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9/9/2013 9:00:43 PM
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Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of experienced guitarists who have seriously studied Jimi Hendrix would tell you that he is most certainly not the best guitarist in the world. He's definitely very very good, but he certainly wasn't the best. There's a fine distinction that must be made. The reason why he was so famous is because he did things with the guitar that nobody had ever done before. He defined what modern rock is today. Not because he was the best guitarist in the world, but because he was arguably the most radical with what he did.
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[quote]Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of experienced guitarists who have seriously studied Jimi Hendrix would tell you that he is most certainly not the best guitarist in the world. He's definitely very very good, but he certainly wasn't the best. There's a fine distinction that must be made. The reason why he was so famous is because he did things with the guitar that nobody had ever done before. He defined what modern rock is today. Not because he was the best guitarist in the world, but because he was arguably the most radical with what he did.[/quote] I read somewhere that once in a concert, he broke his first string, mid song, and continued playing.
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I agree with you completely. I can play a lot of his stuff, but who can write a song like him? The reason he is so great is because of his immense passion and his improvisational skills. I don't care if John Mayer can play "Little Wing" note for note, he just doesn't have Jimi's soul.
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Edited by Uncle Putin: 9/10/2013 12:14:47 AMExactly. Jimi was not technically talented, but he was extremely musically talented. I bet you didn't know that he couldn't read music. All of his talent relied completely on his ear because he could not for the life of him put down what he was playing onto paper. I think that in and of itself is the purest form of guitar playing, where you don't worry about hitting the notes perfectly or knowing the difference between a harmonic or algerian scale. If you play it by ear, those things will come to you naturally. Don't get me wrong, I can read sheet music, but I hardly EVER use it for the guitar because I feel that it just slows me down and hinders my emotions from being transferred onto the guitar. Sheet music is best for piano (what I use it for), orchestras etc.
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Because he did stuff no one had done before is why he is so highly regarded
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That's what I said...
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Edited by billanizer: 9/9/2013 9:11:49 PMWell yea but its enough to make him one of the best. There is a lot more to being good than being technically advanced, playing 100 notes a second
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Edited by Uncle Putin: 9/9/2013 9:19:25 PMOf course. In fact, that's one of the many gripes I have against things like screamo head-banging thrash music. The guitarists are just mindlessly shredding away without any real musical phrases. It pisses me off. I'm just trying to say that with musical ability, there are better technical guitarists out there than Jimmy.
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Now I hope you are not bashing heavy metal here. Also screamo and thrash are two different forms of music. Screamo is a form of punk whilst thrash is a form of metal.
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No, I'm bashing the songs that mindlessly shred, who don't use any sense of rhythm (sixteenth notes throughout the whole song), who don't make their solos diverse and unique... you know what I'm saying? I'm not even talking about metal, so I don't know why you think I am. Metallica is one of my bands. But there are a few metal songs here and there that fall into my "shit" list for the reasons I mentioned. Same goes for any genre.
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I thought you were talking about metal because you said something along the lines of screamo mindless thrashing shit or something.
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But that still makes someone a good guitar player. I don't personally think he's the best, but that's a really good reason to feel that he is. Any 14 year old with a metronome and too much time on his hands can learn to play like Yngwie Malmsteen or some shit, doesn't make him a good guitar player.
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Absolutely. You can use that as a reason why you believe he's the best, but that doesn't mean you're right. Hendrix had a lot of technical freedom with the guitar, but not necessarily the best technical ability. There are multiple factors that go into "the best guitarist in the world." While I believe there isn't a single guitarist that's the best, there are typically 4 things that make them "the best." Musical ability Technical ability Musical freedom Technical freedom Jimmy was famous because he had an extraordinary and unusual amount of technical and musical freedom. I could never write songs like he could, but I can in fact play many of his songs fairly easily. Not trying to be prideful, but I'm just trying to make a point. Something that I would NOT be able to do is to play songs like Randy Rhoads. There's just no way. Randy is the epitome of technical ability. See what I'm saying? Once you master all 4, then you are the "best." I feel like I didn't explain that very well :(
