[Spridgets] [midgetsprite] RE: Astronaut and Sprite guy in space...

[Jay Fishbein]

Sounds like a basic description of some Zappa/Mothers of Invention  
music.

Jay Fishbein

On May 19, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:35 AM, David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> BTW, country HAS to be easier than rock, as long as your boots are
>> tight enough to make you whine.
>
>
> At least IMHO neither country nor rock are particularly difficult.  
> Jazz and
> Classical take some real talent, training and ability. Try ad-libing  
> 12 bar
> arpeggios around the circle of fifths in several keys on your guitar  
> some
> time if you doubt it. You can do that? Okay, now do it in 7/8 time....
> Better yet alternate 12 bar phrases in 7/8 and 5/4 time and modulate  
> to a
> new key every 4 phrases.....
>
> Hell no!  I can't do that!  But I can hear it when someone really good