Andy McKee – Rylynn – Acoustic Guitar – www.candyrat.com
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This guy has taken what people like Bert Jansch started many years ago to a new level. Michael Hedges I’m sure was an influence too.
I’ve played ALL my life and I’ll never be this good. Fact is fact. My custom Taylor 814 sounds better than I make it sound. Andy does a great job in this vid. I only wish I could play 1/4 as well.
IMPRESIONANTE
For a very long time music lost its soul… bands began playing heartless music, music had been becoming just words there was no longer a heart and soul to music as it should be. its people like Andy that really are the pioneers of the returning of soul to music. and the legends such as phish.
…except it IS disabling to not be able to read music…
4:05 reminds a lot of hang drum and Gavelan music
@Hoomasta5000 Music “losing its soul” is more of a personal definition/equation. I agree that this music is full of spirituality and sould but I also believe the same can be said for modern bands which incorporate the hardships of the masses into consideration when performing their respective works.
I hope someday i’ll play that scomposition, tnx a lot, this is amazing, and, what’s Rylynn?
Love this song, greatest guitarist alive
no me canso de ver estos videos… impresionante ^^
what guitar is he using?
Not really. A good ear for it is just as useful as the ability to read notation; all notation is is a medium for describing music. The music itself doesn’t come from paper, does it?
02.39 gives me shivers
its a lowden, does it really matter?
A good ear can only get you to the point of the talented amateur. If you ever want to play music written by others, reading the music that they have written is the best blueprint for your interpretation. Without knowing what the original intention of the composer is, the performer cannot deviate from it and make the music his or her own, so as long as you want to play like other people, and not yourself, musical illiteracy is fine.
I’m not trying to be rude or start a flame war, but as a music educator the lack of concern for the music is something i try to avoid
Wrong. How would learning from a piece of paper be any different than learning by ear aside from the obvious? I would have said if anything a sight reading musician is more likely to not deviate from the blueprint immediately in front of them and to mindlessly play the notes as he/she reads them, whereas an ear player would be more likely to interpret not only the intention but the notes themselves in their own way. You’re calling most of the best jazz and blues players amateurs for a start.
NO CHANCE HES A GOD!
BTW, while you’re watching and enjoying Andy McKee here when he has said in his own FAQ. that he has never had formal training and plays by ear; his exact words:
“I had about a year and a half of electric guitar lessons early on and that is it. I did pick up some knowledge about chord construction and scales and modes as I went on. I never went to university though, or anything like that. I used my ear a lot and lifted tunes from CD’s.”
Maybe you should rethink your “talented amateur” comment
You’re misinterpreting my statement. If you want to play only that that is written by you yourself then of course there is no need for reading music. As for the best jazz and blues players, don’t combine the two. The two styles are drastically different. Blues is a very simple (simple does not mean easy) form and a musician needs to be able to play in a relatively limited parameter. As for jazzers, most were either playing music they themselves had written (continued on next comment)
To what the one dude said about the whole, “talented amateur” thing. Regardless of the fact the notation was the first way to transcribe music, it was not the first way it was learned. I for one, have never taken formal classes, or lessons other that from my own two ears. Music doesn’t come from a piece of paper, it comes from the heart. And i saw heart flowing through this guys fingers. The look on his face was one of expression, one of feeling. He wanted you to feel how he did when he wrote it
or music written by others in the form of a melody over chord changes. Jazz requires a much firmer grip over music theory than reading ability. However, try for example playing a Chopin prelude or a Bach Fugue by ear and see how far that goes. As music becomes more complex, reading music becomes more necessary. AS for the performer in this video, I have great respect for him and never said anything negative towards him. And oh, yeah, HE PLAYS WHAT HE WRITES.
you don’t have to write music to be a musician though. The statement you wrote was kind of insulting in the beginning. That talented amateur. I personally don’t write my music, I just play it and remember it. I do agree with you, though, on the fact that reading extremely complex pieces like symphonies and fugues does help a LOT. It’s difficult as all hell to learn them by ear but never does that mean that the musician is “amateur” if he plays off the hip.
cmon stop arguing about music and listen to the song… who cares if you play by ear or not… the point is its a great pice of music so listen to and leave it at that
Lol i love these people writing huge pargraphs thinking they know it all about music