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Dominant V chord, written as V but pronounced "five". So the chords in G major are I - G major ii - A minor iii - B minor IV - C Major V -...

I have the mini humbucker ES-390. I love it. Have no complaints and if this is the form factor that you want you might not find anything better. ...

Or it’s a common alteration to the C major key (flat 6). A borrowed note from C minor. Or the Barry Harris maj-6 dim scale, and so on. each...

Alas, modelers are capable of putting out frequencies up and beyond 20k. One of the recommendations for modelers sounding more realistic is to put a...

He’s a stone rest stroke picker. Look for the swiping movement on ascending lines, more alternation in descent.

I don’t think so. But I found it really easy to switch to underhand. In fact I was able to do it immediately from Gypsy picking. So they are...

Yeah, that's another option - a "flat" speaker but no tweeter. Anyway I think it's possible to do a god tweeter design, it just takes more knowledge...

I would like to know what qualifies as good wood. (besides figuring). Seriously.

Agreed!

Ha!

Long and the short of it: Things that I wonder about: Is Reg's (from the forum) fundimental technique (the actual motion) that different from...

- I do hear a difference when I switch between a 1X12, 1X15, and 2X10 IR. Not drastic though. More of a tweak. Not like the difference in real...

If you have a G13 moving toward Cmajor and you decide to make it a G13b9, you play an Ab instead of an A. It's an adjustment of one note from the...

Jensen's stellar N12D speaker is a semi FRFR in that its response curve isn't quite linear. However, it extends beyond 10 kHz. Jack Z makes the valid...

Interesting about your experience with both grips. I wonder if you move the same way with each grip? As far as underhand vs conventional pick...

That's how I played 10 years ago. There's also a brilliant violinist here. I have to admit honestly that I never talked to him about theory-.I think...

Thank you Jeff. I appreciate the support and agree with your opinion. I’m only selling mine because, in my quest to reduce the weight of my gear, I...

I believe that this amp can manage a bass guitar very well. But I wouldn’t want to mislead you and I can’t promise that. I suggest you try contacting...

My opinion again, not trying to say i'm right and others are wrong but... A guitar speaker tops out around 5-6k. Even the ev which has more high...

well it’s just easy to do and useful so it’s a tell tale of that school of technique, and of rest stroke players in general. Tal Farlow, Dan Wilson,...

True, but having the hand under the strings and pulling the pick toward the hand with the downstroke does tend to favor (favour?) sweeping. I take...

Can this Henriksen be plugged in with a bass guitar?

I started rest stroke picking over a decade ago and give or take a few modifications that’s still how I play. I find it fits bop lines very well otw....

Here’s a YouTube video of someone playing it that clearly shows his hands. Hopefully this helps. https://youtu.be/99-dbW-kwag Sent from my...

So my early education with jazz guitar was the Berklee books and traditional picking techniques. Pick down on the downbeats, up on the upbeats....

Helliger… good luck with the GB200, I’m sure you will like it. From all comments it’s a well respected guitar. There are several 200 fans here. ...

I appreciate your reply! May I ask what is V7? Voice?:smile-new:

I have already written about him. My blind pianist friend...ear and practice.Unfortunately, he is no longer alive. ...

I think the point is to lock in to the grid like rhythm guitar. Players who do the down beat/up beat alternate lock thing tend to phrase a certain...

agreed, i had the first gen and now the bud 6.

I meant alternating picking. Personally I don’t see the advantage to alternate picking if I’m doing an ascending arpeggio. It seems like the hard way...

Jimmy - You should read Christian's #461. He can give me a headache but on this occasion thank god he knows his stuff. I hope he won't mind if I...

Many smaller dealers who used to carry several archtops have told me that prospective buyers will come in to try them, and then order online if they...

yeah I didn’t see him do it but it’s not like I’ve watched him for hours. By crosspicking do you mean ddu or alternating? The former works well...

Wow, I can't believe I missed the fret difference when looking at the specs. I thought they both had the same number of frets. I wonder if the 300...

Ok, let me check out some of his videos and see if I can tell if he’s sweeping or cross picking ascending arpeggios. Sent from my iPad using...

Btw I actually play both a bit like benson picking and trad pick. My impression is that the former is a bit more forgiving in terms of string...

Weird - the skb-20 is listed at 17.25 on other websites.

If I'm not mistaken the Friedman are FRFR cabs, they just look like guitar cabs (and sound, from everything I read). TBH, FRFR was bad already...

Yes his hand go up and down tho, he doesn’t seem to do the sweep thing so much.

