You could say these Alipers are fanatics and quite aggressive in supporting and promoting Ali Ba Ta's channel, among others by asking YouTubers, especially foreign ones, to make reaction on Alip's videos. This certainly was not only a big blow to Alif, although he himself seemed trying not to be too affected and was reluctant to talk about it, but his fans felt and still feel great losses with the disappearance of Alip's masterpieces from his channel.Īlip Ba Ta's fans have created Facebook group and call themselves Alipers Indonesia. Dear God's cover was over 8 million viewers already. Unfortunately, this guitar's cover could no longer be seen on Alip Ba Ta's Channel.Īt least 12 finger style guitar covers from Alip Ba Ta's channel with millions of views were removed due to copyright claims, namely Bengawan Solo, Black Or White, Canon Rock, Dear God, Hotel California, Mother, Kiss The Rain, Kidung Wahyu Kolosebo, Lingsir Wengi, All About Us, Still Got The Blues, and Wind of Change. The speed at which his fingers move in to press the string above the fret and then back to play on the fret is just smooth and perfect. Exquisite.Īnother mind blowing technique was the way Alip Ba Ta pressed strings above and outside guitar's fret, such as in "Lingsir Wengi", which produces a heavenly bending sound. Other than the song's beauty and his technique, it's the way that Alip Ba Ta performed Tum Hi Ho that made the sound like they came from Heaven. From the video I was introduced with false harmonics technique, where the index finger on a string without pressing it and the thumb picks it, both with his right hand, producing a pleasant vibrating sound of string.Īlif also uses fast sliding technique, tapping on small and bass strings with the right index finger, and slapping half death on the bass strings with his thumb that produces a magical percussion sound. He was born in Ponorogo, a city in East Java well known with its magnificent Reog dance.Īnyone who watches Alip's video playing the Tum Hi Ho's finger style guitar cover will certainly be impressed and will play it repeatedly while reading comments that will never all be read.
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Thanks to my short and unreliable memory, it was Arijit Singh - Tum Hi Ho (fingerstyle cover) Alip Ba Ta in the above video that seemingly the first video I watched in September 2019, around the date when I read the twit about the finger style guitar's God. This is one of the most phenomenal finger style guitar covers and praised by the original guitarist, Brian May.
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The pinkie is almost completely independent of the movements to the rest, as if it has separate hinge. One that is not easily imitated is that he uses pinky finger to tap on guitar's body as a kind of percussion and keeps tempo, while the other fingers keep playing, as in Bohemian Rhapsody.
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He made his own arrangements, took full videos with static cellphone camera, choices of tones that made his guitar alive with soul, and played in a simple room set up with a pack of local cigarettes, ashtray from used can, and a glass of black coffee. The distinct videos characteristics of the finger style guitar's God, whose real name is Alif Gustakhiyat, are that the musics were all exquisitely arranged and almost 100% smoothly played, in ways that are sometimes unthinkable even by seasoned guitar players. There were original works of his own finger style guitar compositions as well. Occasionally he uploaded guitar style covers which were not entirely finger picking, he also sang albeit only in one song, gave tutorials and also tips. Most of the videos he made are covers of popular songs, either originally played by famous foreign or locals group bands and singers, with various music genres. Since then I rather routinely watching almost all finger style guitar videos uploaded on Alip Ba Ta's channel. The retweet, as I recall, was to a tweet wrote by a famous musician named Addie MS, who was so impressed by Alip Ba Ta's exceptional guitar skills, as well as appreciative with his modest appearance.
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Ini!: Dewa Gitar Finger Style Itu Bernama Alip Ba Ta It was a bit late knowing him, as Alip's subscribers were around 500-600 thousands already. Curious, I searched and opened his channel and watched a number of his finger styles guitar cover videos. It's been a while since I started following Alip Ba Ta's channel in Youtube, just a few seconds after reading a retweet in my Twitter's timeline that mentioned his name.