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- PAJK, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25I wonder how many beatings she took to get that good. (Woah, even I found that to be in poor taste.)
- cogit0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21From the Wikipedia on her:
"Li Jie is a Chinese classical guitarist born in 1981."
Therefore she is 25 (as of now), not 14. Though I don't know how old this clip is, so she could be younger. - ramaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Beautiful music. I wish my guitar technique could match that. But was "14" just a guess? She might be much older.
- jabberwonk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I certainly wouldn't say she "smokes" her, but I thought the Su Meng version was performed better and that that one was the one with more "feeling" in it. I agree with stallout though - Paganini can be very dry and flat (as well as damn near impossible to play correctly!)
- HenryFatass, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Sorry guys..but Ralph Macchio could kick both their asses. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rme2XmAJXzY - lasmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I wouldn't call this shredding at all.
- n1qaw, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9naaaaaaaaaaaa Su Meng smokes this girl at her own game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZ_YRVk4Mc&mode=related&search= - rhesuspieces00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Parent: That's not roXXorZ pwnagE, no Gerber Green Bean Formula for you.
Young Asian Kid: :cry: :cry: :cry: - krewemaynard, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8That was horrible.
- catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Come on guys...that is awesome....in a way...a very homoerotic way.
- orph3us, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Bah, guitar schmitar.. it was originally written for violin. here is a link of it being played by all time old great Yascha Heifetz on the violin with piano accompaniment. enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcnGrie__M (guitar ones not bad either ;) )
- chubbymidget, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5/lights and waves lighter/
Freebird! - oddmanout, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4so is that one of those esteban guitars?
- JAWS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Between the Clapton concert last night and this....I will never touch my guitar again *sobs*
- cowpowered, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Her name is Li Jie. A link to her biography can be found on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Jie - RicDesan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Naw I disagree, Meng gets the nod for virtuosity but she pales by comparison to the musical soul of the girl above.
- cobweb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think I hear your guitar gently weeping.
- Mosatii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sure, she may play faster, but I thought the first one was much more enjoyable.
- Amplix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is great and all but now I have this huge urge to bite my finger nails.
- omnithought, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Yngwie's stepchild?
- mantlepro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't know if I'd call this shredding, but she's most def. a very skilled guitarist.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Personally I thing that Su Meng's interpretation of the third movement is rushed and loses the emotion of the original pizzicato, which was so masterful because of it's perfect placement.
- mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Somebody made the Ralph Maccio comment already, so just thought I would add this tidbit. The guitar duel from "Crossroads" was played by Steve Vai and Ry Codder. Steve played all of the "thrashing" parts and Ry played all the slide stuff. Anyway, Vai based the whole shredding solo on this piece by Paganini, an it's even harder to play because of the jumps he makes in the damn thing.
- dotdan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This video's been around for quite a while, so it's entirely possible that she was fourteen when she played it.
Very impressive, regardless of age. - TwinkieTheKid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTFm1yE9ZEE
she's 12 in this video, and at 14 opened for steve vai.... - SpacePope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2like what? Lindsay Lohan's new stuff?
- Nooze2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here's the full version of that Crossroads duel for anyone interested:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2532824540210704919&q=steve+vai+crossroads
And as for whether she's good or not, has soul or not... there's a place for all styles, talent and ability... as long as you're playing the guitar and enjoying it, that's all the really matters. As a guitar player myself for the past 14 years, I think they both kick ass for what they do. - metasin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2omfg! file under: cheesy 80's ***** i hope i never see again
- notdarkyet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23rd quote down is classic
"Looks like someone bought the esteban tapes!" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1why don't they ever play great REAL MUSIC like this on the radio? i love this kinda stuff
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It also seemed to have better encoding
- SpacePope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1how can you even compare...
- CoolWind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's another beautiful, mesmerizing performance by Lie Jie apparently done at the same time as the other one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ1jl6Iu40A&NR - martinlanny, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Also very good skills on electric guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjjSb2_UvI
- aelias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have seven or eight of these from about two years ago. Same girl, same session. Not all crapped down to youtube quality. Not DVD by any stretch, but definitely able to see her fingers clearly. She plays flawlessly and is a joy to watch.
- hseikaly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you guys should check out jake shimabukuro's version of this piece. its amazing and he does on a ukulele, which has only 4 strings and doesn't even have the range necessary to play this song. he just uses harmonics to cover the rest of the range. i dont' really have a link to it, but you can probably look him up.
- drowelf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree that some of it's rushed (earlier someone mention movment 3), but it's common for people to play other parts much faster. I've hear multiple people perform this and here is the type of speed I usually hear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1xCaJnp69M&mode=related&search=
anyway, this reminds me how much I love classical guitar...
With regards to the quad guitar performance someone mentioned earlier...I don't know what to say. I got sooo sick of this stuff in the 80's. Also, what's the point of having 4 guitar's built together if they all sound exactly the same? Someone like Metheny (or Legg, or Hedges, or many others) has a better idea with their dual-guitar offerings where they each contribute some different tonality. Quad...they're just trying to 1-up (2-up i guess) Cheap Trick! Anyway, speed with no creativity is a waste. This is why EVH or SRV will always be considered better guitarists than Malmstien or others who focused purely on speed. - SpacePope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1eh, they're both really good. Thing is, if Li Jie is really 14 in this video, she's been playing for 3 years. Su Meng started when she was 9... Anyway,
they're both masters - drowelf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I assume you're just kidding, right? You realize that there are probably multiple classical stations in your area. If you're specificlly talking about classical guitar...there might be one on satellite radio...I'm not sure. In any case, I AGREE!! It's a beautiful piece.
- Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Looks like an old video to me! No way the girl in the video is taped at 25!
- eN1X, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1First of all you should be able to tell by looking at her that she is Chinese. Second of all she plays well but it has no emotion at all...it doesn't even look like she enjoys to play. It breaks my heart to see that because she's so damn talented!
- scratched, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Batio may be fast, but he really doesn't have much musical talent (by talent I mean music that sounds good and is "musical" not just speed). And besides, IIRC, the guitarist from Cheap Trick played a 5 neck guitar, and the music from Cheap Trick is much better than Michael Angelo Batio's
- positron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yngwie doesn't have half the technical skill this girl does.
- SpacePope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I saw her interpretation of Koyunbaba couple of weeks ago and almost turned in my electric for a classical... I didn't, but got one from a friend and started learning it. Now I wish I learned classical when I started playing guitar and had more time...
Right hand is so didfficult to master after playing almost exculsively with a pick. - mr_jumper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I totally hear you, I hate watching videos like these, but I can't stop once I get started
- tagawa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But can she play Stairway?
Seriously, it's clips like this that restore my faith in Digg. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bad taste. Really.
- neko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think she's just focused. I know that if I were able to play to even 1% of the skill she displays, I'd be concentrating very hard and not really aware of anything except the guitar and the queueing up the notes in my head.
- positron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Classical guitar is about technical accuracy which Su Meng demonstrates by the ton. If you want soul, try blues or rock.
- TheHessian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It doesn't matter...
All I know is that a 14 year old girl CAN play better than me...
We must erase this proof!
Hessian -
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