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Today, 10:16 PM
Ok, having my old fashioned, headphones on.
Louis Prima transposed to C.
C6 | C6/9 | C Ebdim7 | Dm7 G7|
Dm7 G7 | Dm7 G7 | Dm7 G7 | C6
C7 |...
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Today, 09:37 PM
I thought I'd try something like Freddie Green-type comping. As someone who spent 50 years supplying bass and rhythm with my guitar – think oom-chunk...
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Today, 09:35 PM
So do I. He's very specific about some of he things he likes and dislikes (like the big/high frets) and it's very easy to hear which guitars do his...
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Today, 09:29 PM
Ramirez1A scale length has been 665 for a few decades, prior.. 650.
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Today, 09:00 PM
I know many hold the Gibson L-5 in very, very high esteem, and rightly so. The Golden Eagle is similar and different, too. It has the Citation...
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Today, 08:59 PM
Hello, sorry to come in a little late but I was excited to find this thread. I'm a relative beginner to jazz guitar, though I've been playing guitar...
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Today, 08:50 PM
Probably sounds like a humming bird behind your ear
EDIT: wait do you mean you’re playing 8th notes at 320, with the metronome clicking on 1 and 3...
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Today, 08:48 PM
That modulation to ii in old swing tunes is pretty common, so the C7 makes for a nice pivot chord with all the common tones to Em7b5 though
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Today, 08:40 PM
Lol, yeah...7:30pm here...about time for an old fashioned and some headphones. Dog is still on school year time, she'll wake me at 5:15 to go out:)
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Today, 08:39 PM
I just discovered one by Sarah Vaughan too!
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Today, 08:34 PM
Oh, I see. Yes, his cover made the composition very popular. It's great to know that it uses those chords specifically. I've seen Dm7 Fm6 sometimes...
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Today, 08:25 PM
The Reaper DAW has a function that allows for each member of the band to set their own mix with their phones. Maybe this would be of interest.
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Today, 08:21 PM
I only like it because I learned it that way, from Louis Prima's version...which is in Ab actually!
I'll take a look later or tomorrow and chart...
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Today, 08:13 PM
I don't think the progression is that. I think it is:
{F-or-Dm7} {Fm-or-Bb7} {C-or-Em7} A7 Dm7 G7 C
I've seen it many times and I'm never sure...
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Today, 08:09 PM
160, metronome click on 1 and 3.
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Today, 08:08 PM
Are you working from a particular arrangement? Is this group focusing on a particular arrangement or working on making an arrangement? I've seen a...
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Today, 08:08 PM
But I've seen the A section resolve to C, B section start on C7 (suggesting an F target), then A7 Dm to form the complete two-step minor cadence...
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Today, 08:03 PM
Maybe this explains a weird experience I had one time on a BB gig where on the stand, the band was mic'd. and sounded like crap from where I was set...
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Today, 08:02 PM
All I was thinking is that if the progression is C7 A7 D7 G7 C, would you want to think about C7 (bearing in mind that Em7b5 is a rootless C9) to A7...
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Today, 07:59 PM
He says it on his teaching website:
Heritage Guitars
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Today, 07:56 PM
Oh, I see what you mean now, thanks.
Yes, the hammer-nail saying is very true, painfully.
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Today, 07:55 PM
Youre playing 16ths at 320?
Mr Holdsworth? Is that you?
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Today, 07:52 PM
Sure I guess so. C7 is a fine sub for Em7b5 and vice versa, but you can make anything a ii-V if you think hard enough.
To a hammer, every problem...
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Today, 07:51 PM
No, he isn't.
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Today, 07:47 PM
Oh I should do that, then I can give them the “in jazz, we play in all 12 keys” bit.
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Today, 07:38 PM
A horn player once asked me if I couldn't provide a little more "low end" in Eb. This was before Boss invented the polyphonic OC3 octave pedal. He...
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Today, 07:34 PM
I can see all of this. Thanks!
Do you refer to this?
I see G7 = Bm7b5, C7 = Em7b5. In fact, for half-diminished, I've been practicing a...
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Today, 07:32 PM
Yeah, puts them in C#, ouch!
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Today, 07:21 PM
Thanks, mucho!
