Gnosienne n°1 Eric Satie guitar and guitar arrangement

[Jean Pierre]

I didn't think that such a (seemingly) simple piece (two Em Am chords) would give me so much trouble.
Eric Satie is a great French composer born on May 17 , 1866 in Honfleur and died on July 1, 1925 in Paris , is a French composer and pianist.
At one time associated with symbolism, but unclassifiable, he was recognized as a precursor of several movements, including neoclassicism, surrealism, minimalism, repetitive music and the theater of the absurde

This Gnosian piece, No. 1, is a great standard for piano and classical guitar.
I recently heard a version played by Thibault Cauvin (a great French classical guitarist) and Mathieu Chedid alias "M" a French singer-guitarist pop/rock.

I found the blend of pop and classical cultures interesting.

Now, this isn't exactly SC's style , but it takes all kinds to make a musical world.

Thanks   guys for the listening

[Jean Pierre]

ah oui
écoutez la version classique de cette pièce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yk_ZNh3FkQ

[Ray Brookes]

Beautifully played, JP and I like the spacious mix. I do not know a lot of Satie's work in fact only his Gymnopédie No.1 which I assume is his most famous composition. I also like the French Impressionists such as Debussy and Ravel whose music seems to come from another world.

[StephenM]

surrealism, minimalism, repetitive music and the theater of the absurde

my kind of artist this person is... theatre of the absurd!  yeah... I think I am in that one too... lol..

but this doesn't sound absurd to me
 it is lovely playing... lovely

mon genre d'artiste, cette personne est... le théâtre de l'absurde !  ouais... je pense que je suis dans celui-là aussi... mdr..

mais cela ne me semble pas absurde
 c'est agréable de jouer... adorable

[Zoltan]

This is for sure SC stuff You're doing good JP! It's harder than it sounds.

I'm actually familiar with this one. It's been used in many movies and tv-series and the version i'm most familiar is this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Za9WytU6GA

The Violent Cop movie is actually worth seeing too The main theme for the movie is also memorable.

[Jean Pierre]

! It's harder than it sounds.

it's true , an apparent simplicity

Ah thank you Zoltan ...so I can put it in my "Uncl'JP film music" series

[the physics teacher]

Très très beau JP chapeau.

[Mike_S]

Excellent JP, I love this piece. Like the electric and acoustic guitar additions. Very interesting.

Mike