The Segovia Master Class in Spain - Classical Guitar Masterclass - Andres Segovia 

00:00:56 - Brigitte Zaczeck (Austria) - J.S. Bach, Chaconne, Violin Partita No.2, BWV 1004 (arr. Segovia) 00:29:45 - Oscar Ghiglia (Italy) - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Aria Con Variazioni detta "La Frescobalda" (arr. Segovia) 00:38:18 - Andres Segovia - J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007, Prelude 00:42:04 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - John Dowland, Allemande, "My lady hunsdon's puffe" , Poulton No.54 00:44:17 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - Joaquin Turina, Fandanguillo, Op.36 00:49:46 - Richard Johnson (U.S.A.) - J.S. Bach, BWV 998, Prelude (arr. Segovia) 00:59:17 - Aldo Minella (Italy) - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Guitar Concerto, Op.99, Mvt.1 01:16:34 - Luis Rodrigo (Spain) - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Tarantella, Op.87a 01:28:26 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - Sylvius L. Weiss, Gigue 01:36:06 - Miguel Barbera (Spain) - John Dowland, Allemande, "My lady hunsdon's puffe", Poulton No.54 (arr. Karl Scheit) 01:40:40 - Michael Lorimer (U.S.A.) - Isaac Albeniz - Suite Española No. 2 Op.97, No. 4 "Zambra Granadina"

This is the miracle of the Internet. How fortunate we are to have a chance to watch Segovia teaching the guitar!!!

"You must work on that, no?" Oh, if only this was shot in HD! As it is, it's still probably one of the most valuable guitar lessons available anywhere.

I hope this video never gets taken down this is probably one of the most important and legendary masterclasses to ever happen on earth god dam I wish I could have been in it.

I remember seeing this on tv. My father loved the guitar and was a big fan of Segovia.He would watch it on our black and white set.Thanks for putting this series up. It brings back some good memories.

the female student at the beginning of the video is Brigitte Zaczeck of Austria

Wow...no pressure there!! What an amazing experience it must have been to be taught by the master himself. Such a patient, gentle spirit. Obviously Segovia had a deep, genuine desire to nurture the gift and love for the beauty of classical guitar in his students. What a legacy...This video is a real treasure. Thanks for posting it.

There are those that say "A performance is at its most musical when it's played with the greatest degree of historical accuracy." And there are those that say, "A performance is at its most musical when it's played with the greatest degree of musical sensibility." "Musical sensibility" doesn't always correlate with historical accuracy. Segovia may play anachronistically, but no one can deny that he plays beautifully.

Hi! :) Each piece was written to be played a certain way. The Maestro asked his students to play a chosen piece, then helped them by pointing out where to make adjustments-that's what a music teacher does. The focus of the class wasn't on writing theory or teaching scales/chords. M. Segovia was there to guide them throughout their performances by the knowledge he had of each piece; to improve their musicality & understanding of the music they were playing, & to hone the skills they already had.

The real great thing of this masterclass is the precision, the perfectionism and the attention to the details, he was really a great, no 1

Maybe this will make you smile. Last week my friend told me that when his father died years ago he left him 2 guitars. He put them in storage because he does not play. He did not know details about the guitars but said they were Ramirez brand and that his dad played classical music. He said the strings were in bad shape. I offered to put new strings on for him. Imagine my surprise when I discovered he had a 1969 Ramirez 1A model with Brazilian rosewood made in the Ramirez shop ! The other one was a 1970s model. I explained to him what a treasure he had and offered to teach him beginner guitar. I hope you enjoyed the story.

Thank you for posting. Mr. Segovia makes me want to never touch a guitar again. And at the same time, he makes me want to never put it down. I have to wonder, if another one like him will ever be again. What a Master! I am beyond humbled.

In 1960 I was lucky to assist at one of hie recital in the salle de la paix in Neuchatel (Switzerland), he came on with his guitare, sat on the chair and started to play the Spanish suite from Albeniz, 2 hours of dream, then got up and left for ever.

Segovia always thought you can't just play the notes, you need too feel love always to your notes))

She's nervous, but I can tell she is soaking it in. I have had a few opportunities to study with masters in my own art -such a blessing.

