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Originally Posted by Don
I didn't realise any one who had an opposing opinion to you was stupid...
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Its not my opinion that Cobain was a technicaly weak guitarist, its a cold hard fact...Technical skill can and should be measured objectively and based on facts and every aspect of technical skill, im pretty damn sure no one voted for Cobain seriously thinking he is the most technicaly skilled guitarist, more likely it was the following.
1. They havent heard of the other players, so they vote Cobain.
2. They dont understand the concept of technical skill and instead they chose to go by their favorite.
3. They voted for Cobain as a joke.
You may like someones riffs, but it dosent make them skilled, if you know just 3 chords you can make a whole variety of riffs based on just those chords alone, Cobain just happened to have a great ear for melody and he wrote some of the greatest riffs of all time, but his riffs are great because of their ridiculous catchyness, not because of their complexity or dificulty, where technical skill is actualy a factor, i can make a catchy riff (though not as good as Cobains riffs) but does that mean i have more technical skill than Yngwie Malmsteen?...No it dosent.
I have heard Cobains entire discography, he could usualy play clean and not screw up, but that is primarly because pretty much everything he plays is simple, the most complex riff he has ever done is Mr. Moustache, and thats nothing a high school kid cant figure out in a couple of weeks.
Technical skill in terms of guitar playing should be judged on these factors.
- Overall experience and knowledge of the guitar.
- Ability to both compose and perform complex riffs, solos and fills.
- Ability to play different genres and styles of guitar.
- Ability to play in various time signatures and scales.
- Ability to play cleanly and without missing or messing up notes.
- Ability to master a variety of different techniques, such as finger picking, alternate picking, hybrid picking, sweep picking, speed, legato, tapping, bending, tremollo, vibrato, arpeggio, soloing, riffing, phrasing, timing and improv ability.