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Today, 12:01 PM
I'm in agreement, my inclination is to say no. Practicing with midi is not a good way to develop human sounding time feel. It sounds like you're...
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Today, 11:58 AM
Longer scale lengths produce a richer more detailed note.
That is what you will hear and perhaps confuse with ‘tone’.
I suppose we need to define...
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Today, 11:56 AM
Sorry to hear about this. Get well soon!
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Today, 11:55 AM
I saw him and his ban Legally Blynd at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley a few months ago! They were cookin!
AKA
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Today, 11:54 AM
I'd be up for Scrapple.
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Today, 11:51 AM
Well - it was a good saying at least! :):):):)
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Today, 11:48 AM
Frank Pratte (known here as fep) and I are The Crazy Assholes. (If you don't believe us, just ask our wives!)
This is our latest.
I started...
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Today, 11:42 AM
No it’s not a skills issue, I'm a software Engineer and I don't find MuseScore very good, but it's free to download and use that's why it's popular.
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Today, 11:37 AM
Well I don't take antidepressants, no gastric issues, I have read they can interfere with healing of bones. I take 220 mgs of naproxen 3 times in 24...
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Today, 11:35 AM
Similar to a tool I have, this tool:
With a diamond fret crowning file, the fret will be crowned too, not flat on top. :encouragement:
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Today, 11:33 AM
BTW interesting post.
Is it possible to Bluetooth a live mixer into earbuds? Our piano guy has a rig similar to the Bose T8S.
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Today, 11:32 AM
I would add remove 1 at a time drill a proper sized pilot hole then replace the screw.
I keep a lump of beeswax handy at all times, no screw goes...
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Today, 11:32 AM
Archie,
Here is a photo of a similar completed design. I’ll defer to Wilkie on the details. I’ll PM his email if you’d like ask him directly.
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Today, 11:30 AM
Bari guys have to be friendly. They don’t get no respect otherwise…
My son played mainly bari in his high school jazz band. The others sax...
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Today, 11:27 AM
Here is my 1983 Tele, which, btw, is also top loading.
The humbucker is now a SD Whole Lotta Humbucker, and the bridge is a SD Broadcaster
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Today, 11:23 AM
Just updating the thread to report what seems to be working for me......
I am using the JS111 set now on the Telecaster style guitar and the JS112...
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Today, 11:22 AM
I can't play Billie's Bounce again, I've developed a severe allergy to the tune from being in a group that played it too often.
Anything else...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Personally, I try to avoid anything "big scoopy squishy".
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Today, 11:03 AM
I can definitely hear the difference between, say, an all-mahogany LP Special and a “real”
LP with a maple cap (substantial recent experience with...
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Today, 11:00 AM
Hey Topper, sorry for delay. The pics above should give ya the numbers ya need. Regarding the neck profile, definitely more of a flat-D type shape...
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Today, 10:49 AM
The bari sax player is friendly so I usually try to sit next to him.
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Today, 10:44 AM
I like scrapple. I never learned the B section.
Billie’s Bounce is good too. I can work it in the lower octave since I just have it down in the...
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Today, 10:15 AM
Not exactly a jazz guitarist, but Jubu is one of the most influential RnB guitarists of the last 40 years. I saw the preview for this video a while...
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Today, 10:10 AM
I have one of these “kits”
https://www.jsbguitars.com/shop/guitar-building-tools/fretting/buzz-off-fret-leveling-kit/
The leveling tool is a...
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Today, 09:56 AM
Christian's got me learning Billie's Bounce in the style of Rachmaninov, and since I can only seem to remember one tune at a time, it would be great...
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Today, 09:38 AM
For sale $1350 shipped, local pickup in NYC
I purchased this guitar recently to practice at home, it has received minimal play time. Includes...
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Today, 09:37 AM
I'm up for anything. I'm still getting Donna Lee up to tempo, but for the first time in my life I feel like I have it truly memorized and worked out...
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Today, 09:27 AM
Where were you last year when I broke my fish?
It started when I ordered a bass online. I was quite surprised when I opened the box and a...
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Today, 09:22 AM
Jazz guitar struggles against the nature of itself.
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Today, 09:11 AM
Okay Dewey square is maybe my personal favorite but thought maybe it was tiny bit niche? Maybe not?
That would also be another good break tune....
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Today, 08:58 AM
Remember, something is only jazz when a jazz player says it is. And a jazz player only that when other jazz players agree that s/he is :cool:
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Today, 08:48 AM
Those files that end with .mscz are native Musescore files. When you open one in Musescore, if you choose to export it, it doesn't replace the...