Americans like me are not used to hearing instruction without some soothing words first. Europeans, like the great gypsy guitarists I have taken workshops with are not being mean, they are assuming the student not only can take it, but is there to hear what they are doing wrong so they can improve.

Wow this is the best thing I found on RU-vid this year.

Maybe the first student is just dead nervous, but while producing the notes she forgets to breathe life into them. Her sound is harsh, and it is as if the notes come from some machine. A great technique, but I prefer a more musical and maybe less technically gifted performer any day. At 14:34, Segovia is spot-on when he advises her to 'practice slow' and articulate. A performing artist should first and foremost be concerned with expression, with discovering and creating music. Speed comes last.

A rare look at a genius at work. Wonderful stuff.

Wow, this is great and extremely intimidating when the student needs to copy the professor !! Ear training at its best. Does anyone know if there are professor / classes such as these today? I am in NYC.

hi there guys just a quick shoutout to all of you Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm in learning about the master and his music/teaching without you the video could not have reached this far all the best!!!

Thank you sooo much for this great video, can't tank you enough, AWE

Look at those huge hands playing a 660 mm scale Ramirez which requires great strength and add great technique and amazing musicality and you have the tip of the iceberg of how great this man is . Of note ,he never is involved as to who the luthier is knowing that musicality will make a mediocre guitar sound better . So many guitarist including myself thought that owning that Ramirez would make you Segovia . A sad lesson learned . Thank you for this video %

What a BRUTAL sound Segovia!

This is one of the best gifts life could ever give to us.

como siempre la musicalidad y el fino oido de andres segovia nos regala en este video una transcripcion deliciosa

It's incredible that you managed to upload this video. I've been playing the chaconne for over 30 years. Now, I'm gonna improve. Thank you so much.

It's amazing how much classical players don't FEEL the music! Segovia is trying to take the student through a splendid walk in a garden, and the student is rushing around to see everything.

14:41 - "practice ... everything .... slow!"

Such a joy to watch this master share his craft for the betterment of the instrument.

O cara ganhou um violão Ramirez 1960 direto das mãos do próprio Segovia e do próprio Ramirez, ainda bem que está em vídeo pra acreditar...que honra meus amigos...

Thank you for posting this video for all eager guitarists out there that want to grow in the appreciation of the classical guitar and culture. Although Segovia's technique and theories have been severely challenged by the newer generations of guitarists. I pity them all.

To have learned from Maestro Segovia would have been a great honor. I was born in the wrong era. No one today will come remotely close to his influence on classical guitar.

Qué regalo nos ha dado Andrés con esta película! Gracias!

Absolutely excellent vid! Thankx Thanh for posting. Its almost like I'm getting a lesson from the master himself!

I was already very impressed by Segovia, but now I am amazed

Segovia lent his concert guitar to a spectator in order for him to copy its dimensions. His name was Georg Bolin, of Sweden. I have a guitar built by him in 1953, and signed, and it has the name Var, with a circle over the a. I believe it means Spring. The guitar has an interesting history. I bought it used via on-line from a shop in S.F. USA. It had been stolen from there and suffered a crack, which was repaired. It is spruce and rosewood, and I think it sounds magnificent. I was inspired to learn, listening to Segovia Recently, some commentator said that the young generation has surpassed him in technique. I see a few on the web who are quite good, and at least one who slaps his guitar as much as plays it, and while entertaining in a way, does nothing for my soul. Segovia hits the soul spots and that can't be done by just any old body. There are a zillion electric aficionados out there, bending and fuzzing their way into an emptiness of shallow nowhere-ness. It helps if they have nice hair and boobs.

Segovia wasn't necessarily the greatest teacher because he thought you should mostly play things exactly like him, but watching this you just see the extreme musicality Segovia had and why he is so legendary. I might him super briefly in the 80s and after shaking his hand he said "a classical guitarist must always pay much attention to perfect hands and nails". I was just an intermediate self taught guitarist (and still am) but he could tell I played from my nails and even in a 15 second interaction he sort of gave a lesson.

This is very valuable document and many thanks for uploading.

