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Today, 04:13 PM
Well, I just got it and brought into the house a great guitar I will give and update in a bit. Someone should buy the American Eagle for sale quite a...
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Today, 04:07 PM
Seems not a crack in the spruce top but just finished damage, right? Also, I just got back from a road trip to the shop. I played the 17 blond...
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Today, 03:54 PM
Wooden bridge, flats, soft picking.
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Today, 03:49 PM
my Amplified Nation amp has been repaired by then and is on its way back to me, but won't be here till next Wednesday.
Tim Miller describes on the...
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Today, 03:46 PM
I’m going to pick up a new (to me) guitar. Is there any way to insure that there will be room in the overhead or that they will allow me to carry it...
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Today, 03:46 PM
The Breton Stripe :
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Today, 03:37 PM
Well, that's annoying now that I hear it... It's like strumming a comb. I never noticed I was doing that. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Today, 03:33 PM
For no real reason I listened to the first ELP album yesterday. I was a HUGE ELP fan in high school--wore out all their albums, though I never saw...
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Today, 03:30 PM
Something you may want to consider is not making contact with your right hand on the strings every time your hand comes up. From about 45 secs on...
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Today, 03:24 PM
Thx a lot! I started shedding jazz blues all the time in 2021. It was giving me a fit with the phrasing of the 1,4,5 chords but then the quick...
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Today, 03:20 PM
I can say that my Campellone Special is the finest guitar that I have ever owned! Anyone on the fence for a good deal on one, don't hesitate when the...
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Today, 03:09 PM
...and then the eighties came along...
My favourite pop songs of the eighties (jazz chords in there) :smile-new:
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Today, 03:03 PM
I don't know if you'd call that a Florentine blonde but fortunately it's not a Venetian one :cool:
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Today, 03:01 PM
have you done any clean clips with it? I was wondering if it could get a good clean sound.
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Today, 02:56 PM
Improvisation can also be a process of distillation - sometime unknowingly. If you play the same tunes night after night on a tour, this does tend to...
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Today, 02:45 PM
I think composition was the real strength of these groups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3NUBlm5GvQ
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Today, 02:43 PM
The Wes Mongomery in Paris live recordings made in 1965, where his playing was very similar to the studio versions, is another example of this.
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Today, 02:43 PM
Wouldn't most people assume that that's a superfluous notation for playing a regular triad, i.e. wouldn't you want to make it clear that the third is...
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Today, 02:39 PM
Yes
The Zach Meyers can hold its own with any of my expensive guitars. I have liked everything with the PRS 24.594 scale length that I've tried....
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Today, 02:37 PM
Yeah, I'm sure everyone's noticed the top crack on the 18" Special - obviously, someone shipped it with the pickguard in place and the volume pot...
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Today, 02:34 PM
Hi Jack,
Purple is one of those colors either love it don't like it at all.
I'm one of those people who love it and I guess you are on the...
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Today, 02:34 PM
great actor yes, but that was a mimed video
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Today, 02:20 PM
Tablature and chord grids mofos
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Today, 02:20 PM
This was my favourite from that same album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoyCeFgxte8
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Today, 02:13 PM
There's the real truth of it.
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Today, 02:09 PM
Hi jumapari,
Same answer than mickmac and pingu, I play an AG95 and I installed a wooden bridge and TI flatwound strings.
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Today, 02:00 PM
I think Hatfield and The North's influence on some modern group jazz can be heard as clear as day. Phil Miller was a fantastic musician and composer....
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Today, 01:52 PM
Christian Miller?
Paging Christian miller.
Christian Miller, please report to the thread for an unsolicited lecture on modern use cases for...
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Today, 01:45 PM
I've picked up a lot of useful concepts from learning about engineering and woodworking. Great craftsmen will show you their successes, not their...
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Today, 01:11 PM
I could be wrong but the 610 with a pickup is $2.400.They are great guitars.GLWTS.
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Today, 01:08 PM
Each of us has a zone within which mistakes don't happen, but beyond which mistakes may happen. The whole idea of practice and rehearsal is working...
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Today, 01:05 PM
That's probably right. If you're arranging you can write the specific voicing on the bar.
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Today, 01:04 PM
Rob, I'm looking forward to hearing your playing and your fine brogue again soon. As we say over here, I'll light a candle for you.
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Today, 12:51 PM
:rolleyes: I think too many people hear with their preconceived notions or "stuff they've read on forums" than with their ears...
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Today, 12:48 PM
I had a question I thought you might be able to help me with since the information you provided in the past was so helpful. My Tri-Sound selector...
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Today, 12:38 PM
Even on YouTube they don’t sound very good
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Today, 12:28 PM
That’s a $2400 plus instrument in today’s market for anyone interested. I owned a 610 a year ago and they’re everything I’d ever wanted in an...
