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Today, 11:10 AM
Reading this thread pains me.
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Today, 11:00 AM
To my ears, Beethoven does the IV-V-I more than his predecessors, but even then ii is more common. Everyone gets taught that IV is somehow more...
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Today, 10:57 AM
In my experience, there are certain fingerings that are better suited to certain kinds of styles, lines, or concepts.
Both "three note per string"...
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Today, 10:57 AM
Man I love a good chart. And this is a GREAT chart.
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Today, 10:53 AM
Interesting!
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Today, 10:49 AM
So you got a Fake Real Book. Which is a Fakebook. So a Fake fakebook is a real book?
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Today, 10:44 AM
The outside looks weird - the cover is just white rather than parchment, and the spiral binding is different. And the pages on the inside are just...
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Today, 10:40 AM
Your sound is always good. You have some great guitars and amps. Whatever set-up that you play through has a nice jazz tone to my ear.
I have...
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Today, 10:34 AM
How can you tell? :smile-new:
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Today, 10:30 AM
Same answer. Nothing to play. Anyway, I don't do humor, as you know :-)
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Today, 10:30 AM
Thank you. Someone is going to very happy with this one.
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Today, 10:30 AM
Stumbled across this study of the chord transition frequencies in the Beethoven String Quartets, which can be assumed to be fairly representative of...
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Today, 10:29 AM
I think MAYBE jim777 posted this just for the sake of humor?
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Today, 10:27 AM
Play what? That's a direction for physical movement from sitting on a piano keyboard to standing on the floor or sitting on a bench, not playing...
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Today, 10:20 AM
Beautiful.
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Today, 10:14 AM
... I am confused. If you are not already on top of the piano when playing, where are you sitting?
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Today, 10:04 AM
I think your mic placement one way of recording an archtop. It’s pretty common today to close mic the two sound sources. Personally I prefer the...
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Today, 09:53 AM
That is a totally cool guitar. I love it.
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Today, 09:45 AM
https://youtu.be/Qp5R0EWUhOU
This is a clip of the whole tune, slow, at 170 or so. I have tried an experiment, to play the song exclusively on my...
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Today, 09:39 AM
I think ”Gibson assembled” would be more accurate.
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Today, 09:25 AM
I'm posting! I'm posting! But nothing's happening.
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Today, 09:23 AM
He's asking $4500.
That's a lot. What you get is an instrument that is built perfectly with the finest woods. Alternatively you could get...
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Today, 09:21 AM
Hi guys, I am doing some attempts with my new microphone, here you can hear it blended with the direct out of my Fender Tonemaster. What do you think...
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Today, 09:18 AM
For what it’s worth.
problem: I’m having trouble playing the whole tune.
solution: ah, see that’s why you should play the whole tune.
Eh?
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Today, 09:14 AM
Wake up, this is relevant!
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Today, 09:13 AM
I mean, even more than that …
I think any good sight reader will tell you that part of sight reading is the skill of sight reading. Being able to...
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Today, 09:09 AM
Yeah I think solos and bebop tunes are the best way in, I just think there are things in that vocabulary that are really unintuitive on guitar.
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Today, 09:00 AM
I'm waiting for the FM9 to drop in price to somewhere below a grand. :) I'm curious as to which comes first - that or grandchildren! :smile-new:
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Today, 09:00 AM
Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm thinking Gibson made also. It has been refretted, but you can see remnants of the original fret nibs. Below are...
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Today, 08:49 AM
Sometimes by individual shapes and sometimes grouped with other shapes if they form a context, like with the diagram I made of maj7 going up the...
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Today, 08:49 AM
Same, I've never heard the fan in my Mark IV combo.
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Today, 08:41 AM
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....
Somebody wake me up when this gets back to folks posting their playing of Donna Lee.
Sorry, feeling grumpy today....
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Today, 08:24 AM
Oh c'mon, everybody knows what he means. It's like the difference between typing accurately, and typing poetry ....
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Today, 08:22 AM
Beautiful. How much would I pay for one of those?
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Today, 08:10 AM
Been scratching my head a little over this thread and am realising that in a lot of famous pairings, like Gene Ammons v Sonny Stitt, or Sonny Rollins...
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Today, 08:06 AM
Here is Chuck's tele hollow general information.
The 20th Anniversary ones are special. "These are semi-hollow Teles that sound fabulous and...
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Today, 08:02 AM
Sweet guitar.
That sort of truss rod cover was used by some NY-era Epis. If you look throughFelix Wiedler’s site, you’ll see scattered examples.
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Today, 07:47 AM
I got one or two of his Heritage built Gretsches. I have three total but only one or two came from Randy. The others came from the Gretsch family....
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Today, 07:42 AM
Kirk Fletcher is a good guy. A great blues player with jazz chops also. Here is an interview with another joyous musician/guitar historian/ and all...
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Today, 07:26 AM
George Golla and Don Burrows. George is way under recognized for his beautiful playing and together with Burrows, there was an amazing chemistry.
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Today, 06:41 AM
It looks to me like there’s a weird truss rod cover on it, hiding the truss rod nut.
I can’t be 100% certain, but it looks like the frets have...
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Today, 06:27 AM
It doesn't appear from the pics to have a nylon nut, which Gibson used from very late 50s through early ( at least) 60s - that one looks like aged...
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Today, 06:26 AM
That is a beauty. Nice pics and thanks for sharing it. Congrats and happy, NGD.
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Today, 06:24 AM
All the Epiphone Les Paul Customs I've had were quite amazing guitars.
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Today, 04:22 AM
These two are gone already. The 1959 es175td and the 1990 L4ces.
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Today, 03:59 AM
The volume 1 copy they sent me is counterfeit lol.
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Today, 03:52 AM
Is it out taking a walk? Not unaccompanied I hope!
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Today, 02:42 AM
I am also a very happy owner of an Epiphone:
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Today, 02:04 AM
I like the way you think :cool: Thinking outside the box like this will give you a point of difference for sure. Totally valid approach to just be...
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Today, 01:48 AM
For me, I found learning Parker heads or solos didn't really help to make me think like Parker. Sure, you break down the lines into modular units,...
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Today, 01:42 AM
Hammertone.... could not agree more. my long-time luthier still comments on a hardtail build we did yrs ago.... maybe the best Strat I have ever...
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Today, 01:40 AM
Lovely! I'm a big fan of the hardtail strat. It really sits nicely in the space between a typical trem-equipped strat and a tele. I've put together a...
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Today, 01:33 AM
'65 Strat - $2,900
Fender CS '65 Strat
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Today, 01:21 AM
Constructing chord scales can lead one to a similar conclusion, and it's a good way to organize them. How do you organize them mentally, by their...
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Today, 12:54 AM
My original reply on this topic was to AllanAllen's comment: "I'm struggling to put all the pieces together and keep tempo. It's like playing 4...
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Today, 12:45 AM
I'm starting to come to that conclusion myself. Thank you so much :).
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Today, 12:08 AM
No experience with the Emperor ii pro, but as i am currently looking for something hollow or semi-hollow myself, i had a look at current production...
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Yesterday, 11:48 PM
i'm very tech savvy, but when it comes to music i like things simple and for me that is knobs and WYSIWYG. a good amp or two, depending on needs, a...
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Yesterday, 11:19 PM
Another joyous player and all round nice guy is blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher. Check him out on his you tube channel.
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
No lie.
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
Yeah see above. Lots of bebop tunes, but there are also some things that turn up in bebop tunes (turns and those swept arpeggios) that I think took...
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Yesterday, 11:10 PM
Yeah super tricky. This is sort of what I use the bop heads for. I don't slur into every downbeat and I sort of think an efficient left hand...
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
The name sounds like some sort of mystical alchemist of guitar making, all by itself.
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Yesterday, 10:59 PM
By working this out, I began to notice things, such as how stacked fourths resemble a min7#5, and all of the other harmonic synonyms.
But the...
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Yesterday, 10:58 PM
Neil Young uses a fan in his famous Fender tweed Deluxe, which his tech says is basically always on the cusp of melting, so the fan is essential. I...
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Yesterday, 10:55 PM
And for quartal harmony, also. (The grey and black alternating patterns are just to differentiate the voicings as they move up the neck).
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Yesterday, 10:53 PM
Learn bebop heads, especially Charlie Parker tunes. They force you out of position playing and into awkward fingerings. I have not done enough of...
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Yesterday, 10:47 PM
Mike and Leni both radiate joy when they are playing. Even Mike's near career-ending injuries don't seem to have damped his spirits. Even though...
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Yesterday, 10:47 PM
When I worked this out, I found that there are 33 possible voicings.
To use this chart, I began working out where the voicings lay...
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
Every couple of years, I will invent a system for deriving harmonic or melodic content, and then relearn an aspect of music-making on the guitar....
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
People also do it to make the treble strings a bit slinkier for bends due to the extra string length.
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
Some people do that due to short bass side strings not reaching the tuners.
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Yesterday, 10:13 PM
Looks like a nice Epi, but someone switched the Freqensator tailpiece sections so the bass side is on the treble side and vice versa. It would drive...
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Yesterday, 10:10 PM
For whatever it’s worth, I had a lesson with Peter Bernstein where he was like …. Your swing on this one measure of this one part of this one tune is...
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
^^^^^^^^^
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Yesterday, 10:06 PM
And classical musicians who play difficult pieces exceptionally expressively didn’t learn to do that by sight reading them.
Practice with your...
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Yesterday, 10:00 PM
They've got most of the guitars listed and described in the auction, and you can even bid if you register.
Randy really loves German archtops, and...
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Yesterday, 08:50 PM
My experience is that most Boogie amps have fans. I am a big Boogie fan and so I am use to using a fan.
Compared to the volume of the amp, I...
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Yesterday, 07:49 PM
Theory #2 imo, though that's the first Epi I've seen w a black heel stinger.
Blue lined case, control knobs, mini PAFs and the aforementioned lack...
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
It appears to me to be an early production Gibson/Epiphone. The neck and maybe body appear to me to be leftover NY Epi parts, although the neck...
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Yesterday, 07:11 PM
I've had tube amps with and without fans... in general, I like the added durability(?) a fan can add... even tho it also adds weight. Given a...
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Yesterday, 06:59 PM
My Mesa Blue Angel came with a fan. Although that is the only amp I have with a fan.
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
To answer this in detail would be a story too long-winding for a guitar forum.
The Germans (initially some cleric people like monks) settled in and...
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Yesterday, 06:24 PM
Was thinking more factory and boutique. And I don't know of many hand carved guitars coming from factories or boutique manufacturers in the US. ...
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Yesterday, 06:18 PM
Skip, two thoughts come to mind. I don’t know if either is helpful:
1. Putting the time into finding your joy might be useful. Don’t think...
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Yesterday, 05:45 PM
I agree. Stern and his wife both seem like happy, positive people. I am not really a fan of eithers playing, but I love to watch them play. Their...
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Yesterday, 05:34 PM
@Ol’ Fret stated “It is clear to me that nowadays not many people, not even in Germany, are likely to know what these conditions actually looked...
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Yesterday, 05:20 PM
Pretty, but can't compete in the JOY dept. with the Stern's video! I don't even listen to Stern (I'm not much of a bebop fan), but I watch every...
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Yesterday, 05:12 PM
You know who loves those short sweeps on guitar... Oscar Moore.
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Yesterday, 05:02 PM
Here is a clip for a show with three jazz bands in the year 1937 at the Haag in the Netherlands.
First up are “The Giggers”. Looks like the...
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Yesterday, 04:55 PM
I’ve always found 1) very hard to lock in rhythmically. Thanks for reminding me to practice that
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Yesterday, 04:48 PM
<< I apologize if I sounded like it was a competition. >>
No need at all to apologize! (Don't worry, this is certainly not the place to discuss...
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Are implying Skip is one of those aliens with a 2nd brain, or accusing him of split personality? ;)
AND YOU SHALL HAVE FUN, DANGIT!
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Yesterday, 04:28 PM
All fair points. I think it is a tad long, the lettering is a tad too big, the black on white doesn't sit too well with the cream, gold of the...
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Yesterday, 04:26 PM
Maybe view your brains, your mind as your asset, not "yourself". Rule it with iron fist!
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Yesterday, 04:25 PM
the way i see it you only need one a good acoustic, but maybe we want to play an electric so now we need two.
maybe i want something with humbuckers...
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Yesterday, 04:20 PM
Well, it's good to do both, but musicians I've known who can play a piece well the first time they see (sight read) it didn't develop that skill by...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
It’s so important to acknowledge the absolute diametrical opposition between learning music and sightreading. I wish I was better at both!
Sent...
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Yesterday, 04:13 PM
I just picked up this vintage Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe Regent (or perhaps “Deluxe Electric”). I initially thought it was a pre-Gibson model that had...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
I get your point, I would call that "knowing about" a subject versus actually "knowing" it, which to me means you can do it.
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Yesterday, 04:08 PM
I'll never understand why someone wants an exquisite carved instrument (which are definitely not solely a MIA thing) and then play it through a lo-fi...
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Yesterday, 04:00 PM
You're welcome.
Nice.
I always thought his vocab was logically very nice too. Imo, it just shows you how working out the raw material builds...
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Yesterday, 03:51 PM
This is still very different than a classical player would practice. Methodically, in small sections. Periodic sprints. Etc.
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Yesterday, 03:50 PM
Try building lines above a barre. You can hammer, pick, and slur 5 or more notes up from it or down to it on each string for lines and phrases of...
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Yesterday, 03:49 PM
"When you ignore mistakes and just go through the whole thing that way, you're practicing in errors."
"Ignore" was the wrong word, make that "take...
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
The Django Reinhardt tune "Nuages" performed by Julian Bream should help to find the silver lining. ...
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Yesterday, 03:32 PM
Hi 339.
After almost 4 years my comment:
I always desired to posess a 503 and since 10 days I finally own one, the classic version. Like on my...
