"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
Recap:
Capos weren't sitting well with me.
I decided to write about it
and ask The World
to help expand my mind.
The World chimed in with interesting points of view.
I conceded some outdated ideas
and rearranged my thoughts:
-Capos are cool if you understand how it works
-Capos are cool if you're injured
-I maintain that capos are NOT cool if you're being lazy
(because I have Faith that You can play barre chords)
I was feeling good about the experiment as a whole
until a second wave of militant capo users arrived
name calling and putting words in my mouth:
"are you against open tunings too?"
"Capos won't hold you back, speaking in absolutes and being close minded will"
"it's a hobby, not a pissing contest"
"why would you make a vocalist jump through hoops because of...your dad's hickish dismissal"
"what's lame is basically saying that they're not worthy to play music or express themselves through music"
"You don't have to be technically amazing to play, or enjoy playing, or to have your music appreciated by others"
I didn't feel Elitist or Close-Minded. still don't.
just the opposite in fact
(although I admit the fact they perceived this is my fault and not theirs)
I simply want to empower lazy beginners to get over the hump
where most fledging guitarists quit
or slap on a capo
the plastic dam that forever closes the waters of musical knowledge
I hope they take the Time to read my finished posts
and truly understand the point of this exercise
but they're capo users,
so they probably won't, right?
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ReplyDeleteThat's quite a bold assertion to make - that "capo users ... probably won't" read your finished posts.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to empower beginners or those that want to excel above and beyond the basics, you're doing it wrong.
And you can't claim that your words are not projectiving elitism, or ignorance, when you say something like "the plastic dam that forever closes the waters of musical knowledge."
You don't have to like capos, but maybe you should try accepting that what you do or do not like and/or endorse doesn't need to be the means of an undercurrent attack on those that do. There's a way to express your opinion that doesn't put down others. You should try it, people might appreciate your views more thoughtfully and take you more seriously.
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the only thing a capo user can read is tablature
ReplyDeleteChristine - thanks for reading & commenting! Sometimes we need Tough Love and to be reminded that we're full of shit. As I'm trying to do with capo users, and you're trying to do with me. Neither of us will succeed but the process will be Fun, won't it.
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