tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675998770523341270.post1922872942587751489..comments2023-08-26T08:36:15.064-04:00Comments on In This Game A Minute: Guitar Nerdzzzzevan patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567850920170158053noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675998770523341270.post-66784456118314701242011-06-17T15:18:22.698-04:002011-06-17T15:18:22.698-04:00Yes. I've been thinking about this a lot, espe...Yes. I've been thinking about this a lot, especially after teaching a history of jazz class in which we focused on timbre as much as anything else—have you read Amiri Baraka's classic Blues People? He suggests that it is an African contribution but I think that it is also part of the oral tradition of classical music (poor instructions for timbre versus pitch and rhythm) and other genres. I also think of the way that Ali Akbar Khan would say so much in the first note he would play. I would have been satisfied just hearing that often. Interested to hear how your thoughts on this develop.Ben Harberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594726378221788769noreply@blogger.com