No coffee in a few days

[Ted O. Jackson]

> Hear hear!
>
> Not everyone in England is a royalist sychophant you know.
> (ahem, appologies to any of my fellow Brits who are!)
>
> :-)
>
> Jason
>
> ObBOC: One thing I've always liked about Buck's guitar work is that it that,
> like Blackmore, he doesn't just play pentatonic inspired guitar runs (like I
> do). Blackmore is very classically inspired. Buck seems fairly jazz inspired.
> --
>        Jason O'Broin - Development Engineer, ATM Adapter Group
Jason,
It is tough to break out of the 'blues box,' isn't it.  I think Buck
uses a lot of Dorian modes, though I wouldn't really know music
theory from a bale of hay.  Actually, he does use a lot of
pentatonics, but he breaks them apart, modally.  Also, he relies upon
a lot of passing tones, so it changes the emphasis, and makes his
licks sound less pentatonic.  RB is very classical sounding, a la
Schenker, both of whom, regretably, inspired the likes of Yngwie et
al.
theo