The whole thing is pre recorded lol you can’t capture those sounds on an acoustic guitar without a few mics around the body and fretboard, with possibly some sort of pickup, probably a single coil to accentuate the finger tapping. She recorded the audio in studio, then she captured a separate video of herself playing the same thing and replaced the video sound with the studio recording. That’s how you make music videos. Everything about this clip is extremely impressive, coming from someone who has been playing percussive guitar for 16 years.
It actually is. Every single sound you hear is correlating to the correct hand and finger placement for both hands which are at the right place on the fretboard, and body of the guitar, at the right times. Why make accusations like this if you don’t actually play percussive guitar? It’s really dumb.
To everyone who says this is fake. People point out that the last beat is not actually being played. besides that all of her palm strikes, taps, and embellishments - her hands/fingers are in the right place and time and on the correct frets, and parts of the body; everything that you see her do would produce the sounds that you are hearing. I’m 100% certain she can actually perform it - you can’t fake correct form and note placement. It’s just really hard to capture a good percussive sound without a bunch of mics surrounding your guitar, or a really pimped out custom acoustic guitar with a piezo pickup AND single coil or some other type of pickup. Most likely she recorded it, and is doing a separate video of her playing the same thing without all the equipment in camera view - which is how people make music videos ya know! I’ve been playing percussive fingerpicking since high school and I’m now 30. Please take my word that this is legit talent and it’s worth appreciating, despite your initial misguided preconception. It’s not uncommon to be so amazed that you think it’s fake; for some reason I’ve noticed that with videos displaying percussive/highly technical guitarist, there is always this community of people who thinks that what they’re viewing is impossible to perform, or sped up, or some other baseless claim.
But there are different layers to it right, that it can’t be done in a single take. Cuz unless I just am clueless on how guitars work there are several notes that seem to be strummed but are just tapped with right hand fingering. As in she could’ve done one take playing the guitar, another with and the knocking and stuff, then put em together but not both at the same time
If you strike the string hard enough with the fingers of your fretting hand, it voices the note. It's a skill to get it to voice clearly, so that's something this person has developed through practice.
Yes, you are clueless on how guitars work and that’s okay if you’re not a guitarist lol. It’s called finger tapping. It’s been done for decades. I think I’ve even seen videos of old blues guitarists doing something similar in the early 1900s. Why would she put out a video where she is legitimately able to do it all at once, and then layer the audio? Honestly, that would be harder and more work because these artists learn it all at once and it’s easy for them. Yes, it’s easy to play things that you have created and already have down - things don’t stay difficult to play. The hard and fun part is figuring out how to make it possible. Every hand movement has a very specific purpose and is carefully and efficiently designed to produce what you are hearing. I’ve learned that there is actually a lot of downtime when you’re playing normal guitar in between notes and even at the same time while playing notes. You can produce beats with your palm, fingers, knuckles; You can produce rhythmic sounds on both the strings and the body of the guitar, and with both hands. She even added the sweet ear candy where she quickly strummed the strings above the fretboard on the headstock. That was sweet, and she did that like once every few measures which was very pleasing. Another thing to take note of is that almost every percussive guitarist is playing in an opening tuning specific to the song they have either created or transcribed. This is what makes it possible to move your hands around so freely.
Maybe I'm not a next level guitar player, but I'm pretty sure when I lightly tap the guitar it doesn't sound half as heavy and in sync as it does here. Either this person's fingers are moving invisibly fast to hit all of those taps or at least part of this is fake.
No she recorded it in studio with multiple mics, and then recorded a separate video of herself playing the same tune without all the equipment in camera view. It’s called a music video lol
If she cant actually play it as she seems to do in the video, which is the whole appeal of the video, then it's not a music video. It's just a fake showcase.
You…. You realize nearly ALL music videos are studio recorded and people aren’t playing the music while filming, right? Like… that’s absolutely normal and extremely common knowledge.
Do you think people are actually playing the music in a music video? Dawg…
What part of "if she cant actually play it AS SHE SEEMS TO DO IN THE VIDEO" do you guys not understand? I thought she was trying to make it look like she can. But after paying more attention, she is actually on beat with the music. So I misunderstood. Now downvote me and get off my back.
Are you on an acoustic guitar? It looks like she has a pickup in the sound hole of her guitar which would make tapping louder with less force ([like on electric guitar](https://youtu.be/64m-Qlxyx6I)).
Bro if you were an actual guitarist you would know that 1) all of her finger placements, percussive taps are at the right place and right time -you simply can’t fake that- and 2) she recorded the audio of herself playing this with a bunch of mics in a studio environment, and then recorded a second video of herself playing the same exact thing without all the equipment in camera view to create what is commonly known as as a *music video*. It frustrates me so much when I see people who just call talented people fake. To be fair, before I played guitar for 17 years I thought some things were impossible for me to ever learn how to play. But that changes quick when you stick with consistent skill building for a long time.
