What I’ve learned from Casper Hejlesen
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2024
- Hi folks! Firstly, here’s a link to the wonderful Casper Hejlesen • Improvisation in Eb ma...
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Fender Telecaster custom shop ‘52 reissue
Cornell Romany 12
Strymon Flint Reverb & Tremolo
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Thanks folks 😊 - Zábava
Awesome work, Paul! Thanks a lot for checking it out 🙌🏻
I had a private lesson with Casper in Copenhagen recently, what an amazing player. His way of thinking when it comes to improvising is pretty unique, always thinking about how to perfect the music as a whole, and not how to play the best solo or play something "cool". Everything is serious and has meaning. Glad to see the internet is taking notice!
Great job! It was great to see Casper going from 500 subs to over 3000 in a week. I think this video will support him even further. Your added flavour was really nice, I really liked it. The explanation was really good too! Thank you
Thanks Arjan, I’m delighted you liked the vid. And here’s hoping Casper gets all the recognition he deserves. An amazing musician.
Wonderful. Your vids always bring me joy.
Thanks Mike! 👍
Thank you for another great video, best wishes and Happy Easter to you and your family from Glasgow 👍🎸❤️
Cheers to you Frank 😊
Thanks Paul Great content as always. I hadn't heard of Casper - beautiful player.
Thanks for watching Ian 👍
obviously classically influenced -thisis so beautiful and cliche free -Bravo !
Every episode gets better. You have the gift Sir.
Thanks Mike! 🍻
Brilliant lesson Paul!
Thank you Greg! Cheers
Love the tone of that neck humbucker ... a clear and expressive voice for the piece, as is the heart you put into its strings.
Thanks David, cheers for such a nice comment.
Bellissimo… as always!!!!
Thank you Marco 🍻
Hey Paul, hope you're having a great weekend! This piece was really moving. I watched Casper's video as well and I really love your interpretation. Cheers
Glad you liked it. Cheers David 🍻
Love it. Beautiful tone. I'll check out Casper.
Thanks Mark 👍
A lovely piece Paul
Thanks Grant 👍
The thick E and the thin E.... Best differentiation I've ever heard for those two since the top E and bottom E are always confusing to me. Thank you for that :).
The key of perverts and freaks really got me laughing. As always, your touch and feel with each and every note is just awe inspiring. And that guitar will always be my favorite to hear you play. Thank you sir.
Thank you Ritchie, I’m delighted you like my Tele. I’m a lucky boy 🍻
If you haven’t listened to his album yet, do yourself a favor and listen. Wonderful material and production is very nice.
Just downloaded it! Gonna enjoy listening to it in between my driving lessons. 👍
What a fantastic video have a wonderful Easter long weekend also Sunday is my younger sister birthday Paul ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
Well Happy Birthday to your sister 🍾😊. Cheers Aminahmed
Thats the great thing about music , everybody can make his interpertation of any already played piece of music , its a bit like cooking a good meal , you have the basics ( pasta , rice or whatever ) and then you dress it up with some vegetables and spices ect. of you're making / fantasy .
I like your analogy Antoon 🍻
Nice touch
Thank you 👍
very unusual and lovely, I'd struggle with the stretches but sounds fantastic , when you do it 😜
Thanks Charlie. Yeah, gotta admit it was tough trying to make my hands do yoga moves !!
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Right on!
Thanks Johan. By the way, you mention that I should check out Mark Goldenberg. Any particular album you recommend?
Yes the album Trio. It’s on Spotify if you use that. Cheers
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Hey Paul. you know the way they say that everyones have its own touch on the guitar and everyone is different? Well...i watched the original from Casper and heads up for the composition of this piece of music (wich is no little) but Paul your touch elevates this to the roof. It's like a different song to be honest. Great stuff.
Wow, I love that you said that. Thank you TaffaFilms. You’ve made my day 🍻
How often do we feel with our minds at first impressions only to realize that we are not as we should be. Love you all Paul. Love you all Bill.
Thanks Bill 😊
Thanks for the link Paul. Always looking for new music for the soul. Unfortunately my fingers no longer stretch that far.😢 cheers.
