TED2008
Kaki King: Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar
Kaki King rockea con Ruido Rosa ("Pink Noise")
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Kaki King, la primera mujer guitarrista en la lista de "Dioses de la Guitarra" de Rolling Stone, ofrece un recital en vivo en TED2008, incluyendo su éxito "Playing with Pink Noise" (Jugando con Ruido Rosa). Un virtuosismo asombroso se cruza con una técnica de guitarra realmente sobresaliente.
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting. Full bio
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting. Full bio
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I was thinking about my place in the universe,
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Estaba pensando sobre mi lugar en el universo.
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and about my first thought about what infinity might mean,
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y mi primer pensamiento sobre lo que significa el infinito,
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when I was a child.
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cuando era una niña.
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And I thought that if time could reach
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Y yo pensaba que si el tiempo puede estirarse
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forwards and backwards infinitely,
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hacia adelante y hacia atrás infinitamente,
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doesn't that mean that
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eso no quiere decir que
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every point in time is really infinitely small,
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cada punto en el tiempo sea infinitamente pequeño,
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and therefore somewhat meaningless.
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y por tanto algo insignificante.
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So we don't really have a place in the universe,
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Así que no tenemos realmente un lugar en el universo,
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as far as on a time line.
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con respecto a la línea del tiempo.
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But nothing else does either.
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Pero tampoco lo tiene ninguna otra cosa.
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Therefore every moment really is the most important moment
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Por ello cada momento es el momento más importante
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that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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que jamás sucedió, incluyendo este momento, ahora mismo.
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And so therefore this music you're about to hear
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Y entonces esta música que están por escuchar
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is maybe the most important music
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tal vez sea la música más importante
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you'll ever hear in your life.
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que escucharán en su vida.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
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(Applause)
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Thank you.
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Gracias.
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(Applause)
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(Applause)
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08:56
For those of you who I'll be fortunate enough to meet afterwards,
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Para aquellos de ustedes que yo tenga la suerte de conocer más tarde,
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you could please refrain from saying,
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podrían por favor abstenerse de decir,
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"Oh my god, you're so much shorter in real life."
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"Oh dios mío, eres mucho más pequeña en la vida real."
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(Laughter)
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Because it's like the stage is an optical illusion,
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Porque es como si el escenario fuera una ilusión óptica,
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for some reason.
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por alguna razón.
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(Laughter)
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Somewhat like the curving of the universe.
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Algo parecido a la curvatura del universo.
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I don't know what it is. I get asked in interviews a lot,
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No sé lo que es. Me preguntan mucho en las entrevistas,
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"My god, you're guitars are so gigantic!"
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"¡Dios mío, tus guitarras son tan gigantescas!"
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(Laughter)
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"You must get them custom made -- special, humongous guitars."
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"Seguro son hechas a la medida, guitarras especiales, enormes."
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(Laughter)
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(Applause)
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Thank you very much.
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Muchas gracias.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - GuitaristKaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.
Why you should listen
Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.
King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.
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