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Yes, I think that debating Mr. Stitt's theoretical approach to improvisation is unproductive. I already know how to outline the changes, doing...

I noticed his main guitar also has two string trees and possibly different tuners. His signature model has vintage split post tuners, but it looks...

The tempo may or may not change, one can change the time signature without changing the tempo just as one can do the reverse. The duration of...

Me and my buddy the bot: Is The Stranger by Camus nihilistic? ChatGPT said: Albert Camus's The Stranger is often considered existentialist...

Context, Bobby dearest. He envisioned his life's work being an illustration and then refutation of nihilism and meaninglessness as a way of being...

That story is extremely nihilistic. Did you not read it? Lol! It's about it doesn't matter either way if he murders someone for no reason and then...

didn’t love the stranger. Liked it but didn’t love it. And Camus isn’t nihilistic. He gets lumped in with all the existentialists because he was...

What pickup does Mike have in his main Yamaha? I noticed it’s black and not zebra like on his signature model. Is it just a black SD 59?

It's brilliant for sure, and absolutely beautiful in spots.

Great for practicing tango I imagine? I can't play swing of any kind with metronome on 1 and 3. So awkward. I don't think Jonathan Stout meant...

I liked The Stranger by Camus. I read it senior year back in the 00s. I had known of The Cure song 'killing an arab' 1st but didn't know it was from...

I liked this book.

No, happiness are the golf balls, marbles are work and sand is all the bullshit. You need to put the golf ball’s in the jar first otherwise...

OK, I'll play. Happiness is a CHOICE. As the saying goes, "If you can't be happy anywhere, you can't be happy anywhere!"

I think 2 and 4 helps to feel the swing, once you have the feel 1 & 3 to get the tempo up there. I only just started getting faster so who knows....

That was Dizzy’s move.

https://youtu.be/hKKjqzkGo3o

One of the things I was looking for was the correct way to translate the equation (e.g. quarter = dotted-quarter) into plain English. So, if the...

Hal Galper is right.

I used to have this taped above the desk where I practiced: I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one’s burden again. But...

Oh, i don't think so... I just don't think of happiness as an absolute. We collect happiness along the way. We store up a bit of happiness for...

Two things change. One is the number of eighth notes in the bars. The second thing that changes is the tempo. My question is about how to get the new...

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to become simple. Rabindranath Tagore Quote Explained: It is very simple to be happy,...

Of several videos I watched, I thought this one had the clearest explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuRb5jgth-s

Mr Beaumont is a Camus guy?

Some great stuff!

Y'all are too cynical. Happiness isn't a state to reach. Happiness is like collecting marbles in a jar.

SOLD - thanks! M

I also have a Blocdock 10TC, which I use with the 101R head. I just recently swapped the speaker for an Eminence Lil' Buddy. I really like it, I...

I think this discussion has drifted. I thought you were disagreeing with the idea that the second bar outlines the F#7 but you said that would be a B...

My partner’s ex-husband brought one to Thanksgiving at her son’s place last week. I brought my travel flattop thinking we were gonna have some...

I think you are over-complicating this, if you count all the signatures in 8th notes, you need only add or subtract micro-beats: 7/8 > 8/8 (4/4) >...

Some faves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeDkU07x-MI&list=PLRXBrECmGgB-vcSpcOz7fRWsdsqkgiF6-&index=1 ...

A Ogre is like a onion, said the donkey always! :nonchalance:

Happiness is a temporary state.

Acoustic Image Clarus can handle 2 ohms also. There is one on sale here by Fouronsix.

Or a Benedetto Bambino?

Nice job in figuring that out. I have a chart a friend did (I don't have permission to share it) and it agrees with everything you wrote. I also...

Lots of famous players count on just the 1 on fast tempos.

I read your latin proverb without using a translator. :redface-new:

latest from Matt Proctor aka M-tone Guitars Matt Proctor | The shop is pretty cold this morning so I’m working upstairs for a while. One...

