Comments on: Classical instrumentalists? What do you think of the electric guitar as a musical instrument?

By: i. jones

i. jones — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:16:59 +0000

Yes, No, Maybe So.

I love the sound of hollow-body electrics played by great jazz guitarists.

Like you said, there is a sub-genre of transcriptions of classics for electric guitar, and also electric bass.

Dave Grossman may be among the best of the Bach for Bass transcriptionists and interpreters.

http://www.jsbach.net/bass/ plenty of YouTubes as well.
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By: Stephen G

Stephen G — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:27:59 +0000

Once one accepts the theremin and ondes martenot as classical instruments, there’s no reason in principle why an electric guitar cannot be.

However, to the best of my knowledge, very little classical music has been written for it, and while I’m pretty sure Berlioz would have liked it (particularly the volume!) the typical sound of an electric guitar doesn’t fit into the natural sound of most classical music.
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By: musicatto

musicatto — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:21:59 +0000

watch Yngwie Malmsteen with the Japanese Philharmonic
its great!!
electric guitar with an orchestra!!
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my brain is saturated with music!!

By: Doctor John

Doctor John — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:15:59 +0000

perhaps one day Hendrix will be thought to belong to the "Classical" period of the electric guitar ...
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By: Jonoms

Jonoms — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:03:59 +0000

It is possible. You know Yngwie Malmsteen right? He played his music with Tokyo philharmonic Orchestra. It was all right. Some electric cellist plays Steve Vai. So, for it is doable. I wish some people come up with Quartet formed by 2 guitars,a baritone guitar and a bass.
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By: I Once Was Lost But Now Am Found

I Once Was Lost But Now Am Found — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:39:59 +0000

My brother played classical on electric guitar and it sounded really good.
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By: piggypuff9

piggypuff9 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:24:59 +0000

I used to play guitar it is a fun instrument but hard. I ended up getting frustrated and quiting but stay with it
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