His playing is amazing!!! This level of musicianship is very high. I should know since I am an expert on 10-string Spanish guitar and multistring guitars are difficult to play.
@tubaphonium2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully played, as only Goran can!
@yllepluff10 ай бұрын
Göran Söllscher is still practicing as a professor at my local musical academy (Malmö musikhögskola). He has a KZbin channel, where he tends to upload some kind of arrangement every few months: www.youtube.com/@goransollscher1730
@jscordoba310 жыл бұрын
Amazing, better than I could ever hope to play. But check out the versions of these songs on his album called Greensleeves. That recording is out of this world.
@ΝίκοςΧρόνης-ω6γ3 жыл бұрын
One of the best!!
@nipulkradmsinatagras82933 жыл бұрын
*Such a spectacular masterful performance.*
@eirinikos16 жыл бұрын
This almost brings tears to my eyes.. so beautiful!
@Dalmato100010 жыл бұрын
Independent Skaneland from Sweden. All respects to Goran .
@whoisathome14 жыл бұрын
Correct, it is spruce. The instrument in question is an eleven-stringed altoguitar made by professor Georg Bolin (1912-1993) in Stockholm, Sweden. He invented this guitar type in collaboration with another Swedish guitarist, professor Per-Olof Johnson in the late sixties - early seventies. Söllscher is today guitar proefessor in Malmö, Sweden, where he once studied for Johnson.
@Vingul2 жыл бұрын
Takk for den informasjonen!
@humanhamburger16 жыл бұрын
The thing is badass and he's playing it. Let's just enjoy it.
@simonshusse16 жыл бұрын
The 1:st piece is called: Fantasie in D Minor, S.L. Weiss. The 2:nd is the ciaconna also Weiss of course. Dont try to play it on a 6-string though cause it doesn't have the deep base needed för this type of sound.
@tdcguitarist14 жыл бұрын
It's a great privilege to have a master class with him, and I had one last Sunday in Seattle! He's awesome! Minh
@Peekingduck12 жыл бұрын
unbelievable ! ! ! I attended one of his concerts years ago and it changed the way I listen to music fundamentally.
@gideoncresswell12176 жыл бұрын
How? Do you not still use your ears...
@lexusmaxus13 жыл бұрын
Superb phrasing & mind-blowingly effortlessness we should be bringing these artists to Singapore's guitar festival !!!
@alessdiezmusicАй бұрын
for sure dear friend... he is a great master and a nice gentleman. Very few people play in this high level... I especialize on 10-string guitar and it's a wonderful instrument... you should take a listen... Take care!!
@KMT99994 жыл бұрын
This video shows Sollscher actually plucking all 11 strings rather than just leaving them to resonate. These pieces are a good showcase of the usefulness of the 11-string guitar.
@Vincent_Brien13 жыл бұрын
Well,i'm a Metalhead,and i don't normally love those Music genres,but this guy is abseloutely...Amazing!Wonderfull Music. (Sorry for the horrible English)
@dito78614 жыл бұрын
J'aime Goran Sollscher cet équilibre dans son jeu tout en nuance. Bravo !
@JohnLenardWalson6 жыл бұрын
thank you
@RobertoMartinez-kv5tp Жыл бұрын
El Gran Maestro Göran Söllscher 👍✔
@ConnyBlom-vk4il29 күн бұрын
Heavenly
@paracel7213 жыл бұрын
A great song
@sograteidrissirochdi65273 ай бұрын
So peacfull and sad at the same time
@topochiro Жыл бұрын
Does anyone have all the videos from that concert including the encores?
@pmountain892210 жыл бұрын
Radical!
@onstagerecords9 жыл бұрын
Amazing .Many thanks for this treasure video. Do you have in quality format. I'm very interested in to have. I have rarities for trading
@joeldoer15 жыл бұрын
this is beautiful i dont care who you are
@metaphysicalmystic12 жыл бұрын
how many of my fellow classical guitarists also feel neutered after watching this?
@Nishant-ESP2563 жыл бұрын
🙌🙌
@ConnyBlom-vk4il29 күн бұрын
A swedish guitar builder made this guitar for Mr Söllscher. ❤
@101elad12 жыл бұрын
twelve string classical guitar?!?!?! i never thought that thing like this is exist
@atiliocarlosborsani27046 жыл бұрын
Bell suono que eleganza nella mano destra mi ricorda Williams nella posizione delle mani.
