Takakazu Nakamura - Eight Finger Tapping

[MrJco58]

This gives a whole new meaning to "playing guitar"

[spiffication]

YO! the dislike button is NOT the download button.

[x1302x]

annoying

you play reall really good!!!

[peekabookitty87]

@ sduhguitar

So am I but I play right handed. Gives you more options when you walk into a shop.

I guess my point is score one for the leftys. XD

[wannabeserpento99]

asians dont count

[uidsea]

Guess ya never heard of a pick before huh?

[6imthatdude]

Dude

dose anybody notice he's a lefty

[sduhguitar]

@6imthatdude so im a lefty

[Kim2Sung]

52 people dislike this?.....

52 people can go fucking shoot themselves

[FakeSidewalks]

It sounds cool, and he's got good coordination, but all he's really doing is running up and down scales.

[slipknotmaggot4eva1]

Eight finger tapping is fucking hard to do, you really have to practice.

[rockerpenguin1129]

I envy your talent sir.

[RixMaadi1]

couldn't u just play all that in the same zone on your guitar? the range on your notes seem too close for needing to tap.

[toliveistodie93]

Maldi!#! !@#$%^&* :@ 

[jesusweasel]

You win

[imapanda500]

ohhh...ahhh...

[DangerAaron21]

Holy crap, is that left-handed playing?! This is a great performance, good for you! Quite impressive, I love tapping, that is some of my favorite stuff. I'd suggest you look up my favorite song with tapping, Yes- Rhythm of Love. There isn't much on the solo, but it's awesome! :)

[VCRider]

wow , i think he does push-ups with his fingers!

[abraham8701]

tabs? XD i just got inspired

[csnoopy]

awesome

[SeanSchecter]

yeah bro go get a keyboard

[nothingislogical]

Very nice. It's nice to see when a flashy technique like this is done tastefully. This doesn't come off as shred for the sake of shred. It seems to have a purpose and feeling behind it.

[Somedaysafe]

another Amazing asian guitarist...

[EddieandSophieViney]

get in a band & shred... that will silence your critics

[69ERIKTORTA69]

he is a lefty!!!!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahh­a

[racabe]

Dude you are amazing... Keep on rocking! Do you have a band or something?

[racabe]

Dude you are amazing...

[scorpionz44]

its fine if u wanna spend months practicing tappin with ur whole hand rather than practicing other techniques

[langestock]

i think its a fair guess that the guy probably played piano first

thus the whole "months practicing" thing can be reduced quite a bit

[Kaaybeee]

@scorpionz44 - wouldn't say it takes months, and during those "months" you wouldnt be practicing ONLY tapping..

[AngryLlamaz]

@scorpionz44

you're a fag who favorited shane dawson. you're argument is invalid and obligatory go get aids and die.

[Depths829]

The good old fashioned pick is still around.

Just a lot of people trying to discover new techniques, and become more familiar with their instruments.

[Epsilon3G]

Sweetness that was different

[MPETE1976]

How do you make that TOC-TOC-TOC sound?

[PassionOfGuitar]

its called metronome -_-;;

[fenderwangcaster]

@PassionOfGuitar yea, and that's what he was using if you weren't paying attention. He passed the foot tapping syncing with metronome and guitar notes test.

[mynameisniu]

@MPETE1976 ahahaha great man

[Mklztr]

Jajajaja fail!

[rob101abc]

Thats a metronome....

[AndradoMan]

metronome! gives you tempo to play along with :) they piss you off after a while

[scorpionz44]

lmao wow

[welittlemanboobs]

whatever happend to the good ol fashioned pick?

[P3313]

is this mainly tapping out of the pentatonic or are you using another scale too?

[Fluffypopcicle]

buckethead taps with all 8 fingers on 1 string. pretty wicked if you ask me.

[Blacksage959]

its wierd watching a left hander kill it lol.

