This is how I wish I could play guitar.

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:04 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5RkCbfI280

RWood · Post by **RWood** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:17 am

LeftyStrat wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5RkCbfI280

HUH?

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:42 pm

No, I mean I wish my lead lines could be as fluid as her voice. With those semi-tone bends. Just amazing and expressive.

Structo · Post by **Structo** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:43 pm

OK, I get it.

Teleguy61 · Post by **Teleguy61** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:49 pm

You mean the quarter tone bends?
Sax reminded me of a Sonny Rollins/John Coltrane cross.
Whole thing left me wishing for a major chord.

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:10 pm

Yeah, your right, those are quarter-tone bends. Such an amazing voice.

RWood · Post by **RWood** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:38 pm

LeftyStrat wrote:No, I mean I wish my lead lines could be as fluid as her voice. With those semi-tone bends. Just amazing and expressive.

Ahh! I concur. It is pretty fluid.
Every now and then I like to revisit Ravi or Anoushka Shankar for that same quality...(ear retraining is what I call it).

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:58 pm

RWood wrote:
LeftyStrat wrote:No, I mean I wish my lead lines could be as fluid as her voice. With those semi-tone bends. Just amazing and expressive.
Ahh! I concur. It is pretty fluid.
Every now and then I like to revisit Ravi or Anoushka Shankar for that same quality...(ear retraining is what I call it).

Yes, I suppose I should have picked up sitar, I love Indian music so much. Ravi Shankar at the concert for Bangladesh is the gold standard for me.

sixstringer · Post by **sixstringer** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:03 am

Wtf, there is no guitar in it. It's like saying I wish I could mix cement like that guy welds...

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:53 am

sixstringer wrote:Wtf, there is no guitar in it. It's like saying I wish I could mix cement like that guy welds...

Listen to Albert King's "I Love Lucy."

Research Clapton and woman tone.

Re-listen to the video and imagine your next solo could convey nuance and emotion of that woman's voice.

There is a long tradition of building a guitar solo as the vocals of a woman. Those that don't get this end up being Ingre Malmsteen.

Listen to a guitar solo and ask yourself, is it more dick? Or more woman?

jam-mill · Post by **jam-mill** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 1:52 pm

LeftyStrat wrote:
sixstringer wrote:Wtf, there is no guitar in it. It's like saying I wish I could mix cement like that guy welds...
Listen to Albert King's "I Love Lucy."

Research Clapton and woman tone.

Re-listen to the video and imagine your next solo could convey nuance and emotion of that woman's voice.

There is a long tradition of building a guitar solo as the vocals of a woman. Those that don't get this end up being Ingre Malmsteen.

Listen to a guitar solo and ask yourself, is it more dick? Or more woman?

I imagine you probably can't stand a guitarist like Pat Martino because of his staccato technique. Yet, his playing is very melodic with seemingly endless variation. I'd say his playing would be characterized as more masculine according to the above criterion.

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:13 pm

I try not to hate anything, I can respect technique. I'm just saying that I get more enjoyment listening to the guitarists exploring melody. To each his own.

jam-mill · Post by **jam-mill** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:36 pm

LeftyStrat wrote:I try not to hate anything, I can respect technique. I'm just saying that I get more enjoyment listening to the guitarists exploring melody. To each his own.

Sorry if 'hate' was implied by saying "can't stand"; not what was meant.

And, 'exploring melody' is one of Martino's hallmark traits, he does it by diminution, directed motion, interpolation, interruption, etc. instead of bending notes.

Agreed - 'to each his own'...

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Fri May 01, 2015 3:11 am

jam-mill wrote:
LeftyStrat wrote:I try not to hate anything, I can respect technique. I'm just saying that I get more enjoyment listening to the guitarists exploring melody. To each his own.
Sorry if 'hate' was implied by saying "can't stand"; not what was meant.

And, 'exploring melody' is one of Martino's hallmark traits, he does it by diminution, directed motion, interpolation, interruption, etc. instead of bending notes.

Agreed - 'to each his own'...

Just understand this is all in the context of how I want to play. Many styles are valid and I enjoy them. For me, I've always wanted to capture the depth of soul that I hear in this woman's voice. I'd prefer to be more like David Gilmour than EVH. But that is just me. I'm constantly trying to find a way to say more with less. I'd rather play one note that rips through your soul, than a thousand notes that makes you say "Wow, he's good."

I'd rather be known as a musician that plays guitar, than a guitarist that plays music.

LeeMo · Post by **LeeMo** » Fri May 01, 2015 3:52 am

Derick Trucks does a fantastic job of micro-tonal bends. I really like when he plays call and response with his wife's vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBbRrvJt8G8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwaau9mMQ-M
LeeMo

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