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Fido Apr 10 2011 at 11:49 PM |
This is what makes Metheny Metheny. I often hear people talk about his other qualities such as his melodicism, his amazing compositional skill, his bandleading, his versatility and all are impressive. But it is his feel and time that sets him apart. There are only a handful of players out there that have that kind of freedom and bounce all mixed together. Anyone else know what I mean? |
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blisterfree Apr 12 2011 at 3:55 AM |
Note choice and placement within
the greater musical and rhythmic
framework is how I’d put it. It’s a rare
improvisatory skill to be able to hear
what note to play next and also to
master the space and time in which
it unfolds. Even when Pat improvises
around fretboard patterns and
shapes, often selecting from familiar
colors on his palette, it is always
somehow just right, both in the
moment and in the greater context of
the solo.
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bluepno Apr 11 2011 at 4:13 PM |
There are some instructional videos floating around where Pat demonstrates practicing with the metronome playing on 2 and 4. He seems to have mastered timing within the backbeat. It has been a defining groove of the 20th century.
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barley Apr 11 2011 at 12:57 PM |
In the words of the Bridegroom: "I do".
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