[xsp53x]

i really wouldnt call this guy a virtuoso... i mean hes good but cmon man

[jedgabriel]

Nice a Left Handed Guitarist

[ZACKYandSYNYSTER1231]

thats not really finger tapping, its just hammer ons and pull offs cos hes not tapping it really, he just swaps hands

[ZurcBlackstarr]

if theres two hands. its two handed tapping, bud.

[macdrian]

one hand at once is one handed tapping. adam fulara is a two handed tapper. a better world would be ambidexterous tapper

[ZurcBlackstarr]

micheal angelo batio is one

[emgpickups1990]

MAB is a beast

[olheiser01]

huh? tapping is the art of hammer ons and pull offs. i can see what youre getting at but the fact is he is tapping even though its not the typical tap with one hand and hammer on/pulloff with the other. the reason its tapping cuz hes not picking.

[xEXSEIGEx]

dude, hammer ons and pull offs are with your LEFT hand and tapping on your right if youre righty and visa versa if youre a lefty

[Hirsuticus]

SHITHOT(really good in other words)

[somedudeiskool]

was more like 4 finger tapping. just with 2 hands...

[ShadowsScreamAgain]

I dont know about you, but I see 8 fingers...

[Downfall8888]

and that adds up how...4+4=4?

[somedudeiskool]

let me rephrase so even you can understand. he is just tapping using 4 fingers on one hand each. he is not using 8 fingers at the same time. he will start tapping with his right, then stop with his right, then start tapping with his left. hope you can read this time =P. fucking prick =D

[alex102473]

i agree if someone was fast enough they could do it all with one hand

[Downfall8888]

Haha dont try to act all tough because you said something idiotic

[kleptopalub]

well if you used all 8 fingers at the same time, it wouldn't be finger tapping. it would be chordal tapping plus 2 on the fingers still wouldn't be contributing to the sound.

[oregonskateok]

Chordal tapping? The technique is called tapping, not finger tapping, not chordal tapping. You can tap chords and still be tapping.

[paulyboy911]

except he's using all 8 fingers

[xEXSEIGEx]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

4+4=_

do the math smartie

[countminchula1]

thats kick ass great job. but still not like chris brodericks tapping

[alefenili]

chris broderick is a genius, but is too shredder and this guy is really melodic while tapping that way

[SPEEDFREAK200008]

AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!

[Zannuli586]

Dude the instrument what you want to play is called keyboard.

[meatymouldia]

prick ^

[bradhienzachary]

@Zannuli586 haha! My feeling is the same! They are playing the wrong instrument!

[BMXer75]

@Zannuli586

oh because how dare anybody attempt to be inventive or creative with their musicianship. Everyone should play 4 chord progressions for every song too, cause that's how its always been, and that's how it should be.

[UnIXbLueStar]

@Zannuli586 its called exploring guitar technics and not sitting on our fat ass waiting for a miracle to happen.

[rhywive]

@Zannuli586  niceee

[jrox5150]

@Zannuli586 LoL! what makes you say that?? xD

[greenone]

@Zannuli586 he probably plays both better than you.

[policiaX]

Awesome! I want that tab!

[braddysixfingers]

sweet hes good man

[MarvinMoshaka]

Andy James whoops this guy any day

[Lesia44]

Wow!

So what...

[etaha94]

wow that great, keep up the great work

[damosapian]

that bit where its slowed down is like a bad trip on skagy acid

[SynesthesicVision]

fluid~  :)

[JohnNaru2112]

What I think we need to realize here is that no matter what any prick says about how this guy can't play "music" this guy is good.

[gkountonas]

very nice..+++++...but you should check out a guy called Enver IZMAILOV...he is much much much better....(in 8 finger tapping compare to this video :)

[RabidCookie]

dude, this is the first time i've seen a left handed guitarist tap with all 8...

[CIAprods]

he's right handed. the video is flipped

[maniac2011]

at 1 34 he morphs into E:T.

that explanes his talent

[gonnaeacha]

Fucking Lefties....Jk.

