QUOTE (lcsdds @ Nov 30 2008, 03:06 PM)
What do you guys think about this? I know of a few artists that seem limited when it comes to certain techniques and it seems that they are still able to express themselves quite well. There are quite a few instructors on this board who seem to have limitless technical ablilities and it seems like they use it to really enhance their playing. What do you guys for instance think of the following players and their technical abilities:
Joe Satriani- Probably my favorite instrumentalist to listen to but I have never heard him do any sort of alternate picking or sweep picked arpeggios like most of us think of when we think of those techniques. Satch is probably the reason my legato/tapping is so far ahead of my alternate picking, LOL!!
Alan Holdsworth- Not super familiar with his playing but from what I have seen/heard it is all legato. Does anybody more familiar with his playing know if he uses alternate picking at all?
Bret Garsed- Same as Alan Holdsworth, never heard/seen any alternate picking runs in his playing.
Frank Gambale- I remember Emir saying that Frank is a true master of his instrument. Here is a guy that only economy picks from what I can gather from his playing. He has a good legato technique as well. One of the biggest knocks on economy picking that I have seen is that you have to "plan" out your licks more than if you alternate pick. This "technical deficiency" doesn't seem to have stopped his progress though.
All of these players don't seem to have problems expressing themselves but they all seem to be "technically limited" in some respects. What do you guys think?
Monte
Interesting. I think what these players have done is maximize their particular playing styles within the confines of their limitations.
Satch may not be able to speed pick like Petrucci, but his lick vocabulary is virtually limitless.
Holdsworth has monster legato, and an extremely advanced playing style, like no other.
Brett can and does not only speed pick, but hybrid picks many of his melodic passages. It's the only way to play some of his cool lines.
And, Gambale is the sweep master. I do think that
his economy picking style is so developed that he can play that way without concious effort.
The most important element of each of these players is their ability to be extremely musical, rather than just technically adept. That's what makes these guys stand out.
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