Introducing: The Baroque Guitar

[@brandonacker]

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[@PeterByker]

(6:53) *Baroque on the Water...*

[@IRuinEvrything]

lyre in the sky

[@pumpkineckbort8856]

Sometimes the internet amuses me! This is one of those times! :D

[@sisirpynda6054]

I was waaaaa he Actually did that lololol

[@aasserelzoghby6781]

@@IRuinEvrything frets on the vihuela

[@aasserelzoghby6781]

He sneaked it in

[@troutwithfingers]

he really just played smoke on the water... brave.

[@aumenarys]

You could see it was not prepared due to his cheeky smile haha

[@darkiee69]

He's not in a store. ;)

[@fartalone3142]

0 3 5 , 0 3 6 5

[@shiunsai671]

Rumdy adobe would be proud

[@DonnaEmerald8]

Just discovered this channel, and I'm loving it.

[@Konrad83]

This man is a very good teacher. Don't you all forget it takes guts to play baroque guitar.

[@cindyj5522]

Gut strings that is.

[@noaht6723]

Now I want a full baroque cover of Smoke on the Water

[@macintalkshow]

Baroque on the Water

Baroque and roll!

[@elwrongo]

I want Lazy

[@jonb5310]

my man has very expensive speakers, a nice computer, some astronomically expensive instruments and a musty chair he found at a garage sale. well done, sir

[@brandonacker]

The best $7 I've ever spent!

[@kareemortega617]

It was either the chair or the guitar

[@nissenilsson9158]

Priorities

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@brandonacker A good guitar. It can have either 9 (or 10) strings cause some people like to add an extra high E string if they want to play a different piece.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@brandonacker What else can they do occasionally? You guessed it 2 High E Strings.

[@_hoshikuzu_]

I love that you're taking time out of your day to make videos like these with your recent bump in popularity - I think it's not only a great idea to spread the love of historical instruments, but also to capitalize on the new viewerbase to get even more people interested in something you've clearly spent countless hours researching and learning out of passion. The information and the musicianship are top notch, and I hope to see more like this in the future!

[@paulgriffinpencil]

I agree fully. Keep educating us. You are a Master, Brandon. I wanted a Lute but I now want one of these too. Guess I'll never have any spare cash but I will be the happiest musician alive.

[@tempuramonster]

I second this! Especially for modern guitar players, this is the closest we can get to a historical education on an instrument we love!

[@OneGeekStudios]

My god, your channel hits all my interests. Beautiful guitars? Check. History? Check. Incredible musicianship? Check. A well spoken individual presenting all this in a dignified, understandable manner? Check. You should easily have a million subscribers!

[@tempuramonster]

Seconded!

[@desiderioelielton2051]

Thirded!

[@GiandomenicoDeMola]

Absolutely fantastic channel!

[@Lasse3]

Fourded

[@wkingston1248]

6:55 035 bro, im telling you, even back in the day it was all about 035 bro.

[@justintaylor3569]

Read this is Vince Russo's voice

[@No_noooooo00]

B R O

[@cloroxbleach6596]

bro are you rudy bro?

[@jirago7h460]

@@cloroxbleach6596 he is steve dont talk to him

[@vapid2689]

I love how genuinely happy you look while talking. It's more captivating when you're this passionate

[@joshywashy3453]

I greatly appreciate all those edits you make in your videos, like labeling the name of your songs you play or showing the artists and their years of life. It helps to follow everything you’re discussing.

[@michaeljamieson3582]

I’m not going to lie even after playing for 20-30 years, watching you play makes me feel like a total novice. Your technique is breathtaking.

[@LuisAbarcaCarvajal]

8:58 Yes! In fact, one of Fandango's daughters in Chile, the Cueca (mixed with the petenera, the Jota and the Italian gallarda) was banned from the streets for leading people killing each other. In fact, today Cueca is still played not only in a traditional way but also in a popular way at parties in the most rural areas If you come to Chile, let me be your tour guide theres a lot of tradicional things in the music here

[@xyz-zyx]

VIVA CHILE!!!

[@Kevin-sl4we]

Chi chi chi le le le

[@Floral_Green]

How come there’s Italian musical influence in there? Was there a sizeable enough history of immigration to Chile from Italy for them to make an impact on such things?

