Guitar Heroes on Electric Violin - Part 1 : Hendrix & Page

[nikmert]

wtf?

[Shindig109]

as a player of violin from ages 3-14 and guitar from 14-22 I can say this is the fucking best ever. If you want me Ritsu, you can have me.

[Xtr3m3AssassinX]

sounds like Justin Beiber

[lvbandmore]

Oh Good Lord - these negative comments below are by people who have no idea what they're talking about. As a devotee of Hendrix, Stockhausen, Beethoven and Nine Inch Nails I can absolutely appreciate your work. Also Bill Duckworth is a friend of mine :). Bravo.

[MrCoolManTim]

@lvbandmore Holy mother of name drop!!

[Bielkuczuvei]

Cara que feio!!

pra que enche tanta linguiça!?

[Trinivalts]

awfull tone

[jorgeluispurizagamoj]

fabulosa

[durdle1701]

Annoying

[bobson003]

I've been wanting to learn the violin for a long time, and someone suggested I pick up an electric violin, so I searched youtube for some examples of it.

This totally turned me off to the electric violin, I gotta say.

[verminante]

Hmm.. i don't really like to leave bad comments, but better take this as constructive critique:

- You might want to work more on getting a decent sound. Overdrive on the violin can be amazing or absolutely obnoxious...

- Your solos would be more interesting if they had some kind of shape. Making random noise is ok but only as long as you can get back to something stable (at this point I'm turning the audio of the vid off...)

- Try being more original, melodically as well as technically

[Frisbieinstein]

I am completely amazed.

[mersaphire]

omg i play the ciolin and electric ii want that one like so bad

[Memkiss]

You're very talented... so fast fingers... and the melody is hypnotic (5:00). Keep on doing this, Katsumata-san! Wonderful performance!

[thebigbadwolf96]

violins are for people...that are GOOD....at violin....

[tolvfen]

Sounds unique and fascinating like Apocalyptica, much like the loonly fiddler, in the Matrix world. why not make an CD album?

[badooyipiha]

esa china parece endemoniada...!!

[dogloloforever]

Gracias...... Algunas partes me han gustado mas que otras ,otras nada .... quizás si te escuchase varias veces.

Saludos desde España

[jrdennis95]

anyone notice it sounded like a dying cat at 1:14

[phaser12]

sounds stupid



[mikeshinoda943]

Lol, you look like Asian Zack de la Rocha.

[Stilichos]

Uuugh... that sounds terrible....  very worst video of Violin I have ever heard.... 10 thumbs down...

[sinester200]

ouchy my ears what the fuck was that O.o

[MrMimmodue]

i like that sound omg very nice

[crysis1234567]

i don't know whether to call this experimental or expressionism?

[C1294708]

nice cape

[WizardofFuzz]

from the intro i expected "iron man" xD

[newdaniel03]

Woah! This is awesome! Am super inspired by this!

[ScottGBoeke]

Beautiful may not be the word- a lot of distortion on that thing. But she is good! Really Good! I like the crying baby in it

[Synnerbytcher]

I think it's beautiful. she has so much talent.

[angelshred82]

No me convence, me aburre.

[danieklerr]

Yeah, I think it's killer. Love it!

[EmoOtakuFangrl]

oh my fucking God, this chick has crazy skills! I loved it!

[dounis21]

wich electric pedal can she use ( loop+ multi effects, sure, but wich type and brand????

[sKunKeNsTeiN]

Sounds like a V8 supercar

[guitarman069]

good but could've been arranged better....still cant beat the electric guitar

[raskolnikov45]

I think that it could be even better than electric guitar, but i agree, it could be arranged much better.

[bassmangarrett151]

impressive....

[kiki94B]

XD ich wuste ja garnicht das es sowas gibt WOOOOW

[hikarujn13]

suena algo rao no le encontre un tono especifico

[vlhere]

aeroplane taking off???

[Cudox]

the camera has a mic, have you ever honestly recorded any thing on a camera with a mic and had decent sound...?

a good quality directional mic would have made so much of a difference

[bowratigers]

agreed lol

[yosheyfrog1]

Dude... 5 strings is hard!! they most of practiced alot!!!... i want ot play like them! that would be amazing..!!!

