John Williams talks about the Classical guitar Part 2

[@tom6612]

The Chaconne took over my life. It became so time consuming that i couldn't really devote sufficient attention to mastering other technical aspects so i gave up on it about half way through and went back to Sagreras ( I'm almost into book 6). Sagreras is the ultimate teacher. To be able to create all those beautiful melodies that steadily and surely advance you is pure genius. It must be one of the greatest methods for any instrument

[@Soytu19]

All those who are interested in the piece. It's called Sonatina by Federico Moreno Torroba..

[@Gu1tar1st]

Movimiento Perpetuo from Book 6 has to be one of the greatest pieces ever written for the guitar, and it's relatively unknown! I've played it for twenty years, and every time I play it to seasoned players and teachers, they fall in love with it as if it's a new piece, because they have never heard it!

[@DJNK23]

hi! the recording location is in madrid, spain! as for the date it was on 1974...that s all i know...i m not sure if there is a dvd in this performance but you can find some other dvd's with segovia in a local store! cheers.......

[@Hun_Uinaq]

Very nice. Where's the rest of it? It's always very interesting to hear a great player like that discuss the instrument of which he is such a master.

[@tom6612]

It's fairly difficult but not quite as difficult as I believed when I stopped learning it about 5 years ago. My opinion today might be the result of returning to the Sagreras method which I feel has improved my playing.

[@poupee58]

John Williams is wonderful ,has beautiful hands and nails .

[@guyfromBR]

Hey, Tremolo234 Thanks for posting, it seems like a very good interview, out of the ordinary, with such a beloved Master of the Guitar. Please, could you post the rest of this Docu? Otherwise, please, could you mention the source, is it a DVD, a TV Special, etc.? I really would like to watch the whole program. Cheers!

[@tom6612]

You can go back to book 3 and find beautiful pieces. Thats whats so amazing about his method. If somebody wrote a better one i'd like to know it. I'm from NY but i was in a little guitar shop in California and picked up an instrument and started to play a Sagreras tune. The owner instantly recognized it.

[@newislandguitar]

this is a good post...good information.

[@lukeclassicalguitar]

Does anyone know the name of this documentary? and also is there a full video of that performance of sonatina by Segovia on youtube? thanks in advance for any help :)

[@cliponutube]

Hello! Does anybody know the piece Segovia is playing? Much appreciated.

[@Hektor88]

Sonatina by Federico Moreno-Torrobo, 1st movement

[@Boggoranthius]

@Chuichupachichi In my humble opinion, Segovia was a wonderful guitarist - no question about that - but very much a man of the 19th century.

[@ChrisARC]

How difficult is Chaconne? (As in average years of experience)

[@judoka227]

I've also been dying to see his nails in any video. I met him once when i was in college and was so starstruck (LOL) that i didn't even ask about his nails. To me it looks as though he may be using pong either to lengthen or strengthen them. When I studied with David Russell in a masterclass, I did ask him however and he showed me the pong on his nails and also told me that one of the Assad brothers uses a tip constantly because one of his nails has become so thin and brittle over the years.

[@mishasita]

@MrOliversc I DO really just "listen to the music". How else do you think I formed my opinion? I heard a version of Asturias one day on the radio, without knowing who the performer was, & I thought to myself "This sounds like an uninspired student, an imitator, not a creator." Then I learned it was JW. I was basing my opinion on having heard many other fine, graceful, nuanced, passionate versions. JW's was, and is, rather heavy handed & plodding with the RHYTHM, the most important part! Listen!

[@seoreb]

what piace is Segovia playing at 0:50.

[@Soytu19]

the first movement of the sonatina by torroba.

[@bluemoon138]

Does anyone know the name of the piece Segovia is playing?

[@Soytu19]

the first movement of the sonatina by torroba

[@KevinToine]

@lubik2323 thank you! :)

[@ChrisARC]

Okay. Thank you for replying!

[@KevinToine]

what song is Segovia playing?

[@Soytu19]

the first movemnt of the sonatina by torroba, Segovia always loved that piece.

[@cihad2003]

wich song is segovia playing?

