Rob MacKillop
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De Mon Triste Desplaisir by Francesco da Milano - Rob MacKillop - New 10-string Renaissance Guitar
I designed this guitar with luthier Rohan Lowe, who has done a magnificent job. Check out his website www.loweguitars.co.uk If you like what I do, why not "buy me a coffee" by making a donation to www.paypal.com/paypalme/SupportRob?locale.x All donations go to help fund my free videos, research and websites - a sadly not-for-profit venture! Rob
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New 10-string Renaissance Guitar - Rob MacKillop and Rohan Lowe
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I've only had this guitar for a few days, but already love it. I might tune it up a semitone next time, just to compare. I designed it with luthier Rohan Lowe, who has done a magnificent job. Check out his website www.loweguitars.co.uk If you like what I do, why not "buy me a coffee" by making a donation to www.paypal.com/paypalme/SupportRob?locale.x All donations go to help fund my free videos...
Rob MacKillop plays some jazz-blues
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Here's a link to my free pdf of all the scores for the pieces I play in this video: www.jazzguitar.be/forum/chit-chat-introductions/91579-rob-mackillop-saying-hello-again-10-studies.html#post1207697 I like to play archtop jazz at times, and tonight just felt in the mood, inspired by the Creamery CC Pickup www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/charlie-christian-gibson-paf-humbucker-size.html I had installe...
Tombeau de Lanclos by Gautier, 13-string Guitar - Rob MacKillop
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More French repertoire this time, the beautiful Tombeau de Lenclos by Gautier. This guitar is a joy to play, and beautifully put together by Rohan Lowe of Lowe Guitars: www.loweguitars.co.uk It is tuned to the same intervals of a baroque lute, and I'm reading straight from the lute tablature. It was not intended to sound like a baroque lute, it has its own aesthetic and a beautiful tone. More v...
Sor Opus 44 Study 21 with changes - Rob MacKillop, Roudhloff Bros. Guitar
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It's fun to make little changes to 19th-century scores, and legitimate too as it was recommended by Aguado at the time. I want to encourage this performance practice. I would only work from a copy of the original score, as there's no point in picking up editors' silent changes (you'd be amazed what some of them get up to). So I always use editions by Tecla.com. I discuss my approach at the end ...
Tárrega Recital #2 - Rob Mackillop - "Arias" guitar by Karel Dedain
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I did a first Tárrega Recital video some years ago with a Simon Ambridge cypress-back-and-sides guitar - see: ua-cam.com/video/X9Ezu4pOaLs/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared . This time I have another cypress-backed by Karel Dedain, a copy of a guitar by Vicente Arias. The gut trebles are by WildGutStrings, the hair by Neglect. If you like what I do, why not "buy me a coffee" by making a donation to www....
"Dawnlight" by Steven Watson for tenor banjo - Rob MacKillop
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Steven's first tenor-banjo composition, a companion piece to "Nightfall" for 5-string banjo. I am honoured that he wrote me these two very interesting pieces for an instrument which does not usually attract contemporary-classical composers. Visit Steven's website to hear more of his compositions, and also his wonderful guitar playing: stevenwatsonmusic.com If you like what I do, why not "buy me...
"Dost Thou Know Who Made Thee" after William Blake, beautiful guitar solo by Gordon Ferries
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Gordon Ferries is an excellent composer based in Edinburgh, with a focus on writing songs and song cycles for voice and guitar. Occasionally a song will have a solo interlude, as here. This Interlude can be played separately as as solo. Contact me if you would like a copy of the score. Gordon's songs are published by Bergmann Editions bergmann-edition.com/collections/ferries-gordon I chose to p...
Lagrima by Tárrega with Aquila LOW A strings - every string tuned down a 5th - Rob MacKillop
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One of my students wondered what the Romantic repertoire might sound like with the Aquila Low A strings. If you like what I do, why not "buy me a coffee" by making a donation to www.paypal.com/paypalme/SupportRob?locale.x All donations go to help fund my free videos, research and websites - a sadly not-for-profit venture! Rob
Tombeau de Mouton - and the children and babies (!) of War
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OK, I'll admit, this is an odd one. The mood just took me at midnight. I'm sick of all wars. Sick of factions. Tired of Humanity. How long will we keep destroying each other? Until we stop creating divisions: religious, social, race, and countless others. I really don't think we will ever stop killing each other. It's what we do. It's what we've always done. Our past catches up with us every day.
Complete 1st Cello Suite by Bach on Tenor Banjo by Rob MacKillop
