I heard someone say they saw Bert perform this in 1974 and he flubbed a few notes and told the audience he didn't usually play it because it was too difficult. That speaks volumes to your ability to learn this one.
Very mesmerizing and well-played! I also appreciate your "keep it simple" approach to videography...both hands always in view and in focus! It's what all guitar players want to see!
Absolutely amazing…sometimes I wonder about Bert Jansch’s playing .. maybe a bit rough … but then I come back to this masterpiece.. thanks for the upload
Just marvelous like your tutorial on Janch's "Blackwaterside". What fine renditions, explications and fantastic sheetmusic. Thank you ever so much for having undergone all that stress to put all of this straight. I'm more than grateful.
Highly recommend “Dazzling Stranger” the Jansch biography. He was definitely a one off. Also, great contrast to the Fahey stuff recently. Compared to the scholarly approach Fahey took, Jansch seemed to absorb anything he heard and create a unique personal and more interesting technique and original composition IMO (not a knock to Fahey). Those low string runs are pure heavy metal
Wonderful. That has made my morning. Hats off for spending the thousands of hours that have earned you that rock solid technique. What a joy it must be to you.
Thank you. I wish I had that much time my new project is transcribing and recording a new piece of music for my patreon every month. I never have more than 31 days to get these ready, 40-60 hours of practice if it’s a good month.
@@andrewlardner Wow, respect brother. I have been trying to master pieces like 'lady nothing' by Renbourn, Black Balloon, and similar Jansch / Renbourn stuff for 2 or 3 years and I still make mistakes trying to play them cleanly.
Thank you. The Patreon lesson will help if you get stuck. There's one fingering I realized I had in the wrong position compared to what Bert did so I updated the score to reflect that. Makes it a little easier.
Such great playing. I'm wondering if you're a fan of Dave Evans? Another great British fingerstyle player from that era. Sun and Moon and Braziliana are nice tunes.
Hi Andrew, a masterful rendition as always. You manage to catch all the subtle nuances that makes Bert's playing so special. How would you rate this song in terms of the difficulty involved with emulating Bert's sound? Thanks for all the great music :)
I consider this one of the more difficult pieces I've tried to do in recent memory. His left hand is superb, the stretch in the first section required a lot of practice. In the C section he has that C to D change and I initially thought that was in first position, I only had two days to relearn the passage with the bar in 5th position and that ended up posing a big challenge. I wish I had another week to get it ready and up to his full tempo.
This piece reminds me of a duet Bert did with Renbourn on a Pentangle record. It was called “No Exit.” It had the repeating arpeggios that are such an essential part of this piece. I can’t help but wonder how JR would accompany Bert on this. Tuning?
@@andrewlardner haha sorry, I should've elaborated. Once for a Renbourn workshop we discussed this piece (John had a very interesting story concerning the origin of it which I'm afraid I forgot, should've made notes). In preperation for the workshop I was practicing this piece (Chambertin) a lot, but was always baffled by the weirdness of its flow. In trying to wrap my head around it I tried a lot of different fingerings (the c-b transition as a pull-off is the most obvious one) and even went as far as tuning to DADgad to see if I could make it work. Think I still have some notes on that, will see if I can look them up. No don't get me wrong, I know Bert definitely did NOT play it in dadgad. Just a fun little experiment I like to do, try to find my own approach to a composition. Also, it's this 'famous folk tuning' so lot of guitarist tend to think that when a piece sounds crazy, it's most likely in some sort of open tuning. Hence my comment :) Sorry to confuse, it comes quite naturally.
@@hugoseriese5462 Understood. This was one of my greatest challenges of the last year but well worth the effort. I usually forget most of the things I record after a few months but I frequently pick up the guitar and play through this one. I’ve developed a real admiration for this particular tune.
@@andrewlardner The river sessions is probably the better one,a little more relaxed. It’s said the Bert could not remember how to plat it,years later. Any chance of ‘the wheel’,Andrew ?
@@maxcuthbert100 I think he likely forgot portions of it which is why he rewrote some sections in the later transcription that he put together. I was intimidated trying to add on to the work he already did but I think I was able to fill in the blanks and accurately figure out how he played the missing parts. Would love to do The Wheel someday.
