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Today, 01:52 PM
I think I prefer the newer one as well, but it might just be that you are used to playing it?
But I must say, if I had a 175 that sounded like...
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Today, 01:50 PM
Beautiful! shreddin'
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Today, 01:49 PM
Good luck… This is a valuable endeavor.
I suggest tempering it with an auxiliary activity that is game-like but highly productive. Take a...
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Today, 01:49 PM
Thank you Mark! I just watched you performing "I Love You", really fantastic!
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Today, 01:48 PM
I saw Rick's pitch for his course, please let us know how it works out for you.
Learning to sight sing helped me a lot, and for hearing and...
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Today, 01:47 PM
What's big in your view? We had a bit of this discussion in the neck size thread, just wondering what this one is. My Campy is nice and full as well.
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Today, 01:45 PM
+4, definitely the blonde.
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Today, 01:42 PM
I’ve been here for 15 years. And for that entire time, and it probably proceeded my arrival, the beat the horse dead Heritage headstock. Formula:...
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Today, 01:42 PM
Curious, how does the acoustic tone of your Campellone compare? I know you enjoy them all fairly equally. IIRC.
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Today, 01:30 PM
Wayne's composing seems to me to emphasise chord colours and voice leading. The melody of the turnaround ends on an F, but the harmony is a quartal C...
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Today, 01:29 PM
If you are in the Key of C minor..then the C minor is the Aeolian mode NOT the Ionian mode..of the relative key Eb Major-which is the Ionian mode
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Today, 01:24 PM
I always remember Howard Roberts comment about Barney, he said he used to drape a dinner napkin over his fretboard when other jazz guitarists visited...
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Today, 01:23 PM
The greats raised standards high. That’s what made them great. I don’t stop playing flugelhorn because Freddie Hubbard plays much better than I ever...
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Today, 01:22 PM
Recent Purchase of this guitar support did not work out.
If interested, look it up and be sure to see the width range of the Slim-Line version.
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Today, 01:21 PM
Got the scale out today to weigh the stock saddle. As I already feared, the original base/bridge weighs about 2/3 less: 20gr vs. the 27gr of the new...
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Today, 01:18 PM
I'm not spending $5,000 on a guitar that is anything less than aesthetically perfect. You can change pickups, strings, and bits & bobs, but that...
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Today, 01:14 PM
Having always known that my pitch perception is not the greatest, I had planned on taking an ear training course once I retired and had time to...
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Today, 01:12 PM
https://youtu.be/Z2b8Jhih7lE?si=vzCU-iB7AIX1H9qg
So, here’s another video recording done this morning. My hands have been somewhat challenging...
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Today, 01:10 PM
Yeah- love the cello guitar duo. You guys sound great!
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Today, 01:07 PM
Interesting. How many lyrics did lyricist Bernie Taupin snail mail to Elton John, and then how many hits did Elton write?
Hal David also wrote...
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Today, 01:05 PM
Yes, I think the op's bewilderment arose from the fact that he was confusing modes with keys. F minor is not a mode of C minor, they are two...
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Today, 01:04 PM
I got good-to-my-ears results with Aquila Rubino trebles and an ebony pick by a UK company called Wood Tones. Buffalo horn picks by the same company...
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Today, 01:02 PM
Forman has a new recording Reunion - The Poll Winners Revisited where he plays the Kessel's guitar (same one he used for those classic 50s...
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Today, 01:01 PM
Ah, my mistake.
Okay cool, well then you could maybe see where the nitpicking over naming melodic minor was misleading in this respect.
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Today, 12:55 PM
A beautiful guitar featuring a nice shade for a fantastic price. GLWTS!
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Today, 12:51 PM
Wow! 2016 - must be one of the last Super Eagles to be built, right around the time that ownership changed.
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Today, 12:48 PM
I bet that economy L7 sounds great acoustically and is light. Frankly it is a world class guitar. Today we might see it as a plain jane L7 not an L5....
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Today, 12:48 PM
Well, tell that to Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi, et. al., who often used the "ascending" melodic minor scale in both descending and ascending movements....
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Today, 12:44 PM
Coltrane did it on Mr PC
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Today, 12:40 PM
I have no problem with them. I just don’t want those who are working hard to improve their playing to think that they have to adopt rules (or...
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Today, 12:30 PM
I'd rather spend more on something that I feel fits me, than put a bargain compromise for something that has me wondering or regretting 5 years...
