Style can mean a lot of things. How an artist represents her or himself – whether in image, import, lyrics, and/or musical expression, among many other things – is their style. Check out Style Lens for some of my views on style. For learning to play guitar, we come to understand commonly accepted styles by what [...]
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There are many roads into musical zones. And, zones are ever-present. What works for some, to get into one, can work for others. Universals do exist. Yet, there isn’t some pre-given zone waiting for discovery. We shape our world through perception, action, experience, and interpretation. There may be many classes of purists. Let’s discuss two possible types. The first, the replicators, [...] The Cut Flowers Theory is that we derive aesthetic enjoyment from flowers that are cut, in a vase, on the table, in the hall, etc. & that this idea can be applied to learning (learning anything, but our topic will be guitar). The other side of this is Roots. We’ll touch in on this in a moment. When we learn [...] The sheer spectral range of guitar styles is astounding. Think of the multitudinous volume of expression which exists in the guitar’s rich history. Even the guitar’s reach into early human culture makes us feel the pull of the importance of this box with strings on it. Every style has its developmental space & audience. Every type of guitar has its [...] As a younger player, I tried too hard. In those early efforts, I fretted like I meant to embed the strings into the board. It was more perception, than consideration. If I pressed hard enough, maybe the listener would know I really meant it. As we grow as players, we realize the spectrum of touch. For every tone played, there [...] |
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