Brandon Acker

Brandon Acker

Welcome to the official Brandon Acker KZread channel! I create guitar tips, performances, educational videos about rare plucked instruments from the past, and much more. I upload a new video almost every week.

Consider signing up for my new online guitar course: classicalguitar-pro.com, taking weekly lessons at my online music school: arpeggiato.com, and/or supporting me on my Patreon patreon.com/brandonacker

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Ricercar #84 by Milano

Ricercar #84 by Milano

Mr. Dowland's Midnight

Mr. Dowland's Midnight

Interviewing My Teacher!

Interviewing My Teacher!

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  • @ensontaylor4836
    @ensontaylor483611 сағат бұрын

    Did you trade hands with the robot devil?

  • @victoriussasmita7612
    @victoriussasmita761212 сағат бұрын

    Is it capricho arabe?

  • @ViktoriaVoloshina
    @ViktoriaVoloshina13 сағат бұрын

    Bravo

  • @davidecascapera987
    @davidecascapera98713 сағат бұрын

    Tzar Excalibur and king Arthur ost be like:

  • @DonovanWillisDMK
    @DonovanWillisDMK13 сағат бұрын

    Amazing Channel! Thanks!!!!

  • @HyliaFell
    @HyliaFell19 сағат бұрын

    HAMBURGER CHEESEBURGER BIG MAC WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER HAMBURGER CHEESEBURGER BIG MAC WHOPPER

  • @tomk8729
    @tomk8729Күн бұрын

    I'm going :) flying over from the UK.

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonacker19 сағат бұрын

    👏 👏 👏

  • @hope1575
    @hope1575Күн бұрын

    Cool, but it should say just "Hath my lute..." or "Doth my lute have..."

  • @ChristianEGiordano
    @ChristianEGiordanoКүн бұрын

    Brandon, I would like to try out gut strings. Is there any brand that you recommend?

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonackerКүн бұрын

    Yes, try Kurschner or Aquila. Contact Bostoncatlines.com

  • @ChristianEGiordano
    @ChristianEGiordanoКүн бұрын

    @@brandonacker Thank you!

  • @symondealmeida9454
    @symondealmeida9454Күн бұрын

    I found myself having a preference for the replicas

  • @betoferreiraportugues
    @betoferreiraportuguesКүн бұрын

    Hey! That was fantastic! Play some Sor next.

  • @barbarafuglein3918
    @barbarafuglein3918Күн бұрын

    Sehr schön zusammen!!😊

  • @wonkadewittbukater6322
    @wonkadewittbukater6322Күн бұрын

    Just for western music, more notes more difficult to understand. Now I understand many Asian countries...

  • @Vittrenatt9883
    @Vittrenatt9883Күн бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @carlomenezes58
    @carlomenezes58Күн бұрын

    Good morning dear Brandon....Do you have any advice about how to cure focal distonia?I have been playing classical guitar making al king of mistakes,and now my right hand became a disaster, and I try to play slowly. Could you give an advice about it? Tks for your videos.They are so useful...

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonackerКүн бұрын

    Contact David Leisner . He wrote a book you need called playing guitar with ease. He cured his own focal distonia.

  • @carlomenezes58
    @carlomenezes58Күн бұрын

    @@brandonacker Thanks a lot. I Will...And i love yourvideos...I am a brasilian songwriter living in Italy,and I have a youtube chanel.If you want, you could go there and hear my songs and voice. Tks again and again...

  • @sigvekkristensen9021
    @sigvekkristensen9021Күн бұрын

    Is there one next year to? I would love to go but i don't have time this year and i live far away. Would probably be a real difficulty to bring my lute too 😔 but sounds like a amazing experience!

  • @chucksguitarpage.charlescl8225
    @chucksguitarpage.charlescl8225Күн бұрын

    very poignant and connective interpretation bravo!

  • @NoHomerS
    @NoHomerSКүн бұрын

    He made both instruments sound very good. I prefer the lute because the piece was just MADE for it. It's unsettling to me to hear early music on modern instruments because it takes away the sound and feeling from the time period. Plus, the lute is just more special because it's more rare than a guitar.

  • @clairea.3744
    @clairea.3744Күн бұрын

    What fun! So much talent. I’m glad this wasn’t a fake twin photoshop prank. Brandon looks more like that adorable British actor Jack Farthing, while Brian is somewhere between Bradley Cooper/Brandon Frasier. Last year or so, I heard your lute tuning for guitar. I hope it’s still posted

  • @StopFear
    @StopFearКүн бұрын

    This cannot compare to classical. I don’t know why people like electric guitars. They are so limiting.

  • @DrJohn-rl9zg
    @DrJohn-rl9zgКүн бұрын

    I hope that they don't serve lutefisk for dinner at lutefest😮. Sounds like fun! (Pronounced lut*a*fisk)

  • @DavidDorenfeld
    @DavidDorenfeldКүн бұрын

    So cool

  • @kidneykutter
    @kidneykutterКүн бұрын

    Looking forward to see you there. Don't forget, also flute players this year thanks to the amazing Mara Winter.

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonackerКүн бұрын

    Oh great!! I'm so glad you're coming. We'll have to find some time to enjoy some Whiskey together

  • @sophelet
    @sopheletКүн бұрын

    I hope you've talked to Bruce Kammen (Chicago Chorale) about eating lutefisk while at LuteFest...

  • @JPgreekgaming
    @JPgreekgamingКүн бұрын

    I mean, its like an alphabet right? 26 letters in the english alphabet (even less in other languages, or more) can be arranged to tell a near infinite amount of stories.

  • @yearofthevoice484
    @yearofthevoice484Күн бұрын

    The lute you have in this video is the single best lute I have ever heard.

