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“There's no such thing
as bad technique. There are techniques which are more or less effective and efficient for
a given situation. TH “ If you mean that an unorthodox
technique is not necessarily bad if it achieves a good musical result, I agree.
However, there is such a thing as bad technique in any music discipline
if it involves doing things that diminish clear tone production like placing
your finger at the back side of the fret which can create buzzing, which
necessitates squeezing harder, which can create cramping and chronic hand
problems, which in turn can cause the pitch to go sharp, causing tuning issues
for yourself and the people you are playing with. Did you ever notice
that very few of the virtuoso rock shredders sling their axes rock and
roll low??? No Sid Vicious/ Duff McKagan. “sling it low for show”
for guys with names like Vai and Satch and Yngwie. That’s because
those guys know that to much time spent with your wrist bent at a weird angle,
not only limits your range of reach, it also can give you carpal tunnel
syndrome. I think it’s possible to subvert good technique for artistic
reasons, but that is a different thing to me. That is a matter of choice as
opposed to simply not knowing any better. I don’t think there is any
evidence to support the theory that learning good technique was an impediment
to the creative process. Is it possible to create compelling music and art
without having good technique? You will get no argument from me; I’d
rather listen to Beck Hansen all day long than Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen.
I didn’t mean anything angry by that last comment, I just like to
say Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen, because of the Brian Kenney Fresno song. Bill |