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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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.

After six bars I can't even think of my name, let alone my designated driver.

Here is a partial list.

Guitar:

Allan Holdsworth

Al Demeola

John McLaughlin

Steve Howe

Steve Hackett

Keys:

Keith Emerson

Chic Corea

Keith Jarrett

Cecil Taylor

Hiromi

Bass:

Percy Jones

Jaco

Stanley Clarke

Chris Squire

Drums:

Bill Brufird

Furio Chirico

Virgil Donati

Jack Dejohnette

Sax:

Coltrane

Steve Coleman

Ornette Coleman (no relation)

Violin:

Jean Luc Ponty

Didier Lockwood

Andrea Calderon

L. Subramanian