[mplpost] How To Play Guitar
Bob MacLean
argyle@sympatico.ca
Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:36:43 -0400
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How To Play GuitarThanks Greg. =20
Your post made me think about creativity - Colouring outside the lines - =
This guitar exploration is a wondeful exploration of creativity, if you =
stop to think if it
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How to play Guitar=20
"You can learn the names of notes and how to make chords that other =
people use, but that's pretty limiting. "
- Think Michael Hedges
"Even if you took a few years and learned all the chords you'd still =
have a limited number of options. If you ignore the chords your options =
are infinite and you can master guitar playing in one day."
- Think Don Ross (Although I think it took him more than one day.)=20
"Traditionally, guitars have a fat string on the top and they get =
skinnier and skinnier as they go down."
- Think Jimi Hendrix - upside down Strat
"But the thing to remember is it's your guitar and you can put whatever =
you want on it. I like to put six different sized strings on it because =
that gives the most variety, but my brother used to put all of the same =
thickness on so he wouldn't have so much to worry about. What ever =
string he hit had to be the right one because they were all the same"=20
- Think Martin Carthy
"Tuning the guitar is kind of a ridiculous notion. If you have to wind =
the tuning pegs to just a certain place, that implies that every other =
place would be wrong. But that's absurd. How could it be wrong? It's =
your guitar and you're the one playing it. It's completely up to you to =
decide how it should sound. "
(Again - Don Ross)
"I highly recommend electric guitars for a couple of reasons. First of =
all they don't depend on body resonating for the sound so it doesn't =
matter if you paint them. As also, if you put all the knobs on your =
amplifier on 10 you can get a much higher reaction to effort ratio with =
an electric guitar than you can with an acoustic. Just a tiny tap on the =
strings can rattle your windows, and when you slam the strings, with =
your amp on 10, you can strip the paint off the walls.
Once again, Jimi Hendrix
Thanks=20
Bob M
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks Greg. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Your post made me think about creativity - Colouring =
outside=20
the lines - </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>This guitar exploration is a wondeful exploration of =
creativity, if you stop to think if it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <BR><FONT size=3D2>How to play Guitar</FONT> </DIV><FONT=20
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face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2>"You can learn the names =
of notes and=20
how to make chords that other people use, but that's pretty limiting.=20
"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> - Think Michael =
Hedges</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>"Even if you took a few years and learned all the =
chords you'd=20
still have a limited number of options. If you ignore the chords your =
options=20
are infinite and you can master guitar playing in one day."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> - Think Don Ross =
(Although I=20
think it took him more than one day.) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>"Traditionally, guitars have a fat string on the top =
and they=20
get skinnier and skinnier as they go down."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial> - Think Jimi=20
Hendrix</FONT> <FONT face=3DArial>- upside down =
Strat</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>"But the thing to remember is it's your guitar and =
you can put=20
whatever you want on it. I like to put six different sized strings on it =
because=20
that gives the most variety, but my brother used to put all of the same=20
thickness on so he wouldn't have so much to worry about. What ever =
string he hit=20
had to be the right one because they were all the same" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>- Think Martin Carthy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>"Tuning the guitar is kind of a ridiculous notion. =
If you have=20
to wind the tuning pegs to just a certain place, that implies that every =
other=20
place would be wrong. But that's absurd. How could it be wrong? It's =
your guitar=20
and you're the one playing it. It's completely up to you to decide how =
it should=20
sound. "</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3D2>(Again - Don Ross)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>"I highly recommend electric guitars for a couple of =
reasons.=20
First of all they don't depend on body resonating for the sound so it =
doesn't=20
matter if you paint them. As also, if you put all the knobs on your =
amplifier=20
on 10 you can get a much higher reaction to effort ratio with an =
electric=20
guitar than you can with an acoustic. Just a tiny tap on the strings =
can=20
rattle your windows, and when you slam the strings, with your amp on =
10, you=20
can strip the paint off the walls.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Once again, Jimi Hendrix</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Thanks </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Bob M</FONT></P>
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