joseph1122539 wrote:No .... this started because Yod claimed ... " .... there is nothing she is doing that I couldn't do with a couple of weeks practice on that instrument, and I'm no Jimmy Page. It's just droning in a single key with a bunch of (really cool) string bends. " a false claim already because we can clearly and objectively document that there is much more involved in playing what she is playing, than his ignorant mischaracterization.
For that Yod is worthy of the D-K Lemon Juice Award 
I never claimed that I could play as well as Page, Yod claims that he can play as well as Nag.
Page says he got a sitar before George Harrison did, but that George plays it better.
Now let us compare George's playing to Nag's.
Here is George:
https://youtu.be/mtSIukfXSU0
Here is Nag:
https://youtu.be/wtGZquic5kc
Are you butt-hurt about that?
If you aren't then you would have no reason to mischaracterize what I said. In this latest video, she is moving much faster than the previous one, but still not super-human speed so it's not impossible to follow.
Look, the lady is doing a simple finger picking pattern in the video you first showed. Can a professional guitarist finger pick that simple pattern?? Check.
Then she's playing one note at a time with one finger, sometimes using two fingers to support a longer bend. Can a professional guitarist bend one string at a time using a finger or two??? Check
So what you have left is a single bending technique that would require some practice to learn. Yes, it's amazing that she can get 4 or 5 notes from one bend on that (long) string! And she can do that with perfect intonation between the notes...Wow. That really is something...but it's not super human, and she doesn't bend that note faster than I can, so now it's just a matter of practicing of a few of her bends to get that technique down. Yep....it might take a couple of weeks to learn how to get four notes out of one bend...but ANY guitar professional guitarist could learn that technique and get a reasonable facsimile with enough time & practice. I estimate it would take about two weeks of concentrated practice for me to play a credible version of the slow jam you presented.
In fact, seeing that technique makes me want to learn it...so I just might check into getting a sitar. But I'm so stinking' busy with travel and making money to support a household of 5, that I have no idea when I would get around to finding that much time to rehearse. If you want to pay for that time, I'll drop what I'm doing and prove it to you. Otherwise, I certainly don't need to prove anything, because a professional knows what a professional is capable of.
By the way....I can imitate about 60% of Page and duplicate that with enough time to practice. That's why I still have a Les Paul and Marshall half-stack in my garage...because I used to do it all the time. Doesn't make me nearly as good as Page, but that's the point I'm making about why you can't judge a person by what comes after them...imitation isn't nearly as hard as creation.
And it's also why I know that learning a new bending technique would require some practice but is completely within the realm of possibility.
And I STILL don't know why you are acting like that is hard to do? Aren't there about 4 million Indians who can play that technique? Are you saying that one must be Indian to do it? I'm saying that one needs only to commit to it, and your race shouldn't matter.
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