-Diannah

[Piccobow]

That is the worst violin play I have ever heard!

[willowmoon101]

As an amateur violinist, I know a talented and versatile violin player when I see one. The combination of acoustic-sounding notes and metal riffs makes this very interesting.

[Pumaboyyy]

Where i can bay such violin.

[StealSpartan]

personally, the first few seconds I wasn't really interested, but I ended up watching the whole thing, this... is... amazing!

[ben3580]

my god!

[cingle2004jp]

fame is a fickle friend

[Barilito123]

it sounds somewhat awful cuz its well... sorry to say this but its the sound of a guitar that sustains its scratchy note, which only sounds good as a brief tone

[ttime720]

it's kinda cool but good lord it sounds completely aweful

[lilymon]

Come on... have you guys ever thought how difficult it must be to do what she's doing??? besides, she's doing something completelly different from all those blah blah blah we all see people doing with the violin!! This woman is terrific!!!!

[Artefact2]

If you want to hear something different: watch?v=KW8YTg4gHmA

[staffordh]

Oh, come on, that guy isn't doing anything cool and he has a whole band behind him. Ritsu is holding the stage all by herself and doing original stuff to boot.

[masterTTP]

Then go listen to Alex Mitchell. I'm sure Ritsu is a good violinist, but the equalizer and camera suck too much.

[bryanfunk]

u sure? i think its just the camera.... the quality isnt that good.... then again it is a live performance in an echoing concert hall lol, maybe thats what u and i r hearing

[KEKroEll]

what the hell... :S

[eyegreenballs]

this is jsut boring!!!!!!!! but there were some interesting parts though.......

[ClaireLonia96]

It sounded strange at first, but I love it actually ! ( sorry if bad english... )

[booz5]

What is that playing?

[RuneHolidays]

that sucked

[ftuvyf]

love it

[dungferbrains0]

way cool ... love it.

[edd343]

aaaaaaaaahhh my head!!!

[askeroso01]

esto no me gusto...

[Dennon88]

not so good. ed alleyne johnson is better. I couldn't really pick out any hendrix or page.

[micp4130]

i think the first part i purple haze by hendrix by hendrix... the second art is definitely whole lotta love by led zep, then there's something that i can't recognize, and then there's some voodoo chile by hendrix again, and then i couldn't recognize the last part... i couldn't recognize any malcolm young either but i hope that you could use this^^

oh yeah, if you haven't heard the songs already, do yourself a favor and do it...

[nazgjunk]

Well I won't be buying a violin anytime soon - just don't have the money, and I'd better practice some more on the guitars I've spent money on already - but it *is* bloody amazing. I'll at least pull my loopstation out tomorrow.

[mayhmong]

Rise and shine sleeping beauty!

[KuroiBLK]

wow this was great i really liked it.

it reminds me of the process i go through when i want to paint something or draw. just like if my thoughts had sounds.

The tvs rock lol xDD makes me think of RENT for a second. and everything just feels liek it's in this bubble. like vibrating! ready to burst with lots of weird colors and pictures and stuff xDD so cool.

[SPECTRE1961]

WHOLE COOL!

[xdeathxisxsalvationx]

uhmm i like electric violins

but somehow

i cant make out

the tune this guy is trying to play =/

i didnt like it

[jonnda]

I think it's a compilation of many licks that are loosely based on famous guitar lines. It's his(?) own tune that the violinist is trying to play.

[dfrozo]

definitivamente para mente habierta, (que bakaneria)...

[gadgetcabin8]

woow is really very good

[suzunekujyou]

ummmmmm i hated it

[Abaddon16cmz]

...Sounds like nails on a chalkboard...

[ineskiu]

hahahahah tthat's a good definition.

Sorry i don't like this, i think it kills the real sound of the violin

[brazilianspiritzz]

wasted 2mins of my life.

[oroszlan670810]

Very bad !!!

[CadetElleWoods]

I absolutely love this!!!!

[BomaMetalhead]

sorry but I can't discern this "performance" from noise ...

[KamaniKurdi]

horrible -_-

Or is this called "modern art"?

[NValcke]

What are those broken tv's there for?

[SuperSoupy]

well.... that was something awesome!

I loved it!