Segovia was the undisputed master of classical guitar. Most of the material here is from the 15th to the 18th century.. It will not be familiar to most people. But it the music that will last forever, while contemporary guitar music is ephemeral, and will be forgotten in 100 years. These videos are of immeasureable value in the handing down of the knowledge of the original music and the way it was meant to be played. Segovia is a disciplinarian because he wants nothing lost in the transfer of this knowledge from generation to generation. We have already lost so much of value already.

The last time I saw one of Segovia's master classes was on a PBS station in the early 70s. I had just begun playing classical guitar back then and was understandably enthralled. The longer I played, however, the more I took his approach to the guitar with increased disfavor - this despite his being one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century. I think it began when I purchased a Jose Ramirez guitar, the same model he played, and was dismayed at how difficult the guitar was to play. Part of it was the high action, which was easy enough to correct, but it was mostly the guitar's scale, aka string length. My guitar's string length was a whopping 667mm, where the standard was widely accepted as 650mm. The extra 17mm made reaches and stretches very difficult, but I persevered, although I can't say I was ever comfortable playing a guitar with that scale. Segovia was a big guy, so the extra reach was probably never an issue for him. From what I understand, Segovia was adamant about the long scale because he felt it increased a guitar's projection, especially in large auditoriums, where incidentally he never allowed his guitar to be miced, claiming it was totally unnecessary. Well, I saw Segovia in concert once during his later years, in n a large hall with excellent acoustics, and let me just say, the concert would have been more enjoyable if his guitar had been miced. In the years since buying that Ramirez I have played (and owned) many guitars with a 650mm scale that were equal in projection to a long scale Ramirez, so so much for that argument. But such was Segovia's influence over the house of Ramirez that they didn't begin to produce 650mm scale guitars (again) until after his passing. These days new long scale guitars are uncommon. But such was Segovia's influence over the guitar community that he had the major builders convinced that the long scale was the way to go, and to hell with people who had normal sized hands or smaller. This is by no means my only issue with Segovia, but is probably my biggest. Other topics, such as many of his highly idiosyncratic fingerings, for example, should be the topic for another discussion.

The first one is Bach's Chaconne

Merci pour cette vidéo rare et précieuse 🎶🎶💤🎶🎶🎶💤🎵🎵🎵

I like how at the end they swap guitars and you can see great playing never depends on the instrument but on the player. And how Segovia really takes his time to figure an issue out.

This is a form of baptism by fire. If you are going to jam with the Master, you better know your shit.

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed this! I think Classical Guitar has lost so much over the years. It's now FULL of players who go 3 million miles an hour, yet have next to no variation of tone or individuality. It's also become very "chic" to disrespect the great players of the past (Such as Segovia) as being "worthless" or "bad". Give me Segovia's performances (or those of Julian Bream) over almost any modern performer. But again, that's just a personal preference, and one that I know many don't share.

segovia bruce lee of classical guitar

Whoever this woman is the fact that she has received instruction from Maestro Andre Segovia is apparent. How fortunate his students were to learn from him. Very interesting to see this happening.

this is the best thing in the whole fucking internet a lesson from god HD

I am not an accomplished classical guitarist but I LOVE the instrument. I took lessons for 3 years but my profession got in the way of mastering the instrument however, I still love the instrument and this music. I am curious about who these students/performers were and why they were attending this Master Class? What is the purpose of a Master Class? Who invited each performer and what were the requirements for being invited? This seemed like such a stress-out environment; is such an environment conducive to learning? Is it intended to provide an atmosphere for the aspiring professional performer which will closely parallel that of a professional performance? Did a successful performance mean something for the future of the performer? Would there have been a follow-up to this class? I'm just wondering.

(Common names In order of which they are heard) 1: J.S. Bach, Chaconne, Violin Partita No.2, BWV 1004 (arr. Segovia). 2; Girolamo Frescobaldi, Aria Con Variazioni Detta "La Frescobalda" (arr. Segovia). 3; J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007, Prelude. 4; John Dowland, Allemande, Poulton No.54. 5; Joaquin Turina, Fandanguillo, Op.36. 6; J.S. Bach, BWV 998, Prelude (arr. Segovia). 7; Mario Castelnuovo Tudesco, Guitar Concerto, Op.99 Mvt.1. 8; Mario Castelnuovo Tudesco, Tarantella, Op.87a...