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Today, 08:40 AM
Dewey Square
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Today, 08:40 AM
Marmaduke
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Today, 08:14 AM
What say we take another week, post some round ups, and then choose a new one.
Bebop tunes, what’s next
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Today, 08:13 AM
How did it go?
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Today, 08:11 AM
Alrighty. Let’s get to choosing our next bebop tune to work through. I chose these because they’re short and they’re blueses, or in the case of...
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Today, 07:57 AM
Ditto all the above, but I'd pull on them gently to see if they're actually gripping any healthy wood and then be attentive to if and how they lock...
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Today, 07:52 AM
I think you may be way off on the number of guitars that have come off Bryant’s bench. My archtop from him that was #144 and he built that in the...
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Today, 07:51 AM
Bop Head is a man of specific tastes.
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Today, 07:49 AM
I find that sort of thjng hard to do on Musescore. Perhaps it’s a skills issue. I just end up posting a million screenshots into word which is LAME
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Today, 07:41 AM
Reading the list of those on the notice that comes with NSAIDs really gives me pause, esp. the increased risk of developing cataracts. Plus they...
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Today, 07:34 AM
Every bowed instrument that gets played will need a fingerboard replacement at some point (and hopefully "much" more frequent reshaping of that...
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Today, 07:29 AM
Why would that change the amplified sound of an e-guitar - assuming we're talking about a solid-body? All I can really think of that might be...
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Today, 07:20 AM
:D
You might have actually pushed her buttons if you had said something like Then why do I hear a crackling noise whenever I get close to a radio...
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Today, 07:12 AM
I have never understood why people would voluntarily use ugly imitations of handwritten notation. Probably they think jazz notation has to look like...
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Today, 06:52 AM
Unscrew them, put candle wax on the screw threads, then tighten them.
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Today, 06:51 AM
Well the natural extension of that would be less metronome, e.g. what Romain was doing.
Miles Okazaki does this thing where he’ll play a bebop...
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Today, 06:44 AM
Peter? Hello?
Yeah my secret? Never use jazz font.
It’s just finale. I’ve gotten pretty good at the spacing and stuff over time. Not sure...
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Today, 06:27 AM
You're fine to share it. Just pretend you're a library.
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Today, 05:45 AM
You feel my pain!
I will post how the in-ears work in the next couple of weeks
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Today, 05:37 AM
I am not Peter, but this looks simply like the Finale Maestro music font plus Times New Roman for the text.
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Today, 05:36 AM
Sit next to the horns, not behind them. Don’t be too far away. Position yourself between the drums and the horns. Point the amp towards the horns,...
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Today, 05:28 AM
General comping vocab - check out Randy Vincent’s ‘the Guitarists Introduction to Jazz.’
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Today, 05:25 AM
How do you make up your worksheets
Peter? They look nice.
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Today, 05:23 AM
I like to record with a click on a DAW and then obsess about the way the little waves don’t line up with the beat. I’m sure this is very helpful and...
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Today, 05:20 AM
Regarding technical exercises (rather than solo transcriptions etc), my inclination is to say no.
Play with a metronome. When you are...
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Today, 05:15 AM
I like the project of Thelonious Monk interpretations he did with Peter Bernstein.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWOEdv7cCw
Those two...
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Today, 04:56 AM
I recently played a gig with a big band consisting of 5 saxophones, 4 trombones, 3 trumpets, and a full rhythm section. Since most of the instruments...
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Today, 04:11 AM
Opiates like Tramadol are often not very effective for pain in skeleton, muscles and connective tissue. It works better for pain in the inner organs...
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Today, 04:10 AM
Nice interview. My favorite quote: “Play your own shit even if it stinks.” (Mingus)
Best regards from disco town Munich
EDIT: Second favorite...
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Today, 03:30 AM
It's good but it sounds too much like a guitar, this is my opinion.
If you don't like your way of playing you should listen to other instruments,...
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Today, 03:20 AM
Yeah, I mean started off listening to Coltrane and Brecker and only got into bop and pre war jazz much later. Which is not uncommon.
It is however...
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Today, 03:09 AM
But if one looks at all these classic soloists from the bebop era, solos are like a whole, instant composition. Using music to carry an indulging...
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Today, 02:38 AM
That's it, export to pdf. But just to be safe, save a copy of it first in a different folder than the one you'd normally store it in - or just ...
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Today, 02:25 AM
This must be it: Podoko Cushion - Amazon.com
But they have quite a few alternatives, Search Term = "guitar leg cushions"
Guitar Leg Cushions
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Today, 02:05 AM
I just watched a concert of the Steve Swallow/Carla Bley Quintet at the "Jazz a Junas Festival" circa 2013 with Steve Cardenas and Chris Cheek on...
