15-Year-Old Guitarist Effortlessly Plays a Complicated Solo Cover of ‘Comfortably Numb’ by Pink Floyd

[Camilo]

Simply awesome!...

http://youtu.be/2_P-t0idgqI

Published on 04/28/2014

Comfortably Numb ( solo ) played by Tina S (15 y.o) played on her Vigier Excalibur Custom.

[Dennis Leahy]

Simply awesome!...

http://youtu.be/2_P-t0idgqI

Published on048/28/2014

Comfortably Numb ( solo ) played by Tina S (15 y.o) played on her Vigier Excalibur Custom.

Remarkable!

(here's the same video, but embedded)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_P-t0idgqI

Dennis

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The kid has a career option.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9AyDXx19Q&list=RD2_P-t0idgqI

Oh, and I found a piano player for her band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8SGb0IUpI

[DeDukshyn]

I've seen her play other stuff, she's absolutely amazing! A reincarnated guitar legend?! :)

She can even do Malmsteen effortlessly!

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[indigopete]

That is quite mind blowing.

Is she re-incarnated or something ? How do you get so sh* hot so quickly ?

[ceetee9]

And here she is with another young guitarist tearin' up the guitar again...
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[Neal]

One word: Excellent!

http://earnthis.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/0_22_air_guitar_bill_ted.jpg

Now that's some talent! :cool:

[raregem]

Ok you made my week. !


simply awesome!...

http://youtu.be/2_p-t0idgqi

published on 04/28/2014

comfortably numb ( solo ) played by tina s (15 y.o) played on her vigier excalibur custom.

[A Voice from the Mountains]

It's like the 4 minute mile. No one thought it was possible until 1 person did it, and then all of a sudden several other people could do it.

Electric guitar is a fairly recent invention and it's only been a generations of kids since Elvis Presley and that style of guitar playing. Then it was to Hendrix, Van Halen, Satriani... Once people see how far the boundaries can be pushed, more people can push those boundaries that far.

Having said that, I think there's two ways to look at mastering any musical instrument. The more technical and even competitive way is just to be very technically proficient in being able to play as fast and accurate as possible, basically. You could throw sight-reading ability in as another dimension of that.

Then the other way of looking at it is from a more creative perspective of just inventing new sounds and new musical idioms and styles of playing. This is harder to quantify and more a matter of personal taste but it can be a lot more rewarding too. Some of the most mind-blowing stuff I've heard is not so much scales at 200 miles per hour as it is somebody like Joe Perry playing a bunch of notes that "make sense" together and make a coherent and meaningful musical statement, but aren't in any kind of decipherable rhythm and as soon as you hear them you forget what you've just heard out of sheer incomprehension. Almost like Chopin's style of playing on the piano.


Anyway thanks for posting, this girl really is talented.

[Daozen]

She plays with a lot of feeling...

[bluestflame]

malmsteen has good tutorials

[dim]

it's impressive for sure but awesome ?
i have hard time to hear any "music" inside there, sorry
like somebody took a very good picture of an original painting.
Good but dead.

[Mike Gorman]

Certainly impressive, and yes everyone is a critic because music is subjective, what resonates and moves one, leaves another cold. Speaking as a Guitar player who learnt his first song: Tom Dooley in the summer of 1971 and went on to play in various bands
and become 'accomplished' on the instrument, electric, acoustic, slide, 'lead' rhythm and finger picking - this performance is enhanced by lots of effects, the sustain is enhanced, the instrument itself is configured for easy playing with a very low action and locked nut which enhances harmonics - it is not 'prodigy' level it is just clever emulation. This is not to detract from the drama of the performance - what I do not hear is a distinctive voice in the playing, there is zero individual technique and 'note by note' playing is not exactly creative. So while this maybe impressive to a non player, it is not really all that remarkable.

[toppy]

Impresive !

[bearcow]

Certainly impressive, and yes everyone is a critic because music is subjective, what resonates and moves one, leaves another cold. Speaking as a Guitar player who learnt his first song: Tom Dooley in the summer of 1971 and went on to play in various bands
and become 'accomplished' on the instrument, electric, acoustic, slide, 'lead' rhythm and finger picking - this performance is enhanced by lots of effects, the sustain is enhanced, the instrument itself is configured for easy playing with a very low action and locked nut which enhances harmonics - it is not 'prodigy' level it is just clever emulation. This is not to detract from the drama of the performance - what I do not hear is a distinctive voice in the playing, there is zero individual technique and 'note by note' playing is not exactly creative. So while this maybe impressive to a non player, it is not really all that remarkable.

i am a player as well, if she can play malmsteen cleanly, which she does, then she is technically in the top 1% skill level in the world. She needs to stop doing covers and start to write her own material now.

