Public masterclasses are probably one of the most stressful performance situations for students - You play badly then, get to repeat sections to play badly all over again. That being said, he played very well.

@mathewhutchins2539

3 жыл бұрын

@Joey Gael dude stop spamming this shit

@HalJikaKick

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention playing them over again out of tune.

A little thing, but our kind maestro here is such a seasoned performer of any kind it appears. Notice how when that talented young fellow is tuning his instrument he walks away to engage the audience and divert attention. Such a professional and a legend

Refreshing to have a conductor interpret a guitarist. All too often we hear guitarists giving their interpretation to/of another guitarist. This was nice to see. Thank you!

Oh that all music teachers in private lesson and master class settings could be this positive and helpful! Often the teacher is trying to impress the student with with their talent and knowledge and not focusing on the student and fitting their teaching to the student’s strengths and weaknesses. As a professional musician and teacher I am inspired by Mr. Zander’s approach on so many levels.

@MICKEYISLOWD

5 жыл бұрын

I had a real bad teacher for guitar at first who just interrupted me to show off his back then superior skill. That was 30 yrs ago and he still is a shoddy teacher. I surpassed him on every level many yrs ago. If you find a music teacher anywhere near Mr Zander has to offer you then pay for every lesson you can get as often as you can. He instills the real meaning of the language of music perfectly and he genuinely loves people which is a wonderful trait. I have developed teaching skills myself over the years and it is a beautiful vocation to pass on. Everybody loves music and it is a language that speaks to all all the time it never changes. I took up piano just a few months ago and my piano teacher has taken guitar lessons from my initial guitar teacher and I had to bite my tongue very hard to not say do not take lessons from this guy. My piano teacher is just 19 yrs old and has a very great musical know how from a theory standpoint and so as far as I;m concerned he could save £30 per hour and get the technique down for free just from the wealth of U-tube...lol. I wish I had done classical guitar back then as it is really a style that is as different as you could get compared to playing with a pick or hybrid and fingerstyle.

@thomastereszkiewicz2241

5 жыл бұрын

That would not be a good teacher if they do that.

@peterflynn6361

4 жыл бұрын

Mickeyislowd uh

I can't play Bach, but I feel like starting my days with watching one of Zander's masterclasses. I just discovered them, and find them so uplifting and inspiring.

What a clever teacher - "imagine that you want to sell your guitar...". Perfect!

He’s an exceptional teacher. He respects each note and expects perfection. He doesn’t allow you to ignore one thing in the piece being played. Every sound has a purpose. He’s tough but that’s what you want so you can make it to the next level. Love his teaching method and passion for music.

Mr. Zander's passion for music and teaching reminds me of the great Pablo Casals. He seems to talk with his heart as much as his brain. I learned a great deal from his comments to this guitar student. I wish all the teachers I've ever had in 50 years had this kind of knowledge and passion. It's an honor to sit in on his Master Classes.

How fortuitously helpful. I was practising the Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998 on guitar this very morning. And yes, I tuned with extra care 😁

This young man responded so positively to Zander’s suggestions it was magical how his expression quite literally improved as he went along. Bach transcribed for guitar is simply beyond surpassing (IMHO).

I'm only 6 minutes in, but after his comments about tuning and general exposition, and asks the guitarist to tune before continuing, he takes the stage to teach the audience whilst the guitarist tunes. I am humbled by his humility as a teaching musician. He understands the unnecessary struggle of nerves when performing in public. Had he watched him tune in silence with the whole room, it would have caused ungainly faff and error for the guitarist.

He is so positive and he has so warm energy.

@catherinefordyce8794

7 жыл бұрын

Фёдор Архангельский I

If only all our teachers were like Benjamin. A joy to watch and an inspiration to listen to.

Lovely performance; Understated and at a graceful tempo. Too many players rush this and bulldoze through with overblown dynamics, often through nerves. The performance here shows just how Bach can really be played well. Good show.

I've been a student as well as a teacher for quite some time now, but I am yet to encounter a person who brings forth such passion and insight into their teaching as Benjamin Zander. For me, there is always so much to take from his every lesson. Thank you for sharing.

Zander, "I was in India yesterday morning" Audience murmuring under their breath, "whew. wow" XDD

Excellent masterclass ! Zander is a great musician!

What a lovely teacher to have! Such kindness and enthusiam, and such fun!

I've been loving Bach for a long time and videos like this help me to understand more the beauty of his music and also that is such positive energy from both the adviser and the player. Thank you a lot.

the playing in the beginning.... what a great interpretation!! one of the best I've heard for a long time!

