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Today, 01:25 PM
Alrighty. Well, I guess I’m not sure why we’re asking about how chords are named then.
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Today, 01:24 PM
That’s true, it’s x-braced and has the 25.5 inch scale length. The top has a ‘strange’ kind of carving in a way that it seems to be very slightly...
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Today, 01:22 PM
And for that I would share a score written by me that displays exactly how do I want that the acompaniament IS played. Etc
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Today, 01:20 PM
This is where it gets more interesting. A Super 400 from 1937 should be x-braced, in contrast to the L-5 previously described. That’s likely going to...
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Today, 01:19 PM
A significant portion of the work of composing/arranging is formatting your artistic vision in a way that makes it readable to other people.
The...
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Today, 01:16 PM
Yes. I mixed the two things because my knowledge on counterpoint is nonexistent and I was wondering whether this had any relation to the tritone root...
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Today, 01:02 PM
Wonderful playing! It's fascinating how your tone with this guitar has evolved over the months. Fatter, warmer and yet distinctly different from...
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Today, 12:31 PM
Pm sent with a pickup trade offer
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Today, 12:20 PM
Great instrument at a great price!
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Today, 12:04 PM
Why should I? If you can name a chords in different ways. What would be the use of that book for me? I only have puntual doubts about some chords...
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Today, 11:58 AM
hey Jimmy get yourself a copy of Standardized Chord Symbol Notation. It's cheap and is standard starting point for notation concepts.
Standard...
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Today, 11:55 AM
I have a Benedetto Bravo. The neck finish has always relatively sticky too me when compared to most of my guitars. I think I am the 3rd or 4th...
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Today, 11:50 AM
Great suggestions, and worth reviving. My choice’d be the 2 volume Jazz Standard Bible (something like the Real Books, in Japan). In some sense, much...
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Today, 11:28 AM
Fair point. Although I would never use this in a live MIDI equipped guitar situation, I could get good results in a project by programming key...
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Today, 11:24 AM
$50/hr is about average. Less is altruistic, more is greedy for a novice.
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Today, 11:15 AM
A great truth is that music makes fools of all of us!
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Today, 11:13 AM
Sounds like a fine routine!
I’d add two other things. Listen attentively to ten versions by different artists from different eras for each song...
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Today, 11:08 AM
Just ordered one. Handy to have for guitar and maybe more for me with a mixing board in live settings. Thanks for the head's up!
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Today, 10:59 AM
For what it’s worth, I took a couple of in-person private lessons from an American jazz guitarist who was touring Japan a couple of years ago, and he...
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Today, 10:51 AM
You can change 60 $/hr even teaching positivity and patience. You get a lot of unjustified attacks on your musical skills and always handle with...
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Today, 10:49 AM
excuse me?? you are the guy confusing a 4/4 with 3/4. and you are not being able to notice chords change. are you really so low that you are gonna...
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Today, 10:43 AM
I take my leave now, on this somewhat positive note.
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Today, 10:42 AM
Dude you can't even hear time signatures. You also don't understand how harmony and voice movement works. What are you gonna teach how to use music...
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Today, 10:40 AM
yes I agree with you
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Today, 10:39 AM
I’ll add the obvious and something I don’t do enough.
Play through the changes using just the 3rd and 7th of each chord.
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Today, 10:11 AM
It would seem so.
Last thing I’ll say:
Sometimes you can get a couple students by being a good player, but you rarely keep them that way.
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Today, 10:04 AM
The “real time” mode is not for live performance - it’s an alternative algorithm for recording, if I read the user manual correctly. You also have...
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Today, 09:48 AM
i really didnt know how much to charge. I thought these type of guys charged 30 max. I see not. So I did well in asking
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Today, 09:40 AM
Somebody had to do it.
Stream Lover by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 09:39 AM
Okay. Everybody used to charge less and now charges more.
You seem to have an idea already of what your value is as a teacher, so I’m not really...
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Today, 09:38 AM
So far, I’m working on:
Playing the melody
Playing the chords in shells through the changes
Playing voicings on the 4 high strings through...
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Today, 09:35 AM
he raised it, but he used to charge 50. and its about what you charge
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Today, 09:29 AM
Right on his site it says he charges $75. $40 for a half hour.
I don’t recall asking you to pay it.
Whatever you want, my guy. Have a...
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Today, 09:25 AM
check grisha goryachevm he charges about what you say you charge man... and I know other classical guitar players who charges about that. Even...
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Today, 09:14 AM
And I know zero “top players” who charge less than $90
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Today, 09:06 AM
Buddy, you asked and I told you.
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Today, 09:04 AM
cmon, I know some top players that charge about that or even less... and I ve heard you... I cant believe you charge that
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Today, 08:58 AM
(comped like your own comping? :cool:)
What venue is too cheap to provide musicians with a caraf of tap water or have drinkable water in their...
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Today, 08:54 AM
you charge 60 online per hour? really?
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Today, 08:45 AM
I just had two Twins full rebuilt a few months ago. Considering I have two basically brand new hand wired Twins the price was negigible IMO. Now they...
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Today, 08:35 AM
Two drinks on the house is what I call a cheap ass venue. I notice it's often the multi million dollar establishments have the crappiest pay and...
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Today, 08:33 AM
It might depend on the specific amps you're comparing, but in general they're pretty much the same thing. Since the advent of smaller/lighter FR/FR...
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Today, 08:31 AM
I charge $60 usually on my own. I teach for some places that charge the top end of that.
But again — it depends on your qualifications and...
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Today, 08:26 AM
what you mean middle to upper of that range? can you provide me an average fee that you charge as a reference?
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Today, 08:11 AM
To my ears the JC series seem to lack mids. Maybe the tone circuit was designed to imitate the Fender blackface scooped tones. JC's seem even more...
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Today, 08:05 AM
Seems like it’s already pretty darned useful in real-time use. I’m gonna scoop it up and mess about with it. I’m a better keyboard player, anyway!
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Today, 08:03 AM
Middle to upper of that range. Varies depending on whether it’s my own student or if it’s for another outfit that sets the pricing for me.
Google...
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Today, 07:53 AM
It does sound very nice. If you want to record with an archtop but don’t have one, it’ll do the job. Like the original Super 400, its name is its...
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Today, 07:50 AM
Ow
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Today, 07:19 AM
Gotta say, I’m really impressed with the sound and nuance that went into this plugin. I probably wouldn’t have questioned that it was a virtual...
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Today, 07:16 AM
I knew you'd find a way to get me Bach.
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Today, 06:49 AM
I’ve also noticed quite a hip modern jazz thing to replace dominant chords with ‘non dominant’ sounds (ie they don’t contain both the b7 and 3 of the...
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Today, 06:43 AM
Just for that you’re learning a Bach cello piece next lesson.
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Today, 06:35 AM
Some Chinese, if not all, on Youtube are convincing.
An example Alone Together (fake chinese Gibson Archtop) (youtube.com)
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Today, 06:24 AM
I take exception to that! I've been studying bebop guitar with Christian for over three years now and my appreciation for Bach has never been greater.
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Today, 06:19 AM
Of course, it’s the verse of All by Myself, which is a lift from Rachmaninoff but even Rach didn’t put the IVm there because he thought ‘maybe it’s...
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Today, 04:59 AM
Here we go, the version with Sonny Rollins. Head is maj on the one all the way through and then just reverts to a perfectly normal slow swing 12-bar...
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Today, 04:53 AM
Meanwhile, there’s a third option: a 1937 Super 400. How do an L5 and a Super 400 compare soundwise?
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Today, 04:36 AM
I appreciate the edit. I said I'd got a chart online in G. Here it is!
Thing is, Monk recorded the tune different ways so, really, we can't...
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Today, 04:14 AM
As i had pointed out in post #14, i chose the "lubricant" recommended by a friend who is a singer...
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Today, 03:15 AM
I've been going through a ZZ Top phase recently, and Billy Gibbons manages to cover a whole lot of sonic territory using double stops and such. I'm...
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Today, 01:01 AM
How much you charge for lessons?
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Today, 12:58 AM
It was originally built to withstand the stress of the string tension. So long as the original bracing is intact, that should still be the case....
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Today, 12:54 AM
It varies considerably based on your qualifications and experience.
$40-100 an hour wouldn’t be unheard of so the specifics really matter.
