Flamenco Guitar - Sabicas

Flamenco Guitar - Sabicas - Fantasia

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Sabicas. Flamenco guitar master.
Check www.veojam.com/spanish_flamenco for more flamenco guitar videos
Legendary master of flamneco guitar performs live Fantasia in 1990, shortly before his death

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@thecoolone82 5 жыл бұрын

I love how he's looking at his hands like he's curious about what their doing yet he's the one doing it lol

@decaffeinatedafrican5997 5 жыл бұрын

i guess he's focusing

@ghadiaoun5534 5 жыл бұрын

#when_you_try_to_get_phylosophical_but_you_end_up_failing

@glennlopez6772 4 жыл бұрын

This video seems from his later years. Years of practicing myopia and such problems, concentrating on on the correctness, rather than showmanship, which can mask errors! I've heard his recordings with some really delicate passages. He needed to be heard besides the vocals and stomping sounds of the dancing!

@yunggaucho3534 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@adrianroggeband1901 3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of a detached focus. Supervising, not controlling. Playing like that is by feel. His eyes and ears are to watch and listen.

@Metalmanicac94 3 жыл бұрын

The coolest thing about people that have mastered an instrument is that it looks effortless yet it's super hard to learn. Hands down this guy is a freaking pro.

@GuitarHeartChannel 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I can only imagine the years of effort that have gone into making this look so effortless. We sometimes forget that and get disheartened with practising.

@jones848 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me think how many great guitarists like him died with very little recognition because they were born pre-20th century

@aj7803 2 жыл бұрын

Their music lives on.

@izabella4450 2 жыл бұрын

I think its better that way. more precious. I think that today we share too much of ourselves that is private and emotional with the entire world instead of just those that matter the most to us.

@lucastardjopawiro3698 2 жыл бұрын

@@izabella4450 very profound

@highstepperARF 3 жыл бұрын

If I was Antonio Banderas, I’d have this guy following me around all the time to play when I entered a room.

@luisvarela8638 3 жыл бұрын

Jajajaja

@ReedHarrison 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😆😆

@yupei5778 3 жыл бұрын

Antonio could play it himself.

@KesslerWatsonMusic 2 ай бұрын

Lol

@DJdevil319 2 жыл бұрын

Playing the guitar is hard But making it sing is extraordinary

@ninjagaming0127 2 жыл бұрын

yup

@C_odysseus Жыл бұрын

This is epic, growing up as a Mexican American I hated my own culture because of the crime, poverty and bachata music but as I’ve grown to love of Latin music and the culture when refined. One day one of us will be President and someday we will win the war against the cartels.

@kasperdahlin6675 Жыл бұрын

Best thing i’ve read this week

@tylermiavlogs5441 Жыл бұрын

Hispanic culture is amazing everywhere it has been brought. Mexico is such a beautiful country in every way with amazing food, music and natural wonders. I hope it can become as prosperous as it deserves. ❤ from 🇺🇸

@floodjo Жыл бұрын

I've been to Mexico a few times. I was reluctant initially because of the negative headlines. I should have known better, it was so different there. No problems, music everywhere, incredibly friendly people and sensational sights everywhere we went!

@Mike-pv3hg Жыл бұрын

Latin and spanish music is not mexican music. You people are aztecs mixed with a little european. Aztecs were mainly warring cannibals who flayed each other alive and had massive, gory death festivals. This music has nothing to do with you.

@vnthxnyz87 Жыл бұрын

@@Mike-pv3hg we get it bro you don’t like Mexicans 😂

@todorkovacevic 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think most people understand just how good this guy is, you’re looking at the 1% of the 1% of the 0.01% right here folks

@Nizaammosesguitarist Жыл бұрын

How good he was!!!! Know your Flamenco history please.

@ronaldvlcek9022 Жыл бұрын

He died in 1990.

@FellowOfHammer Жыл бұрын

I think he meant how good he is here.....I knew what he meant and you guys missed his original point while focusing on a technicality of the date 😅

@PepC322 11 ай бұрын

Used to play the guitar, never really got far, but looking at this…godDAMN this is god-tier.

@danielarndt9012 8 ай бұрын

@Nizaammosesguitarist Really???

@concepts6460 2 ай бұрын

I rarely listen to music without lyrics. This man played full orchestra and told a story. Simply amazing and beautiful

@ronswanson1704 4 жыл бұрын

I love how he makes it seem like his fingers are doing all of it on their own as he calmly watches them like an audience member.

@silverfoot6079 2 жыл бұрын

I'd want to die after playing this too. It's like my entire life would have led to this moment, and I could finally die at peace with mastery over sound.

