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On Oct 6, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Per Boysen wrote: > On 6 okt 2007, at 14.46, Paul Mimlitsch wrote: > >> 1) how many people on the list do solo non looping gigs? > > Sometimes. Not very often though, since there isn't any natural > forum for solo concerts. I've mostly played non looping solo > concerts for art exhibitions. One time I used a sax and walked > around among the visitors while playing, making a point of the > different acoustics of the different halls. > >> 2) "the beauty of the single note line" - how many guitar players/ >> players of multitimbral instruments can do an improv. gig using >> only single note lines and hold an audiences attention? for how long? > > I don't see that this would be more difficult on a polyphonic > instrument compared to a monophonic? "The beauty of a single note > line" does not reside in what you play but what you do not play, > but rather create the set-up for the listener to fill in by his/her > imagination. To play that way you need to hear and react to not > only the sound of a single note but also its attitude and suggested > directions by that note. Non-musicians hear this easily, but > somehow many players don't bother with this in my humble opinion > most important aspect of playing music. > > >> 3) if you're not comfortable doing this, is that because of >> preference (ie: vertical vs. linear hearing)? > > When I was a child I sometimes hid under a grand piano and > experienced some vertical hearing ;-)) In other words; "I'm sorry, > I can't understand this question". ;-) > >> Being raised on a particular instrument? > > No. Of course one instrument was the first I learned, but I > wouldn't call that "being raised" on it. > >> Or did you gravitate towards your preferred instrument due to how >> you hear things? > > No. I gravitate towards new instruments when I get too bored with > the instruments I already use. Today there's not much such boredom > though, since I have learned at least four different instruments > well enough to play rather freely. So I can always move on to > another one when in need for wider perspectives. > > >> 4) if you play a mono timbral instrument (horns etc) is the desire >> to "loop" a means of filling up vertical space to compliment your >> single note line play? > > Hmm... when you say "vertically", do you mean instantly sounding? > (as in a orchestra score?) Well, never mind. The answer to this > question is "no". I look at loopers more as a way to extend the > instrument. Kind of the same urge that forces me to trim vibrato > bars, modify mouth-piece sound chambers, knock away frets, program > synth sounds etc etc. Even when playing polyphonic instruments, as > the guitar, I like doing monophonic melody lines. And, as said > above, what I like is not what is heard but the open horizon it > brings. The harmonies and chord sequences implied but not > explicitly played. I think Luis Armstrong was quite early in doing > this in his singing, "scatting" a short phrase after the actual > lyric line just to give a clue for a chord/harmony. > > > On 6 okt 2007, at 16.49, Paul Mimlitsch wrote: >> I've always wondered why someone chooses a particular instrument >> as their "voice" > > My "musical voice" is something I have been aware of since I was > three and a half years old, long before starting to play music. > It's not directly about "sound" or any certain instrument. Music > has simply become the most efficient way for me to explore this > area. When I hear certain instruments I can tell if it would be a > proper expression for me, and then I learn to play it to match my > "musical voice". > >> Another question I should have asked in my original post was: >> How many people have switched instruments to meet their needs. > > No instrument is perfect, but humans are extremely multi faceted > beings. Switching is just a way to get along a little better. When > playing in bands I have of course picked up whatever instrument > needed for the collective project. I guess that's means the answer > "yes and no" (switching seriously just for fun but sometimes also > because a band situation needs it). > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > > > >