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it was noted lol

Yeah, my gear is a nice chunk from yrs of buying when I had a day job and gigging at night and saw how things were going w guitars etc, but that...

In the corner of the musical world in which I reside, reading standard notation -- well -- is required for just about everything. This is big...

My 401k is made up of two things, real estate and guitars. I don't trust the criminals of Wall Street. YMMV

I agree on learning to read lead sheets. I can see that tab might be useful for various speed exercises. But in general, it is way less useful...

Problem is most of them are w nice clean vintage guitars, but not all. I have a pretty nice stash. They're part of my 401K which includes vintage...

I just got back from work and I'm mad.

There are still some nice clean vintage cases out there. This beauty came with my ‘63 L5C. Keith

Not as many as earlier. Acus acoustic. Home brew Marshall 1984, Tweed Deluxe, 5902-based Harvard, 5e5a, Twin Reverb, single-channel DR. I don’t use...

Might have gone over well 1941-1945 (WWII) but now….? Ouch, that thing hurts! No more Casino visits! Tom

If you want to know how another guitarist played something, tab is sometimes easier than standard notation with little circled and uncircled numbers...

I use TimeGuru on my Android phone. It allows you to randomly mute a percentage of the clicks. It is slightly programmable, but it's not user...

Thanks for that Little Jay. I put Bootstrap A3 HB-90s in my AF55, and it great, but a little too 'present' yet, so I will try an all rosewood bridge...

That sums up my story as well. If I was leaving the house more with the old guitars, I would prefer a newer sturdy case. Since I stay at home,...

If you want to get into the really grotesque, there's also an "Aged Olive Drab" option from Collings, complete with pointless finish checking.

I'm working exclusively on 3 part 4ths, putting together a multi tiered approach with chord shape grids, aids on how to navigate, ear training...

I don't think we can get away from it entirely because it shapes the music but I think it's probably true that there's been nothing actually new...

Absolutely. In the late 60's a friend of mine had to hire a dep for a gig in Belfast. The union sent him a fresh faced young boy who didn't know...

Here's a thing I noticed today So you have a cascade (a version of cycle 4 where every second chord is a first inversion) So it goes tenth,...

It's always very interesting to read your comments Reg and I almost always notate what I have transcribed. However, on the basis that there's always...

There is something to report: I'm doing my "devoirs".... I'm working on cycles with Drop3, Drop2, Drop2&4 and occasionally I try to figure out...

As he's the drummer I suppose he's making sure of the pauses, etc. Helluva thing to read, tho

Which was nice!

Very impressive transcribing. In fact, I think the transcription is more impressive than the actual playing - although the player does let the melody...

I've been messing with classical devices as usual Christian. Here is one in E harmonic minor mixed with E Aeolian. Edit: David, looking...

I don't want to refer to the food but just tastes are different. Taste in music can be shaped in a way but I don't know if it's easy for everyone....

Anything to report? Altered in quartals hurts my brane. TBN getting easier, which is to say I am now only dribbling out of one side of my mouth...

Just make sure you tune to A 432....

Yeah but that stuff is as dull as shit tho

Too much theory about theory... time to play and practice.:smile-new:

I used to have what I thought to be "good taste" in music. Now I have no idea what taste is meant to be. I tend to be open to liking stuff more than...

Who knows? We might get lucky.

Yea... I always notate it out... at least that way I'll remember. But... I'm taking it that the OP has some ideas how to go about transposing. ...

"you never know, I might get lucky" Used to say that in the bar after a few beers.

Good review! Should get many interested in the AR372. Lots of guitar for the money.

I don't really care about the 1st one on the archtop page (looks a bit too "German" to me, with its recurve along the edge) but this one is gorgous...

Well, I suppose I can comment, even though I'm still coming back to guitar as an entirely new instrument. It sounds dogmatic and maybe a bit...

Yes What I do is break those arpeggios down to smaller patterns, maybe 3 strings and they'll relate directly to a chord voicing (grip). So, if...

That guitar finish looks like a classic problem of VOCs issues, maybe in combination with coat thickness and dry periods. In the European Union VOCs...

