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Today, 03:14 PM
Nice work.
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Today, 03:13 PM
Beat four to the and of one, no?
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Today, 03:08 PM
Yep. And the riff based guitar comping, and the piano player style... The year is 1957, the bebop was well established, and rocknroll was getting...
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Today, 03:02 PM
I don't think the stinger provides that much strength and at this point once the crack is repaired it would take another major blow for it to be...
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Today, 02:57 PM
Yea the thinline idea was all about reducing weight. That's why I'm all about it, I don't like heavy guitars. The tone difference if there is any...
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Today, 02:53 PM
It is. I find it's not bad tho if you memorize the phrasing and then just do it rather than trying to calculate all the placement.
The part that...
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Today, 02:50 PM
Stone and wood picks are awful.
Bluechip is snake oil, in my opinion. Very clicky. Hated the one I had, lost, found, tried again, hated again.
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Today, 02:41 PM
Hi what's the scale length cheers :)
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Today, 02:36 PM
Always liked Big Mama Thornton. When I was a teen I saw her at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on the same bill with Big Brother and the Holding...
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Today, 02:29 PM
I could do a better job on the Head, Ragman is right the syncopation on this is crazy. Having it go from the and of 4 to beat 2 in bar 6 is tricky. ...
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Today, 02:22 PM
Yup - The stinger will be replaced for more reinforcement.
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Today, 02:22 PM
The top ended up with cracks? I wonder if Fed Ex is going to pay? Seems like he glued crack back but not any other modification or added wood. A bit...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Hello,
I'm not super familiar with Zürich so I'll name the classics :
Moods
www.moods.ch/en
Jazzbaragge
JazzBaragge – Wednesday Jam
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Today, 02:20 PM
Learn to sing the solos you like by ear (if that is not what you are doing anyway). That's what they did in the old days. The "scribe" part is that...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Is that their usual sales price? Seems awfully high but then I'm often surprised by guitar prices now-a-days.
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Today, 02:14 PM
I think starting to collect deliberately is a good idea. I have students literally keep vocab journals.
Sorting them by major, minor, and dominant...
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Today, 02:06 PM
"Guitar scientists are not very rigorous"
Is there really such a thing as a "guitar scientist"? I thought they were a mythical creature, like...
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Today, 01:56 PM
Do you have the precise exercise written out? If so, please share it, I'm not clear about it.
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Today, 01:53 PM
^ Nice going there Allan.
Stream Straight No Chaser by Clint Jones | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 01:53 PM
Nice work. The fact that the stinger didn't break is a lucky.....break. :cool:
I'm guessing this is the JD guitar?
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Today, 01:50 PM
Don't wait for the material to passively work its way into your soloing, actively work it in. Take one lick/idea/passage and practice it in...
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Today, 01:50 PM
Man, I wish I was that cleaver...
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Today, 01:49 PM
As it says.....looking to date my guitar!
Serial# is PE3016xxx
.....a bit of searching suggests that PE03.....would give 2003 as the year....so...
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Today, 01:46 PM
This L-5 was destroyed by FedEx.
Broken headstock and several bad top cracks. Mark is restoring it back to playing glory. He doesn’t like taking on...
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Today, 01:42 PM
"Played a funeral home's 100th anniversary party on Thursday"
Hmm, trying to imagine the set list.... After You've Gone, Don't Get Around Much...
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Today, 01:41 PM
Actually the words to this song are quite gloomy and I have heard it played as a minor fairly often. But this was done more as a joking around...
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Today, 01:39 PM
Analyzing and lifting from tunes is discussed in the Donna Lee thread by some great forum members and teachers. I remember Pamosmusic and Christian...
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Today, 01:35 PM
I have a thinline Cabronita. IMO the "thinline" part is just for aesthetics. The F-hole looks cool. It is a little lighter than a solid tele, but...
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Today, 01:35 PM
I skipped though a few Hampton albums on spotify this morning, but didn't come across anything with this much drive. Maybe I'll find a ripping live...
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Today, 01:33 PM
Interesting about the pick. I use Fender Heavy pearloids, turns out they're .96mm. I had just assumed I was using a "light for jazz" pick based on...
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Today, 01:27 PM
Guitar scientists are not very rigorous, John. Most just throw a little data at you and let you take your pick.
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Today, 01:25 PM
Jeez, Lawson, that was an upbeat take on the tune!
Apparently not only is it a rainy (and gloomy) day but the dog came in sopping wet and shook...
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Today, 01:23 PM
Pretty great week last week. Played a funeral home's 100th anniversary party on Thursday, gig was 4-6 and I was home before the sun was down.