SKB website says lower bout measures 17". It might be a wee bit narrow for the Triumph's 17 3/8" lower bout. But if you like snug, maybe ...

It functions as a V7. The bass note isn’t always the chord name. I’m not good with explaining theory and some guys here, I think they don’t even...

I do not know this. is this torture?

The problem is that the Saxophonist got the book as a gift from a musician who studied at a very famous jazz school. He had no interest in jazz...

The technique used is sweeping from low strings to high strings and cross picking from high strings to low strings. I got this from Rodney Jones back...

The reverse picking thing, I would say that's just a practice thing to get used to. Some people prefer downstrokes on downbeats for accenting...

Friedman released one that was heavy, but way better than the Alto. I presume it was a guitar specific colored speaker. I had one, sold it, even...

You insult me for no reason. This is simply not right. A jazz musician should have some humor. How old are you?

Use light tuners.

Good luck with the sale. That's an excellent amp for an excellent price. I've got the same amp and can't ever see selling it. Even more...

Corrected the typo, thanks for catching that. I forgot to add the inch in my conversion. Talk about distracted. :doh: I have played a few...

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What are you saying here? The way you've written it looks like: "I've never observed it, never heard of it, and think it is unlikely but leave open...

Yeah, that's the main complain about modelers - IRs are great for recording but not great for "in the room" sound, live or at home. I get by easily...

The new one sounds better. My first bud was the original Gen. It sounded very nasal and boxy to me and turned me off henriksen amps for a while. The...

How did the D13b5b9 get its name? Shouldn't it be an Ab chord? Rookie here of course :smile-new: root note is on the Ab, where would I play the...

I haven't kept up but didn't line 6 have a couple cabs like that? I happen to like open back cabs and I've found that there is no IR that captures...

Jack, I agree with you in general . for some reason I find my Mambo cabs similar to a guitar cab. FRFR works better in a big venue where you hear it...

This raises an interesting question re analysing jazz lines. So say I’m using standard jazz analysis and I see a lydian dominant line in a solo. ...

I just wanted to say that Cecil is a monster and has the most fluid technique of anyone in the bop style that I've seen.

Another option is Richie Zellon's Bebop Jazz Guitar course. I'd say it's pretty good. It focuses on jazz blues, his fingering system and certain...

My thoughts. Your milage may vary. FRFR is the "emperor's new clothes" . Once i switched my modeler to a pair of real guitar cabs, NOBODY can tell...

Red on sofa and far right burst.

We don’t need to use the word ‘likely’ because unlike jazz players of the 40s or whatever, we have a very well documented representation of what the...

Agreed. It still was most likely regimented based on their theory knowledge at the time.

These are the historical facts: Baroque composers did not have a theory of functional harmony. From 17th and early 18th century sources we know...

Never know what you are gonna find looking through old threads. The Mr. Sunnybass YT clips are great.

They obviously have complexes. That's the definition of a complex lol! When people embody false premises it creates internal conflict and...

“Nut width is 17.77mm” hope not ! Think you left out that one inch… 43mm…

Looks somewhat like playing songs/music domain vs. exercises and/or systematic method domain

Yes it does. Because 99% of musicians are dependent on some theory to gain command of the language. Therefore it's the rule on how people learn, not...

Ah, yes, the leftovers... :smile-new:

These are cool. I think I need to familiarize myself with noteperformer.

^ Very good example (Christian's post).

You guys are still here? Ima head out, can you put the leftovers in the fridge and turn on the porch light?

This does not necessarily follow. Counterexample: Baroque composers did not use functional harmonic theory (because it had not yet been...

Yes. I'm not sure it's a wonderful comparison but, if we consider music as a language, we all speak our native language pretty well. We don't think...

I'm just saying players' music following theoretical guidelines is evidence that they have some theory base. I'm not saying effective music is by...

here’s a bit of logic for you then yes, pretty much any non-free jazz players lines can be broken done in terms of scales and arpeggios so by this...

I agree, it seems that way. But the man himself, according to Kris, says no. It's a shame he's not here himself!

^ I'm willing to accept personal testimony that players don't know theory. I'm just saying his lines are scale and arp based so it's possible that...

Here’s six months worth of work, if not more. https://youtu.be/pqOi_u-SHdM

Look, we've been through this before, mostly on your original thread which got deleted. Pity, because all that stuff was thrashed out there. Kris'...

Alright let's get this over with. It's not going anywhere. You made up an idiotic thread title.

