Caprice 24

[SONGSTICKS]

The bit that impressed me was being able to play harmonics and a bass note with her thumb at the same time. Some of these asian players are bloody good !

[w00716761]

why all people just can not stand knowing somebody else is better then us??

[chuyhalfjap]

I wanted to belive she was really playing that... then at 7:34, her finger adds an extra trill that isn't sounded... :(

great recording, tho!

[chuyhalfjap]

I wanted to belive she was really playing that... then at 7:34, her finger adds an extra trill that isn't sounded... :(

great recording, tho!

[delt01]

5:16 to 5:44 .... just. fuggin. sick. (i'm sure she used a specific microphone angle to pull that one off :D jk)

[SourPuddle]

@delt01 Yeah, I've analyzed her hands according to the music playing, and she is definately playing that. Look how all the extremely minor "mistakes" (not muted) notes align with eachother, how she moves off the lower strings leaving a bit of a reverb effect. Of course, I wouldn't even consider those mistakes; this whole video was played beautifully.

[eralcen]

@delt01 she's doing pizzicato with the left hand!!!!! OMG!

(no-related to mics)

[sianbrian]

Has anybody got a tab for this I wanted to knock it out during lunch

[HUGESTIR06]

ok very good...now go get largered with your mates!

[doodoobutter99]

Beautiful.

[Valper2704]

you own!!

[stansell1]

Check Rodrigo y Gabriela!!!! Hey even Charo!!!

[chopshop777]

TWO WORDS : ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

[tamaulipas1124]

no mames guey jaja

[xsited1]

I can't see anything outside that window.

[jem888888]

very good song : )

[patriciomo]

Bravo bravo!!!!!!

[jamma246]

Why are there no tabs for this version :'(

[Custodian405]

amazing position shifts on variation 5. Good stuff.

[shikui3596]

This is a 14-year-old girl playing.

[kotarotakashiro]

i'd fuck her if she were 10 years younger

[goodwind89]

wtf, lol =))

[Daikaiju]

As great as she sounds, after spending a few years playing classical guitar. It appears she uses mics to her advantage for such a sound. She might not actually be able to have such a wonderful technique. Just an opinion, id have to see her live to make sure.

[zortotron]

how do you mean?  I play classical, and think she kicks ass

[drewgetboy]

Give me a break! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

YEA its all about the mic!!!

Let me know what piece you are working on ok!

It was a professional recording.

Go back and work on your scales ok.

[delt01]

@Daikaiju oh you're right, using mics to record guitar sound is totally cheating, so she sucks! :D

[meaning1]

I don't like to stereotype...but from years of obsessing over guitar...it does appear to be that asian people are usually quite alot better at guitar lol...and instruments in general. So are the Spanish.

[DAKMAIN]

That's because they drill that shit into their heads starting at a young age. THey attend school twice as much as americans and have extreme amounts of money for music. kind of like how americans have extreme credit for cars and houses. We went the wrong direction!!

[kouper68]

and they only allow the best students to go to school. you fail, you start over on that year, or your out, cant afford it? your out. Oh, and its pretty tough to compare a musical prodigy to regular students. I mean, wtf why arent any of our kids as talented as mozart, if he could do it then we can do it now!

[BruninhoSiqueira]

Best version ever!!!

Perfect!

[rotaryenthusiast]

i love you

[buzzzz7777]

I am floored. Her face is like Ho Hum - another kick a** piece that I will shread.

[kassandrashymanski]

WTF, that's so fucking amazing. Now that's what I call shreding

[hevidt]

WOW!!!! this is pure delight.

[roids8735]

Nicolo Paganini would def enjoy this

[Luftwaffel]

She must've been locked up in a basment by some crazy obsessed parent in lorder to play like this.

[J0O0R]

lol!!!! youre damn right its so amazing

[esp83]

paganini would be proud to here his piece played so flawlessly

[MishuTaste]

If you give this performance less than 5 stars, it's probably because you can perform it better, right?

[joechucas]

Yngwie Malmsteen said that this caprice was impossible, and then a young woman half his age does it with an acoustic guitar! No matter what prejudice exists against this woman, no one can doubt how much commitment and practice this must have gone through

[elpolentatlp]

o rly?

[elpolentatlp]

o rly?

[lawlz01]

he said the 5th was impossible. And it is, at full speed atleast.

[joechucas]

well spotted... my mistake

[lawlz01]

It's ok, I thought it was 24th at first also, but I wasn't sure. I'm pretty sure the 5th IS impossible, even though Jason Becker transcribed it. If you listen to the original 5th, it's insanely fast.

[joechucas]

btw- who's giving me a thumbs down for every comment? I know I was wrong, and I've admitted it! I'm not saying anything against anybody! if anyone's thinking that I was intentionally slagging off Yngwie(whom I think highly of also), you're wrong!

[TheCrispenator]

Absolutely amazing technique

[Bradsoxxer]

stfu man. seriously u area dick, how racist and prejudice of u. get a life u lousy ass.

[xuserdudex]

Im not racist. Dude... is just a comment. why you take that shit so seriuosly?

And i say that that guys are good for everything is that a bad thing?

uhu?

[snapheat]

LOL! UR NOT A RACIST! NIGGER ISN'T RACIST IN YOUR OPINION? Fucking hell I'm sure you have alot of friends.

[fredhai]

asians are good in everything, even though they are wimen

[viper1991]

Her wrists must crack like a cement truck when she uses them..

I'm learning this, and paganini's not something to scoff at. Hard stuff to learn, especially for a noob like me. Props to the girl for learning it, but it's kinda sad once you realise that there might be someone else forcing her to do this.

[Xeddymortum11X]

shes my hero!!!lol

[vinnymatrix]

She is dominating guitar classical in the world .I listened and attended many show of world famous guitar artist , but Li Lei .. She is still the best.

[coffeesuge]

sorry, SHES name is LI JIE

[mayorde18]

it is "HER" name...........

lol... i really laugh a lot when i read "asian woman SHREDS on the classical guitar" XD this is not shred stupid

[coffeesuge]

SHES, HER, ITS THE SAME :P JAJAJAJ

[haikowyu]

pedantic....sad

[coffeesuge]

his name is LI JIE

[proton58]

an amazing performance. is she better than Eliot Fisk and others playing this piece? who cares? it's a musical performance, not a sports competition, although a lot of the meatheads posting comments here see it that way. go back to your bud light and espn, meatheads.

[Whitemetaldragon]

Every single time I watch this video it just gets more amazing. The precision, the speed, the accuracy, its FLAWLESS. Its almost enough to leave me speechless. Seriously and at 4:30 its heavenly.

[aguedoman]

anyone who knows her name??

[temucost]

Muy bueno pero mi tio toka mejor y mas rapido ya se apendio esa cancion al 100%

[cargaluz]

I do know haw many time I have see this video and every single time I am ameze by her talent bravisimo

[kamue1a]

Hey, the casting will make their decision soon, so if you could vote for me again (high ratings, comments, save to favorites, post it to your site), I would really appreciate it.

Thank you so much!

[gu7196]

You are a gifted artist and truly captivating. Thank you for sharing this piece with us.

[Djfarg]

chida rola,,a mi me sale pero no completa al 100%

[AlejandroAcuario]

Arghh....Yo daria cualquier cosa en este mundo por tocar la guitarra como esta chica...supongo que no todos tenemos las mismas oportunidades...:[

[masprocker09]

me kede kon el ojo cuadrado

[lialyss]

cuantos años de guitarra tengo q aprender para poder tocar algo asi?

[CFHShredder]

Los asiaticos son raros...

[LifeByTheDrop]

this is great!!!! but i think jason`s better

[mobad128]

FUCKIN' AMAZING !!

[MarkBollett]

next time use star power 35secs. youll get a five star for sure. also, are you using hyperspeed or regular?

PS I WANNA C U HUNDRED PERCENT DIS SONG I NO U CAN!!!

[dodgeballhero]

Yes, shredding. Precisely what I'd call this. In all sincerity, though, amazing playing.

[duahauduahau]

toca muy bien !

[Crisisdarkness]

LA CAGO COMO LO HACE, TAN BIEN.

[Ningaloo69]

Thats one bad ass chinese bitch!

[yigitcankahya]

Wonderful!!!!!

[bubelebu]

esta loca!

[Heartandstring]

I just wathced your beautiful playing could you please send me your score let me know if it is possible thanks

[1689300]

!Increible!

[helloween1987]

Outstanding... better a waaay better than the Jason Becker's version I heard.. the only thing that makes this version better is that she plays with fingers, Jason was only pick pick , shred... but still good...

[stevenkoehler]

Do you have cd's available to purchase?

[moonchild24]

wow

[ziopingu]

ma come c***o fa! cioè è impossibile si muove troppo veloce...é un mostrooooo

[superkabo]

its beautiful!!!

[Morten699]

But I ment SHE...

[Morten699]

Sorry, I missed the "s".. ;)

[GetReide]

no you didn't - if you missed the S you wouldnt have wrote the H as a capital letter :P

awesome playing...

[crudosoy1]

he? its a she!

[Morten699]

He's is so good!

[deicidemaul]

wft?! o_O

[genoluck]

magnificent interpretation, great video, thank you for posting.

Can you tell me what brand of guitar is she playing? I will certainly appreciate it.

[cihanata]

benimle evlenirmisin? lütfeeeen .))

