Is the Guitar Dead/Dying?

boo boo · 03-25-2010, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

Hehe ^, I can't say it's not true. But that's how it has to be.

Why?

Why can't all genres peacefully coexist?

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 01:46 PM

Cause people will never co-operate with one another. If it were up to me sure I'd give it a shot. But just in general there always has to be a rivalry. I'm not saying it's wrong or right I'm just saying I doubt it would happen.

Daktari · 03-25-2010, 01:48 PM

Hi there,

No offence intended Dr. Boo Boo but you seem to have very strong opinions on the state of the guitar for someone who just said he would totally trade his guitar for a Mellotron.

There are all kinds of guitarists today breaking new ground, new techniques, maybe not mainstream rock but they are there anyway doing their own thing.

Gordon.

boo boo · 03-25-2010, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Daktari

Hi there,

No offence intended Dr. Boo Boo but you seem to have very strong opinions on the state of the guitar for someone who just said he would totally trade his guitar for a Mellotron.

What do you mean? I love guitars. I just have more of an interest in keyboard instruments personally.

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There are all kinds of guitarists today breaking new ground, new techniques, maybe not mainstream rock but they are there anyway doing their own thing.

Gordon.

I'm not saying innovative guitar players no longer exist, that would be stupid, I'm just saying that because so much ground was broken for the instrument in the 50s, 60s and 70s that I don't think we'll ever see as many pioneers for the instrument as there was during those decades.

Daktari · 03-25-2010, 02:08 PM

Hello again,

Here's just one example. As far as I know, there was nobody playing guitar like this back in the 60's and 70's . This percussive style of playing as been perfected since then and it does make me wonder what might come next....

I think this guy's from Canada where they do have a lot of trees...

YouTube - Doolin Percussive Guitar Player

Might not be everyone's cuppa tea but WOW! that is some technique. He must practice on a weekly basis to get that clever...I reckon.

Gordon.

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 02:10 PM

Yeah, there are great guitarists on youtube, and that is how they will get started.

mr dave · 03-25-2010, 07:07 PM

walk into your local music store on a saturday afternoon.

count the kids in their late teens busting their chops on guitars.

if you still want to tell me the guitar as an instrument is dead or dying then i have a real estate opportunity you simply cannot afford to pass up. really though, this deed to the brooklyn bridge in the back of my pants is making it uncomfortable to sit, i'll sell it for cheap.

Neapolitan · 03-25-2010, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Rotter

Changing Demographics

I'm from Canada so things might be different in the States where there is a growing aspanic population that largely shares the same culture. Despite its roots in blues, rock has always been the cultural realm of cacuasions whose birthrates are largely in decline. As Europe and North America shift to more muti cultural societies, its natural that the market share of rock is going to decline, if its not equally embraced by those immigrating from non western countries. As rock declines than so to will the guitar.

Well what is the instrument of choice in Aspen?
In America we have a shifting demographic too, but the different genre I hear from the Mexican/Latino/Hispanic music is pretty close to American music, the only exception is that it is sung in Spanish. And since the guitar has a Spanish origin I don't worry that it would disappear all of a sudden, maybe in America's hip-hop and Pop culture but not world-wide.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-25-2010, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

maybe in America's hip-hop and Pop culture but not world-wide.

And it's not even as if those genres don't use guitars. Whether it be studio musicians or loops and samples, the guitars came from somewhere - thus even if there isn't as many guitar players in the world (which... it's not like there is a lack of them. I couldn't list the people I know who play guitar in a 500 page book...) the guitar is not in decline.

Freebase Dali · 03-25-2010, 09:56 PM

It's pretty simple to figure out if you just look at the history of musical instruments. Drums evolved into all the different percussion instruments we have today from thousands of years ago, flutes have been around for a long while, accordions, etc... Obviously we don't see every instrument in every song we hear, but there's a place for those instruments still.
Guitars may evolve and our use of them may change, but things like that don't just die off and never get heard from again. People just use them differently, change them up and suit them to their styles.

What we're really asking here, is whether the use of guitar in its classic sense is dying or not. And even that would be hard to pull off any time soon because so much of it is ingrained in cultural music and tradition. The guitar itself isn't going anywhere. You're just maybe seeing less of it in popular culture than you once did, or less of its use in a classical sense. That doesn't mean the guitar is going byebye, it just means pop culture is capitalizing on different things...

But I guess if you consider pop culture's music views as end-all reality, then I can see how you'd think the guitar was sliding into extinction.

03-25-2010, 01:46 PM	#42 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Cause people will never co-operate with one another. If it were up to me sure I'd give it a shot. But just in general there always has to be a rivalry. I'm not saying it's wrong or right I'm just saying I doubt it would happen.

03-25-2010, 01:48 PM	#43 (permalink)
Daktari Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Originally from Lancashire, England, lived near Largs, Scotland and now live in Rocky Face, Georgia Posts: 154	Hi there, No offence intended Dr. Boo Boo but you seem to have very strong opinions on the state of the guitar for someone who just said he would totally trade his guitar for a Mellotron. There are all kinds of guitarists today breaking new ground, new techniques, maybe not mainstream rock but they are there anyway doing their own thing. Gordon.

03-25-2010, 02:08 PM	#45 (permalink)
Daktari Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Originally from Lancashire, England, lived near Largs, Scotland and now live in Rocky Face, Georgia Posts: 154	Hello again, Here's just one example. As far as I know, there was nobody playing guitar like this back in the 60's and 70's . This percussive style of playing as been perfected since then and it does make me wonder what might come next.... I think this guy's from Canada where they do have a lot of trees... YouTube - Doolin Percussive Guitar Player Might not be everyone's cuppa tea but WOW! that is some technique. He must practice on a weekly basis to get that clever...I reckon. Gordon.

03-25-2010, 02:10 PM	#46 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Yeah, there are great guitarists on youtube, and that is how they will get started.

03-25-2010, 09:56 PM	#50 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	It's pretty simple to figure out if you just look at the history of musical instruments. Drums evolved into all the different percussion instruments we have today from thousands of years ago, flutes have been around for a long while, accordions, etc... Obviously we don't see every instrument in every song we hear, but there's a place for those instruments still. Guitars may evolve and our use of them may change, but things like that don't just die off and never get heard from again. People just use them differently, change them up and suit them to their styles. What we're really asking here, is whether the use of guitar in its classic sense is dying or not. And even that would be hard to pull off any time soon because so much of it is ingrained in cultural music and tradition. The guitar itself isn't going anywhere. You're just maybe seeing less of it in popular culture than you once did, or less of its use in a classical sense. That doesn't mean the guitar is going byebye, it just means pop culture is capitalizing on different things... But I guess if you consider pop culture's music views as end-all reality, then I can see how you'd think the guitar was sliding into extinction.