By popular demand, you can now purchase my guitar tab edition of this piece (including my ornamentation) arpeggiato.com/music-arrangements/

The one dislike is from the guy that had his goat stolen for this guitars strings

No nails + gut strings = heavenly sound

High quality flex = Being able to play Lachrimae Pavan God Tier Flex = Being able to play Lachrimae Pavan on both a Lute and Classical Guitar.

Just got new headphones, glad to check them out with this piece!

Very inspiring, I'm actually considering buying a theorbo, even after devoting 20 years to metal and rock on standard, modern guitars. Something about it just screams massive challenge. You are doing a great service for this old music bringing attention to it again.

Been playing classical long time with no nails - by necessity since I do manual labor with my hands and cannot possibly keep proper nails - I find this very inspiring! Love your playing Brandon. Took me AGES to get a good tone without nails and I see you have done it more or less instantly, LOL.

Sounds a lot more mellow and sweet

I am always impressed with your ornamentation. It's so appropriately relaxed and refined. Ornaments are meant to color the melody.

Here's the lyrics to the Vocal Version from the Composer. Flow my tears, fall from your springs Exiled forever, let me mourn Where night's black bird her sad infamy sings There let me live forlorn Down vain lights, shine you no more No nights are dark enough for those That in despair their lost fortunes deplore Light doth but shame disclose Never may my woes be relieved Since pity is fled And the tears and sighs and groans, my weary days My weary days of all joys have deprived From the highest spire of contentment My fortune is thrown And fear and grief and pain for my deserts, for my deserts Are my hopes, since hope is gone Hark, you shadows that in darkness dwell Learn to contemn light Happy, happy they that in hell Feel not the world's despite Hark, you shadows that in darkness dwell Learn to contemn light Happy, happy they that in hell Feel not the world's despite

I am at awe while listening

Your videos are really good, outstanding cinematography and really really smooth playing

Wow, the quality of sound is amazing. Not sure if it's the guts, the guitar, the room, the playing, or just all of it.

It sounds so nice and soft.

Brilliant! Thanks for that.

Simply beautiful.

Both performances on the lute and the guitar was good The guitar has a little more spanish vibe which makes it sound darker The lute version sounds more joyful and it sounds exotic and it has some of that arabian vibe similar to the oud moments

this channel isn't not only about string instruments , it's also about asmr

Imagine if we could bring back John Dowland back to life and show him this video! ''Look man! Brandon can play your music too! And it has been over hundreds of years but Brandon did it!!! :D''

Please keep the no nails going! So much better sounding, and actually touches the soul

A beautiful performance.

i observe there are people that just dislike to bother people. Its impossible to say this music isnt celestial and complete splendor.

its like a serenade for every individual watching. beautiful. thank you :)

I loved the sound of this guitar so much that I went out and bought one. I am still very happy today with it.

Brandon Ackerman....Levi of Classical music😄

Amazing performance.

this brought me to tears, and I'm not sure why. outstanding performance

Here I am fantasising about getting a lute, but the version with the guitar sounds so wonderful…

Hey Brandon, I thought it would be really interesting to see a video about how to read early lute tablature from you. It is not hard to find modern tablature or sheet music for many of these pieces, but I would love to experience the aesthetic pleasure of playing from original manuscript. Thanks for everything. I've loved your preformances of the Lachrimae Pavan, and it's really been cool to see you playing without nails. :)

Thanks Brandon. If there's such a thing as the square root of loveliness, this music is it.

I really really love you, your notes touch my heart. Thank u

Just beautiful

Very good👍

gorgeous

Just gorgeous.

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you :) the way you play...all the notes are so clear ...just amazing

Its beautiful

Thank u, I needed that 🎼

I love it. Also because I have been loving the sound of the guitar all my life. I wonder though, what would Dowland think of it? How would the piece be, had he known and used the guitar in the late 16th century? We will never know. But this probably would be quite a different piece. There is a calling-out quality to the lute version, fitting the despairing lyrics. The guitar makes it contemplative.

Well played, Brandon, Bravo 👏! The gut string & no nails combo makes period pieces sound so much more pleasant. Looking forward to more of these!

Gorgeous!

beautiful. I prefer this version. The bass adds the extra dimension.

That was amazing! Thank you for sharing Brandon.

Gut strings sound so clean, loved it!

Absolutely beautiful Brandon!

Magnificent!

I friggin' love this. Adding it to my playlist for a book I'm currently working on. It inspires me so much!

Very well done Brandon. The gut strings are so well suited to this type repertoire. Beautifully played as usual. Bravo!!

You actually motivated me to pick up my guitar, Then put it back.

Love the tones you get with the gut strings. I ordered a set based on one of your earlier videos for my baritone ukulele and they sound amazing and are more fun to play than any synthetic string I have tried. Thanks for all you do.

An Absolutely Beautiful interpretation, Brandon. This tune touches me and resonates deep inside. Mille Grazie 🌞 ❤

Brilliant. Perfect combination of instrument, player and piece.

Amazing tone and playing, Brandon!