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Today, 02:01 AM
Thanks, I don't know why you posted it.
You like posting, so do I, this is my terrible version.
https://youtu.be/VjJmjc2lJlk
It's not funny, the...
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Today, 01:55 AM
My answer is entirely anecdotal from having owned about a dozen strats over the years. I think there is a small but appreciable difference between...
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Today, 01:51 AM
The secret is to wire it up backward. So down is up and up is down. Every time you bump it, you're turning it up. Turn it all the way up (down) and...
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Today, 01:37 AM
What a great interview, Henry. If they didn't want anyone to know about Mingus' illness, why couldn't they tell you that?
How can you blame someone...
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Today, 01:11 AM
Just be careful on screwing them in. It's easy to burr a Phillips-head screw, taking the edge off the screw slot, and then you're faced with removing...
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Today, 12:43 AM
I became aware of Gabor Szabo via the Guitar Player magazine 20th anniversary issue. They had their writers list 20 albums in various styles that...
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Today, 12:32 AM
Just screw them in. There is going to be little load on those screws, given their location (the strings are pulling the bracket into the body, so...
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Today, 12:19 AM
It comes naturally to me now. When I was learning back in the 00s, I spent a lot of time transcribing and with the Monk fake book. It was hard to...
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Today, 12:18 AM
I was lucky to find one of my own compositions on PDF for a grant competition, but all the others say mscz. file.
There are a lot of choices under...
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Today, 12:10 AM
Thanks for sharing the Connie Crothers video. She was an amazing person and musician.
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Yesterday, 11:58 PM
Milman Parry | Harvard Magazine
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Yesterday, 11:44 PM
Thank you bako!
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Yesterday, 11:43 PM
I must express apologies. The thigh cushion I've been using is by Podoko. I bought it on Amazon almost two years ago, hence I forgot the brand...
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Yesterday, 11:31 PM
Actually my "old" (?) violins are perfectly reliable and daily players. Every now and then one needs work that I do, this February one got a new...
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Yesterday, 11:24 PM
Great read. Glad to learn some of your back story.
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Yesterday, 11:17 PM
Slow down! I’m busy this week.
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Yesterday, 09:53 PM
We must get back to the bop.
I take full responsibility for this lapse.
Here is some tinkering with the first lick, trying to fit it over every...
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Yesterday, 09:42 PM
Yep.
Generally, I don't think I have any business playing Monk's music.
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Yesterday, 09:05 PM
I think I always ran away from monk tunes because they’re hard. I play bebop heads every single day when I do some of my single line technique stuff...
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Yesterday, 08:52 PM
Here's the relevant portion of the PDF:
turns, with intervals.pdf - Google Drive
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Yesterday, 08:49 PM
Henry Robinett Paths to Here Interview - by Eric Siegel
This just came out. Eric Siegel and his Paths To Here series.
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Yesterday, 08:15 PM
The scale lengths are different between fender and Les Pauls, which I think plays more of a role in shaping the amplified tone, than the wood, on a...
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Yesterday, 08:05 PM
Les Pauls have ABR bridges with a less steep back angle than Fenders. They are really not too far off from trapeze bridges in a way. But are you...
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Yesterday, 08:02 PM
You can't beat a good Ibanez neck.
You cannot beat the playability of a good Ibanez.
Only Westerley Guilds can compete.
Jack get a maple...
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Yesterday, 07:54 PM
Agreed but whether an ‘electric’ guitar has the strings pulling on the top or pushing down on the top, is a greater fundamental difference, regarding...
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Yesterday, 07:46 PM
I'd say solid vs hollow is a fundamental design factor.
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Yesterday, 07:46 PM
Yes. I have gotten a few sub $100 guitars that were pretty decent after working on them for a while. The conn c200 I use on the sort of jazz sounding...
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Yesterday, 07:42 PM
Interesting neck join. I’ve seen something similar before. Can you explain it more? What is the burl'd wood caps?
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Yesterday, 07:35 PM
"Today at my annual physical, I made the mistake of complaining to one of the PA's that I had a pain in my neck,left shoulder area from using a ...
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Yesterday, 07:34 PM
I like everything about this build. I really dig the more open, bigger Florentine cut for some reason. (as compared to the circular 175 type). I'm...
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Yesterday, 07:34 PM
Like Mick says, Print to pdf.
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Yesterday, 07:29 PM
I'm not familiar with MuseScore, can't it export the score to pdf? That's a basic function for music notation apps, I wouldn't use one that doesn't...
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Yesterday, 07:28 PM
Hold my beer! :)
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
The main difference in sound between jazz guitars and solid wood guitars, comes from the difference in the way they are fundamentally designed. Not...