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Today, 12:30 PM
As much as I’m sad this deal didn’t work out, I can remind myself that it’s not the end of the world. I’ve still got my economy version of the Johnny...
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Today, 12:27 PM
I got a different fingering for one part in the middle that seems to help. My problem is I have to start on the G at the 7th fret. I cannot start at...
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Today, 12:26 PM
In case someone here is not among the 74 watchers on Reverb (How many watchers does it take to purchase a guitar?), I am offering this Heritage SE...
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Today, 12:24 PM
Comes with a coupon for free picking arm tattoos. I'm in!
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Today, 12:05 PM
I would say the type of pick you use is just as or more important than type of nylon string.Best to experiment and see for yourself.What sounds good...
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Today, 11:43 AM
that helps a LOT
i have a good handle ( i think ) on how to make chords and i have a good library in my head of chords playing the song is not...
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Today, 11:36 AM
I have a 12vdc Peavey battery amp that runs on 8 x 1.5v D cells. It also has a 12vdc power socket.. I'm in the UK and have tried 2 new (different...
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Today, 11:25 AM
I think the plain Heritage headstock, like the one one my 575, is pretty lame. The rest of the guitar more than makes up for it.
But I also think...
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Today, 11:20 AM
That guitar is simply lovely!
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Today, 11:17 AM
Nice. Damn, those f-holes are HUGE!
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Today, 11:14 AM
Yes, but some people think that sound is annoying, and probably have thought it annoying for 80 years.
I find hanging on E over F minor, tedious...
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Today, 11:01 AM
Okay.
All I mean is that we generally use melodic minor in situations where the underlying harmony is found within the scale. 7#11, tonic minor,...
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Today, 10:55 AM
I'm not sure but I wouldn't think so.
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Today, 10:54 AM
I don't understand statements like "jazzers use melodic minor for its harmony". Don't we use every note for its harmony? To me, jazzers use melodic...
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Today, 10:48 AM
Maybe some of you might remember I was going to list this a while ago on here, but decided to have some work/repair done on it. I've had it on Reverb...
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Today, 10:41 AM
Thanks! I saw this one but prefer to find one in black and hopefully from a forum member instead of GC!
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Today, 10:38 AM
The error is in how you're thinking about transposition. Transposing is changing from the original key to a new key, such as taking a song in C...
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Today, 10:36 AM
oh it is such a relief.. when there is no drummer
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Today, 10:36 AM
Hey Kyle
there’s this one
Used Benedetto Guitars Pat Martino Solid Body Electric Guitar Trans Brown | Guitar Center
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Today, 10:17 AM
Wow so glad to see the Return Of Donna Lee! I play through the head a couple of times a day but haven't really been tracking how I'm doing with...
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Today, 10:17 AM
Hmm. I have wondered some thing about this from observation and have suspected that something like this was the case. Interesting to hear someone...
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Today, 10:15 AM
Actually I've just deleted that post because I was only quoting something.
In practice, however, I've found that one has to be very careful using...
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Today, 10:14 AM
If you have a good double bass player you don't need drums.
I've done many a successful gig on DB without a drummer.:cool::pride:
I play guitar in...
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Today, 10:11 AM
No it’s not! Theory is life!
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Today, 10:11 AM
Maybe look for piano? Should be easier to find.
Guitar/bass/piano/vocals...that's a nice combo.
Obviously you could do it with just guitar and...
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Today, 10:08 AM
It’s not the rules and rigid discipline. Obviously jazz mixes and matches things in ways that would make it normal to see a scale up one way and down...
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Today, 10:06 AM
I don't think I understand the op's question nor could I answer it but they are referring to a melody of notes in Cminor not a scale.
Would this...
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Today, 10:03 AM
That’s just a modern adaptation. “Classical” doesn’t mean that it’s only to be used in classical music. I was taught music theory as a child in the...
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Today, 10:00 AM
Yeah, "melodic minor harmony" is an oxymoron...
I'm with you on the "jazz minor." Start a petition?
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Today, 09:50 AM
I like to say 'jazz minor' - but for some reason people don't use that.
It bugs me and probably ONLY me that there is such a thing as 'melodic...
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Today, 09:47 AM
÷3 on the Blonde WESMO
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Today, 09:46 AM
Here, on 2:55 Hubbard clearly plays a natural E over Fm. Again, not very sour. And there's plenty of natural Bs too and other "outside" notes during...
