![]() Together in a person’s heart from the beginning So, with the guitar in particular, the student is given, say, the nineteenth-century pedagogical methods (Sor, Aguado, Coste, Carulli, Carcassi, etc.) and first learns to develop technique while a focus on repertoire and musical interpretation comes later. A popular, traditional pedagogical strategy teachers have used in the past (and that some still use) in music education is to first require students to master technical (and mechanical) tools before beginning to develop a musical interpretation. There is a prevalent approach to the learning process of a musical instrument that pits technique and musicality against one another, that thinks of them as competing entities. Hopefully this will give you some insight into how each of these masters of the guitar think about this question, as well as some nuanced differences between how they think about it. ![]() Each of the audio clips in this article are pulled directly from Simon’s podcast interviews with John Williams, Marcin Dylla, and Ben Verdery, respectively. In this article we’re going to take a look at what some of the masters of the classical guitar have had to say about the learning process, specifically focusing on the topic of how technique and musicality should relate to one another. But what can add to this frustration is feeling like we don’t know how to learn, that we don’t know whether our own process of learning is the right path to begin to make music and enjoy the instrument we all love. at times it can be a frustrating experience. And this experience can include many peaks, but also many valleys. It takes time, discipline, patience, knowledge, experimentation, and weathering a lot of storms along the way. The process of learning a musical instrument can be an arduous one. Are they at odds with one another? Is one more important? Let’s dive in. ![]() This is my go to guitar when I need to cover many musical styles.In this article our Community Manager Dave Belcher discusses the topic of technique vs musicality. This guitar has clear oil finish on the body. Vaughn Skow Custom 60 Humbucker set, Gotoh tuners and a hand cut nut. This is one of my absolute favourite guitars, it is supremely touch sensative and has a beatifully soulfull tone! The body and neck are Honduras mahogany (legally sourced) with a Madagascan rosewood fretboard. This started as my tribute to early led Zeppelin. As many guitarists may know, Jimmy Page apparently used a Telecaster on a lot of the early recordings, so I wanted to get a Tele as close as I could to a Les Paul. The result was an extremely versatile guitar capable of country twang and searing rock lead as well.I wired this guitar so that the humbuckers can be coil tapped and put out of phase for a very honky Frank Zappa or Peter Green tone.įor the main part this guitar is laid out similar to a Les Paul with two humbuckers and the classic tunamatic bridge and tail piece, (both Faber made, best I've experienced) but the controls are more classic Tele with 1 volume and 1 tone, push pull pots for single coil and phase. I work from my studio in Sydenham, South East London. (OK, it's a shed, hence the name, but a good one and much developed from my humble beginnings in the corner of the living room, and probably much to the delight of my now wife - slightly less mess around the house!)įor more examples of custom builds or more information on my full suite of services please visit my Custom Built Guitars and Services pages. Although the 6 string variety is my personal favourite, I also work love working on bass guitars. I also do the regular set ups and services and pride myself on returning your guitar to you playing and sounding to its full potential. I developed my passion and love for tone and guitars into putting together custom guitars, experimenting with anything from pups and bridges to types of wood and finishes and even springs and capacitors - anything to get the best sounding guitar possible! I have developed some favourite suppliers and brands over the years and can consult you on these, but am equally happy to build a custom job to your specific requirements. I started to become much more serious about chasing tone after I got my first set of aftermarket guitar pickups well over 10 years ago and this has become somewhat of an obsession of mine! I am a self confessed electric guitar and amp modding geek if something can be changed or improved upon I will give it a go. My main passion is blues rock, but I enjoy playing anything from funk to seriously heavy rock with a bit of prog or psychedelia on the way! I have been playing guitar for almost 30 years.
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