Segovia - a TRUE blessing to our universe-

Todo el mundo criticando la forma de enseñar de Segovia, que si es un autoritario, que si enseña según sus propios principios musicales. Y yo me pregunto, ¿como quién debería enseñar entonces? Acaso debe cambiar sus sensibilidad musical a la hora de enseñar? no, el enseña según le parece y sienta él. Los alumnos han ido a su clase, pues que se atengan a ello.

i love this because the music is so good and that the video is so long thats what im looking for. i need long videos of this kind of classical guitar does anyone have anything like that for me?

Thank you so much for posting these masterclasses with Segovia. This is of the utmost value to everyone interested in the Maestro and his music and now it is available for future generations. Such a gift!

Wow some find!!! Gam on!

Segovia ripped some asses here...

impresionante esta magistral clase del respetado señor segobia y su genialidad expresada a traves de la sencivilidad y romanticismo de la guitarra .

Thank you! This is an incredible video. The inimitable greatness of Segovia is in the fact that all the students we see in the film have all become great guitarists and masters! Honor to Segovia.

So Spectacular!

At 1:12:00, Maestro Segovia appears to find disapproval with his student. it seems he starts to tear him a new ASSHOLE. but how can you be upset at the great Maestro. I would be honored for him to get mad at me about my guitar technique. It would be a display that he CARES! Love that moment. So real

35:16 I really like his beard.

Excellent!!! Amazing!!!

Hagan fila que el maestro los atiende de a uno jajajaja JAJAJAJA

Segovia, MASTER OF MASTERS, to think that this work was written for solo violin "Sonatas Partitas for solo violin".Segovia was the first to transcribe many of the BACH'S works for guitar . In particular this "Chacona" sounds better in this instrument that in violin for me, but of course that can be subjective .

Волшебно! И не испугались самому БОГУ Гитары Андресу Сеговии играть! У меня бы полны штаны были!

all the parts i want to see... his headstock is in the way

Thank you for posting this. This is worth its weight in gold to me. I still maintain, that if it wasn't for Segovia, rock and roll would be played on fiddles.

What are the the song titles and composers of the pieces being played? I'd like them for future reference to maybe play one day...

I don´t think his style of teaching is helpful half the time, then again neither are the cameras. The student´s fault is overplaying, and he does very little to put her at ease.

Thanks for uploading and we have chance watch the master's video.

Segovia really liked letting people know when the chaconne was being played as I've noticed my instructor Fred Benedetti had to play this piece for him at the USC master class and when he went up Segovia can be heard saying "The chaconne.......hahah" almost as if he knew this would be a very long journey.

Salutations to the Great Maestro..:)

theres just not many that work to this level of musician ship anymore..a 2hr lesson!....incredible....brava!

1:12:10 Portamento Moment XD, No te va a picar ningún bicho! XD, tremendo, pobre chabón también, no hacia falta que le rete así, pero bueno imagino que ese día Segovia estaba de mal humor o cansado, o su Caracter quizas era asi?.

Merci pour ce moment d'anthologie ! La Chaconne de Jean-Sébastien Bach est un des plus beau morceau de l'histoire de la musique, et Andres Ségovia un des plus grand interprète. C'est tout simplement magnifique.

excelent, congratulations my friend thanks for upload this video it is marvelous

No pressure at this clinic ..man oh man!! In the Classical Guitar world they never used to take laxatives ..instead they attended a Segovia master class! In fact, legend has it; At this very guitar conservatory, they had to retro-fit all the toilets with larger diameter pipes whenever Segovia was teaching.

Segovia the best teacher

Sorry!! Pelé try teach football !!! Kkkkkk!! It´s very, very fun !!! Kkkkkk!!!!

Thank you for posting,

great composer! i like your work and the way you teach!

Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history. I have been watching it for sheer pleasure for days now. My second guitar teacher was a full-time student of Segovia in Accademia Musicale Chigiana , in Siena, Italy, so this film has special importance to me. Has anyone read the republished article in the Observer, where John Williams states in his book (2012) that Segovia bullied his students and insisted they play in Segovia's style. A bit disingenuous, if you ask me. Every performance teacher teaches their student to play in the teacher's style, with as much of their technique as possible. Otherwise, how and what would they teach? "Play anything you like, in any way you like - I will just listen and applaud"? We're not in today's public school system, where every child is a genius just for showing up and handing something in (or not, sometimes.) I have had three classical guitar teachers, each one passionate and driven, and with their own character. They each taught me to interpret slightly differently. The last, a brilliant woman named Gabrielle Kish (who wrote an invaluable book on technical exercises that every student should have) taught me to correct/change my entire technique, for both left and right hand. It was tough to get to that next level that her teaching represented, but it made me into a far better guitarist, capable of taking on difficult work I would never have mastered before. She used to lightly rap my fingers with a ruler when I played carelessly, telling me I had fingers like wet noodles. She was a strict perfectionist, as was Segovia. That's what the best do.

9; Composed by Manuel Maria Ponce at the request of Segovia to be attributed to (the style of) J.S. Bach as a joke that Segovia & Ponce played on composer Fritz Kreisler. After reconsidering, Segovia & Ponce later agreed to attribute the work to Sylvius Leopold Weiss; it is entitled: Suite in A Minor, Gigue. (the 5th & final mvt. of the suite). 10; John Dowland, My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, Allemande (arr. Karl Scheit) 11; Isaac Albeniz, Zambra Granadina, Op.97 No.4. THANKS MR. HUYNH! MUCH ENJOYED

I am a gigging rock guitarist. I am a hobbyist jazz wanna-be. Whenever I feel like I'm accomplished, I come to these videos of true experts who can within a few notes say yes or no. Such excellent technique. Hell, the students perform better than 90% (my made up number) of guitarists out there touring.

43:45 for a while i thought that Andrés Torres Segovia has fallen into deep sleep...

The first piece Segovia played is the "Sarabande" from the Lute Suite in e minor by J.S. Bach. BWV 996.

She’s excellent, but needs a little more feeling in her playing. That’s what Segovia keeps telling her basically. Slow down, and feel the music. She probably did countless hours practicing technique though, so perfection is probably engraved into her brain. Segovia honestly wasn’t a perfect player as far as technique goes. His technique was great, but there have been much better players since him. What made him the best were his beautiful interpretations, and ability to feel music. His playing was unique, and could never be copied perfectly. You can always tell it’s him just by his playing. And he’s a great teacher. He doesn’t baby his students. They’re there to improve, not hear him tell them they’re perfect when they’re not. And if they can’t a little heat from someone trying to help them, then they’re not really committed, and in all honestly, wouldn’t be worth his time.

I.apreciate this wonderful MASTER CLASS from Máster Andrés Segovia my ídolo for ever ❤❤❤ Thank you so much from Argentina .

Segovia ripped some asses here!

Segovia ripped some asses here!

Suddenly I feel pretty bad about my own chaconne

i grew up listening to john williams playing bach without excessive rubato and vibrato and i always find segovia interpretations of bach a little over romantic. not that i don’t appreciate his monumental contribution to transforming the guitar into a concert instrument.

1:12:11 y 1:23:39 (por no poner muchos mas ejemplos) que tio... Yo respeto que fuera un gran músico, pero que era un idiota integral también... Es una prepotente que nunca quiso aceptar que la guitarra se enriquece gracias a la diversidad de opiniones. Maniático y absurdo fantoche. Por cierto David Russell otro que tal anda, un pedante arrogante.

yes, and in sync where the hands and music move together would be nice too lol...

It is fantastic that these early videos exist. Are there more videos of the master teaching?

Thank you Sir, and the Master to.... Ephraïm-John Tichell.

Such a great video! A very different way of teaching from what we're used to now'a days... It might pass to some as rude, but it's so far from that. Remember, these people came here for the criticism of someone who has devoted their life to the instrument.

Master classes were what they were back in the day, when the instrument was newer to the world. Today... nope. The master class was full of accomplished musicians , auditioning before a master to get his approval.

He is one of the best , if not the best classical guitarist I have ever heard.