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

Usman Riaz ve Preston Reed: Genç bir gitarist kahramanıyla birlikte

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Yirmi bir yaşındaki Usman Riaz YouTube'daki kahramanlarını izleyerek öğrendiği tür olan perküsyon gitarında bir deha. TED Fellow'u, TEDGlobal 2012'de sahne alıyor, onu perküsyon gitarının ustası Preston Reed ağzınızı açık bırakacak bir performansla takip ediyor. Son olarak da bu iki gitaristin doğaçlama performansını izleyin.
- 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 amazingşaşırtıcı.
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Chris Anderson: Harikaydınız.
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That's amazingşaşırtıcı.
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You just don't hearduymak that everyher day.
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Böyle bir şeyi her gün duymuyorsunuz.
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UsmanOsman'ın açıklaması, the officialresmi storyÖykü is that
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Usman, hikayenin aslı
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you learnedbilgili to playoyun the guitargitar
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gitar çalmayı
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by watchingseyretme JimmyJimmy PageSayfa on YouTubeYouTube.
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YouTube'da Jimmy Page'i izleyerek öğrendin.
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UsmanOsman'ın açıklaması RiazRiaz: Yes, that was the first one. And then I --
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Usman Riaz: Evet, o ilkiydi. Sonra --
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That was the first thing I learnedbilgili,
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O öğrendiğim ilk şeydi,
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and then I startedbaşladı progressingilerliyor to other things.
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sonra başka şeylere ilerlemeye başladım.
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And I startedbaşladı watchingseyretme KakiKaki KingKral a lot,
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Kaki King'i izlemeye başladım.
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and she would always citeanmak PrestonPreston ReedReed as a bigbüyük influenceetki,
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O hep Preston Reed'in etkilendiği kişilerden biri olduğunu söylerdi,
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so then I startedbaşladı watchingseyretme his videosvideolar,
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sonra onun videolarını izlemeye başladım,
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and it's very surrealgerçeküstü right now to be --
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Şimdi burada olmak gerçek üstü geliyor. --
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CACA: Was that pieceparça just now,
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CA: Şimdiki bu parça,
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that was one of his songsşarkılar that you learnedbilgili, or how did that happenolmak?
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senin çalmayı öğrendiğin, onun parçalarından biri miydi, veya nasıl oldu bu?
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URUR: I'd never learnedbilgili it before,
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UR: Bunu daha önce öğrenmemiştim,
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but he told me that we would be playingoynama that on stageevre,
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ama bana sahnede bunu çalacağımızı söyledi,
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so I was familiartanıdık with it, so that's why I had so much more funeğlence learningöğrenme it.
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bu parçayı tanıyordum, bu yüzden öğrenirken çok keyif aldım.
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And it finallyen sonunda happenedolmuş, so ...
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Sonunda oldu.
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CACA: PrestonPreston, from your pointpuan of viewgörünüm,
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CA: Preston, senin bakış açından,
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I mean, you inventedicat edildi this like 20 yearsyıl agoönce, right?
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demek istediğim, bunu 20 yıl önce keşfettin, değil mi?
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How does it feel to see someonebirisi like this
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Birinin gelip senin sanatını alıp
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come alonguzun bir takingalma your artSanat and doing so much with it?
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onunla böyle şeyler yapması seni nasıl hissettiriyor?
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PrestonPreston ReedReed: It's mind-blowingsanrılama,
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Preston Reed: Oldukça heyecan verici
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and I feel really proudgururlu, really honoredonur.
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ve gerçekten gurur duyuyorum, onur duyuyorum.
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And he's a wonderfulolağanüstü musicianmüzisyen, so it's coolgüzel.
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Ve şahane bir müzisyen, o yüzden harika.
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CACA: I guesstahmin, I don't think there is like a one-minutebir dakikalık other pieceparça you guys can do?
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CA: Çalabileceğiniz bir dakikalık başka bir parça var mı?
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Can you? Do you jamreçel? Do you have anything elsebaşka?
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Yapabilir misiniz? Doğaçlayabilir misiniz? Hazırladığınız başka bir şey var mı?
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PRPR: We haven'tyok preparedhazırlanmış anything.
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PR: Bir şey hazırlamadık.
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CACA: There isn't. I'll tell you what.
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CA: Yok. O zaman şöyle diyelim.
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If you have anotherbir diğeri 30 or 40 secondssaniye,
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30-40 saniyeniz varsa
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and you have anotherbir diğeri 30 or 40 secondssaniye,
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ve sizin de 30-40 saniyeniz varsa,
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and we just see that, I just think --
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bence --
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I can feel it. We want to hearduymak a little more.
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Hissedebiliyorum. Biraz daha duymak istiyoruz.
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And if it goesgider horriblykorkunç wrongyanlış, no worriesEndişeye.
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Korkunç giderse de sorun değil.
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Translated by Meric Aydonat
Reviewed by Sercan Cüre

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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

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