I remember it well, almost like I was working on this same thing a month ago, same song too. Maybe it was 2 months ago, hard to keep track.

I could never do it that way and gave up. The idea would be to memorize fingering patterns. A book or article would have a dots-on-grid diagram...

In no particular order, here my impressions. 1. It sounds to me like there's a ton of compression there (not "a little"), and it's significantly...

Thankyou so much. I've been trawling the Internet trying to find out....all day. Appreciate the comment.

Nice informative review and very tasty playing.Eastmans are not just good for the money but are just great guitars.Ar stands for archtop.Looking...

The music played by the band in the Star Wars cantina scene was called 'jizz'.

Here’s my pickguard: I traced it and scanned it A4 size. Don’t know if it’s 100% scaled if you print it out, therefore I put some measurements...

In all this talk of theory, over several blighted threads, only a few jazz theorists and theory books have been mentioned. And the theorising seems...

I think I'll do it. I'm going to start a thread beginning on Sunday. It'll be a complete song form, but within it I'll outline the key area and the...

Yes, I think someone who is very new to jazz and struggle to sound like jazz as how s/he hears the music can benefit from learning solos or bebop...

It all depends on what level of playing you are at. It's different when you're a beginner and different when you're an advanced player. When I...

Luck had to run out some time...

No, but the joke is that some of it might have been written by supernatural beings :-) Exactly.

Hi, Here you can buy single Thomastik strings: Thomastik Plain Single Strings, 1,70 € (saitenmarkt.com)

There is no question about the benefits of transcribing lines or chordal phrases as a source of new ideas to assimilate. The real debate to be had is...

Are they really random? Most of the cracks seem to emanate from holes made in the front and back, i.e., f-holes, bridge, pickups, pickup selector,...

That should settle the charts on stage debate.

Nuts and bolts here. My teacher recommended I transcribe single lines and initially learn them in one position using familiar chords shapes as a way...

Massive fan. You have a beauty right there. Also, I am totally digging that pool table-esque interior of the case.

Nice shot of a Shorter chart, from the video. (This was a couple of minutes from the end.)

For some reason this hurt my feelings, and I am neither the original poster or the luthier. Must be the “plain talk” that got me. AKA

Very cool, Juan! Get your Paul Bigsby on! :)

One of those is on its way to me. I ordered as soon as you mentioned a US distro.

Quilter SuperBlock US with a Toob Metro 6.5 BG Marshall DSL40CR

I'm glad to report that Guitars 'n Jazz in Summit, NJ is now actively promoting Metros and has placed an order that, well, stretches our limits.

As has been previously mentioned, the Classical Guitar Store in Philly (The Classical Guitar Store ...since 1967 - Home) is a great place to try a...

Wouldn’t that be less woke? AKA

Spook410 - My sentiments as well. AKA

Crazing can go across the grain. I have a guitar that went from cold cars to stage lights night after night with crazy checking. It still doesn't...

Yes, a continuous arpeggio. I think it may have been you who mentioned this a few weeks ago, and I thought, oh Jens Larsen said it was a good idea to...

Now that looks "blonde". Or is it honey blonde? Regardless, a nice change-up from the more common "natural".

Like a continuous arpeggio exercise you mean? I've been doing that for some time, it's one of those things that you have to just keep ticking over. I...

This interview from 2016 mentions that piano was his first instrument, he still plays and composes on it (at the date of the interview anyway). Also...

Perfection is in the ear of the beholder. Perfect for me and perfect for you are not the same things. Good luck in your quest. Sometimes it can...

Truly enjoyable performance!

I had seen many reviews about the acoustic properties of the resomax material and I think it was pretty much as expected on my guitar. I 'm not...

Thank you so much for this.

Dry-aged beef in the case is part of the Gibson's "Murphy Lab" relic'ing process. Then when they're done they sell the steaks with special premium...

Comparing music to a fish... I don't know if it's a good idea.:smile-new: By the way, Nice to see You:smile-new:

A part of me is thinking about trying to convince you that you like the burst more, and you're better off selling the blonde one to me.

