Okay, but...banjo...fiddle...guitar... Isn't it the case that the guitar
IS the beat?
--Jerry
Kellie Allen wrote:
> I'm with you on that, John. But then again, you and the rest of those
> guys you mentioned are my guitar heroes.
>
> I think lots of people go for the idea that the guitar is somewhere on
> the back edge of the beat, which is why I said this might be
> considered a controversial subject.
>
> And, if you can believe it, there are fiddlers who can't stand bass
> runs because they feel that they 'push' the beat. Shocking, but true.
>
> Kellie
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> On Jan 28, 3:39�pm, ducksh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> On Jan 26, 6:34�pm, TonyG <tonyg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> When I am playing fiddle with the right guitar player I am surfing on
>>> the edge of boomchuck.It is riding a wave of rhythm,you want to be the
>>> wave. tonyg
>> I like what TonyG says here.
>>
>> I cannot imagine that you'd want to be on the hind edge of the beat.
>> Frankly, I rarely think about it directly, and when I do, it just
>> confuses me! I just play from instinct. But I kinda suspect that the
>> best OT backup guitar players (Luches Kessinger, Roy Harvey, Hub
>> Mahaffey, Asa Martin, and others) were either squarely on the beat or
>> pu****ng it slightly (driving the rhythm by slightly anticipating the
>> beat).
>>
>> --John Schwab
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