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Astounding. I know nothing about harmonica playing, but I know enough about music to realize the tremendous skill he has. And when he's finished, he's not out of breath at all. Supernatural !!
The tunes are all traditional Irish reels: The Drunken Landlady/The Wind That Sakes the Barley are the first two. The name of the last slips my mind. Brendan is one of the finest trad harmonica players out there. It is very difficult to play the ornaments used in Irish music on the harmonica, but a talented few have managed it and Brendan is up there at the forefront. Brendan is also a fabulous swing/jazz musician. Look for his RU-vid videos with the Tim Edey band as well.
I keep coming back to this, over and over. I've watched an awful lot of harp playing on RU-vid. Technically demanding and beautifully expressed, This is one of the best examples of harmonica musicianship. Thank you for posting.... and Thank you Brendan
Candy rat really finds the most amazing artists, there isn't really any musician on their channel/site that I can't really listen to without being in awe =P
Beautiful! It's hard to get to the place where big technique is wholly subsumed to a musical vision--in this case, a complicated and sprightly melody--but you've definitely arrived there and it's a great lesson for all of us.
When I first saw the picture on the side, I thought he was holding a sandwich. Anyways, that was amazing. I don't think I have ever seen someone play a harmonica like that before. Thanks for sharing.
Hands down, one of the very best harmonica players I've ever seen. "Sweet Bulgarity" is one of my favorites. In fact, I think I'm gonna watch it right now! :-)
Hi Angel! Great to hear from the most awesome Bulgarian Tambura and Electric Guitar player ever. I enjoyed the clips on your channel; I hope you put up some hot traditional Tambura ones as well! Hi to Georgi, Nedyalko, Peyo and all my Bulgarian friends.
Brendan you are truly amazing, which im sure you already know this, but nice work, its not very common where you see such control over notes and someone doesnt play more than one note at once, and it was also very cool to see that your right hand didnt really for the most part do hardly any sound control but pretty much just kept rythem with your tempo, up till the the end when you added dynamics for the lower notes. Very nice, you are THE GOD OF THE HARP
This is like a slap in the face. I always thought of the harmonica as a silly instrument. But this is beautiful, and there are some really talented harmonica players out there.
It's called a chromatic harmonica, the button moves the holes in the metal, so the air is directed to a different set of reeds, which is tunes half a step higher then the "normal" one.
