I wonder if some guitar players can tell if they are on the wrong note or not?

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I know this one guy who during a solo will get off 1/2 a fret and keep on playing like there is nothing wrong .... and then finally he'll realize it, kind of panic and go into search mode all over the neck trying to find a note that works with the song.

I don't think that some people hear pitch very well. The same applies for vocalists.


Now a guy like EVH, he has hit a sour note before and then just played it again and again while beating and stretching it into submission, like it was supposed to be there. Yes, there is a right and wrong way to play notes that don't belong.

[buddaman71]

most guitar players are too busy playing to listen....

[RocksOff]

Tone deafness. Some dudes play patterns exclusively for this reason.

[Buddy Boy]

Playing too loud to hear the rest of the band!

[stevieboy]

I can tell. Doesn't stop me though.

[Robertito]

Neil Schon did that on TV one time - he came in 1/2 step off and played for about 8 measures before he realized it. I couldn't believe they didn't edit the clam out before airing the show.

[Phalanx200bc]

CC Deville has made alot of money doing this.....

[StompBoxBlues]

I don't think any of us are necessarily immune. Also it could be easier to happen with a fast solo (where you have to concentrate more on the technique) than a slow one, and there are times where at some gigs, you have a real problem hearing the rest of the band.

I know last year I was at a sit-in gig with a former band, and was straining to hear them, and to this day am only pretty sure I was playing two frets up from where I should have been.

..and I get a lot of compliments for "listening, and interacting" with the other instruments. (normally)

[Tomo]

Most guitar players are looking for dots, visual information than harmony, chord changes or interaction with other musicians. we should play like Ray Charles!

Tomo

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

Originally Posted by StompBoxBlues

I don't think any of us are necessarily immune. Also it could be easier to happen with a fast solo (where you have to concentrate more on the technique) than a slow one, and there are times where at some gigs, you have a real problem hearing the rest of the band.

I know last year I was at a sit-in gig with a former band, and was straining to hear them, and to this day am only pretty sure I was playing two frets up from where I should have been.

..and I get a lot of compliments for "listening, and interacting" with the other instruments. (normally)

Well, I can understand it if you can't hear own amp it's hard to tell what you are playing unless you really know your guitar neck. If I get lost, I dial back with a one note stretch or vibrato until I can sneak back home to a known pattern on the neck and then fight my way back.

[beckerman]

Originally Posted by buddaman71

most guitar players are too busy playing to listen....

Get out of my basement!!!

[3leggeddog]

When you've played long enough you really don't always have to "hear" whether or not you're in the right place...you tend to know whether or not what you're playing will work with the rest of the material just by seeing where you're at on the fretboard. I think most of the people that make such mistakes are fairly inexperienced, and trying to play beyond their means.

[pete692]

Depends on how many Chimays are in my system.

[guzman]

There is no wrong note. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

[Steve73]

Wasn't it Chet Atkins who said, "You are only ever 1 fret away from the right note"