Allan's influences: Difference between revisions
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==[[ In Memoriam: DownBeat’s Final Interview with Allan Holdsworth (Downbeat 2017)]]== | ==[[In Memoriam: DownBeat’s Final Interview with Allan Holdsworth (Downbeat 2017)]]== | ||
You wanted to take up a horn rather than guitar when you were younger. You really didn't think of yourself as a guitar player. Do you still feel that way and why? | You wanted to take up a horn rather than guitar when you were younger. You really didn't think of yourself as a guitar player. Do you still feel that way and why? | ||
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Like I said, my dad was a piano player, and I tried that, but I just didn't have the feel for it. I wanted to play a horn or violin because you could change the loudness or softness of a sound. With a percussive instrument like piano or guitar I didn't think I could get the feel I wanted on it. But I tried the guitar and found myself trying to make it not sound like a guitar [laughs]. | Like I said, my dad was a piano player, and I tried that, but I just didn't have the feel for it. I wanted to play a horn or violin because you could change the loudness or softness of a sound. With a percussive instrument like piano or guitar I didn't think I could get the feel I wanted on it. But I tried the guitar and found myself trying to make it not sound like a guitar [laughs]. | ||
But eventually I fell in love with the guitar for other reasons. I played the violin for a couple years too but I missed playing chords. So I went back to the guitar and used distortion to sustain notes and make it do things it wouldn't normally do. So, here I am playing the guitar… or trying to! | But eventually I fell in love with the guitar for other reasons. I played the violin for a couple years too but I missed playing chords. So I went back to the guitar and used distortion to sustain notes and make it do things it wouldn't normally do. So, here I am playing the guitar… or trying to! | ||
=DJANGO REINHARDT= | =DJANGO REINHARDT= | ||
