I just might play the more linear, notey breaks if I could, but since I can't I decided not to like them. I play what I call, box style. I use two boxes to play out of, what I call the Bluegrass Box for melody/chord breaks and then a Doublestop Box for everything else. I always keep the melody out front, keep the right hand moving and change the attack and volume constantly. These are all the cheap tricks of a player who has worked too many double shifts and never had the hours and hours it takes to be a "good" player. To the un-intiated my playing sounds like Monroe style, I've even be accused to copying Tater (a great compliment to me) I've always been well accepted in jams and have even had players who are better than me ask me for lessons. They are always amazed at how easy it is and even more amazed that they can't do it. My guess is that they are just too smart. Turns out, I don't suffer from that problem.
Clyde Clevenger Just My Opinion, But It's Right Salem, Oregon Old Circle ----- Original Message ----- From: "malagrass" <[email protected]> How does your playing (Monroe style) go over in a jam type atmosphere. <snip> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