[XxcOlorsSxX]

uffFFFff sta chik tok demasiado bien!!

[fuleslenny]

Damn, very nice Performance!

I got goose bumps when i hear it.

Really nice

[nightmarecinema33]

i saw a Guy named Patrick COntreras play stuff like this on a street corner in my town a month or so ago. he was amazing.

[Araethorne]

Oh, dear.

[XxFrightfulxX]

7-strings?

Dayum.

I don't have to listen to the whole song to know that you're good.

[RitsuKatsumata]

just 5 strings. 4 Violin strings (G-D-A-E) and an extra viola (C).

[Stradivarius12506]

What type of electric violin is that?

[InsectQueen]

looks like a Jordan...? no?

[Stradivarius12506]

It kinda does....

[InsectQueen]

..read further down that it is a custom by someone in Seattle named Eric Jensen, I think she said? pretty cool :)

[Stradivarius12506]

@InsectQueen

It is cool^^

[InsectQueen]

...flipping itching for my NS... darnit...

not only will it make my life easier, but perhaps I can crossover a bit n have some fun ^__^

[Stradivarius12506]

@InsectQueen

Lol, I know I have fun with mine. When will you get yours?

[InsectQueen]

I'll prolly have it buy the end of the month... getting a CR-5 so my doubling is easier... wireless for church... (prolly an Airline Synth...) and a yummy Digitech 355 for experimenting... yeah... my teachers from college will prolly have heart attacks... :D

[Stradivarius12506]

@InsectQueen

Lol! I know I give hear attacks to my neighbors next door. X3

[InsectQueen]

HAH. we are about to move into an apartment... two kids under 6, electric guitars, bass, violin... all my acoustic instruments... my husband's workstation... yeah... problems... lol. heh.

[Stradivarius12506]

@InsectQueen

Sounds like you got it going.

[ratrodralphy]

who is this chick i want to meet her ,

[bongmail]

B-E-A-UTIFUL! Hendrix would be proud. 5 stars

[chikengore]

oly shit thas was

zeppelin's hole lotta love

and hendrix's voodoo child

pretty much bizarre

but not bad

[bubblebobert]

its shaped like a guitar ahahahaha

[Pumaboyyy]

COOL

[bobbyjack678]

o h m y g o d

[bobert59]

Are those backing tracks looped with an effect pedal before you get into the main parts?

[RitsuKatsumata]

yes, the original signal (played live) is processed thru a TC Electronics G-force, looped on an Echoplex, then multitracked using the Echoplex's multi and overdub functions.

[thoostorm4]

@bobert59 he was lefthanded and had to play guitar upside down

[Lusciaa]

o h m y g o d.....

[ForbiddingDurian]

hahahah

[RitsuKatsumata]

sorry, I delete all comments with expletives.

[Prankster10001]

that was terrible

[25842685]

this is exacly what ı would call a meaningless noise.. she knows that she can do better than this. maybe a fast solo or sth

[KingBuffer]

this is really really really really really bad

[martianJolt]

you should check out Spencer on violin & ZOX. Hardly calm

[Gh0stR1d3r666]

why is it that all the crazy violinists are japanese/ chinese, but all the american violinists and whatever else are all calm and official about it

[ApacheMiles]

because for some reason most asian peoples brains can learn to play instruments very well, Dont know why must be some kind of memory thing. then again mozart wasn't asian...

[ycats1000]

it's a discipline thing...

musical intelligence plus practice practice practice

[afinendale]

I am thoroughly impressed! Amazing!

[DarkangelMHB]

love this.absolutly love this.

[XxcOlorsSxX]

Oh woww!, ese violin es hermosisimoo!! me encanta!!!se me fueron los ojos! esta bellisimoo

[yemenohman]

whole lotta love?

[mindfreak5555]

yea

[STOLIE43]

dude it all wanted my ears to blead

[Ruenene]

Defiantly recognized some of Purple Haze in there. Nice. :3

[harrysamphil]

its called an electric violan

[kloroxownz]

The beginning made my ears want to bleed but then it got better.

[MichelleSeven]

=S omg

[klaudivino]

Nice ;)

[Seedr0]

Yea, the wood is gone because it's not needed since it's electric.