[Mikeo02]

Damn...Her Hand is like a freaken spider hitting those keys...but This is an awsome video, very soothing

[batmankz]

check out the video i made to caprice 24

[batmankz]

check out the video i made to caprice 24

[Nelmistro]

That was so cool

i wish i could do that on the guitar

as well as the violin :(

[eliaswylde]

pinche chinita buena, lastima q ete medio fea jajaja

[DesertSmoke]

Chen Zhi, Li Jie's teacher, has been engaged in promoting classical guitar in Cina since the early 1980's. Now his efforts have gained prominent results: besides his outstanding students such as Xuefei Yang, Li Jie, Wang Yameng, Chen Chuan and Su Meng, there are hundreds, no, maybe thousands of ameteur guitar lovers in China who are learning to play guitar. This video recording was made to help those guitar learners who don't have a chance to study in a musical conservatory.

[DesertSmoke]

Since the video was made for th purpose of teaching, the expression on the player's face, the way she holds herself and the interpretation are formal.

[DesertSmoke]

Notice the four Chinese characters at the beginning of the video? That means "demonstration playing". This video recording was part of Chen Zhi's guitar teaching program. It's different from performing on a stage.

[mfischer1]

communism is great.

[chacha421]

Its amazing how many people have never heard a classical guitar player. In the US most major universities have a classical guitar programs---- so you can find LI JIE caliber players by the dozen. Just look it up---- at you local University and you can even find the sheet music for most of these pieces.

[deekdooken]

Sure,there are many great students, but how many catch the eye of luminaries like John Williams? She was a young girl in this video. Li Jie is now 25, and it is most likely she has grown immensely in her skills, at least above that of the average university student, which are out there by-the-dozen.

[chacha421]

I agree with but for instance the Guitar Foundation of America has an annual competition---- you will hear ton's of high caliber player of all all ages even 12 year olds. I've enjoyed playing classical guitar for 22 years so that is what I base my opinions on. My purpose is to direct newcomers to really explore what is out there.

[gusmactavish]

Absolutely wrong, only Elliot Fisk, Yamashita, and a few other blokes are on par with her skill level.

[PATDsucks]

Incredible. Amazing speed, accuracy, and tone control.

[Lahed92801]

This is good... why are you guys dissing?!?!

[VictorManuelCQ]

THe lady shreds and haters just wish they could play the intro. A very dedicated guitarist playing beautiful music.

[bongaertz]

I advise all who like this music to listen to 'Baden Powell' (brazilian guitar player) His 'invencao in Em7' must be inspired by the original. this song from the cd 'three originals' is a composition from a brazilian artist with classic guitar background.

[sublim311]

wow im gonna learn this in like...20 years?

[TheNamelessGuitarist]

Beautiful piece of music played very well.

[laboye]

Very mature...

[Guilebaldo]

NICE JOB!!!

[ppaannuu]

regardless of the prior uneducated comments.... this is by far one of the best performance

[quemeister]

I don't care what you guys say, she is still pretty darn good!

[1monika2]

Yo le enseñe a tokar.. =)

[emmanuelsvt]

Demasiado para el mundo..

[bbelem]

how old is she ??? bah, it doesnt matter, this is still sick

[zechs650]

god forbid that she injures those fingers!!

[Rando1987]

Jason becker does a version, same style classic guitar he sounds a little bit better doesnt mute out the one section as much, but god damn I love how clean she is.

[jswin334]

heh... clean. get it? get it? heh heh... uhh no im not a pervert I just found that to sound very funny. shes amazing by the way

[sheldonplankton]

WOW that's incredible!!! Yngwie and Gilbert can go f**k themselves, because they're nothing to her!!!

[Rando1987]

shes too differnet, shes just trying to immitate the original kicks ass though, however becker could still own her : P too bad hes got ALS anyways she kicks ass over all

[gandolf99]

Eliot Fisk needs a lesson from this young lass. lol

[evilthreads]

dude your obviously a retard! yngwie and paul gilbert play ELECTRIC! way different thin classical, but dude think of this!! This asian girl is just COVERING this song!! Yngwie and gilbert do ORIGINAL work dude! which means they write all there shit if you dont know what ORIGINAL is!! Not only that but germans and italians wrote the fucking book of classical, i dont remember any asians writing ANY kind of classical or baroque music this crazy in the 17 century! so spear us!

[sheldonplankton]

Oh yes my IQ is obviously below 60 because of a comment I made on Youtube. And there can be no doubt that such comments are always correctly interpreted and representative. But enough sarcasm, who honestly cares if Yngwie and Gilbert wrtie their own stuff? It's usually crap anyway, and pointlessly fast just for the sake of it.

[jon961]

segovia would have a hard job mocking anything these days and as for parrallel to the strings, I guess if segovia said jump off mount everest a few in this world would sadly do it no questions asked.

[kashen19]

smile Li Jie!!

