tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333646825546191136.post4991359219418266108..comments2023-05-19T04:40:40.453-06:00Comments on Everything You Need To Know To Play By Ear: History of the Guitar - The BeatlesJoseph Pingelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01669163926884410414noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333646825546191136.post-4749516377267686232012-11-29T12:43:23.596-07:002012-11-29T12:43:23.596-07:00Hola! I've been reading your site for some tim...Hola! I've been reading your site for some time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from Humble Texas! Just wanted to tell you keep up the fantastic work!<br /><i>Look into my blog</i> <b><a href="http://spururself.com/story.php?title=preferred-contributor-on-the-subject-of-everything-spanish-gtr-2" rel="nofollow">Acoustic Guitar</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333646825546191136.post-52718562317908852402011-04-16T15:17:21.412-06:002011-04-16T15:17:21.412-06:00My research shows all the strong guitar players ca...My research shows all the strong guitar players came after the Beatles. A lot of them came along with the '64 English Invasion so maybe maybe the entire EI should be credited. Before that, with some exceptions, it was mostly teens singing professionally penned songs (I love you Carole King). <br /><br />The point I make with the Beatles is that they wrote and played their own material. While they may not have been the first to do that, they were the first to drive a movement. Everybody wanted to have a guitar band and it wasn't long before they did. <br /><br />You make all good points and it's a broad subject. Thanks.Joseph Pingelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669163926884410414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333646825546191136.post-52281285768970494402011-04-16T03:41:17.952-06:002011-04-16T03:41:17.952-06:00When the electric guitar came out it put the instr...When the electric guitar came out it put the instrument on an even playing field with the rest of the band. It quickly became very popular. By the time the Beattles came along the guitar was allready the driving force for popular and many other styles of music. More so than the bands it's was all the strong guitar players that started the revolution. I imagine the electric guitar mfg's spent so much time working the the weaknesses of the amps that caused distortion when the volume was cranked up. I'm sure they did a lot of R&D to correct this problem. But the funny thing was the noise is what actually helped bring the guitar out front and especially as a solo instrument. So once things got a bit wild the players like I mentioned exploded in fame. By the time the Beattles came along it was the entire make up of the group that made them so poular. The guitars were more like props and they nver really did anything special and kept it simple. The songs were so catchy that it really did start an amazing revolution but it wasn't really about the guitar. It was the cute guys with the catchy songs that made them so popular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333646825546191136.post-80653876226549053452011-04-10T06:14:44.124-06:002011-04-10T06:14:44.124-06:00Thanks, you’re right about that. The guitar’s ris...Thanks, you’re right about that. The guitar’s rise to dominance is a multi-dimensional topic. I like the theory that the Beatles starting the explosion but there are a lot of other valid opinions on the subject as well. <br /><br />What bands do you think were key in getting the guitar revolution going?Joseph Pingelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669163926884410414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333646825546191136.post-54906908749023295382011-04-09T22:04:38.823-06:002011-04-09T22:04:38.823-06:00I agree with the ultimate point you make in this b...I agree with the ultimate point you make in this blog but I think you've overlooked the fact that the Beatles and other Euro-bands were influenced by American music like Rock and R&B. Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Clapton and many others were the ones that made the electric guitar so popular. The Beatles were a great band but not the best band to use to make your point of how the guitar basically took over the piano as the star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com