They are designed to almost kill you...thus requiring more medication!
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Well, trying to work out an instrumental version of Bill Withers " Ain't no sunshine" started off with the tele and the bassbreaker. Wound up going with the les Paul. Sounds so much better for this particular riff. Loooooooooong way to go. Trying to figure out what Marty Schwartz is doing with this song in his vid for his new looper pedal.
No, you're right. Having open strings available makes it easier and more convenient, but you don't want to limit yourself. What happens if you've got a vocalist with a fantastic vocal timbre, but a range that limits you to keys with minimal open strings? Granted, most vocalists will have a 1 and a half to 2 octave range, which should cover most every "simple" key, but some have a comfort zone and that may force you to have to play outside of those open string-dominated keys. Of course, there are ways around that... alternate tunings, capos, and simple inversions... but really, if you're gonna learn the instrument, learn it completely. Don't leave anything out. The guitar is like the piano in that it covers a number of octaves rather than be limited like say a trumpet or trombone. That's a very useful characteristic tool that you can use to convey whatever musical message you're trying to get across to your listener. That's why the guitar is such an awesome instrument, you can do/play anything you want on it. There's not many things that you're limited to playing on it.
And by the way, D# is too complicated a key to be thinking about (F##, C##). Use E flat instead. It has the same tones, but with only 3 flats.
Great right-up :thumbsup:
Yeah, I really do like that aspect of the guitar. The stand-out versatility: Chords and melody. Accompaniment or solo, almost limitless timbre and range. AND..portability!
I'm doing locum work and this is my instrument. It keeps me going, but not a pinch on the real thing.
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I wish I learned to play the piano when I was a kid. I can figure out seventh and ninth chords on it, and crawl around basic chord progressions at best, but I'm totally not coordinated on it. I've got one of those crappy keyboards that has all those god awful preset sounds on it, and I turn it on every once in a while when I want to make myself feel really good about my abilities on the guitar. :lol: