Okay...my wife does not play guitar, but she is a great singer and has a real ear for music.
This morning when my wife was away at a friend's house, I was goofing around with my Stratocaster and came up with this little piece and recorded it. Later, I played the recording for my wife without even saying who it was. I just started playing the recording without even telling her I was going to play a song.
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/funkystrat
What blew my mind is that only a few seconds into hearing the recording, she told me it was me playing! She recognized it as me, even though she's never heard me play this! I asked her how she knew it was me. She said, "It just sounds like you."
She also knew right away which guitar it was. She's heard all my guitars and she knows what they sound like. I just had no idea how much she recognizes their sounds.
This intrigued me, so I played these clips for her. I've posted these before. She correctly identified them as being my 1974 SG:
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/sg-rhythm-riff
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/paranoid-rhythm-only
Then, I tried to throw her a curve. I played this clip, which she's never heard me play, and she correctly identified it as my Les Paul:
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/judaskissintro
All I can say is, I'm impressed.
This morning when my wife was away at a friend's house, I was goofing around with my Stratocaster and came up with this little piece and recorded it. Later, I played the recording for my wife without even saying who it was. I just started playing the recording without even telling her I was going to play a song.
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/funkystrat
What blew my mind is that only a few seconds into hearing the recording, she told me it was me playing! She recognized it as me, even though she's never heard me play this! I asked her how she knew it was me. She said, "It just sounds like you."
She also knew right away which guitar it was. She's heard all my guitars and she knows what they sound like. I just had no idea how much she recognizes their sounds.
This intrigued me, so I played these clips for her. I've posted these before. She correctly identified them as being my 1974 SG:
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/sg-rhythm-riff
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/paranoid-rhythm-only
Then, I tried to throw her a curve. I played this clip, which she's never heard me play, and she correctly identified it as my Les Paul:
https://soundcloud.com/smitty-p-1/judaskissintro
All I can say is, I'm impressed.
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