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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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Today, 09:11 AM
Watched last nights show from start to end and enjoyed it immensely. There was no piano player, so Mike Stern’s sound really helped fill things out...
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Today, 09:02 AM
CQ CQ
When the internet is crippled, ham operators have been an important part of emergency communications as has been proven.
Who can still...
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Today, 08:59 AM
Hi folks, I'm working on rhythm changes recently. How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars?
Some article says it's a modal interchange and the...
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Today, 08:52 AM
They are sturdy compared to the L-5. I have two (one on borrow). They are comfortable and definitely electric.
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Today, 08:44 AM
Headstock fractures almost always occur by uneven acceleration of the neck and headstock. The headstock pocket allows continued flexion while the...
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Today, 08:43 AM
Pawlowski.
I’m not shure how improvising could mean not to follow the progressions.
I guess my first post left the impression that I have no...
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Today, 08:43 AM
Great guitar. I have one and love it. A bit heavy and possibly overbuilt. For some reason they seem hard to sell. GLWTS!!!!
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Today, 07:56 AM
Nothing under the fingerrest (brace)?
I for one made a foam buffer that slips under and over that brace right up against the fingerrest that I put...
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Today, 06:28 AM
I think that's what you're hearing somehow but that's not what he's doing.
He's playing chords and following the progressions. He's not...
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Today, 05:17 AM
Before Eddie Lang, the guitar was mostly a parlour instrument, seldom found in jazz bands or dance orchestras. Lang had played banjo, from 1920 with...
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Today, 05:16 AM
In the U.S.A. pre-swing era gear wise there were of course the big two Martin and Gibson guitars/instruments being used. There were other lesser...
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Today, 03:02 AM
I find it handy to keep me first finger on the C note, 8th fret, high E string, when changing from Am7/G to F#m7b5.
Isolated practise indeed but...
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Today, 03:00 AM
It’s a free channel. You can learn the B solo if you like, but there’s no obligation.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 02:36 AM
Hi!
At the beginning of this video I play a single note solo over the "ALL OF ME" chord progression. I try to follow the changes using arpeggios,the...
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Today, 02:21 AM
Mick-7
What I mean:
If you distill the FG style down to the most audible, it’s the constant movement on the D string. Mostly going to primary...
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Today, 02:16 AM
More from the Bachman auction. The East German-made Musima Record is relatively unknown in the New World, but absolutely the best deal out there....
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Today, 01:57 AM
True. I don't have the guitar delivered yet.
Photos Thursday or Friday if they won't leave it Thursday because I left the house.
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Today, 01:22 AM
Not sure what you mean, I think you'd have to understand what he's doing harmonically to copy his style, the top voice of the chord will only give...
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Today, 01:00 AM
Long time SWL never got my ticket. Accidentally bought a good-working-condition Hammarlund HQ180AC on ebay a few years ago ... I didn't really think...
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Today, 12:59 AM
So many words, so few pictures.
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Today, 12:53 AM
In case anyone is curious about how this sounds ...
Stream Days of Wine and Roses with Les Paul 50s Tribute by John Albin | Listen online for free...
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Today, 12:46 AM
Apologies, but I am having zero results with forum searches, so I will ask a question...well, I'll try to start with only one.
I am awaiting...
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Yesterday, 11:55 PM
I wish! :whistle:
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Yesterday, 11:51 PM
I was studying to take the exam when covid hit and the exams were canceled I stopped studying and never got back around to it.
I like the old...
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Yesterday, 10:52 PM
I think Jim Hall plays it, or most of it, in "Live"
EDIT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62pCIkbI1Y
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Yesterday, 10:34 PM
Here's how I think of it. I'm not saying my way is the best way, it's just what I've personally arrived at.
I pretty much think of the 7th mode of...
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Yesterday, 10:29 PM
let me know if you ever feel inclined to check it out!
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Yesterday, 10:10 PM
My point is, I’d like to learn that part, and sometimes people play his B solo in the head. No matter what the Hal Leonard Real Book says.
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Yesterday, 09:38 PM
The luthier says himself that the side is only 3mm thick and the block needs enough gluing surface over a wider area for support (which isn't quite...
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Yesterday, 09:21 PM
This is about 15 minutes from me.
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Yesterday, 09:18 PM
How do people use this info? If you think, "I'll use 7th mode melmin", do you actively avoid the E natural so that it doesn't make the melmin more...
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Yesterday, 09:14 PM
Also, my next few posts will likely be text in nature...family in from out of town, and the prospects of having a semi quiet 5 minutes to make a...
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Any Class D amp will run for many hours on any available power supply. Class D amps are readily available, and most sound good enough.
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Yesterday, 09:08 PM
The location of the button depends a lot on the strap. I've been known to modify straps to work with already installed buttons. I do like them...
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
Welcome. Lots of posts about the tenor line coming up...I've made a lot of realizations after some more close Freddie listening.
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Yesterday, 08:40 PM
It’s Kirinite, an acrylic material. When I commissioned the instrument I explained to Wilkie that it would be a tribute to the memory of my daughter...
