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Patrick1962 - Posted - 06/10/2024: 19:06:08
So, I have been practicing for around 9 months now but there's some things I just don't understand.
#1 Why are "licks" called "licks" ? (kind of a weird name)
#2 I have seen some licks that are called tags and vice versa by different people. What is the definition of a lick and a tag and how are they different?
#3 Why is it called "playing up the neck"? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
#4 Why are they called "planetary tuners"?
I can see how my questions might be seen as me trying to be humorous but I really would like to know the answers..thanks all
Keith Billik - Posted - 06/10/2024: 19:32:52
quote:
Originally posted by Patrick1962So, I have been practicing for around 9 months now but there's some things I just don't understand.
#1 Why are "licks" called "licks" ? (kind of a weird name)
#2 I have seen some licks that are called tags and vice versa by different people. What is the definition of a lick and a tag and how are they different?
#3 Why is it called "playing up the neck"? Shouldn't it be the other way around?#4 Why are they called "planetary tuners"?
I can see how my questions might be seen as me trying to be humorous but I really would like to know the answers..thanks all
1) No idea!
2) A "tag" is a term for the end of a phrase or the end of a song. So, some licks are tag licks, but not nice versa. I think having an arsenal of tag licks would be similar to a guitarist knowing several different versions of the G-run.
3) Everything about going "up the neck" suggests upward movement. Higher fret #, higher pitch notes, etc. Seems intuitive to me.
4) The gears inside the tuner casing move around the center tuning post, as if in a planetary orbit.
banjodobro56 - Posted - 06/10/2024: 19:39:30
Glad you are enjoying the instrument. Keep it up!
chuckv97 - Posted - 06/10/2024: 20:27:00
There used to be a saying ,”He can’t play a lick!” Then there’s the “cowlick” in the hair.
Chet Atkins had a tune called “Read My Licks”, soon after President Bush Sr. mentioned “read my lips” in a campaign speech.
Greg Denton - Posted - 06/11/2024: 03:45:24
A lick is a quick application of something. Flames lick. Paint licks. A quick taste. A flick of the tongue. So, a short musical phrase, or melodic fragment is called a lick. It also has a sexual connotation - perhaps originating in jazz slang?
Ira Gitlin - Posted - 06/11/2024: 06:51:12
Back when clarinets were common in jazz, you'd sometime hear the phrase "a lick on the licorice stick." I suspect, though, that "lick" was already in common use by that point. (While I don't know the etymology, Greg's explanation looks likely to me.)
Edited by - Ira Gitlin on 06/11/2024 06:51:28
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