Paul said that it took few months to memorize the entire piece, it took me 5 years to plays just a little piece, and I played it in the wrong time, always, when you see Paul Gilbert playing, is a equivalent of all of those masters in "one man orchestra" in modern times
@@suspiciousdoge9yand104 That makes even less sense. What do you mean "bock"? There's no o in Bach and neither is there a ck. It's a b, an a (in trumpcountryish that would be like the u in up) and a ch which is nothing near a k or a ck or a g or whatever. It's a ch like in baruch or bach.
Perfect playing. Well balanced tone, the tempo is just nice, controlled fingering. And try to be human, he throws in some 'mistake' just to make us mortal feel better.
Bob Staham You can't really say that. I play both instruments and from what I have learned piano is, technically, a very difficult instrument to master. If piano was easier than guitar, more people would be playing the piano, but that just isn't the case in real life.
Sometimes all I can think about is Debussy. Oh, look at the pianist! The pianist is so good with Debussy. Oh, yes. When Debussy was young, that's when you want Debussy.
Paul is great! But what I find AMAZING is, how did BACH write one note melodies with NO bass and NO Chords behind it.. Yet..it STILL sounds like Angels are singing? Bach FTW!!
But there's "bass" and "chords" occurring. Not at the same time, as usual (violin limitations), but sometimes they're diluted in musical sequence and sometimes your mind completes it.
@FluidicDegree22 yeah i prefer vengerov over literally anyone else as a electric guitar/double bass player really love his round aggressive approach but that’s a matter of taste as you said
OMG, Bach is not from this world. If a great guitar player like Mr. Gilbert decides to record a CD with 60 minuts of Bach transcriptions, this will be the best guitar instrumental of all time.
Well ,imagine writing it having never been exposed to recorded music . Bach deserves the title Genius. I normally only cry when I stub my toe ,but JS Bach makes me well up .
This is next to nothing when you compare it to his orchestral/vocal and organ music which he composed over 400 works with complex polyphony. Bach was considered legendary by a good majority of famous composers and musicians. His contemporaries recall him being able to improvise up to 6 voices on organ in counterpoint which is just mind-blowing.
+HECKproductions And a couple of times after that, because some of Bach's music is incredibly difficult whether your name is Paul Gilbert or not. Also there are no guitar gods, just humans who practice.
With respect to Yngwie he is not just Baroque - apparently from his interviews he admires players like Paganini who came later, and he improvises like they did at their recitals. It takes a certain familiarity with classical music (in particular Violin) to appreciate I suppose
@@DonVal86 could you please elaborate on why you dislike Yngwie? just started listening to him recently and as much as there are many, many things I would change about his music if I was the composer behind his tracks, I also have some sort of admiration for some things he does in his songs, but I'm extra curious what someone who's studied classical music thinks of his composing in detail
Raziej Great question! I want to preface my opinion by saying that there are many academics that would defend his music. I, for one, find it repetitive and without much development. He plays the same kind of fast scales over and over which can only go so far. There isn’t much variety in his music that I’ve ever heard. I’m more curious to know which bits you would change about his music.
@@DonVal86 I strongly agree that there's not much variety in what he plays, I mean he's raping the harmonic scale over and over and sure the scale itself is pretty intricate to listen to but it gets boring when you hear that a major part of the guy's discography is playing fast alt-picked licks on the harmonic scale, which really saddens me, cause he has moments where he tells a beautiful story with his playing and then pulls of some pointless shred factory. Far Beyond the Sun, one of his most popular songs, shares this problem with many others from his repertoire. What's more, you can listen to, say, Inferno by Marty Friedman, or Cafo by Animals As Leaders, and sure as hell there are some fast shredding parts but it clearly feels to me that they're there for a reason and have a certain message to deliver, meanwhile Yngwie, I feel like sometimes he does shredding just to do shredding, to show off. On the other hand, he has some very tasteful solos as well, ones that keep me like 'holy shit he's amazing' from the very first second to the end, like Rising Force. I think Yngwie as a musician is hardwired to his style and he doesn't seem like a very open-minded composer. Also, I've heard him in a lesson video once, explaining legato as 'not using your right hand'. I'm not sure if this was a superficial explanation for beginners, or he really meant that, but we all know Allan Holdsworth and no, legato is not 'just 'not using your right hand' while playing. So there are things in his technique that he belittles and it's pretty unflattering to both his playing and him as a musician. Thank you for the answer, I'm glad to know the opinion of a student. I'm self-taught and I've heard a lot of positive stuff about Yngwie, glad to know I'm not the only one who can't really enjoy his music as much as others do. Guess he's not that flawless in the end :)
This is simple compared to a lot of his string skipping stuff. This is the Music you can probably read and play along whereas passing Me B.R.O? Shiiiit I’ll take two weeks off work then. Ffs.
yessss, my favourite movement from the Violin Partita in D minor!! I tried to learn this for classical guitar 2 years ago, I gave up halfway because it requires so much endurance and memorization. Crazy piece.
+Moses Ramirez this specific movement is "gigue from violin partita in D minor". It's much more beautiful when you hear a proper classical violinist/classical guitarist play it.
+RIFFHANGER A piece like this, even for Paul Gilbert, would take some time and dedication to learn. When you spend a lot of time with something you sort of naturally memorize it. Plus this guys knowledge of musical theory is incredible. As long as he knows how the song is supposed to sound, I'm pretty sure he could play it by ear.
Yeah, as Tyler Davis said, if you remember the sound, it shouldn't be hard to memorize how to play it either (actually, I would say memorizing the sound is the most important part when it comes to memorizing how to play a piece). Also, theory does help. Analyze the harmonies and the different motifs and it makes it easier to memorize the piece. That way you don't need to memorize every single note. Because that's not how the piece was written - it's not just notes after notes. It has certain motifs that are repeated throughout the piece and the harmonies follow each other logically. If you put some thought into it, memorizing it becomes way easier. Yeah, when memorizing a piece, you shouldn't just memorize what fingerings come after each other. Well, muscle memory is always important, but you want to also see the big picture. That way you aren't only dependent on your muscle memory.
Exactly. People don't seem to realize that those "masters" often spend YEARS focusing on classical guitar specifically, and playing these pieces HUNDREDS of times. Paul, on the other hand, is a metal player. Metal is equally demanding, but it's a completely different approach. So the fact that he is still able to do both genres with such a high level of skill. Paul is a true guitar nerd, and he definitely earned his props. People just look insecure when they trash him, frankly.
Holy crap!..it's videos like this that make me want to give up guitar playing altogether. He's got perfect timing, and amazing fluidity. He's a freakin genius.
This is pretty impressive. Playing things with a clean poppy sounds amplifies every mistake that is usually hidden by distortion.Hi did make some mistakes, but did much better than I expected.
Yes, and for some perspective, the Six Suites for cello are approximately 300 years old as of this year and still being played constantly all over the world. No one, no one at all, would have dreamed of that back in that era.
Impressive but many have mastered this but hats off to Mr. Gilbert and doing it standing up certainly adds to the degree of difficulty Note: the piece is pure genius so one mustn't be too dazzled by the performer and then blithely gloss over the composer and composition itself
The thing that amazes me about Paul, is his memorization and knowledge of so many pieces of music. It seems like he can just recall a song at a moment's notice and play it well. It's obvious that this piece is not something he's sat down and rehearsed hundreds of times before this performance, yet he pulls it off, and you can see him actually feel the music as he plays it. This is why I think those who dismiss this performance and try to give us examples of a "real master of bach" are silly.
Maybe he's so good because he plays classical music. He spoke in an interview about being into classical music. Classical and jazz really builds your chops and opens your ear and gives lots of ideas.
Lets appreciate the skills of Mr. Gilbert on the electric guitar and the genius melodic skills of a German man who died before electricity was even a common resource. Why is it, that Bach's music always sounds good, no matter which instrument it is played on??...it baffles the mind.
