Still Waters Posted November 15, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Violinist Ben Lee, who can play Flight of the Bumblebee at an average of 15 notes per second, is declared the quickest human on the planet. Judges and scientists working on the Discovery Channel show Superhuman Showdown unanimously voted the 32-year-old musician the fastest superhuman on earth, after he beat off stiff competition from a speed shooter and a base jumper. http://www.telegraph...st-Ben-Lee.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 16, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 16, 2012 If I was him I'd demand to be known as a Fast Fingered Fiddler rather than a 'speed violinist'. (only saying) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted November 16, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Was that the same guy who made `Facethoven´? They looked kinda similar. Anyway, I vote for Yngwie Mamlsteen. It's much harder playing it on a guitar with a plectrum than a violin with a bow. [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAlYfyf_gnQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 16, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Joey Demaio Sting of the Bumblebee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Ztkh3h0LQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted November 17, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Shows what the brain is capable of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidboy Posted November 17, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) Judges and scientists working on the Quest channel's show, Superhuman Showdown, unanimously voted the 32-year-old musician the fastest superhuman on earth, after he beat off stiff competition from a speed shooter and a base jumper. Very scientific way of determining the fastest human, voting for it... edit: still impressive though, all of them. Edited November 17, 2012 by squidboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHICKEN little Posted November 17, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I CAN GET ANYBODY ONE OF THOSE VERY EXPENSIVE STRAIVARYASS VIOLINS [THROUGH THE BACK DOOR ] FOR 25 DOLLARS ... "NO STRINGS ATTACHED" , JUST SAYING. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsra Posted November 17, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 17, 2012 After watching this, my hubby had a very non-postable comment about this guys fingers and his ability with women. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andami Posted November 17, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 17, 2012 This video, at the 6:00 mark. You can tell it isn't sped up by the activity going on out the window. This musician also favors Flight of the Bumblebee. Must just be easy to play fast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted November 18, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 18, 2012 This video, at the 6:00 mark. You can tell it isn't sped up by the activity going on out the window. This musician also favors Flight of the Bumblebee. Must just be easy to play fast. He was pretty fast, but he missed out, or left out, loads of notes. Anyway, I used to like fast guitarist back in the day and Tony MacAlpine was one of them. [media=] [/media] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted November 18, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 18, 2012 All I could hear was the bloody metronome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted November 18, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I heard it on CBC's 'Sound of the Day'. 56 seconds flat and note perfect apparently. It sounded like I had a swarm of bees inside my head for a minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 18, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I beg to differ, there is one violinist that is deemed the fastest fingered, Niccoló Paganini whom was accused of possessing the devil. But he had something called "hyperfingers" Casanova had those fingers too, or so I've heard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 19, 2012 #14 Share Posted November 19, 2012 This video, at the 6:00 mark. You can tell it isn't sped up by the activity going on out the window. This musician also favors Flight of the Bumblebee. Must just be easy to play fast. It's not that it's easy, testosterone makes male musicians try to intimidate other musicians by playing tough musical pieces. Flight of the bumblebee is tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted November 19, 2012 #15 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I CAN GET ANYBODY ONE OF THOSE VERY EXPENSIVE STRAIVARYASS VIOLINS [THROUGH THE BACK DOOR ] FOR 25 DOLLARS ... "NO STRINGS ATTACHED" , JUST SAYING. Since you can't spell the poor name properly and you feel the need to type in attention-grabbing all caps, I doubt your claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohands Posted November 30, 2012 #16 Share Posted November 30, 2012 wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted November 30, 2012 #17 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Awww he's not so fast... My ex could jump to 15 different conclusions in less than 3 nano seconds... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad hoc Posted December 1, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 1, 2012 he plays it at about 15 notes per second... very fast, but there are quite a few well known shredders who play at 16 ish and probably a few unknowns who play even faster. as for the guitarist dude playing flight of the bumblebee ... that record is whack lol. the problem is that for the guinness committee to judge, the recording needs to be slowed down. but with that much overdrive i very much doubt anything can be made out, it's just a mess. which is probably why they've suspended the record holding while they look into how it's judged. but whatevs. the violinist has glitter in his hair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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