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Today, 12:53 AM
Yes. You can definetely use 2.
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Today, 12:47 AM
No, because of my arthritis I find it hard to play more than 2-3 chord tones at one time. Of course barres are definitely out. I was wanting to...
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Today, 12:30 AM
I love music and put my time into It. I have some spare time so why not to give It a try. How much can I charge?
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Today, 12:27 AM
I didnt get your question. You mean you cant play 2 notes comping cause of hand problems or if 2 notes comping Is a good or bad choice? If its the...
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Today, 12:22 AM
Depends on skills, qualifications, experience.
Zoom is probably most common platform.
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Today, 12:09 AM
^ Yep haha
Fantasizing:
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Yesterday, 11:59 PM
Thanks for the invite, but I don't quite get what that thread is supposed to be about and what I am supposed to get out of it for my...
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Yesterday, 11:58 PM
How much can I charge for music online lessons? And what are the best platform to offer them?
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Yesterday, 11:50 PM
I think you people are emphasizing something that is 5% or less of music, which is the nomenclature of the chords. That shouldnt be the Focus. You...
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Yesterday, 11:30 PM
Thanks, Jeff, I'll go have a look at Summer of Rhythm
Doug
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Yesterday, 11:28 PM
3 notes would be fine if on adjacent strings. Most others would be too great a stretch for my poor fingers.
Doug
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Yesterday, 11:22 PM
Resurrecting this old thread.
Any more opinions of the Nextone as a jazz amp?
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Yesterday, 11:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzul-YXM8qM
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Yesterday, 10:50 PM
For me, I love a drink.
AFTER the gig.
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Yesterday, 10:48 PM
The more important question:
What goober is spending half their pay on drinks at a gig?
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Where is this gig that gives musicians more...
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Yesterday, 10:45 PM
Did a quick(sorta) test on this software today. It's an app that works within the Audacity program and let's you split stems from MP3 files. After...
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
Agreed...a few very simple shapes on strings 4/3/2...can cover a lot of ground.
But of course, could pare those down to two...
The big thing is...
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
Yes, I should have said just the essential chord tones, 3rd/7th, 3rd/6th or whatever, but I'm sure it could work. My main point was that I wouldn't...
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Yesterday, 10:25 PM
Well, the 2 notes he plays don't have to be just the 3rd and 7th...
And of course, not comping, but I'd like to invite Doug over to the Summer of...
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
Sure, but why not 3 notes? Very little difference execution wise and you can include another chord tone such as an altered note - just playing the...
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM
I'm 70 years old now and have some arthritis in my left hand. Is there any reason why I can't use mostly two note comping? (Mainly using a Guild...
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Yesterday, 10:05 PM
No, no, no, we'll need to rephrase that! "After that, we were showered with applause!"- just do not mention that the shower only lasted a few...
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Yesterday, 10:03 PM
I'm more worried about Christian's students. :P
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Yesterday, 09:57 PM
Thankyou for the rotation!!! i was gettin dizzy
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
Last price drop bump
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
Many of you are aware of this model Bryant Trenier added to his lineup based on D’Aquisto’s laminate body Jazz Special. A limited run of these fine...
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Yesterday, 09:55 PM
No stinking way!
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Yesterday, 09:55 PM
They admit it's a copy of the model without literally saying so, when they use terms like OEM, but the problem there is that, as far as I know,...
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Yesterday, 09:54 PM
Ah, nothing like a nice fresh vine ripened tomato, sliced with just a light sprinkle of coarse sea salt and some balsamic reduction. Summer on a...
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Yesterday, 09:13 PM
Be careful or I might actually use this.
Remember “PeTurns” (tm)
Though to be fair, if I wanted to make money, I’d need to be more careful to...
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Yesterday, 08:12 PM
Can anyone explain the difference between a kb amp and a modern powered speaker with some mixing and EQ built in?
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Yesterday, 08:10 PM
Perhaps you're right. I admit freely to being very results driven but when you have a V-bII-I progression and you don't notate the middle chord as a...
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Yesterday, 08:05 PM
That’s because the first one doesn’t kick in until you’re on the second. Probably.
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Yesterday, 08:02 PM
oh, if we want that.
