He's even getting the vocal timing of how Nora starts her verses right on the money!! Why isn't this kid famous wtf!!!

I found this video while learning the guitar part of this song, and he's actually playing a very minimized version of the guitar melody, which when anchored to the vocal melody gives the impression of the full guitar bit to a listener who is familiar with the song. The playing is fantastic but the skill in creating the arrangement is also extremely impressive!

Amazing. I’ve been playing guitar for decades and this guy is genius.

And what a beautiful instrument!

I can do the same, I just need to buy a guitar

Yeah yeah, very incredible!

A heck of a compliment from another amazing guitar player!

Seriously, getting that statement from Walter is like the gold standard! I wonder what Earl Klugh would say about Kent?

Make that 2

3

Just.... incredible sir!!

@@stevealston7453 3 4 me...just fantastic...makes me wanna dust off the guitars and play again..

And 5! Thought exactly the same thing

Everyone should turn off the news and just watch this. No more political fighting...

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gotta disagree. My angle is that true players speak through their instruments so it really doesn't matter the technical level, so not better, just a different musical expression. but I hear ya. Kent plays amazingly beautiful.

. . . And the sound and the feel . . .

Kent is the best, but as long as guitarists can tell stories from their guitars and play with feelings, they should be appreciated as well!

@@boyanwawa @boyanwawa And that is the case of any musician. I knew a man that couldn't sing at all. He was simply not able to hit a correct note. When he sang it didn't sound musical and you could hardly recognize the melody. He could play the guitar to a certain degree normally and could accompany his singing with the guitar. One day I sat on cobblestones with friends at a public place in a circle and sang songs to my guitar. Then this friend of mine came and wanted to sing. I gave him my guitar and he sung one of his favourite songs. The melody was hardly recognizable. It sounded more like speaking than singing. And the song he sang if I remember correctly was a long one around 8 minutes long with around 5 verses and chorus in between. He sang the whole song and no one interrupted him and anyone just listened and enjoyed because he was enjoying it. Although from a musical standpoint it was rather sung awefully and yet it was a great experience and a great lesson for me. Because he sang the song with such a passion that you could feel it that he wanted to pass on a message and he did. If I remember it correctly it was the song American pie by Don Mclean which is one of my favourite songs and that also always had a deep and highly spiritual and religious meaning to me. The lesson that I learned from my friend was that you don't need an extraordinary musical talent in order to express your soul and to be able to pass on the passion that is woven into a song. Since that day I listened to anyone that sang because I wasn't interested anymore in the quality of the performance but I tried to sense and feel from which place in the soul the voice and emotions came from. Otherwise great comment. My comment's essence is basically the same as yours just highlighted from my personal experience.

@@peternemeth1777 Thank you for sharing the story! This is exactly what I mean. Although the techniques and musical skills are important, playing or singing without souls is like something created by machines. It’s musically perfect, but that’s not what we are created for. We are meant to play and sing differently due to our different stories and lives, and that’s what makes music so special to listen to. I can relate to your story. In fact that’s my motivation of playing music, cause I know I’m not perfect but I truly enjoy making music. People seem to see music as competitions nowadays, always compare with each other technically. The purposes of making music are no longer the same.

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And beautiful guitar too.

Nice to see you here Tomo

It is good, but Norah's voice is something else

Is this not something you're just projecting on to everyone else? I've never once heard of guitar players "turning off their audience" because they're too technical. I think that might just be your problem.

@@popcorns6472 It is and it isn't. It takes two to tango. A perfomer needs an audience to complete his performance. No it's not a projection: It's something like kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m81hadCW1batnZ8.html It's hokey.

Nicely said bro. I agree with the turning off of the audience with over complicating things. The melody was there through out.

Definitely not something you're projecting, I had this feeling before even reading the comments. I knew it was TOO good when I caught the ONE time he was barely off beat. I think the song being beautiful and simple really helps out.

I, like everyone else except Steve Jobs, agree.

Why patronise him then?

Luke A I like being blown away.

you are joking aren't you ? "Sophisticatedly simple" ??? "I hate other "pro"" guitarists" ...WOW ! first time for everything but I never would have thought I'd hear someone so arrogant to say they hate George Benson

Yes spot on. He plays the piece like it’s enough in itself and just nails it. Adding a bunch of extra stuff is an easier and safer option.

i was gonna say... amazing talent

you're blithering nonsense , its a guy playing guitar

You took the words out of my mouth. Kent Nishimura is pure genius.

Me too!!!

That would downgrade the tune, unfortunately.

He's already playing the melody so adding her voice would be doubling up

Her voice is already in this arrangement.

Yes. Not sing OVER, but a duet. Kent can swap playing 2nd voice/harmony instead of the main melody (1st voice), or Norah can sing 2nd voice or change throughout the song.

@@iroulis Kent's guitar won't have it.

Wow... Clearly you have not seen much then. Not that Kent isn't amazing, but he sure as hell isn't unrivaled and definitely not even top 10 fingerstyle players on KZfaq.

Check out Sungha Jung

@@sebastianeespaillat2060 Sungha Jung too, but also Tommy Emmanuel, Alexandr Misko, Kotaro Oshio (who is Kent's idol), Lucas Stricagnoli, Mike Dawes, Igor Presnyakov, Richard Smith, Akihiro Tanaka just to name a few. He would especially like Tommy Emmanuel, Lucas Stricagnoli, and Alexandr Misko.

@@kob627 Who are your top 10?

@@varunmaheshwari9182 I gave them already

It is that good. Privilege to be here 👏👏👏

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Yes! ♥️♥️💕🎶🎵

Realy? Have you check this. He is a forklip driver. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtZgi6h_p8zWpWQ.html

Pleaseeee pleaseee check out Young so kim!!!!! He's a prodigy n his originals r sooo freakingg Beautiful!! He also covered this song too! Sooo gooood

When you know how hard it is 👍

Me too... I want one