Guitar Thread

crublue1 said:
Cheers Bill, I also have a yamaha electro acoustic which I play a lot. I can play a few tunes, but I'm not brilliant.
I can strum, know a few chords, I've written a few songs, but it's just for me, there's no way I'd play in front of someone.
Cheers Bill, always appreciate your posts bud.
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There is no good and bad playing to a point mate - you can be playing a 3 chord riff that is creating or contributing to some great music. Keep working on that and you will real the rewards.

Conversely, someone can be setting the fret board on fire with speed and technical brilliance and it does nothing for the player or listening audience (apologies @Bill Walker ;-) ).

What's that saying about rock stars playing 3 chords to 10,000 people whilst the jazz sage plays 10,000 notes to an audience of 3 or similar?

Finding your 'place' and playing for enjoyment I find pivotal and people bring different thoughts and styles to the table.

We can't can't all be Hendrix (I still play lead like a dog so I don't really bother with it any more), but then again, we all don't need to be either.

Mantra for the day - it's ok not be great, but it's great to be ok-ish (or something a bit more meaningful)..........
:-)
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
There is no good and bad playing to a point mate - you can be playing a 3 chord riff that is creating or contributing to some great music. Keep working on that and you will real the rewards.

Conversely, someone can be setting the fret board on fire with speed and technical brilliance and it does nothing for the player or listening audience (apologies @Bill Walker ;-) ).

What's that saying about rock stars playing 3 chords to 10,000 people whilst the jazz sage plays 10,000 notes to an audience of 3 or similar?

Finding your 'place' and playing for enjoyment I find pivotal and people bring different thoughts and styles to the table.

We can't can't all be Hendrix (I still play lead like a dog so I don't really bother with it any more), but then again, we all don't need to be either.

Mantra for the day - it's ok not be great, but it's great to be ok-ish (or something a bit more meaningful)..........
:-)
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Hahaha I think you'll find Pat Metheny playing to a few hundred dedicated fans, not 3, no notes will mean nothing to his fans.
Alongside his technical brilliance is real musical taste and beauty.
Many Rock God's are fans of Pat Metheny.
I like quite a few 3 and 4 chord songs also.
C Am. F G. (a 1 6 4 5 progression)

There's a hundred songs.

Love is all around
Stand by me
Octopus Garden

And many more..
 
Bill Walker said:
Hahaha I think you'll find Pat Metheny playing to a few hundred dedicated fans, not 3, no notes will mean nothing to his fans.
Alongside his technical brilliance is real musical taste and beauty.
Many Rock God's are fans of Pat Metheny.
I like quite a few 3 and 4 chord songs also.
C Am. F G. (a 1 6 4 5 progression)

There's a hundred songs.

Love is all around
Stand by me
Octopus Garden

And many more..
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I was only being flippant to get my point across Billy.

As with pretty much everything in life we all have different approaches and belief's towards guitar and music.

As a bit of an aside, have you come up against that you couldn't play?

I'm thinking of having another bash at Won't go back again by The Mac - finger picking above my station that one.

Fucking great song though.............
 
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Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
I was only being flippant to get my point across Billy.

As with pretty much everything in life we all have different approaches and belief's towards guitar and music.

As a bit of an aside, have you come up against that you couldn't play?

I'm thinking of having another bash at Won't go back again by The Mac - finger picking above my station that one.

Fucking great son though.............
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Well yes, I can't play The Clap by Steve Howe ...and I cant play this by Tommy Emmanuel, complete mastery of the guitar.

 
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