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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Alan... did you just take a shot at dark bar? I wouldn't do that...just an innocent question. |
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Location: Flahdaw | I've always been kind and polite to everyone, then POW....out of the blue, AlanM takes a shot at me! |
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Location: Newington, CT | I wouldn't do that. You're mistaking me for someone else. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Originally posted by dark bar:
I've always been kind and polite to everyone, then POW....out of the blue, AlanM takes a shot at me! !!!!!!!!!????????
Must have been the peach coloured shirt.... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | DB, you're in Florida, what are you doing sitting at a computer??
I'm up north and it's totally VFB weather up here and I got nothing else to do except practice for open mic. Guess I'll go do that now.... |
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| In Bizzaro World, kind and polite mean "sarcastic and caustic." |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Beal:
DB, you're in Florida, what are you doing sitting at a computer??
Technically I'm at work.
Hypothetically I'm very busy.
Specifically I'm goofing off.
Futuristically I'll be looking for a new job. |
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| Back on topic, there's a pattern emerging:
The hardest thing I\'ve played.
The second hardest thing I\'ve played.
Among the easiest I\'ve played.
Gotta admit, though, good bluegrass is probably harder. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | for me Jazz or Bluegrass hardest...
Easiest Country |
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Location: Flahdaw | Good stuff.
Some stuff I was trying to learn was the hardest stuff ever....til I learned it. Then I moved on to something else even harder.
I don't TRY to learn hard stuff. I learn stuff I want to play and sing. Sometimes it's hard...sometimes it's real easy. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Pachelbel's Canon?
I play that... No where near as well as G8r.
I've had people stop in their tracks and come back when I play that.
(but the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is nearby, so they are people who know how to play it) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Here's a link to a fingerstyle guy from the open mic last week.
Beatles Melody - Kevin
There's "hard" and there is "impossible". The above clip I concider "hard". What guys like DiMeola, Legg and the like do is "impossible" for me so it's useless to even concider.
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I know you might not make through the whole clip, but you get the idea. |
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Location: liverpool ,england | i tried to learn mason wiliams classical gas a few times but failed lifes to short !! i just keep going over my favorite top 10 stuck in a rut wish i had more time to push myself but work & children keep getting in the way. |
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Location: Newington, CT | That's some good stuff, G8r! I'd buy tickets to hear you play! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Easy, hard, or in between ... all well done g8r |
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| Thanks, gents. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Bluegrass is hard?? You sure, Beal?
Even these lil kids can play that stuff! |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Yeah... but, can they play without watching their hands??? ;) |
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Location: south east Michigan | This is hard to do.
singing / talking |
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Location: Jet City | I don't know why y'all are saying country is the easiest. I've always admired the country pickers of old, especially this guy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi4W3qH4xxs
I'm in agreement with CountryArtist. It's all hard to me, jazz, blues, country, bluegrass, rock, latin, and hell, I've even heard some great guitar work in disco, so it's all difficult if done right.
And OMA, Neil might be easy to strum, but not so easy if done right. Well, except for his electric guitar stuff. That's never really impressed me much. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | While I tend to agree with what Beal sais below... I also think this is VERY subjective. There are Classical, Bluegrass, and even Shredders who do what they do with ease and it's 2nd nature to them. Check out Ben Lacy sometime. You'd think he has 3 hands and he does everything so effortlessly.
Lets face it. Music is not Rocket science. I truly believe that anyone who dedicated themselves to practicing and learning can master just about any style they want. I wish I had the time and motivation.
Bottom line... If you want to play like someone who plays four to six hours each day... you need play 4 to 6 hours each day. End of story.
Originally posted by Beal:
OK, I'll answer......
Hardest is Bluegrass, you are either right on or everyone knows you're not. I think it's harded than classical since classical is usually much slower and deliberate. Yes it's hard as hell but try it at warp speed two minutes into the tune and make it sound smooth.
Easiest, blues, you can be as sloppy as you want and can always call it style. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
If you want to play like someone who plays four to six hours each day... you need play 4 to 6 hours each day. End of story.
That says it all. A very talented student once told Itzhak Perlman that she would give her life to play like him. He responded, "I understand. I did." If you want to be the best in the world, then you increase your chances by dedicating your life to the cause. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | "I truly believe that anyone who dedicated themselves to practicing and learning can master just about any style they want."
Except people with timing issues. I have had students who couldn't keep time if their life depended on it. No metronome or foot tapping could help them. These kids couldn't even clapp in time.
Then I read "Musicophelia" by the same Doctor who wrote "Awakenings", Oliver Sacks. Great book about music and the brain. It seems there is a timing gene that some people toitally lack, and there is nothing that can be done for them. |
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