If he didn't mention it before the recording, he should have said this is Partita for Violin Solo No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: IV. Gigue. The genius here is Bach!
he does mess up all throughout the performance. i mean technique wise. notes slightly mispicked, not 100% fully fingered etc. this is said with the understanding that he is superhuman and this performance is stoopidly impressive. some of the other comments implied it was nearly flawless with small, intentional added to console us mortals.
While there are several guys on the planet that can play at this level ( all with their own distinctive style though )...Paul appears to always be having the most fun performing WHILE making it look so dang easy...but it ISN'T !!
My respect to Paul Gilbert, but honestly,I don't like that at all ! Maybe because I am a professional classical musician.... Anyway. It's just my personal opinion. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
@@DigitalBath306 And who the FUCK are you to speak with me ? Nobody ! Do you think, that Bach is some basketball player from NBA ? Shut the fuck up,stay stupid and don't try to think because you are hurting the other people. P.S.And just for you again: Bach + Paul Gilbert = 👎👎👎
What was wrong with it? I have heard better Back arrangements for electric guitar but it sounded fine. Personally I like Robert Fripp's version of suite no.1 the best.
is it me or does Paul seem like the most chill and non-pretentious musician around? No ego, no attitude, just seems like he loves music as much as the fans and is as excited as they are when everything goes right
Saw the thumbnail and thought “that looks like my guitar center” then read the description and realized it was.. then realized that I was there for this 😂😂
A few things: - how the hell does he remember the tabs to ALLLLLLLL this. And he played the hell out of that too. - too bad there are traces of the rock gtr virtuoso grimaces. Dude, not with Bach man, come on please. - Bach is always glorious, glorious music.
Honestly it sounded a bit sloppy in parts. This is why most shredders play with tons of delay and distortion. Props to Paul for playing it clean. Difficult material, no backing music, just him playing clean in front of an audience. He even admitted he was nervous.
Yes and he can do it cleanly. But playing Bach with maybe not enough pratice and being nervous can push even PG to his limits. But I agree. Most shredders just drown their imperfections in delay and distortion.
He's a master at planting that seed of doubt in him, and then immediately blowing you mind. Look at the way he dresses, and they way he almost seems to mess up on purpose at the beginning, then proceeds to play the entire song, flawlessly.
Good performers leave the audience wanting more. The best performers leave the audience knowing they just experienced something they never even dreamed was possible.
HOW DOES HE REMEMBER ALL THE NOTES? That's an unbelievable amount of music to just nail cold like that. I realize there were a couple klunkers, but 99.9% of that was flawless. It borders on inhuman how good that man is at guitar.
Even in an age of child prodigies and internet superstars, and wannabe shredders hiding behind distortion, Paul Gilbert remains the real deal. A true heavy weight of the guitar.
oh for the love of .... anyone want to buy a guitar ? ... sonofa... omg i cant even remember what i said at the start of this post how the fuuu... wheres ma pills
I'm not a metal fan per se, but I am a huge Paul Gilbert fan and admirer. Ferocious chops, incredibly musical, awesome sense of humor, and amazing generosity of spirit in the way he shares knowledge. I love watching his youtube clips!
It will probably piss off some Gilbert fans (and I am one) but that was a lousy Bach with the standards of classical music. Poor articulation, unstable tempo, completely wrong phrasing, very sloppy playing overall and that's without countless entirely wrong notes. He'd be sent home to study if he went with a performance like this even in mid-grade violin class which makes the "nailed it" finale look absolutely ridiculous. Look up Bach, Partita for solo violin #2, Gigue. Performed by Itzhak Perlman or Hilary Hahn. Stick with rock Paul. Where you are God
He would be the first to recognize that the electric guitar isn't the ideal instrument for this kind of piece. But it can help you understand how complex melodic lines work, as a step to build your composition skills. Anyone who is familiar with Paul's work surely recognize that. And you probably know this, but instead you chose the path of just being an asshole. Congrats.
What's really great about this video is that guy's right hand that's there the whole time. The unsung hero of the video! Let's hear it for the random guy's right hand! :)
