Hendrix- not particularly my fav player but i embrace his philosophy: translate what's playing in your mind to you guitar, forget rules for a while. i've been doing that all these while & it makes me a better player... if you can similarly embrace this conceptual approach, you'd be surprised how articulate you'd be along the way. the reason why anyone would pick up a musical instrument is to 'say' things through them. articulation makes a better player IMO rather than mastering schooled thoughts & then not knowing what to say...
John McLaughlin had this to say about articulation: "... no matter how inspired you are, if you don't have the means to articulate on the instrument, you'll be defeated in your attempts to say the unsayable."
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