06 May 05
I think it's a good idea. The sooner it gets popular amongst the idiots who think volume is more important than musical ability, the sooner the musical world looses a bunch of moronic teenage fret-w@nkers to deafness or possibly blood clots in the brain etc. Woot!
06 May 05
Originally posted by VargIt wasn't until I started playing a nylon that I began to realise what tone was all about.
Yeah, man, everyone knows it's about the [b]tone!!
I like how it comes with a gate effect "for reducing the volume" and sets of ear plugs.[/b]
I remember talking to a guitarist, well known in Irish trad circles, who told me that everybody just wanted to play quickly, (kinda similar to the loudly thing.) He said to me if you can play at 207 bpm and some guy can do it at 208 - does that make the faster player better? Instead Arty was concentrating on chord theory: he would take, say, an old Irish air and slip in a few jazz chords: very nice stuff.
I know this thread is about loudness but I thought I was being relevant.
06 May 05
Originally posted by demonseedhe's quite correct. Tis a shame more musicians do not have this view.
It wasn't until I started playing a nylon that I began to realise what tone was all about.
I remember talking to a guitarist, well known in Irish trad circles, who told me that everybody just wanted to play quickly, (kinda similar to the loudly thing.) He said to me if you can play at 207 bpm and some guy can do it at 208 - does that make the faster pl ...[text shortened]... ery nice stuff.
I know this thread is about loudness but I thought I was being relevant.
Having said that, I'm all for loud once in a while to capture a mood or emotion, just in discerning moderation.
06 May 05
Originally posted by StarrmanWell I used to play in a punk band, was good for releasing all that teenage aggression.
he's quite correct. Tis a shame more musicians do not have this view.
Having said that, I'm all for loud once in a while to capture a mood or emotion, just in discerning moderation.
06 May 05
Well about the playing fast thing, 10-20 years or so ago, for a certain type of music, that's what it was about - speed was better.
Obviously that's not the case for other styles of music, but if you want to play the fast style, you have to be fast.
Anyway, as a fashion, shredding came and went. No one is impressed by speed anymore.
06 May 05
Originally posted by VargWell Irish music is supposed to be fast and lively. There are a lot of jigs and reels.
Well about the playing fast thing, 10-20 years or so ago, for a certain type of music, that's what it was about - speed was better.
Obviously that's not the case for other styles of music, but if you want to play the fast style, you have to be fast.
Anyway, as a fashion, shredding came and went. No one is impressed by speed anymore.
But because everyone was obsessed with speed they had forgotten about a few laments and airs that could be really beautiful on the guitar with a nice arrangement.
06 May 05
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Originally posted by VargUnless it is coupled with a fantastic display of the understanding of melody and artistic representation. For example, Youwingedme Mam(spring)steen although bloody fast, will get absolutely no respect from me ever due to the fact that his musicality and melodic ability (and dress sense) is stunted. However, someone like John McGloughlin who is fast and musically brilliant, will have me utterly captivated for hours (and he dresses so much better 🙂).
Well about the playing fast thing, 10-20 years or so ago, for a certain type of music, that's what it was about - speed was better.
Obviously that's not the case for other styles of music, but if you want to play the fast style, you have to ...[text shortened]... on, shredding came and went. No one is impressed by speed anymore.
07 May 05
Originally posted by KneverKnightBluegrass is good stuff.
Thanks for the thoughts. I play some bluegrass guitar and it can go overboard with the speed as well, good to hear that y'all appreciate tone and taste 🙂
A lot of Irish guitarists are into that scene. In fact, in my home town of Omagh we have an Appalachian and Bluegrass festival every year.