The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132175   Message #2988297
Posted By: Bobert
16-Sep-10 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Play by Ear V Play from written music?
Subject: RE: Play by Ear V Play from written music?
Yeah, intervals is what good music is all about... I call 'um "pauses" but they are the same thing... Most younger musicans try to cram too much stuff into their music... All that crammin' does not allow for the listener to appreciate what comes next 'cause that space is all filled up and there is no time for the listener to absorb what he or she has just heard before there's more of it layered on... That makes for some very boring music...

Me??? Came up as a tab player until I internalized the art of listening and therefore playing... Since then it's all ear plus a healthy dose of my hands thinkin' that they are smarter than me and goin' off into their own thing... That's a nice problem to have 'cause it frees me up to deliver the story/song without also having to get bogged down with the playing aspect

Now the P-Vine??? She is a music major (dotter) and is clueless how I do what I do... Just as I am about what she does...

Ain't no right or wrong if the music is good...

b~