Music Lessons, Little Rock
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"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." --Salvador Dali
Developing your own voice or "style" on your instrument is a worthwhile pursuit. Often, your style is heavily influenced by those that influence you. One of the best ways to develop a style is to learn from those that have inspired you and then take that knowledge and turn it into your own sound.
When you study another player, learn not only how to play the lick, solo or riff, but also dig into the "why" they played it the way they did ....
- Why did they choose to play those notes over that chord progression? Could you add some different notes to make it unique?
- Why did they phrase the line like that? What if you used the same notes, but phrased it with octaves?
- Why did they use those effects? What would it sound like with a flanger instead of a chorus?
"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." --Salvador Dali
Developing your own voice or "style" on your instrument is a worthwhile pursuit. Often, your style is heavily influenced by those that influence you. One of the best ways to develop a style is to learn from those that have inspired you and then take that knowledge and turn it into your own sound.
When you study another player, learn not only how to play the lick, solo or riff, but also dig into the "why" they played it the way they did ....
- Why did they choose to play those notes over that chord progression? Could you add some different notes to make it unique?
- Why did they phrase the line like that? What if you used the same notes, but phrased it with octaves?
- Why did they use those effects? What would it sound like with a flanger instead of a chorus?
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