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Posted by: Vaidya Aug 10 2010, 04:34 PM

I was going through some spanish guitar songs on youtube and i came across this.I was absolutely stunned
I dont know much about classical guitar but it seems incredibly fast to me.
Check it out

Posted by: Praetorian Aug 11 2010, 01:21 AM

Do you mean how many bpm?

Posted by: Azzaboi Aug 11 2010, 01:49 AM

290 bpm 8/16 notes

Posted by: emirb Aug 11 2010, 08:38 AM

Amazing technique!
Don't care about bpm's as such but it's just so impressive to watch someone accomplished something that advanced.

Posted by: Vaidya Aug 11 2010, 01:07 PM

Thanks,but i wasn't looking for the bpm,i just wanted to know what other people thought about this video.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 12 2010, 12:46 PM

It's definitely fast, but I don't like his tone at all, too thin on that speed.

Posted by: Praetorian Aug 12 2010, 06:10 PM

Speed + Tone = Paco de Lucia!

Posted by: SirJamsalot Aug 12 2010, 06:58 PM

Sweeps always look and sound faster than they are hard to play, but technically, your fingers are already in place for each sweep so you're really not putting much effort into getting that fast sound. Moving from position to position to set up for each sweep is where the bulk of the work is, IMO. The real guage of *fast* in my opinion is scale or syncopation from string to string - that's what really sets a fast player apart from the rest - the ability to put your fingers down as quickly as you can lift them up for each note, accross different string.

Again : IMO, IMO, IMO.

But yes, he's very impressive! If only I could play like that

Posted by: Daniel Realpe Aug 13 2010, 03:43 AM

wow, one can play Yngwie with no pick, and on acoustic...well, maybe only that guy can

Praetorian I think you posted Paco de Lucia with the wrong audio, this is the correct one:

Posted by: Wabba Aug 13 2010, 09:21 AM

QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Aug 13 2010, 03:43 AM)

wow, one can play Yngwie with no pick, and on acoustic...well, maybe only that guy can

Praetorian I think you posted Paco de Lucia with the wrong audio, this is the correct one:

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Aug 23 2010, 01:50 PM

He's great, but guitar doesn't sound very good, if you compare him and Paco, it's like heaven and earth.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Aug 26 2010, 04:52 PM

QUOTE (Praetorian @ Aug 12 2010, 12:10 PM)

Posted by: Bear Rose Aug 26 2010, 05:51 PM

Haha it looks like his picking hand fingers are running when he plays really fast