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    I perform mostly solo - I am very careful not to cut myself.

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  3. #127

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thoughtfree
    I perform mostly solo - I am very careful not to cut myself.
    Yea you gotta watch it- your right hand might start cutting the left and vise versa .

  4. #128

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    Quote Originally Posted by wintermoon
    "Just remember, it takes 2 great guitar players to sound like 1 very ordinary piano player"
    -Barney Kessel
    Barry Harris believes that guitarist can do everything pianists can do and perhaps even more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tal_175
    Barry Harris believes that guitarist can do everything pianists can do and perhaps even more.
    Does Mr Harris play guitar much ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pingu
    Does Mr Harris play guitar much ?
    Probably not. Though he can play the piano a little I think and he tutored guitar virtuoso's like Pasquale Grasso from a young age and god knows who else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tal_175
    Probably not. Though he can play the piano a little I think and he tutored guitar virtuoso's like Pasquale Grasso from a young age and god knows who else.
    No disrespect at all intended here

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    Quote Originally Posted by pingu
    No disrespect at all intended here
    Sure, I didn't take it to be disrespectful. I'm not a Barry Harris - freak BTW, It was just interesting to hear him say that. Given that he had a lot of experience with guitarists, he is certainly a credible person to make that comparison.
    Mind you he doesn't like the big chords that some pianist play. Those are the chords that would be impossible on the guitar. Still I'm sure there is a bit of exaggeration in that statement. Although it's obviously true that there are many expressive things that guitarist can do that would be impossible on the piano.
    Last edited by Tal_175; 05-02-2019 at 08:44 AM.

  9. #133

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    Have you ever heard such and such guitarist sounds like a piano player? Yes. Have you ever heard such and such piano player sounds like a guitar player? No! Why? Because they freaking cant even if they tried! You can't strum a piano. The only thing they have on us is extended voicings. But who cares, it's not an advantage really.

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    Well as Sonny Rollins puts it (I’ll track down the link David B has it) he likes the guitar cos ot takes up less room.

    He might mean in terms of voicings, but I think he also means in terms of the sound. Electric guitar is a pretty small sounding thing.

    Piano has a lot more overtones.

    I think that’s why guitar players use delay (and chorus back in the 80s) try and get more size out of the instrument. Wonder if that’s missing the point. (I love delay tho)

  11. #135

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    Guitar is the better band and accompany instrument. Piano is the better solo instrument.

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    Guitar vs. Piano makes me remember the statement by Goethe, which I hope I recall correctly:

    "In der Beschränkung macht sich erst der Meister."

    My translation: "In limitation best, is the Master manifest."

    By imposing limits, the guitar pushes a musician to mastery, forcing the player to make hard choices.

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    I'm jealous that pno players can play those close cluster chords so easily

    also Tatum where he plays a line but with the big chords
    (what ARE those voicings ? They're great !)
    i suppose Benson gets closest to that on guitar v, octaves with a fifth or fourth
    in there , but not the same sound though

    also pno can walk a bass line fairly easily
    i know Joe pass , Tuck Andress , etc but it's much tougher on gtr innit

    still we can do a lot of stuff they can't do
    so its all good

    carry on cutting !
    although I hate cutting
    its just saying I'm better than you
    what is achieved by that ?

    i was once cut on Autumn Leaves
    i was playing all the changes etc
    then the next guitarist solos all minor pentatonic
    And blues licks all over the changes

    the audience absolutely Loved It
    what ya gonna do huh ?

    carry on !

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    OTOH imagine you could get up and do this



    Everyone else would instantly realise the error of their ways.

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    I could, if I played alto about a hundred times better than I play guitar.

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    That Johnny Hodges clip is awesome .