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Originally Posted by flipper35 (Post 10583754)

If it is one guy on a barstool at a club, go for it.

Hey! That's me! :D

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Les

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 10583833)

Hey! That's me! :D

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Les

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Originally Posted by flipper35 (Post 10583754)

Sure, if you are playing in Bflat or something.

Like I mentinoed above, it is really grating then the keyboard is playing the music as written and the guitar is going all trendy.

I don't see a big G to Cadd9 any easier than a pinky G to C.

I guess I am a chord snob, especially in an ensemble.

If it is one guy on a barstool at a club, go for it.

Maybe I misunderstood the question. I will say that for a less accomplished player, big G to Cadd9 is stone cold simple.

Now... Think of how many pop/rock songs are simple G-C-D progressions.

All you need is to move your fretting fingers 1 and 2 up or down on the E, A and D strings.

Super easy right?

Now, let's say you need to change keys for whatever reason. Too high or low for your voice. Maybe the song uses the same progression but in a different key. All you have to do is move the capo, and there you are...

I have a friend who is a decent guitarist that uses some of these tricks. Thing is, he believes his voice is his 1st instrument and the guitar is just the accompaniment. If it's easier, sounds OK and gets his voice to the fore, that's all he's looking for.

I guess I always viewed it as a way to make playing guitar easier if you were mostly trying to accompany your voice.

Are you asking a different question? Maybe I missed the context.

"I have a friend who is a decent guitarist that uses some of these tricks. Thing is, he believes his voice is his 1st instrument and the guitar is just the accompaniment. If it's easier, sounds OK and gets his voice to the fore, that's all he's looking for."

Except for the decent guitarist part, that would describe my performing style. I will confess however to forgetting what key I would normally play a song and not realizing until I hit the chorus or bridge I am a full tone or two higher or lower than I would usually be. Then there is often a mad struggle to figure out the chords in the 'new' key while carrying the lyric and not letting the folks know I've fuched up.

I'm not a fast guitarist. I'm not a slow guitarist.
I'm a half-fast guitarist.

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Les

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 10584260)

Just to be clear, I'm not saying anything negative at all about that approach. Tony is a good friend and a solid dude, he just had a bit different approach to music than I do.

In the end, I say that you're making the music you want and that's all that matters. There's nothing wrong whatsoever with concentrating on what gives you the result you want in music. We play for us primarily, anything else is a bonus. At least I do...