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Originally Posted by Kojo27
But, seriously . . I don't see where what you posted is any different than what I said in my pervious post.?.? One needs not be a good performer . . to teach how to perform.
We all aquire knowledge in all walks of life. Some know how to impart that knowledge to the benefit of others . . . some do not. The worst jazz guitar teacher I ever had . . . . was one of the best jazz guitar players I ever met.Last edited by Patrick2; 09-13-2013 at 10:53 PM.
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09-13-2013 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ColinO
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Excuse me if I'm late to this thread, but you don't want to be thinking about all that stuff when you are performing. The concepts you learn such as scales and arpeggios make good practice material, with the ultimate goal of getting them into your ear and into your musical imagination. At performance time you should try to think in music, in sounds not in concepts. Work to get your fingers and your musical imagination to be in synch so you can play melodies by ear. I know this is ideal, but every working jazz musician that I've discussed this with tell me that that is what they do!
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Originally Posted by Kojo27
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Originally Posted by Jonzo
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
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Originally Posted by Reg
Hey Reg,
The questions I asked, one after another (why? who decides? etc.) are just stuff I hoped *everybody* would think about. I didn't and don't expect anyone to write answers, because the questions would mostly have the same answer, I think. That is, "I don't know." I wasn't - WAS NOT - picking on you personally - it just happened that you (and not somebody else) asked a guy to legitimize his remarks by proving he could do what he had an opinion about. This attitude bugs me. Unless the guy is criticizing someone else's playing, unduly. Then maybe it's in order to ask does the guy himself play, and would he post.
Nothing negative intended, Reg. It probably came off all wrong. Sorry about that. I do think that part of the thread came to a good conclusion, and that some of us see eye-to-eye now. : )
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LorenLast edited by Kojo27; 09-14-2013 at 03:43 AM.
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Originally Posted by ecj
I'm just a nobody on the internet but IMO, the guy plays at a very high level. In fact, I'd say a higher level than many much-celebrated, well known players.
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Yes, I keep hearing he's quite a player.
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Originally Posted by Spirit59
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Whenever he's busted, or someone gets really pissed at him for being an asshole and or asks to hear his playing, he plays possum and suddenly gets very humble. He says that he's a nobody who likes to talk a lot of BS and that he doesn't want this attention and please would people just leave him alone. And he apologizes. Or maybe this just happened once or twice when I got on his case, and some others as well. I remember then some folks singing his praises and said he was really a fine player. And he said, no, he's just a nobody. But he backed off and removed whatever was up on whatever sites.
I'm sure he's a great player. Maybe he resents being down under, further away from the scene. Or maybe the industry got the better of him. But he seems kind of bitter.
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Originally Posted by Rsilver
the way i learn that it to play very slow
but get good those notes ,
or some/most of those good notes out
to play ... purchance to dream
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