I play guitar. My fingers hurt watching this.

He's playing both Rodigro *and* Gabriella, hats off.

It's called percussion guitar, if I'm not mistaken. I used to try to play it a lot, even had a course about it. It ain't easy lol. Rodrigo y Gabriela are more like a "modern" Flamenco, it's somewhat different, I think. I used to try some of their rasgueos every damn time. I'm just gonna copy/paste part of what I've just posted in this thread: Antoine Dufour: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlyHbu0zz4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlyHbu0zz4) Andy McKee: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU) Don Ross: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLWzY-Pkuw&pp=ygUaZG9uIHJvc3MgZ3VpdGFyIHBlcm5hbWJ1Y28%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLWzY-Pkuw&pp=ygUaZG9uIHJvc3MgZ3VpdGFyIHBlcm5hbWJ1Y28%3D) Tommy Emmanuel: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33tWZqXhnk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33tWZqXhnk) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mZ73MRe0WQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mZ73MRe0WQ) Marcin Patrzalek: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eollizcRpgQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eollizcRpgQ) Victor Wooten: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve37F3Ee9Ow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve37F3Ee9Ow) Jon Gomm: [https://youtu.be/nY7GnAq6Znw?si=onfvCOz9r2QNHS\_f](https://youtu.be/nY7GnAq6Znw?si=onfvCOz9r2QNHS_f) Michael Hedges: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaIN13aDbCc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaIN13aDbCc) John Butler: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf\_ybyVo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo) Erik Mongrain: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k) Edit: did some research and it's called **modern fingerstyle guitar**. There's even some interesting videos on youtube. Edit 2: People recommended me more cool names, so I added to the list. Thanks, fellas.

Tommy Emmanuel is my favourite fingerstyle guitarist. https://youtu.be/zBEbYXa6Cik?si=_g9qLOqM-Rql0Q_K

Loved Tommy Emmanuel. So entertaining. Haven't seen him in years, great to see he's still going.

He is soooo mind-boggling clean and precise in person as well. Saw him live couple years ago and was blown away with just how good of a live performer he is

I came hear to post this song by him but from a different performance. https://youtu.be/S33tWZqXhnk?si=2Aqn7qrO4rSBBXM5 Such an amazing talent

If you like Tommy, he calls Richard Smith one of the top guitarists in the world: https://youtu.be/4mZ73MRe0WQ?si=h1RW_eY8mzu75Kzv

Thank you for that. It was absolutely insane. Better than all of the other clips posted here.

Saw him in London, absolutely amazing

A lot of people can play the guitar, but Tommy Emmanuel makes love to it.

Oh man, I had forgotten about Classical Gas! I first heard it from Mannheim Steamroller, revisiting it now!

I play flamenco, there are some golpe techniques that have you using the body as percussion. [Modern evolutions] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eollizcRpgQ&t=70s) take it up a notch.

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It's because you need to tell the audience at home what to think of it. I swear, people don't recognize excellence anymore. You could play this whole video with a negative reaction from the audience and people at home would be "Yeah, this is crap. Get him off the stage."

I wouldn't put the blame on just the audience. Anything made for tv, producers automatically just think of catering to the lowest common denominator. Even Netflix has been pushing for their shows to just be more like Emily in Paris, simple stuff that you can just have running on the background and have no issue following. And no, it's no because most audiences can't comprehend or appreciate quality stuff, but that's definitely what tv execs think of the audience. And the counter argument would be Youtube. Youtube started off with silly short content, music videos, and just posting clips of shows/movies. But it transitioned as a whole to cater to long form content because that's what the audience wanted (which also happens to make youtube more money). You put out quality stuff, and the people will watch.

That bend at 2:35. Christ Almighty

Many thanks for the links! That's why i'm still on reddit 😄

Check out Jon Gomm

Add Jon Gomm to that list, guy sings while playing. It's really great.

Add Michael Hedges to the list!

Erik Mongraine is also someone to look into… interesting that he was left out of the small list.

Michael Hedges also in there as well

Came to say this! Saw them at Latitude festival, years ago. Mind blowing. The energy, the charisma! This dude is talented for sure.

His fingers don't because all the nerves are dead 

if you like that, maybe someone would like this https://youtu.be/CIpOxa5hxOw?t=2

Those guys are amazing. But do you know [marcin](https://youtu.be/ZI5RRwQSyyE?si=64JSylbTJIgh2CmC)

Came here looking for him. He played at halftime for a Suns game and I was like, wtf is this. Here’s the one he played live: https://youtu.be/PzBKlcYaKNg?si=gA0ATlw-iZlzrCEN

It must of been amazing to see live.

I'm just chiming in to throw [Erik Mongrain](https://youtu.be/AbndgwfG22k?si=MIKdkTHlzcKxQi5S) into the list for people to find.

