Stairway to heaven - Stanley Jordan style
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drownedout
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Stanely Jordan is awesome. I have another vid of him on some night show playing really cool stuff. :twisted:
vernplum
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SoulJah said:
From a guitarists' standpoint, it is incredible - because the way we think about our instrument is left hand presses notes, right hand attacks and makes them sound. I'm sure our pianist brothers out there think what he's doing is pretty standard - not to diminish the accomplishment that he demonstrates in any way of course - I think it's awesome.
Any comments from pianists?
Actually... I do think Stanley Jordan is a good player but other than his unorthodox technique, his playing isn't unique.
I mean... he's known as a tapper, so yeah, thats great... has great chops, yeah... and good phrasing, yeah... But his playing lacks that certain individuality or special-ness to make him outstanding...
What do you guys think?
I mean... he's known as a tapper, so yeah, thats great... has great chops, yeah... and good phrasing, yeah... But his playing lacks that certain individuality or special-ness to make him outstanding...
What do you guys think?
vernplum
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Well, for a guitar, it is unique, because it's hard to achieve that kind of comping and melody without doing it the two-handed way, but in a musical sense, which is what I think you're getting at, then no, probably not - he's not pushing many boundaries melodically or harmonically that are going to trouble any serious jazzers - in fact his sensibility in those respects is quite conservative and relatively commonplace. But he is doing some very unique things.
Hey vern... Its cool... I'm a wannabe jazzer and would be no different from you! 
Hahaha! Anyway, yeah... you got what I'm thinking about...
I thought his tapping is cool... but well, not to downplay his tapping ability, but I know of a guy who decided to play guitar differently, so he started tapping from the start. Now, he taps like no tomorrow.... Its pretty interesting to note how different things can be commonplace if you decided to go the road less travelled from an early stage... again, i'm not downplaying Stanley Jordan's ability/skills but just... well, for the sake of discusion shall we?
Its cool... I'm a wannabe jazzer and would be no different from you! Hahaha! Anyway, yeah... you got what I'm thinking about... I thought his tapping is cool... but well, not to downplay his tapping ability, but I know of a guy who decided to play guitar differently, so he started tapping from the start. Now, he taps like no tomorrow.... Its pretty interesting to note how different things can be commonplace if you decided to go the road less travelled from an early stage... again, i'm not downplaying Stanley Jordan's ability/skills but just... well, for the sake of discusion shall we?
vernplum
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ShredCow said:Hey vern...
<sigh> at my advanced age and with my well-formed bad habits playing metal/rock guitar for the last 20 years, I doubt I will ever obtain the harmonic knowledge and skill of Martin Taylor when he was even 5 years old... just like my Mandarin learning - been trying for 3 years and can only just ask how to go find the toilet...
I feel a new year's resolution coming up.
detroit_red
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I don't really think he's that good either... But his tapping is very fluid compared to one string per time tapping ...
I don't think you guys are really paying attention to the finer details of Stanley's playing.
I mean yes there might be nothing special about tapping per se, it's just a means to get another note into the picture. But if you think about how far Stanley has taken the cliche of tapping from the late 70s early 80s of EVH, it's really an amazing picture altogether.
He can tap out melody and chord line at the same time. Sometimes in counterpoint to one another. In addition to that he can even play hamonized tapping melodies on 2 seperate necks. Even 2 totally different melodies altogether.
If that's not amazing then I really don't know what is.
Notice most times he's not even looking at his fretboard.
The guy's a genius IMHO.
I mean yes there might be nothing special about tapping per se, it's just a means to get another note into the picture. But if you think about how far Stanley has taken the cliche of tapping from the late 70s early 80s of EVH, it's really an amazing picture altogether.
He can tap out melody and chord line at the same time. Sometimes in counterpoint to one another. In addition to that he can even play hamonized tapping melodies on 2 seperate necks. Even 2 totally different melodies altogether.
If that's not amazing then I really don't know what is.
Notice most times he's not even looking at his fretboard.
The guy's a genius IMHO.
