NOSPAMCLEOMA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Jan 28, 3:57 pm, Jerry Dallal <gdal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Okay, but...banjo...fiddle...guitar... Isn't it the case that the
guitar
>> IS the beat?
>
> Gee, I sure hope not!
>
> Actually it depends on what kind of old-time music you are playing, if
> it's old-time fiddle-banjo tunes, then the fiddle and the banjo ARE
> the beat, and the guitar reinforces that. At least, that's how I
> think of it. The music should already have plenty of drive and groove
> without the guitar.
>
> The guitarist's PLACEMENT of the beat is a separate issue -- John
> Schwab really knows about how to do that, so whatever he says is
> probably good advice!
> Suzy T.
>
Your first sentence/paragraph sums up the way I was thinking, but in
with a narrower focus than yours. That is, the beat is there, the guitar
should define/reinforce it and let the fiddle/banjo do with it what they
will, kind of like what tonyg wrote.
The rest of your post clarifies the issue. Thanks!
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