Korean girl kicks ass on electric guitar! Yeah, baby!

12 Responses to “Korean girl kicks ass on electric guitar! Yeah, baby!”

1. Jesse
   May 6th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

   

   Pretty cool to see someone breaking down the stereotype that girls can’t play guitar. Awesome playing too!

2. Stratoblogster
   May 6th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

   

   She’s great– very nice tone! I have a hunch that she’s promoting that guitar line.

   There’s another Korean line called Swing, that is well demo’d on their site and youtube by some awesome Korean players.

   As for you being new to guitar girls, I’m shocked that you haven’t yet discovered my Strat-o-Sisters Directory!!!

   Better get over there– there are lots of great ladies playing guitars:

   http://stratoblogster.blogspot.com/2006/10/strat-o-sisters-directory.html

3. Ovidiu
   May 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pm

   

   Yeah, very clean and quite beautiful, I like her phrasing and the fact that she doesn’t end her musical phrase when the measure end. This helps the melody.

4. pilgrim
   May 7th, 2008 at 4:30 am

   

   I used to teach guitar, and one of the best guitarists I taught was a girl. She developed her own classical/latin/pop hybrid style. I had more boy students than girls-probably because more boys play guitar–but the girls held their own for the most part.

5. Sammy
   May 7th, 2008 at 6:23 am

   

   Notice how she just up/downstrokes through the whole lead part and lets her left hand do all the work? Pretty cool technique.

6. Ovidiu
   May 7th, 2008 at 7:52 am

   

   @pilgrim: Probably because girls are more organized and probably they put more time and dedication in their study.

   @Sammy: yes, and her whole playing is very fluent and cursive. She has a very good technique. I guess she rehearsed a lot the song because she knew the exact moment she had to stop, but still, this is a great playing.

7. Ovidiu
   May 7th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

   

   @JP (Stratoblogster) I am sorry I have seen your comment very late, Akismet marked it as spam and I haven’t checked my spam list.

   I promise to take a look at your strat-o-sister directory and I am sure I will find a lot of interesting women playing the guitar

   Thanks!

8. Sammy
   May 7th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

   

   I’ve watched a few videos of these Korean guitar shredders and I’ve noticed something peculiar. Their facial expressions lack any joy. I’ve seen Dateline type shows on Asian sex slaves and they have that same vacant, disconnected look. Maybe it’s just a cultural thing that I’m totally unaware of, and I’m not expecting Yngwie or Vai stage antics, but these girls look as if they’d rather be doing anything besides playing guitar.

9. Ovidiu
   May 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

   

   Well, I think it may be a cultural thing, but I also think they love playing the guitar even if they don’t show it. Think about how they receive western guitar gods there and how they cherish everything coming from guitar oriented music. There must be a reason for all those oriental rock tours, right?

10. Ovidiu
    May 7th, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    

    But just as a note: I have thought also about this, because indeed, they look kind of dull. I have observed it myself but I thought it is just me…

    By the way, to compensate this, watch any video of Gustavo Guerra on YouTube and you’ll see he has that laaaarge smile on his face!Now, that must be happiness!!

11. Mike g
    May 8th, 2008 at 4:38 am

    

    Yeah she’s awesome. Lovely technique. Nice post!

12. Ovidiu
    May 8th, 2008 at 7:50 am

    

    Thanks, Mike!