ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Preston Reed - Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.

Why you should listen

Most guitarists the world over play their instruments in essentially the same way: the left hand holds the neck and applies pressure to each string to change notes, while the right hand plays the melody. Not so with Preston Reed.

In the 1980s, Reed began playing his instrument in new ways, sometimes twisting his left hand to pick out a melody while the right hand strummed accompaniment or tapping the guitar’s body like a drum. A new playing style was born, with deep chords, complex percussion, and weightless melodies. And he's inspired new generations of guitarists to further innovate on the genre he pioneered.

More profile about the speaker
Preston Reed | Speaker | TED.com
Usman Riaz - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer.

Why you should listen

Usman Riaz is the founder of Mano Animation Studios -- Pakistans first hand-drawn animation studio. Their first project, The Glassworker (شیشہ گر), was created by a team of creatives from Pakistan, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, the US and the UK. 

More profile about the speaker
Usman Riaz | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2012

Usman Riaz + Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero

Riaz a Preston Reed: Mladý gitarista stretáva svoj idol

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Usman Riaz je 21-ročné eso v perkusívnej hre na gitare - v štýle, ktorý sa naučil tak, že na Youtube sledoval svoje idoly. Tento TED Fellow zahral na pódiu TEDGlobal 2012 nasledovaný dychvyrážajúcim sólom od majstra perkusívnej hry na gitare, Prestona Reeda. Sledujte, ako sa títo dvaja gitaristi ujali okamžitej improvizácie.
- Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound. Full bio - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer. Full bio

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ChrisChris AndersonAnderson: You guys were amazingúžasný.
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Chris Anderson: Boli ste úžasní.
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That's amazingúžasný.
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You just don't hearpočuť that everykaždý day.
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UsmanUsman, the officialúradné storypríbeh is that
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Usman, oficiálna verzia je taká,
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you learnedučený to playhrať the guitargitara
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že si sa vraj naučil hrať na gitare tak,
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by watchingsledovanie JimmyJimmy PageStránky on YouTubeYouTube.
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že si sledoval Jimmyho Pagea na YouTube.
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UsmanUsman RiazRiaz: Yes, that was the first one. And then I --
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Usman Riaz: Áno, to bolo ako prvé. A potom --
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That was the first thing I learnedučený,
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and then I startedzahájená progressingpokračuje to other things.
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a potom som sa začal zdokonaľovať pri iných veciach.
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And I startedzahájená watchingsledovanie KakiKaki KingKráľ a lot,
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Začal som dosť sledovať Kaki King,
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and she would always citecitovať PrestonPreston ReedReed as a bigveľký influencevplyv,
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ktorá vždy spomínala Prestona Reeda, aký mal na ňu veľký vplyv,
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so then I startedzahájená watchingsledovanie his videosvideá,
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takže potom som začal sledovať jeho videá,
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and it's very surrealneskutočný right now to be --
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a momentálne je veľmi surreálne byť tu a --
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that was one of his songspiesne that you learnedučený, or how did that happenstať sa?
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bola to jedna z pesničiek, ktoré si sa naučil, alebo ako to bolo?
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URUR: I'd never learnedučený it before,
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but he told me that we would be playinghracie that on stageštádium,
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ale povedal mi, že to budeme hrať na pódiu,
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so I was familiaroboznameny with it, so that's why I had so much more funzábava learningštúdium it.
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takže keď som to vedel, oveľa viac ma bavilo učiť sa to.
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And it finallykonečne happenedStalo, so ...
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CACA: PrestonPreston, from your pointbod of viewvyhliadka,
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CA: Preston, z tvojho uhla pohľadu,
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I mean, you inventedvynašiel this like 20 yearsleta agopred, right?
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ty si toto pred 20 rokmi vynašiel, však?
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How does it feel to see someoneniekto like this
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Aké to je vidieť niekoho takéhoto,
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come alongpozdĺž takingprevzatia your artumenie and doing so much with it?
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kto sa chopí tvojho remesla a dokáže s ním tak veľa?
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PrestonPreston ReedReed: It's mind-blowingohromujúci,
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Preston Reed: Je to neuveriteľné
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and I feel really proudhrdý, really honoredpoctený.
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a som veľmi poctený a hrdý.
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And he's a wonderfulbáječný musicianhudobník, so it's coolchladný.
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CA: Myslíte, že by sa našlo niečo jednominútové, čo by ste mohli ešte zahrať?
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Can you? Do you jamdžem? Do you have anything elseinak?
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Môžete? Džemujete? Máte ešte niečo?
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PR: Nič sme si nepripravili.
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CACA: There isn't. I'll tell you what.
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CA: Tak nič. Poviem vám, čo urobíme.
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If you have anotherďalší 30 or 40 secondssekundy,
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and you have anotherďalší 30 or 40 secondssekundy,
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aj ty by si mal ďalších 30 alebo 40 sekúnd,
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and we just see that, I just think --
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a uvidíme - proste si myslím --
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I can feel it. We want to hearpočuť a little more.
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And if it goeside horriblyhrozne wrongzle, no worriesobavy.
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Translated by Erika Vojtkova
Reviewed by Terezia Turcanova

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Preston Reed - Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.

Why you should listen

Most guitarists the world over play their instruments in essentially the same way: the left hand holds the neck and applies pressure to each string to change notes, while the right hand plays the melody. Not so with Preston Reed.

In the 1980s, Reed began playing his instrument in new ways, sometimes twisting his left hand to pick out a melody while the right hand strummed accompaniment or tapping the guitar’s body like a drum. A new playing style was born, with deep chords, complex percussion, and weightless melodies. And he's inspired new generations of guitarists to further innovate on the genre he pioneered.

More profile about the speaker
Preston Reed | Speaker | TED.com
Usman Riaz - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer.

Why you should listen

Usman Riaz is the founder of Mano Animation Studios -- Pakistans first hand-drawn animation studio. Their first project, The Glassworker (شیشہ گر), was created by a team of creatives from Pakistan, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, the US and the UK. 

More profile about the speaker
Usman Riaz | Speaker | TED.com