She is most certainly a prodigy, is she a bonafide artist? not yet.

[ceetee9]

Certainly impressive, and yes everyone is a critic because music is subjective, what resonates and moves one, leaves another cold. Speaking as a Guitar player who learnt his first song: Tom Dooley in the summer of 1971 and went on to play in various bands
and become 'accomplished' on the instrument, electric, acoustic, slide, 'lead' rhythm and finger picking - this performance is enhanced by lots of effects, the sustain is enhanced, the instrument itself is configured for easy playing with a very low action and locked nut which enhances harmonics - it is not 'prodigy' level it is just clever emulation. This is not to detract from the drama of the performance - what I do not hear is a distinctive voice in the playing, there is zero individual technique and 'note by note' playing is not exactly creative. So while this maybe impressive to a non player, it is not really all that remarkable.As a musician myself (guitars, keys, vocals, and other instruments) I must say I have to agree with your (and bsbray's) assessment. I've played with great "technicians" who could emulate just about anyone, but weren't all that creative on their own and I've played with musicians who were extremely creative but not very technically proficient. I think I fall somewhere in the middle of those extremes and maybe that's why I appreciate both types of musicians.

I appreciate lightning fast guitarists like John McLaughlin, Joe Bonamassa, Tosin Abasi, etc. because I understand the immense amount of time and effort they had to put into practicing to achieve that level of technical proficiency. The kind of time and effort that I was never willing to put into practicing. But I particularly appreciate, and am more inspired by, creative musicians (actually, creative people of all kinds). It fascinates me how some musicians can take a simple melody or chord progression and turn it into something magical. Something that transcends communication via the senses. Something that touches the deepest part of the soul.

I believe music truly is the language of the soul.

[Pilgrim]

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[DeDukshyn]

Certainly impressive, and yes everyone is a critic because music is subjective, what resonates and moves one, leaves another cold. Speaking as a Guitar player who learnt his first song: Tom Dooley in the summer of 1971 and went on to play in various bands
and become 'accomplished' on the instrument, electric, acoustic, slide, 'lead' rhythm and finger picking - this performance is enhanced by lots of effects, the sustain is enhanced, the instrument itself is configured for easy playing with a very low action and locked nut which enhances harmonics - it is not 'prodigy' level it is just clever emulation. This is not to detract from the drama of the performance - what I do not hear is a distinctive voice in the playing, there is zero individual technique and 'note by note' playing is not exactly creative. So while this maybe impressive to a non player, it is not really all that remarkable.

i am a player as well, if she can play malmsteen cleanly, which she does, then she is technically in the top 1% skill level in the world. She needs to stop doing covers and start to write her own material now.

She is most certainly a prodigy, is she a bonafide artist? not yet.

... maybe better than top 1% -- Yngwie is a classically trained guitarist turned metalhead - so he really understands music to the extreme at a music theory level. There is also a Vai cover she does, she struggles a bit with that one, but it was from back when she was 14. I was never able to cover any Vai very well at all, that guy makes up his own scales and keys even.

That said, here is a brilliant Vivaldi rendition she does, not perfect, but also when she was a mere 14 yr old ... better than I could ever do ... ;) Her improvement over just 1 yr is remarkable actually!

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[Nat_Lee]

Simply awesome!...

http://youtu.be/2_P-t0idgqI

Published on 04/28/2014

Comfortably Numb ( solo ) played by Tina S (15 y.o) played on her Vigier Excalibur Custom.

Wow !!!!
One of my best band ever !
She is amazing !!!!

I love Pink Floyd !!!
I was 12 years old when I discover them :)
I was a big fan of OZZY OSBOURNE at this time hahaaa..... and it was at night and we were walking outside, me and my BFF, and we heard music near the lake ...
We walked toward the lake and there was a fire and some old dudes listening music in a big radio, smoking some funny tobacco ;)
I asked what music is was and how soft it was because I didn't expect heavy metal people listening to that music ....
The guy said to me you,ll see when you grow up, you will like this music to !
And yes he was true ... Pink Floyd is the band that all heavy metal and hard rock music lovers I know enjoy .... hahahaa ...

Thank you Camilo for sharing this video of an enormous talent !
She does not seem to rush at all but she certainly have worked her a** off a lot to be as good as she is now ;)

[Lysaur]

I've seen her play other stuff, she's absolutely amazing! A reincarnated guitar legend?! :)

She can even do Malmsteen effortlessly!

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Wow ! This girl is amazing. I wish more kids practiced and were as dedicated with something as her.

[Hanson]

She's definitely climbing the ladder towards excellence. We should all do so well.

[Dennis Leahy]

I found a drummer for the kid band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR_x_vrSZBM

[gripreaper]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd was also a child guitar prodigy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnJAJiLDEo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3apdXnMZpoA