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Today, 07:21 PM
Sale pending
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Today, 07:21 PM
Have you posted this because you like Dm7 Fm6 C A7 Dm7 G7 better than what I wrote? I'd like to learn why. I only chose Bb7 over Fm looking at the...
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Today, 07:20 PM
OK, I understood the OP was asking about parallels between improvisation and speech in general. When talking, I do tend to "jam" in the same way I...
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Today, 07:20 PM
It's definitely not a crutch. I used to play this exercise at 320bpm with a metronome, but because it falls on a different part of the four parts of...
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Today, 06:50 PM
With my big band I wear custom-mold earplugs with a -25dB filter on the side away from the band (pretty much always my right) and a solid plug on the...
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Today, 06:50 PM
It was precisely THIS interview that pissed me off about Wynton forever. I read it when it came out and formed my opinion. Then. I just read the...
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Today, 06:43 PM
"Mick, just to reiterate after lawson-stone mentioned it, that this is a playing thread. I could easily write out ten arrangements of Rainy Day but...
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Today, 06:38 PM
Keep in mind kids, if you ever call Straight No Chaser in B, you're going home with a tenor sax wrapped around your neck.
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Today, 06:33 PM
Well said.
I will post this tune even if it's late.
I've done the work, but it ain't real until you can perform it live for an audience, or...
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Today, 06:20 PM
If the change were C to A7, it would be pretty common.
Same for C to E7. Pretty common.
Changing the C to a C7 doesn't seem like that big a...
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Today, 06:08 PM
You're actually on your way. Your use a lot of open strings, but it's your sound and it defines who you are as a musician. Don't change that.
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Today, 05:58 PM
Those last 4 bars...
ii iv / I VI7 / ii V /I
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Today, 05:49 PM
Keys don’t matter
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Today, 05:46 PM
Yes, muting strings, no open chords...
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Today, 05:09 PM
I really like the tone on your guitar. Nice playing.
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Today, 05:09 PM
alpop, you can always post a recording of Rainy Day this coming week. There's really no time limit to posting recordings it's just that we move to a...
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Today, 04:41 PM
Never heard of it but if I apply it to my own neck regularly will I become a virtuoso?
Or just not have a sticky neck on very hot days? I guess I...
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Today, 04:37 PM
I've seen this in the minor blues turnaround F7 E7 Am, key of A minor. It's the first time I see a Bb7 A7 Dm(7), key of C. But it looks and sounds...
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Today, 04:18 PM
Hello Everyone,
I'm currently working on wrapping up sales on my L5. I appreciate all your kind words and interest!
Best,
Allen
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Today, 04:16 PM
Useful insights, thanks :) Interesting re. bass motion and those two tunes.
In the key of C and in the key of A minor:
G7 E7 Am(7)
C7 A7...
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Today, 04:16 PM
Here is my arrangement (attached) - the chords anyway, obviously I wouldn't play it straight like this (oh, I forgot to add an intro to it, I'll do...
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Today, 03:58 PM
Thanks for the additional info!
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Today, 03:57 PM
So C7 and A7 don’t really form a ii-V because C isn’t the ii. Bb7 and A7 would be closer to the ii-V movement because that bVI7 chord is a pretty sub...
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Today, 03:48 PM
Good information, thank you
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Today, 03:47 PM
I've always liked Time After Time.
Not sure I'll get the current song recorded as I am recovering from 3 - 1 hour sets of bashing out rock n roll...
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Today, 03:41 PM
And here is my cheesy playing over a software generated backing track:
https://mega.nz/file/yEg2yZZD#q5UTXK_pxWtqUXTXsc77ggmK5kRYrNf2SeA3qtWN-ww
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Today, 03:40 PM
I'm looking at these changes:
C | % | % | G7 |
% | Dm7 | G7 | C |
C7 | Bb7 | A7 | Dm7 |
Dm7 Bb7 | Em7 A7 | Dm7 G7 | C ||
(The tune is...
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Today, 03:26 PM
Believe it or not but I have cured sticky necks just by using Virtuoso polish regularly on them.
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Today, 03:18 PM
Hello,
Here are some pics shot as the ones found on schlaggitarren website.
Body
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Today, 03:16 PM
I missed it!
