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Today, 09:26 PM
Hi Everyone,
I'd like to get this guitar to a new home before my upcoming move, so I am dropping the price here and on Reverb until someone takes...
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Today, 09:09 PM
Well now I'm intrigued with the L10. Didn't Chet Atkins play one?
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Today, 08:59 PM
That's weird because I had painter's tape leave a blue impression in a nice archtop. Aaron Cowles buffed it out.
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Today, 08:40 PM
It certainly can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to. To solo:
You need a song to play.
You need to be able to scat sing a solo you like. ...
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Today, 08:39 PM
I’ll just chime in quickly for now. Hammertone and Deacon have covered the bases pretty well. It’s really down to the individual guitar. Which exact...
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Today, 08:35 PM
LOL, maybe the guitar in the Reverb ad was actually owned by Michelle Bloomfield, no relation to Michael. :)
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Today, 07:50 PM
Yes, but entirely depending on the individual instrument and what your ears prefer.
As mentioned, the differences between Gibson's 17" carved...
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Today, 07:36 PM
As a rule, the harder the material the brighter the sound. So everything else being equal... steel will be brighter.
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Today, 07:28 PM
To elaborate … he’s asking how to conceptualize or handle that section of the tune. It doesn’t matter what chords go there in whichever variation,...
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Today, 07:26 PM
I agree. That's why I work jazz bluez and a handful of easy tunes constantly so I can work up all the different topics. Then I have deeper rep on the...
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Today, 07:16 PM
I am pretty happy with this, once I got over the listing photos
I am not concerned about non-originality. That helps keep it a keeper.
I'm...
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Today, 07:13 PM
Thankyou for your insight and wise words.
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Today, 07:13 PM
I think I understand what you're asking, but it would help to write out the exact changes you're considering, because the tune is played in different...
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Today, 07:03 PM
Yeah, good point,banjos would certainly have had hide heads, not sure if that affects the volume. I mean everything’s got a bit louder, horns… Selmer...
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Today, 07:02 PM
My 63 175 and 2005 L5CES were literally on my doorstep but I will have to travel to try these other instruments. I wouldn't purchase them without...
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Today, 06:59 PM
What I’m saying … it’s the same form
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Today, 06:57 PM
From a players' perspective, many times the same luthiers, the same or more modestly figured wood, or the amount of trim (and time it takes to...
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Today, 06:52 PM
Cool old ES-150 with every piece of hardware replaced.
All you need is a P-90 pickup riser, allowing the whole pickup to be raised and the six...
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Today, 06:46 PM
I could be wrong but it seems an L7 is talked about as an L5 alternative a lot more than is an L12. In terms of hierarchy I believe it goes, from the...
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Today, 06:43 PM
I had a 1938 L-10. It was a rare find and started by removing any urge I had to have an L-5. That bird in the hand completely de-mystified the L-5...
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Today, 06:39 PM
Rhythm is happiness. A pure one.
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Today, 06:33 PM
I have played many L7's that were sound wise better than typical L5's. You really have to judge each guitar and its specs individually. 1930'S L5...
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Today, 06:22 PM
So I got the fancy fingerboard elevator but the budget inlays (20 frets but highest dot is 15th).
I forgot, the nicer the guitar, the fewer the ...
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Today, 06:15 PM
But... all the chords tho! Just kidding and thanks for the advice. I even resorted to Chat GPT way back then to enlighten me about this and I pretty...
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Today, 06:15 PM
Thank you dconeill.
5G4341 in pencil visible through f-hole opposite controls. Not anything I can make sense of.
I have a 5-layer 60 degree...
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Today, 06:14 PM
It's indeed a process that requires proficiency in many different areas and in an environment like this forum, it's going to be even more "noisy"...
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Today, 06:11 PM
Ime they’re relatively heavy, relatively dull sounding, often have a metallic ringing sound coming from the bridge, when played acoustically.
Check...
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Today, 06:10 PM
Thanks
I've read about Jonathan Stout's quests and realise his goal has always been acquiring L5s (I believe an L12 on route). I love his playing...