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Today, 01:16 PM
:shocked:
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Today, 01:13 PM
Wow, true! This gives me a different view. I'm used to a "home" C followed by pretty much any dominant as a new start. So the C7 is optional. This...
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Today, 01:09 PM
Billy's really playing some "riff based" accompaniment here. Love it.
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Today, 12:57 PM
The drummer is playing the backbeat on the snare, that is why it is sounding like rock & roll.
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Today, 12:53 PM
An early recording of the original German lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bCTiKqr758
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Today, 12:48 PM
Anyone remember this? That's how I got to know the song through a friend who was a huge VH fan LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZc
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Today, 12:40 PM
I think I saw that Jonathan Stout (campusfive) is/was supposed to be playing too?
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Today, 12:19 PM
I'd kinda like to hear a stab at someone improvising some simple single-note lines over the changes of this. I now it's out of the purview of the...
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Today, 12:18 PM
I plan to join in. My problem with HTRD is that I've played it on my own for 35 years or so and didn't particularly like the Arnold...
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Today, 12:04 PM
Today's musings.
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Today, 12:01 PM
I'm sure he's learned what most music content providers learn: there's a much larger audience for gear videos than actual music videos ... and by a...
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Today, 12:00 PM
Looks like a wonderful time, Steve. Thanks for sharing!
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Today, 11:54 AM
$5k + shipping and paypal fees. Firm.
Might consider trading for a sunburst Tal Farlow or towards an L5 CES or Ibanez PM-100 + Cash.
includes...
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Today, 11:40 AM
Rich has done hundreds of videos and changes gear pretty often. I would not expect that something he used years ago is still in use today.
Using...
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Today, 11:39 AM
That's exactly how I'd fret that!
Paul
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Today, 11:31 AM
Lightbulb moment for me with that Ab6 bit.
4x35xx
3x34xx
3x13xx
That's some nice easy grips for a minor ii V i.
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Today, 11:30 AM
Sorry, dyslexia. A peddle is for a bike.
Sometimes when I write ‘hi’ to people, I spell it ‘high’.
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Today, 11:30 AM
Beautiful H530! One of my favorite Heritage models.
Suggestion: Change the title of your thread to 'H530', not 'H535'. :-)
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Today, 11:27 AM
It seems to me that you are consistently spelling pedal as "peddle". Is it a Brit thing? Like valve vs tube? Lol.
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Today, 11:23 AM
Yeah that’s fair
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Today, 11:21 AM
I mean, It's a good thing that online market places have these kind of authorizations... There are so many scammers out there on Reverb or German...
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Today, 11:19 AM
Really good question!
I do adjust for a b5, so for example Dm7b5 = Ab6.
One reason is that I just really want to do everything "right" and also...
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Today, 11:19 AM
I had some lessons with him and asked him some years ago how he got the sound he did on his recording of Sugar, which I think is pretty near to...
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Today, 11:14 AM
Sorry if this has been already discussed before, but I'm new here and just getting into jazz seriously.
I've transcribed several solos from my...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Anyone here have a spare ?
the switch for the control unit of the Rhythm Chief
i have checked Reverb and googled, nothing came up yet….
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Today, 11:09 AM
OP: It helps to think of the word "changes" literally: that is, focus your improv practice on the *transition* from chord to chord (e.g. how the 3rd...
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Today, 11:08 AM
In double blind tests, or is that just subjective and anecdotal?
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Today, 11:06 AM
I'm not saying pitches are irrelevant, and I completely agree with what you say about line shape. But If I were to talk about pitch collections to...
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Today, 11:03 AM
Nice one Lawson!
We are doing Jeff's Time After Time arrangement for the next two weeks.
There's a new thread for that tune so am hoping that...
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Today, 10:52 AM
I'm planning at trip to Zurich (since I can get a direct flight from Los Angeles to there): Any good jazz clubs that you can recommend?
(from...
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Today, 10:50 AM
Dm7 and G7 are in the C pool. I'll go for those chord tones in bars 4 and 5, but the scale pattern I'm using is the C major scale. I'm pulling Dm...
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Today, 10:36 AM
Yeah this is what I mean when I say it can be tricky in a vacuum to know if someone is playing “a key center” because what looks like a scale run...
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Today, 10:31 AM
My preferred quick-and-easy method is to just put something under the knob. I use a small piece of non-slip shelf/drawer liner cut to size and...
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Today, 10:15 AM
What is that tagline that shows instead of the link?
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Today, 10:15 AM
Yea... the jarrett reference from Mick-7 is great..
But eventually you need it all... or better put. The more you understand, the better your able...
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Today, 10:15 AM
I think key center playing is modal jazz stuff reverse applied to swing and bebop. You can get through a solo with it, but it won't sound um......
