Tina S is a remarkable guitar player. We’ve posted some of her work before, most notably her cover of Van Halen’s Eruption.
Here’s her take on Yngwie Malmsteen’s Molto Arpeggiosa, colloquially known as Arpeggios From Hell.
Tina S is a phenomenally gifted guitarist and she is still just a teenager. Enjoy!
She symbolizes everything that’s wrong with our world in which unfortunately, quantity trumps quality in every area… Give me an old blues man or woman who can play two notes with feeling over stunt people any day. Fittingly though, she looks as bored as the listener.
If it wasn’t a video, would you feel the same way if you listen to it? I think not.
I’m trying not to be rude, but I’ve no idea how you can watch that and come to the conclusion that she’s bored.
Having learned difficult pieces with hundreds/thousands of notes, its not boredom you’re seeing.
She’s done it SO many times (you have to when you learn something that complicated) it’s really happening automatically.
Also, this piece isn’t much different from an exercise.
And how much feeling do you put into an exercise?
None indeed 😉
Her last 2 videos, especially the cover of Gary Moore’s the Loner start to show a very interesting feeling besides the nearly flawless technique (her vibrato is sometimes a bit too much). They are much more interesting than this one which is only about technic.
She is a very gifted young lady. With her hand speed it would be great to see her tackle gipsy jazz, Django Reinhardt in particular.
Are you kidding me? She’s a young woman demonstrating her commitment to mastery of an instrument, something to be admired. Granted, it’s a cover of a technically impressive piece that leaves me cold too, but she has plenty of time ahead of her to try new things and find her own voice.
I’d argue the way internet is used to casually dismiss and tear down talented, promising people is more indicative of everything that’s wrong with our world.
I’m not dismissing or trolling her. She’s a talented athlete.
Ask yourself how often do you read or hear about artistic or creative endeavors in terms that are NOT quantitative or numerical? How many fans, how many sales, how many spectators, how many notes per second, how fast, how long, how expensive etc. In my view, this is the very antithesis of what matters in art and creation.
And that goes for society in general. So my remark is anything but casual.
Hey, I agree that the obsession with easily quantifiable metrics over holistic critical understanding is a huge issue. I just don’t think this video (nor Dave Mark’s brief comment) is at all indicative of the issues you brought up.