The Ethics of Fake Guitar
Adam Neely Adam Neely
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 Published On May 2, 2025

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0:00 Intro
3:42 Part I - A Brief History of Faking Performances
10:15 Part II - How to Fake Musical Performances
15:07 Part III - Why Faking Performances is WRONG
19:54 Part IV - Why Faking Performances is OKAY (the noble lie)
27:21 Part V - Genre and Morality
37:00 Part VI - “Let’s Talk about Jazz”
47:34 Part VII - Role Models

Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j...

Music from the Introduction:
Gustav Holst - The Planets (Mars, Bringer of War)
National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Michael Francis (conductor)
(In the spirit of fake performances, I altered this recording a bit to better fit the timing of the YouTube video)

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