I truly believe music is more about feeling and less about knowing the right notes. Don’t get me wrong, knowing the notes is very important, but it is much more important to play the correct notes with feeling.
It’s like two actors who recite the same lines in a play. The better actor will add feeling to his/her voice and facial expressions. Likewise, two guitar players can play the same notes, but the better guitar player will add feeling to those notes.
Feeling for the guitarist is in the technique….bending, sliding or holding a note just a little longer is what makes the difference.
Indeed music is an emotional thing. The best songs create an emotion in the listener. Whenever you are practicing, connect with the feeling of your music, and try to transmit those feelings to the listener.
One exercise that I love is playing a riff in as many different ways I can feel…I don’t think about it, I just play it. I’m playing the same notes, in the same order, but I’m adding different feelings to those notes. The cool thing is when you hit on a certain style that sounds “right” to your ear. That’s when you have infused your feeling, your emotion into your sound. Start improvising with a riff, and then build and extend it to song you know.
Record your improvisations and listen to them later. Can you hear feeling in your music?
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