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Spinoff - what makes a great guitarist?
Posted on 10/27/19 at 11:23 am
Posted on 10/27/19 at 11:23 am
Got to thinking about this reading through the "favorite guitarist" thread. What really makes someone a great guitarist?
There's such a huge spectrum of genres and styles of the players mentioned in that thread. Is there one factor which makes someone "great"?
There's such a huge spectrum of genres and styles of the players mentioned in that thread. Is there one factor which makes someone "great"?
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Posted on 10/27/19 at 2:19 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Creative soul. Technical ability and the understanding that music genius is deeper than that.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 2:26 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Knowing when not to play.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 2:51 pm to BasilFawlty
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Knowing when not to play.
David Gilmore's approach.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 5:39 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Soul and talent
Posted on 10/28/19 at 2:17 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Technical ability makes a really good guitarist. The greats play with their souls instead of their brains.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 9:06 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Playing for the song.
Pyrotechnics are great, but I believe a great guitarist should be just as good at rhythm as lead.
Pyrotechnics are great, but I believe a great guitarist should be just as good at rhythm as lead.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 9:35 pm to TheCurmudgeon
I don't have much use for by-the-rules technical proficiency. I prefer players who have a distinctive voice and a unique ability to create sound. By whatever means that requires.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:37 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Being able to "sing" through the instrument. In other words, making the guitar as expressive as ones voice so that it conveys subtlety and nuance. In my opinion, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour and Jeff Beck are masters at this.
Posted on 10/29/19 at 5:38 am to TheCurmudgeon
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Knowing when not to play.
David Gilmore's approach.
Clapton too. Let the note breathe and even die. Yngwie Malmsteen is amazing. But that speed and technique is more like a trick than playing.
But when a Clapton or Gilmour blows up with a flurry of notes (rare) it becomes amazing.
Metallica is a prime example. Kirk and James can fly, especially in their prime. My favorite of their guitar songs/parts Fade to Black outro solo. Which neither Slow Hand slow or Metallica fast.
Posted on 10/29/19 at 10:00 am to TheCurmudgeon
Rock n’ Roll in their soul.
Posted on 10/31/19 at 6:19 am to TheCurmudgeon
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what makes a great guitarist
That’s easy: someone who has long skinny fingers and a pinky finger that has an extra knuckle and can stretch to 150% of its normal length to reach two or three frets down the neck of the guitar.
Posted on 10/31/19 at 8:24 am to TheCurmudgeon
clean crisp note sounds. something that hendrix could never accomplish. but, clapton is considered the best by all of the best.
Posted on 10/31/19 at 3:03 pm to TheCurmudgeon
John Frusciante once said that its not just the notes you play, its the music in between the notes also.
Something to that effect. It always stuck with me.
Something to that effect. It always stuck with me.
Posted on 10/31/19 at 8:13 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Long fingers and soul
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