Less Is Less

Published: Tue, 04/18/23

Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl used to hand out a list of "Philosophies" to his master classes at the National Guitar Workshop. These were one-sentence ideas he wanted to make sure he got across, things like "Music isn't sports," which of course is true; in fact, it's one of the main reasons I play music in the first place. Another of his points was "Less is less." "I don't understand why people say less is more," he would say, as if pained by such an obvious misstatement. "Less is less."

Despite being informed during my junior high years that "brevity is the soul of wit," and my social studies teacher Mr. Bowditch's valiant attempts to inculcate in us his own appreciation for the word "succinct," I am not particularly known for the concision of my communication. While I encountered both "loquacious" and "taciturn" in the SAT vocabulary study guide, it is clearly the former that stuck, and the latter that got lost in the shuffle.

Nevertheless, in making this week's video series, I have enjoyed discovering just what one can communicate in under four minutes – three, even – so, in a last-ditch effort at terseness let me now direct your attention to today's FAQ, in which I explain the relationship between the Freddie Green voicings I'll be teaching this weekend, and playing fingerstyle blues in E. You can find it here:

Freddie Green Chords And Fingerstyle Blues

More soon,

David
 
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