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Today, 10:12 AM
I love the tune and already have several clips of my own take on it, but I haven't gotten to learning the Arnold arrangement yet. I love making these...
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Today, 10:09 AM
You can play key center AND still play changes...once you get decent at it.
Somebody told me years ago (and I've adopted it as my kind of mantra) ...
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Today, 10:06 AM
I mean this also depends on what kind of recording you’re looking for.
Kind of Blue — 2 dates
A Love Supreme — 1 date
The Shape of Jazz — 1...
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Today, 10:02 AM
My friend's son was asking advice about how to make a living playing guitar.I pointed him to Rich Serverson but told him his life would be one...
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Today, 10:00 AM
I don’t know. I mean, I do love a philosophical cul de sac, and I’m certainly not disagreeing with you about rhythm—that’s A no. 1. But when you...
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Today, 10:00 AM
Have you heard the Sue Foley album Pinky's Blues? Came out like 2 years ago. She did it all live in the same room, sounds like being in a blues...
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Today, 09:59 AM
I've been curious about a thinline tele to compliment my '99 52 reissue. What prompted the use of a thinline and how do you find the difference...
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Today, 09:56 AM
Right. In the end you have to develop musical ideas and play them by ear.
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Today, 09:55 AM
Glad you like yours! Unfortunately, the one I ordered online came with a really thick neck. While I typically like this, it resulted in a very neck...
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Today, 09:53 AM
Yeah I edited the OP. Couldn’t take it off the poll, but made a note.
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Today, 09:51 AM
Howard Alden really contributed some wonderful guitar playing for that movie.
For giggles, I'm going to figure out the chords to this version as...
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Today, 09:50 AM
For many, the answer is because they’re trying to memorize and apply arbitrary rules and schools, when they should be freeing their minds to play...
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Today, 09:50 AM
My point was that there aren't a lot of resources for this alternative technique. Maybe less true these days with guys teaching Benson's style. So...
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Today, 09:45 AM
I spent about four hours doing 40 or 50 takes of a one minute solo last saturday. I've done so many one day and done recording sessions that produced...
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Today, 09:42 AM
There is already a Straight No Chaser thread happening right now. So we should probably skip that one at the moment.
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Today, 09:42 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWcy6zUe8Lk
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Today, 09:38 AM
This stunning Heritage 575 was ordered directly from the factory by Arthur Richards. Arthur was a career professional guitarist who played with Tom...
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Today, 09:34 AM
That's why I used quotes - for simplicity. He has a video promoting his set that he makes up and sells. Not viable for me in the UK but I have a...
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Today, 09:32 AM
This looks like it could use a hand:Just a moment...
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Today, 09:32 AM
Follow up on this. Do you adjust for a Dm7b5 or just fret the natural 5 on the E knowing you won't hit it? If I do the later I don't have to flip...
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Today, 09:31 AM
That all depends on your goals and standards. It’s a rare perfectionist who’s happy with one take on anything. But many bands and artists settle...
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Today, 09:28 AM
Interesting in the sense of forcing one to think about what playing the changes and playing key centers actually mean, sure. In the long run that...
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Today, 09:21 AM
You have to read the fine print. Bridge replacement has been reported to cause tremors, hallucinations, rash, blurred vision, palpitations,...
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Today, 09:15 AM
So I decided to try myself too and ordered one (in Cherry Red Flat which is a discontinued color, cheaper that the others, but I think I prefer it...
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Today, 09:11 AM
Playing jazz, from where I’m sitting, is for fun. And I have the most fun weaving spontaneous pathways through the changes. If I don’t know the...
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Today, 09:04 AM
Ok, thanks.
Doug
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Today, 09:00 AM
Thanks to all! This is all great advice. I'll try to work on a playing example that I can post
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Today, 08:57 AM
I rather meant that, how many displeasing sessions it took after just started?
Or was your very first one a brilliant one already? :)
Sorry for...
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Today, 08:56 AM
Yeah it's really beautiful! :smile-new:
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Today, 08:55 AM
The finish on this burst is well done.
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Today, 08:54 AM
Great idea about using Rainy Day as a warm-up when working on Time After Time!
Yes, I'm hoping for more participation from folks who initially...
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Today, 08:50 AM
D’Addario Chrome Extra Light Gauge Flat Wound Strings, plus a 13 and 15 to customize to Rich's Special Blend 13-15-20w-28-38-48
When the term...
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Today, 08:49 AM
Okay I still think it’s an interesting question, but yeah — rhythmrhythmrhythm
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Today, 08:40 AM
I think I’d need to hear the OP playing his notion of “playing the changes” and “playing the the key center” over a specific tune or two before being...