[lucadepu]

this guy is a shituoso

[Juandisimo]

You are a faguoso.

[lucadepu]

dropdead? lol are you a dumb scene piece of shit? i think you are, judging by your name. find something that has not beein used before....( drop dead gorgeouse or that gay fucking singer's clothing company)

[antimilklogan]

None of you can do this. lol

[flyingmules911]

ool even though tapping is easy

[ryanweber88]

This kind of tapping isn't easy.

[BenJohan6]

its GINGERS that dont have souls...

[streetfreak]

Lefty, like me =D except i was forced to play right handed guitar because it was too expensive to buy custom -___-

[AxMIAx7xMIAxX]

same as me exept i just found playing right handed easier, i think its much easier to adapt your weaker hand to picking than it is to fretting

[streetfreak]

Yeah youre right, it makes sense that i use my dominant hand to fret... i actually think i would have made less progress if i went and bought that left handed guitar... right now i cant even imagine picking with my left hand haha

[NejiHyuuga777]

You could've gone Jimi Hendrix style by buying a right-handed guitar and playing it left-handed. Hard to get used to, but very possible.

[pianomanmty]

hey dudes see my shred video

[minolle]

fuck off u little racist

[TomAR4YA]

You don't watch South Park, don't you ? Besides, asians are just as human as you and me.

[Mike4evermetal2]

Well after watching this video I don't think this dude is human haha "5/5 stars"

[KILEJUAN]

O_o

[trench13423]

next time take the metronome off lol

[chocolateMAN200]

people that say this is musiclay crap should be split open and choked with their intestines and hung with them from the side of a cliff take that youtube

[catapei]

LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL

i agree!!!

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

so you say this is musicaly perfection? melody played from the heart? urhmm. noo this is just showing of how fast you can do a pentatonic scale with 8 fingers.. about the same as showing how much push ups you can do. NOTHING about this is music. Listen some John Lee Hooker, Eric clapton or if you like metalstuff; Tool, Dream theater and Porcupine Tree. That is called music. this is just showing of. and btw if you want to play notes with all your fingers BUY A FUCKING PIANO!

[RomanKrawchenko]

You are so right man

[NejiHyuuga777]

Nicely put, and nice musical taste :). I agree, music is completely about heart/emotion, not about how fast you can play.

[soneuno]

The video isn't called Takakazu Nakamura - Beautiful Work of Art, it's called Takakazu Nakamura - Eight Finger Tapping. What did you expect? It's a guy demonstrating a technique. Lots of people make great music using all of their fingers on the fretboard. Look up Andy Mckee. Dream Theater fucking blows, first off. And second John Petrucci absolutely adores tapping, so I don't really understand your reasoning. The more fingers you use, the worse it gets? What a dumbass. Me FTW.

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

I was replying to a comment of a guy who was bitching to someone else because he said he cant tap this well but his comosition was better. the other guy was like: NOH BUT THIS IS PERFECTION BLAHBLAHBLAH! YO UCANT PLE YMUSIK LOLOLOL!!!111oneone!1

so I replied that this is nothin' more than showing off, this is no music.

that was my point and nothing more..

have a nice day and I love andy mckee

OH =D and about the video; this guy is technically very good thats all

[soneuno]

It is my contention that this matter best be solved with fisticuffs. I believe I will be victorious in this regard. MEGA LOOOOOOOOOLZZZZZ

[iBackHandHoz]

Lulz :)

[chocolateMAN200]

really man why you gotta talk about me behind my back first of all don't make fun of pianos and also i think if you go drink from the fountain of dicks you have at your house you would calm down i like all music. if you really want a good guitarist muchbetter than any of the guitarists that you mentioned watch buckethead play

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

arghhl ¬¬ Im getting tired of this.. LISTEN! I agree this is some well done guitar skill. I bet he can play 10× better than me but I was just saying that this has nothing to do with music. This is fretboardmasturbation. Same skill as doing 1000 push ups or whatever. Music: 0% Fast fingermovement skill: 100%

Btw I like buckethead he is one of my favourite guitarists but that is because he has got a really cool composition. Playing a pentatonic scale fast doesnt make it music PEACE no fight

[iiiNATASMAIiii]

and that is your opinion, who's to say it's fact? you? lol

don't talk like you know everything, i don't know how you can say what is and what isn't music, its completely personal preference.

