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Today, 05:43 AM
That's a great post Mick. I just started a thread for the official study group for the book.
Would you mind posting this post in there? Just to...
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Today, 05:41 AM
This is the official thread for the Jeff Arnold Jazz Ballads book.
You can find the book on Amazon using the link below. For a quick start there's...
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Today, 05:12 AM
You started that poll in 2015. Nobody has commented since March last year. I would not call it current. And the jazz world is a lot wider and a lot...
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Today, 04:51 AM
I think he’s just using very heavy strings. At least 13’s. The sound is though the strings are very high tension.
Peoples idea of these guitars...
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Today, 04:48 AM
You wrote, "I don't know, maybe David Baily went home, put on some Beethoven, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled the evening away happily." I take...
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Today, 04:42 AM
Were did Joe Pass’s D’aquisto’s go?
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Today, 04:41 AM
Maybe, but it certainly appears the current Forum members know what they like.
If you had to pick one jazz style?
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Today, 04:35 AM
Arnold's rendition is rather tame.
In Barry Galbraith's version, he plays a symmetrical voicing in bar 6th that is cool:
6th Bar:
Am11: ...
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Today, 04:32 AM
Maybe it is too early to say.
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Today, 04:29 AM
It is not a genre, but a characteristic of British films of the sixties.
https://youtu.be/cgJuVOrXv68
https://youtu.be/ugOAEb1Gh-o...
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Today, 04:11 AM
Practice it with a slower metronome?
I find I get rusty at this sort of thjng if I don’t practice it.
I need to warm up. Maybe by playing...
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Today, 03:58 AM
Hi,
I have for sale a 1988 Gibson ES-335 that I am the second owner of from new. Still has original factory tags and checks performed by the...
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Today, 03:33 AM
I’ve done a lot of reading on here, however this is my first post.
Over the past two years I’ve compiled a small collection of Yamaha G series...
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Today, 03:33 AM
I just did a quick take of the arrangement that I wrote out last week.
Forgive me, it's obvious that I didn't warm up etc. It's 2nd take so fairly...
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Today, 03:10 AM
Derek Baileys sound world was influenced by Messiaen and Webern, according to him.
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Today, 03:08 AM
Never seen it!
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Today, 02:47 AM
I had the chance to play two vintage Levin archtops and they impressed me. Vintage isn’t really my thing so I wasn’t tempted, but they were wonderful...
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Today, 01:56 AM
On the contrary, I know quite a lot about Derek Bailey, just got the name wrong (now corrected). He used to play straight jazz as a club, studio...
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Today, 01:47 AM
No, effective setups vary. But the only possibilities are the weak e string is from it being shoddy acoustically, or too far away from the pickup....
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Today, 01:18 AM
I never use the tweeter with an archtop, but I do like them with a Gypsy guitar or my Classical.
I like my archtops to sound "dark" and the...
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Today, 01:18 AM
Wow, I downloaded the PDF to get started quickly (will buy the book too).
Just looked at Rainy Day. I wrote out an arrangement for a student last...
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Today, 12:44 AM
I'm not from the US, but he certainly seemed to have pissed off a lot of white, college trained Jazz enthusiasts over there!
He was (is)...
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Today, 12:04 AM
Is that a different pickup than stock? It has two adjustment screws on the bass side and modern flat black mounting screws.
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Yesterday, 11:37 PM
Excellent. Yeah they're fun.
The Clifford Brown ones I'm tinkering with now are super fun. I'll get around to putting them over here soon.
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Yesterday, 11:31 PM
Doesn't really matter where you start ... should eventually do them wherever and in whatever key.
But the highest note on the page I think is 12th...
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Yesterday, 11:29 PM
Ohhhh I just got it. The DEDC is the root note turn, then it goes down the scale. This will be useful.
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Yesterday, 11:26 PM
If you have an amp with a switchable or adjustable tweeter (Henriksen, etc), do you use it with your archtop? And whether yes or no, why?
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Yesterday, 11:24 PM
I played through your exercises. It’s high on the staff. I don’t think I have those notes on my guitar. So I started at 10th fret e string.
Part...
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Yesterday, 11:20 PM
Was there a premise anywhere?
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Yesterday, 11:03 PM
Maybe they changed it, but a few years ago there was no buyer or seller protection. A Craigslist free for all with the added risk of shipping.