[@LuisAbarcaCarvajal]

@@Floral_Green In the book "cueca: Danza de vida y muerte" by "Margot Loyola" the influences and similarities of the "cueca" with the gallarda are mentioned the issue is that there are more similarities than influences even Carlos Vega (Margot's teacher) tried to relate them I'll leave you a link with information, press F3 and look for "gallarda" www.pucv.cl/uuaa/site/artic/20171005/asocfile/20171005170733/la_cueca_s.pdf as you say, the Italian immigration date is from the 1860s even from the 1870s even after these dates despite the war "Guerra del pacífico", with these immigrations accordions and some pianos were introduced in the instrumentations In some documents as "recuerdos de 30 años" of "José Zapiola" you can see a couple of paragraphs with a little information about the instrumentation and orchestration of the time also in the book "Chilena o cueca tradicional" by "Samuel Claro Valdez and Fernando González Marabolí" the influence of the province of Al-Andaluz and Arabic music and poetry in the structure of the singing of the Cueca is mentioned, in addition it mentions some investigations of the nasal singing of the cueca that comes from this Arab influence

[@angelaguerrero3808]

@@Floral_Green its because napoles was under aragon control for a time and there was an exchange of cultural aspects

[@Aalii6]

what a joy to be gifted videos like this

[@aasserelzoghby6781]

I like how he is always happy and smiling He is very relaxed and he loves his job

[@ricp123]

2 B or not 2 B

[@joshmich9054]

Lmao XD

[@mmazz30]

ricp123 what was the question?

[@perseus31]

I just one wanna die after this dad joke bro

[@1ogkilla]

Fuck you😂 can't believe I laughed so long at this

[@shanechenmusic]

ricp123 That is the question

[@armandruckli7916]

Heck and you dominate the rasqueado just as a good flamenco player does. You are a genious.

[@brandonacker]

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[@andorrasrevenge1683]

who makes the maple backed 6 string? You sound badass man.

[@brandonacker]

@@andorrasrevenge1683 Thanks:) Stephen Kakos in Minneapolis, MN. Great guitar.

[@Don_Kek]

Have you ever played on a Russian Sevenstring guitar?

[@chrisphillips4859]

As a musician I'm curious how do you know all that? Please tell me at [e-mail] .

[@maxwilliam203]

It would be great to see what you could do with the Craviola!

[@revenant235]

Your delight, enthusiasm and love for these instruments is wonderfully infectious. Thank you.

[@johnperry5396]

I told myself to stop subscribing to different channels but I watch you far too much to not sign on. Internet gold.

[@miguelmarquez4192]

You break a smile when you talk about your instruments. I dont know why but that makes me so happy.

[@SIMGHERULA]

when this guy will get HUGE, I will say I was with him before 100K

[@paulomelo1792]

Same here!

[@harleylarge8604]

Same

[@Khusyasy]

same

[@bearblackhawk9362]

Ha. I was here before you. Lol. But i agree with you.

[@MarianneExJohnson]

And here I am, one week later, too late to make that claim! My mind is blown, though. What a cool instrument. That strumming is wonderful, and the harp-like sound is so nice and unexpected. ❤️

[@banjopink4409]

(08:38) - That was a rather rowdy fandango if I may be so bold. It's not clear to me that I can be held entirely responsible for what I may do next.

[@michaelphillips7817]

I appreciate how much passion Brandon has for music and these instruments. It makes a topic, that I didn't think I'd really care for, captivating to listen to.

[@trebmaster]

One would say it takes some...guts to play those fancy strings!

[@MrFlintlock7]

Well, if it ain't Baroque, don't fix it!

[@JaxonBurn]

Both of you get out

[@thnecromaniac]

i'm super happy that i saw this and the fun replies

[@ArnaudLACHAMBRE]

Hi Brandon, as a player of baroque guitar and many early stringed instruments myself, I have to congratulate you for managing to squeeze so many essential facts into a 10 minutes video. A swell job, as usual.

[@greatkingrat]

There is something warm and appealing about your style and speed of speech. You’re clearly a virtuoso but additionally you’re an excellent speaker. Thank you for posting these.

[@brokenzaphyr]

U did a great job here, not only entertaining and captivating for a noob musician like me, but it's educational as well. Would love to see more of this historical music instrument review

[@hansvonhochtann2739]

Nice to someone that actually has the knowledge of baroque music history. What a delight.

[@DanimationMovies]

Just wanna say I love your energy, you seem so chilled out and content in all ur vids

[@MustalgiaMTGBand]

The way you play each instrument and cover all aspects of history and beauty of manufacturing is just magical!

