Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

@@beneunson Keep us inspired. :)

So glad you picked up on how I articulated it! Thanks for listening!

Thanks Marvin!

Thanks Andreas!

Haha thanks Garry, that's absolutely right!

So glad you liked it - I agree, this guitar makes it perfect

Thanks for listening, Tony!

So glad to hear it!

Always appreciate your support, thanks so much!

Thank you so much for listening!

So glad to hear it, thanks!

but you came Bach, right? ;-)

Hillary Hahn's performance of the Sonatas and Partitas is absolutely brilliant. I have listened to it as well. Love the Chaconne as well

@@beneunson The Chaconne is one of my all time favorites. Just a brilliant piece of music. When I first heard it I had no idea it was just one violin. Okay, now I have to go listen to it. 🎻

So glad you liked the picking! Thanks!

I really appreciate that, thank you!

Glad you liked it! I will!

I really appreciate it, thanks for listening!

Check out some “partimento”

@@wtumadremtupadre Thanks, I looked up partimento I'm enjoying it. But Ted Greene would improvise endlessly and didn't have any sketches in front of him to go off, just an amazing ear and lots and lots of practice and playing. He would even improvise in a baroque style using jazz standards. There's a popular video of him doing so with Autumn Leaves at a clinic at a music school.

Great question! I have tried, but never recorded it. I should try! Ted Greene was brilliant.

Thank you so much for listening!

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Thank you for listening! 😀

Thanks for checking it out!

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I really appreciate it, thank you!

@@beneunson that is really amazing!!! Check out my instrumental kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isdiqaWC17ewmY0.htmlsi=Zo29MFBDVAhwIUjY

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Thanks!

I love that AM-2000 video you did was excellent. Torn for a long time between AS AM and AF but I've decided to buy the Ibanez AF-2000 Artstar Prestige as I think it's the best option for me. Hope you approve Ben.

Thank you so much! The AF2000 is a beautiful guitar, I already know you'll love it!

@@beneunson Thanks Ben. Your endorsement of the AF2000 means a lot to me. Respect!

Thanks for listening!

I really appreciate it! I'm sure you can!

@@beneunson My reading is not as good as yours. Any suggestions?

I understand, you can always try learning it from the score in segments - for example, just 4 bars at a time. Or if you find guitar tab to be helpful, I have a transcription here: beneunson.com/products/violin-partita-no-1-in-b-minor-bwv-1002-viii-double 😀 Hope that helps, and thanks again for watching!

Thanks so much for listening! Yes you're quite right - I took some liberties with the articulation to accomodate a slightly more modern, legato approach on electric guitar.

Great question! I haven't heard anyone who has done that!

I'm sure you sound great! Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening! Segovia's performance of this piece is stunning, but I prefer the predominantly single-line nature of Bach's violin score. Maybe one day I'll learn Segovia's version 😀

Fair input, thanks so much for watching!

@@beneunson You can take criticism very well, no wonder you are so good. Though, actually, it is still a wonder. Very few people around with your kind of talent, whether they can take criticism or not.

Very kind, thanks again. I'm always open to input! I appreciate you listening.

I'm not actually up to scratch on my Bach scholarship, I do know that conventionally classical musicians tend to not heavily phrase rhythm-wise and rubato-wise Bach; there's enough musical texture, variation, harmony and melody in the lines themselves that adding the extra interpretative dimension can often distract from that. It's just a taste thing of course as to whether you like listening to this, music is subjective after all :D It's a good exercise to play both Bach like this, and also with more heavy phrasing and rubato - there's really an excess of options if you choose to do it with rubato! On Ben's performance, like other commenters have noted, the phrasing that Ben uses through legato fingerings is really interesting (since Bach isn't often played this way), and that's quite visible through a less Rubato interpretation. Personally for me playing these sorts of legato lines at a faster/steady tempo give this "waterfall of sound" effect :D