https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:24:14 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90988 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:37:50 +0000 I write alot of complex pseudo-classical pieces, and i write alot of driving power chord riffs... both of which convey different meanings just as strongly.

If i want to emphasize lyrics, i will play something simpler and with more build up to emphasize the vocals...
if the song is simple in the first place, I spice it up when something's not needing to be emphasized, or just keep it simple.. but i usually write complex, and slow it down during a chorus to make it "catchier"
but either way... I write around what I want to convey.. whether its complexity, build and resulotion, or lyrical meaning.


if any of that made sense.]]> Opinions and Polls PsYcHoNIK https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90988 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90962 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:56:52 +0000
I guess it's like literature - you don't need big words, complex sentences and long paragraphs to pack a wallop.

To put it another way, you'll sometimes see a movie or TV scene with these hugely complex mathematical equations on a blackboard. They give the impression that these people are brilliant, working to unlock the secrets of the universe. But what's the equation that comes closest to doing precisely that?

E=MC2

Powerful simplicity]]> Opinions and Polls Slydog https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90962 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90931 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:38:38 +0000
Right now I'm listening to Lyle Lovett. Harmonically a lot more complex than Dylan - but melodically, he's also got that gift. Call it simple sophistication.

Bach is... constructed music, if you're talking about something like the Well Tempered Clavier books. He can also be hauntingly beatufiul - check out the slower themes in the Brandenburg concerti. 'Less complex' music - say Debussey's Claire de Lune - there's something there that grabs me every time. Same with Satie's Gymnopediste pieces. Just because there aren't a lot of notes doesn't mean there's not a lot being said.

Jump from there to the 3rd movement of Beethoven's 'Moonlight' sonata. Rapid-fire, full of piano pyrotechnics. Then grab a score - it's just arpeggios making all that fuss.

To me, well constructed music is good music. I don't pay for it by the note, so I'm not disappointed if it's not full of flash. It's a lot like any other expression - sometimes you want to read Dickens or Joyce, sometimes Zane Grey. Each has a purpose, and each suits that purpose very well.

Ah, the CD just changed again. The Chairman Dances by John Adams.

Ok, so I have eclectic tastes. Sue me :)]]> Opinions and Polls NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90931 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90921 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:59:39 +0000 Opinions and Polls purple https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90921 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90790 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:30:14 +0000
For me, one isn't 'better' than the other, it's just easier to instill emotion, easier to speak to people, through a simple tune. Neither do I think they are fundamentally different. They are very different in approach, of course, but ultimately they fulfill the same purpose - to reach out and touch someone's heart and mind. THAT is what music is about, IMO. If you can do it with entire orchestras, fair play. If you can do it with an acoustic guitar and voice, fair play.]]> Opinions and Polls gjbrake https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90790 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90740 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:17:57 +0000
I'd say the Dylan's (and blues artists, for example) make much more powerfull music. Goes pretty much straight through your skull into your mind. Don't get me wrong, I really dig many classical pieces but it just doesn't have the power for me.]]> Opinions and Polls Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-90740 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-6779 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:54:59 +0000
Do you think that these are fundementally any different? Do Bach and Bob Dylan fundementally fullfill different types of musical desires? Is any particular approach naturally better?]]> Opinions and Polls cmaracz https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/types-of-expression/#post-6779