  • @Arckaro
    @Arckaro2 күн бұрын

    Nice!!! I would love, but I live far from the US, I wish you luck and fun!!!

  • @stupidburp
    @stupidburp2 күн бұрын

    I would love to hear a pairing of Brandon Acker on theorbo with Anoushka Shankar on sitar.

  • @treeman5263
    @treeman52632 күн бұрын

    To hit clean artificial harmonics is crazy, to hit clean, fast one hand tapping is crazy, to do them both in time and the same time is freaking wild

  • @treeman5263
    @treeman52632 күн бұрын

    They is freaking unbelievable

  • @mattbrown7001
    @mattbrown70012 күн бұрын

    If you would’ve told me I’d be trying to clear out my schedule to go to a “lute-fest” a few years ago I wouldn’t have believed you. But here I am.

  • @nickotasla3091
    @nickotasla30912 күн бұрын

    😁👍Music is like a tree with branches, you keep climbing and you end up deep in some branches. 👍😁Youre Learning so much about music Congratulations!

  • @claing17
    @claing172 күн бұрын

    I used to operate up to 4 of the same model engine to pump water. I noticed once you get the engines running at similar RPMs you could hear the "Beat" . Its the same wave sensation as when i tune my guitar. You have to listen past the drone of the engine, but by making fine adjustments of the throttles on each engine you could match up the beats. Maybe that helps someone make a mental connection, it helped me.

  • @jameslouder
    @jameslouder2 күн бұрын

    You heard the man, folks--this is simply not to be missed!

  • @sudipto.bhattacharyya98
    @sudipto.bhattacharyya982 күн бұрын

    When Brandon meets Van Halen❤❤❤

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena2 күн бұрын

    I bet it will be a festivity worth watching

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally86052 күн бұрын

    It'd be nice to go. Hotel, meals and everything, make a time out of it.

  • @geartweaker8518
    @geartweaker85182 күн бұрын

    Dang, it clashes with Theorbestival 🫤

  • @GetOutsideYourself
    @GetOutsideYourself2 күн бұрын

    Not that I ever needed an excuse to go to Cleveland, but now I finally have one.

  • @Eeveecat
    @Eeveecat2 күн бұрын

    omg this sounds like so much fun!!! I wish I had the free time and money to go; I’m super super interested in historical music and instruments, especially stringed ones, and while I only play one, technically two, neither of them are in the focus for a lutefest, I’ve been wanting to get into playing something in the lute family for a long time. Hopefully I can go some year in the future! And hopefully one day I can meet my heroes too, including Brandon!

  • @OtherTheDave
    @OtherTheDave2 күн бұрын

    There’s a lutefest?!? Neat!

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge20852 күн бұрын

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonacker2 күн бұрын

    Learn to play classical guitar without fingernails in just 10 days with Brandon Acker 🎸 classicalguitar-pro.com/

  • @kosmikoswicky
    @kosmikoswicky2 күн бұрын

    I started with footstool, but the twisting motion of the body causes back pain after a while. Then moved to suction-like support. Tried those that has suctions attached to the sides of the guitar, near the thigh, e.g. Gitano, Tenuto, Ergo play etc. realised all these tend to come off while playing. Very risky and not reliable at all. Finally gave up suction-type support, and used cushion / pillow for years. But still not perfect. The cushion tends to move or slide or the thigh gets hot and sweaty after playing for too long. Eventually came a full circle to using support with suction, but the Guitar Lift and Kuyonbaba. The ones that attached to the back of the guitar instead of the sides. The suctions never came off. The problem with Ergo Play and those suctions that are attached to the sides, is because the area at the side of the guitar is limited. Hence the suction cups used are relatively small. For Guitar Lift, the suction cups used are much bigger in surface area as the contact area is at the back of the guitar. The larger suction cups form a tighter and stronger suction pressure. Furthermore, the Guitar Lift has many extra holes for the suction cups. I bought additional suction cups online and added 2 more to the original 4 on Guitar LIft. For added precaution. The suction pressure of 6 larger cups, is many time stronger than the Ergo Play ones. Never came off since. That's my final choice for now.

  • @tassie1928
    @tassie19282 күн бұрын

    I am mature I am mature I am mature

  • @gtr_cloud7978
    @gtr_cloud79782 күн бұрын

    Would you make a video about right hand position? Like a comparison between segovia’s and modern technique

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonacker2 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the idea. I speak a lot about the different right hand positions in my course at Classicalguitar-pro.com. Essentially, there are many different hand positions and the goal is to find one that suits your anatomy, musical goals and is ergonomic and relaxed. I've seen a spectrum of very different hand positions that can be effective.

  • @user-lo4lz8gq9s
    @user-lo4lz8gq9s2 күн бұрын

    For my untrained ear, everything sounds fantastic!! I think this kind of proves that you don't need an expensive guitar to start; just a lot of heart and patience.

  • @Gtr4Peace
    @Gtr4Peace2 күн бұрын

    Years ago, Carlos Barbosa-Lima came to my house for coffee after giving a masterclass. He played my $250 Yairi , and it sounded like concert guitar.....it ain't the guitar!

  • @claing17
    @claing172 күн бұрын

    So cool man. love your content.

  • @deathdogg0
    @deathdogg02 күн бұрын

    Haha I put in my other airpod just before you said I should. I need to hear this

  • @smhdpt12
    @smhdpt122 күн бұрын

    So, I just watched....a commercial?

  • @brandonacker
    @brandonacker2 күн бұрын

    I have over 260 free videos (most educational) for you to watch here. Many people are subscribed to learn (for free!) what took me two decades, two college degrees, and years of professional playing to understand. You're welcome ;) So it's more than appropriate for me to use my own platform to advertise my full online classical guitar course for those who watch my videos and want more content that will directly improve their playing.