[@makenchips]

Brandon, thanks for being the first to bring my history book pictures to life. There are much on the paino history like harpsichord, and violins but you are first I know on guitars. Thanks for expanding my knowledge. Thanks

[@TheRealGovika]

If I have to go back in time with anyone it's this guy. He would keep us safe with his music and I'd be happy to help exist

[@edsonj.6614]

This instrument really reminds me of the Brazilian Viola (we call it "Viola Caipira", that means "Country Viola"). It also has a thinner body and 5 pairs of strings, the last 3 pairs tuned in octaves. It sounds beautiful and it's so embedded in brazilian culture that I'm pretty sure anyone around here can immediately recognize it's sound, even if they don't like the good old brazilian country music. Keep up the great work!

[@aguirreysaharreanoguezleon9559]

I love how passionate this guy is about all of this You can really see it in his face

[@anshb4154]

Light guitar with animal gut, a beautiful rose, a moustache, 10 pegs, and more than 6 strings. That guitar is the real alpha. Chad of the guitar world. Also, did he just play smoke on the water on a baroque guitar?

[@truthseekerhill4262]

Yes! I heard that smoke on the water. Cracked me up. 🤣

[@tristanheck2209]

Frank Zappa was not famous before people discovered the low E String

[@jpdj2715]

Not native English speaker heard him say "broke" guitar all the time so was not surprised to hear some broke music here

[@manofculture432]

@@jpdj2715 Do you are have stupid?

[@MatthewWaltonWalton]

We were talking just the other month in my baroque quartet about how great it'd be to have more baroque guitarists around. The rhythmic possibilities you demonstrated were what our theorbo player was getting particularly excited about it. We did a gig in which he did accompany some dances on the viola da mano which let him get into some of that space, but the baroque guitar has a power level that elevates it for that purpose I think. It's absolutely beautiful, and a definite candidate on my list of instruments I might learn if I get the time one day because apparently I don't play enough already.

[@relevantusername88]

This series is REALLY great. I’m an exclusively electric guitar player, I don’t even own a good acoustic guitar. I’m in no way a classical guitarist and honestly had no interest in it until I started watching your stuff. Keep up the great work. Thanks!

[@tribestribes2555]

What a guy! Clear as a sunny day. I really like his his way to explain things.

[@sherlock6848]

I need an hour long version of you playing La Tarantella, I can listen to it all day long.

[@emilianoludovico4402]

I wish. Been wondering why nobody mentioned this. I've been watching a loop of it for daaaays

[@GeoJesse]

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[@emilianoludovico4402]

@@GeoJesse hey thank you for that. It's not the same energy tho. It's like a whole different song

[@GeoJesse]

@@emilianoludovico4402 yeah I just figured since they’re both playing off of tarantella it would be something you might enjoy.

[@pogiewogie]

I was blown away by the movable frets but also you can see at 6:10 when the sun rakes across the face of the guitar showing the unmachined wood with all its ripples. Fantastic

[@ducciwucci]

you make the most incredible content. i'll be supporting you on patreon as soon as i have a more stable income. seriously, this has to be the most fascinating series/channel i've ever come across.

[@mexicanstatue172]

I love his smile and how passionate he is

[@ChrisGarmon]

This is great content Brandon, thanks so much for shining a light on these (nowadays) obscure instruments. Your enthusiasm is the icing on the cake!

[@freskystyley4134]

So glad this guy collaborated with Rob Scallon... I would have never found this great channel. Love your content man

[@alangarcia4967]

I subscribed because of his playing skills... but now i really enjoy the content while i learn something new on music, this guy is great and has great education in music

[@jasonhall947]

I'm thankful that I found your channel. I played music when I was a kid (piano, violin and trumpet) but gave it up when I went into the military. Your videos have inspired me to take up the classical guitar. Keep up the good work!

[@mohammedalshehri6647]

I play OUD and it has many similarity to this instrument .. like the decoration and the tuning pegs mechanism and the strings courses. btw I rally love your content, your videos are interesting and informativ.

[@brandonacker]

Thanks Mohammed! I just had my first oud lesson and am in love with the instrument. I'll be playing it a little in an upcoming video with Rob Scallon

[@MichaelKamalian]

Mohammed Alshehri I also play the oud. Udi Hrant was an oud player that sometimes tuned the pairs in octaves.

[@Mustafa-xd6jz]

@@brandonacker don't forget to 0 3 5 on the OUD too Brandon.

[@nigelft]

Stupid question is stupid ... But if you know the Tar, what is the difference in playing style etc between that, and an Oud ...? Just asking, as would like to learn the Tar one day ...

[@TylerLL2112]

There was a gentleman in Williamsburg VA who was playing one of these at the historical site there. I was a new guitarist then but, stopped to listen as most people weren't paying him any attention. I'd like to buy one but, I'd never even come close to doing it justice. These videos are absolutely stellar.

[@ColinStachowski]

This is one of those channels I did not know I need so much! Now I know and I need more!

[@lelov1392]

How can this little thing sound so so good?!! The notes so defined and clear!

[@Kevin-sl4we]

I bet you are always going to say " This is one of my favorites " when you introduce a new instrument. Thanks for sharing this with us !!!

[@thereseclairecreates]

The cheeky eye roll when you played a little smoke on the water. Wonderful! I am commissioning a local Luthier to make me a baroque guitar and just so excited!

[@zildtinio6250]

Discovering u thru Rob made me appreciate the guitar even more. Thanks for the highly informative vids man! :D

[@artoriuzzhang1692]

His voice is so peaceful but with enthusiasm

[@eldereth]

I'm so glad I found your channel. As a classical guitarist I love to see all this really cool old instruments! Greetings from Spain, from a new subscriber! :)

[@idraote]

The thing that impressed me the most is how well this baroque guitar plays rock (that snippet of smoke on the water was epic) and blues (that jamming on A, so nice). Well that and the blur that are Brandon's hands when he is playing virtuoso pieces.

[@LaTablatura]

Thank you very much Brandon for making this wonderful musical instrument more known !

[@richardstarr407]

I've seen several of your videos and I'm delighted by how knowledgeable you are, that you are a skilled musician and give a very pleasant and clear presentation. I smile throughout your videos and have learned a great deal! Thank you so very much! I have one little suggestion: speaking over music, even very quiet music, is distracting. In radio, we used to call this background a music ground and it works best when buried. You don't need ornamentation, save it for your fine performance.

[@grizzlymkiv1964]

Brandon you continuously inspire me. I have been teaching myself guitar for quite some time and your teachings have helped me so many times. The other day I visited a shop a few towns over from me called "Lord of the Strings", and the gentlemen there is a master at constructing lutes, baroque guitars, classical guitars etc. But what I've never seen before was what he called a Puerto Rican Quattro. If you ever get your hands on a Quattro, it would be awesome to see you play one. -Kyle

[@karennsj7491]

im puerto rican, and we actually call them “cuatro”, since quattro is the italian word!! its a lovely melodic instrument with all steel strings, and it is played a lot in traditional music in the island :) thanks for bringing it up, i’d love to see him talk about it!!

[@jackfrancis2838]

I want one. I already play, bass, uke, guitar, and piano. But this thing is different. I love it. Oh and your playing is absolutely exceptional. Love what you do man.

[@conservat1vepatr1ot]

6:55 Francesco Corbetta rises from the grave and takes it from you like a frustrated Guitar Center employee lol...

[@curiousman1672]

Excellent video. I've always liked a "flamenco-ey" right hand. Such a quiet left hand too. Loved the teeny homage to Deep Purple. Well done.

[@alperenardasisman1691]

Knew that was coming😂 6:55 Awesome man keep going love your videos. Ps: I am a guitar player in conservatory and learnt some many things from you. Thank you!

[@Justin_Shadow999]

Your lovely manner and passion for these instruments has got me wanting to try EVERYTHING I can get my hands on, oud, baroque guitar, classical guitar, lutes of all kinds, any string instruments (hahaha), and made me want to go for classical guitar lessons to get myself up to scratch. Thank you for making such inspiring and informative videos.

[@brandonacker]

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[@OfficialMyxomatosis]

I found you today from another one of your videos. I love your approach!! First time I saw a guitar as a violin and not a piano!

[@koiichi3777]

This series is going to be great!

[@Ruthavecflute]

I love the sound of this. I find it so much more interesting than a modern guitar.

[@sgnt9337]

I liked the reentrant tuning explanation too! Also, I think I'll send management a proposal to ban fandangos at work.

[@danilommoraes]

Oh my god Brandon, what a fantastic content you are making with this historical instruments videos. I knew you from the $275.000 dollar guitar video (which you played brilliantly by the way) and came here to realize there's nothing like this on the hole KZbin, mixing educational, historical and cultural content alongside with brillianful playing.

[@debrajdeka5501]

Wow..... This is fantabulous❤️

[@Hillcapper1]

So I’m a bluegrass picking dreadnaught guy but I love Brandon’s videos! What a musician and a cool guy to boot.

[@crosar5599]

You should do a video where you show all the instruments you own/play. I think that would be really interesting. Keep up the good work!

[@camspiers]

Brandon, I appreciate what you are doing here so much. You are a wonderful resource to the world, and I am so glad you have decided to share your hard earned knowledge with us, and so impressed with the clarity and excitement with which you share it. Thank you.

[@jsrkill]

Brandon: We look at historical paintings as evidence of how these instruments were played so we can play them authentically also Brandon: *lemme play smoke on the water real quick*

[@mikey2363]

The thing is Brandon is in some of those paintings.....