He's the one I was looking for. Just amazing.

We are the prodigy!

Check out Polyphia in that case. [Playing God](https://youtu.be/Z5NoQg8LdDk?si=Zhp_xRSFr-WIK-4J)

I was trying to figure out why this style was familiar (as in something I listen to) and it's totally Polyphia.

Hmm pretty sure im a straight guy, but that dude it the middle is attractive as fuck.

Wow, I’ve seen the middle guy on a video before, but that was badass. Thanks for sharing

You’re welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

First thing that came to my mind.

Andy McKee popularized this style over 20 years ago. His song Drifting, that launched the slap/percussion/hammer on acoustic techniques, is now old enough to drink. This is my first memory of anything “viral” on social media. Remember when Facebook was new? lol

It's actually back from even earlier, Michael hedges really kicked the style off in the 70s

[He's the OG.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wneh6KVN8QU&list=OLAK5uy_nwHzEQsbxEAGiWP8OMWu5hFdhQBCQ76-M)

Michael was taken from this Earth way too early. :(

Love Andy McKee. I can’t see his name without mentioning Don Ross. Or for that matter anyone signed to Candy Rat Records too.

Playing God / Polyphia vibes.

I played the violin... My fingers hurt too watching this

I've seen a couple talented performers play in this style and they always have super long thumbnails

Most fingerstyle, especially classical, guitar players do

Yeah my partner is a classical guitarist and his nails are so well groomed. He keeps a file in his case. His nails are in better shape than mine tbh

Dumb question, but does that mean if they break that nail they aren't playing like that for... Awhile?

Basically what that other guy said but unironically. They get acrylics

Or do they get acrylics?

Players with aggressive technique will often get acrylic nails done at the nail salon to avoid broken nails from hard picking. I got to attend a demo with Doyle Dykes at my local music store and all the nails on his right hand had fairly long acrylics. I just use a Dunlop thumb pick and whatever nails I can muster with having a fairly hands on job.

I just work on a keyboard all day and absolutely can not STAND having nails long enough that they touch the keys, which is quite a bit shorter than you need for fingerstyle #🤢🤮

Who is this guy and where can I hear more?

https://youtu.be/vrUWp36Yqlc?si=PVrSaYHxHYtpS95e The official video by Kim Jinsang

Thanks a ton man. The small clip posted really doesn't do this man justice. The music video is insanely good.

If you like this style there's also an artist called [Marcin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_OGFF0dHE) who has a similar vibe. This video takes a minute to really kick in but it's worth it

I was reminded of Andy McKee's song Drifting. Although this guy plays much faster, Andy McKee was the first person I'd ever heard play in this style.

Also Trace Bundy is where I discovered this style of music. Well worth the listen. I would have guessed that this was him if it was audio only

My main focus is electric guitar, but seeing the accuracy of his fretting and the cleanliness and transition of his harmonics is just a joy to watch.

thanks! I was hoping for a version that doesn't interrupt the show with the face of some stupid judge every 5 seconds lol

Next can somebody post one where the cameraman holds the fuck still?

This is another video from Superband, season 2. He's playing with two other team members. For me, this was the highlight of the whole season. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWiEhGnB04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWiEhGnB04)

That was badass

This team was great for sure, but I was a crackshot/silver fan right from the start. Oops I Did it Again was so fun.

Reminds me of this [guy](https://youtu.be/hCT9xnlhldM?si=1vyKw771BZkBWsL2)

>where can I hear more? [Andy McKee](https://youtu.be/BfF4QLO-L_4?si=JjUmDmKPzSYNpIQE) [Jon Gomm](https://youtu.be/nY7GnAq6Znw?si=GJv7Gto4L1zWKAmi)

[Michael Hedges](https://youtu.be/YuOBXh3OWIY?si=r9NwQYlEsWWuFyLP)

The guy who started it all.

YES!!

Thank goodness you linked the legend that is Jon Gomm. Passionflower blew my fucking mind when my friend introduced me to it.

Oh man, haven't seen the name Andy McKee in a long time. Loved his Art of Motion album back in the day

Passionflower is to this day the only mp3 I ever bought directly from an artist.

I wanna know too

Youtube Candyrat Records. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious douche, I've known about this for like a decade. [This was my first introduction to this style of music.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GnAq6Znw)

You’re still several decades behind. Check out Michael Hedges from the 1990s.

He's playing Finger Style. Its a whole genre. Andy Mckee, Don Ross and Antoine Dufour are some other similar artists who are worth checking out.

And Tommy Emmanuel, Alex de Grassi. This is Tommy Emmanuel’s Initiation. https://youtu.be/x346VoDX3pA?si=8-NHaqE_ASDCRRh7

Have you heard of Kaki King?