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Yesterday, 08:23 PM
My call used to be WB0IMI, but I let my license lapse when we moved into a condo.
Tony
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Yesterday, 08:15 PM
This whole thing makes me recall way back when still thinking about music.
Each and every nuance of what you hear, every little nuance carries a...
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Yesterday, 08:10 PM
Also pretty sure the first lick in it is wrong. Whoops.
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Yesterday, 07:52 PM
I'm with the humanity. I guess one day we might have a few different models that can jam together?
The folks who professionally make commodity...
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Yesterday, 07:44 PM
OP is long gone. He replied once on page 1.
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Yesterday, 07:33 PM
That's his solo over the B section. It's not the set melody. The head is solo for the B section.
PS: What do you see on the 4th bar of the bridge?...
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
Nice bug! What's the red stuff? (i've heaped enough praise on the rest of this already :)
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
Bill's no longer w us but his guitars live on....
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
All depends on what book you look at. Parker plays through the RC bridge on the recording.
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Yesterday, 07:24 PM
Mr. beaumont.
Thanks, I was hoping for an official invitation. :-)
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
In the 70's the Hanlon book along with William Leavitts Classical Studies for pick style guitar were being used by the jazz guys to develop their...
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Yesterday, 07:19 PM
Best way to judge is from you posting a clip of what you do.
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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
There is no B section. Melody-wise.Just Changes.
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Yesterday, 07:10 PM
Lookin' good man!
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
Bebop by Dizzy
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Yesterday, 07:01 PM
Thank you Mick-7 for replying.
I should have put my question in a clearer context.
Improvising like this means to play something that sounds like...
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Yesterday, 06:50 PM
The Blues.
"The Story of Jazz" by Marshall Stearns is a great read with many insights on jazz music generally and a few details on the guitar.
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Yesterday, 06:45 PM
I think you started with one of the "pie in the sky" end goals as opposed to actually going through the process.
So you are officially invited to...
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Yesterday, 06:34 PM
Oh, I see.... when you commit to a specific approach to voice leading, a la the descending bass line here, it limits your chord and fingering...
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Yesterday, 06:12 PM
Not sure if I qualify as a "real" guitarist, I'll have to ask one of my imaginary playmates and get back to you, however....
"can you point me to...
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Yesterday, 05:39 PM
Any hams on here? KQ4KVU
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
To OP.
I'm practicing All of Me now. When its finished, the world will bend all their knees!
.. not.
But there is that 3rd option, just...
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
Here's how I would get a rock/blues player started on changes if I were starting from the beginning:
1) Learn 7th chord arpeggios and be able to...
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Yesterday, 05:08 PM
This is not New York or west coast and prices adjusted for this, it even works when pricing a guitar to sell locally. In the midwest we do have...
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Yesterday, 05:02 PM
Hello.
As a classical wind player trying to learn how to do Freddie Green ( on guitar), my approach is probably backwards and not the best, but...
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Yesterday, 04:56 PM
I miss that man every day of my life. He was paying it forward before it was fashionable.
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Yesterday, 04:51 PM
Beautiful colour and woods!
I'm sure it would be just as suitable for many other genres! You speak in past tense, did you sell it?
Is...
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Yesterday, 04:47 PM
I was a student of Allen Hanlon back in the 70's and he had me use his book (I still have it). This is an excellent method to both develop your...
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
Wow, the Kreutzer etudes, that's a blast from the past for me!
FWIW, these are by the same guy to whom Beethoven's Sonata #9 was dedicated (and who...
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Yesterday, 04:31 PM
yes i owed a Cutaway 1953 granted it measure 18 3/4 but close enough to 19. Way bigger than my 18 inch right up next to it. He is a 33 year old...
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Yesterday, 04:10 PM
Interesting video but I don't think the strap button should be that high up. It creates a bad angle when wearing the guitar. Also the block, although...
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
I don’t know about all that. This is conceptually pretty simple.
Four arpeggios that work on the dominant.
Dominant played relative to the...
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Yesterday, 04:06 PM
Some current 19-inch offerings:
Moll offers a 19 inch
The New Yorker
I came close to grabbing a used one, but it was overseas, so I passed.
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
When Reg talks about "'harmonic organization" ... this is part of that toolbox..if you go through the inversions of these chords and play with some ...
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
2 repaired broken headstocks on Super 400's by Mark.
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
I am currently being mentored in bebop, which I have never really done much with despite playing for 40+ years (I don't generally care for bebop as a...
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Yesterday, 03:51 PM
$125! Please come to New York,a charge of $125 is just saying hello here.
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Yesterday, 03:47 PM
haha thanks!
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
You can definitely find a copy here: http://guitarheads.org/Guitarheads/bbs/download/file.php?id=1&sid=7f7576795fb55c4b8de692c238e07de2
-Scott
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
Nicely done,i enjoyed that very much.It doesn't get much better than John Barry.You have good taste in vinyl too!
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