The Peter Bebop Technique System saved my gig. In my darkest hour when all was lost and I missed the B section of an AABA....
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Yesterday, 08:00 PM
My experience- which may vary from yours - is that every time I've played mag pickups through an amp with a tweeter it was horrible. The extreme high...
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Yesterday, 07:59 PM
“I can’t speak highly enough of Peter. After weeks of work with his materials, I can honestly say that I’m no worse than I was before”
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Yesterday, 07:51 PM
I generally prefer rosewood fingerboards (perhaps this is a visual thing more than anything else). I have a neck on my Telecaster which is roasted...
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Yesterday, 07:50 PM
It’s in reference to what you said. What sounds good in a mix can sound horrible by itself. In the right mix it’s possible that the keyboard amp with...
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
The photographs appeared to be of a legit Sadowsky Jim Hall model. The question is whether the photographs are of the actual instrument that you...
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Yesterday, 07:29 PM
(edited) Yes, "good" sound for live vs tracking vs mixdown can be very different things, but the OP asked about playing live through a keyboard amp -...
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Yesterday, 07:23 PM
Beautiful guitar.
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Yesterday, 07:20 PM
Testimonial for the inevitable sales funnel, Peter
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Yesterday, 07:10 PM
At the same time, there are a lot of recordings of bands where the guitar sounds amazing in the mix but harsh and horrible when listening to the...
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Yesterday, 07:07 PM
For new amps, I would want to know if the pots and jacks are soldered into the board. If so, I'd probably avoid that product. The mechanical stresses...
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
I’d wager a lot of people would play a little better after one, but worse after two.
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM
I’m sure it was actually 5-10% more applause. You’re welcome
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Yesterday, 06:52 PM
Addendum to post #247: Michael Danzi, American Musician in Germany 1924 - 1939, as told by Rainer E. Lotz.
Really fascinating and amazingly true...
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Yesterday, 06:52 PM
hahaha, im a little tempted
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Yesterday, 06:51 PM
You first. :rolleyes:
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Yesterday, 06:43 PM
buy it and report back please :pride:
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
I think I already know what you folks are gonna say, sort of silly to entertain the idea of buying one of these but... do you suppose the...
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Yesterday, 06:32 PM
Looking for suggestion and experience here. I have a '90 S 16 which was originally acoustic (with floater) X braced and was modified to mounted...
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
There are a few differences in the headstock overlay between Coco's Roger as shown in photos, and the auction guitar. We have seen other Roger...
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Yesterday, 06:28 PM
This is a song I can relate to. 'A day in the life of a fool...'
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
Alcohol makes you play bad. As a sober musician, I see it all the time. Nobody gets better after a drink. Nobody.
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Yesterday, 06:25 PM
I have a Fender keyboard amp, does not work for electric guitars, sounds completely bland and dull, might be suitable for an acoustic-electric but I...
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Yesterday, 06:24 PM
It went fine and we got the same spattering of applause as the rest of the night.
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Yesterday, 06:17 PM
Alcohol is a cough suppressant. So.. relax and have a couple!
Also codeine, but that can lead to serious trouble in my experience.
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
I was thinking of getting a didgeridoo, heard it's an effective, inexpensive, and entertaining way to improve your breathing capacity - doubt that I...
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Yesterday, 06:03 PM
Yes!
That is excellent news.
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
yeah , I’ve used a roland Keyboard amp a couple of times at a jam session
yeah channel 1 worked sounded
(no perceivable output using
channel 2...
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Yesterday, 05:55 PM
Well, you made it a Abm7b5 chord, which only has one note different than a Gmaj7 (Ab rather than G) and doesn't sound dominant to me.
But I...
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
Thank you! I don’t have any idea where all the Bach flavors come from as I’ve never played any classical whatsoever.
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Yesterday, 05:48 PM
so to update
yeah it all worked great
the security guy at the airport said “what’s in the bag”
about 4 times then re x-rayed it for a while
then...
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
I don't think I said anything about lowering the 6th. I said lower the 7th a semitone to the 6th.
D7b5 at the 10th fret = D-X-C-F#-Ab=X
lower...
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Yesterday, 05:40 PM
If we want to skip formal study of music theory that defines functional harmony very specifically, we can say that function pretty much comes down to...
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