What Do You Say To A Question Like This " Are You Good At Guitar ? " |
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What Do You Say To A Question Like This " Are You Good At Guitar ? " |
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Apr 1 2007, 09:08 PM |
I think about this a lot and I have no damn clue
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Apr 1 2007, 09:49 PM |
Well i often get asked that question. And you know what my answer is?
I say: "I am not gonna answer! Come to my place, i'll play for you and you decide if i am good or not!" OR "Ask a couple of guitarists in town!" (my town has around 200,000 people so almost all guitarists know each other) -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Apr 2 2007, 12:20 AM |
You know it's hard to tell yourself if your good or not! That's a good and hard question
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Apr 2 2007, 02:41 AM |
all good answers. just this is kinda like when someone asked me what my favorite food is....i just dont know And its in the eye of the beholder ... if I played to my next door neighbour he'd be blown away, if I played to Pavel he'd give me a list as long as my arm of things I was doing wrong (in a constructive way of course) ... my point is I suppose that one answer could be "I don't know, do you think I'm good?" -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Apr 2 2007, 05:55 AM |
if you play with emotions then people wont give you crap on the shit you play.
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Apr 2 2007, 08:28 AM
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"I can play a few songs"
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Apr 2 2007, 10:42 AM |
Yes this is a very diffuclt and common question...! I still don't know what to answer.
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Apr 3 2007, 04:00 AM |
Well you have more then enough time to think I thought about it and this is what I came up with depending on what Andrew and others said Depending on the skill level or knowledge of the person your playing to about your playing, you will get a variety of different answers. You could play Old Mcdonald to a group of kindergartners and youd be a GOD in their eyes . Well on the other side you could play Old Mcdonald to a group of adults and they would think you have a LOoooooooooOooooOoong way to go. You are only known good when someone thats perfected your craft ( in this case guitar ) considers your playing good. Hows that ? - John That's pretty good, but here's another thought - what if the guitarist who's opinion you seek is your future self? My Eighteen year old self would regard me now as amazing, I look back on my 18 year old self and think he showed some promise but wasn't as good as he thought he was. My 18 year old self thought Gilmour was god ... I now think that he is a very skilled player but the mystery has gone because I can play a lot of his stuff, albeit in my own style. Where am I going with this? I guess our standards for ourselves rise as we get better, and one answer to the question could be "not as good as I want to be" or even "not as good as I'll be in a few years" ! This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Apr 3 2007, 04:00 AM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Apr 3 2007, 04:47 AM |
It's a difficult question... I agree with Pavel.
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Apr 4 2007, 05:51 PM |
Always say "yes". Think positive and believe you are good - even if you suck - like me.
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