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Oh, I wish good tone from a guitar was as simple as just plucking a string! It's an inherently pretty sound, but control and expressiveness are quite challenging (moreso because two different hands are involved in tone, each doing completely different things that must be coordinated).

As an aside, I've been intensely practicing a particular Miles Davis three-note riff (seven, if you count sounded notes rather than pitches), in part as a tonal exercise. The quarter notes need to be as intense and snappy as possible; the sixteenth notes need to be smooth and flowing. It's a really difficult shift to get the pick from "I'm gonna KILL this note" to "I'm going to gracefully flow these notes" - especially at fast tempos. I have no idea how Miles pulled it off on trumpet.