From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Sun Oct 13 10:40:33 2002
Subject:Re: tuning/transposition/self-teaching advancement...

Players with capos fit two categories: the ones who
can't play in any position other than "first", and
those who are supporting a vocalist but still want the
chime of open strings. I don't think I even know any
who still fit category #1, but the guys I know in #2
are phenomenal players who are looking for bigger
voicings.

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--- Jeff Conlin wrote:
> --- In CloneWheel@y..., "David Jacques"
> wrote:
> > I am curious, why are the tuning and transposition
> features so
> > important?
>
> Well, first and foremost, I'm a total hack. :)
>
> Totally self-taught, can't read a lick, no formal
> lessons, and
> developed all of this as a young kid in the
> early-mid 80s where
> transposition was on every board I've owned.
> Unfortunately, it
> wasn't until I got to college in the late 90s that I
> developed an
> appreciation for the authenticity of the Hammond,
> the Wurlie, etc...
> So I'm a monster on the relatively simple keys, and
> am absolutely
> useless when someone wants E, B, most flats, etc.
>
> A (drunk) guy at a gig I played a few days ago
> called me on it and
> angrily said aloud that I was cheating. My response
> is simply that I
> play for the people, not the musicians. As long as
> they're shakin'
> their asses and having fun, it doesn't matter if I'm
> actually
> playing in G while the song is in B. (and why don't
> guitar players
> who use capos have that same stigma attached to
> them?)
>
> Obviously, I'd like to rectify this as I feel I've
> painfully hit a
> wall in my musical development, but now I'm playing
> out about 4
> nights a week with a variety of different bands, and
> don't have much
> in the way of practice time right now. I plan to
> really stretch out
> this winter, but I know it will be frustrating to
> say the least.
>
> I do most of my learning just by listening... but if
> anyone has some
> good resources aimed more at self-taught folks for
> jazz and gospel
> voicings and structures, please pass them along!
>
> As for tuning, I play with this one completely
> psychotic slide
> guitar player who has all of these complex
> mathematical formulas for
> each of his vintage guitars and whenever he switches
> guitars, he
> calls out a different A tuning for me to follow him
> to. A bit over
> the top, but fun.
> --
> Jeff Conlin
> Beltsville, MD
> http://jeff.desi-9.com
>

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