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Thread #143063 Message #3301850
Posted By: GUEST,josepp
03-Feb-12 - 11:25 PM
Thread Name: Parallelism
Subject: RE: Parallelism
////As Bruce says, there are only 6 strings on the guitar - but multiple choices for string selection - so it's not a question, for me, of being 'parallel' or anything else. It's what my ears tell me is right and what my hands can actually manage on the day.////
That was never my point. My point is that many and even most guitar-players don't know of any other way to change or resolve chords except by paralleling (I'm one of them). I never said you should never parallel. Haven't I made this clear or is there something about my statement that it is NOT wrong to parallel that's just not sinking in?
////As for needing "to make a chord bible that shows how to resolve various chords in the most musical manner possible," - well, "most musical" is always a matter of personal taste and you can't legislate for it.////
Again, that was NEVER my point. My point is that many if not most guitar-players (at least in North America) are unaware that they have more musical ways to resolve or change chords than by paralleling. Those guitarists that know this are also known for their beautiful guitar work and I mentioned two of them--Paul Simon and James Taylor I never said you had to play a more musical way but I am saying you should be aware of your choices rather than playing it that way because that's the only way you know.
////Obviously if I'm accompanying my voice or, more likely, someone else, then all that goes out of the window////
All that better not go out the window. If you know what your options are, you'd better damned well weigh them. You don't just play something at random and you don't just take the easiest route for the hell of it.
If you want to play the same old boxy chords that I do, then you're really no better than I am. If you know more than me, you should demonstrate it by playing something I can only dream of. That's what separates the men from the boys.