Title: Paganini on Guitar
PerpetualBurn - September 23, 2008 08:02 PM (GMT)
I was wondering if any of you guys can play any of Paganini's Caprices on the guitar? I can't play any of them, but I do enjoy listening to them frequently :P
Devilman13 - September 23, 2008 08:34 PM (GMT)
I can play a bit of the beginning of caprice24 but then it just gets alittle too crazy in the middle. Although I havent played it in awhile, I'm thinking I should attempt it again. anyone else that can play the whole thing, it would be great if they can post it on here
Hurricane Kid - September 23, 2008 08:37 PM (GMT)
I did his 24th Caprice for my Music A level exam piece when I was 18. I could play it pretty well but made a bit of a hash of it in the actual exam session. Oh well :rolleyes:
Ill have to dig out the old manuscript and go over it again.
PerpetualBurn - September 23, 2008 08:40 PM (GMT)
Wow that's very impressive! What was the exam for exactly? I don't really know much about studying music in college ;)
IbanezDaemon - September 24, 2008 08:43 AM (GMT)
I learned a few of them back in the eighties from a a book buy Michael Fath who transcribed them for the guitar. Difficult! I still play No.5 which is the fave of a lot of rock players.
Hurricane Kid - September 24, 2008 11:17 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (PerpetualBurn @ Sep 23 2008, 08:40 PM) |
| Wow that's very impressive! What was the exam for exactly? I don't really know much about studying music in college ;) |
A levels are the standard college exams in th UK before you go to University. The music A level was mostly classical music theory, analysing extracts of music etc, with a practical exam at the end.
I had to play the caprice with a clean tone in the exam though - so it didn't sound very rock.
Hurricane Kid - September 24, 2008 11:19 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (IbanezDaemon @ Sep 24 2008, 08:43 AM) |
| I still play No.5 which is the fave of a lot of rock players. |
Yeah isn't that the one Becker plays on that video on You Tube?
baroque - September 24, 2008 04:22 PM (GMT)
Hurricane Kid - September 25, 2008 08:12 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (baroque @ Sep 24 2008, 04:22 PM) |
| I played 24th and 5th |
Nice! :D
I now lay down the challege for someone to post their version of Paginini's 5th or 24th caprice!!!!!
(It won't be me though- at least not for a couple of months!) :D
Steve5513 - October 7, 2008 04:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Hurricane Kid @ Sep 24 2008, 11:19 AM) |
| QUOTE (IbanezDaemon @ Sep 24 2008, 08:43 AM) | | I still play No.5 which is the fave of a lot of rock players. |
Yeah isn't that the one Becker plays on that video on You Tube?
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Na, he plays Mozarts Symphony No.24
I can play a bit of Moto Perpetuo by Paganini but i can't be bothered to learn the rest of it just yet because of how hard it is to memorize it.
Hurricane Kid - October 7, 2008 07:36 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Steve5513 @ Oct 7 2008, 04:45 PM) |
| QUOTE (Hurricane Kid @ Sep 24 2008, 11:19 AM) | | QUOTE (IbanezDaemon @ Sep 24 2008, 08:43 AM) | | I still play No.5 which is the fave of a lot of rock players. |
Yeah isn't that the one Becker plays on that video on You Tube?
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Na, he plays Mozarts Symphony No.24
I can play a bit of Moto Perpetuo by Paganini but i can't be bothered to learn the rest of it just yet because of how hard it is to memorize it.
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This is what I mean Steve -
Jason Becker MandolinShredder - April 25, 2009 03:18 PM (GMT)
I've played his 16th caprice (presto). It was already arranged for guitar, but I did some changes to it, in able to play it at higher tempo (the arranged tabulature had a recommended speed that was several BPMs' after the original speed, which is highly expainable - it's physicly impossible to play the piece on guitar as fast as on the violin!)
I feel a bit ground breaking, considering that I'm the only one that has mentioned his 16th caprice, haha! Just kidding, though. ;)
Orzandotl - April 26, 2009 01:16 AM (GMT)