I don't need advice from some childish 70 year old lmao. I'm taking lessons with one of the greatest organists on the planet. You refuse basic...

I don't need to analyze because I know how you play - Jimmi have mercy. I'm just trying to explain something to you. Play in bands, play in clubs -...

What an incredible point you've made, kris. 1% of musicians can play by ear only. Even then it's still possible that they know some theory. Him...

I notice that multi instrumentalists often seem to find the guitar hard to read notation on… the quickest way fwiw is to learn the notes on the...

"zero theory'?What is this? The saxophonist told me he had a theory book but he didn't look at it.:smile-new: Have a nice time!

kris is scrutinizing my playing level to discredit my TRUE statements lol. And you're straw manning me. Where is the rationality? PS: my...

Is that for me? I read what you said, I believe you. No prob there at all. We're not really attacking you. That's paranoia. We're disagreeing...

Ambitious stuff! Sounds really good. Looking forward to hopefully hearing the longer composition.

It's just nonsense.

^ Zero theory most of the time means that the result will be the musician can't play at all. Why can't I clarify now? You can see how you're...

You don't need to tell Kris that! Before, you were saying that any playing at all was theory otherwise a person can't play at all. You DID say...

I kind of read music for fun? It’s quite nice to dig something out of the dusty recesses of the 5th Ed Real Book that no one’s called since 1974 for...

Did you listen to the saxophonist? Autumn Leaves: I recorded version in e-minor key in 1975 in radio- studio...It was a prize/recording in...

Real advice: theory or no theory if you want to be booked for gigs, try not to be unpleasant

^ Bring up totally rational truths to kris that some theory in addition to ear is essential for most musicians and he goes full retard due to his...

For a generally polite forum, this thread is an uncharacteristic bout of pecker measuring.

^^ This is something I have yet to get my head - or rather, hands - around, because I can see the potential for confusion there. Downstroke-escape...

Frisson it is! Seriously though, as I mentioned earlier in this never ending thread I personally learned to read many years ago when tackling...

If I spent 30 minutes a day on Beato Ear Training, I’d wind up hospitalized.

^ Is that your argument that 2+2=5? Where are the people who know zero theory? Oh yeah, they're less than 1% of musicians? Are you guys going full...

Wow what a choice you lucky basket. I've always preferred blonds. But that sunburst . . .

The other big difference is 20 vs 22 frets. That will make a huge sonic diff. The extra thickness on the 300 definitely makes feedback worse. The one...

How strange.

Due to that Change I can see all the books now Rob. :smile-new:

The app plays a short chord sequence ending on the tonic, then a single note, and asks the user to state the relationship of the note to the tonic....

Congratulations! You've arrived at an important gateway where every great improvisor is stopped and must break through in your head: Looking ahead....

Barney Kessel vibes -

International buyers: I have opted out of the expensive Global System that eBay has created with courier partners, and am now using the system that...

Aha! Ok so the even number of pick strokes a string thing is why I don’t see him making those tell tale swiping motions you usually see in rest...

I’ve heard him a few times on streams. it’s interesting that the first few times I heard him I didn’t think he was very good. In fact I think what...

Very strange. When I tap on the links for the individual Links I can see the book but when I click on view sellers other items nothing comes up. ...

I’m surprised at the number of international enquiries I’m getting, as books are very expensive to ship. I just assumed only UK guitarists would be...

That said there’s definitely some stuff you need tab is good for. I don’t disagree that it’s handy for anything very dependent on guitar fingerings;...

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And 2+2=5? :doh:

Eh? Why’s that? Do you get some sort of frisson from being disapproved of? ;-) Sorry I mean :-< What you do in the privacy of your own practice...

About playing the saxophonist: I've always wondered how nice he plays and he doesn't have a single theory book. Listening, jazz records, jam...

It's hard - so I'll be using my internal hearing.shreddin'

We made these recordings at home over 20 years ago. It was a so-called quick demo. All recordings are first versions without replays. The...

A basic jazz standard and you are assisted by notation...come on. I know these recordings. Virual jam---I mean. I meant something from a concert...

I'm going to sleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fywTkzoy6LU

Today I will show a recording with a saxophonist who plays by ear. You will have the opportunity to assess how much theory there is in his playing.

I just want to listen. Don't exaggerate with those rude terms...ok... You rejuvenate me every time. I was 15 and now 12.maybe you'll get to 0 and...

The small hollow body with cedar top and back will weigh less than my '61 Gibson SG Special.

Why? What does that have to do with me posting rationally and you posting like a dumbass?