"Play what you feel. And ignore everything else!"

threejohntwo · November 30th, 2005, 04:38 PM

I was doing a web search for Fender Frontline magazine and Google returned this result first: Fender Frontline magazine Winter 1993 (www.pink-floyd.org/artint/131.htm)
Having admired David Gilmour's guitar playing for a number of years, I enjoyed the interview describing how he learned to play the guitar.
In answer to a question concerning whether he considered "imparting his fretboard prowess in written form, he answers: "No I don't, because I can sum up everything about playing the guitar in about two sentences." And they are? "Play what you feel. And ignore everything else!"

I probably need to ignore everything else in order to learn how to play better... then I'll try to play what I feel!

Joe-Bob · November 30th, 2005, 05:11 PM

"Play what you ignore, and feel everything else."

November 30th, 2005, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
threejohntwo Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 137	"Play what you feel. And ignore everything else!" I was doing a web search for Fender Frontline magazine and Google returned this result first: Fender Frontline magazine Winter 1993 (www.pink-floyd.org/artint/131.htm) Having admired David Gilmour's guitar playing for a number of years, I enjoyed the interview describing how he learned to play the guitar. In answer to a question concerning whether he considered "imparting his fretboard prowess in written form, he answers: "No I don't, because I can sum up everything about playing the guitar in about two sentences." And they are? "Play what you feel. And ignore everything else!" I probably need to ignore everything else in order to learn how to play better... then I'll try to play what I feel!

November 30th, 2005, 05:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Joe-Bob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 46 Posts: 3,796	"Play what you ignore, and feel everything else." __________________ "Smart like Fox, Strong like Bull!"