[pkeraoe]

so wioth 0% fingermovement u can play music? stop being such a fucking dumbass. it may not directly be nmusic but its an indicator of technical prowess. for example, being good at doing basketball drills like dribbling between ur legs may not be helpful in a game but is good coordination practice

[afrokidguitarist]

question:

how come when a professional guitarist (chris broderik) does 8 finger tapping and its called amazing music but when an amature guitarist like this one here does it and its called not even music?

and imo it is music because it clearly has a devolped line and certain scales/modes in some parts

maybe not music to you but music to others...ever think of that? =]

[jonorancid]

@afrokidguitarist chris broderick is better thats why hes "the professional"

[afrokidguitarist]

@jonorancid i never said he was better than chris broderik and im in no way disrespecting Chris

and,

being a pro is only being paid to do what you do....not because you are better than a non-pro.....look at fallout boy....they're all pros but they are all shitty.....just saying

but still music has NO LAW thats why if you take a music class its called music THEORY :)

i still stand by my opinion about what i said before in my previous comment

[waynycely91]

@afrokidguitarist cuz ppul are pissed that this kid makes it look easy, then whewn they try it they cant do it. thats how people are.

[rexasul]

@waynycely91 yeah, on the playground in school.

[UshoZeek]

@afrokidguitarist I know you posted a year ago, and I'm sorry for replying, but you're one hundred percent right, which is wrong of the music industry :/

[afrokidguitarist]

@UshoZeek hey no problem dont appologize

the music industry is what its called....industry

they're in it for themselves not for the artist's own benefit.

industry=money :-/ if they cant sell it they call it shit

[00Ibanezist00]

@afrokidguitarist Because when they here people like Chris Broderick doing it, they are hearing it in the context of a song. If this had the right backing track, people would like it.

Also, from my personal experience, you can put it down to most people being idiots haha

[afrokidguitarist]

@00Ibanezist00 yeah if it had a good backing track he wouldnt be getting slammed as hard

but still

like the song in death and healing (idr the band atm it'll come to me later in the day) there's a sweeping part that has no backing...maybe keys idr exactly and it sounds amazing

[afrokidguitarist]

@00Ibanezist00 the band is wintersun i just remembered

[00Ibanezist00]

@afrokidguitarist ah cool. I will look them up for sure!

[stevesellers]

@afrokidguitarist Because Chris us doing arpeggiations, chords, interesting interval choices and cadence theory. Not that Nakamura isnt skilled, but not as skilled as he could be. I learned how to do scales with both hands within a few weeks with regular practice. playing poly-rhythms, basslines and melodies are a different story.

[afrokidguitarist]

@stevesellers yes but this video isnt on poly-rhythms bass lines. its just displaying a tech skill.

you cant judge him on this video of him being worthy of the likes of chris. noone can be a chris. but still i made my comment based on what people were saying/reacting to this video...calling him shit and saying this is non musical.

just IRKS me.

[Amathakathi]

@afrokidguitarist

i don't deny the man has incredible skill, but saying this is music is like saying scoring hoops from the 3-point line is a game -- it's a demonstration of musical talent and ability, but its not proper music*

*or at least not fully developed music - you could build a song around it...

