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I read an interview with Robin Trower once where he mentioned Robert Fripp who suggested his technique (using the thump to frett for ex.) was only hadicapping him,on the other hand i couldnīt imagine Hendrix or Page playing with a proper Fripp position and running around like that:-) I think personally one of the greatest benefits of such courses is not only the instruction but networking with other musicians,i have never attended one either but my brother who is a bass player attended MIT and also said that what this courses basically offer u is a chance to be locked with your instrument without distractions and a chance to learn more discipline than technique,something very hard to do by ourselves... Luis --- Todd Pafford <calenlas@gmail.com> wrote: > I have never taken a GC course, so understand that > I'm speculating > based on what I've read. It seems to me that... > 1) According to the literature, you don't have to > have any experience > on the instrument before your first GC course, > though I imagine > absolutely no experience would make things very > difficult (simply > tuning up and fretting notes, for example, are > arduous tasks for > newbies.) > 2) Proper technique is the goal of initial courses. > To be specific, > much of the existing technique a new student brings > with them will be > shelved and proper technique will be taught from > scratch. > 3) "What to play" will also be taught in the context > of listening, > assessing your position in whatever musical context > you find yourself, > and playing the right thing based on that knowledge. > However, it > seems that how to play is the focus of early > courses, with what to > play taking prominence in more advanced courses. > > I too have vacillated on attending a GC course and > the cost has always > prevented me from doing it. However, I like to > think that I have > benefited to some (very small) degree from what I've > read, though I'm > sure the face-to-face instruction and total > immersion are invaluable > to internalizing the craft. > > If you do end up taking the course, I'd love to hear > how it turns out. > > Todd > > > On 2/14/06, RPGfreak@web.de <RPGfreak@web.de> wrote: > > I am seriously thinking about enrolling to Guitar > Craft, even though 600 Euro is a lot of money for me > (I don't think it's overpriced!). I have read the > guitar craft experience of the author of the Fripp > Book but I also thought to ask some questions at > the list since some people here have been at GC: > > - Do you have to be on a high technical level for > the Stage one courses? > > - Do you learn a lot of technique? Personally, I > don't have a problem to know what to play, but I'm > seriously interested in learning a better technique > since mine is pretty bad. > > - What did you personally learn there and kept > later on? > > > > Thanks for your time! > > > > Regards, Simon > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com