John Williams - Gaspar Sanz - Canarios (1975)

[@seekeroftruthful]

I first heard this when I was three my Dad played his music I love John Williams.

[@capitansolo5298]

Last Frame of the video captures the JOY. Of accomplishment. Of executing this masterpiece. BRAVO MAESTRO 👏🏻

[@svfrndz]

I haven't seen anyone played better than him. For me, he's still the greatest. I will study this piece. Thanks John!

[@stickfijibugs]

Try to find the version by Alexandre Lagoya.

[@MrMjp58]

So good to see this again after nearly 50 years!

[@manny75586]

It is sick how clean he is. Always a treat to watch.

[@mycompasstv]

Williams is a true maestro.

[@guitarinrealtime4736]

A master artist - one of my favorite players who I was lucky to see and meet at a very small venue when I was about 10 years old back in the UK. This version of Canarios is a little brief for my liking though.

[@ActivistSound]

i fell in love with this piece . i've got to learn to play it! :))

[@mateoledgard]

WOOOO im playing this for my london grade 6 its so awesome!!!

[@joelandimusic]

Hahaha i love how he just smiles at the end kinda like "hell yea =)"

[@heliophoenix]

Thanks a lot for posting this video! It's incredibly beautiful!!!!

[@oliversjmildmay2970]

Absolutely Brilliant, And Played by the Great John Williams, Terrific

[@LutherRayable]

Pretty rockn for 17th century.I have heard many covers and this by far is the best

[@hamir6929]

Como siempre , el Mejor de lo mejor ..

[@leszekmarcysiak6131]

Pure perfection !

[@richardshen8122]

Good thing that he was playing in a old building, or else the smoke alarm would have gone of

[@imdodd4619]

lol

[@shaynierhoads]

ain’t that the truth 🔥

[@svfrndz]

Simply the best. This rendition from John Williams is the best I've heard among other guitarists who played it. BTW, I just finished learning this piece with the help of TabToolkit on my iPod touch. John Williams is the best classical guitarist on earth - in my opinion.

[@lloydwalden3541]

A true master at work.☺👍🇬🇧

[@josephhernandez3087]

i have heard this piece from others on spanish and baroque guitar and they dont compare. john Williams is more structured not going right or left but down the middle. a true artist.

[@guidovg]

Not slow. Appropriate dance tempo - while I agree it can be fun to play this as fast as you can...the "dance" bit of it goes out the window. I appreciate his casual tempo, and yea, he's reading on this. Probably didn't spend all evening fretting about what all we would be saying on KZbin! Anyhow, so glad this was posted. Thanks!

[@Ana_crusis]

"casual tempo" ??? You would not want to play this any faster

[@jorgeernestorodriguez1474]

Sencillamente sublime

[@eleines.6087]

❤ Linda versão

[@arkavi90]

I love his ending smile....!!!!!!

[@ggguitar.]

It's in my repertoire, came here to refresh myself on the sound!

[@ggguitar.]

i love this song to bits

[@periyost]

I love John Williams very much

[@fiveinitaly]

Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍

[@Lethal3396]

This is one of my most favorite Type of music. I play it on a piano.

[@ryanwags]

Agree, but remember...34 years ago...1975 audio/video recording technology is not what it is today!!! Williams has got to be one of the best in the world!!!

[@andreasnagel1051]

John Williams ein hervoragender Musiker

[@thestalker]

I've got to play this for my grade 6 exam, now i wish i didn't listen to it :(

[@maguilecutty]

werd this is messed up how good he destroys this! I dont look forward to emulating it in my exam either!

[@dartme18]

How did your exam go!?

[@nadiamison8379]

I have to Play this in 3rd grade

[@everettcook638]

It isn't as hard as it sounds. Just get the rhythm and you'll play it well

[@joefairweatherblues8511]

Now that is difficult to play, much more so than the Rodrigo piece, and Williams brings it off very well. Good on you, John! 🙂

[@walterlotte4215]

It's intermediate level. I'm currently learning it at a music school and I am not very advanced (though I have the luxury to have a very good teacher). Playing it like him, though... Totally different story.

[@ScapularSaves]

THANK YOU!

[@guitarspace8154]

Fantastic !

[@AlexanderKissinger]

beautiful!

[@parrarowlife2196]

This is the first drop D piece that I learned

[@6502-Coder]

Interestingly, he doesn’t touch that low d til right at the end here.

[@philchapman7898]

He really is the boss!

[@MerrittJeff1970]

I dont think i have and ever will here an acoustic guitar sound so clear and punchy.

[@sawmaster6095]

I wish he played the first little lick twice. It sounds much better that way

[@jakegreen1217]

John Williams is a good musician

[@17Jealousy]

it is just beautful

[@lucazalaffi1able]

BRAVO!!! ... Molto "elegante" ... 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ryanwags]

I love classical and METAL and know that any metal guitarist would absolutely bow to William's. No need to elaborate.

[@randomfriend9361]

beautiful

[@coreyagraph]

i think virtuosity in any artform at his level is simply given from a different place. it is almost a standard for the rest of us to strive for.

[@Nietzsche09]

done well, congratulations!

[@ovadem]

Salvando las distancias,pongo mi humilde contribucion con respeto y admiracion.

[@fernandorivase]

Good job John... Lennon!

[@crsproductions2003]

This is not the same John Williams as the one who composed Star Wars but a different John Williams

[@vince3324]

this song actually isnt too difficult, he adds alot too it which changes the sound around, well done

[@Korea4Me]

Lovely!!

[@christianmichon1940]

love it !

[@Berlinda-p7q]

John Williams still owes me a tenner, so if you see him?, lol, thank you KZbin 😂🎉❤

[@DesignInNature]

Oh, back when his guitar SOUNDED like a GUITAR! The Smallman he plays today -to my personal preference- is just loud but dead. I love the sound of traditional spanish construction classical guitars. The sound so...alive and with so many colors. Especially when played by someone like John Williams.

[@newislandguitar]

@CNFrostXY cool! will be looking for them in june...have a great week and keep up the strumming! -Kevin(NYC Guitarist)

[@classicalblue14]

the six songs are called the cinq airs de danse and are 1. Rujero, 2. Paradetas, 3. Matachin, 4. Zarabanda, 5. Espanoleta, and Canarios. all of which are in the key of d, except for espanoleta which is in f

[@stevegartshore3503]

Strange. How come the recording is poor quality but the sound of the guitar is great? The guitar, the player or both? I think he put it in drop D tuning to pick up the extra resonance and I think he picked the 6th string once towards the end.

[@ZalMoxis]

+steve gartshore His guitar sound is like crystal... that's why it cuts through I reckon.... a dodgy recording otherwise....

[@cptnoremac]

He plays the low D twice at the end and I love it. As for your question, I guess they just had better audio recording equipment than video recording.

[@manny75586]

The original was written for the old school 5 string baroque guitar. When the 6 string became more standard, it became fairly common to double the A or D to punch up some parts. In practical fact it's "wrong" to play anything open on the lowest string since it didn't exist at the time of composition. I think the modern arrangements do it justice though.

[@naxo9975]

Well not for nothing williams was considered the best guitarrist of the world around that time

[@Dead1301]

Wooohooo, nice play ;D

[@joedempseysr.3376]

Bravo!

[@leonardoborges4170]

Perfect!

[@ericksalinas4527]

¿Cómo se puede encontrar el episodio completo?

[@GHIIIGNT]

this song is challenging, there are random speed ups everywhere, I just can't seem to get it right.

[@walterlotte4215]

Speed ups are never random. It helps to understand the structure of music to get it right. A good teacher is advisable.

[@mattbod]

Wish he played a Fleta these days...wonderful. Lovely well used patina on thr guitar too.

[@dustmouse]

That was awesome. The tab doesn't look that hard on this, but to play that fast and fluidly is probably pretty difficult. Beautiful piece though, and superbly executed!

[@nextlifeonearth]

@jasper426 The original was written in tab for the 5 course baroque guitar with reentrant tuning. Not cheating.

[@Ana_crusis]

@@nextlifeonearth yes very different from the tab of these days. Most people would not be able to read it.

[@Dr.JesseLiang]

nice video!! 5*

[@GHIIIGNT]

Thanks for the advice, but I posted this message a prettty long time ago. I have, with great pride, already learned this piece, and I think I play it pretty well. There is some slight isusue when it comes to using dunamics, but I am pretty sure can fix that mistake, thanks anyway.

[@veryfussy]

I have always loved this little gem. My grade six vibraphone players, two girls aged 11 are playing it as a duet as the bass line can't be played simultaneously with the melody. Check us out. The marimba belles.

[@wallentin76]

Nice!

[@GTCooper223]

This guitar was recently for sale by guitar salon international...

[@newislandguitar]

@UnwrittenPaul ...you are correct! I have that score and sound track(Gtr & Orchestra)...I wonder what a judge would say if I told him i simply "expanded" on someone's original music and offered no compensation? ;)...(good observation!)

[@CNFrostXY]

@newislandguitar In fact yes I am planning to upload all of Bach's Second and Third Inventions but I am way too busy right now with other projects in hand, have to at least wait till after June.

