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Everyone should play whichever instrument they like and listen to whatever they like.
I like listening to most instruments, but I go through phases of liking different things. One of the things I like about jazz is there is always another great musician out there you haven’t heard, it’s inexhaustible.
I even took up the sax for a while many years ago, but eventually realised it was getting nowhere so I stuck to the guitar. Which was for the best, as I could never have put in the hours on the sax late at night when the kids were in bed. But I could practise quietly in the evenings on the guitar, and that’s how I progressed.
I like to think you can learn something from all instruments and apply it to the guitar (if you want to!).
Maybe not the bagpipes though...
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11-14-2020 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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well, to be honest, that Mathis stuff you posted is boring...............to me anyway
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Does he really belong in a 'soul' music thread?
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The guitar is more beautiful (Chopin said 'there is nothing more beautiful than the guitar, except two guitars'), but pianists often play more music.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Sorry for starting a firestorm. Certainly didn't mean to say I don't like or even love the guitar or it's players. Definitely not that at all. Can't remember where I was going. Maybe just the grass is greener on the other side. I put down guitar for a year to work on saxophone and same thing kind of happened. I envy the person who can never get tired of something no matter how much they do it. It's strange, though, I read or hear about famous musicians like Trane, Wayne, Sonny, to name a few who at times said they weren't really listening to music much. Whatever, it doesn't really matter. People get inspiration from wherever and whatever. If we all listened to the same stuff, practiced the same things then we'd sound more homogeneous and boring than many people probably think we already do.
Last edited by arielcee; 11-15-2020 at 09:32 AM.
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I seem to recall an interview with Julian Bream where he was asked if he liked listening to classical guitar recordings. He said no, he had enough of playing the guitar all day, and most of the guitar repertoire was not by the greatest composers. He said he preferred listening to Haydn string quartets.
Someone asked Dexter Gordon if he listened to jazz records and he said his head was so full of all the music he had ever heard that he couldn’t stand listening to any records!
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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The piano is a superb instrument. Some of you don’t like the way players play. Piano players can say the same about guitar players. That’s irrelevant criticism. The piano is the most relevant instrument. If it weren’t you wouldn’t have people navigating 800 pounds of wood and wire up 10 flights of stairs.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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Originally Posted by arielcee
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Just like any instrument piano has it's limitations, one HUGE disadvantage is the fact that there is very little ways to change the sound of the note once it is hit, compared to a guitar or a horn.
Another is, very limited options is HOW to hit the note compared to a horn and even more so a guitar.
A horn has a HUGE disadvantage as it is a single note instrument, so chords etc...
And the list goes on and on...
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Originally Posted by greveost
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Add to the list, please, if you can.
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André Previn: You’re playing all the wrong notes.
Eric Morecambe: I am playing all the right notes; but not necessarily in the right order.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Of course this isn't limited to piano players but as you note "the piano invites it"; I.e. one can do a lot with two hands on a piano that the vast majority of other instruments can't get close to. That is the inherent strength of a piano, but it can also become a weakness.
Thus I prefer listening to say, Kenny Drew, over Peterson or Tatum.
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Kenny Drew Jr was talented too. Here he is playing only using his left hand. Gone way too soon at 56!
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
I never said that, I said piano has it's limitations, just like any other instrument. And it was a response to your opinion that the piano is limitless. Which of course it isn't, not by any stretch of the imagination.
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Of course it’s possible to enjoy piano and guitar working together sometimes:
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Melhdau and Metheny is another.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Anyone hip to Joshua Breakstone?
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