Piano Style Technique... Halloween Style!

[DGTCrazy]

Check it out! (Having a problem embedding)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoc8DhQV0kE&feature=digest

[mkg]

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[chronowarp]

I don't mean any disrespect, but it's lost on me why guitar players attempt this sort of this. It does have a sort of novelty appeal, but it rarely sounds good, and it's so dynamically sterile (in addition to having extremely limited to no guitaristic artilcuation) that you may as well just play it on piano, because, shit, it's easy as hell on a piano, and will sound better!

[Tigerfang]

I don't mean any disrespect, but it's lost on me why guitar players attempt this sort of this. It does have a sort of novelty appeal, but it rarely sounds good, and it's so dynamically sterile (in addition to having extremely limited to no guitaristic artilcuation) that you may as well just play it on piano, because, shit, it's easy as hell on a piano, and will sound better!

I completely agree, however there are guys like Erik Mongrain who really take advantage of the style and make it sound completely unique. This is sort of a sterile example.

[GovernorSilver]

Erik Mongrain's "Air Tap" which seems to have propelled his career:

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Funny thing, it's the one happy/energetic song on the CD that it's on. The rest are very moody, introspective type tunes.

One of the godfathers of the modern school of acoustic guitar playing - Preston Reed:

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The other godfather of the modern school - Michael Hedges:
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I'm also a fan of pianists.

I tend to like the tapping guitarists that take advantage of the guitar's qualities, like the resonance of the body (for percussive hits, deliberate ringing of open strings, etc.) instead of just playing something that would sound better on piano.

[ari]

I dig it. I really like the tone of legato/hammer-on playing -- it has a sense of purity to it. It doesn't have that THRAK of the pick attack. :D

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[DGTCrazy]

I don't mean any disrespect, but it's lost on me why guitar players attempt this sort of this. It does have a sort of novelty appeal, but it rarely sounds good, and it's so dynamically sterile (in addition to having extremely limited to no guitaristic artilcuation) that you may as well just play it on piano, because, shit, it's easy as hell on a piano, and will sound better!

People said that of Chuck Berry, Les Paul and a host of other guitarists throughout history for what they did: innovate with a certain technique or style.

Heck, the painter who first started to paint with " perspective"( Brunelleschi) took a beating. And I've certainly seen my share of guitarists who are " dynamically sterile" playing it in the traditional style.

I always appreciate musicians who think out of the box, and take risks.....because even though they might fail miserably, at least they aren't rehashing the same old stuff. It's probably why the guitar has fallen out of favor from it's hey-day of the 70's & 80's.

[GovernorSilver]

People said that of Chuck Berry, Les Paul and a host of other guitarists throughout history for what they did: innovate with a certain technique or style.


Unfortuately the "Halloween" guy is not an innovator - he is more a student of the innovators of that playing approach. There are others who demonstrate greater passion, greater creativity, and yes, greater dynamic range using that approach.

[Niblos]

The Clip was extremely cool and as a huge Carpenter fan, I love it! Thanks for posting ; )

[buddastrat]

That was a Buckethead lesson a few years back in one of the guitar rags.