Pierre is now so adept at dadgad tuning that he has adopted it as an alternate standard tuning, basing his playing and composing style completely around it. No serious lover of solo acoustic guitar music can consider their collection complete without a copy of intuite. Intuite is an all acoustic album from the morrocanfrench guitarist pierre bensusan. Ignore the surreal new age cover painting with pierres leafy features peering quizzically from a treeintuite is a delightful album. French guitarist pierre bensusan set to wow west michigan. Pierre bensusan has released five new sheet music pdf collections available via the acoustic virtuosos official website. It contains sections on all aspects of guitar performance, emphasized with pieces by various composers, including mr. This french guitarist was actually born in algeria and has long been fascinated with his north african roots as well as the celtic folk traditions of western europe. Pierre bensusan born 30 october 1957 is a frenchalgerian guitarist. Jan 17, 2011 pierre bensusan onstage with his trusty 32yearold lowden old lady acoustic at the bornemouth folk club in bornemouth, england, september 22, 2009. I downloaded this course through truefire at, after a discount for signing up to the truefire newsletter, around. The guitar book by bensusan, pierre 1987 spiralbound 4.
Listen to your favorite songs from intuite by pierre bensusan now. Pierre bensusan biography, albums, streaming links. If you play any tuning, if you want to start playing chords, its not like you need a book to look at your fingerings. To become a dadgad specialist to the extent that bensusan has taken it would demand years of dedication, but you can hear in his. Save an extra 25% off your first order with code ignited and combine with truefire cash for max savings. Without a shadow of a doubt, pierre bensusan is a 24carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene. Perhaps that is why i like this album, because it doesnt fit into one niche easily and it differs from his other work. George lowden made his first guitar for pierre bensusan was back in 1978 and bensusan still plays that battered and bruised guitar to this day. Pierre bensusan signature series lowden guitars handmade. The guitar of pierre bensusan volume 2 dvd grossmans guitar workshop. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. Although he plays in the dadgad tuning, his music reaches far beyond the idiom of a guitar played in a nonstandard tuning. Study of acoustic steel string guitar in fingerstyle, illustrated by various right and left hand techniques, posture, tone, rhythmic attention, phrasing, expression, exercises, excerts of pierre s compositions and pieces suggested by students.
Official, artistapproved notationthe most accurate guitar tab on the web. Pierre bensusan interview musical nomad pierre bensusan discovered the guitar in his early teens, and it wasnt long before his homecrafted skills earned him critical acclaim at the prestigious montreux jazz festival. The guitar book is an adventure for the serious musician whose choice instrument happens to be the guitar. Pierre bensusan book guitar collection drdavewalkerblog. What struck me immediately upon opening the case was the unique and thought out selection of woods used to build this incredible pierre bensusan model guitar. Mel bay pierre bensusan is known worldwide as an artist of superlative imagination and technical skill. Bensusan tunes his guitar to dadgad, and has even named his publishing company for it.
Since then, pierre has assimilated musical threads from across europe and beyond into his style his ears deftly weaving folk standards and original. Aside from recordings, he has also produced several instructional books and videos for guitar players. The advantages of this one are a although none of the pieces is for beginners, they are generally easier than some of. We took the opportunity to have him demonstrate and discuss his lowden signature model guitar. Jan 17, 2011 pierre bensusans gearbox guitars 1978 lowden s22 dubbed old lady, lowden pierre bensusan signature model dubbed new lady, signature altiplanos archtop made by michael greenfield, juan miguel carmona nylonstring, kevin ryan steelstring effects ernie ball volume pedal, zoom h4 handheld digital recorder for reverb amplification. His music has been characterized as celtic, folk, world music, newage, and chamber jazz. Guitar intuite intro youtube the circle of fifths made clear duration. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and. Over the years the luthier and the musician have worked very closely together trying to improve on that of that old, much loved guitar and with the introduction of the pierre bensusan signature model. In the four decades since, pierre has been one of lowdens most loyal artists, having played the original guitar which george modified with a cutaway and wider stringspacing in 1989 for most of his career. Lowden pierre bensusan signature model peghead nation. Pierre bensusans gearbox guitars 1978 lowden s22 dubbed old lady, lowden pierre bensusan signature model dubbed new lady, signature altiplanos archtop made by michael greenfield, juan miguel carmona nylonstring, kevin ryan steelstring effects ernie ball volume pedal, zoom h4 handheld digital recorder for reverb amplification.
They took the opportunity to have pierre demonstrate and discuss his lowden signature model guitar. Guitar tab sheet music for intuite, from the album intuite. Pierre bensusan tabs guitar tabs with rhythm songsterr. Jan 19, 2017 last march, peghead nation caught up with fingerstyle master pierre bensusan during a soundcheck at the 142 throckmorton theater in mill valley, california. It may not be an obvious pairing, but vai has long been a fan of bensusans elegant and pancultural approach to the guitar, and with intuite he offers bensusan a warm, resonant ambience. The aim being to reckognise the means, identify what we wish to play to listen to, with the goal of bringing together technique, intuition, performance and pleasure. Bensusan returned the favor following hedgess tragic death in an auto accident with so long michael. Over the years since then pierre and i have worked very closely together and he has made many recordings with that first lowden guitar. It is world, blues, jazz, folk all rolled into one. Pierre bensusan book guitar collection april 15, 2020 april 15, 2020 drdavewalkerblog amazing coincidences do happen, so they are probably just coincidences. Bensusans guitar sounds startlingly natural, with just the perfect amount of natural reverberation. Welcome to our independent uk based acoustic guitar forum skip navigation. Pierre bensusan guitar tab books, instructional dvds, solos, arrangements, transcriptions, tablature, sheet music, video lessons.