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Some of you might not play this video because it has Bach's great music on a tenor banjo. As a guitar and lute player, I have to say I have never enjoyed playing Bach's music so much as in the tuning he wrote the music for. Honestly, it's a revelation! It's as if he had the instrument in hand while composing, so well does everything fit under the fingers. We have learned in the last decade that...
Alemanda & Fuga by Niccoló Ceccherini, 1703 - Rob MacKillop, Tenor Banjo
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Pitch Alert: I sometimes tune my banjo down two steps - a whole tone - to BbFCG, to lower the tension and increase sustain for playing classical music. This happens to correspond with 392 pitch, not 440, and in Bach's day this pitch was quite popular. I think the tenor banjo can do a lot more than Irish and Jazz music, and as the tuning is the same as the cello, albeit at a higher octave - you ...
Classical Studies for Tenor Banjo pages 16 to 24 Rob MacKillop
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Pitch Alert: I sometimes tune my banjo down two steps - a whole tone - to BbFCG, to lower the tension and increase sustain for playing classical music. This happens to correspond with 392 pitch, not 440, and in Bach's day this pitch was quite popular. I think the tenor banjo can do a lot more than Irish and Jazz music, and as the tuning is the same as the cello, albeit at a higher octave - you ...
Love's Farewell by Tobias Hume - Rob MacKillop Guitar in Aquila Low A Tuning
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The last of my current batch of videos with the Aquila Low A tuning - where every string is down a 5th from standard. It's is certainly enjoyable, but in small amounts. Tobias Hume was a Scottish viola da gamba player in London at the time of John Dowland, with whom he had a bit of a feud. I've recorded this piece before on a 7-string guitar, but thought it might be interesting to hear it with ...
Play Classical Tenor Banjo! Studies 1 to 7 from "Classical Studies for Tenor banjo" - Rob MacKillop
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Pitch Alert: I sometimes tune my banjo down two steps - a whole tone - to BbFCG, to lower the tension and increase sustain for playing classical music. This happens to correspond with 392 pitch, not 440, and in Bach's day this pitch was quite popular. I think the tenor banjo can do a lot more than Irish and Jazz music, and as the tuning is the same as the cello, albeit at a higher octave - you ...
Sonata 1 by C. F. Abel for Guitar in LOW A Tuning - Rob MacKillop
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Sonata 1 by C. F. Abel for Guitar in LOW A Tuning - Rob MacKillop
Classical Studies for Tenor Banjo - Mel Bay - Rob MacKillop
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Classical Studies for Tenor Banjo - Mel Bay - Rob MacKillop
Fecit Potentiam by Josquin/Fuenllana with Aquila LOW A strings - Rob MacKillop
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Fecit Potentiam by Josquin/Fuenllana with Aquila LOW A strings - Rob MacKillop
Foscarini - Toccata Musicale & Pavaniglia - Rob MacKillop Baroque Guitar
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Foscarini - Toccata Musicale & Pavaniglia - Rob MacKillop Baroque Guitar
Foscarini 3 pieces in F: Prelude, Alemanda, Corrente della la funebre - Rob MacKillop Baroque Guitar
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Foscarini 3 pieces in F: Prelude, Alemanda, Corrente della la funebre - Rob MacKillop Baroque Guitar
Carillon by Ennemond Gautier - Rob MacKillop 13-string Guitar in Dm tuning
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Carillon by Ennemond Gautier - Rob MacKillop 13-string Guitar in Dm tuning
Introducing the 13-String 'Baroque' Guitar by Rohan Lowe - Rob MacKillop
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Introducing the 13-String 'Baroque' Guitar by Rohan Lowe - Rob MacKillop
Foscarini: Taslegiata detta la Feretti and Corrente (p48) Rob MacKillop Baroque Guitar
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Foscarini: Taslegiata detta la Feretti and Corrente (p48) Rob MacKillop Baroque Guitar
Carolan arrangements: Bridget Cruise and Mrs Cole by David Skinner - Rob MacKillop
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Carolan arrangements: Bridget Cruise and Mrs Cole by David Skinner - Rob MacKillop
A Day in the Badlands by Bruce Arnold - Rob MacKillop Acoustic Archtop Guitar
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A Day in the Badlands by Bruce Arnold - Rob MacKillop Acoustic Archtop Guitar
Five dances from the baroque-guitar manuscript of Elizabeth Cromwell - Rob MacKillop
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Five dances from the baroque-guitar manuscript of Elizabeth Cromwell - Rob MacKillop
Pavanne by Gallot d'Irlande - Rob MacKillop, Baroque Guitar
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Pavanne by Gallot d'Irlande - Rob MacKillop, Baroque Guitar
Charles de Gallot Tombeau Video
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Charles de Gallot Tombeau Video
Mickey Baker Book 2 Lesson 11 - Performance - Rob MacKillop
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Mickey Baker Book 2 Lesson 11 - Performance - Rob MacKillop
Mickey Baker Book 2 Lessons 1 to 10 - Rob MacKillop
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Mickey Baker Book 2 Lessons 1 to 10 - Rob MacKillop

