I agree there is no end point in learning a classical piece. I once asked my classical guitar teacher from way back how long should I be expected to...
Play what you love and love what you play. You don’t have to know every chord and technique. Learn the chords and techniques for what you love. Don’t...
How certain are we that they always had steel strings, in fact? So-called classical banjos were gut-strung so the transition must have taken place at...
Yep. Really common to use the half-step between flat 7 and tonic too. So that’s E, A, and B respectively. You can just use the chromatic note between...
Brass is the "warmest" of the metal saddle materials. If you are still finding the guitar too bright, maybe you're not a tele person. The only other...
Thanks for the reply, could explain a little more of why " that IVMaj7 chord is actually the start of a dominant progression that leads us to the V7...
in this video, at 7.38 it's mentioned that using 3rd and 6th vocabulary is great to play on a blues. And this appears to be played at 2.35, 2.46 and...
Hi, thanks for the reply, I think basically in the same way as you. I found it interesting that you wrote:"Now you've got all white keys except Bb Eb...
This topic has been broached before. There's a thread called "Telecaster Love Thread, No Archtops Allowed" with 2255 entries as of 2024 06 13. There...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...