Professor Roland Dyens is one of the most exciting classical guitarists ! The berimbau is a single string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil. Originally from Africa where it receives different names, the berimbau was eventually incorporated into the practice of the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira, the berimbau or the soul of capoeira leads the capoeiristas movement in the roda the faster the berimbau is playing the faster the capoeirista moves in the game. The instrument is known for being the subject matter of a popular song by Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes ...
Roland Dyens is by far the most inventive and innovative guitar composer of modern times...He's first and foremost and mainly a dedicated musician of extreme skill and wit.
What an incredible player this man is! The sounds he gets out of the guitar are just unbelievable, especially the berimbao bit at the beginning and the percussive part starting at 4.48. In fact, the whole piece is total class!
And this interpretation is amazing... his timbre on the guitar is makes it seems like an elemental musical instrument from the mistic forces of nature... open your ears!
My father often took me and by brother to gallary, when I saw a painting that I dislike the most, I will call my brother first, and tell him that dad will love this, so my brother went and call my father, and my father came and praise us that we are genius to have good sight and appriciation this great art, and magically that I never fail in my younger days.
ademas, me parece por la clase de comentarios tan ignorantes que aquellos que critican no han oido en su vida lo que es un berimbau, los exhorto a que busquen a percusionistas como naná vasconcelos y sus interpretaciones del berimbau, escuchen esa sonoridad, y luego escuchen este arreglo (de lo que deberian saber, es guitarra contemporanea) y diganme si me equivoco al decir que este hombre es un genio al transmitir el alma ( oparte de ella) del berimbau a la guitarra. aprendan a oir y sentir.
Watch this guy @4:30 an incredible sequence - Ive rarely heard such an innovative technic on guitar % He's a born in Tunisia french guitarist ...you can feel the oriental inspiration in his way to play n to use a guitar
He makes a mistake in 2:20 but this version is full of chromatism and the arrangament is simply brilliant he pushes the guitar to higher level. No doubt Mr. Roland is the top three guitarist in the world but I can't find the two others :-).
una pregunta. hay partitura para esta obra? no es que me guste por que, honestamente no me gusta. pero es que escirbir esto, no se como, no tengo ni la menor idea.. un saludo
man this is not his own composition and all that he wants is to evocate the berimbau, through the effects . all this effects take the place of the original sompositions human voice . srry for my english im from romania. .
Wassily Frank This site hosts many Scores from Baden Powell, but all of them are Baden versions. www.confrariasambachoro.com.br/2013/02/baden-powel-partituras.html
How is he able to mimick the sound of the berimbau with the guitar (beside that he's an expert musician)? Something about the way his instrument is tuned?
Pedro Milagre O mestre Dyens foi um representante africano,no "velho mundo".As composições e arranjos dele mostram bem esse ímpeto de posicionar-se culturalmente diferente...
lol, berimbau is an ancient african instrument, and this piece is based on the homonomous piece by brazilian guitar master Baden Powell, search it and u will be surprised.
+motta0 Berimbau is a wonderful hymn. Please listen versions Yamandú Costa, Toquinho and Vinicius and the various versions of the same Baden Powell, all very different, but all beautiful
@coralgrouper Je vois où tu veux en venir. Je me dis musicalement que je préfère la version de Baden Powell. Ce que fait RD n'est pas inappréciable. Mais lui recherche plus des sons qu'une mélodie. Certes des sons similaires à un Berimbau. Mais de là à dire que je dois ressentir quelque chose au fond de moi...
@coralgrouper Sois pas prompte fieu! Je n'ai critiqué que ce morceau! En l'occurrence ici je amoindri pas le travail de Roland Dyens. D'ailleurs j'en ai apprécié d'autres qui étaient plus à mon goût. Et je te laisse faire la différence entre écouter ce "Berimbeau by RD" et jouer ce "Berimbeau by RD". Évidemment l'écart est grand. Et oui j'ai écouté le reste, et pareil. Ca ma plu ou déplu! Mais sur les vidéo d'un guitariste tel RD je ne clique jamais sur "I don't like this".
I prefer the baden's version. But that original. (c'est toujours un peu tiré par les cheuveux ses trucs. Plus preuves ils y en a qui sont tombés en haut de son crânes.)