Wow, what a guy! What an exceptionally gifted teacher!

How wonderful! We all dream of having a master instructor like this in whatever field we labor in.

What a lovely man Mister Zander is. There is no better calling in life than to inspire and elevate and he does it with great tact and intelligence.

I admire anyone instantly who can put humor into music such as this guitarist, Jonas Kublickas.

What a wonderful teacher!

So touched by the maestro!

I'm not sure which is more charming. Benjamin Zanders personality and passion, or seeing all the smiles he brings out of the audience. It's a microcosm of all the goodness that humanity is capable of, nothing short of pure peace and harmony.

The Art of Listening - Thank you, Ben! Wow. I loved your Art of Possibility, and now I shall consider what I bring when I listen.

An inspiring watch - observing an already-excellent guitarist become even better in the arms of a wise conductor. This is like watching a flower blossom.

Delightful to see a musician i’ve enjoyed listening to before, albeit as a lutenist, sound that much deeper in expression for 20 minutes of discussion. Really inspiring stuff!

This was great! Love the eyebrow joke too. I wasn't expecting the professor to make the joke, or the student to run with it lol. It does reinforce the power of the unexpected In a composition or not.

Very good. some of my most helpful masterclasses were with non guitarists. They tend to think more in terms of the music and with no focus on the limitations (/how to overcome limitations) of the guitar. What a positive and beautiful instruction. Ive played this piece for masterclasses in university. Great piece

As a Director he is giving directions , and they are good ones; that elevate the discourse being presented. A real Masterclass!

@abz124816

5 жыл бұрын

apparently you have not had a good teacher who taught you how to bring out the best in yourself. this cheap copy of Victor Borga is only interested entertaining the ignorant public. Shameful pandering.

@kristianl7117

4 жыл бұрын

@@abz124816 Oh shut up. Benjamin Zander is a highly respected and seasoned conducter

@hindenburg1596

Жыл бұрын

@@abz124816 I'm sorry for your bad taste

Very enlightening masterclass.

What a great teacher!

Wow !!!!! Such wonderful delightful fun insight !!!!!! Awesomr !!!!!

This man has change this Young person's playing ability forever for good.

"only take as much time as the music calls for" Great advice !

@jameslouder

5 жыл бұрын

...But be sure to take all of it!

He is much more than a music teacher 💞

Brilliant. What a master class so many pearls dropped ,, musical truth

Most important teaching starts at 4:30: Tune carefully! What a great teacher having the guts to teach in this friendly but shattering way the most important lesson!

@SkeletalBasis

6 жыл бұрын

Why didn't Zander just stop him at 0:01 and tell him to tune the damn thing? Much kinder.

@th6674

6 жыл бұрын

It's a tough love to let everyone suffer so he can remember, I guess

@MrJaykay660

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Mr Zander was hoping that Jonas would take the initiative and stophimself first .

@Moonlight_Pierrot

5 жыл бұрын

i need to quote it, man, god bless you

@BarracksSi

5 жыл бұрын

"Friendly but shattering". No kidding. It would have been so easy, but so cruel, to stop him, tell him to tune, and wait, putting all the pressure on the kid. Instead, he let him play, setting the tone for the class -- we're here to express music, not to slam technique -- and then gave him time to tune by telling stories about other conductors and other world-renowned ensembles tuning themselves. It reminded everyone in the room that even the best of the best have to grind out the basics.

Great performance! I'm learning this piece at the moment and found this video invaluable.

You can really hear the difference at the end ! Great teacher.

Maestro Zander is so excellent.

This guy is so strange and cheerful, it's so funny watching him teach! He's also a very good teacher!

Tremendous! Thank you for posting.

Excellent masterclass, in fact the best I have ever witnessed.

@jondalarpv2029

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss I agree his like a music guru he really can guide you to play a much better piece

Thank you for sharing this class!!

Wow! Great teacher!

Very expressive, emotional.

Best masterclass Video for guitar in KZread.

Wonderful lesson! Thank you for sharing this... bravo!

Brilliant! I really feel how he is improving in a real time! 👏👏👏

Wow! I never knew I could learn so much in just 20 twenty something minutes. Thank you!

What a great player is this student Jonas Kublickas. I loved his first version already. Beautiful thoughts on accepting the applause.

Benjamin is such a lovely person.I d much rather watch a masterclass by him than Schiff and the rest of the cold pianists.He makes music come alive.The guitar is a wonderful instrument .As a pianist I would like to play the guitar ,trumpet,clarinet and xylaphone.It s 4 in the morning in the uk.I can t sleep.But he is always worth staying up to listen to him teach.