@Johnnysmithy24 2 жыл бұрын

Not me. I’d want to play this a million times more

@sauke3260 2 жыл бұрын

this is factual

@novakingood3788 Жыл бұрын

Lots of comments about how good would he be if he had an electric guitar, ffs. It's like saying imagine how good Leonardo Da Vinci would have been if he'd had Sharpies.

@allbottledup9513 Жыл бұрын

That is such a horrible comparison lmao. Not even close

@ceder4696 Жыл бұрын

Metal strings are different from nylon strings its a different technique. He uses two fingers its wrong to play with your thumb or with a plectrum with flamenco. With metal on the electric guitar they most of the time use a plectrum and the side of their hands for special effects. Also tapping is something thats used allot in metal in flamenco you never use tapping on the fretboard. Flamenco has allot of beautiful tonality of how the strings are touched and metal is more rythmic like a drum solo its more on hitting the right unique notes in the right pattern so they are completely different from each other. A metal guitarist cant play flamenco and same other way the other way around. It takes years to reach the level this guy plays at. Its one of the most difficult acoustic guitar styles not only hitting the strings right and like metal staying in the beat you also need to very difficult chords most of the time. So you could always experiment but flamenco is more about class and less about jazz so most of the time guitar players that train this train it every day for multiple hours its like classical music it has the same prestige. Its the most essential and most difficult part in a flamenco group to master. So the comment of novak is very accurate metal is very modern and flamenco is more of all times and both are very complex.

@BebopSV Жыл бұрын

@@ceder4696 uh… Flamenco has right hand thumb all over it… no idea what you think you’re talking about

@ceder4696 Жыл бұрын

@@BebopSV i play flamenco and i learned from a proffesional flamenco player. You play with your fingernails not with your thumb you play with your thumb if you play the blues.

@ceder4696 Жыл бұрын

@@BebopSV this guy in the video is playing the wrong way by the way

@davidmckinney4371 3 ай бұрын

He was great! Saw him in Greensboro, NC USA in 1968 or 69. Two full hours. If I remember correctly, he also played the musical saw. Have loved his music ever since.

@christopherstage9814 6 ай бұрын

composer with the orchestra of a single guitar. incredible.

@purevycara 3 жыл бұрын

This might just be the greatest guitarist I've ever seen. Unreal.

@einsatzweaver318 3 жыл бұрын

That is a Spanish guitar

@HerdingDogRescuer 8 жыл бұрын

I got to see Sabicas in person in the late 80's. It was amazing and such a privilege!

@aprendiendo122008 2 жыл бұрын

A beautiful talent. We were blessed to witness this sweet soul.

@tonyjlorns1727 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely message sir/ ma’am

@MrSuarezryan 11 жыл бұрын

i can't stop listening.... it's like my ears are begging me to stay, no matter how hard i try to leave

@elronhalf-elven6491 3 жыл бұрын

0:48 That roll down the fretboard is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard and seen.

@willsolfaos3253 3 жыл бұрын

same

@kodak1969 3 жыл бұрын

What about 1:25

@nvjakobek 3 жыл бұрын

It was alright. 🥱

@austinok324 3 жыл бұрын

His fingers have aim bot

@GammaFZ 3 жыл бұрын

VC ban incoming

@ronaldcarmona5485 2 жыл бұрын

I saw him at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, in the 80s. First song on the program was his famous Seguiyria en Re, the one that starts with a low E octave and ends with the andalucean Am G F E chord progression.

@leeumhopkins Жыл бұрын

i’ve been playing guitar for around a year and half now and, when i see videos like these, i can literally see the hours of practice in his fingers. they move as if they are autonomous. like he cannot mess up if he tried. stunning.

@DamYankee Жыл бұрын

I been playing for 17-18 years and im still very very impressed lol. Learning guitar is mostly repetition and muscle memory. Practice slow so you hit every note accurately. The speed will come naturally

@cpfink1242 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing for about 15 years but made a resolution to learn classical guitar this year. Let me tell you it has been humbling. The guitar is a beautiful yet unforgiving instrument that tears you up while you learn it. But I’ve come to realize that all of the things I see people do is within my realm of possibility. It’s just do I have decades to spend on a single piece or technique? You have to really love this instrument to get as good as these people.

@leeumhopkins Жыл бұрын

@@cpfink1242 most definitely. my level of talent today would have blown my mind 2 years ago, but i still get humbled everyday trying to learn something or play something. i love playing an instrument because it is so hard to master. always learning and evolving.