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Today, 06:10 PM
Copyright claim is not a problem on YouTube, it just means that if there is money to be made they will go to the copyright owner, and that YouTube...
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Today, 05:59 PM
I would hope Jonathan Stout would chime in.
For me, it may just have been expectations or the lack of them, and that '37 L-7 that found me.
I...
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Today, 05:58 PM
But we need to know which form, not just assume we know. Also how fast he's doing it, and so on.
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Today, 05:53 PM
Yeah, she was off the wall, but because she was a beautiful, young woman, they listened to her and ignored my complaints and those from the...
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Today, 05:53 PM
That picture reminds me of that song by Spinal Tap. :biggrin-new:
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Today, 05:50 PM
You have to start easily, simply. Reading your list, I agree, it seems an insurmountable task. But the task isn't to master it all in one go,...
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Today, 05:49 PM
I think one name is missing here, even if he was born only in 1900 so maybe a little late in this context:
Roy Smeck - Wikipedia
An...
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Today, 05:46 PM
I had a Loar L5 that I had to sell many years ago. An L12 would definitely fill that void.
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Today, 05:43 PM
Blast it! Foiled again :)
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Today, 05:39 PM
You didn't mention rhythm.
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Today, 05:39 PM
Right, and those notes I mentioned, that's for "one note chords."
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Today, 05:37 PM
I have a problem with regards to learning jazz guitar and its been bugging me for a while. There is just so many facets to jazz guitar, one could...
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Today, 05:35 PM
"What’s interesting to me isn’t how good the AI song is, but how pathetic contemporary music is in general."
So would an AI deep fake of a...
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Today, 05:29 PM
It's a great question. the guitar is SO much quieter than the banjo it's hard to see how it could have caught on!
Here is what I know, FWIW. I've...
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Today, 05:28 PM
Thanks.
Are you saying the post war instruments are as good but different or better ?
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Today, 05:20 PM
So this would solve Allan's dilemma of what to play when he sees a funny altered chord symbol, right? Just ignore it and play Freddie Green type...
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Today, 05:20 PM
Post-war 17" carved Gibson archtops are usually quite different than pre-war 17" carved Gibson archtops. Typically, they are all excellent-sounding...
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Today, 05:16 PM
Thanks Mark and Hammer for your thoughts.
I'm looking in the UK. Not quite ready to fund a 30s L5 but there's one over here which is 12k and there's...
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Today, 05:11 PM
Mick-7
No, It’s mostly 1,3,5,6,7 and perhaps the occational 9. And of course some chromatics.
More 1 and 5 than I had expected, and more...
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Today, 05:00 PM
Gibson L7 vs L12 Vs L5? Differences?
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Today, 04:57 PM
I don't like many of his chord choices or combinations - e.g., voicings on the bass strings that sound muddy.
Here are chords I'd choose instead...
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Today, 04:54 PM
Yes. Yes.
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Today, 04:49 PM
My impression with "sound persons" is that they're all fans of house, rave or whatever the current version is called and try to make everything sound...
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Today, 04:27 PM
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Welcome to the forum! Congrats on your pending order. I gig out with my 1990 Benedetto Cremona built by Bob. I've played a few of the Savannah...
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Today, 04:25 PM
Sure, they could sound better on a case-by-case basis. Much the same as an L7. An L12, L7, L10 or and L4 can do quite well against an L5 for playing...
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Today, 04:14 PM
I have two amp handles with no amps to use them on, unfortunately. The black one was fitted for a very short period of time and looks barely used....
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Today, 04:12 PM
I bought this for a 5f1 champ that I ended up selling. Unfortunately, it doesn’t fit in my current amp (Swart Jr.) and I doubt that I’ll be buying...
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Today, 04:11 PM
Here are three references:
Gibson ES-150 - Wikipedia
The Original ES-150 | Vintage Guitar(R) magazine
Gibson ES-150 -...
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Today, 04:09 PM
I'll gladly watch Rick's interviews, they're great, but here he's getting dazzled and worked up about a bunch of repackaged clichés with slick...
