Kyle Swatek - "In the Clouds" (performed with Passerelle Bridge)

[@benjaminbereczki2258]

Finally someone playing instead of showing how to install that

[@theNoriLi]

Brilliant performance! I loved the way you moved between timbres and rhythms.

[@talulabankhead271]

How am I just now hearing this? Fantastic, man!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@literatureandhistory5092]

This is one of the most beautiful, innovative, hypnotic guitar performances I've ever seen and I've watched a boatload of them - precussive fingerstyle, bebop, chord melody, gypsy jazz, solo, ensemble. It's just terrific to see a beautiful new composition getting whole new dimension of sound out of the instrument! I just love the sound you're getting out of that full bodied acoustic with the Passerelle. Really, this video ought to have millions and millions of views. Thanks so much for composing this and posting it!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you very much!

[@smandez2023]

So beautiful. Literal spiritual uplifting stuff right here❤

[@katieandterryhollinger9662]

Such amazing talent. Well composed and soothing to the soul!

[@briane.paulson]

Bravo

[@WillWeiner]

Beautiful performance of a beautifully written song! Thank you for this.

[@kyleswatek4993]

You're welcome! Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it 👍😎

[@danrezi]

Really nice sound, beautiful

[@amychristiansen6532]

Interesting. Beautifull

[@arkadihughes4893]

Sounds great!

[@angelosmilios]

Simple and beautiful well done!!!

[@Astrodgirl]

This is really beautiful I’ve used a marker before as a passeralle bridge and it sounded cool yet wasn’t able to do something as amazing as this 💜

[@josephlusk5439]

amazing man

[@Larpeggio]

It's beautiful

[@AeroVibess]

WOOOW

[@rickwalker6247]

beautiful. I recently bought the Pasarelle bridge for both my nylon acoustic guitar and my acoustic bass. What a lovely concept. I guess the Japanese have known this for a long time.

[@thomisaacs]

This is really wonderful. Lots of very interesting techniques going on here. I especially love the part at 0:52 where you cross your hands and apply a vibrato to the neck side of the strings. The passerelle is such an incredible piece of kit - I genuinely think it's the most innovative guitar accessory since the capo. I'm working on a composition for it at the moment and this video is such a fantastic resource for interesting techniques. Thank you for sharing!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you very much!

[@ronkopald]

Nice job. Sounds so good. Gotta gets me one.

[@Ryan98391]

This is a fantastic entry to hammer dulcimer!

[@JonSears_and_TheNobodies]

This is really interesting. I just learned of the passerelle bridge this morning and stumbled upon your video. Great job on this!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@SerNicolas]

Man, It feels like I'm dreaming!

[@codyhawkins2771]

Man that was amazing. I've never though of using the hammer and passerelle together like this. Thanks so much for some inspiration.

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thanks Cody! I appreciate it 👍😎

[@artistzhen]

Sounds like koto. Sounds so good

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@kevinauguste6465]

Fucking amazing

[@geraldfriend256]

I did something similar 30 years ago although not nearly so adept and gorgeous..I was lucky that when I took the old bridge off and put a nut across one of the frets it was almost a perfect octave .Tuned to a pentatonic scale and quite fun.

[@mikemadore8856]

Awesome !

[@johnnyb357]

Fantastic dude

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@endreszatmari2302]

This man just reinvented cimbalom.

[@CyanE777]

This is absolutely lovely! Adoring the use of the hammers! Subscribed

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@musicglenn]

just got one myself and i am loving it! i have also done the hammering technique, with pencils! beautiful piece!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@Cheffrey_Dahmers]

I wanna try this with a kalimba and with delay/reverb

[@Subbbah]

Very awesome! You've inspired my next musical purchase!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@ChrisJCarter]

Nice composition!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@powbobs]

Koto noises.

[@JasonRamosNJ]

Love it!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you!

[@techcowgirl]

Make more videos with the passarelle!

[@soulofash2112]

Since finding about about the Passerelle, I have wanted to see what it would be like to use it with a double neck lap steel. Seeing you use the hammers gives me ideas as well. I now know what my next three musical purchases are--the double neck lap steel, the Passerelle, and a handful of crystal rock candy on a stick (the ball end works *great* for dulcimer hammers). Oh yeah. I'm doing this. Probably after the first of the month.

[@kyleswatek4993]

Nice! Try it out!

[@frigidpony]

I was looking up performances using this bridge and I came upon your video. Very nice! I particularly liked the inclusion of the hammered dulcimer technique. I would have liked to have seen a bit more variation in your performance, more bends would have been great!

[@barbomusic]

Nice interpretation ! Just purchased mine, can’t wait! Using knifes for the percussive part ?

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thanks! Actually, I’m using devices called trillers for the percussive part. Search “guitar triller” and you should be able to find them online

[@barbomusic]

Kyle Swatek Thank you ! Found them, gonna buy some of these !