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
Yeah, it’s a labor of love now. You can’t support yourself on $100 gigs anymore.
A non-insignificant amount of my practice time is looking for...
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Yesterday, 10:59 PM
Zzzzzzz
Can we start talking about turns again?
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Yesterday, 10:55 PM
Not a P-90 party, just a nice, little P-90 get-together. 1948 meets 2020. Really great fun and simply as good as it gets.
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Yesterday, 10:36 PM
I'm a long time Sweetwater customer and have listed a few things for sale with little to no luck. If you sell something and just want the cash, they...
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Yesterday, 10:34 PM
I'm with Navdeep. Great guitar, accurate, plays so precisely, stable, stays in tune. Makes me play differently, which is always a good reason to...
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
Not too many any longer! To be honest at 67 kind of tired of bars , and playing music just for the meager paycheck most gigs offer.
There are no...
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Yesterday, 10:27 PM
Thanks for my first welcome message. Been waiting 14 years!
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Yesterday, 10:23 PM
Listening the themes, old ones, new ones. I can't say there is a best one. Because they all went all-in.
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Yesterday, 10:14 PM
People's perception of Wynton these days is all Ken Burns' fault.
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM
lovely sound!
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
David Bailey is a photographer. Derek Bailey did not enjoy music that was composed with no space for improvisation. I doubt he would have any time...
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
Nice job on a great tune, especially liked the short caxixi player! I wanted to comment that as Im reading and listening to this Im playing a '60...
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Yesterday, 09:52 PM
Welcome to the forum.
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Yesterday, 09:46 PM
And, the koa model from Walkin is no more!
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Yesterday, 09:39 PM
That's the beauty of the genre.
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
Really? I am struggling to remember most of those songs.
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Yesterday, 09:15 PM
Yeah, I haven't shipped a guitar for well over a year or so, maybe nearly two years. I recently did one, and was shocked at how the rates have gone...
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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
It seems this SD JS is a custom design made for the luthier.
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Yesterday, 08:50 PM
Hoo Boy!! Lookie there. Really nice to see something other than maple. Thanks for supporting Van Isl!
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
Johnny Smith model pickup from Seymour Duncan.
Different people have different opinions on what is a perfect setup, but I think they all involve...
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Yesterday, 08:44 PM
No apologies need Rogue! I was into Gabor back when Silent Way was just out. That was called jazz so I always figured Gabor was too.
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Yesterday, 08:40 PM
In the early 70's we billed ourselves as 'Live Jazz Excorcism'. One of the highlights of my career was having my amp unplugged by someone who...
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
Thanks everyone for their comments; I haven't had time to make any adjustments but will this weekend.
Is there such a thing as One Proper Setup?...
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
Thought I would share. Aerodyne Telecaster. Stock pickup replaced with CC in P-90 case and upgraded bridge pickup. Both by Pete Biloft at Vintage...
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Yesterday, 08:17 PM
Determine if it's weak because the string is sounding weak acoustically possibly because of the setup, or because the string is far away from the...
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Yesterday, 08:06 PM
So… no gigs for you then?
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Yesterday, 07:56 PM
This is generally more true the more pretentious the musician is about their “art.”
But people like seeing performers play fast and get into what...
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Yesterday, 07:56 PM
Hey, you can get a Harley Benton copy of a Gretsch archtop used for $100 more than it costs new. What a deal! :stupid:
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Yesterday, 07:36 PM
The joke is only a few musicians and people will take the time to listen to musicians music. Or better put there’s no money above the 3rd fret!
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
The more I read the more confused I'm getting!
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Yesterday, 07:29 PM
Foofighters "Pretetender" steals from the thing. Makes it it's own. Steals from the "category".
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Yesterday, 07:11 PM
Genre benre. Whatever. It was never the reason for asking and posting. It was all a clever ruse. (though it is was an interesting thing to think...
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Yesterday, 07:03 PM
A variation on this ... I'm sure Mark can accommodate your needs.
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Yesterday, 06:58 PM
Thornal to his buds.
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Yesterday, 06:57 PM
A proper setup is always the first step in fixing anything.
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Yesterday, 06:55 PM
This may be what I've been looking for. Not enough information to be sure, but it looks usable from a first glance. Sweetwater has been a reliable...