Very lovely artful playing with skilled use of dynamics that inspires me as a guitarist and your touch of sounding accents with a melodic quality is so alluring.

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So beautiful! ❤️

Awesome!

Beautiful playing!

Very oldest...back to the past, and the music that time like this,...such a amazing thing

Gorgeous music Brandon!!

I love Kindgren’s transcription of this Pavan, and I love your playing! Very unique tone quality.

Your performance very clean and touchable. Play this peace myself with complex rhythmic interval within all parts. Thanks for this unic music!

Well done! I have to wonder why anybody would want to leave a dislike.

Those hammer on and pull off was so clean tho i wish i could do that without having a buzz or uneven sound, im currently practicing ground in c minor and the part where you have to hammer on and pull off the first string rapidly was a pain.

Really loving all of your arrangements but somehow this is the most touching of all, maybe the gut strings did the job. Thank you! Greetings from Berlin

This one is so epic

Captas perfectamente el estilo, incluso empleas las técnicas que empleaban los laudistas y vihuelistas del periodo renacentista. Dedillo (índice) para redobles y dos dedos (pulgar-índice), a destacar. La ornamentación muy bellamente ejecutada. Precioso el sonido que consigues con las cuerdas de tripa, las yemas y el uso del capotasto. La guitarra se presta, una auténtica genialidad de instrumento, liviano, con la finísima tapa típica de los instrumentos de Torres, que llegó a hacer guitarras de una especie de cartón de las cuales aún conservamos alguna, consiguiendo, en muchas de sus creaciones, una espectacular proyección del sonido, un sonido grandioso, henchido, con un cuerpo profundo y definido a la vez. Aparte de ser instrumentos muy cómodos, con una acción perfecta. En tus manos, éste instrumento de imitación se convierte, por partida doble, en arte. Me gustaría, si no tienes inconveniente, que me comentaras algo acerca de ésta guitarra que empleas en concreto, quién la ha construido, y otros detalles que te parezcan destacables. Gracias por éste maravilloso momento, eres un intérprete genial.

I was just listening to your video where you played this song on the lute. I think the guitar with your gut strings is so great! Sounds very clear and melodic. Thanks for repeating on both instruments. Interesting to hear the differences.

The Vocal Version is called Flow my Tears. If you get a 7 String Guitar you can add some lower notes

Beautiful!!!

Thanks,, Brandon, for being an eloquent advocate for John Dowland and his music.

Amazing

It is enchanting

Wunderschön.

¡Hermoso!

It took some guts to make it sound like this. Well played.

Can we please have more tremolo vids please?

Thanks

B-E-A-Utiful!!!

I’ve been following your no nail journey with interest. I would love to see an update on your thoughts and findings, particularly regarding speed. I see you using a lute inspired thumb and index technique for that among other things. Nice!

I can't believe there existed a guy named 'John Download' in the 16th century.

Dowaland never sounded so good. Good work dude. Love this. I'm working on Frog Galliard next. Can not wait!! :)

I actually like this one over the lute's version. Very very beautiful!!❤️🎶

Brandon me encantan tus vídeos, los retos y ocurrencias que nos enseñas para desafiar nuestra curiosidad y placer musical. Qué bien suena esa pieza de Dowland en guitarra, no sé si me gusta más que la versión clásica de laúd.

Gut is definitely the way to go EDIT* In this case, anyway.

I just picked up my first classical guitar and your channel has been an incredible source of helpful tips and inspiration, so thank you! P.S. You look kind of similar to the doctor from Firefly. I don't know if you've ever seen that show but its definitely worth a watch if you haven't. 😅

suberb! The capo helps to get a brighter sound without nails.

i like this so much more than the lute

No guts no glory

Hi Brandon. Great video. Done beautifully. What kind of capo do you prefer on your classical guitar?

Question for you Mr. Acker - there are times when it looks like you’re deliberately looking at your fretting hand. What are you looking for? Are there particularly times in the piece that you anticipate looking at your fretting hand? Thanks! Wonderful job and video, as always.

Never personally liked acoustic guitars so much, but you have turned it into a beautiful sounding instrument

Lovely. A request: can you please make some more intimate livivinv room recordings with no reverb or compression? It’s my favorite context for the classical guitar!

Casual humans can play on strings. But only masterclass can play on strungs ... :-D

Fit for the Royal Court

please play Iranian instruments (such as Tar and Setar) too. you will love them for sure! huge fan from Iran

It’s interesting how dramatically the tone changes due to the gut strings. How the character of the sound becomes almost like that of a lute. Definitely not a regular classical guitar sound. I’d say it’s similar to metal… strangely enough….

Brandon: This next piece goes out to all the warm-blooded women out there. It's called: Strangs and Fangs. Plz enjoy 🧛🏼🦇 Amazing stuff Brandon, thx for sharing!

This is beautiful on both lute and guitar,but I personally prefer the guitar, and your execution this time was near perfect. This was an unexpected bright spot today. ❤️

Would you be interested in doing Zambra Granadina sometime? I want to hear how you would apply the ornaments and rubato to that.