@jacobflorance1498 Жыл бұрын

Perfect description

@joeyzaldarriaga8408 Жыл бұрын

If he tried to his fingers would disobey him

@thomasfarmer1730 5 жыл бұрын

Two masters I've caught on to recently ...Sabicas and Segovia...time to put my rock and metal CD collection to rest

@vincewentworth3074 5 жыл бұрын

Evolution.

@thomasfarmer1730 5 жыл бұрын

@@vincewentworth3074my ears have grey hair coming through too 😊

@Vedcore 5 жыл бұрын

Likewise

@Amir-mk8tx 3 жыл бұрын

you'll never know how majestic sabicas' work is until you try to play it. the moment when you play it good enough is the best thing I've ever experienced.

@Indianastones. Жыл бұрын

Imagine asking someone if they can play guitar and they start like this.

@tablaopuro2299 5 жыл бұрын

The great Sabicas toured with the best flamenco dancer ever (Carmen Amaya) when he was in his teens. All flamenco players revered and deemed him THE pinnacle of the genre. I played for 50 years and was grateful to experience his genius many times. He was so talented that he took his creation across the oceans and produced the best guitar arrangements of Latin American music with his "compadre" Mario Escudero. He left our world decades ago now but beautiful to hear and listen and appreciate.

@violinoscar 6 жыл бұрын

When I was a boy I came across an album in a music store called, The Art of the Guitar by Sabicas. I had no idea what I was listening to. I didn't know there was such a thing as flaminco guitar. All I knew was that this music took my breath away. 40 years later I still have that album. I haven't listened to it in a while. I don't know if this track is on that album as there was no information listed. Not even song titles. But whe I listened to this I instantly recognized the playing. Beautiful.

@rae0521 5 жыл бұрын

In 1975 or so, I was a broadcaster and was assigned to meet Sabicas at the airport, with my friend who spoke Spanish to provide translation, and accompany him to his hotel. I was very surprised that an artist of his international status would be traveling alone, but he was. He invited us into his suite and we were treated to about a half hour of his practicing. I regret that I knew absolutely nothing about flamenco guitar then, and still don't. But I can sure appreciate the hard work and talent that goes into performing this music. Sabicas told us that he practices at LEAST 6 hours EVERY DAY. He said he couldn't play like he does if he didn't practice this much. Astounding dedication. A sidenote: He was living temporarily in New York and came from the "old school" society of Europe. He showed us his "security blanket" - a DIAMOND the size of a nickle, on a stickpin which he kept behind the lapel of his jacket. He said if he ever got robbed they could take his wallet, but they'd never find the diamond which was worth a fortune. Quite a man. RIP, Sabicas.

@Veojam 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing it.

@rae0521 5 жыл бұрын

Whenever a performer/celebrity came to the small city in which I was working as a broadcaster I would often be assigned to meet with him or her to do an interview. Since Sabicas's English was not great, I asked a Spanish-speaking friend of mine to accompany me to assist with translation, etc. That's why we three spent that time together.

@garygullikson6349 Жыл бұрын

Sabicas was one of those who helped popularize concert flamenco guitar music as an art form itself, separated from traditional accompaniment of flamenco dancers and singers. A number of famous flamenco guitarists learned from Sabicas including Paco Pena and Paco De Lucia, Juan Serrano, and many others. I was privileged to listen to Sabicas play at the old El Poche restaurant in the early 1960's accompanied by Mario Escudero. Sabicas passed away in the 1980's. I have loved flamenco guitar since the 60's along with many other styles of guitar.

@rufinosanchez2703 Жыл бұрын

Sabicas: Estilo propio, gran destreza, matices, técnica inimitable, originalidad, y mucho más. Muchas gracias.

@BoyWithLongBlackHair 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect muscle memory and everything, it’s beautiful

@jeanettedavies8665 3 жыл бұрын

Sabicas plays with your emotions, many of his music pieces makes the tears flow, such an amazing sound.

@PdotVamp 2 жыл бұрын

This and bethoven is what I listen to when reading manga. Eases the mind

@TheAnalyticalObservers 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! That's what I listen to whilst banging my wife. Eases the load.

@mahdox5636 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnalyticalObservers 😟

@Clyman974 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnalyticalObservers Holy shit you got me wheezing

@davidking6750 Жыл бұрын

He was quite a while ago and well before Paco de Lucia who has shaped modern Flamenco guitar so much ... but going back to these older times, I like them as much.

@suoniamoinsieme9804 6 ай бұрын

Maestro , grazie per questa eccelsa arte.