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Today, 08:37 AM
Here’s a fun question — can you tell the chord changes of a tune based on looking at a transcription?
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Today, 08:36 AM
Hey alpop, thanks for posting your recording!!
It's not to bad at all. I suggest going forward that we play the previous tune once as a warm up...
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Today, 08:27 AM
Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center
Both, but mostly the changes. Which includes substitutions.
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Today, 08:23 AM
No good deed goes un-punished.
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Today, 08:17 AM
Since 2021 I own a Pavan TP-30 myself, spruce top.
Yes, no one is talking, everyone is guessing. A lot of rumors about where they are made. I read...
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Today, 07:26 AM
Yes facebook marketplace, anibis and other platforms are full of scams. If you want to selll stuff with ricardo you need a proof of I.D. so it's a...
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Today, 07:20 AM
Strong melodies describe chord changes. So playing over “key centers” as opposed to chord changes could cause melodies to sound vague to the...
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Today, 07:05 AM
I love good practical examples!
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Today, 06:57 AM
He uses his "custom" set of strings which aren't particularly heavy. The top two are beefed up a bit though.
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Today, 06:57 AM
They do say that a bad review is the real sign you made it, because if you’re nobody and they don’t like what you are doing, you won’t get a review. ...
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Today, 06:51 AM
Now that you mention them, yes. From a time when I only had a recordplayer I wouldn't be afraid to play them on...
I also vaguely remember they...
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Today, 06:48 AM
What about Rosetta Tharpe then? (Too much gospelly content in her repertoire? ;) )
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Today, 06:45 AM
No built-in power amp. It's a simple cab, not a powered speaker.
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Today, 06:43 AM
FWIW those people will probably be able to obtain a Swiss SIM quite easily; working in Switzerland/living in France is probably one of the most...
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Today, 06:22 AM
In Switzerland as in many other countries, cyberfraud is skyrocketing and Swiss police are alerting customers repeatedly, as for example here (in...
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Today, 06:06 AM
You know JSB himself stole from (pardon, improved upon) numerous sources of inspiration, right?
As to Mozart, as far as I remember we owe him the...
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Today, 05:54 AM
I suppose (they think that) this gives them a pretty strong position to act against (claims of) fraud or money laundering, assuming that it's hard...
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Today, 05:47 AM
I tend to forget things like that, but I think it's X-braced actually. Will have a Look again, when I get home from work. It also has a fairly thin...
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Today, 05:38 AM
If the guitar is in direct sell (achat direct or sofort kaufen) you can scroll down and ask questions (not the best but at least it's a contact to...
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Today, 05:33 AM
I think this is a great example of of a tone that enables a horn like phrasing. And it's an interesting alternative to the previous generation's use...
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Today, 05:31 AM
Thanks for your help @Spal!
I found the same guitar on ricardo.ch as well and already registered there. It's just not possible to directly contact...
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Today, 05:20 AM
'm not sure whether if you would label it modern jazz or fusion or whatnot, but I love Krantz' sounds on this album
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Today, 04:07 AM
Well you know where he is. Have you asked him?
Cheers
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Today, 03:59 AM
I don’t think it was taught. More it’s a convergent evolution between players. It’s a natural way to play, but for schooled players it would feel...
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Today, 03:56 AM
Would your Razor's Edge work with a Universal Audio Dream 65? I assume the RE has a built in power amp? Thanks
Doug
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Today, 03:55 AM
Sculpturing an artistic melodic line that weaves in and out of the changes seamlessly is how the the greats improvise.
But, I think for mediocre...
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Today, 03:20 AM
This is tune #2 of the study group which is going through Jeff Arnold's book Jazz Ballads.
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Today, 03:19 AM
Hi.
I am convinced that the way to create a good improvisation is to play over the chord changes. For many years I played on tonal centers and in...
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Today, 02:59 AM
Solo artist?
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Today, 02:59 AM
1957 is post Christian, Montgomery. :)
Billy Mackel.
DG
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Today, 02:52 AM
The cab resides elsewhere, in the music room of one of our other esteemed members. Would you like to buy it? Free delivery to you next time I drive...
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Today, 01:55 AM
As a player he’s everything I’m not. I watch his vids occasionally to remind myself of the importance of keeping everything relaxed, efficient and in...
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Today, 01:50 AM
By "lame" I'm guessing you mean it sounds like you're running scales or playing an exercise, aimless sounding? A cure for that (or start towards a...
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Today, 01:29 AM
I used to play my tele through it, couldn’t believe the sound I got, like I’ve said I’m only selling because I don’t need 2.
Sent from my...
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Today, 01:21 AM
If you analyze that, or any other Joe Pass arrangement, you'll see that he uses and improvises off a small set of chord voicings, a KISS system. My...
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