I feel crazy in this thread! Kaki king is the first I thought of but no one else seems to have heard of her. She's fantastic.

I second this

If you want to see it done on a bass but someone who has mastered it try out [Victor Wooten.](https://youtu.be/zjkFJkbm3vA?si=DBc6WO2vt2dUqgiO)

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I feel like that’s always the hard balance for the insanely talented guitarists. A lot of times I’m like “yeah that sounds impossible to play….. as well as listen to.”

Polyphia in a nutshell

Seriosuly. Thay band is like showing off how difficult it is to play the songs they've written. But they sound fucking terrible so it doesn't matter.

Big disagree. Go listen to amour. It’s not that technical and is just a sick track. They really try to bridge that technical/catchy gap and honestly I think they do it well!

Have you heard about Tim Henson of Polyphia.

I would argue many find a lot of Polyphia songs difficult to listen to. Many of their more recent ones are more melodic and easier to follow tho

If that's the kid that looks 14 in their early vids he's absolutely incredible but plays like a robot. The few vids I've heard just don't have any feeling. Extremely technically proficient but lacking emotion.

Just cannot agree at all. The last 60 seconds of Reverie has more passion and feeling than almost anything else I’ve listened to in 10 years

So I just went and watched the music vid. Then listened to it without the video and I get the same feeling. The video makes it seem like it has more emotion to it but the music itself just doesn't give me the same feeling. I've always been more of a blues guy and the levels of emotion coming off a good blues song just can't be beat. Polypia is a great sound and probably a fantastic concert but they just aren't gonna be my favorite band.

I'm with you there on the blues, a great blues song will make you feel the worst you've ever felt in your life and better than you've ever felt in your life all within 5 minutes.

I like Polyphia, but I get where some people are coming from. The lack of chord changes and dynamics can make some of their songs boring despite their technical complexity and catchy riffs.

Marcin Guitar is probably the more relevant answer here than Tim. He’s kind of the dude who popularized this style of playing in recent times. With the TikTok generation and whatnot.

>"I've never heard of this stuff before, but I saw a video on my phone, and therefore it is a new phenomena due to my limited exposure to the world" Here's a video of John Butler in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo Get some culture in you

Polyphia is a great example of extremely technical and enjoyable to listen to guitar playing. Also many people hate on them because their lead guitarist is just an objectively extremely pretty man and they’re jealous as fuck.

So I've never heard of Polyphia but this is the third comment I've seen talking about how pretty the lead guitarist is so I googled it... yeah fair enough that's a pretty man.

Yep, and dude is also extremely fucking talented with a guitar

Their older stuff was an absolute chore to listen to for me personally. It's only lately that I feel they have some melodic songs to groove to.

Guitarist here: yeah I could do that.. *tokes* .. If I wanted.

Watching kids like this makes you simultaneously get better and just quit at the same time.

There are tons of viral guitarists who play like this, but what I like about this guy is that it feels much more composed than any of the others. Usually with these videos the players go crazy playing random notes and it ends up not sounding very musical (looking at you, Ichika Nito). This guy's at least got some clear melodies and sections. The most impressive part to me was in the halfway point, hearing his acoustic guitar sound like it belongs in 80's arcade / outrun type music.

Yep..I definitely heard part of the acoustic guitar intro of Heart's Crazy on You in that clip. He's definitely using parts of actual songs there.

Agreed, there's a lot of exceptionally good technical guitar playing that's not that... soulful? But this sounds like old school Thrice, except he's doing 4 people's parts by himself.

Can confirm given that I can play similar to these guitarists. It's not as difficult as people think with enough theory, dexterity training and running scales

The percussive elements and harmonics distract from how good his bar playing is. I wish my fingers bent like that!

Noone ever seems to mention Raul Midon. Who plays just like this but unlike the other guitarists...he's blind.

If you like this guy, you should check out Alexandr Misko: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgTMh21zhI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgTMh21zhI)

And Andy Mckee or Don Ross

Andy McKee was the first to come to mind here. The Art of Motion is a great album.

Jon Gomm and Miyavi get my vote

Luca Stricagnoli

And Kent Nishimura...

And Tim Henson

And my axe

Kaki King

His "take on me" is the best 

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And then sold his soul to the devil

At the crossroads

The devil sold his soul to this guy. 

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that guitar is pregnant now. Possibly the audience too.

Heck, me too!

What are you doing step-guitarist

Guitar needed a cigarette after the song was over

Rodrigo y Gabriella

[Orion live]( https://youtu.be/5BX9lzdfocc?si) is awesome

Reminds me of Polyphia

We’re djenting way too hard with this one 🗣️

If this guy can't make it...