Thanks for watching, as always Taylort3b 👍. Yes, I think I I’ve done myself a minor injury with some of those stretches 🤣
You made me cry today and I thank you for that
@@p90bridgeWow. Well thank you man, that means a lot to me 🙏
I wanted to try this today
Love the playing, it’s a beautiful piece! Still not sure what a “half step rub” is though. Maybe I will pick it up on the next video. Great stuff, Paul, as always.
Delighted you enjoyed the vid. Yes, a “half step rub” is just a way of saying that two notes are being sustained that are 1 semitone apart, i.e. an Eb note being played at the same time as an E note. An absolutely horrible idea in theory…. and yet, if done in a certain context, can be intriguing. Hope that helps.
@@paulstaffordcook8799 Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!
Try with Hi-le-sen :-) Danish is not easy. :-) Did´t knew him, but now I do. Thanks Paul.
Thanks Roebel 👍
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Checked him out (Casper) and this chap is a genius
Thanks for checking him out. I agree, it’s gonna take me a while to work out what the heck he’s doing 🍻
Lol, we run in the same circles. Just saw your comment on the Knopfler Suhr guitar vid the very last thing I watched. Subbed a while back to Casper too.
If we lived in the same city, I bet I’d run in to you in the local guitar store 🤣😊. Cheers Mooseymoose, glad you’re still tuning in to my wee guitar show.
Lol, maybe if I ever left the house! But to play the chord namer, it would be a min9 if the note on the D string was included, but as it stands it is a c7sus2. 👍@@paulstaffordcook8799
All roads lead to the TELE!!
...that guy is great, very 'clean' ...interesting your choice of quitar? ...similar in a way to Mancuso who is beyond amazing
Thanks for checking it out Neil 🍻
You need to get the Casper Hejlesen Friar Tuck hairstyle...We all know that's where the tone really lies.
I agree! That’s where I’m going wrong 🤣
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You pronounce his last name Hi - le - sen. Heard him for the first time approximately 10 years ago and he just keeps improving. But he always seemed to be so fantastically musical
Thanks Kladenf03v. Yeah, he’s got the X factor. Just a wonderful player. 🍻
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🤣, well I’m delighted to welcome you Thor. No prize unfortunately, but hey, I appreciate you jumping in so quickly! Enjoy your Saturday evening mate 😊
@@paulstaffordcook8799 Thanks, I'm just 4 minutes in, into the video yet. So far it's a good way to spend a Saturday night 😄
@@paulstaffordcook8799 It's such a wonderful piece of music. I like the route your melodic journey is taking you Paul. Casper is a great inspiration for sure, but I really appreciate the interpretation you do and that you share your break down of the piece. Thank you.
One question, not related to this... I now noticed that your Les Paul have the neck pickup flipped. I'm guessing it is intentional, and also that it's not related to how Peter Green had it. Is it to have more treble from the neck pickup? I'm asking because I'm just about to do a test if it will give me a bit less dark sounding neck pickup. Cheers!
Thanks for your words Thor, I’m delighted you like where I’m going. Although sometimes I wonder if my subscribers would rather I went back to my roots and just turned the Les Paul up real loud and did some Gary Moore impersonations 🤣. As regards my neck pickup? It’s my own little nod of respect and admiration to both Peter Green and his wonderful burst. It’s simply a flip of the pickup and has zero affect on the tone (to my ears). It’s certainly still in phase, unlike the real Green, Moore, Hammett guitar. I’ve no plans to swap it back to normal, as I like being a bit different 😊
@@paulstaffordcook8799 I love Peter Green and even dissected a pickup to flip the magnet to get to his out of phase tone on the Heerby Les Paul I had a while back. I could never get used to it so I put it back to normal again after a short while. However, I have been thinking that flipping the neck pickup like you have it must do something because you get the pole pieces closer to the bridge, if only a wee bit. I must investigate. I feel a new youtube video on the topic coming up 😆
Just watch some vids from Casper Hejlesen and... i guess it's time for you to buy an SG ? following the same Tobias Hoffman/Jaguar path 😂
Got one on order! Na, just joking 🤣. It’s funny, despite Casper making it look cool, I just can’t get my head around the looks of an SG. I just keep thinking Tony Iommi
Your fingers are smoking a little bit.just saying.peace.😊
You’re right 🤣. Cheers John
Sort your hair out
You should tab them out Paul if your busy life affords us the luxury. Beautiful playing and the tele really does hold its own.