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Thelonious Monk would never have made it. This is a direct result of letting computers play algorithms for you.

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I think the rock thing comes from its blues roots. Some of the best blues players have the sloppiest playing.

Monk on the other hand was something else. It always sounded like he had no clue what he was going to play next until the very last second, and watching footage of him shows the same. His improvisational skills were like no one else.

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music is human. human is flawed. we no longer express our selves because we are too worried about making a living. obeying the rules. doing what we are told. to the point we let the machines do it for us. then there is no music left.

been given great advice over the years, one of them is... learn every thing you can. learn to do it right... then throw it out the window. real knows real.

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Forgotten wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:57 pm My piano teacher recommends a balance between metronome exercises and sight reading pieces without. In particular, there are musical directions that make it impossible to play with a metronome when they pertain to tempo changes.
First all I agree that always playing with a metronome is probably not ideal, unless you're practicing to play with machines. That said, while you can't really change the overall tempo while playing with a metronome, it does not prevent you from having a groove where you intentionally lead or lag some notes (or even phrases). In fact, I find that playing with a metronome (or a straight quantised drum machine beat, which is really the same but sometimes easier to listen) is actually helpful in learning to be more deliberate with your groove, because you can't use "loose timing" as an excuse to drift with the overall timing (ie. "loose" timing and "poor" timing are really two different things).

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I wasn't talking about groove really, as I think you can learn to groove or swing with a metronome, as you're really only using it to hit the start of each bar on time. I was thinking of instructions like "accelerando", "ritardando", "ritenuto", etc. - you can't really use a metronome in a piece that has that kind of tempo instruction.

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Forgotten wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:02 am I think the rock thing comes from its blues roots. Some of the best blues players have the sloppiest playing.

Rock is about the beat. There are two foundation rhythms that define the rock era. Swing and Straight. Straight 8's weren't exactly straight not because of lack or metronomes but do to the mechanics of performing.
Humans aren't robots we are organic in nature which means we don't have mechanical motion. As much as we might try to be a windshield washer we will always have some easing at the point of changing motion from down to up and vice versa. That, the elasticity of the strings and or pick affect the attack time of any given note. Even if you take out the human and put a robot mechanism like a windshield washer you are still working with the dynamics of a mechanical world which is quite different than a computer environment.

Straight Eights played properly by humans will always have a "bouncy" nature. Moreso than mechanical approaches (such as player piano or mechanical drums. Again, it's important to stress that country/ rockabilly players also influenced 60's rock acts as much as blues players did even if it's not that apparent.

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With regards to Eric Clapton and more importantly and possibly more influential Keith Richards.

With Blues Rock the phrasing came from blues players that came before. Blues players were often less concerned with the break down of where in the beat it happened as they were with how it was expressed vocally. Saying the phrase in the accent as a rhythmic function.

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If you want your guitar to cry or sing first you need to give it a voice. Sure you still have to learn timing and accents the old fashion way. But after that you have to give into or act out the part rather than just go through the motion of the notes in the right order.
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Forgotten wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:57 pm Personally I would say always play with a metronome isn’t a good thing. It’s really good for disciplining your playing, but sometimes it’s good to play with a looser feel.

My piano teacher recommends a balance between metronome exercises and sight reading pieces without. In particular, there are musical directions that make it impossible to play with a metronome when they pertain to tempo changes.
The metronome part is about syncing mind to action of lims - it's not about being robotic.

What drummers spend endless hours on is doing this - two feet and two hands to be in sync what brain tells it to do and more importantly when - on the millisecond.

So about other instruments - when your "feel" says to play a note - then you get it when you want it.

And you play with other musicians - so that is what you train your brain to do - listen while playing.

This is the core of metronome practice and reason for doing it and also why it's a separate part from doing musical playing.

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Why does that guy have a couple of C-clamps on his guitar?
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mumpcake wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:48 am Why does that guy have a couple of C-clamps on his guitar?
I think they decrypt the code and send it to the fingers.
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dont believe the hype. generation beat, pitch and groove correction. pianoroll zombies. other than that, do as the better ones here mentioned. practice like hell, with the right metronome setting though ^^.
or listen to purdie. ^^

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Muscle memory, practise often, starting slowly and accurately to a fixed beat, as above^. Gradually increase tempo, using bursts could also be helpful. Foot tapping for internal rhythm.
I need to do some regular practise, let things slip a long time ago.
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anttimaatteri wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:28 pm... or listen to purdie. ^^
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Nonetheless his a great time keeper beside all the grooving. It must be his inner metronome after all.

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Hmm.. now I am ready to produce after 6 six of struggling, I don't know what to produce. However, I suppose my tracks will be catchy tunes accompanied, how to speel this word.. wow got that right, by artistic noodling.

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