[@daniel.mojimaki]

I love your passion for these instruments, and the wide range of styles that come through. Thank you thank you!

[@nevil1015]

How many string Instruments can you play? Brandon: Yes.

[@Crispeacock]

So he basically does'nt answer the question?

[@jonathancollins9057]

Excellent 🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@markfreemantle7608]

@@Crispeacock I think it is a humble way of saying he can play any fretted instrument he can get his hands on.

[@manofculture432]

@@Crispeacock It's a meme indicating he can play *every* string instrument xD

[@Crispeacock]

@@manofculture432 I am really glad you cleared that out

[@mook5tar]

You're playing is truly therapeutic coupled by the guitars extraordinary sound, thank you.

[@Samratdhikari]

I'm in love with your videos..❤

[@truthseekerhill4262]

Brandon. You are the bomb. I don’t plan well, but I love string instruments. Thank you so much for demonstrating this beautiful guitar. 🌹

[@jarylamargo1038]

His face tho while playing smoke on the water 🤣❤️

[@peter8488]

I'm cought between absolute envy and admiration of your ability to play, something I wish my hotdog fingers could do, I can visualize but can't express it.

[@gabebob2341]

6:54 ayyy!!! smoke on the water! :-)

[@vivalafranco8338]

This lad deserves more views. It’s nice to know there is a community for this type of music and I’m fascinated and it’s helped me along my classical guitar journey. I found new abilities that I’m shocked I can even play I’m like a virtuoso playing pica pica lol

[@hanginnik1377]

No one: The model for the painting: What's this called again? The musicians in 21st century: Evidence.

[@ThrashingBuddha]

Hello mate, this was my first video of you and i was pleasantly surprised. When you started playing, i saw you are a very knowledgable guy with classical training and it made me slightly in awe because the double string fingerpicking looks quite hard. I subscribed and am looking forward to other videos! I have a high interest in ancient musical instruments! Cheers!

[@thewebspinner]

Fantastic video as always Brandon! I was wondering if you'd ever thought about putting up some original pieces? I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves listening to you play!

[@Sploinky_doinky]

I love your presence it’s just so humble and makes me calm❤

[@lolburger9570]

It's an interesting instrument for sure, would love to have a go. Also made me lol accidently playing smoke on the water

[@picksalot1]

The beautiful tone, projection, and volume from a guitar of that size is noteworthy. Thanks

[@guylikesguitar]

6:55 Barooooque on the waaaater. 😜

[@Jkw211]

I’m shocked how quickly these 10 min passed.. this was fascinating.. Excellent vid👍👍

[@unkobold]

Great info and even greater playing ! I’d like you to get a little bit further into the history of re-entrant tuning. It seems that lots of small sized guitar-like instruments in South America use some form of it, and ukulele as well. Is the baroque tuning you use some sort of transition between an older, generalised reentrant tuning, with the bass in the middle, and the post-Saenz (and lute) ascendant tuning ?

[@thomaskafafian2871]

Thanks Brandon. I have been getting in antique guitars and you have been my only guiding light in all this. I found a 5 course guitar with a shorter scale then a standard classical. Mine actually has 12 strings and 5 courses, it might not be exactly a guitar, but it has that same shape to the headstock. Someone replaced the friction pegs with machine tuners at some point, but it functions alright. The A and D strings have 3 strings. It is High A, Middle A, and Low A. The D string is a Middle D, Middle D, Low D. The G course is an octave like a normal 12 string. Finally the B and E are unison with no "singer" string on the E. I have mine tuned down half a step because I'm terrified of breaking the guitar, but you're telling me that is the correct pitch. Sorry for the long winded comment. I am really loving this instrument though, and you're the only one who seems to know anything about it.

[@adamkozakiewicz6766]

0:51-0:55 OMG your technique!

[@damozhutagalung1418]

Its rasgueado

[@suzannederringer1607]

Beautiful resonant mellow sound! Also beautiful Instrument. No wonder you love them!

[@RobAlpacaflip]

Ah, glad to see my favorite vampire is still doing well

[@chuva6488]

You, my man, really are an old soul! Amazing

[@BIZEB]

How fascinating. I try not to feel down as I delve deeper into temperaments and the whole modernization of the instruments and music in general, but the more I learn, the more I see that, as in painting, classical music also lost a lot of the complexity and range it possessed. This simple demonstration was already mind boggling as to what this instrument could do. I can only wonder what dedicated musicians of the time could do with them after a lifetime of practice. Thanks again for sharing, you truly are great to listen to.