[MusicBoxBuilder]

She should have her own TV show. Just her, playing her guitar. Fantastic. Segovia would be proud of this young virtuoso.

[Atreyu4]

i think segovia would mock about her right hand, it isnt parrallel to the strings... ;-)

[wildmilne]

I dont think anyone teaches that anymore, its bad for you.

[armandoronico]

los japoneses no tienen alma...su fama no saldra de ese sucio pais

[asdfadasdgadgdfhah]

stfu you stupid spick. your countries are all worthless, lol

[andrewjeff]

mio dio devo buttare la chitarra!!!

[ovidiov]

Fantastic! really unbelievable.

[Tomio]

er. it's classical. anyway, I CAN PLAY THAT TOO. just not that good :(

[TuringTest1]

Can Tomio please either post his version or stop talking out of his ass?

[TravuKurunen]

Perfect performance on acustic guitar.

[beyza04]

harikasın kız

helal olsun

[Facsonic]

I love this song, and So very clean and accurate, her fingering looks flawless, Bravo,,,Bravo

YOU GO GIRL!!!!

[DaveKear]

Thanks Frank! I guess I better stop giving away all my secrets.

[DaveKear]

She isn't robotic at all, and her pizzicato sounds great.

Anyone who puts her playing down like that needs to get a clue.

Good example of "if you don't know what you're talking about, keep your mouth shut"

She's great! period!

[Fmbunyard]

Dave you got it right, as usual. But you forgot to mention to the commentators that this young lady is one of your students.

[jongpilyun]

You're the one who doesn't know wtf you're talking about. There's no such thing as pizzicato on guitar. Just so you know, the guitar isn't a bowed instrument.

[israelcanova]

realmente é uma tecnica impressionante!

[iavakx85sam]

i done this all 4 my gcse music performance

[alvarojmg]

Her name is Li Jie, she is just beautifull, I am just impressed with her talent and her age!

[kieronkader]

where is she in a doll house or somink?

nice playing.

[beatachica]

really lovely; elegant and well thought out phrasing

she should come to peabody conservatory and study under Manuel Barrueco

we may even have an asain ana vidovic on our hands here :)

[programmusic]

this is in no way shredding, thank god

[Shaka04]

I couldn't agree more.

[lacollll]

lol pizzicato sounds so funny !! learn to palm mute (right hand)

[lacollll]

robotic but well done .. give us some blues =) ..

[kcirtap6075]

the part where she is playing the harmonics is amazing

[guenevere]

China's got some pretty amazingly talented pplz

[catchersmitt0]

The part that starts at time 1:22 is awesome - what a cool sound.

[luiohh]

anyone knows where i can get a tab of this song??

[rolotommasi]

due a google search for classical tabulature. It's all there. almost every great piece. I can't post a link for some odd reason.

[gatsbi007]

Try any university library that has classical guitar major, they have tons...

[JBurneo]

damn, she plays really nice!! but...she looks like a robot, not even a bit of feeling...

[herosoar]

asians don't show feelings on their face...normally

but the playing is really emotional

[bransonguitar]

Pepe Romaro is the best male classical player in the world - Li Jie is the top woman player! I hope she listens to my recordings. Just type in Jim Greeninger.

[jeongalex]

hey guys, i made a audio recording of myself playing the 24th. i would like youtube's feedback on it. just click on my name and listen to it! thanks

[madlee0110]

Bravo!

[gatsbi007]

Li Jie, gosh so good!

Though, wish I could see the vid of my idol, Yamashita playing this piece with fatter sound, hyper speed and energy...

[alvaricomor90]

Her name is LI JIE, she is not unknow.

[jamesluffuk]

that's unbelievable, not a dud note in sight, playing that intricately that far up the fret board is so hard on classical guitars, she has everything right when it comes to classical guitar, i can't beleive she's not more famous!

[Oetomoepi]

She is the best

[progressivelife]

devine technique i'm speachless

[iamah]

I think they play some of this on that Crossroad movie... the final arpeggio...

[agahowa]

thats caprice 5 ...this is 24

[ulyssesdraco]

I believe this video was taken after her third year of learning to play the guitar. She started at 11, and she's 14 in this video.

[YoshiZelda]

Wrong, she's 16...i think

But hell, i'm on my 6th month of playing guitar, and i am learning really fast, but now that i've seen this, i'm gonna practice my ass off to get as good as this, lol.

[agahowa]

so how old is she now? does she have her own works?

[no0b3y]

no she isnt, shes niether 13 or 16 look her up on wiki her name is lil jie

[javilewin]

impresionant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[surmtuleb21]

Now i know what yngwie malmsteen jerks off to

[FatFagget]

i bet she does finger push ups more than 200 in the morning just so she can do this and if anyone doesnt applaud she can smash a mans skull with her bare hand ( 1 )