@kegelchen322 жыл бұрын
Klarheit und Reinheit zeichnen die Darbietungen von Göran Söllscher aus,die (fast) völlige Abwesenheit von Geräuschkontaminationen-die Gestalt der Komposition ,ihre Schönheit,kommt rein und vollkommen zur Geltung,reinigt wohltuend Geist und Seele-wir dürfen es annehmen-Herzliche Grüße und ein voluminöses Dankeschön aus Deutschland...
@skateboardjaw12 жыл бұрын
yes
@weijenw14 жыл бұрын
This is a great guitar player with a wonderful instrument, certainly it is a 11-string instrument, but whether it´s a 11-string or 12-string is really not important. Just enjoy the music.
@ProtomanZ15 жыл бұрын
well yeah
@Cerebralcinema12 жыл бұрын
It is 11 strings...a custom made 11 string alto guitar. Reminds me of Narcisco Yepes 10 string guitar.
@BachtotheFutureBWV13 жыл бұрын
@TheDjentBoy awesome name!!! \m/
@robmanic4417 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Goran do a duet with Leo Lottke. Both are great twelve string guitarist, but from different worlds.
@SAMSAXSTONES8 жыл бұрын
you can see 18 strings classic guitar in youtube alibaba and 40th gipsy hits 18 strings guitar made in iraq
@pippotube110 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. What music is that ?
@tagaudi8 жыл бұрын
Wow. wonderful playing. which pieces of Bach are they? Thanx alot for uploading
@jameslouder8 жыл бұрын
+udiseus The pieces--a fantasia followed by a chaconne--are by Bach's contemporary and friend, the German lutenist, Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687--1750). Weiss, lutenist to the royal court at Dresden, was the great lutenist of his day and the last major composer for the instrument.
@tagaudi8 жыл бұрын
Thanx. The melody of the Fantasia is extraordinary.
@itsheavymetal10 жыл бұрын
wow.. that baritone depth though..
@lundafalafel16 жыл бұрын
This is not a guitar, lute or just a custom built instrument. This is an actual instrument, called Alto Guitar, built by Georg Bolin.
@Vincent_Brien13 жыл бұрын
@hufschmidguitars1 Well lets just say it the proof tath Metal is real music!
@axlludwig12 жыл бұрын
What is th part called starting at 2:42?
@duderock00913 жыл бұрын
was this originally written for lute?
@regondi17 жыл бұрын
actually Yepes played a 10 string. I think this is lovely but I don't think we can call this a guitar anymore. This is a modern Lute.
@what56716 жыл бұрын
I don't believe he literally meant that it is a lute shaped like a guitar. Pretty sure it is just a joking reference to the archlute, which has extra bass strings, as does this guitar.
@Dalmato100010 жыл бұрын
Jimmy page of classical guitar
@Dalmato100010 жыл бұрын
***** jimmy page is also partially asian. His grandmother is chinese from hong kong who married an english sailor
@apazeia15 жыл бұрын
Ok, so the last 4 strings need the extra length for string tension, right? I get that, but why is the extension fretted? Are you supposed to fret up there too?? I won't be able to sleep until I understand this!!!
@peachmelba10002 жыл бұрын
Better to have them, and not need them, than to not have them at all.
@TakeoYamamoto15 жыл бұрын
11弦ギターだぜ!
@Cerebralcinema12 жыл бұрын
The title is wrong. Göran Söllscher plays a custom made 11 string alto guitar.
@hertz44006 жыл бұрын
Invented by swedish guitar builder Georg Bolin who made 8- to 13- stringed alto guitars tuned one ters higher than a guitar to make it possible to play lute music with guitar grips...
@regondi16 жыл бұрын
Then I guess we should call a ukelele a guitar because it has frets. Sure it's tuned like a violin and is a bit smaller than a modern guitar, but who said that a guitar has to be tuned in fourths, and be a standard size, right?
@rekrevsort16 жыл бұрын
It's not a 12 stringed guitar! It's a 11 stringed guitar tuned like a lute. Listen to the interview and you'll see.
@Ficktao13 жыл бұрын
How does one tune a guitar like this? (I mean, name of the strings, like: E-A-D-G-B-E)
@PaulMagnussen4 жыл бұрын
Like a standard classical guitar with extra basses and a capo on the 3rd fret: so from low to high Bb1 C2 D2 Eb2 F2 G2 C3 F3 Bb3 D4 G4 - unless you’re playing Renaissance lute music, in which case the 3rd string will be a semitone lower.
@riceboii10116 жыл бұрын
i believe its just a custom guitar but hes playing lute music on it.
@juiceterry6714 жыл бұрын
@fodera6 Jeese Louise.....
@bongolow0715 жыл бұрын
So let me get this straight, 11 strings are rare?