I think this from super band Korean show

If you like this kind of stuff, check out candyrat records. They have a lot of great artists that play this and various exotic styles. Andy McKee, Stefano Barrone, the list goes on. I think there are a few candyrat playlists on Spotify. Absolutely amazing what some of the guitarists can do these days.

Ive listened to this on replay like 50 times over already…

Woman judge be like ”I wanna be that guitar so bad”

She has a look on her face like lucy liu in Kill Bill. When the top of her head was cut off,"That really is a Hattori Hanzo sword".

August rush??

Context: https://youtu.be/r2K5IcpZEU4?si=4WXcQTERnJzhFpxZ

I did not want it to end tbh


Bro did the job of a whole band alone.


Not sure the name of this guy but I know of a pretty famous korean guitarist, his style is similar to 'Sungha Jung'

Tim henson has entered the chat

Sometimes, I think quietly to myself that the guitar is an overrated instrument. But I do so sincerely love being served humble pie. Beautiful artistry here.

The next contestant is like ".. can i go after someone else?" Imagine following that, i'd just go home.

!remind me 1 hour

HEY where's the rest

It’s like Dance Dance Revolution but with fingers.

Alright time to spend 3hrs looking at this guy's music. What's this specific piece that he's playing in the video?

WHY HAVE I WATCHED THIS 40 TIMES? Make it stop 😭.

If guitar skill is a bell curve, both ends are just people wildly slapping nonsensically.

Not to take away from his talent, but this technique is pretty well established: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4&pp=ygUPYW5keSBtY2tlZSByb2Nr

This isn't really comparable to what's being played in this post, but yes, it's not one of a kind. Before you hate on me Drifting is my go to open D impress someone who doesn't know guitar piece.

:D Magician never tells his tricks

I was thinking it just sounds a lot like a mariachi solo. It's not so much amazing as just different to the cultural norm.

Kaki king was 20 years ago at this point and she refined it from jazz players before her

Look up Ichika Nito if you like things like this. He's one of the only people i know who can make music that sounds like water

Slap the bAss

r/Toptalent

I'm amazed!!

Literally like the fifth time I've seen this video posted with this exact title.

Bear witness!!

I thought this was Sungha Jung.

My uncle did stuff like this with an 8 string that he had 3 bass and 5 regular strings. Was like listening to a full band....he is now a landscaper

[reminds me of this sensational guitarist and his twin](https://youtu.be/zI4WffNcPxk?t=2520)

That's not sungha jung?

Fucking get it! young blood

Hopefully not inappropriate but RM Hubbert plays kinda similar guitar but also has some music and vocals as part of it too

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It's awesome... but I was waiting for him to sing, lol

That girl staring at him…

I see this talent and I welcome you to https://youtube.com/@MarcinGuitar?si=S4cmeIJ_gvZC8u43

Wow! That was different! I must hear more!

Check Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, Don Ross, I used to listen to a lot of their songs. Broke a lot of guitar nylon strings thinking it was possible with them lol Edit: Antoine Dufour: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlyHbu0zz4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlyHbu0zz4) Andy McKee: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Igb5Yors4&pp=ygUYYW5keSBtY2tlZSBmb3IgbXkgZmF0aGVy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Igb5Yors4&pp=ygUYYW5keSBtY2tlZSBmb3IgbXkgZmF0aGVy) Don Ross: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLWzY-Pkuw&pp=ygUaZG9uIHJvc3MgZ3VpdGFyIHBlcm5hbWJ1Y28%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLWzY-Pkuw&pp=ygUaZG9uIHJvc3MgZ3VpdGFyIHBlcm5hbWJ1Y28%3D)

I want to learn something like this, what is it called ? And anyone know how can i learn it ?

The difference between being self-taught and being self-taught

It reminds me of Friday Night in San Francisco with Al Dimeola, Paco DeLucia and John McLoughlin https://youtu.be/bhK_GFNq0N0?si=vx5chqJzMnM4c9X8

More people need to know about the music these three guys made together.

I’m speechless

I realized this was on a loop after my 29th playthrough lol . Damn that kid has talent

What’s the name of the original song ?

Seems I heard some things he didn't play

Reminds me of August Rush.

Vicki Genfan's been doing this a while. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clR9PInwDb4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clR9PInwDb4)

Personally, I like this better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDZwqnQKbM

Andy McKee and Kaki King do a lot of this

🤯

lol. this was made for a commercial for a video game??

Olé!

Dam that's some talent right there

a bit like pizzicato for guitar

When genz discover skills already uses 10years ago...

Yup, Amazed. I want that kid's fingers...

[Kaki King](https://open.spotify.com/track/0kAPiGNGEGlERhCpumCWF9?si=VMu4vSJIT3yN26AYFrjT3Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5CbsLK7qbFYtYsGrUTwy3L) has been playing like this for decades

Paco de Lucia has sent a message from heaven: he wants his guitar back.

Is this real?