Just sold a 2018 Gibson Firebird “Elite” with the old banjo style tuners. The pickups sounded nice, though as others noted the neck felt thin and...

Answer: Learning the fine art of never ending a sentence with a preposition.... : ) And so - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmuiyUtVQ1M

A self-sustained happy process.

If you bounce your heels, you really have to train your weak leg to be the time keeper.

On that note, I set mine to and of 5 sometimes so it clicks on a different beat in every subsequent bar :smile-new:

Got it - thanks! Marc

No have a file that will do the same thing. There are on sale now but normally not worth the price. You can easily make your own fret kissing file...

"Pat" your foot sounds like bouncing the toes, but the most Jazzers I see bounce their heels, especially the seated guitarists; e.g., Joe Pass....

Yes, sorry you're right-Sadowsky semi-hollows are 1 11/16" but I believe the full hollows (SS 15, LS 15,and Jim Hall) that I've seen listed are 1...

Unless in a cake. Then they be a desert! :pride:

I have it on the and of 4, pat my foot on one and three. and then play quarter triplets and dotted quarters. If I don’t pull the and onto the 4…...

Show off. Mine is on 4.

yup, same for me, cant do 1 3/4. i think the only one with the 1 3/4 nut is the SS15, i could be wrong. I have a Sadowsky semi and its 1 11/16, i...

Yes, I could outline the changes if I want to, but my suggestion falls into your "aural" approach to improvisation category, not the theory category....

I set my click on the and of 4 the moment, so I don’t have a dog in this fight haha. Foot tapping though, that could get acrimonious. According...

Anyone used a "fret kisser tool" from stew mac for the one off high fret? Fret Kisser S More on the tool here :...

Oh I’m a convert on this one. for what it’s worth, I think you should practice both. but Hal Galper says the same thing in his Forward Motion...

I think Peter has already answered this one. The only thing I'd say is the B in the end of the line you have is actually on the up beat and it's half...

the name “Bebop Scale,” yes but using that passing note has been common for a really long time. Longer than the fifties. And if you check out his...

I see, did Baker name it that? - because the major/lydian scale has been around since the '50's.

Try it with Anita’s solo. She is soloing on a 6/8 A section followed by the 4/4 bridge. You can focus on the metrical relationship without worrying...

Right which is why I’m not sure why Tal is the only person you’ve heard refer to it this way? Google the Bebop Scale EDIT: The Bebop Scale

Hardly unique, the #11th is the most common addition to the major scale.

Carrots are not a fruit.

Right I think I got it ..... So A feels like a wonky waltz. You have dropped eighths all over place (we have 11/8, or a bar of 6/8 followed by a...

Erm. David Baker Bebop Scales — Barry Harris half-steps David Baker, Barry Harris, and their million or so drones (myself included) come to...

The complete line is: F#-F-E-D#-C#-B, and yes, it does look/sound like a B Major scale to me, as does the bar before it (probably because it is ...

Haha I think so.

How would you guys compare the tone and neck profile of a standard Eagle Classic compared to an L-5 ? The reason I ask is I could get one right...

exactly, it looks like this

That's a guitar I'm always on the lookout for too. Specs are ideal for me. Single pickup, under 3 inch depth and a 1 11/16" nut (from what I see,...

Happiness is a process.

There are many things. You need to make $$ and stuff so work on advancing yourself, exercise and keeping yourself up physically, having your home be...

What's the most fruitful thing to be productive of?

No, I'm mis a lot. But I think this is the right framework for being happy.

Are you a very super happy person?

He has been on fire this tour. The solo and band stuff

His new album that just came out is very interesting. By far the most "straight ahead" jazzrecording I have heard by him

Thank you! That means a lot since it's the sound I was going for :)

PM'ed

Difference in quoted prices for what looks like the same sale from the same seller

confused about? :dontknow:

Precisely. Barry Harris was from an era when major 6 chords were the consonant 4 note major chords. He thought of the 7th as a "borrowed diminished...

