Instrumentalists you can recognize after 6 bars..?


Musicians you can recognize after 6 bars (of music, not pubs) even if you don’t know the piece?

Mine would be

  • Miles Davis
  • Mark Knopfler
  • Pepe Romero
  • Dave Brubeck
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Steve Howe

Jef Beck

Rick Wakeman

Al Di Melos

Miles Davis

Monk

Stanley Clarke

 

 

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I would think someone would've mentioned BB King and even Freddie King both readily distinguishable. 

How the heck did you arrive on 6 bars? 6 bars? That's and odd marker.

Some guitar players are distinguishable in less than 10 notes? All in the tone/phrasing.

Jazz--Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Barney Kessel

Blues-The 3 Kings, T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy

The usual Rock suspects have been mentioned.

 

 

World-John Mclaughlin

I like the idea of using six bars to make an assessment of who the performer might be. You're not just hearing the head riff. You're getting a glimpse of the second, as well.