@hertz44006 жыл бұрын
Bolin gutitars are rare...
@dulcetdossier38672 жыл бұрын
Fantasie in D Minor - S.L. Weiss. (00:17) Ciacona - S.L. Weiss. (2:41)
@tagaudi5 жыл бұрын
The Weiss is not of this world
@shiningarmor28389 жыл бұрын
Djent it!
@ЮрийДемидов-р9л2 жыл бұрын
Спасибо 🎸👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV6nlIifi9WSh9k
@adamos812 жыл бұрын
Well I can count only 11 strings...
@BradMaestas16 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone assume this is a 12-string or a lute? It's an 11-string alto guitar. Secondly, the first piece is Weiss' Fantasia in C Minor, not D minor. Lastly, learn to spell ya cretins! XD
@wernerretief45692 жыл бұрын
I think since the coming of the internet, let's just stop playing lute music on monster guitars and go construct and buy the original instruments and learn to play them.
@whoisathome Жыл бұрын
That's an opinion, and you are certainly entitled to have one. However, I would like to educate the community about the birth of this instrument. The instrument in question is an eleven-stringed alto guitar made by professor Georg Bolin (1912-1993) in Stockholm, Sweden. He invented this guitar type in collaboration with a Swedish guitarist, professor Per-Olof Johnson in the late sixties - early seventies. Johnson, already an accomplished guitarist wanted to go in-depth to the lute music from the renaissance, but he soon realised that you basically had the options of transcribing the music for a six stringed instrument, which of course already had been done, but to the cost of losing a great part of the music due to the lesser number of strings on the "normal" guitar. The other option was what you suggested; learning to play the lute and play the original music, as it was once composed. Johnson did exactly that; he studied the lute for over a year. However, he soon realised that it wasn't possible to combine the two instruments, the guitar and the lute. The double strings of the lute required the player to play with the flesh, as opposed to the nails. As you all know, most classical guitar players use the nails and herein lies the problem. You can't do both. To solve this dilemma, Johnson asked Georg Bolin if he could make a guitar with the same tonal range as the lute. This would make it possible for the musician to use the playing technique from the guitar - as well as the guitar's dynamic qualities - AND to play the music like it was once written. Presto, the alto guitar was born. Okay, according to Bolin it took eleven years of development until the alto guitar as we know it today was finished. Personally I think this is an achievement that calls for a great deal of respect instead of dismissal. This is an example of how creative people has driven the development forward thru mankind and personally I believe that the composers of yesterday would approve. IMHO you just need to listen to Göran Söllscher's performance..! Respectfully, Peter Bengtsson, master luthier
@wernerretief4569 Жыл бұрын
@@whoisathome I greatly enjoy mr Söllscher's recordings. Master musician. But since listening to people like Thomas Dundford and Jean Rondeau I can't go back. I've crossed the event horizon.
@whoisathome Жыл бұрын
@@wernerretief4569 Fair enough, I wouldn't argue about difference in taste. I just thought that your comment was a bit intolerant, since I greatly appreciate the alto guitar and the two people behind it, as well as Göran Söllscher of course. It is also a fact that this guitar type has inspired many guitarists in Europe- particularly in Scandinavia - to compose contemporary music for the alto guitar, so I'd say the alto guitar has a rightfully earned place in the history of musical instruments. In 1982, I bought my first vinyl album with Göran Söllscher. The main reson for this choice was that the A side contain Stanley Myers "Cavatina". I also discovered that the rest of the music on the A side was lovely and masterfully executed by Söllscher. On the B side, however was Bach's suite no. 4 for lute, BWV 1006a and hearing the Prelude played on an alto guitar for the first time was for me like a punch in solar plexus. I had never heard such dynamics paired with the clarity and richness in overtones from a guitar before - and this was really a turning point in my life. I decided there and then that I wanted to become a guitar maker. To cut a long story short I contacted Bolin and was eventually given the opportunity to study guitar making for him for four years until I later became his assistent for an additionally six years. For me, there is nothing monstrous about the alto guitar. On the contrary, it has a unique tonal quality that is very hard to achieve with a six stringed guitar. During the forty plus years that has gone by since the event I described, I have made a number of guitars, including a few alto guitars and to me, Georg Bolin's creation is nothing short of a masterpiece, from a design point of view as well as musically. Having said this, I wouldn't dream of persuading you to abandon your event horizon. Instead, perhaps we can agree on the notion that the world is big enough for both stand points to coexist? By the way, Göran Söllscher has his own KZbin channel where he post videos on a weekly basis; www.youtube.com/@goransollscher1730 Kind regards, Peter