@albatrosseable 8 жыл бұрын

Sabicas was 78 (!) when this recording was done. 25 years ago he unsettled a young flamenco player named Paco de Lucia with the words "A guitarrist should play his own music" (in a hotel room after playing for Sabicas). So 16 year old Paco started composing.

@giorgibalaxadze7126 7 жыл бұрын

the best commment

@2011zurich 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent. BTW, this was apparently filmed in the year of his death, 1990.

@ReedHarrison 3 жыл бұрын

RIP 😭 one of the greatest classical guitar players to ever live.

@harrymelad942 4 жыл бұрын

This takes rubbing your tummy and patting your head to a whole new level and that's just for one of his hands! Unbelievable.

@Solus 8 жыл бұрын

this guy didn't read the instruction manual, he wrote it.

@DannyH0 7 жыл бұрын

Calvin Sung damn right lol

@MCA391 6 жыл бұрын

In theory you are right cause the Spanish created the modern way of playing the guitar

@apelicaninthedesertbutnotl9161 6 жыл бұрын

HE ALSO WROTE MANY OF THE FLAMINCO SONGS WE NOW KNOW AS CLASICS.

@jterhodes 4 ай бұрын

Simply the best I’ve seen. Staggering

@mikelx191 3 жыл бұрын

he was from my city in spain, Pamplona

@hawkshawhawkins9273 3 жыл бұрын

The incomparable Sabicas. Got my first album of his back in 1979.

@user-hz5yb4bh5v 3 жыл бұрын

Sabicas got your first album?

@hawkshawhawkins9273 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hz5yb4bh5v sure did, hammerhead

@tatianachiguaypinto6560 8 жыл бұрын

Ole maestro !! bendita tu guitarra sea en el cielo

@JuliDC7xz 9 жыл бұрын

I can't stop listening to Sabicas. He had that really rare ability to literally talk through the guitar. I've got myself plenty of his music so i can always taste the delightful sound of his music. Great master. The best of all flamenco guitarists.

@jones848 2 жыл бұрын

It's so clean

@gilesNRGayling 3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa loved his flamenco, my nan has flamenco and classic guitar mags from the 70s onwards, it really fascinates me, I have his old zippo that's Ingraved maestro de flamenco

@johnnty3 11 ай бұрын

what a player his hands are gifts

@DrRichardJBeck 10 жыл бұрын

In 1963, I started listening to flamenco guitar music. I loved it immediately. I asked a friend of mine - who had studied flamenco guitar in Spain - who he would recommend to me to start collecting LP's. He said "Sabicas is the best...start out with his music." That was great advice, and I have considered Sabicas the best among flamenco artists ever since (although Paco de Lucia - God rest his magnificent soul - is a very close second).

@SiEmG 5 ай бұрын

i listen to this every day for some years now...

@chrisbartkowski375 3 ай бұрын

everyday?

@SiEmG 3 ай бұрын

@@chrisbartkowski375 yes

@chrisbartkowski375 3 ай бұрын

@@SiEmG did you listen today?

@SiEmG 3 ай бұрын

@@chrisbartkowski375 yes

@SiEmG 2 ай бұрын

@@chrisbartkowski375 and today

@frankbatista4guitar 4 жыл бұрын

granadinas.......thus man was amazing he was my favorite when i was young,,,he is truly the best....e nino de las sabicas..maestro..Agustín Castellón

@Gazelle74hh2e 2 жыл бұрын

You can tell the guitar is literally an extension of his body and talent. The amount of serenades he probably got away with to the ladies. Prolly got more bastards than Cersie Lannister

@mv9787 7 жыл бұрын

Never heard of him before, but very impressive. Musical quality! I've played for 27 years myself. I love flamenco guitar.

@dragoncelso7747 6 жыл бұрын

give a link to the hardest flamenco picado song you know

@jeremiahevers8076 5 жыл бұрын

A true master of his craft.

@melliecolesg231 4 жыл бұрын

Man. He has great form.

@davidr9614 3 жыл бұрын

Maestro 🙏

@Mr1Pag1 6 жыл бұрын

Фантастическое мастерство, бесподобная техника, чистота исполнения. Божественная музыка, которая наполняет жизнь смыслом и желанием невозможного, таинственного, чувственного.

@guitarttimman 4 жыл бұрын

Okay! Damn! This is REAL flamenco. HOLY TOLEDO! I MEAN REALLY REALLY HOLY TOLEDO! That's IMPOSSIBLE, but yet he did it!

@authvm Ай бұрын

Sabicas et Manitas de Plata furent les éternels grands maîtres du flamenco, salutations de Guayaquil Equateur

@zodiac909 2 жыл бұрын

I dunno who he is...all I know is I just witnessed something legendary.

