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I don't consider myself a guitarist, though I enjoy playing it and pissing about with the cool guitar toys. If anything, I'm a pianist. But even on piano, I differentiate between me playing my classical stuff as a pianist, or playing piano as a musician using a tool. When I use the guitar in this way, usually for my own original stuff, it's a lot more satisfying and makes a better impression on me and any listeners. Because I'm playing with my ears, not from a score or a tab or whatever
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I grew up in a trad Irish music playing environment which is totally playing by ear, and my progression to guitar followed a similar path. Playing technique such as string bending etc. was on a strictly need to basis to suit the song. I never practiced string bends on their own for example, the song/tune was and is still king.
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I remember when I first started playing my ear was terrible and it took me several years for me to hear chords and notes. I'm a lot better now and more accurate esp with stuff like rhythm as I wouldn't play riffs correctly due to the rhythm being incorrect.
But maybe my musical ear enables me to read quicker whilst sight reading as I know where the piece is likely to go next so there's probably an element of educated guesswork to it. This is easier in stuff from mid 1800s backwards in fairness, but still applies to the classical stuff after then and for modern jazz or pop styles
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A select few are competent enough to follow whatever is written down and play along in time. No doubt having a good ear will tell you if you're not playing something right, esp when doing pentatonic scales when they can hear a note is out of key against the backing track.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.