This man’s enthusiastic engagement is so refreshing.

Wow what a great lesson!

Was fortunate to take Zander's Interpretation class at NEC back in 2007, life changing!

@theeclecticbanjo

Жыл бұрын

For which instrument?

How wonderful it is to have access to videos like these for free online!

Wonderful !! Thank you !! Eine sehr inspirierende Arbeit !

Love that🤌🤗💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Touched my heart.

I'm practicing this on the piano and am learning so much from this master class!!

Brilliant masterclass. Mr. Zander is a wonderful teacher. It's amazing how well a non-guitarist can teach a guitarist without even touching technique on the instrument. He was wonderfully encouraging. I once played for a guitarist & he was totally the opposite; completely destructive.

Great teacher.

Sir, It's Wonderful!.... Thank You!...

Bach: "Did I really write that?!" haha

@cuauhtemocmorisco3493

5 жыл бұрын

He'd probably take out the originals and yell "What the FACK"!!!!!! With his face all confused😂😂😂😂

Beautiful playing and teaching! These interpretation vids really help highlight the beauty of classical music..... also check out that kid at 14:14

Wasn't expecting that absolute burn in front of the crowd after he finished playing the first piece.

Amazing Video. Very helpful. Thank you so much. 🎼🥰🙏🏼🎶😍💕💕

Gracias por esta maravillosa clase donde se resalta la importancia de los bajos a la hora de interpretar repertorio en la guitarra clásica. Un aspecto muy obvio para cualquier conjunto instrumental pero que en la mayoría de grandes intérpretes de la guitarra pasa desapercibido o ni es tenido en cuenta. Como ya decía Fernando Sor en sus métodos: la guitarra debe ser entendida como una orquesta. Gracias a la Boston Philharmonic por la difusión de este material y por las estupendas clases del profesor Zander.

MARAVILHOSO, WONDERFUL, WUNDERBAR,....

Love this advice on how to make meaningful use of rubato: take time on whatever should be surprising, otherwise keep moving.

Amazing..., to have the opportunity of attending a Masterclass of Mr. Benjamin Zander is just magic. The way he interpretates the music and transmits his thoughts about the music, wow..., it's pure magic.

@youngpenny3838

8 жыл бұрын

+Wagner Polveiro magic is the last thing you need to play the bach right.you only need some common knowledge of baroque music. and the real good teacher won't say the love or something exaggerate blablabla , actually nothing to do with the music. so the audience just heard the singing of him and got moved by it.

@andreaperri5138

8 жыл бұрын

Magic is EVERYTHING you need when you play music

@bobburgers1675

7 жыл бұрын

+Young Penny You're definitely not an experienced musician then. Magic is needed to make music beautiful.

This is everything music should be ... playing, learning, listening, feeling ... good vibrations ... however, music teachers can be very tough ....

Brilliant interpretation. Brilliant teacher. I would have loved to experience this in person. I wish I had explored the possibility of being a musician under his wing. He really brings the passion I once enjoyed. I w8sh I had pursued any music school.

This tutor made a ted talk about classic music.u guys could find it on KZread..very brilliant and fantastic presentation..impressive

This is great. Thanks

Thank you so much.

Don't change strings the night before, change strings 3 days before.

@senortenpiedad8515

6 жыл бұрын

JoseitoEdlVodao yeah, even when you change them like a week before they still get slightly out of tune, lol

@ignaciomondacagarcia6701

6 жыл бұрын

lol I change them the same day I perform.

@ronj9448

5 жыл бұрын

A good stretching would reduce the reaction to the tension. I'm rather surprised that he didn't experience this or understand this before.

@CraftSized

5 жыл бұрын

@Maafa 1619 maybe for steel string or electric, but classical guitars are notorious for going out of tune after changing the strings.

@denisvasenin

5 жыл бұрын

John Salchichon either you don't know how guitar operates or you don't touch your instrument if after a week your strings are still out of tune. After practicing 5+hr per day strings die in 4-5days

guitarist a wonderful musician

While I was listening, I was thinking, I don't believe there's much to say about this performance except that it's awesome.

If I could have someone like that sit next to me with that intense direction while I practice... wow.

@socalbeeguy8041

7 жыл бұрын

I'm a bargain at 20 an hour.

Finally, I see Benjamin Zander in HD

Maestro !

the power of good music, king David played the harp and drove the evil spirit out of a man,,,,now thats some power far greater than the devils trills and Paganini

The whoaa is the key 😂 best teacher ever. And now go to D.

