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Location: Newington, CT | Angelo Debarre plays "La gitane" (just not on an 'O').
One of the most MASTERFUL performances I have ever seen or heard on a guitar.
Now THIS is intimidating! But, wonderful to listen to and watch.
The change of tune and scale at about 1:42 or so, is laugh-out-loud-jaw-dropping-just-showin'-off great!
This guy is flash, feel, speed, control, precision, sizzle, touch and panache -- on just about every note. An absolutely astonishingly great performance.
Here it is. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Very talented... just not my cup of tea.
To many notes.
panache???
I bet that term has never been used here before. |
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Location: Newington, CT | To each his own, I guess...I DID get right up, after listening to it about a dozen times, and grabbed the ol' 2080 and tried a few things... The fingers flew! It gave me great hope!
And, it turns out that the Rosenbergs can do it too...Not sure which I prefer. Both made me jump up and cheer at the end.
One thing I REALLY chuckle over is how bloomin' RELAXED they seem while they're playing. Just relaxing, hangin' 'round, havin' a good time, doin' some of the finest guitar playin' around!
Here\'s a link to the Rosenbergs. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Well, apparently some young kid can pull it off too. Here it is.
** sigh **
Guess I have to try to learn it! And on an Ovation! (see you in a few hundred years) |
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Location: Right now? | Alan, that was GREAT. I LOVED it, but I actually enjoyed the 'kid's' version even more. I want his beautiful, worn, guitar, too.
I was thinking the same thing you were, about how non-chalant they were. Now, c'mon ... you can do THAT!
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Location: Newington, CT | Lol! Welllllllll...maybe in a couple days! |
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| I love this stuff. I get kinda buried in my own genre of music and it is good to see examples of unreal musicians, who I have never listened to before, doing things I am pretty sure I will never achieve.
If I could get my left hand to stay on all the notes and had the understanding of the fret board the way these guys do to run scales like that I still just do not think I could ever get my picking hand to go that fast and keep up.
Nice clip. Thanks |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? |
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Location: Flahdaw | They must have recorded it just before their execution |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Panache Ye Tarriers Panache! |
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Location: NJ | y'CAN'T feed Pancakes to Terriers!
. . . they'll spoo all over the carpet. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by Northcountry:
I love this stuff. I get kinda buried in my own genre of music and it is good to see examples of unreal musicians, who I have never listened to before, doing things I am pretty sure I will never achieve.
If I could get my left hand to stay on all the notes and had the understanding of the fret board the way these guys do to run scales like that I still just do not think I could ever get my picking hand to go that fast and keep up.
Nice clip. Thanks Thanks for typing all of that for me NC. :p :cool: |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by WillaMuse:
Alan, that was GREAT. I LOVED it, but I actually enjoyed the 'kid's' version even more. I want his beautiful, worn, guitar, too.
I was thinking the same thing you were, about how non-chalant they were. Now, c'mon ... you can do THAT!
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Willa I think the kid was playing along with Debarre's recording...and it sounded as though he was matching Angelo note for note. Man! there's some SERIOUS talent "out there!" |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Manouche jazz is like Scotch whiskey... it's an acquired taste.
Excellent performances no less. |
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| "Thanks for typing all of that for me NC."
Patch........Just glad "someone" thought that "something" I had to say was OK.
That clip really makes me want to get serious.
I guess you begin to get complacent once you reach a workable level for what you like or need to do musically. There is still so much to learn and all it amounts to is taking the time and focusing and working hard most anyone can do it with enough effort and time. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Northcountry:
"Thanks for typing all of that for me NC."
Patch........Just glad "someone" thought that "something" I had to say was OK.
That clip really makes me want to get serious.
I guess you begin to get complacent once you reach a workable level for what you like or need to do musically. There is still so much to learn and all it amounts to is taking the time and focusing and working hard most anyone can do it with enough effort and time. NC: GREAT point about the complacency! I play a style that is vaguely reminiscent of that clip, and when I listened to it for the first time, I initially felt real discouragement. But I was hooked on the music, so I watched and listened several more times. Couldn't help myself.
Then, as I mentioned further up in this thread, I grabbed the Adamas 2080 (a REALLY dissimilar guitar, by the way), and went at it. I gotta tell you, my precision, speed, touch and feel were MUCH better than usual! With no warm-up! I came back down a bit the next day, but that didn't change the fact that, for a while at least, I was a LOT better than I usually am.
I think it was kind of like when I played competitive table tennis. My game always went up a notch or two when my opponent was better.
So, I think that the company you keep -- be it on YouTube or in life -- has an effect on how well you do things. |
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Location: south east Michigan | sheesh Alan... get a grip.
You sound like you're bout an inch away of claiming some kind of miracle. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Slipkid:
sheesh Alan... get a grip.
You sound like you're bout an inch away of claiming some kind of miracle. Naaaah...just the adrenaline doing it... |
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Location: south east Michigan | oookay |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | pooookay |
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Location: south east Michigan | When I get as worked up as Alan is during practice, I find the best thing to do is pause a moment, stare off into the distance, and think about baseball. |
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Location: closely held secret | When I get as worked up as Alan is during practice... no, wait. I never get that worked up. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I drink 10 cups of coffee a day just to stay boring. My bladder isn't big enough to get as stoked as Alan does about anything. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Lol! I don't get that stoked up...but that gypsy jazz IS pretty compelling, ya has to admit! |
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| Yep, Just had three cups of coffee and worked on some guitar scales. It is good to at least know where you are supposed to go next. It is only frustrating when you expect your pick hand to keep up with your fret hand right away. It is like expecting to Golf well every time you go. That only ruins the fun of that fantastic game. After seeing this clip; I am going to work on these scales and see if I can't increase the speed I can get through them by 10%. That's a good goal.
For the rest of you with "NO" goals.... You just keep whackin those Balls....one day you'll get your game together from the shear Whacking volume. ! |
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OT (slightly) - One of the finest performances I've ever witnessed on a guitar