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ramonleonegea
    @ramonleonegea День тому

    Hi Rob, I hope to see you uploading new videos. This is a very nice piece, the guitar has a deep sound I like it very much, greetings.

  • @dbadagna
    @dbadagna 2 дні тому

    When were these pieces composed?

  • @shelmica
    @shelmica 2 дні тому

    Does the your book also have music? I'm using a fifth tuned uke to supplement violin practice. I love your books.

  • @andrewclarkson6591
    @andrewclarkson6591 5 днів тому

    Just catching up on your channel again Rob. What a fantastic recital. Nice to hear phrasing so much more evocative than many of the recordings out there 🙏

  • @quarlmephystodot2201
    @quarlmephystodot2201 5 днів тому

    it feels like sht, especially when you get wet on the fingers

  • @Fernwald84
    @Fernwald84 6 днів тому

    What an interesting sound you've produced, Rob! I don't know whether the major factor here is your playing without fingernails and your unique right hand technique or the Aquila strings. Anyway, the sound is incredibly soft and round and is a wonderful complement to this piece about blossoming youth.

  • @vybeschoo
    @vybeschoo 9 днів тому

    Just bought the book. Love the accompanying video too! Fantastic stuff, thank you!

  • @Doktor502
    @Doktor502 11 днів тому

    Класс !!! Спасибо !

  • @TenorCantusFirmus
    @TenorCantusFirmus 11 днів тому

    The Colascione was practically Rock before Rock was actually a thing.

  • @jameslee5405
    @jameslee5405 12 днів тому

    Sounds great!!!

  • @nachomolina1720
    @nachomolina1720 13 днів тому

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @simoncabrera528
    @simoncabrera528 15 днів тому

    Buenísimo, siempre pongo atención a esta pieza para apreciar. Veo que la ejecutó con mucha paciencia y éso permitió oírla más hermosa. Muchas gracias

  • @renebleu3542
    @renebleu3542 16 днів тому

    ... is-it nylon or metal strung please ?

  • @vegaskelvin6632
    @vegaskelvin6632 16 днів тому

    Porfvor sube mas videos ticando el ukelele suena excelente es un deleite al oido , 🙏gracias

  • @quarlmephystodot2201
    @quarlmephystodot2201 17 днів тому

    you cannoy play classical guitar without nails. just like you can t build a house barehanded.

  • @quarlmephystodot2201
    @quarlmephystodot2201 17 днів тому

    1:21 "no nails" trbrrbpprr = Zero control cannot play tremolo. doesnt feel good. cannot play loud without losing control. just let thrm grow for 1 month or so. its required for classical. as segovia proved

  • @theHumanTour
    @theHumanTour 20 днів тому

    Beautiful composition and performance!