[mochastars]

It's an electric violin. Electric violins have all sorts of designs. Doesn't have to even look like a violin. The sounds sound different b/c it's altered by a small or even big pedal that is used to alter sounds for electric instruments.

[Megadeth151718]

that definitely is a violin....

[DarkisBack]

thats an electric violin

[soltisviolin]

excellent!

[Lukeyboi14]

man i really do not like this, however good on you experimenting. I think many people would just prefer the true sound of a classical violin

[botezalexandru]

if this makes her happy and brings her joy, let her be..it's interesting to see and hear something new nonetheless. it's not like she's gonna demolish the whole suit of classical composers by youtube.

[BlackOrchid66]

Mental!!! So much energy!!

[Iheartunderoath66]

i would have to say emilie Autumn still owns the eletric violin

[TsukiShia]

You really messed the violin image up! If you want to make it sound like a guitar just BUY a GUITAR!

[SpadeHand]

God forbid you should experiment. I mean it's not like that's how today's music was CREATED or anything.

[CrazyDruidCaell]

Does it sount to you like a guitar? To me it sounds like a completely new instrument playing a familiar song... and both sound great to me, by the way.

[Lemmiluvmoose]

This sucked!

[gdoc63]

Nicely done. Most folks aren't familiar with the use of reverb, and distortion outside of the guitar, but definately interesting and moving music none the less.....

[1RAMENINCOLLEGE]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­w!!!

cool.

[karoloandria]

experimental-rock on violin, i thinkg i go heaven

[bellonabee]

Is that a guitar neck with a fingerboard glued on?!!! and what what kind of shoulder rest is being used to fit to it?

[wyntermyst]

Nope, it's an electric violin.

[RitsuKatsumata]

It's an electric violin, designed by Eric Jensen in Seattle Washington. He used guitar tuning pegs because they fit better on the "wrong" side of the neck. The shoulder rest is mounted into the back of the violin with an allen wrench.

[jsantana102]

its violin heroes lol that would be crazy if they had a game like that lol

[Brapper13]

amazing use of bow..watch...wow

[bluemonolith88]

i think it makes about as much sense as playing a mozart with an electric guitar or dipping french fries into a vat soy sauce:

different instruments for different musics please.

[Ashogo]

oh come on dude, be a little open minded. Musical instrument genres have been mixed forever, this isn't the first time stuff like this has been done and it's not the last, it'll keep evolving and getting better.

[tripwirecreator25]

VIOLIN ROCK FUSION!!!!!!!!!!!

[strabbs1]

the beginning sounds awful then it rox

[SlaveToThePower]

VERY nice!

i love it :D

[1glassMilk]

WHA!! This is CRaZY and FUNNY xD

[mergenbaatar]

woaw. she's scary

[prodigyoftheyear]

I NEED TO BUY THAT ELECTRIC VIOLIN =O

[MiyakoMajin]

It's not the violin, but the player

[kkrizzz]

Noo, The music is all about the ecuipment, buy the best and sound like the best: My Motto ;P

[sup1345]

you can buy the best but still completely suck and sound like ass

[08rtaylo]

mhm agreed

[roxyluver]

SO awesome. x]

[mistad00m]

at what time did a riff of malcolm young begin ?

[DKsmiles]

it's a shame electric violin is so seldom used in popular music. the sound it makes is utterly gorgeous. i suppose if I ever make a famous band (don't expect anything btw) it'll be on my agenda to include it.

[raymondwr]

my kind of chick!

[tankbrute6]

um. it sounds like my 4 year old cousin playing an electric dieing bird. no offence, nice job though the end is cool just not the begining

[JacqueShredo]

Great playing Ritsu

I'm thinking about picking up an electric violin myself

[nickleus1977]

this was frickin awesome! nice =)

[dwreeves]

Love what you're doing. What sort of effects are you using?

[purplemailbox]

Very cool!!! You rock, girl!

[RitsuKatsumata]

sorry, I'm deleting comments with expletives. If you want to re-post a comment with the same negative in PG-13, I'll leave it up.

Ritsu

[WezBolton]

It sounds broken.

[pkuhard777]

fliping sweet

[mehradyos]

viive le violon classique, ces violon electric son que des insrument de bruit