[@kyleswatek4993]

@@barbomusic You’re welcome, enjoy!

[@myplaystore1242]

That's fantastic......learning guitar at the moment and my starter guitar I still have I'm going to buy a passarelle

[@dr.shahnaz4146]

I'd like to call this a kototar

[@alejandromagana1554]

This is way too amazing :) I wonder how it would sound being bowed as a cello or violin?

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you! It sounds really good to bow it actually. You can use the bow on one side of the bridge and use a different technique on the other side for a nice mix of tones

[@alejandromagana1554]

@@kyleswatek4993 I need this in my life lol

[@na-yd1tr]

@@kyleswatek4993 please make a video of that

[@numanbricklane48]

Sounds like a japanese koto instrument

[@RyanNelson0402]

Was on the hunt for this. I learned I can't spell "passerelle" so that's new.

[@Larpeggio]

Amazing! What are those sticks you are hitting the strings with?

[@samuelchapman4441]

I’m wondering the same thing! I can’t figure out how to look it up 😂

[@TheRatman969]

Dulcimer hammers

[@itsMBWAAA]

if ya still have your passerelle bridge and wanna sell it let me know lol. Not sure if they're gonna do another production run or not, and they're sold out

[@IanDeQuadros]

I'm waaaaay too nervous of wrecking my guitars to try this but it is a really interesting sound and the performance is great. Is that the triller you're using as hammers as well?

[@BG-yz7hh]

was wondering about the passerelle bridge, do you know if it works with nylon strings or if its better with regular wound strings

[@kyleswatek4993]

It will work either way but regular steel strings sound better to me

[@digitalgenesis5805]

Hi there, what are the white plastic devices you used to tap with in video? I would love to learn

[@comicbookguy7583]

Would someone be nice enough to tell me How High and Wide this thing is, and the space between the groves, before I buy one? My son's guitar is a Special size for the Handicapped 🚷and I want to Know if it fits..

[@Maxim_Kazachkov]

Maybe tabs? 👉👈

[@ejdjrjeif]

That's awesome! Did you make these hammers your self? I'm planning to buy one soon and that hammering technique is really cool. Could you give me some information about your hammer?

[@tygersnoot915]

wondering the same thingg here

[@kyleswatek4993]

They're called guitar trillers- bought online and they're great! You'll find on a quick google search

[@MaxcoreyMusic]

Can I make one of these

[@Ahimsaabbott]

I love this and I ordered a passerelle. What brand and size string do you use? Your tune sounds excellent. And you make it not only sound like a koto but also an Indian Santoor. Kind of like Tony levin using drum sticks on bass guitar. Great stuff!!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you very much! I don't usually use these strings but I'm pretty these are Ernie Ball 2003 medium light Earthwood 80/20 bronze acoustic strings (.012-.054). Usually I play D'Addario strings though. I tried using lighter 10's and the result was less volume (of course) but it's a real problem when you need the hammering section of this song to be loud. You can only hit the strings so hard before you run into issues with them getting knocked out of tune haha

[@mynicknameiskeno]

Sounded amazing! What was the thing you used to hit the strings? Can’t wait to get one of my own!

[@kyleswatek4993]

Thank you! They’re called guitar trillers

[@magickathax]

What tuning is this in? i cant find any videos on tuning these for the life of me

[@kiethchan9798]

how did you tune it?

[@kiethchan9798]

it so amazing

[@amrelseweifi5640]

Hey, man. Great video. I'm having a lot of trouble getting the tuning right with the passerelle. I tried following Kaki King's tuning tutorial, but I can't get the tunings to the way she has it. Could it be my guitar?

[@kyleswatek4993]

Amr Elseweifi Thank you sir! Yeah it can be a little tough. For this song I tuned from low to high EACEGA and it was tough to keep stable. You might have to angle the Passerelle a little bit and wiggle it in slightly different positions to get the intonation correct. I would say if the guitar has decent intonation without the Passerelle bridge, it should have decent intonation with it

[@r.d.marshall9383]

There's an error in that video but the top comment on it has the correction.

[@solidpnoy]

How do you tune the guitar for this bridge? Standard tuning?

[@kyleswatek4993]

Low to high - EACEGA on the strings above the sound hole, bridge placed above 16th fret

[@PedroTorres-ip9hx]

What is the name do the thing that he is hitting the guitar with ?

[@kyleswatek4993]

guitar trillers

[@mukundshrivastava6826]

Sounds like a tool song intro. Sick stuff

[@zenn9294]

Sir what tuning is it

[@kyleswatek4993]

the strings over the sound-hole are tuned (low to high) EACEGA

[@sinantavuz]

Git Santür al gardaş, yorma bizi buda kulak. Attan eşek olmuyor işte zorlama. 😵