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Yesterday, 06:52 PM
Sorry to hear that. Joe Jr. was only 55 years old.
Play them guitars folks, it is later than you think!
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Yesterday, 06:46 PM
May the Scwartz be with you!
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
All I had was MTV.
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Yesterday, 06:25 PM
I was not aware, but apparently sweetwater has what looks like a reverb.com type site now. Prices with shipping seemed a little high, but saw a...
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Yesterday, 06:23 PM
This guy is very productive.
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Yesterday, 06:22 PM
Same, I know of the planetary suite via Star Wars.
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Yesterday, 06:20 PM
There are several signature features in the original Bond-movie scores, particularly the Monty Norman brassy big-band+strings arrangement that...
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Yesterday, 06:06 PM
Francois Leduc has created a ton of transcriptions. Free on YouTube or join his Patreon channel to download PDFs.
Francois Leduc | Creating Jazz...
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Yesterday, 06:03 PM
It’s getting close.
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Yesterday, 06:03 PM
Liking Schoenbergs serial music? I didn’t think that was allowed?
(I heard Boulez conduct Schoenberg’s piano concerto once. I guess he mellowed.)...
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
I’d be the first to admit that the reason I enjoyed the music of Mahler, Shostakovich and Stravinsky as a kid when my dad played it at me (thanks...
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Yesterday, 05:48 PM
This one is in the States; not sure if he'd ship international, but worth a try.
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Yesterday, 05:47 PM
I wasn’t being entirely serious about the ‘cool kids’ bit.
Of course I’m pointing out that the relationship between melody and harmony goes both...
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Yesterday, 05:29 PM
Interesting interview, but I wish they had spent more time on his work for Judy Collins.
It's funny that both he and Gunther Schuller found their...
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Yesterday, 05:29 PM
Take some simple familiar melodies (Happy Birthday, Christmas songs, folk tunes) , pick a note to start on , and see how you do playing in real time....
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Yesterday, 05:18 PM
Excited to see that thin line.
I just figured it out.....I need a thin line double cut with two humbuckers and a tune-o-matic bridge up on a fixed...
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Yesterday, 05:09 PM
Yes, walnut. Epiphone archtops also used walnut back in the '30s. Do you know what year the Deluxe you're looking at was made? Unlike many older...
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Yesterday, 05:00 PM
FWIW, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Joe's death. Also, sadly Joe Pass Jr. passed away from cancer 12/15/23, according to Infomation
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Yesterday, 04:57 PM
So. When not going in too deep into "what a "genre" really is" (that'd be just a useless effort and nullified two weeks later),
what are the musical...
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Yesterday, 04:25 PM
Think I may like this one even more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOvIYSIH2_k
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
Thx a lot. I was thinking that too that even though I was dying on organ, focusing on rhythm with it for 3 years ended up helping piano. And then...
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Yesterday, 04:01 PM
Love it. Is that a Walnut back? I believe my Deluxe will be too.
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Yesterday, 03:47 PM
It's my belief that most players on this forum have some natural aptitude to be able to create jazz lines. It's understood that one essential aspect...
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
I have not played a Deluxe, but own and play a '51 Soloist and have also owned an early '50s Royal and a Model 22. All were high-quality and...
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Yesterday, 03:11 PM
I started a separate thread for this document, didn't realize at the time that it is the same one you had shared.
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Yesterday, 03:07 PM
Another dissertation I stumbled across is attached.
Dissertation; Twelve Jazz Standard Improvisations Transcribed:
“Autumn Leaves,” Somethin’...
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Yesterday, 02:55 PM
Going to make the time to listen to this since Jimmy Raney is one of my favorites.
Thanks for posting!
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Yesterday, 02:51 PM
Upscale Cucina Italiana close to the bay with my trio this evening, new bassist, wish me luck!
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Yesterday, 02:34 PM
Whoa now,you just made a lot of people's heads explode saying you like your Yamaha better.I have a Sango classical guitar from the early 70's.These...
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Yesterday, 02:30 PM
It's actually quite simple (albeit easier said than done), just continue trying to play what you hear, the more you do it, the better you get at it....
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Yesterday, 02:27 PM
Sounds good to me.
