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Good creative tools are virtuosic and open-ended | thesephist.com

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It’s not easy, but with a lifetime of dedication to the craft, many people become virtuoso guitar players. They learn the intricate nuances and details of the instrument and attain a level of mastery over it as if it were an extension of their mind. Some of the best instrumentalists even transcend traditional techniques of guitar performance and find their own ways of creating music with the instrument, like using it as a percussion voice. Alex Misko’s music is a beautiful example of virtuosity and novel techniques on the acoustic guitar. No amount of such dedication can make you a virtuoso at Guitar Hero. Though also an instrument of sorts, Guitar Hero does not admit itself to virtuosity. At the cost of a lower barrier to entry, its ceiling of mastery and nuanced expression is capped. Its guardrails also prevent open-ended use. There is only one way to create music with Guitar Hero — exactly the way the authors of the video game intended. I think great creative tools are more like the

It’s not easy, but with a lifetime of dedication to the craft, many people become virtuoso guitar players. They learn the intricate nuances and details of the instrument and attain a level of mastery over it as if it were an extension of their mind. Some of the best instrumentalists even transcend traditional techniques of guitar performance and find their own ways of creating music with the instrument, like using it as a percussion voice. Alex Misko ’s music is a beautiful example of virtuosity and novel techniques on the acoustic guitar. No amount of such dedication can make you a virtuoso a

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