Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions

Room Acoustics and Bass Traps

There Will Never Be Another You - chord changes

“Shearing style”

"I got the misery and the backache, baby..."

6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

Jimmy Smith at Newport ('72) Kenny Burrell on guitar

Recommandations for Hollowbodies for $600 and under?

When I was developing this feel I slurred into downbeats everywhere it was comfortable and never slurred into an upbeat. You have to be mindful to swing the slurs and that might not be natural at...

6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

OP, do you listen to a lot of jazz? Who are you listening to? Other questions: what does "rhythmically falling apart" mean in the context of transcription? I can't get your file to play, but if...

6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

It was Toots.

“Shearing style”

I think it's ironic that most players' studio recordings sound great, but live they are poor; but I agree with others here that most of Joe's live recordings seem to have great tone and some of the...

Joe Pass tone yet again- with his D'Aquisto

Several years later, are you still happy with the Alt-T? How do you like it compared to your other teles?

Suhr Alt T

Thanks! I'm aware of the weak beats - in this particular backing track I was really trying to hit them. It's much easier when you're working with just a metronome; today I realized I need more...

6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

These are areas you improve gradually over the years. Try to find practice approaches where you can work on most of them (or even all of them) at once. The key insight is that your rate of growth in...

6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

Soloing wise it usually ends up being some variation on a long I-V-I for me haha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There Will Never Be Another You - chord changes

Thanks for sharing! 1) I'm playing this from my phone, so the backing track sounds more like a blues shuffle. One of the biggest differences between blues/rock and jazz is where the accents are:...

6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

Yes, he is an entertainer. His latest is a very entertaining rant about Fender. https://youtu.be/OU7RUpkXsV0?si=C32sAINd22mA7bL0 1:51 Now, this Strat I bought in a music store here used. This...

I gotta say goodbye to Rick Beato

A jazz artist or a jazz musician?

June 2026 - C Jam Blues

I gotta say goodbye to Rick Beato

The Ultimate Bossa List...

Jazz jam audience drift

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Flattop Thread, No Archtops Allowed

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Ipad impact

Swing vs bebop

My gypsy guitar build

Not A NGD

Flying with guitar