[@Soytu19]

the first movement of the sonatina by torroba

[@rjlchristie]

Well, I think we've moved on a bit from Segovia's early/mid 2oth century approach. The 21st century has seen a steep decline in number large concert hall performances and rise/return in small venue/salon and recorded performances (including video streaming), this has resulted in some reappraisal and resurgence in the use of shorter nail length and even outright flesh attack used in the right hand. Nail technique still dominates but attitudes are not so dogmatic. Thankfully.

[@Hammersch]

Segovia is my favorit! My god

[@VUandChips]

Well said BenMurrie.

[@Soytu19]

This is silly, Andres Segovia is remembered because of his musical personality, at least among the people who actually listen, and doesn't hear, the guitar. I don't really know if i like the classical guitar or Andres Segovia, well i think i love the sounds that come from Segovia's nails. The guitar is a very delicate instrument, it's sounds changes a lot from one player to another. There are a lot of players that have exactly the same timbre, people like John Williams have nothing special in their sound. But then, after listening and assimilating Segovia's feeling you'll never again accept other sounds. That's my own experience.

[@lubik2323]

@psychopathtoine Torroba - Sonatina 1St Mov

[@Brunovski94]

I don't actually think many people listen to music specifically to be impressed.

[@sormu16]

@dpapaioannow "racist"? Leon Atkinson, a black classical guitarist - a rare thing at the time - speaks about the great support and encouragement that Segovia gave him in person. Are you sure that your other adjectives are better founded?

[@willy1986tralara]

@BenMurrie what? in spanish guitar, you always have to hit with nail and flesh. always. i f you dont do that, it sounds like crap. this count for classical and for flamenco guitar as well. you can have longer or shorter nails, and hit the string in a variety of forms, but always with the two parts. thats what i think and what i learned.

[@bigloner]

@ritardando7632 That's only true if you take the business side of music out. If you want to make a serious living playing music, there better be enough people who are impressed with what you intend to express.

[@Chuichupachichi]

The thing I hate about John Williams is that often times when you type his name into a search engine you get a movie score composer & nothing of John Williams I also hate the fact that somebody swiped one of my John Williams-Inti Illimani cd's Maybe I need to stop hating so much & search engines will be good to me

[@Soytu19]

hatred can kill you.

[@Ettoreks]

@mishasita This is really stupid to say.

[@Y2H]

Noise of Flamenco? I doubt he said so as he himself played lots of Flamenco besides, Flamenco isnt rock it is a sophisticated music genre!!

[@themetalgod21]

@joorgeee22 please!!!!!!!!! paco destroys segovia.

[@klatklat508]

You can't compare them

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

Paco can't even read or write music score .. or barely so. As a musician, Paco built his career for himself only. A Spanish guitar equivalent of a self-absorbed rockstar. Whilst Segovia worked hard day and night to develop the remarkable guitar repertoire for EVERYONE, develop all new music language, and fought hard that the guitar is accepted as a classical solo instrument, on par with violin, piano, cello, and other classical instruments.

[@Chuichupachichi]

Andres Segovia claimed that he was rescuing the guitar from the hands of the noisy Flamenco players? Why was he rescuing it... did gypsies steal guitars? That's strange... I didn't think that insurance companies owned Flamenco guitars for which they can be defrauded Either way, Segovia now sounds a bit too dated. But Paco de Lucia still sounds as cool as ever

[@mstratocaster3608]

Then he needs to go and listen to Deep Purple, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix and a host of other metal and non metal bands. I'm not really a Metal Fan either but I do like Deep Purple and some other groups.

[@visionbear5826]

THE PERSON AND GROUPS TALK TO ARE ABOUT AS CLASSICAL AS RAP AND HIP HOP....

[@JoelSalazarM]

The guitar players on those bands do exactly what John says: don't have any control over tone variation and don't play polyphony. It doesn't matter how fast you play, if you remove tone and polyphony you are removing the greatest challenges of playing the guitar... and its greatest qualities.

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

Electric guitar is as much the guitar as the chainsaw is the knife.

[@anekinpockpass9144]

what song is Segovia playing?

[@Soytu19]

Sonatina by Torroba

[@Boggoranthius]

@Chuichupachichi In my humble opinion, Segovia was a wonderful guitarist - no question about that - but very much a man of the 19th century.