"It frustrates me so much that people who dont play guitar think some things are impossible to do, which is also what I thought before learning to play guitar. Ugh!"
No I never for a second ever thought that something was fake, but I have thought for a second that I could never be able to play the things I was attempting to learn.
You clearly know not of what you speak. Not fake, nor stupid. I've been playing 45 years. This may not be the video of the actual performance, but she's doing everything you hear. What are your credentials?
I know it’s like people aren’t familiar with recording a song in studio and then taking a video of yourself playing over the recording without all the equipment in camera view to make what is called a *music video*
That’s how you make music videos. No one calls music videos fake even though they’re always prerecorded lol. It’s twice as impressive because they actually captured themself performing it twice - once in the studio, and once on video, and then it synced up perfectly. It’s truly next fucking level
It's clear she's put a take of her visually performing it over her audio recording.
But it'd be stupid to pretend like that means the whole thing is *"fake,"* or that she's not the one playing, or that none of it is impressive at all. It'd be like calling *"fake"* on a music video.
Like if she can *"choreograph"* playing THAT well, then it's probably the case that she can just play it.
That last second of the video ruined it a bit. The beat (or parts of it) is pre- recorded.
The whole thing is pre recorded lol you can’t capture those sounds on an acoustic guitar without a few mics around the body and fretboard, with possibly some sort of pickup, probably a single coil to accentuate the finger tapping. She recorded the audio in studio, then she captured a separate video of herself playing the same thing and replaced the video sound with the studio recording. That’s how you make music videos. Everything about this clip is extremely impressive, coming from someone who has been playing percussive guitar for 16 years.
yeah the video isn't the same as the sound.
It actually is. Every single sound you hear is correlating to the correct hand and finger placement for both hands which are at the right place on the fretboard, and body of the guitar, at the right times. Why make accusations like this if you don’t actually play percussive guitar? It’s really dumb.
Yeah I agree. The levels of the beat are too perfect
And the very last knock you hear, she doesn't actually knock with her hand.
To everyone who says this is fake. People point out that the last beat is not actually being played. besides that all of her palm strikes, taps, and embellishments - her hands/fingers are in the right place and time and on the correct frets, and parts of the body; everything that you see her do would produce the sounds that you are hearing. I’m 100% certain she can actually perform it - you can’t fake correct form and note placement. It’s just really hard to capture a good percussive sound without a bunch of mics surrounding your guitar, or a really pimped out custom acoustic guitar with a piezo pickup AND single coil or some other type of pickup. Most likely she recorded it, and is doing a separate video of her playing the same thing without all the equipment in camera view - which is how people make music videos ya know! I’ve been playing percussive fingerpicking since high school and I’m now 30. Please take my word that this is legit talent and it’s worth appreciating, despite your initial misguided preconception. It’s not uncommon to be so amazed that you think it’s fake; for some reason I’ve noticed that with videos displaying percussive/highly technical guitarist, there is always this community of people who thinks that what they’re viewing is impossible to perform, or sped up, or some other baseless claim.
But there are different layers to it right, that it can’t be done in a single take. Cuz unless I just am clueless on how guitars work there are several notes that seem to be strummed but are just tapped with right hand fingering. As in she could’ve done one take playing the guitar, another with and the knocking and stuff, then put em together but not both at the same time
It's literally called tapping.
If you strike the string hard enough with the fingers of your fretting hand, it voices the note. It's a skill to get it to voice clearly, so that's something this person has developed through practice.
Ah so I was right about being clueless, that makes sense
Yes, you are clueless on how guitars work and that’s okay if you’re not a guitarist lol. It’s called finger tapping. It’s been done for decades. I think I’ve even seen videos of old blues guitarists doing something similar in the early 1900s. Why would she put out a video where she is legitimately able to do it all at once, and then layer the audio? Honestly, that would be harder and more work because these artists learn it all at once and it’s easy for them. Yes, it’s easy to play things that you have created and already have down - things don’t stay difficult to play. The hard and fun part is figuring out how to make it possible. Every hand movement has a very specific purpose and is carefully and efficiently designed to produce what you are hearing. I’ve learned that there is actually a lot of downtime when you’re playing normal guitar in between notes and even at the same time while playing notes. You can produce beats with your palm, fingers, knuckles; You can produce rhythmic sounds on both the strings and the body of the guitar, and with both hands. She even added the sweet ear candy where she quickly strummed the strings above the fretboard on the headstock. That was sweet, and she did that like once every few measures which was very pleasing. Another thing to take note of is that almost every percussive guitarist is playing in an opening tuning specific to the song they have either created or transcribed. This is what makes it possible to move your hands around so freely.
Maybe I'm not a next level guitar player, but I'm pretty sure when I lightly tap the guitar it doesn't sound half as heavy and in sync as it does here. Either this person's fingers are moving invisibly fast to hit all of those taps or at least part of this is fake.
