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Is not it time we had about a scientific method of determining who is the guitarist most impressive?
Ok this is a matter serious please give it some thought before I say a lot of things I do not want to know. Most young men playing guitar at some point in their lives and this activity is usually related to "hero worship" for a particular guitar, or the style of play. It is a normal part of growth. I do note that there is a game called "guitar hero" today and it got me thinking. certainly now have the technology to compare - in a scientific way, the skills on, say, SRV vs. Jerry Garcia, Santana versus Satriani, etc. etc. This would eliminate any uncertainty in people's minds forever. For example, I saw a video on Youtube called "Steve Vai vs Ry Cooder, which seemed strange to me how they play very different styles. But only one of them may be the most impressive, they can not be the most impressive is not it?
The problem is how to put objective criteria subjective qualities. O. here have said - "if I do not like, is not great. "Well, yes and no. Millions of people like Elvis, but Elvis was not the greatest singer ever to live. There is a difference between popular and talented. Then there is an issue here - should popularity and mass appeal play a role in the trial of artists on greatness? I am a guitarist, so I certainly know we can not judge a guitar with only their technical skills or lack of it - Yngwie Malmsteen can play many times more notes per minute than BB King ... but I'd rather listen to BB King. Why? His music speaks to me, he puts more emotion into his music in a way that I can relate. have thought much about art as lately I've been writing music and lyrics and music, etc. and trying to gear up and get my side project going. It's seemed that art is really a tangible thing - it's just a vehicle. Visual art is a device composed of an object, light, and his eyes. Without any of these factors there visual art. I think it's similar to the music ... notes, rhythm, instruments, silence and ears. Without any of these are not Music. guess what I am "saying is that some people seem to think of art as this singular object - "look at that piece of art!" Without public involvement to get the vehicle goes to message can be delivered, there is no art. Art is a vehicle intended to communicate. Without communication, not art. Therefore, to relate this back to the question, how can you objectively grade other guitarists, when an essential component of musical experience is the audience? Get involved with the music to my ears, yes, but also my emotions, life experiences, memories, etc. The music's ability to resonate within me is these areas that complements their ability to communicate with me and deliver your message. So .... I do not know. You can configure a set of criteria based on tangible things accurately (note, fluency in one style, versatility, notes per minute, etc.), but when you ignore the intangible you ignore what makes a great artist - his audience. My two cents. Saul
More Jerry Garcia-esque Licks, bebop scale - Jdog's bonus Guitar Lesson video w/Bradley Fish
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Europe 72 $17.93 This expanded edition of this essential live Grateful Dead album contains seven additional tracks, including a 30-min. Pigpen-led jam with "Good Lovin'" as the anchor, and "Looks Like Rain," featuring some of Jerry Garcia's last-ever pedal steel guitar-playing with the Dead.No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: GRATEFUL DEADTitle: EUROPE '72Street Release Date: 03/25/2003... |
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Garcia $18.98 Garcia, his revered 1972 solo debut, exclusively features cowrites by Jerry, Dead percussionist Bill Kreutzmann, and famed Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, including "Sugaree," "To Lay Me Down," and "The Wheel." Now expanded with eight previously unreleased outtakes from the original sessions, including "Study for Eep Hour" and a "Dealin' From the Bottom" studio jam.... |
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