Re: Horns shredd pollock roadmap

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Makes me think, why *does* it sound good to us?  Because we're built  
that way.  Our brains developed processing aural communication that,  
for the most part, was created using a set of lungs and some vocal  
chords.  Now let me hook up my crybaby and play some blues.  That's  
the loop.

Mark

On May 23, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Per Boysen wrote:

> On 23 maj 2007, at 19.49, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
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>> Upon a recommendation of a friend, I started internally "mouthing"  
>> my notes when playing and I find it really helps with the  
>> musicality of your phrasing whether your playing guitar or any  
>> other instrument.
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> That seems to be a good trick! "Mouthing" played guitar notes is  
> good way to remember that you should be serius with every note you  
> play and never play a note out of habit. Sticking to that attitude  
> is a good way to learn good musicianship.
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> Generally I think this discussion misses the point a bit. It's not  
> the need to breath that keeps inspired musicians playing lead lines  
> as phrases with pauses thrown in here and there. They simply do it  
> because it sounds better that way! If you listen to a good piano  
> player or guitar player he also does it that way - it's not just a  
> horn thing or vocalist thing. I can think of two reasons why  
> someone would play "all the time" with no pauses - either he is  
> uninspired or he is reaching for a certain effect by playing that  
> way (as when Miles Davis told bandmate Mike Stern to play loudly,  
> fast and with no pauses on the guitar).
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