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Today, 12:25 PM
do you know the difference between this and the 800? I had an 800 that i loved. If they are basically the same guitar, i'm interested...
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Today, 12:16 PM
I guess he does not want to play Debussy but use Debussy voicings in a jazz context.
The Influence of Claude Debussy's and Maurice Ravel's Music...
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Today, 12:08 PM
Probably not man, if you're playing Debussy you should know how to read.
C5 works because power chords are so common with guitar, but non...
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Today, 12:07 PM
oh man, if it was any other color I'd be on it!
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Today, 12:02 PM
unless you’re extremely layed back
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Today, 11:59 AM
yes a wooden saddle
(rosewood is a rounder sound than
ebony which is a rounder than a tune o
matic metal saddle setup)
next step is flatwound...
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Today, 11:58 AM
https://youtu.be/Ml6S2yiuSWE?si=ALh_VDzjqXVRqSs-
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Today, 11:53 AM
Far south side, Mt. Greenwood neighborhood. Almost the burbs but a city address for work, I teach in Roseland. Grew up in Brighton Park, so all...
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Today, 11:46 AM
So, is there a chord symbol for a 4th "chord"? - C4 (C-F) rather than C5 (C-G), I'm thinking of Debussy's chord = C-C(8va)-F
Maybe C4/C ? -...
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Today, 11:38 AM
Another good listen for Prog lovers (imo).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54kRcfVFxvw&t=10s
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Today, 11:37 AM
There's this website
Freddie Green Style: Transcriptions
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Today, 11:35 AM
Are transcriptions of Freddie Green or other good rhythm guitar players accompaniment available? It would certainly help us understand what they're...
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Today, 11:35 AM
Someone, somewhere in some early page of this thread, mentioned American Minimalism.
Check out this song: min. 2:10 - 2:40. Sounds to me like Steve...
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Today, 11:34 AM
Thanx for posting.
Ukrainian Village? Logan Square?
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Today, 11:32 AM
And you've never felt that way before, right? ;)
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Today, 11:21 AM
Im going to play each one in twelve keys. So I’ll be back around to see shortly
and yes. Definitely anyone can post clips there. That would be...
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Today, 11:19 AM
That wasn't a dig, it's a perfectly fine archeological thread on Gershwin's changes. CharlieParker wants to post clips and get feedback and I think...
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Today, 11:18 AM
Was posting listening as of late, but YouTube links were wonky, try again later...
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Today, 11:17 AM
Anyone remember this album? I got it as it came out back in the day...
I love their composing and playing (especially from min. 5:44).
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Today, 11:14 AM
Be patient, my man. I’m on Db in my first pass through. A few more days and I’ll throw something up there.
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Today, 11:13 AM
Summer of Rhythm … Changes?
There's this thread, but nobody is posting themselves playing... yet. I'll help you hijack it from the theory heads...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Iput a ebony bridge saddle on my AG95 ... It made ahuge improvement,Solving a similar prob lem . mickmac
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Today, 11:06 AM
I'm not sure this can be considered the urtext for the song? Seems like it's own separate instrumental feature. Cool though.
I love the film you...
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Today, 11:02 AM
Just play a Db in bar 6, bruv.
It'll be fine.
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Today, 10:57 AM
i got a refret done on an oldhofner president
archtop
it came back with ss frets (i didn’t ask
for them)
I thought well ok let’s try them
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Today, 10:36 AM
Boy, this reminds me of the brilliance of Mickey. This has been said before but i'll say it again.. There is nothing he couldn't do.
What an...
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Today, 10:33 AM
Lady of the Evening, that's a good one. Paul, The EarRegulars stuff is all great too.
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Today, 10:25 AM
Vinny:
These post make me want to order a guitar I don't need..........
but want none the less!
Greg
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Today, 10:16 AM
Mellowtonin musings.
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Today, 10:16 AM
Birthday suits :smile-new:
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Today, 10:13 AM
All the best Rob ... wishing you a full recovery from this deeply unpleasant sounding illness.
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Today, 10:08 AM
Wow! Great lines and voicings. You know your way around this one.
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Today, 10:03 AM
Common in the second pass through I Should Care, though in that case works as part of a back cycle too.
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Today, 10:01 AM
I dunno we've had some on here. Also I think Mark Levine's Analysis of Just Friends (from the Jazz Piano Book IIRC) which is like this. Maybe that's...
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Today, 09:56 AM
Aha my favourite sub
Usually it's used as a sub for the first I chord in a ABAC tune, often on the second repeat. For example IIRC Ted Greene uses...
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Today, 09:40 AM
I thought I'd heard somewhere at one point he'd stumbled upon changing from an ebony clothespin to a pine one, but still keeping the stainless steel...
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Today, 09:33 AM
That bands great.
