[John Williamson]

On 08/12/2014 22:03, Neil wrote:
On 12/8/2014 3:04 PM, John Williamson wrote:

Hmmm... I was under the impression that to compose well for a particular
instrument, you had to be able to play it, or at least get it to make a
sound. Certainly you need to know, for instance that it's nearly
impossible to get a 3 or 4 note chord out of a single bowed instrument
and that any guitar chord with more than two notes is, at best, a very
fast apreggio (Or a *very* capable player). Maybe I'm out of touch.

OK... please explain this comment! Are you suggesting that an arpeggio
has to contain more than two notes, or that one can't pick more than two
strings at a time? AFAIK, neither is the case! ;-)

Most pop and rock guitarists that I've watched play, strum across the
strings, even when a chord is indicated in by the dots, and this is, in
fact, the only way it is possible to play a chord using a plectrum. I've
seen and heard some classical guitarists come darn close to a real,
simultaneous chord, though.

Perfect alignment of notes is a trivial thing to do when using a DAW,
but it doesn't quite sound right..

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Tciao for Now!

John.