Telling him to show up early to tune. 😂😂😂

@flyingmolamola

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@flyingmolamola

3 жыл бұрын

omg

@flyingmolamola

3 жыл бұрын

he’s totally out 😂

@derekflanderschang9654

3 жыл бұрын

Sick burn 🔥

🤗 Wow! The Art of Receiving or Listening! Ü 👍

What a wonderful old man. It is such a privilege to hear him talk. And the way he does not say, Is it a fucked instrument? He says, it is plucked!

A massive improvement in the playing, what a brilliant result for both the teacher and the young musician! Benjamin is factual, inspiring and kind. Make a point and move on, get the show back on track, recreate the atmosphere with a joke, encouragement. Lessons for life, truly

听大师课真的收货好大啊，最后的那段印度人的故事很有意思。

Great !!

Its out of art.

Lovely

The student is a delight in his humility and courage. He put himself out to the public to learn and grow in the art gifted him. There's a sense it is not about him, but the desire to perform and share the beauty of Bach and other masters. He shows the goodness of his heart and depths of his soul. The teacher embraces and encourages for the student's very best.

First rule of Bach: Play in tune.

@kylereilly3259

3 жыл бұрын

So true although I doubt they allowed the guitar to acclimatize to the room before this happened. Tuning: The Guitarist's Great Struggle

@beataeschlimann205

3 жыл бұрын

means to have a tuned instrument... responsibility of the player, but can be done only if he has a good ear...

@luckylicks3497

3 жыл бұрын

@@beataeschlimann205 A Peterson Clip-On Tuner will do a pretty good job, it only takes a minute and by doing so, it may redifine who you are and who you'll become as a player.

@beataeschlimann205

3 жыл бұрын

LuckyLicks that’s the worse response I can see... far too many guitar player use these tuners and they become more and more weak in tuning. The only way (if we are musician) is to train our ears, no other ways and for that there are many different approach but I am not your teacher ... ask them...

@luckylicks3497

3 жыл бұрын

@@beataeschlimann205 I understand your zeal, but we're talking about nylon strings, which may decide to take off on their own, in whichever way they may so choose, especially when they're not supposed to. The tuner is a good way to keep your guitar strings used to the exact same tension. When one string tries to escape, you bring it back by ear (a great way to learn to tune by ear, by giving it easier tasks at first). If there are two guitars, it often takes far too long for two guitars to tune together. In a pedagogical setting it only makes sense to adapt to the situation (big rooms may be drafty), which is to get the job done in 20 seconds or less. Problem: Guitars are finicky, and learning to tune by ear is a different subject altogether, a very difficult art to master. Good at it or not, when you're on stage, there is only one solution: Use a Tuner. Everybody uses it, and if Grisha Goryachev uses it, then you can too. David Russell, Scott Tennant with his quartets, Marco Tamayo, they all use tuners, so there's no point in arguing over whether or not it is good for you or not. But I still agree with you 100%, we should study tuning in the guitar's standard tuning as well as different tunings (all tempered differently). Tommy Emmanuel has his own set of harmonics to tune up that he's learned to use. It's a worthwhile question to ask someone who plays in tune, to inquire what their tuning strategy is. Try tuning your guitar with a tuning fork and then double check it with an accurate tuner. Note what went wrong. Try with another strategy. Note what went wrong. Repeat using different strategies until finding a way that works better than others, then refine it. Also you have to take into account how every guitar is not tempered to the 12-tone equal temperament. With a Peterson tuner one can sweeten the tuning depending on the type of guitar and function. Two guitars in a band may want to off-tune a little bit depending on the desired effect and the parts they're playing. A single 12-string uses advanced tuning techniques, as do pianos that are stretched at the highest and lowest registers. A good piano tuner knows that every piano sounds best in their own individual, personalized tuning. They use their ears to tune, but they tune each piano differently. As Alfred Brendel said, good piano technicians are rare. In the guitar world, guitarists first and foremost should concentrate on making music with a good, relaxed technique. Not everyone has to be tech-savvy. Some people don't particularly enjoy tuning, usually the ones with the best ear, because the more they delve into it, the more they know how little they know. So they choose to use their ears to listen to the music and may leave the technical things to the guitar tech. Every guitarist who plays in a band that has a guitar tech is handed a guitar that has been checked by a tuner, and the guitar tech will not rely on their ears. On stage play in tune, "train your ears" at home.

Gratificante!

Bach shock himself..lol /GREAT Interpretation & So Inspire...

Great video. Laughed hard at 15:35. This guy is an incredible player really, much respect. Guitar being out of tune is a big flaw indeed but I'm sure he learned from it. However, at this level of playing you should know that changing the strings a day in advance is a bad idea.