@michaellatham9737 9 ай бұрын

A magician w a guitar 🎸

@colettelane1736 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, beautiful music. Thank you❤🌹❤

@ubrtkthhhhhh 5 жыл бұрын

Real maestro. Salute.

@CrampedGrampy 9 ай бұрын

A beautiful performance, masterful!.

@larryfriskopp3115 2 ай бұрын

Incredible!

@marcelog.2916 4 жыл бұрын

When all comes together, skills and talent, things like this happens

@jaffleyfifteen5912 3 жыл бұрын

what’s the difference

@KickingAssDaily 2 жыл бұрын

Flamenco is like Spanish folk metal.

@mediokay Жыл бұрын

These dudes can shred

@carlosrinconfranco5057 3 жыл бұрын

Qué grande. Uno de los más grandes guitarristas flamencos de todos los tiemos.

@mohamadzein7194 5 жыл бұрын

every finger tells a story

@Thisisahandle701 5 жыл бұрын

That's a great chat-up line...

@eddy93gg 5 жыл бұрын

hmmm yea maybe the middle one most!

@sergeykazmin5332 Жыл бұрын

Настоящая испанская гитара. Супер и честно! Спасибо.

@superfly19751 5 жыл бұрын

Good lord! Jaw dropping performance.

@efrainrodriguez9550 10 ай бұрын

He plays very nice & I enjoy his music.

@GuitarHeartChannel 10 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s beautiful ❤

@helmuttsandiego6863 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best all time.

@antonioblanco3266 9 ай бұрын

Omg beautiful playing

@raymondotoole2600 Жыл бұрын

This type of music brings me to a place in Spain with a family me and my future partner produce. Food, big family table, this music, smiles and laughter and most importantly love

@fosphor8920 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good dream

@raymondotoole2600 Жыл бұрын

@@fosphor8920 sounds like a good reality

@bluemenon 13 жыл бұрын

Mr. Sabicas, you had hands of magic.

@cat_daddy 4 жыл бұрын

Most meaningful without words, carry me back to Mindanao

@simongarcia5358 4 жыл бұрын

It's that tttttTyTyyyYYyYyYttyttyt that gets me everytime.

@joselafragua6605 Жыл бұрын

Grandioso sabícas, viva lo añejo

@rufinosanchez2703 9 жыл бұрын

¡Bravo, Maestro de Maestros!.

@metehanozturk9279 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing maestro 👏

@phspalace1021 5 жыл бұрын

Artistic performance, SO GOOD!

@Vefaoffical 3 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@lialoredopaz2962 3 жыл бұрын

confirmed😊

@svitlanamal 13 жыл бұрын

There is nothing better than classical guitar, incredible music and such talented people that make this sound. Thank you a lot for letting enjoy this masterpiece that can make laugh and cry at the same time. I love this music. Thank you a lot!

@LupitaSC05 11 жыл бұрын

One of the best guitar players ever.......just beautiful

@ktd9 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤❤❤

@franksteinman8064 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Talent !!

@Tuisosuiso 12 жыл бұрын

I am starting guitar to play guitar again! This vid helped me remember a few techniques. Thanks!

@chefphilsfoodtravelstsompa82 4 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing & beautiful.

@musiconlyplease98 3 жыл бұрын

this is ridiculously good !!

@mrbastardo402 10 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, with humour. Wonderfully played. Thankyou

@MrJonnynostars 5 жыл бұрын

truly outstanding

@rolly5558 Жыл бұрын

Man my mind just been blown 🤯🤯🤯

@DanielCoxMusic 5 жыл бұрын

love his falsetas

@747timtam 10 жыл бұрын

You play that with so much skill. So much respect!

@Guitarschoolat Жыл бұрын

1:53 is magic

@GabeLewis24 Жыл бұрын

The resolve is crazy

@Guitarschoolat Жыл бұрын

@@GabeLewis24 abolutely right ♡ a row of minor thirds ... something diminished to my ears

@ronster6017 5 жыл бұрын

Wow..amazing

@daicyhernandez727 5 жыл бұрын

Un vicio para mí"magia pura!!!

@luckyddubber2 9 жыл бұрын

i think, i love this guitar way, thx to share, it's wonderful

@jgrossma 10 жыл бұрын

I love how Sabicas is so physically close to the instrument, feeling its vibration, that he literally kisses it while playing (eg at :30, :40, etc)!

@GastonEscobarP 9 жыл бұрын

He has to, due to the posture.

@weaselvindiesel551 3 жыл бұрын

When you start playing guitar at the age of 4... This is the result a master play/sound