I hear you stay at Eb7 and don't have the weird RB F7 turnaround. I should drop that, I don't think I hear it on the Ellington...
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Today, 09:16 AM
yeah I fancy one of those ….
(scale length , fingerboard radius ,
semi hollow , nice looking , wraparound
bridge)
can you get a nice clean warm...
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Today, 08:55 AM
The tricky thing is that G is not tonic here. The whole tune is more like a bluesy modal harmony though it involves typical function ii - Vs (I think...
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Today, 08:54 AM
Possibly the easiest way to check for sound differences not due to fretbuzz or other artefacts: get a ZeroGlide nut with the upgrade SS 0-fret set....
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Today, 08:35 AM
I ordered my Raines Tele 7 with SS frets and have had it for a few years. The main problem with SS is that it requires different tools and...
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Today, 08:02 AM
I hear a bit of Sing Sing Sing in the beginning as well. :cool:
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Today, 07:26 AM
This is it exactly. When I had my #1 tele refretted a 2nd time, I went with SS because I love this neck, and didn't want to have to refret it again...
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Today, 07:13 AM
In her tune "Mother of the Dead Man" Carla Bley uses the #ivm7b5 IM7 move in both directions.
at bar 5 it goes Gmaj7#11/B to C#m7b5
and then...
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Today, 06:59 AM
Great job Paul. arrangement too sounds awesome.
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Today, 06:18 AM
the only drawback is that they’re very difficult to work with from the installer’s standpoint
some people say they are too bright sounding, but I...
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Today, 06:12 AM
Actually, after posting the images, I noticed a broken solder point, so I‘ll try fixing it and hope this is the problem :smile-new:
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Today, 05:44 AM
or maybe not dumb enough. like most folks you seem to overthink the matter. i'll go out on a limb and say you're an adult. so you'll most likely not...
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Today, 05:26 AM
I would not be too structural... it is music.
Structural approach is important with the basics (like you have to play basic chord shapes, or basic...
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Today, 05:05 AM
Hi, great thread about a great amp! I own 2 G100. 212 II and a mark III. Now the input Jack on the mark III is failing.
Does anyone know where I...
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Today, 05:03 AM
Learn tune
Steal lines
Make those lines your own
Repeat
Die
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Today, 05:00 AM
I just had my Mensinger guitar re-fretted with stainless steel frets, changed a mediocre guitar to a very good one.
They never wear, no more...
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Today, 04:55 AM
Totally depends on the guitar. Both are lovely.
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Today, 04:39 AM
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Today, 04:06 AM
In this case, it means that the back is carved from solid wood as opposed to being pressed from laminated wood. It is pretty standard for the carved...
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Today, 02:48 AM
Lydian tonic.
In G major
C# (#11), B (3), E (13), G (root).
If it sounds as a tonic or not depends on the context and chord position,...
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Today, 02:40 AM
Mellotone is one of my favorites
I've posted this one before in another thread, but here's an older clip of me playing that tune with a terriffic...
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Today, 02:31 AM
The sound of course!
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Today, 02:14 AM
Thanks very much and I agree about the headless guitars. It's hard to get older players to try it.
I've had the Alan Holdsworth model as well....
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Today, 01:28 AM
FWIW to other readers, and probably a given fact not requiring repetition, but these are wonderful instruments. Playability, tone, aesthetics,...
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Today, 01:07 AM
I don't understand the "solid wood back" notation. I am far from an expert, but this looks like a two-piece back to me. Am I misunderstanding...
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Today, 12:54 AM
I've always seen them notated as (no 3rd).
For example, C (no 3rd).
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Today, 12:20 AM
In A Mellow Tone Rhythm Guitar
https://youtu.be/X6i6YCCfQ_U
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Today, 12:09 AM
That is exactly what the very nice young lady at Butler Music told me, and the very next day I spoke to the owner and got a very different story. I...
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Today, 12:04 AM
It’s hard to get people to try headless guitars,especially older players. But since I switched to Kiesel Alan Holdsworth headless model,I have a hard...
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Yesterday, 11:42 PM
Good thing you took those requests for c jam blues….
https://youtu.be/UMmTED8oc20
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Yesterday, 11:23 PM
Went back to listen to Munisteri again...
Playing a lot of drop3 stuff, like I've been mostly doing. Not much in the way of reharmonization, some...
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Yesterday, 11:14 PM
That's what I'm saying...it's not really a sub or a reharm...just doing what I can to have pleasant movement on the 4th string.
As for what Flory...
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
I owned the exact same guitar 30 years ago. It was a terrific guitar and one that I have a lot of fond memories of. I have no idea how many they...
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Yesterday, 11:07 PM
What an incredible recording in that space.
I've also seen them with Josh Dunn. Look him up on you tube.
