Your Guitar Playing Level, Rate your current playing level in this poll |
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Nov 14 2008, 03:41 AM
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QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Nov 13 2008, 04:06 AM)  I don't see a forum poll  I would click intermediate with some advanced touchesIf thats true Im an absolute beginner. |
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Nov 14 2008, 04:08 AM
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Yes I have advanced technique. But advanced player is not only that. I can technicaly play almost anything with some practice. I also have a very good theory knowledge. But I will consider myself as an advanced player when I master high standard jazz concept. I am slowly getting into that stuff. When I manage to mix that style and technique I have then I can say "that's it". The good example is Frank Gambale. There is nothing strange for him on the gutar. He rules the instrument. In my case I can still see that the instrument can be my boss which is not always a pleasant feeling. This is just the way I see things.
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Nov 14 2008, 04:29 AM
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QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Nov 13 2008, 02:06 AM) I don't see a forum poll I would click intermediate with some advanced touchesIf you are intermediate, then I am still a beginner since 2 previous reincarnations. I've seen a video of you and Muris on Youtube that proves you've both sold your souls to the devil.  QUOTE (Marek Rojewski @ Nov 13 2008, 04:04 AM) I excepted that Emir or one of the other master guitarists from GMC will not vote advanced, because it always works as this: "the more You know how to play, the more You know how much there is still to learn".. Years ago if I would see some of the lessons I learned already I would think "wow if I would play that kind of stuff one day, I would truly rock". Now I see other, more advanced lessons and think the same thing  That is so very true. When I began this journey to playing, I always thought "if I could play like that guy (favorite player here), I would feel god-like in my ability." After I actually started learning something, I understood completely, that even if I could play like Emir, Muris, or any of our other greats, I would never be able to forget the years of hard practice, and how much was yet to be learned. That will always keep us humble about our own abilities. That being said, I vote myself beginner-intermediate, because I don't yet play many "riffs", I do know very well both diatonic and pentatonic scales and modes, and can "play along" with anything I hear. I guess that's more like an intermediate beginner. 
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Nov 14 2008, 05:12 AM
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QUOTE (coffeeman @ Nov 14 2008, 03:36 AM) The thing with this kind of questions is that is totally relative to the person who is answering it. There is not and absolute truth about it , in your case , the way I see it I think you are an advanced player, I would like to play like you, and maybe the day I will be able to play like you I will think the exact way you are thinking today, that Im an intermediate player. So as Einstein said: "Everything is relative , it all dependes on the point of view of the observer". In any case Im a beginner(one of these days I'll be an intermediate/advanced player as you) and you rock! I agree 100%. I am sure you wouldn't think much different if you get to the point where I am now. Everything is relative , it all dependes on the point of view of the observer. this is a very cool one. The experiment with 2 trains, light and the mirror edit: sorry it was 1 train p.s. I can see we have 4 advanced players in the poll. We're actually not doing bad here
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Nov 14 2008, 08:56 AM
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I would say Intermediate...
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Nov 14 2008, 09:39 AM
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I think being advanced in Jazz rock/fusion/blues/country/neoclassical would be a goal many guitarists aspire too:)
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Nov 14 2008, 10:03 AM
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I understand and admire how people are being humble in this thread.
But, I still think it is much more accurate to look on what you accomplished so far than the way you still have to go. There will always be some incredible guys to look at and realize there is still a long path to go. Example in other area: Anyone who got a M. Sc or PhD degree knows that the more you study the more clear it becomes the amount of things you don't know. There will always be the authority on your field of study or the nobel prize winner when you look forward. But if you go for statistics, 1% of US population has a PhD and much less in other countries. So how can one not say someone who has a PhD is advanced in studies? Coming back to guitar, someone who is within the 1% of population of guitar players in the world in terms of technique, theory knowledge, etc, is definitely advanced. Then just remember of the huge amount of people who plays just a couple of songs in guitar, and one can see that according to this criteria we have much more advanced players here at GMC than this poll tells us 
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Nov 14 2008, 06:44 PM
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QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Nov 13 2008, 10:06 AM) I don't see a forum poll I would click intermediate with some advanced touchesNAaah.. you're advance for sure 
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Nov 15 2008, 07:15 PM
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QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Nov 13 2008, 10:06 AM) I don't see a forum poll I would click intermediate with some advanced touchespfft!!! |
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Nov 15 2008, 08:50 PM
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I guess an advanced player is a better judge when it comes to the level of his playing. He knows better what the overall limits are and what are possible goals he will reach or not. Like Emir said it's all relative and depends on your own experience but the more you learn and interact with other musicians the easier it is to determine your level relative to other players. And as it was stated a couple of times already you can be good in one thing but pretty behind in other things but you learn more about yourself through interaction with other players. Thats why GMC is so valuable on many levels. It allows beginners and advanced players alike to interact, reference and explore new territory. An example:
I just uploaded something for the bossa colab and then listened back to it to determine the level of playing I'm at. I thought ok harmony and scale use are on an beginner intermediate level, technique somewhere in the same area. But then again if I compare it to Emirs playing it's all beginner level and when I compare it to other beginners it might be more intermediate. So you have to consider all the players you know and compare yourself and then determine an average . Mmmm stupid stuff I say there. But anyway taking GMC as an reference for all levels I put myself in the beginner intermediate category
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