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Thread #147439 Message #3421021
Posted By: Steve Shaw
16-Oct-12 - 07:42 PM
Thread Name: learning to play by ear?
Subject: RE: learning to play by ear?
So Irish session music is so much more complex than, say, flamenco?
How would I know? How would you know? What do you mean by "complex?" More virtuosic? Requiring more playing skills? Harder to learn? More notes, faster notes? Flamenco players find it hard because they're disracted by low-cut tops and big tits (and that's just the blokes...)?
Your question is just bollocks. Diddley music is simple. It is mostly diatonic and the tunes are mostly in regular-sized bits. Virtuosity actually works against good playing if you're not careful. If you think that it's "less complex" than flamenco, well good for you. Playing it right does, however, appear to be somewhat elusive. I wonder why that is. It can't be because it is "not complex". Do you think it could be that a large majority of its practitioners are unable to learn by ear or listen interactively when playing in sessions? Or, worse, have decided they can fast-track themselves into the music with tune books?