Bensusan s traditional irish fiddle tunes, french ballads and more. Pierre bensusan, one of the key promoters of dadgad tuning, takes you on a gentle instructional excursion through his unique sound and playing style in volumes one and two. Bluegrass chamber jazz contemporary bluegrass ethnic fusion solo instrumental guitarnew age. Pierre bensusan is the author of the guitar book of pierre bensusan 4. Lowden pierre bensusan signature model demo by pierre last march, peghead nation caught up with pierre bensusan during a soundcheck at the 142 throckmorton theater in mill valley, california. Pierre bensusan s sound and style confounds classification. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar paperback 1 mar. Born in algeria in 1957, he moved with his family to paris. Bensusan pierre the intuite guitar book tablaturekadourimdou. Bensusan cradles a 23string harp guitar built by dave.
Though he never took formal guitar lessons, bensusan is among the worlds most highly. Learn how to play guitar with free online guitar lessons by pierre bensusan at truefire. Arpeggios, the harp effect, stretchesattacks, harmonics, major scale with harp effect. Pierre bensusan manages to be both lyrical, quiet, dynamic, and virtuosic all at the same time. Visit the worldwide online store of pierre bensusan to buy cds, sheet music, guitar tabs, dvds and much more.
Pierres guitar is tuned to d a d g a d, low to high, for all examples in this masterclass. The guitar book books pierre bensusan online store. Frances acoustic maestro pierre bensusan begins one week. Intuite by pierre bensusan on amazon music unlimited. Pierre bensusan dadgad explorer intuite acoustic soundboard. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music.
The present opus is concerned with solos, and its one of the two that have most helped me to adjust the other being pierre bensusans amazing first book from 1987, which is not so much a music book as a total braindump. Chords in alternate tunings if you play any tuning, if you want to start playing chords, its not like you need a book to look at your fingerings. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs. Pierre bensusan onstage with his trusty 32yearold lowden old lady acoustic at the bornemouth folk club in bornemouth, england, september 22, 2009. This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the united states of bensusans arrangements. Get private online lessons with get personalized, 1on1 instruction from via truefires patented private lessons platform and ios app. Pierre bought his first lowden in a parisian guitar store in 1978just four years after luthier george lowden had started the company. Pierre bensusan author of the guitar book of pierre bensusan.
Pierres first original book released in 1986, containing 35 pieces in tab and music, technical exercises, theory, 75 illustrations, poetry, paintings, engravings and. As sephardic jews, his family came from spain, spanish morocco, and french algeria. Photo by paul savine a lot of great guitarists have made use of the dadgad tuningin which the open strings sound a dsus4 chordto break the constraints of concert tuning. How to play dadgad like pierre bensusan musicradar. Pierre bensusan volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar workshop. A note from stefan on how best to proceed with our dvd guitar lessons. Pierre bensusan guitarist spotlight one mans guitar.
The essential dadgad course for acoustic and electric guitar. The guitar book english pdf version the official pierre. An evening with pierre bensusan presenting his brand new solo. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Large images of the pierre bensusan signature series. Pierre bensusan tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including merrily kissed the quaker, the last pint, wu wei, 4 am, dame lombarde. Pierre bensusan the first guitar i made for pierre was back in 1978 and that old lady battered and bruised but much loved and played still sings so beautifully today.
You just know that a chord is 5 and you create the chord yourself. As sephardic jews, his family came from spain, spanish morocco and french algeria. Every page seems to pull together the fact that art is art is art. Understanding dadgad for fingerstyle guitar doug young. The genre of his acoustic guitar music is often characterized as celtic, folk, world music, new age, or chamber jazz. The guitar of pierre bensusan volume 2 dvd grossmans.
The guitar book english pdf version the entire collection of pieces from the english version of the guitar book in one downloadable pdf songbook. This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the united states of bensusan s arrangements. The sprinkling of poems, pictures and recipes throughout the book affirms to me what the guitar is in my life something that enriches it. Secure paypal ordering and excellent customer service.
In memory of the late stan jay, we feature one of his alltime favorite guitarists, the fingerstyle master, pierre bensusan. Youll learn about pierres unique approach to playing the instrument if he can hum it, he can play it and how he manages to make his fingers fly over the fretboard. The entire collection of pieces from the english version of the guitar book in one downloadable pdf songbook. The advantages of this one are a although none of the pieces is for beginners, they are generally easier than some of those in the allbensusan book, which starts deceptively simply but later becomes virtuosic, and b since all the pieces are by different artists, it. Hedges recorded bensusan for pierre on his album aerial boundaries. His fingerprint is on it whether it is found in his earlier folk and celticbased renderings, his freeform improvisational material, or in settings, solo or ensemble. Pierre bensusan biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Pierre bensusan is a frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist.
Welcome on the official fans page of world music guitarist pierre bensusan. From the awesome grained adirondack top, mottled ebony bevel, to the 5 piece figured maple neck, this is truly a signature bespoke build. Bensusans traditional irish fiddle tunes, french ballads and more. The american eye may view this book as somewhat eccentric with its wanderings away from music, particularly the guitar into other genres of art. Five new sheet musictab collections available from pierre. Pierre bensusan masterclass pierres guitar is tuned to d a d g a d, low to high, for all examples in this masterclass. From the awesome grained adirondack top, mottled ebony bevel, to the 5 piece figured maple neck, this is truly a. It is with a heavy heart that pierre bensusan has announced that with the. Azwan and his new book the pierre bensusan guitar collection and no doubt he. Nov 02, 2009 listen to your favorite songs from intuite by pierre bensusan now. He has also published three books of music and tablature. Lowden pierre bensusan signature series guitar gryphon strings. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set by pierre bensusan 20000316 4. This book captures something of the spirit of pierre bensusan, his life and the part that the guitar plays in his life.
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