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
Hey, Ray Charles stole that bass-line for Hit the Road, Jack! :numbness:
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Yesterday, 10:56 PM
It's a gypsy jazz guitar with Argentine steel strings. I just always play this guitar, it would sound better on something else probably. I'm just...
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Yesterday, 10:52 PM
Nylon string guitar? I've never seen a pick-up like that before but I'm not a gear person so for all I know, it may be commonplace.
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Yesterday, 10:48 PM
I haven't quite figured out the Zoom recorder settings, it's plugged directly into the amp (headphone jack). I tripped over the 7#9 chord but...
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
Well, yes, but I had common lead sheets in mind, i.e., only melody and chord symbols.
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Yesterday, 10:40 PM
My contribution to this group. Let's keep it up!
https://youtu.be/d27IXqaz378
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Yesterday, 10:34 PM
Make it into one? The two chords are enharmonic, e.g., Dm7b5 (root position) = Fm6 (6th in bass).
But perhaps you mean something like this?
...
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Yesterday, 10:29 PM
You use some other representation, e.g., figured bass or tablature or (gasp!) music notation. The granularity of "chord symbols" is limited.
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Yesterday, 10:08 PM
But what to name it if you (a) double the 5th an octave higher or (b) invert that voicing? For example: (a) G-D-D(8va) or (b) D-D(8va)-G.
Debussy...
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
Munisteri's rhythm playing in that Ear Regulars video reminds me of John Pizzarelli's (especially in timbre) and Steve Jordan's, at least on the Ruby...
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Yesterday, 09:46 PM
Thanks for mentioning radio garden. Being of canadian decent I checked out the edges of humanity up there. In thompson manitoba they have bingo going...
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Yesterday, 09:16 PM
It might be worth contacting the owner of Guitars 'n Jazz. Also Doc Dosco although he seems to be somewhat inactive here.
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Yesterday, 09:00 PM
"Power chords" are properly played as the root and the fifth, two strings, two notes, so not really chords. :smile-new:
At some point people started...
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM
Yes, my Guild Savoy has a deep Venetian cut in all laminate of course.
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
Sweet! And no matter how hard he strums I still can't hear him! :rolleyes:
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Yesterday, 08:41 PM
The guitar was made no earlier than a year or two prior so the finish hadn't ambered yet.
I think it's Art Ryerson but I'm used to seeing him w a...
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Yesterday, 08:39 PM
I didn't recognize him either. But that L5 is so blond it's almost white!
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Yesterday, 08:36 PM
Mine has always been this . . .
But then I happened upon one of these and now I'm confused LoL . . .
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
I thought Judy Garland was a brunette :cool:
ps that's Paul Whiteman and Don Goldie his trumpeter on the left, don't know the guitar player w the...
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Yesterday, 08:09 PM
Dig jazz archeology
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Yesterday, 08:05 PM
^ Sounds good, that's the first clip I've heard from you. But why's it all wimpy and quiet? Jk. I hope that C7#9 chord didn't pounce you too badly.
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Yesterday, 08:03 PM
Oh, and one more thing, rhythm guitar is ABSOLUTELY thinking of the guitar as a piece of tuned percussion.
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Yesterday, 07:59 PM
Well, it's an example of one way to do it.
I'm a little surprised there's still confusion about what I'm after here, but yeah, I'm definitely...
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Yesterday, 07:47 PM
Buy a wig. It works for Pat. :whistle:
Yeah, sure. That's why we call it the "stars & hoops" :doh:
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
. . . of all things.
https://youtu.be/PNgK67nzv9k?si=IApDPR6VSxooZb9C
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
Ok, Bop Head didn't catch your edit.
Here's Gershwin playing IGR (in Db) a year after he composed the tune:
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Yesterday, 06:41 PM
I've had lots of Venetians, relatively few Florentines:
Early '60s L-4c
'63 S400CES
'64 L-5CES
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Yesterday, 06:35 PM
They have other inlays ...
Just a moment...
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
Okay then, someone needs to tell Amazon and other retailers, because I see shirts all over the Internet listed as stripped that look just like this,...
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Yesterday, 06:29 PM
I had posted that already in #22. Exactly the same engraving as in "Meet George Gershwin at the Keyboard" only different typeface for tune title,...
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
The AR6xy series are probably Eastman's best-sounding archtops in my opinion (the hog B&S tame their bright nature a bit) and this one has an...
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Yesterday, 06:01 PM
Good news all that!
I decided against suggesting not to take the bike for going to get that guitar on that other thread, but I guess here...
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
Here's the version I was referring to - Gershwin's own piano arrangement in Db.
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Yesterday, 05:46 PM
Huh? LOTS of luthiers and companies make 16s with venetians. Both carved and lams.
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Yesterday, 05:27 PM
Took off removable cast today and played first time seriously with pick. Did fine and really the only problem was shoulder out over the guitar for...
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