"Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" Jason Crawford 8-string Guitar

"Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise"
8-string guitarist Jason Crawford has developed one of the most unique voices in solo guitar playing and improvisation. His concepts, techniques, and improvisation methods are unparalleled by any other guitarist. Equally unique is his personally designed 8-string guitar. Which is, in essence, the combination of two distinct instruments: a 5-string guitar and a 3-string bass

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• joe
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• emmanuel
• 8-string
• eight
• string
• fingerstyle
• jazz
• guitar

[slayer666metallica]

holy shit! haha I'm an all out metalhead but this is pretty fuckin' good! cheerz man!

[DjangoMeetsColtrane]

lol, why not be equally passionate about both the aforementioned styles? and flamenco, gypsy jazz, country guitar, middle easten and oriental approaches, etc..etc...

[Ken742903]

Excellent Jason--/.Ken [UK]

[heliospuppy]

Very well done-sounds great!

[Hobble]

@jamesXmetal Well, if you're not a troll, than you're as dumb as a bag of bricks.

[BriggsMullen]

@jamesXmetal It's okay if you don't like jazz, but that doesn't mean two genres can't share an instrument, and it certainly doesn't mean that there is no style.  Clearly you are outnumbered in your views about the acceptable uses of the 8 string guitar, so maybe you should consider the idea that you aren't the sole judge of musical invective. Also, no reason to be so hostile.

[ultrabot90]

@istlota As far as the 'two hands instead of four' aspect goes, perhaps you ought to check out touchstyle - superb independence of voices (be forewarned, though - the sound is still not the same as regular guitar and bass...guess nothing is replaceable in this world).

Also, atleast for me, it's not that I want to 'avoid paying' a bassist, but I like the independence of a solo instrument (I play classical & touchstyle guitar, & am a fan of the organ, Hammond organ, & piano).

[uidsea]

@slayer666metallica lmao your name didnt give that away at all :)

[craigenputtock]

Good!  Love it!

[1Matthewabshire1]

@jamesXmetal

and the award for musically narrow minded goes to, YOU! seriously dude, un-bunch your panties and chill out.

[ngroschen]

@jamesXmetal

Seriously, get a clue.

I for one listen to just about everything from medieval/early music to metal, and there is nothing — NOTHING — that says an eight-string guitar is purely meant for metal.

The purpose of an eight-string guitar is to give the guitarist an extended range, allowing the player to go higher or lower than they can on a six-string guitar.

How they use that range is up to the player, not some rabid metalhead fanboy.

[goldietoon]

genius!