in playing vunderbar, an idea came to me.
how exactly is (good) "freeform" worse than "technical"
im speaking specifically to the part with the 24th skips. i assume that it follows the music, since aps good with that, and i know at least the arrow patterns follow the melodic line, switching patterns when it switches tones.
now play any of my "streamy" files. lets call up one that people like to harp on: black dragon. so in the beginning of black dragon, it has this kind of offbeat 16th pattern in the guitar, which i follow using the same method of "when the tone changes, switch patterns". so theres this kind of pattern of xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxxx repeat. so i follow that using little triple patterns (424 686 424) followed by a "4" pattern (4826). to me, its freeform, because i dont specifically think about following pitch, more about following accents with the flow of notes.
even better, lets talk about dark tower of abyss. i do the EXACT same thing that ap did, which is instead of make longass jacks to the rhythm on the same note, pick two arrows, then follow the rhythm on that, then switch arrows when the tone changes. but somehow, since rhapsody plays 16ths mainly, instead of 24th skips, im left with a 484848484848482828282828 type pattern. it follows the music in EXACTLY the same way aps did. why is mine not "technical"?
im just tired of certain files being held up to the spotlight as technical masterpieces when the exact same object couldve been obtained using a more "freeform" style.
how exactly is (good) "freeform" worse than "technical"
im speaking specifically to the part with the 24th skips. i assume that it follows the music, since aps good with that, and i know at least the arrow patterns follow the melodic line, switching patterns when it switches tones.
now play any of my "streamy" files. lets call up one that people like to harp on: black dragon. so in the beginning of black dragon, it has this kind of offbeat 16th pattern in the guitar, which i follow using the same method of "when the tone changes, switch patterns". so theres this kind of pattern of xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxxx repeat. so i follow that using little triple patterns (424 686 424) followed by a "4" pattern (4826). to me, its freeform, because i dont specifically think about following pitch, more about following accents with the flow of notes.
even better, lets talk about dark tower of abyss. i do the EXACT same thing that ap did, which is instead of make longass jacks to the rhythm on the same note, pick two arrows, then follow the rhythm on that, then switch arrows when the tone changes. but somehow, since rhapsody plays 16ths mainly, instead of 24th skips, im left with a 484848484848482828282828 type pattern. it follows the music in EXACTLY the same way aps did. why is mine not "technical"?
im just tired of certain files being held up to the spotlight as technical masterpieces when the exact same object couldve been obtained using a more "freeform" style.
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