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I just type on the internet for a bit of a break from working, if I had my guitar I wouldn't be typing....
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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It certainly does, and I think most of us who feel comfortable playing whatever's in our head/heart would say it comes relatively naturally, but learning is a huuuuge part of it, and I don't just mean learning to play the instrument. I mean learning music as well. All those amazing composers didn't only rely on something innate alone, they had a gruelling musical upbringing. It's nature and nurture, just as it is with anyone at the peak of their profession, right? Sports people, scientists, artists, you name it. Imo.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I think the idea of know everything, forget everything is specious.
By the time a kid gets to school he should know how to talk with people to get what he needs, know how to pick out a safe adult if he loses mum or dad, maybe know his address, maybe be able to get dressed, maybe take himself to the loo.
It's something similar for guitarists (ignoring the whole guitarist/musician shit-storm) if they can get up on stage, play in tune, know the tunes they'll play, keep time and manage their volume levels. Ideally they should be able to recall the amp settings in case another band change them, ideally recall the setlist, ideally not get pissed in the time between sound-check and their spot, ideally get on with the rest of the band.
When people are discussing the bullshit of modes, keys, diatonic notes, inversions - that's the domain of improvisation, song-writing and waffling.
It sounds pretentious at a gig, anally retentive in a studio BUT fucking awesome on internet forums for guitarists (try it with musicians and you'll be out of your depth almost instantly).