[shelbyfanman]

@Amathakathi I'd agree with that. Good argument

[afrokidguitarist]

@Amathakathi you do know they have a 3 point championship right?

still music can be one instrument....like purely one instrument....like just solo piano, voice...

regardless have you seen his other videos of him playing with actual songs? he's actually good..just look up his name "Takakazu Nakamura"

[EddieTh3Ead]

@afrokidguitarist Well, this isn't used exactly in a musical context; making it differ from Broderick. It is a great display of technique, but this is more of a demonstration as opposed to musical application.

[afrokidguitarist]

@EddieTh3Ead well if you see Broderick's video for "betcha cant play this" its not in a musical context either but he get's praise from everyone.

[EddieTh3Ead]

@afrokidguitarist Well, Broderick's video is of greater quality and he has employed it in songs and live performances. His technique is better as well. They both deserve praise.

[afrokidguitarist]

@EddieTh3Ead im not trying to take any praise away from Broderick.

like art....people love Picasso but i can drink paint and piss it on canvas and it'll look better. just cuz someone is famous doesnt mean they're the best.

but again im not trying to take anyone's praise away

[EddieTh3Ead]

@afrokidguitarist In Broderick's case at least, fame is deserved. I do find him to be better than this guitarist. And on average, most people do as well. That is why he gets the praise. Not trying to take away from this man, though. Cheers.

[afrokidguitarist]

@EddieTh3Ead yes of course broderick is better than this guitarist no doubt.

thats why mustaine recruited (sp?) him instead of this guy.

he may not be the best but why would ppl call him shit? but its w/e i made my first comment over a year ago.

[kakudmi]

I'm glad you're done.

Your reptilian brain is doing all the work in your life, isn't it...

[Daali94]

if you mean that it doesn't sound good... well it's your opinion but i think it sounds pretty good

and BTW nice metaphor :D

[Epicus]

悪くないけど、この人もすばらしいとおもうよ。。。

watch?v=c46fr2EZOhQ

[5k18a]

Ok but can you play something to listen? cause' it's musicaly crap, but technicley good/impressive

[xS4V3xU5xA11x]

you are an idiot.

[GrampaCrusty]

Very well done. Impressive. Nice video.

Thanks for posting this!

[sassin27]

damn! best finger tapping i have ever seen

[xS4V3xU5xA11x]

thats what she said lol. (i had to be that guy)

[birdmanblues34]

that was nasty... but damn someone give the man a cheeseburger

[panteraNP]

and a milkshake with whipped cream

[RandomnessKid101101]

DATWASSICCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK­

[Phillybud]

asians are just good at everything

[destremie]

love the shade of blue on your guitar!

and awesome tapping!

[RandomnessKid101101]

leftys rock!!!!

[Ekmetalleftis]

it's amazing!! keep going, cheers from mexico

[sammitysam911]

so many rassist peopel dammit why dont you go jack off instead of makeing rassist comments you fuck nut

[fattybergeson]

damn asians and there esp's and ibanez's. if thats how you even make ibanez plural.

[tnpan]

Lefties are win!

[comebacker]

Japs!! Need to perfect everything, not saying thts bad but. They hav sum sort of discipline crazed shit going on!

[theadvermethod]

i think you're saying they try to excel in everything everyone else does, and i agree with you because ive observed it a lot. of course it doesnt go for all of them, i try not to stereotype.

[Devilbat]

Even his name is 8 syllables: Ta ka ka zu Na ka mu ra

[EnnesX]

I like how neatly he mutes the excess string vibration.

[n0lyfer1]

Lefty

[metalkidmike666]

this video has no relevance to me because he is japanese and they are naturally good at everything....CUNTS!

[LP0FireBird0LP]

The first one sounded sweet... second sounded crap. lol. Amazing.. regardless.

[rhoadsofoz]

hey man do you have a tab for this??

[viper1991]

slow mo reminds me of a cello.

[xldevo]

Of course he's asian.

[kahuna390]

hahahahahahaha

[fritzcopper]

go buckethead

[funkrockers2112]

fuck you too homo