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Too Many Notes?

krautmaster

krautmaster

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I never liked guitar players who play very fast and very technical, AKA: Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamasa, Ingwe Malmsteen, even occasionally Eddy Van Halen ;) ... Just too damn many notes and not enough melody or emotion for my taste and it ends up just being noise. I like Frederick the Greats opinion:
let the jousting begin...

 
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krautmaster said:
I never liked guitar players who play very fast and very technical, AKA: Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamasa, Ingwe Malmsteen, even occasionally Eddy Van Halen ;) ... Just too damn many notes and not enough melody or emotion for my taste and it ends up just being noise. I like Frederick the Greats opinion:
let the jousting begin...

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A lot of jazz guys do this, too. Just because you can play a note in that space there doesn't mean you should.
 
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I like Bonamasa, Ritenour, and Jordan. I don’t really care how many notes, or how technical the playing, as long as I like the tune.
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I do like some of Bonamasa's music. I have one of his albums I like.
I really like Ritenour's playing too. I used to have his Captain Fingers and Captains Journey albums. I had bought albums by the various giutar studio musicians Steely Dan used.
 
I have to agree with the OP, with my interest now turning to old time/bluegrass, I am put off by those that have
to squeeze many notes in, especially if don't really follow the melody. I like Chris Jones ( of Chris Jones and the Nightriders),
who may play the intro, then maybe 4 bars of a solo, leaves the next four bars to another player, and then moves on :thumbsup:
Brian Sutton is another one who sticks pretty close to the melody of a tune...
 
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I really like JJ Cale's style of playing. The original slow hand.
Clapton kind of stole Cale's style of playing. Other musicians and bands probably made more money from recording and playing Cale's music than he did. He must have done pretty good on royalties though.
 
I dig players who are able to play fast, but who I feel bring much more than that to the table. Folks like John Coltrane and John McLauglin could squeeze a lot of notes into a phrase, but their music also ebbed and flowed and they were able to balance a kind of tension/release in their music rather than sounding like they were simply trying to show you how many licks they practiced. The speed in which of both of these guys played seemed to be in service of a kind of spiritual dimension in the music and not simply to wow other saxophonists or guitar players in the audience.

For the most part though, players who are best known for playing really fast crazy chops don't interest me.
 
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There's a reason why 1/2 the audience goes to the loo during the solo. If you're in the front it's fun watching how fast the fingers bounce around but in the back it might be a better time to get suds or go to the rest room.

This kid has been getting a ton of attention, it's kind of fun watching all the technics blended into one.

 
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