Canario on Theorbo! 

I heard your version of the Kapsberger ‘Canario’ on the theorbo at the beginning of the pandemic and decided to take up classical guitar in my late 60’s. I am now beginning to learn that piece. Thank you!

That wasn't a dream, Dom...that was last Tuesday! 琵琶规则!

Amazing!!!

You speak Mandarin?

@@darrylrouch9193 fluent Google translate

@@brandonacker I speak Mandarin and I play the lute, so...let me join the class！ (｡♥ᴗ♥｡)

Even an 8 course lute gives you some lovely, lovely bass notes.

I have a good guitar transcription of this too you can pull it off with a Classical guitar a rich bass i,e. low air resonance to pull it off (the lower note on the E string pitch hummed into the body that sets the guitar vibrating thr better). Luckily I have such a guitar.

@@mattbod it's not the same

I mean you can do that with a guitar just not as deep, unless you tune down

@@imjustaguy4340 the theorbo's length allows for the large wavelengths in the strings which contributes greatly to the bass properties. Even with a 7+ string guitar or drop tuning you don't quite get the same effect.

It's the beauty of nature.

Piano bass is still the best. I used to not like piano recordings because the low end is always cut so hard in the mix. But hesring piano in its full range.... the bass is so rich.

@@Dude8718 You might want to check out the channel Alexander Pianos. He built what is basically the theorbo among pianos: extremely elongated body, so no wound bass strings have to be used. The result is crystal clear bass notes like you have never heard before.

Jajjajaja I felt the same 🤣🤣

@A Warm Gun I played role games a few years ago and this kind of music was very often on those long nights ^^ That´s why I understand the comment of Marcelo Gadelha

Hey, you! You're finally awake!

we got flerlow, halzingers, belugies, juicy time babies....

"You shall not pass!"

And don't forget about the 500k twin reveal!

I'd love to see him do some metal stuff. He is definitely a shredder. I could see him rocking an old John petrucci Ibanez from the early 90s with the art on it

@@brandonacker do you actually have a twin?

@@parkerklinck263 Yes an identical twin who is a singer.

@@brandonacker im not convinced its not just you :P

Is the right hand you know what that means?

We call that vasculinity

they look like electric cables

New isn’t always better. I listen to a lot of folk songs with old instruments. Rap, hip hop, etc are not my thing. And I’m only 19, so it’s not like I’m a boomer lol

Well said my friend.

Welcome, my long lost brother in metal.

honestly? i think it's pretty natural for a metalhead to come back and enjoy stuff like this. in addition to the obvious fact that the modern guitar evolved from these instruments, back at the time lutes and theorbos were in style, they were experimenting with many of the same things metal has come to be associated with: alternate tunings, adding extra strings to instruments, improvising solos over simple chord progressions, and the like. though it sounded very different the spirit of metal is there, and in that way metal was sort of born here, though you'd never know it without digging into it. so i don't think you're one bit out of place or out of line; let no one tell you otherwise.

@@matthewbertrand4139 Completely agree. The same personality that's drawn to the complexity and uniqueness of metal can easily find interest in classical pieces like these. In fact, when I was younger, it was a natural evolution for me to move from the intensity of metal to the intensity of classical music - the two genres seem, to me, to be hand-in-hand.

Good to hear that your musical tastes have become more diverse.

If he's not in it I'm killing all the bards

i would give all my septim to hear brandon play

I'd love to!

This comment need more likes!

@@brandonacker you definitely need to that would be sick I'm a fan of both channels and i would love to see it

@@brandonacker we need a collab for sure

I want someone to try and electrify something like a theorbo, mostly for the lols. Huge distortion on huge scale length isn't something we've heard before and I want to hear it.

can it Djent tho?

​@@timh.6872 build one. Don't fear learning the art. Start small and build it up over time.

@@timh.6872 The thing that comes closest is probably a double-neck guitar and bass, but the full theorbo possibilities of polyphony would be something

​@@timh.6872I'm on it. I'm currently learning to be a luthier and Brandon's videos have been really inspirational. I really want to develop a budget lute model so all of us fans here can start playing.

Hey, how much do those classes cost?

@@CosmicHarmony58 I go to school in state (NH) and and receive state grants as well as scholarship money, so my tuition is $250. I'm pretty sure a semester tuition is around $11,000. However I don't know for certain. I also didn't take out any student loans.

Dear Andrew. Are you f&$#ing insane. I got a degree in classical guitar performance in 1983. I understand the love of the instrument but you are looking at a hard life if you want to make a living at it. Virtually Nobody cares about the classical guitar. It's normal repertoire is third rate crap at best. Transcriptions are the only way to go but nobody cares about that either. The classical guitar is Way out in left field as far as anyone's interest in classical music goes. Learn jazz or Swedish death metal. Either is better than classical guitar. If you do go into it you could possibly barely scrap out a living attempting to teach unmotivated brats how to play a c chord or if you are extremely good play concerts at Podunk schools and events barely scraping out a living selling your CD of Leyenda.

Hiho, apparently my rapier wit has eluded you.

joseph cambron it eluded me, too. When I read your comment just now I thought “damn that’s harsh but probably true”

Theorbo was regarded awesome loooong before internet era, not to mention YT...

@@lukehermolaus8550I’m sure that’s true, but most people have never heard of it.

Brandon should make a DnD album for background music, I use it too!

Heh, I did my dnd bard research here as well, but I decided on the Baroque guitar instead. All instruments are amazing non the less

Damn thats wholesome

And you can hide a battleaxe inside that

Now I am crying missing my youth with my nerd friends.

Ahaha instrument-shaped hole. I read it twice to get it. Love that! Hope it gets filled soon!

Don't worry, mate, you can! Either you need to tell her you've got the theorbo from a friend who cannot use it at the moment because it's too big for his apartment, or because he has some workers in the house who are fixing the electricity/piping system, and he's afraid that something might happen to the instrument. The theorbo needs regular playing, so you're doing a favour to your friend. Or you can say that the instrument is important for your music work/career. By the time she realises the trick, she will have already been fallen in love with the tone of the instrument. When she expresses her sorrow over the fact that you need to return it to the owner, you might mention that your friend is actually thinking about selling it to some other guys for a very good price, but he has told you that you'd have priority and the he could give you an even better price. Then, even if she catches the bait and agrees, the maximum price you can confess to her is about a third or half of the actual price of the instrument. You'll need to figure out the rest, maybe save up your pocket money for the bigger part of the cost, otherwise the deal would be in real danger.😀😀😀

It’s not a guitar, pretty sure she didn’t mention theorbos

Thanks, Samuel!

Why are you selling it? It belongs in your collection Brandon.

Thanks, Jone! I hope you're well bud:)

If you're that old, perhaps you can demonstrate the dance that went with this?

Or even theorbo player!

what do you mean

Yeah, he looks very realistic. I wonder what shaders they used for the skin.

I'm looking for a closet to go into just so I can come out of it.. :D

@@nadasonic6 Good luck getting in the closet with a theorbo! ;-)

Also Vampires

So ppl comment they are changing their sexual orientation here?

@@commiekiller "changing" 😬