No one knows the body of my guitar without the body.:smile-new: Framworks guitar - has resonating chambers/these black elements resembling the shape...

"I don't want tuna with good taste; I want tuna that tastes good!"—Starkist

But it has nothing to do with jazz theory. Soon someone will write that jazz is played best by aliens. Although, there may be some truth to...

Good taste everyone...;-)

"Most of the power that drives the top comes from the 'transverse' string force, and it's most effective when the string is moving 'vertically' ...

Marinero has a successor, I see. The dogmatism of individual "taste."

Hey Reg, I sent you a private message with a recording. I'm going through 12 keys as a combination ear training and fingerboard memorization...

Now that makes sense.

Look at your profile picture :smile-new: Sorry for pointing it out. You can be mad now :highly_amused:

I don't know if this is transcribing but one thing I like to do is to put on a record and play along with it as if I was in the rhythm section. I'll...

my guitars have proper body...:smile-new:

I must be lucky as I’ve never seen the Army green (olive drab?) version! Tom

Kris were you mad when you discovered that your guitar doesn't have a proper body? :wink-new:

For me professionals are those who earn money with it. Amateurs are those who don't. Benedetto Marcello's original editions say 'nobile...

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I gotta say that I'm allergic to New Age theories of music, the Secret History of Water, The Music of the Spheres, oh the planets revolve around the...

That is unbelievably cool. Wow, congrats!! Looking forward to hearing it.

Or maybe the tempo should be -300bpm :smile-new:

You are not wrong :-)

Since we're asking away ... my old singer friend Henk would like royalties for you using his good Dutch name on a Chinese product :cool:shreddin' ...

This is the correct notation... fermata- please:-)

Here’s the other Coltrane track from the session (Miles was supposed to be on this one too!) Looks as if the rhythm section were plunged into...

Incidentally, Miles Davis was supposed to play in the ‘Walkin’ clip, but he refused! (Probably over money or something). Norman Granz was used to...

The same German TV session (set up by Norman Granz during a ‘Jazz at the Philharmonic’ tour) also features the unusual combination of Oscar Peterson...

I think that's the plugged nickle version in a different key?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv40Hzjmt9o

I wish there were more clearly established conventions about which dimension is length (usually distance measured along the strings...), which width...

Wild! Love the color/wood! Looking forward to the vids! Congrats! Marc

"Liszt wrote a book about Chopin. Of course, Chopin didn't have to write books about other musicians, but why didn't he write at least two ...

Ditto, let's see some action :smile-new: Edit: Maybe it might be better to take a common jazz progression per week rather than a whole tune? Or...

Reading all of the analysis above, my take on the Bb fully (not half) diminished figure in the second bar of "Wave" is THIS: The "Real Book" chord...

Anything with a whiff of the esoteric or mystical was big back then. Musicians love that shit! I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy a New Age...

Sacred Geometry must have been popular in the 1960's. "Sacred geometry is about figuring out the hidden meanings behind these geometric shapes in...

In the course of learning Yesterdays, I've been spending a lot of time practicing arpeggios across and up and down the neck for E7, A7, D7, G7, C7...

If I stare at this one long enough, it makes me think I can play like Coltrane.

The diagram reminds me of fractals, which are quite amazing. Sacred geometry is fractal based and there are entire religions and belief systems...

This was a common refrain with Barry - who incidentally kept his hand in with classical recitals of his favourites, Bach and Chopin, and although I...

Hi Jimmy blue note :) thanks for those words, I appreciate it very much. I will keep practicing and ill send you a link of the gig I am having...

The more I look at it, the better I play guitar - it's amazig.:smile-new:

Wk4 Baubles in Bb 96bpm accomplished (many times). :pride: This is getting easier, I must have found my old Jazz legs at last. I think I'll...

Fewer strings!

The original link in post #1 is working for me. I can see all items. Curious, the books for bass guitar are much cheaper than those for (normal)...

it’s amazing. Just by staring at this I am able to play like Pat Martino.

"Kurt Rosenwinkel Workshop Things I learned from his recent workshop at the Berklee Performance Center: 1. When he came to Berklee, he only knew...

:-).......shreddin'