Yes it certainly is a language,
and one that crosses lingustic borders too.
You need don't need too know how to speak English
to understand what an english speaking steeler is playing.
But if your head doesn't get past Britney Spears pop,
then you'll likely have a hard time with Doug J. playing Anthropology...
Just like holding an extended, wide-ranging conversation
with several very intelegent people,
you need to have the experience,
reinforced knowlege of lingistic variations,
and knowlege base in fact or fantasy
to really carry some verbal water to the well.
Just like improvising on an instrument,
some people have the expirience and memories
to hear something new, and then pull
new thoughts out and put them in play.
When we improvise on stage, like at a jam,
we have some references to what's happening,
but are pulling from past repetitions to make
a fluid set of best guesses of what to do (or say)next.
Again muscle memory (mouth / tounge)coupled with lingustic experience,
or muscle memory (knees, legs feet, fingers)
and the practiced theory of repeated chord patterns
and our individual collective melodic memory.
The interesting players for me can "communicate feelings".
The very best can communicate to ;
the simple chord pattern and minimalist melodic crowd,
and do it with warmth and emotion.
AND those in need of much more input per minute,
but who still have that need for "feeling"
with-in that faster frame work.
Buddy, Reece and Doug Jernigan, to name only 3,
fit this description well.
More power too them!
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 13 November 2005 at 08:42 PM.]</p></FONT>