I'm confused now : Gibson BJB floating pickup Avenidas Novas • OLX.pt

It's funny, I don't use chord lingo when thinking about them, so I often look things up to verify their definitions in order to follow along in the...

Yeah no you have to do more than play tunes to develop well. And you have to know how to play well by yourself as well imo to be a legit player....

I plan which of the scales of chords I like for each change, and then I divide practice between just running them or trying to be musical. With the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHgVeRJDa80

If you don't have a lead sheet for a tune, you'll have to transcribe the melody and chord changes first before you can get to the solo. So if you do...

Oh yeah, not far at all! If you're ever up for a road trip....

The house band bassist is solid, but it's possible there will be another noob such as myself sitting in. They seem to be a bit of a mixed bag....

5F1 Champ. With that 125 and old (circuit) tweed, you really sound like yesteryear! Like the tonality is actually the same as when I listen to an old...

Listen to the bassist. If they are any good, they'll tell you where you are in the changes. If the basis isn't any good, then listen to whoever's...

On the face of it, it looks like he's thinking tonal center, chromatics and some passing tones. Or, at least, you could get to this thinking that...

I played a 1963ish Firebird V for a few years as a teen. I remember it's piercing tone. It was approaching a P-90 in some ways. It's not like a...

Just realised where you are. With a few exceptions I tend to imagine everyone's in the USA, hanging out on 52nd Street or down in the French Quarter....

So what does this look like for you?

Well shoot! Clarence blew that right out of the water. His right hand technique is really interesting; must be doing a lot of hammers and pull-offs...

My process for getting it musical: 1. Get facility just running the scales of chords. Practice 1/4 notes and 1/8 notes. 1/8 notes really improve...

My "Firebird" is a Tokai. Glued in neck and added Steinbergers. It has Creamery (Manchester, UK) vintage style mini humbucker pickups. They are both...

I'm just exploiting the way my brain's broke

Sounds wonderful! And nice to see it played in a suit coat. :pride:

That's my go to version for Take The A train. I respect the original Duke's arrangement, but this is how I want my jazz to be played. The only...

More power to you for playing all those gigs!

Back of an English pub, but yeah. I do tend to work myself up about things.

They seem like a pretty cool bunch to be honest, I don't think there'll be any shade.

Cool idea - thanks! I'll give this a try.

I use a Swart AST live (with both smaller jazz ensembles and a 20-piece big band), and it absolutely can keep up, even with outdoor gigs.

A few of them come in mind now. "Play tunes. Everything you need is in tunes." The second part of it. Yes, but if you don't isolate something in...

If the group is smart, they'll make you feel welcome, help you if you get lost and ask you to come back. If they throw shade at you, fuggetaboutem.

I'll give it another few weeks before I take it to Chicago Music Exchange. I'm not going to deal with selling, shipping and a possible return for...

Relax, it's just a Jam at an English village hall. No one will really care if you play well or not, so enjoy yourself.

A Gatemouth concert from Loyola University in New Orleans.

cool!

Those two got it going on. shreddin'shreddin'

Ebay gives you a big discount on shipping.

Gatemouth was primarily known as a blues guitarist, but he wasn't limited to that.

Transcribe as much as and whatever you can. Melodies, chord progressions/voicings, solos. IMO it's all good and can only help. More is more!

Here’s a fun game. Play the melody for four bars, improvise or play the chords for four bars, melody for four, etc Same thing with two and two...

me too and I don't even leave my house

It's got the seth lover pickup.

I feel like this all the time.

Usually it feels like I'm performing my shortcomings, but at least I know what to work on the next day.

Beautiful!

This album featuring the amazing Otmar Ruiz on piano is often on repeat in my music platforms:

Hi, I want to buy a Brute EQ but Jazzmus seems to be offline for a while now. Does anyone have the latest version (narrow format) and want to...

It's great that you've found a vintage guitar with such great resonance and response. While non-original parts can affect value, they don't take away...