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Location: Snåsa, Norway | Got inspired by something I hear Ted Greene said in a video clip on YouTube about playing with your hands, head or ears. This I think means that "hands" focus on technique, "head" on music theory, and "ears" is the music you make (and hear). Started playing slide just a few days ago and believe I focus more on my ears with the slide than normal playing. I think I've often been to concerned with technical and theoretical problems of the playing to really listen to the music. (or maybe to bad a player to make music at all) Does anyone else have opinions on this matter? |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | oh dear.
I can see this thread going sideways quickly.
I'm sticking with hands
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I don't understand the question. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Hands. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You got to play with the one not mentioned. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | your heart. |
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| I remember Hendrix playing with his teeth...well, actually 'making noise on the guitar' with his teeth.. as they say, 'all music makes noise, but not all noise makes music'.. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Hillwalker:
oh dear.
I can see this thread going sideways quickly.
I'm sticking with hands
HW 
I play,(guitar), with my ears and heart.
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Location: Snåsa, Norway | Originally posted by Gospel Guitar Guy:
I play,(guitar), with my ears and heart.
I strongly agree on that, but my point was actually that I realise that I often am to concerned about technique (i.e hands) or even theory (head) when learning to play pieces to really listen to the playing. Maybe I try to play to complicated stuff, or am to bad at playing.
As for the title I tried to edit it, since i realised it will move the thread sideways, but it was to late! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice answer Bill.....and very profound (coming from you ;) ) |
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Location: NJ | I agree w/Bill.
(but when playing a LongNeck (especially an Adamas), you don't play so much with your heart . . more like your scrote). |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | "Seat of my pants!" |
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| I'd like to try one of the mid-bowl Longnecks (ds778). I hear they're more comfortable than the deep bowls.. |
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Location: CT | I'm happy enough if I get the chords right. |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Bill's got it right. But being one who has played for a long time, mostly just as a hobby and by myself, and having only recently begun playing with other people on a regular basis, the ability to listen to what you are playing is one of the most important aspects of creating "music". Opening your ears and letting them control your hands is what makes music flow. |
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Location: Vermont USA | When one plays with the heart they play with passion
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Location: SoCal | Depends on who I'm playing with..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know any theory, so I can't worry about technique. I'll go with ears and heart, too. And Cliff, maybe that's where your heart is. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...first, the HANDS make the music, then the EARS hear it, then the MIND translates it into possible theory for understanding of what was played. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | My heart and hands are in there somewhere but mainly I use a little prayer to one of my gods and a whole lot of hope :D |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Actually, I prefer to play with someone elses body.
But that's a little harder, now they've put a night watchman at the cemetary... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Having seen you, Phil, I can understand why. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | If you heard me play guitar, you'd swear I was using my feet.
I won't tell you what part of my body my voice seems to come from. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Depends on who I'm playing with..... 
I think he's asking about when you play with yourself. |
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OT? What body part do you play with?