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Today, 03:58 PM
I guess I'm thinking of medium and small sized business.
What will happen, or has already happened, is that businesses that need music will bring...
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Today, 03:57 PM
If one would like to, at sometime, own an early acoustic L5 before they shuffle off this mortal coil, and in the meantime a nice L12 came along,...
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Today, 03:46 PM
As you can read in the ad, this was recently refinished and is in dead mint condition as a result (except for a bit of fading on the pickup covers)....
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Today, 03:44 PM
That's the rub, people aren't in charge of business when it's a corporation. So, no matter what is good for the people, be it a 4 day work week,...
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Today, 03:36 PM
When you're using no amps and everything is in ear, you're at the mercy of the sound person. I did "Smoky
Joe's Cafe" (the show), for a whole...
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Today, 03:32 PM
Wish I felt the same way. However, the whole job of generative AI is to emulate humans based on what we have created in the past. Given the...
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Today, 03:23 PM
There was a whole industry called pre-press that was almost entirely shut down by Photoshop, Quark and desktop scanners in a matter of a few years....
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Today, 03:22 PM
I think actually simplifying the chord changes to their essence is a little more important. The Barry Harris changes are pretty useful in that...
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Today, 03:22 PM
I'm assuming this is in my response to my post.
I did watch the video and made references to what the guy was saying in my post.
There was need to...
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Today, 03:17 PM
I really should proof read before submitting a post.
I don't disagree. But I gather that the OP is in the process of mastering the form, and if...
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Today, 03:09 PM
Thats the rub. I think trying to make a key change or think about it as a modulation or something misses that second point you made. We’re trying to...
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Today, 02:55 PM
AJL guitars of Finland makes a Master 400 19" guitar based on the Stromberg:
AJL-Guitars | 19" Master 400
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Today, 02:53 PM
Try listening to a purely acoustic ensemble (pref. with singers) from the opposite end of a vast cathedral... It can be as if different wavelengths...
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Today, 02:52 PM
Yes, I have experimented quite a bit with using only my fingers and using different hybrid techniques.. My preference is to use the plectrum only....
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Today, 02:52 PM
What changes are you using there are a number of possibilities?
I like
/Bbmaj7 gmin7 / cmin7 f7/ Bbmaj7 gmin7/ dmin7 Dbdim /cmin7 f7 /Bbmaj7 Bb7...
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Today, 02:38 PM
I'll try and get over there Saturday Jack, though I am a bit concerned not having played one before, never mind owning one.
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Today, 02:28 PM
If you watched the video, you would see that even that small piece required shaping to fit properly into the rim. Making it longer would require...
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Today, 02:27 PM
It did not come with a pickguard. The black pickup covers and lack of pickguard are unique to this specific year (2013) and version of this series...
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Today, 02:24 PM
Nahhhhh. Like with a blues, the rhythm changes variants are all versions of the same basic motion. Not really necessary.
Bb for the first four,...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Rubber Grommet Bushing for Gibson Toggles
What a title for a concept album!
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Today, 02:18 PM
That's the problem there. Choice equals confusion. Thing is, there are not only variants for those two bars but variants for the whole thing. I can...
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Today, 02:07 PM
I guess there's nothing to do about advancing technology except to embrace it. I've been using drum tracks almost since I started playing music. ...
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Today, 02:03 PM
Yeah I know. I had a thread about this recently--sound to my ears on stage is very different from what the audience hears or is recorded.
It's...
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Today, 01:57 PM
Did it not come with a pg?
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Today, 01:55 PM
You have the most nuanced use of the pick. Have you ever considered adapting the right hand to play fingerstyle, not classical necessarily, but a...
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Today, 01:39 PM
Thank you for your kind words. You are spot on about having a classical influence as classical guitar is my background :)
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Today, 01:20 PM
3rds, 7ths, 6ths, those are the most important. Roots and 5ths less so, as the bass is likely taking care of those. Occasional chromatic passing,...
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Today, 01:07 PM
One could certainly improvise by ear without knowing what the chord progressions are. Do you know what they are, have you referenced charts of the...
