This post is not specific to the guitar, and originates back in my saxophone/band days. When beginner musicians learn new songs, they have a tendency to play real soft or quiet, rather than with full tone. Maybe because they are not confident in there reading abilities, or because they are scared of hitting the wrong note.
I tell my students, "would you rather hear the wrong note played with a weak tone, or a wrong note played with a full tone?" The point is that a wrong note is a wrong note, and they happen. However, if you play the wrong note with a full tone, at least the note will sound full, wrong pitch but full. And in the music world of complex chords, sometimes the wrong notes can be hidden within complex chords. No one would have even noticed if you acted like you meant to play that note.
So, would you rather hear a wrong note played weak or full?
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