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Yesterday, 03:31 PM
Here's a nice ditty from Joe Pass and Herb Ellis. Carol Kaye published a book(let) of 5-6 of duets by Herb and Joe. This is the best known one. ...
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
Thank you sir, that's very encouraging. I actually learned Charlie Parker's solo from the Omnibook a few years ago and was struck at his use of...
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
Man, there ain't one thing wrong with that!! Joyous!!!
I only wish my day were going as well LOL
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
Some great ideas and exercises in videos on MyMusicMasterclass from Bruce Forman (bebop guitar), Pasquale Grasso's series and Mike Moreno (sound,...
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Yesterday, 03:15 PM
That's very good! That's not middling at all. You have good sound production, good time feel, and an instinct for the harmony. In addition to trying...
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Yesterday, 03:14 PM
Here’s a guide tone line thing. I practice with this a lot. Stole (and subsequently bastardized) it from the Connecting Chords w Linear Harmony...
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Yesterday, 03:07 PM
You're distorting my meaning. By "know it" I mean being able to talk about it in a way that sounds correct. I can say a lot about leading tones,...
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Yesterday, 03:00 PM
Choosing is so difficult, using fortunately less so. Body size and scale length tip the scales for many. I'm about average size and happy with any...
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Yesterday, 02:56 PM
Man not the classical performers I've known. I'd have been drawn and quartered by my classical teacher if I'd done it that way. When you ignore...
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Yesterday, 02:53 PM
I found I just had to memorize it mentally to be able to not get hung up on playing the different sections. Then I'd combine that with my fingerings...
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Yesterday, 02:53 PM
Yeah ... another one that really helps is to practice overlapping phrases. Like instead of 1-4, 5-8, etc. You work on 1-6, 5-10, etc. So you're kind...
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Yesterday, 02:38 PM
You make a good point. I too have wondered where all of the guitars go, since it's not like they wear out easily.
As to being a collectable, the...
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Yesterday, 02:32 PM
o.k., working on getting my recorder functional - just got the right smart media card for it.
"Everybody knows this stuff, but it's the doing of...
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Yesterday, 02:26 PM
Why don't you post a demo clip showing us how you actually do al this over the changes of Donna Lee? Everybody knows this stuff, but it's the doing...
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
At this point, expect pamosmusic/Peter to chip in: "play it backwards." :nightmare:
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Yesterday, 02:23 PM
Here's an attempt just to located guide-tones, passing tones, chord-tones that might thread through the changes and be the framework for...
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Yesterday, 02:22 PM
Funny how GC clearly doesn't give a crap about these, description says "INCLUDES CASE" hahaha. Go on Reverb and people write a novel about a 1959...
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Yesterday, 02:16 PM
There's this guy on YouTube who explains all this manfactuing stuff and all the trends with it. His name is Phillip McKnight. Very interesting to...
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Yesterday, 02:14 PM
I worked with Bill Barker who learned to make guitars from Carl. I used to own one but sold it years ago. I don't just post a bunch of stuff but ask...
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Yesterday, 02:11 PM
This is a great one to run an exercise my old teacher would make me do (that drove me fucking nuts, so you know it's good)
Start this tune from...
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Yesterday, 02:09 PM
Excellent post.
While there may be some way to objectively compare overall quality, John A. points out a bunch of factors that could swing the...
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Yesterday, 02:07 PM
Yes, an approach I've found that is effective: (1) Play the appropriate scales for the chord progressions in the tune - that's progressions, as in...
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Yesterday, 02:03 PM
Something I've been practicing quite a bit lately is playing very simple scales up and down -- with added half steps ala Barry, or bebop scales,...
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Yesterday, 02:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWC7gpeEnA
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Yesterday, 01:56 PM
I'm struggling to put all the pieces together and keep tempo. It's like playing 4 different songs back to back right now.
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Yesterday, 01:36 PM
I've put a Rotron Whisper Fan in all my big tube amps since I got my Boogie hunree in '78. They're bulletproof, light, silent (44 dB) and efficient...
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Yesterday, 01:33 PM
Him and his guitars are on Google:
albanus guitar at DuckDuckGo
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
Hey guitar world,
It's hard to find much info on Carl Albanus Johnson - about him as a person, luthier, and pictures of his work - and as someone...
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Yesterday, 01:11 PM
Hammertone, any way to make a short video? I’m curious about this guitars tone. Thx!
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Yesterday, 01:00 PM
Absolutely. Playing an arp solo or running the arps is the best way to get the changes in your ear and hands for linear regardless of the tune.
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
Has anyone been experimenting with simply landing the guide tones and main chord tones for the changes? I get really paralyzed thinking about soloing...
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