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Today, 12:52 PM
Electric guitar players have been in love with textures for as long as I've been listening--certainly one of the appeals of "Rumble" was Link Wray's...
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Today, 12:47 PM
The only criteria is swing style rhythm guitar. No rules, no songlist, no assignments, just play, or play and talk about discoveries, transcribe,...
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Today, 12:32 PM
Cool, I'll have to take that lick and use it in Girl From Ipanema
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Today, 12:11 PM
I wrap the cut ends of the foam “noodles” with blue painters’ tape..
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Today, 11:56 AM
Well if you’re playing Donna Lee and Scrapple at the same tempo, whatever that tempo may be, then those two measures are probably the hardest of the...
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Today, 11:40 AM
I'm definitely treating is as a rhythm guitar free for all.
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Today, 11:38 AM
Who said anything about 200bpm. Don't think so highly of me.
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Today, 11:22 AM
I'll let Mr. Beaumont answer but, I'm planning to post a new song today or tomorrow; In a Mellow Mood.
I think it's fun to see others' approach to...
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Today, 11:16 AM
Significantly
m5-7 of the B section, at 200bpm, will eat you alive
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Today, 11:07 AM
How does this thread work? Is there a specific tune being worked on for developing rhythm parts? Or is it just a more free-wheeling discussion? I...
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Today, 11:05 AM
Harder than Donna Lee?
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Today, 11:03 AM
RC is I vi ii V, there ain't no modes here. That's making it too hard.
Major 7 if you want a swing sound, Dom 7 if you want it more modern,...
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Today, 11:03 AM
True. That bridge is super tough though.
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Today, 10:56 AM
Nitro is super fragile lacquer. I was playing my guitar once with a T-shirt on with a decal on it. The T-shirt stuck to the guitar and deformed the...
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Today, 10:44 AM
Yea... if you haven't been schooled on basic functional harmony as in the direction of Equenda... get it together.
It's kind of like one of the...
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Today, 10:39 AM
I thought from your first post you were turning on some Count Basie and just winging it, which like Jeff said, would be starting at the end. But it...
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Today, 10:21 AM
Probably no harm in putting a cushion beneath the pickguard - I just figure the main objective is to fill the void between the top of the guitar and...
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Today, 10:19 AM
beautiful
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Today, 10:11 AM
Interesting idea about the foam pipe, though I'd still be a little nervous about reaction with nitro - the one time I had bubble wrap imprint a...
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Today, 10:03 AM
Yeah if there’s two chords in a bar, I’m not playing two chords in a bar
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Today, 10:02 AM
The method/amount of packing has been discussed extensively on the forum.
If you're going to pack the headstock so much that it's completely...
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Today, 10:01 AM
Here's a classic story you might find handy in the future, Mark.
There was once a world famous milliner in New York whose hats were worn by...
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Today, 09:57 AM
A section of RC? Blues or all I and V. No need to overcomplicate it, it's going by too fast.
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Today, 09:43 AM
What a lovely Tribute. I love the Dragonfly. I have a Japanese katana adorned with the Dragonfly motif. Lots of Japanese symbolism regarding this;...
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Today, 09:42 AM
No need to move on! You're both right, really.
Could Freddie improvise these parts? Almost certainly yes.
But do they adhere to the chord...
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Today, 09:41 AM
You probably haven't made the following mistake, but I have, so I'll just put it out there.
When copying down the serial number of a device, I...
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Today, 09:35 AM
I'm not sure if I'm working with the same changes you are but the piece is primarily centred around one tonal area using secondary dominants to take...
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Today, 09:34 AM
The Barry Harris move is I think the easiest to wrap my head around.
Bb7 for one bar and then Eb7 for the next.
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Today, 09:21 AM
Beautiful and thoughtful working of that gem of a tune. You've got a really nice touch on the instrument, a lot more going on with the right hand...
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Today, 09:13 AM
I have the Leavitt Classical Studies book from back in the 70s when I went to Berklee. There are a number of Kreutzer pieces in there. I still play a...
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