Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 What do you come to expect from the veteran musician. What traits do you think should become standard by this point? Sight reading scale knowledge the ability to learn by listening What else? How about being able to go meedly-mee? :shred: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Poparad Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Sight reading scale knowledge the ability to learn by listening Definitely these three What else? How about being able to go meedly-mee? :shred: Not this so much, but the ability to improvise something appropriate for a wide range of musical situations. If you're presented with something that needs a guitar solo, be able to play something fits the style, groove, and the harmony. It doesn't necessarily need to be fast (unless that's what's most appropriate) but it needs to work. And not just for solos: melodies, rhythm guitar parts, and so on. Also an incredibly important aspect is time. A well rounded musician must have an absolutely solid sense of rhythm and tempo, and be able to play just about any common rhythm in a wide range of tempos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeremy_green Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 The ability to sound musical at all times - making the performances he/she is a part of sound better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jasco Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 What are the qualities of an accomplished well rounded musician? I don't know if there are any absolute empirical standards, but as a generalization, my opinion would be that one should have a high level of skill in the following areas: - Listening skill - Mental understanding - Physical technique - Timing Additionally, a knowledge of styles, players, and music history would come into play. Some great players primarily excel in one style, while others may have a strong grasp on many styles. Those with a grasp on many styles are probably more 'well rounded', but not necesarily 'better'. my $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meganutt7 Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 I think a well rounded veteran musician should have:1. Patience.2. The ability to understand things.3. The ability to exptrapolate tons of knowledge from one tiny morsel of information. (this could be viewed as motivic development).4. Self confidence5. A good ear (hamonically, melodically and rhythmically)6. technique that serves the ends to which the player wishes to go, or to the ends to which his/her imagination carries them.7. Optimism8. A thorough understanding of groove/rhtyhm/tempo and how that all applies to different genres of music.9. a repertoire of different tunes/pieces.10. at least 5 groupies.Obviously there is MUCH MUCH more I could have said/added, but I think that on a preliminary level, this isa pretty decent list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jasco Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 Great reply Meganutt. I didn't really consider the 'attitude' type of qualities - patience, self confidence, humor, and optimism. Those are the keys that open up the gates to the necessary technical acomplishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M_C_D Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 Have all the technique down pat, knowing your scales and stuff, but also not letting yourself be limited by scale patterns and not thinking 'by the book', adding a little dissonance in places. Basically, you start off as a begginer, music is music, you become intermiadiate/expert, and guitar explodes into many many different complicated techniques scales and other things, then when you are a guitar god, music becomes music again. When you no longer need to focus on the technique at all and you can use the guitar as a pure method of expression then you're at the epitome of guitar playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meganutt7 Posted February 14, 2010 Members Share Posted February 14, 2010 Great reply Meganutt. I didn't really consider the 'attitude' type of qualities - patience, self confidence, humor, and optimism. Those are the keys that open up the gates to the necessary technical acomplishments. Humor is my favorite!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonfinn Posted February 15, 2010 Members Share Posted February 15, 2010 What do you come to expect from the veteran musician. What traits do you think should become standard by this point? Sight reading scale knowledge the ability to learn by listening What else? How about being able to go meedly-mee? :shred: Meedly mee is the cornerstone of every modern player today. Despite the naysayers, higher notes have more emotion than lower ones. Better guitarists play faster. And louder. Louder is always better than softer. Less isn't more. MORE is more..... right???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jasco Posted February 15, 2010 Members Share Posted February 15, 2010 Louder is always better than softer. My old guitar teacher used to say "If you can't play well, at least you can play loud." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted February 15, 2010 Members Share Posted February 15, 2010 My old guitar teacher used to say "If you can't play well, at least you can play loud." Works for singing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meganutt7 Posted February 15, 2010 Members Share Posted February 15, 2010 you guys are just downright silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lollygag Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 What about a good attitude? Patience with beginners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueHeaven Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Their skin has a golden shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 19, 2010 Members Share Posted February 19, 2010 Depends entirely on if you want to hire them or just listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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