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
Ah, so you've been watching Good Will auctions for a long time now! I just discovered the website about 2 months ago. I'm guessing the average bids...
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Yesterday, 07:07 PM
LOL Alter, I remember your lockdown solos were as long as they were cool, but what you're describing is more applicable to whole compositions, IME.
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
Did anyone notice how physically static the OP is in the clips? Holding, as opposed to hugging (mauling in my case) the guitar is maybe more...
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Yesterday, 06:58 PM
Actually, the entire ending can be played utilizing open strings (or simply at the first rather than 5th position). If I'm in a key such as G Major...
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM
Yeah, that why I'm a bit wary of doing business with them...:nightmare:
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Yesterday, 06:51 PM
Today, one of the girls called me up to tell me that the results of the nuclear stress test were fine. I asked her, "Then why am I glowing in a light...
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Yesterday, 06:51 PM
Hey golf, Can you give us some specs, like nut width, neck width at fret 14, body depth (look like maybe 3"), and weight? Also, how would you...
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Yesterday, 06:47 PM
I like the G 6/9 that Jeff's arrangement ends on. Really looking forward to hearing your take of Jeff's arrangement Mick.
We should also start...
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Yesterday, 06:46 PM
You sound like you know a lot about using MS. I've written about 75 big band charts on MS, but don't know how to send them to people. You know how to...
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Yesterday, 06:36 PM
I better keep doing both, or my chops will fall apart!
I wasn't referring to the Romaine comment, I was referring to you're suggestion to have the...
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Yesterday, 06:31 PM
The ones I recall was a like new super high end prs with the case and all cards and whatnot that went for $4500 several years ago. And back about 10...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
The thing Romain was doing was the first beat of every four measures.
Anyway, it sounds like you were asking a question to which you’ve already...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
The numerous times I've played "Solo Flight" in concert with a big band, I always practiced for it by playing with the recording, but I'm not talking...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
I had a Gibson with a sticky neck. I bought it new and used both the naptha trick and the 3M Scotch-Brite pads previously suggested. The abrasive pad...
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Yesterday, 06:22 PM
See post #13.
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Yesterday, 06:12 PM
They're not presented online played in perpetuity, so that would be impossible. It means a bit more work copying out the notes into MS, but once...
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Yesterday, 06:04 PM
This really isn't the case with 16th note exercises at above the tempo of 200bpm. It's playing it back so fast that it reveals every weakness in your...
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Yesterday, 05:48 PM
You can use CA glue even StewMac recommends this, but you have to wax off the fingerboard. In an ideal world the frets would just get hammered in or...
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Yesterday, 05:48 PM
After keeping the guitar out on a stand for several days, playing it daily, and wiping it down times a day with a clean microfiber cloth, I am...
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Yesterday, 05:43 PM
Yeah, that's what I'm getting at.
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Yesterday, 05:36 PM
Let me say that I'm talking strictly in terms of technical studies that have nothing to do with playing jazz.
Many people have recommended not using...
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Yesterday, 05:33 PM
I suppose, since the OP was talking about technical studies, and not learning a Charlie Christian solo, it might depend on the particular technical...
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
Getting closer to completion.
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
Yes, 'bluez' jams. Everyone's in charge of arranging the tunes how they want. The tune will just be called. And there will be a suggested key, that's...
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
Sorry, I forgot these are "bluez" jams.... What about the tempo? The "melody" (more like a riff) is meant to be played fast.
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Yesterday, 05:01 PM
I am certainly the Charlie Parker of schadenfreude….
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Yesterday, 04:58 PM
Good point, an electronic score is going to be artificially rigid, and lacking the subtleties of a musician's rendition because how they play/phrase...
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
https://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/files/video/tristano/crothers-q3/crothers-q3-640-20-700.mp4
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
There will be overlap in the styles of the tunes sir. If you want to do something unique, then you call the tune.
No, that caused too much...
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
Hey!
I'm drunk atm and got a drunk idea.
Bad notes are like trying to give up alcochol!
How to practice to NOT do something? A good answer...
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
Here's one more for turns. This time with intervals. Slapped some music on their too. I'll post a pdf shortly.
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Yesterday, 04:44 PM
Which is of course another 12 bar blues, generally played fast. Will it be too young to drink adult beverages? (minor)
JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam...
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
What's the highest closing bid you've seen on a Good Will guitar? I don't exactly recall, up to $3k I think.
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Yesterday, 04:24 PM
Thanks, I do really appreciate feedback and insight into how these videos land with folks. I’m always caring about listeners, yet my best work is...
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Yesterday, 04:24 PM
This big-bodied Lang guitar from a quite short period between the early to mid 1960s, in pretty good condition, was offered privately last autumn for...
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