Ugo
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Posted: Dec. 09 2007, 09:04 |
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Quote (Sweetpea @ Dec. 09 2007, 09:19) | But perhaps acoustic is less forgiving of mistakes because it is used in a more lyrical capacity? |
I think that the acoustic guitar is less forgiving of mistakes because it is acoustic. In other words, if you hit a wrong note on an acoustic guitar, the audience is inevitably going to perceive it as wrong, no matter what processing you may have on the guitar (and there is some quite heavy processing, I think, on Mike's classical guitar in MotS). The electric guitar is easier, IMO, to hide mistakes with. But then again, I'm a keyboardist, not a guitarist - I've never played an electric guitar, and the only acoustic I've ever played is rhythm, so I can't really judge, can I?
However, I just watched again the TBII live performance. When Mike plays the ending part of The Bell on classical guitar, he looks extremely concentrated on what he's doing - while, whenever he plays the brown PRS, he looks more passionate than concentrated. And as soon he hits the final chord of The Bell (which he slightly messes up because of cheering from the audience...), he opens his eyes and smiles widely, as if saying "Thank God I've finished... at least for Part 1".
@ Tubularman: Mike already did a soundtrack (TKF) and I recall him saying he won't ever do another one.
-------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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