig! Man kann es kaum in Worte fassen, wie schön! ❣

[@MartinSchnella]

Lieber Horst. :) Das freut uns, dass Dir unsere Version gefällt. :)

[@christianpeiser3628]

Such a nice piece of music! As many times before, I am not familiar with the original here but really love this version. I will try and check out the Original as well since it must be good. But however this may be, this one here is one of my favorites on the rainbow tree album. 🥰

[@MartinSchnella]

Dear Christian 🤩 Thank you for your support

[@saskiasell4947]

Amazing!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much ❤️

[@davelowery5409]

Wow. Wonderful to see and hear talented musicians prepared to spend the time and skill to perform very tricky Gentle Giant music. And to do it so very well. A triumph!

[@luigimangano9584]

I absolutely agree with you. Then l also find Martin is a superlative guitarist, with a clean sound production and an excellent compoitional refinement ☯️

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much Dave 🥰

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Luigi 😊

[@michaelgroh1941]

Klasse! Schön, dieses alte Lied von Gentle Giant auf so neue Weise zu hören!😄

[@MartinSchnella]

Danke ☺️☺️☺️

[@JeffersonLeeEng]

As always, an amazing and well-done performance. Beautifully shot video.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you my friend ☺️

[@1stclassmedia]

excellent work of a notoriously perfect band from days of old, well done!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much 😊

[@martinbirkhauser3751]

So beautiful, wunderschön. I love this song and I love the way you perform it!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Martin :)

[@jean-francoisauger6178]

There's more than one song.

[@rocketpost1]

Free Hand is one of my very favourites from Gentle Giant. It's not easy music and you must like a challenge. You were certainly up for the challenge and did a magnificent version.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much! Yes, it was really challenging. It was so exciting to create this Version ☺️

[@michaelhathaway496]

Super cool!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Michael 😊😊

[@StructuralAmbient]

wow, superb

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️

[@alejandromartinezcorredor6493]

"Beauty will save the world" as a friend of mine would say after listening to such a wonder.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@robeoneelp]

So absolutely wonderful! ❤

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Robert ☺️☺️☺️

[@robeoneelp]

@@MartinSchnella love and miss you guys! Merry Christmas! Hope to see you at next ProgStock!

[@aenamabag]

I've listened back to the His Last Voyage section a dozen times in a row now. Can't get enough of it. It would be great to hear a full rendition of that track, you do it so beautifully.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much!! Glad to read you like it ☺️

[@Bodhisattva435]

This is crazy good! Congrats for the arrangement. Top notch. I love it!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much 😊 😊 😊 It was a lot of work 😊😊😊

[@VIBRATO1]

Just so beautiful..From this long time,Gentle Giant fan,thank you all for your inspiring gifts.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you 😊 😊 😊

[@schragemusik]

Utterly wonderful. for me, many Gentle Giant songs are somewhat lessened by the overly raucous voice of Mr Schulman (though in its correct context, that voice is a treat). This redition was (again, for me) just about perfect.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much!! You come from germany? 😊

[@schragemusik]

@@MartinSchnella no, Martin. I'm in the UK :-)

[@uweschramm]

Immer wieder unglaublich, an was ihr Euch so ranwagt! Hammer Gesang, Gitarre und Arrangement! Klasse!

[@MartinSchnella]

Lieber Uwe, vielen Dank!! Das freut uns sehr ☺️

[@UprightBassist]

Ihr habt's geschafft; jetzt *muss* ich mir das Original und weitere Musik vom freundlichen Grüßen anhören, ich *habe schlicht keine andere Wahl!* Nicht, weil mir eure Version nicht gefiele, im Gegenteil, sondern weil es noch neugierig macht und begierig, diese Wissenslücke zu schließen. 🤓 Verdientermaßen seid ihr nun mit diesem Video in meiner _“Fine Music”_ Playlist. 😉

[@Majorimetalsittich]

Sehr sehr ……. Schöööön ❤❤❤❤

[@MartinSchnella]

Dankeschön ☺️ ☺️ ☺️

[@bravernewmath]

I'm grateful that young musicians around the world are breathing new life into Gentle Giant's music through creative versions like this. There are many amazing GG covers on KZbin, and your Free Hand medley is one of the best I've heard. (It reminds me, in spirit, of GG's own "Excerpts from Octopus" that they used to play in concerts.) Beautifully done. Thank you!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It was a lot of work and we really appreaciate all that kind feedback 🤩❤️

[@rushyeskansas]

Phenomenal cover of IMHO one of the most difficult to cover Prog Bands ever. These guys were brilliant and so is your cover version. Congrats my friends and greets from Brazil!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you my friend :)

[@johnbeckord8759]

Fire-eating awesome. Amazing. Goosebumps.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much John :)

[@robm3569]

Having seen Gentle Giant live several times during the Free Hand/Power and the Glory days, and finding the experience deeply fulfilling as a musician and music lover, this medley captures the essence of Gentle Giant beautifully.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ❤️

[@beatles19471]

bravo, excellent

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much 😊 😊 😊

[@janillodrum]

😊Thank you very much

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@13skies]

I introduced GG to my brother way back in the 70's. He listened to them more than myself after that. This made me think of him. Well done. Loved your creation.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you!! Glad to read your words ☺️

[@e.lectrochef295]

Thank you for resurrecting this amazing music!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much ❤️

[@fretfix1]

This medley is absolutely scrumptious! As always a masterful take on Prog royalty, Gentle Giant. Just purchased the "Rainbow Tree" as a Christmas present to myself:) And begging Martin and Melanie to come back to Progstock!! 🤟🙏

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much!!! We would love to come back!! Hopefully Ann & Tom will invite us again ❤️

[@fretfix1]

I will contact them and get down on my knees!! Can't wait til the cd arrives. Hope you will put out some vinyl someday. Btw...that Lowden sounds incredible🪐@@MartinSchnella

[@MartinSchnella]

@@fretfix1 Yeah!! Lowdens are great. I love them. ☺️ Where did you order it?