  • @aguirre9812
    @aguirre9812 20 днів тому

    I adore this piece. My amazing guitar professor gave me this piece to play this year! I cannot wait to learn it. The way you interpret it is truly inspirational. Sir, you also remind me of my grandpa that passed away about two months ago due to the way you vibe to this beautiful song. Thank you so much for uploading this piece and taking your time to learn it to share it with the world!

  • @mishanguyen7023
    @mishanguyen7023 21 день тому

    Play on the fretboard is really cool way 😊

  • @pacsun-guitar
    @pacsun-guitar 22 дні тому

    Your singing is singing with so beautiful harmony!👍👍👍

  • @TIIllu
    @TIIllu 24 дні тому

    Здесь особенный строй?

  • @Fernwald84
    @Fernwald84 25 днів тому

    Lovely job watching over my cows, Rob.

  • @someonenotnoone
    @someonenotnoone 25 днів тому

    Very well done, thank you for sharing.

  • @ccbrabs
    @ccbrabs 26 днів тому

    In Soviet Russia, classical guitar plays you! Oy, what a country.

  • @heimerblaster976
    @heimerblaster976 27 днів тому

    I came here because GPT informed me you are one of the few on the planet who play without nails.

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 22 дні тому

      Not sure what to make of that. I think a Google search might have wielded the same result.

    • @heimerblaster976
      @heimerblaster976 21 день тому

      @@RobMacKillop1 Try it, the search give you mass results however, not specific plays who regularly play with out nails. GPT gave me results of performers only. not tutorials, opinions etc.

  • @lucynagawlikguitar8128
    @lucynagawlikguitar8128 27 днів тому

    Absolutely fantastic performance 👏🎸👍congratulations

  • @TravisBuckmaster
    @TravisBuckmaster 28 днів тому

    Rob I just came upon your channel. I'm just in book 1, anywhere I can find those lesson you made 13 years ago? Thanks for your content!

  • @snargemccoy8813
    @snargemccoy8813 Місяць тому

    Back when I first watched this I was a guitarist and I had yet to even touch any kind of bass. Now I’m a professional contrabass player in college learning this suite.

  • @memoryfoammatressstuffedwi8876
    @memoryfoammatressstuffedwi8876 Місяць тому

    I'm new to bass, what is the plucking method you used?

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      A mixture of anything that seems appropriate at any given time. Sorry that won’t help you. I don’t believe in having a single technique for all situations. Sometimes three notes per string played middle-index-thumb.

  • @cindyestrada2009
    @cindyestrada2009 Місяць тому

    I'm reading the book El baile del flamenco in which they preference this man as the guitarist giving credit for doting Solea!

  • @Fernwald84
    @Fernwald84 Місяць тому

    Wonderful little dance piece, Rob. I take it the machete was one of the forerunners of the ukulele when in was brought to Hawai'i in 1879. BTW, is there ANY plucked instrument on earth that you DON'T play? LOL

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      I believe it was. Portuguese. It’s easier to play similar instruments that are plucked with fingers or struck with a plectrum. You just have to figure out the tuning, then get to work. 😎

  • @Saaf62
    @Saaf62 Місяць тому

    Beautiful.

  • @skutterbuster666
    @skutterbuster666 Місяць тому

    thats nice, i wouldnt mind one.

  • @adamvalach8815
    @adamvalach8815 Місяць тому

    Great sound! I am wondering how you’re achieving to avoid the unwanted sound of friction. I use moisture cream, but after a few min. I have to apply it again 😀

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      What friction?

    • @adamvalach8815
      @adamvalach8815 Місяць тому

      @@RobMacKillop1 Friction of the skin and strings. For this reason I have problems to play gut strings, because it’s very hard for me to reach conditions in which my skin would produce good sound without the annoying sound which occurs while strumming.

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      @@adamvalach8815Strumming? How often do you see me strumming? Only on a baroque guitar, I think. I avoid finger squeak by lifting my fingers at 90% to the string. It doesn’t always work, but it is something I’ve definitely worked on.

    • @adamvalach8815
      @adamvalach8815 Місяць тому

      @@RobMacKillop1 thank you for reply :). I guess you mean 90 degrees, right? Thank you for advice. By strumming I meant just playing with fingers, sorry for incorrect word.