No she recorded it in studio with multiple mics, and then recorded a separate video of herself playing the same tune without all the equipment in camera view. It’s called a music video lol
If she cant actually play it as she seems to do in the video, which is the whole appeal of the video, then it's not a music video. It's just a fake showcase.
You…. You realize nearly ALL music videos are studio recorded and people aren’t playing the music while filming, right? Like… that’s absolutely normal and extremely common knowledge. Do you think people are actually playing the music in a music video? Dawg…
What part of "if she cant actually play it AS SHE SEEMS TO DO IN THE VIDEO" do you guys not understand? I thought she was trying to make it look like she can. But after paying more attention, she is actually on beat with the music. So I misunderstood. Now downvote me and get off my back.
Are you on an acoustic guitar? It looks like she has a pickup in the sound hole of her guitar which would make tapping louder with less force ([like on electric guitar](https://youtu.be/64m-Qlxyx6I)).
You know that you’ve got talent when everyone thinks that your music video is fake.
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Bro if you were an actual guitarist you would know that 1) all of her finger placements, percussive taps are at the right place and right time -you simply can’t fake that- and 2) she recorded the audio of herself playing this with a bunch of mics in a studio environment, and then recorded a second video of herself playing the same exact thing without all the equipment in camera view to create what is commonly known as as a *music video*. It frustrates me so much when I see people who just call talented people fake. To be fair, before I played guitar for 17 years I thought some things were impossible for me to ever learn how to play. But that changes quick when you stick with consistent skill building for a long time.
It would take almost as long to learn how to fake this as to actually play it.
Came here to comment this
*he/his
"It frustrates me so much that people who dont play guitar think some things are impossible to do, which is also what I thought before learning to play guitar. Ugh!"
No I never for a second ever thought that something was fake, but I have thought for a second that I could never be able to play the things I was attempting to learn.
You clearly know not of what you speak. Not fake, nor stupid. I've been playing 45 years. This may not be the video of the actual performance, but she's doing everything you hear. What are your credentials?
Please entertain us with your bullshit 
Fake? Nah, this isn't fake.
I think they're referring to how there's percussion sound when she is plucking and not beating the guitar. But that's just a trick of the ear.
Maybe. Love getting downvoted! I've been playing guitar for like 30 years but what do I know?! Wait til these peeps youtube Don Ross!
Her percussion is right on in sync with the vid, except for the last beat before the vid ends.
Glad to see this here.
Iknowhyyouwannahate me
Audio technician here. This isn't as half legit as you think it is.
I know it’s like people aren’t familiar with recording a song in studio and then taking a video of yourself playing over the recording without all the equipment in camera view to make what is called a *music video*
If you want to see how similar stuff is actually done, look up Marcin Patrazalek.
Lefty guitar players are too few and far between!
*Tony Iommi enters the chat*
I just noticed that! Damn, even more impressive.
I paid for the whole guitar, I’m gonna use the whole guitar type beat
can we for once normalize posting the whole damn video.
So many people claiming this is fake without having touched a guitar in their lives. Y'all just say shit to say shit huh?
I think that kind of behavior is my biggest pet peeve. I didn’t realize it until now lol
I am thoroughly impressed
Even if I had 8 hands, I still couldn't do this.
And neither could she.
Damn, are those hammerons just that powerful?... Cool!
She recorded it in studio and then used the studio audio over a separate video of herself playing the same song.
That was fricking satisfying
That desync
Olè
She’s freaking great! Made me want to start practicing again
Holy shit.
NICE!!!
im just pretty sure its a dude. not sure if anything else is fake
indeed next lvl ...
I mean this is essentially fake. She's not actually playing this at all - it's prerecorded.
That’s how you make music videos. No one calls music videos fake even though they’re always prerecorded lol. It’s twice as impressive because they actually captured themself performing it twice - once in the studio, and once on video, and then it synced up perfectly. It’s truly next fucking level
you’re guitaring wrong.
Marcin is proud
Maybe impressive. Still hate the style. So annoying
It’s good choreography but I don’t think she’s actually playing
It's clear she's put a take of her visually performing it over her audio recording. But it'd be stupid to pretend like that means the whole thing is *"fake,"* or that she's not the one playing, or that none of it is impressive at all. It'd be like calling *"fake"* on a music video. Like if she can *"choreograph"* playing THAT well, then it's probably the case that she can just play it.
Don’t you know how music videos are made?
True
Fake beat, fake guitar. Next fkn level stupid
Bro, you’ve been on r/skeptic too much lol. Just because you’re skeptical doesn’t mean you’re right. Stay humble.
impossible
… why is she wearing a mask? … and - there are about three different instruments playing this song. Total bullshit.
Not everyone wants fame or to be recognized.
All these people who don’t play guitar want to be experts on music lol
My friend says that that's a dude and not a girl. Look at the fingers. What do you guys think?
i dont see how that matters in the slightest
This is the hottest thing I’ve ever seen
I wonder if it could sound better without the face diaper