[@fretfix1]

Band Wagon USA@@MartinSchnella

[@riberto123]

I am absolutely blown away by this wondeful rendition :-)

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much 😊

[@wjstephens4654]

As an old GG fans who has seen them a few times and still love them over 45 years later, I loved every minute of your interpretation. There were many fine moments, but the vocal arrangements on “His Last Voyage” with the soprano notes over top were beautiful and I was touched. Bravo and thank you.

[@MartinSchnella]

Oh wow! Thank you so much for your warm words!! Glad to read you like our arrangement :)

[@uapuat]

I'm amazed. Some of my favourite music given a whole new wonderful lease of life. Thank you thank you thank you!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@80thtasties85]

Awesome - outstanding - beautiful - der Hammer! best wishes from le pays de la sarre 🙂

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much 😊😊😊

[@michaelpolese3440]

I love them! They're so talented, and some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Hope to see you guys in October 😉

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much my friend!!! We hope to be invited again ☺️☺️☺️

[@worldprog]

Absolutely amazing my friends. Much love from all of us!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️

[@messimusic1]

Absolutely Beautiful!!!🧡

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much my friend ❤️

[@jontaylor5482]

Truly brilliant… love the three part harmonies in the middle section and the arrangement works perfectly. Thank you!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Jon. There are 4 vocals. Jens could't make it to the video shooting

[@sfera_lv]

What a beautiful rendition! 💗✨

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much ❤️

[@TonVenhuizen]

Astonishing work. Wow !!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Ton :)

[@drummerman122]

Excellent

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️

[@carsten9868]

was ihr macht hört sich einfach großartig an

[@MartinSchnella]

Danke Carsten :)

[@paulogusmaoguedes4409]

Excellent!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you Paul ☺️

[@crappyfellow]

Beautifully done!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️ ☺️

[@timmccaskey]

Glad to see this on the same day my CD arrived. Excellent work as always. Glückwunsch!

[@MartinSchnella]

Awesome!!! Thank you ☺️☺️☺️

[@paulmason6470]

Superb. Very nicely done. 🙏🏻😎

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️

[@ww56]

Wieder mal einfach grandios 👍

[@MartinSchnella]

Dankeschön ☺️

[@louamato6332]

Stunning, Martin. I have few words. Thank you for that. Also, who sung bass!?

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much!! The lower vocal harmony was sung by Jens Kommnick ☺️

[@zoeandthepapitosband6300]

Sin palabras. ❤❤❤❤

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ❤️

[@petergelhaus1586]

Hervorragendes Arrangement. Geniale Kameraführung.

[@MartinSchnella]

Danke lieber Peter!! Das Video ist tatsächlich im One Shot entstanden. Freut mich, dass es dir gefällt 🤩

[@petergelhaus1586]

@@MartinSchnella , das sieht man! Wie viele Versuche hat es gebraucht?

[@MartinSchnella]

@@petergelhaus1586 Es war tatsächlich nach einem Übedurchgang der erste Take. Deswegen haben wir ihn genommen. Unser lieber Marc ist auch da echter Profi

[@desangre831]

Great as usual! :D

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️ ☺️ ☺️

[@alaincote5046]

Bravo wow

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much ❤️

[@wellness-music402]

Wunderschön - toll gemacht!

[@MartinSchnella]

Dankeschön 😊

[@JoelContival]

Bravo !

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you 😊 😊 😊

[@bennettsmith136]

Really, really nice.

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you very much ☺️

[@paragraphics]

Thanks!

[@MartinSchnella]

Oh wow!!! Thank you man 🤩😊

[@pedrozappa]

Bravo, guys!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@stratocasterTheBest]

♥♥♥♥❤❤❤❤

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much ☺️ ☺️ ☺️

[@maximelavoie6870]

Very nice and great video also!!!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@thomasmcgill7229]

Wow, this is so beautiful

[@MartinSchnella]

Thomas, thank you so much :)

[@Simoniaque-Studio]

Vraiment bon@!

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you 😊

[@a.nonymous260]

Dang... gave me some Jethro Tull feeling at the first minutes. Incredible good video overall. Vocal skills on top. Who made the "tenor" voice as 4th voice in between?

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you so much!!! The 4th voice is sung by Jens Kommnick, the guy who played the celtic instruments in Talybont. He was not available for the video

[@crocopor]

❤❤❤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you ☺️

[@jean-marclament6879]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏🙏🇨🇵

[@MartinSchnella]

Thank you 😊 😊