On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:29:18 -0800, Geff Crawford
<geff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>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
Hi Geff,
I think your right on this time. The guitar is the beat, fiddlers tend
to push either out of a need to drive the tune and because the style
calls for anticipation (very oldtimey) or in a bad case because of
nevousness and lack of control.
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