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Today, 09:39 AM
talk about thread drift
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Today, 09:37 AM
I get a real kick when I hear discussions about the elegance of his “see-through” finishes. I’m sure he told the paint guys that paint is money, so...
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Today, 09:36 AM
And also, on the original version you can hear Hubbard play a long non-consonant B (#4) on the Fm7 chord, on the start of his second chorus of solo...
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Today, 09:31 AM
Using pentatonics in new ways like McCoy Tyner, inside/outside Pentatonic Triad refresher
This may be a refresher to some. I have written about...
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Today, 09:24 AM
Also this … that same gig I decided to do trio with bass, guitar, and sax. Not for any reason. Just because it’s a fun texture.
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Today, 09:23 AM
Gig etiquette would dictate that if the drummer was on the gigs, he should find a sub. Maybe ask who he knows?
Ask around though in general …. I...
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Today, 09:23 AM
I know it's petty, but I think Gibson wins with the headstock. Heritage improved it with widening it in the last few years.
The Heritage builders...
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Today, 09:17 AM
Sometimes my ears displace notes an octave down or up, but I think Jack's E and the comping's Eb are exactly in the same register, but I may be...
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Today, 09:15 AM
Absolutely correct.
Tony D.
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Today, 09:10 AM
I'd figure out what Tommy Tedesco used.
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Today, 09:07 AM
I would continue without drums, don't let just anyone fill the seat. A good drummer needs finesse, dynamics and restraint. Traits that don't really...
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Today, 09:06 AM
In jazz no one really uses the term this way anymore
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Today, 09:03 AM
The melodic minor scale is not the same in both directions. The ascending melodic minor scale is as you describe. But the descending form is the...
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Today, 08:58 AM
I’m partial to blondes and agree with Jabberwocky.
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Today, 08:50 AM
Yeah exactly, it's just music. Something we do for fun. The stakes just aren't that high. For every Jo Jones cymbal toss, there are thousands and...
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Today, 08:45 AM
I loved Ripley on Netflix
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Today, 08:19 AM
I play a classical guitar with a plectrum. Which type of string would suit? As you know quite a few strings made of different materials. Your...
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Today, 08:08 AM
Voyage -
Transposing is easy. Forget the funny names, just write out the scale. Say you want to transpose something from G to Bb. Write the G...
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Today, 08:05 AM
I play in a (non jazz) duo with guitar, bass and two vocals. We started as a trio but the drummer wasn’t dependable and found no need to rehearse…he...
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Today, 08:02 AM
Abbey Lincoln's bluegrass breakdown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_lgtFelBI8
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Today, 08:00 AM
Anyway, that was just a spontaneous, honest comment like I would make in a club to a friend, then move on. If anyone else digs it, I can deal with...
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Today, 07:58 AM
A lot of great jazz has been played without a drummer. Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Lennie Tristano, Red Norvo, Tal Farlow, Jim Hall and many others...
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Today, 07:46 AM
For sale NOK 25 750,-*)
Built by and bought from Louis Dupaquier, who himself is a 7-string jazz guitar player and has been in apprenticeship as a...
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Today, 07:44 AM
Is the OP still around?
I did the D7-Db7 one so here's the F#mb5 bit which seems to be the favorite. Probably right :-)
What Miles did (or...
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Today, 07:43 AM
Love a big neck.
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Today, 07:36 AM
I would say it all depends on how well you and the bass player can keep tempo. If you two can avoid speeding up (in my experience, that's the main...
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Today, 07:30 AM
I omitted a "0" from the SN - it is 910009.
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Today, 07:28 AM
Thanks very much! The guitar I have is an Elite, laminate spruce top, single pickup, SN 910009, which I THINK places it toward the end of this run,...
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Today, 07:26 AM
It does happen that 3rd party vendors from far away countries have their wares in "local" (Amazon?) warehouses. No idea how that works - nor do I...
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Today, 07:24 AM
I thought B too. This'll wake 'em up :-)
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Today, 07:21 AM
File it under "unhappy youth" and be done with it? ;)
Funny, I tried and could imagine whole legions of that guy in all kinds of situations,...
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Today, 07:16 AM
Are you able to post a video of it being played? I'd love to hear the guitar in action!
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Today, 07:04 AM
Hi
Just had another d'angelico pick guard made for $114 including overseas shipping. It is really well made and nice and thick. Not sure if ill...