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Yesterday, 02:15 PM
In their alone time...
What do they create out of "thin air"..
structured harmony be dammed..non-melodic melodies..chord forms that hurt and...
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Yesterday, 02:08 PM
As I said in your other thread, this book is available for free online (at pdfcoffee, et. al.). Just search for the book title + pdf.
I'm probably...
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
Cecil Taylor appears to be reading a score sometimes in the YouTube video I shared, I'd love to see that chart.
I want a Cecil Taylor Real Book! -...
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Yesterday, 01:39 PM
Brighton Rock baby!
https://youtu.be/Xd94WIfHuuY?si=JS07xhnTcgkorrOR
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
This has been my contention for years - totally cynical. They know how to set necks at the correct angle if they want to. Probably leads to thousands...
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
Glad you liked it. The girl did just the right thing :-)
That was Brighton on the south coast. Great town.
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Yesterday, 01:29 PM
Thank you.
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Yesterday, 01:25 PM
cool, lets start with Here's That Rainy Day. It's in G
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
Yeah man. Very nice mood piece. Nice playing @ragman1.The ending poignant. You finally arrive as she leaves. It’s about the journey and not the...
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
I'd better buy the Kindle book so.
Let's give it a few more days so that other people can join. Maybe start on Monday?
I'd love to do Here's...
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
I had a goal to play 12 gigs this year, my first year gigging, and I have 14 on the books. So it's going great. How are your gigs?
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Yesterday, 01:08 PM
I recognize that pic from the Hank Risan fire sale auction of one of the greatest collections. I won't go into the details but you can Google it.
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Yesterday, 12:49 PM
Sorry, my fault, now it's Public. Try again!
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Yesterday, 12:43 PM
There's no guarantee, no safe way. All you can do is practice well and what happens in the moment happens.
Don't forget players like Wes and...
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Yesterday, 12:33 PM
Yeah he’s a great player and I’ve known him a really long time but we haven’t gotten a lot of opportunities to play together since I moved back to...
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Yesterday, 12:31 PM
Uh … going fine? No one’s told me otherwise, anyway.
I guess the implication here is that no one likes to listen to bebop? Or like .. maybe that...
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Yesterday, 12:31 PM
Stringswinger posted back in 2015 that "Two prototypes were made of this guitar. When Joe Died, his widow sent one back to Gibson (at their request,...
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Yesterday, 12:29 PM
Ogden Avenue
PART SEVEN
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear
Over the next few days, repeatedly listen to the track Ogden Avenue.
Then...
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Yesterday, 12:25 PM
Just curious fellas! Don’t get me wrong I love Charlie Parker,Dizzy,etc. But how are the gigs going so far? Lol!
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Yesterday, 12:21 PM
You'd see it eventually, it's inevitable.
There are metals that don't corrode but they don't make guitar strings out of them. Not entirely,...
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Yesterday, 12:19 PM
Well, of course they do. You're just delaying the process, that's all :-)
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Yesterday, 12:15 PM
McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1 licks, legato, inside/outside
I used to hear Brecker and Tyner play these kind of licks and...
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Yesterday, 12:13 PM
As for FastFret, the only ingredient listed is white mineral oil. When it seems that there is no oil left, I just add some mineral oil. I don't...
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Yesterday, 12:11 PM
Where is that 1962 ES-175 today?
Joe Pass Jr (Joe Pass' adopted son) told me that he believed John Pisano had it (and that it rightly belonged to...
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Yesterday, 12:09 PM
I'm not sure there is a single factor. I suspect several things contribute, including wear on the windings, perhaps corrosion, perhaps metal fatigue...
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Yesterday, 12:07 PM
That shape and design has inspired a lot of dreams and music. I requested more pics. So far only crickets though. Would love to see more of that...
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Yesterday, 12:03 PM
Oh wow...I need to clear some time and listen to ALL of this...thank you so much for sharing.
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Yesterday, 12:00 PM
My go to for decades. One tin lasts a long time also.
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Yesterday, 11:59 AM
Hi! Just checking if anyone here has taken the plunge with these new Soloways?! Please share your thoughts! :encouragement:
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Yesterday, 11:57 AM
Young's Modulus
As long as the string lives on the straight part of the left side of the curve, all is well and should be "well behaved" for...
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