AKA
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Today, 03:01 PM
Not a fan of in-ear monitors. I was in a project once that was considering in-ear for everyone... If in the future that happened again I would...
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Today, 02:58 PM
Prince was kicking record execs out of the recording studio when he was 19 years old.
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Today, 02:52 PM
Hell yeah I was at that show and saw jubu outside before they went on. Did you catch Lalah Hathaway at Yoshis last year? Legally Blynd was her rhythm...
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Today, 02:48 PM
I wonder if using a knob with a very small diameter might help.
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Today, 02:38 PM
Don’t know about the ‘X’.
In the seventies Gibson only started the regular serial number process after 1977.
The years before that numbers...
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Today, 02:21 PM
Thanks for the tips !
I always thought there was no solution to this problem on a Strat
As for the idea of wiring the pot backward, I won't go...
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Today, 02:19 PM
A few weeks ago, my 19pc band played a 379 seat theater at a local college. I'd guess the audience was around 250. The theater is used for stage...
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Today, 02:19 PM
What is the significance of the "X" on the back of the headstock and the unusual serial # (only the first two digits are gold)? Thanks in advance.
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Today, 02:13 PM
I am offering for sale or trade my 1977 Epiphone Sheraton.
Price : 4350 Euro.
I live in the Netherlands.
Made in USA (Gibson factory...
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Today, 02:08 PM
Always look for the silver lining, and try to find the sunny side of life. :encouragement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpRvuVOCJac
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Today, 02:04 PM
That's a generally accepted "truth" provided there's "all other things being equal" in there *). However, my question was about strings pulling an...
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Today, 01:57 PM
Actually, Jim Campilongo's favorite Tele is a 1959, not 1958.
From his website...
I have a '59 Fender Tele, three saddle, top-loading bridge...
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Today, 01:53 PM
My plan is to create a "silent zone" around me using ear plugs and/or in-ear monitors. I'll place my speaker in front of me to provide sound only for...
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Today, 01:38 PM
I play in two big bands, each of which has been around for decades and yet, they both still occasionally make major changes to the setup...
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Today, 01:36 PM
I do agree, although more in terms of a skepticism (plus one needs to remain skeptical about one's skepticisms), and my own take on tone woods would...
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Today, 01:35 PM
Hey Ray, were fine thanks, PM me and we can chat. I knew that guitar looked familiar. B
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Today, 01:31 PM
Ok, Stella part 1. This one will need a few visits.
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Today, 01:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwD4MuicYE&t=15s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtoYxqX49U
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Today, 01:24 PM
Remember this from 2010?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoBvj_Fk19o
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Today, 01:19 PM
Hi B. Hope all is well with you and L.
R.
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Today, 01:09 PM
Just plonk it on over to PixelGoober
Sounds like forking over for the extra functionality of Finale is a little easier.
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Today, 01:03 PM
Look on the bright side, the next one's in C :-)
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Today, 12:59 PM
To tell a good story or do a joke justice you need to be aware of where you're going and where you've been. There will be tension building and an...
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Today, 12:43 PM
You know you can shift text frames up and down with the arrow keys? You know how to not stretch shorter examples over the full page-width? You know...
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Today, 12:39 PM
Yeah, that’s why I chose it
Scrapple is more of a basic B jam sesh head. Probs more useful
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Today, 12:38 PM
Our blues for the week is Straight No Chaser, and our key is B.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJs2eCqhTN0
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Today, 12:37 PM
I mean neither was Sibelius… and that cost a lot more
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Today, 12:35 PM
There would be significant latency
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Today, 12:27 PM
Not surprising that this store wants to make a nice profit and I also don't think that this guitar will go to player either, despite it's proven...
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Today, 12:20 PM
They were a short run made about 12 years ago. B
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Today, 12:08 PM
Thank you. Favorite quotes of mine too!Weird about Tristano. I read that book about three times. Funny but I don't remember that.
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Today, 12:06 PM
Yeah. That's it. But you know. They just assumed I'd have known, which I should have. You don't talk about people in their own homes. Period. So...
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Today, 12:03 PM
That is correct.
"I'm not aware that tailpieces wear out but I suppose they can."
That is understandable.
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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 band Legally Blynd at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley a few months ago! They were cookin!
His style is influenced...
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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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