    • @adamvalach8815
      @adamvalach8815 Місяць тому

      Finger squeak is that problem I am talking about :).

  • @msantiago628
    @msantiago628 Місяць тому

    Is this a high tension set that you are using

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      I don’t know. I use other strings, and was just trying these once. I prefer gut.

  • @bobkabala8407
    @bobkabala8407 Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @MrJRW1
    @MrJRW1 Місяць тому

    I had no idea there were so many different types of banjos, and ways to play them! Thanks for sharing.

  • @Sound-sh1qk
    @Sound-sh1qk Місяць тому

    Rob, I'm a beginning guitarist without a teacher and just recently discovered your videos. You are truly inspirational. I love your playing, and the way you teach through your videos has helped me in a number of ways. Perhaps most importantly, as I'm working my way through very basic scales, exercises, and the simplest etudes and other compositions, all at a sometimes painfully slow tempo, you've helped me understand that even these things can be played beautifully. That has added immensely to my enjoyment of this process and so to my motivation to stay with it. No doubt it is also making me a better musician.

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      Good to know, so, many thanks for your comment. The guitar needs more poets, not more gymnasts. Best wishes, Rob.

  • @musicistipermatrimonio4547
    @musicistipermatrimonio4547 Місяць тому

    Really beautiful, thankyou! How is the guitar tuning?

  • @pablorivera376
    @pablorivera376 Місяць тому

    I like to play with no nails because the sound of the guitar depends more on my intention than on the shape of the nails.

  • @joephillips4082
    @joephillips4082 Місяць тому

    I got the book and hope to start working through it soon. I hope you'll add more videos of performances of pieces in the book. It's great material and expertly presented.

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      Cheers, Joe. Best wishes for your musical progress! Remember to download all the soundfiles. They will help you with phrasing, which is very important. Rob

  • @JuanCristiani
    @JuanCristiani Місяць тому

    Great performance!! Beautiful! Where did you buy the lute? Thank you

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      Someone was selling it on The Lute Society website. Made by Martin Shepherd of the LuteShop website.

  • @stalex35
    @stalex35 Місяць тому

    When I'm sad, I watch your music and talking videos. You give off really warm and homey vibes. Also inspire me to continue learning guitar even if it's hard sometimes. Thank you, Mr MacKillop. Btw Love your website.

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      Cheers, mate. Warm and homey is fine by me! 😎

  • @savagetofu1
    @savagetofu1 Місяць тому

    I had an opportunity to buy one of these a few weeks back and I waffled… someone else bought it. The price was extremely reasonable. At the time, I forgot that there was an embargo on Russian goods. I hadn’t heard of them before. I really wish I had bought it. Hopefully, another one comes up soon.

  • @bixbiederbeck5564
    @bixbiederbeck5564 Місяць тому

    The scales have fallen from my eyes (rather than my fingers). I was playing fast and straight with no vibrato.

  • @RayAFlanagan
    @RayAFlanagan Місяць тому

    Extraordinary sounds!

  • @ramonleonegea
    @ramonleonegea Місяць тому

    Nice music, very good Rob, greetings.

  • @seangalbraith5286
    @seangalbraith5286 Місяць тому

    As always Rob a beautiful piece played beautifully. An amazing instrument !! I hope you're keeping well. Best wishes Sean

    • @RobMacKillop1
      @RobMacKillop1 Місяць тому

      Thanks, Sean. Glad you like it. I’m well, thanks, just recovering from a house move! Best wishes to you, Rob

  • @mehdii9295
    @mehdii9295 Місяць тому

    Hello from France. I'm currently studying this great book. I have one specific question about this harmonized minor scale. I can't figure out what triad is used to harmonize the 4th degree (g). It seems like it's a G° triad but there is no G° triad in the d minor scale. So where does it come from? I could just play the exercices but I would also like to understand the logic behind the harmonic choices made by Van Eps. Thank you for your chanel it helps a lot with this material.

  • @juniormechillemothoficial8381
    @juniormechillemothoficial8381 Місяць тому

    Muito bom parabéns