PETER BERNSTEIN on APPROACHING the Guitar HORIZONTALLY

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2 жыл бұрын

Peter Bernstein (www.peterbernsteinmusic.com/) is an outstanding jazz guitarist. His approach is deeply rooted in the tradition, yet highly personal. He has co-led a trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer BIll Stewart for many years, and he has led his own trio as well. (His wonderful trio session of Thelonious Monk's music is out of print - though you can hear it on KZfaq: • Peter Bernstein - "Mon... ) Bernstein also pairs frequently with other great guitarists, including Steve Cárdenas and Pasquale Grosso.
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@guitarmagic 2 жыл бұрын

“Feel the interval.” Brilliant.

@AdamLevyGuitarTips 2 жыл бұрын

Right?!

@patrickcollins9091 2 жыл бұрын

it was a treat once to be in central park on a quiet path and he was practicing I stopped and was stunned to have a casual moment with such a generous genius! Adam thanks for bringing another side of harmony and or symmetry to the table!

@robertgrippo5312 2 жыл бұрын

Man Peter makes me love music!

@studioheathco 2 жыл бұрын

This is great! This is like Mick Goodrick’s “unitar” in the Advancing Guitarist. A really fantastic book to check out is one called “Just Play Naturally” by Vivian Mackie. She discusses her time studying cello with Pablo Casals. In it, she mentions a particular lesson where she attempted to play a passage that led all the way up to a high D, and of course she missed. He then asks if she doesn’t know where D is, and her response was to point to the fingerboard and play it, “this is where D is.” His response was to play a high D, then point to the entire length of his left arm and fingers and say “THIS is where D is.” The lesson then being to have a kinetic feel to the notes on the instrument. Similar to Bernstein’s “feeling” of the interval.

@AdamLevyGuitarTips 2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of that Vivien Mackie book. It sound great. I'll definitely check it out.

@studioheathco 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamLevyGuitarTips it’s a great read. If you are into Alexander Technique, it gives a nice comparison of Casal’s teaching methodology and AT work.

@AdamLevyGuitarTips 2 жыл бұрын

@@studioheathco I studied AT years ago in New York with Shelley Senter. More recently, I've been studying Body Mapping with Jerald Harscher.

@pickinstone 2 жыл бұрын

I love coming up with these realizations myself or discovering them in odd places (Segovia, Johnny Smith, George Van Eps), getting crap for them on the internet, and then hearing Pete B say my approach was right all along. Horizontal playing. Jimmy Raney did it. Wes did it. Heck, Joe Pass played that way--even though he got us all thinking CAGED and position playing was the golden rule. You can really feel what you hear when you start thinking horizontally. Seems to connect clearer to your inner ear when you play in this manner, from what I've experienced. NOT saying to ignore position playing all the time, but don't get boxed in. Thank you for posting Pete's words, Adam.

@tobestonezone2604 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview. I was listening to Peter Bernstein recently, you can really hear those ideas applied. Fantastic

@Chris_music_channel 2 жыл бұрын

Love this. Very informative.

@erickpontes2564 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! I'm getting the conclusion that the guitar players I listen to (including Peter) knows how to play melodies and scales not just vertically or using shapes (as we learn in the beginning) but they also have the ability to play horizontally. It looks simple to understand but no so easy to execute in a fluid way like Peter and many others do.

@MattLeGroulx 2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered your channel Adam and I'm super excited to dig in and check things out!

@AdamLevyGuitarTips 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome, Matt!

@spaceantelope1 2 жыл бұрын

Such great hair on Peter…

@MarioPolverigiani 2 жыл бұрын

Que generoso aporte de este grande de la guitarra

@AdamLevyGuitarTips 2 жыл бұрын

Sí, de hecho.

@jimkangas4176 2 жыл бұрын

Love both Peter B. and Gene B. I'm working on the opposite approach with chords. When we first learn inversions (e.g., in drop 2), we always play those up and down the neck. But when the tempo picks up or you want to play a chordal phrase, it's difficult for me to land in the right spot so I have to "look". I'm trying to do those inversions vertically. And combining them seems to be a good exercise as well.

@AdamLevyGuitarTips 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting approach. Thanks for sharing this, Jim. I want to try it.