[@raulio2008]

I have it...just let me know where I can send it.

[@raulio2008]

I have it. Just let me know where to send it.

[@tiftirighin]

very good tanx

[@geniousyo]

now this is almost the same as the fantasia by rodrigo isnt it? the last movement haha i just noticed

[@zidfriedan]

Waw .. chidisima ..

[@classicalmannick101]

love that fleta....

[@Ahmetal]

thanks so much. are these videos from an old BBC program called 'guitar' or 'the guitar'?

[@simonlee9116]

Who dislikes this performance?

[@btrigorivas1]

He is not playing the smallman in this video.

[@ubershredder1989]

can someone please recommend some other similar upbeat pieces like this, that I can learn on the guitar. I like it because it easy on the listener's ear, and doesn't sound awfully difficult. I also like G.Sanz's Espagnoletta, can someone recommend a few more tunes I can look at? Much appreciated.

[@00797jerry]

You just cant demand similar pieces .. Everyone is unique.You may have to listen to Francesco Tarrega .. Beautiful spanish guitar that isn't too difficult .. or you maybe like Paco Pena ? And what about some traditional ? I recommand you the 'Songsterr' App .. You can find every TAB you want and if you play in the 'normal' way there are many books about classic guitar.:)

[@michaelthem3]

With Españoletas, I have studied Paradetas, Rugero, Las hachas... All of them, G Sanz's...

[@peterbonnema8913]

ubershredder1989 Here's a selection from my repertoire ranging from renaissance to romance: Passemeze - Adrian le Roy Wascha Mesa - Hans Newsidler Vivace - Adam Falckenhagen Allegretto - Ferdinando Carulli Ejercicio - José Ferrer Jota Aragonesa - Antonio Alba You might also look at 20 estudios sencillos from Leo Brouwer and Bartolomé Calatayud. Good luck!

[@ubershredder1989]

Peter Bonnema thanks alot!!

[@sebastianstan5295]

+ubershredder1989 my lady hunsdons allemande-john dowland

[@zatarregaza]

You are referring to the Smallman guitars he's been using for years now. IMO those guitars really suit him better than the Spanish sounding Fleta he's using in this video.

[@timbowilderbeeste8709]

@Maxim's Guitar Workshop 'Check out this guitar version of the song'. As against what, John Williams' version above on the Ukulele?

[@chocolatedonut31]

This piece wasn't written for the guitar as you know it, actually. The baroque guitar, while still a 'guitar' I suppose, is really a separate instrument. It's quite impressive that Williams managed to pull it off on the standard classical guitar. Look up "Regina Albanez plays baroque guitar" to see the original instrumentation of this tune.

[@jkovert]

chocolatedonut31 Instruccion de Musica sobre la Guitarra Espanoloa. LA GUITARRA. It's not that impressive. The piece is not difficult.

[@jkovert]

Williams has a bug up his ass because Isbin is better than him, and she always will be.

[@solimar81]

funny how people always compares who is the greatest of the greats...why can they not just pick a piece to learn and learn from anyone they want?

[@lanchanoinguyen2914]

this man is most technical and play very fast,john Williams is the best classic guitarist as i know,of course not the best at all but just classic guitar.

[@Fixmanius]

Cool.

[@angra08]

genial

[@humbertoarroyogarcia]

great

[@LongAwayMay]

Is this the same John Williams the film score writer and conductor?

[@rafaelronquilloguitar]

in what period did gaspar sanz live? i kinda heard somewhere that this was baroque but he adapted the style of the renaissance or something. can anyone tell me what period this came from?

[@SuperPachelbel]

MUSICA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA...BRAVO

[@davidlohcc]

Anyone has any idea how fast exactly is he playing?

This is Pujol transcription (except low D tunning) I have sheets

[@AntiWall]

Where did you find this video? How come it has finnish subtitles?

[@DHTCF]

@UnwrittenPaul Fantasia para un gentilhombre was always acknowledged as being based on Sanz

[@Douglas1102]

A real Fleta by Ignacio would go for auction most likely... check out Laskin's guitars for something more modern. The "twelfth fret" usually has some nice vintage guitars.

[@m.r.9127]

Craig Ogden covered this nicely. I'm not sure of the availability of it on the internet though.

[@videossmellbad]

wat kind of guitar can i get with that sound?

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

Anyone else here because of Frederick Noad and his nice collection of Baroque guitar pieces/lute transcriptions?

[@LOUDAshland]

Chose this as my guitar2 UIL solo, working hard to sound like that!

[@moicoquillage]

over great!!!

[@nic93107]

he is a pro !