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On 22 maj 2007, at 22.22, Charles Zwicky wrote: > I started live as a wind / horn player and switched later in life > to guitar (OK, at age 8). > I was fascinated to hear a tape that Jon Hassell played during an > interview which contained some of his lessons with his indian vocal > teacher. Vocalizing, note shapes and colors. 'Shredding' is at it's > -best- like Jackson Pollock, it can be quite valid, too... I suppose. I'm totally with you on that, Charles! Although I do have a problem the word "shredding" I understand where you're going since you mention "Jackson Pollock" and "vocalizing, note shapes and colors". But what can be said about playing notes (BB King: "Play as you would have sung those notes") the same can of course be said about how one best can relate to scales and phrases at a higher level of playing. Learn the color/taste/shape of each scale and phrase to make them part of your musical vocabulary. In this sense I'm all pro shredding; paint a rainbow by billions of water drops and people will see and enjoy the rainbow, given you don't bother with every drop but rather use the rainbow as a meaningful gesture of yours. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) http://www.myspace.com/looproom http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/per.boysen/ http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/lo.fi.lazer/