Lyle Lofgren wrote:
> On Feb 18, 1:35 pm, wm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> I am new to this forum, but not to music, and hope my $.02 will be
>> welcome. These days I find myself playing a lot of guitar. I play
>> several other instruments, but there always seems like there are a
>> lack of guitars. Everyone wants to play lead it seems. I have
>> noticed that if I try to "match" the beat, especially with the better
>> fiddlers, that the tune will speed up before too long. I think most
>> lead players that want to drive the song will play slightly ahead of
>> the beat, which implies that the beat is indeed the guitar. (if there
>> is no bass) I think that this dynamic is what makes the sound
>> "real". If you are playing rhythm, you have to let the fiddler go
>> and hope he only stays a little ahead of you. Hope this makes sence.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Hi, Mike --
>
> I think you'll find that the people who post on this forum are usually
> civilized -- we haven't had a virtual shouting match in years, and I
> can't even remember what that one was about.
>
> What you say matches my experience. Have you ever run across a case
> where the fiddler slows down? I wonder if the original poster was
> playing with someone who was taking downers?
>
> Lyle
Ah, that would be me, and I was referring to overdubbing with myself on
guitar and fiddle. I do drink decaf, but I don't think that's it. I
had phrased it as the guitar being slightly behind the fiddle
(undoubtedly my own deficiencies on the instruments), but now I think
it's better stated as the fiddle ahead of the guitar. This thread has
generated more than two schools of thought I'd say, and the one I'm in
agrees with Mike and Lyle, if I'm reading them right. I think the
guitar needs to hold a steady tempo while the fiddle pushes the beat,
though not every beat by any means. Occasionally it would be the actual
syncopated pu****ng that could be written as a sixteenth note tying
across the bar line into the next measure, but most of the time it
couldn't be written. It would be that slightly perceptible push that
turns a listening tune into a dancing tune.
Okay. Too many words, but I think I know what I mean.
Geff
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