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Today, 06:59 AM
Ive never referred to it the way he is referring to it but he’s talking about diatonic transposition
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Today, 06:32 AM
Wintermoon:
I agree with you. My guess is that the X-bracing is a significant factor in the difference in sound, when compared to the L5C. I...
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Today, 06:01 AM
Hi, back in January i got some local musicians together to play as a quintet. We had a drummer, bass, vocals, tennor sax and me on guitar.
It was...
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Today, 05:51 AM
I think that's it....
I remember talking to a modern player and he said 'oh yeah I love the tradition, I've transcribed Herbie, Chick, all those...
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Today, 05:49 AM
Some cosmetic changes. Now if they would only shrink the f-holes.
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Today, 05:34 AM
Tonight
17 April 2024
Olli Soikkeli joins Frank Vignola, Ted Rosenthal, Gary Mazzaroppi and Vince Cherico.
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Today, 05:25 AM
Thank you! If it sells I will get back to you:)
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Today, 04:59 AM
Price NOK 47 650,- *)
A blond "fan fretted" 7-string, with an offset chambered archtop (1.75") body, with 2 cutaways, from 2009. In a very good...
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Today, 04:54 AM
I don't know what it means to transpose a melody which is diatonic to Cminor -- to a mode of Cminor.
When you transpose a melody, if you want it...
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Today, 04:54 AM
late to the thread
It makes sense to me to view jazz as a tradition or culture.
So jazz music is music that is played in the jazz tradition.
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Today, 04:32 AM
You didn't transpose it properly.
C minor: C D Eb F G Ab Bb C
4th mode: F G Ab Bb C D Eb F
Your melody: C D Eb G Ab C
Transposed: F G...
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Today, 04:25 AM
Take the 2014 L-5 Wes Mo Blonde.
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Today, 04:15 AM
C Minor (Natural Minor) is the Aeolian mode of EbMajor, which has the notes you wrote, but you left out the 7th note of the scale (Bb). You said:...
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Today, 03:54 AM
Good luck with the sale of your guitar.
Tonnie
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Today, 03:13 AM
Thank you for the replies. I need to think through them to see where I'm off and then I'll come back with a question again. Thank you.
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Today, 02:04 AM
This '20 Standard Custom is nice. Nice tip o' the ol' Hatlo hat to an early '50s L-5CES. B-I-G neck.
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Today, 01:44 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii57FytBQ74
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Today, 01:43 AM
The mode names apply to the major scales.... Phrygian is the mode that starts from the 3rd note of a major scale.
In C Major, the E phrygian mode...
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Today, 01:16 AM
Jimmy Smith, And Christopher Parkening is "better" than Barney Kessell? Glen Gould is "better" than Keith Jarrett? - etc.
Don't you see the...
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Today, 01:06 AM
So, pan 60, I think you said your goal is to improve your sight reading of chords? The key to that is to look for the key tones that define a ...
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Today, 12:40 AM
His backing track is a vamp rather than a conventional chord progression, which allows much more freedom re: one's choice of notes - like playing...
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Today, 12:30 AM
Are you transposing the key to F minor
rather than playing 4th mode C minor?
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Today, 12:15 AM
Also the transposition is incorrect either way.
If you're transposing it to a different mode of the same key, then you want a diatonic...
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Today, 12:09 AM
Charles Berthoud and Jimmy Smith are better than PC.
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Today, 12:07 AM
If aeolian is the 1, dorian is the 4, not phrygian. F dorian has a d in it.
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Today, 12:00 AM
You're also hearing them in the room and experiencing how they feel to play, which of course we don't get. At least for me, that would affect my...
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Yesterday, 11:59 PM
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Yesterday, 11:51 PM
It’s easy to “justify” the E natural on multiple grounds, e.g, using the melodic minor scale to build a melody, superimposing V7 tonality over i7,...
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Yesterday, 11:49 PM
Suppose a melody in the key of C minor. The notes are c d e-flat g a-flat c. Transposing it to the fourth mode of C minor, F phrygian, I get the...
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Yesterday, 11:44 PM
Keith, the warmer sound might be due to the Smith's x bracing as opposed to the parallel of the L-5.
Couple beautiful examples that's for sure!
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Yesterday, 11:33 PM
My '84 Elite (the one for sale) has a 9.5"-14" radius.
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Yesterday, 11:31 PM
On hold again but they never changed the year of manufacture.
:doh:
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Yesterday, 11:23 PM
Pretty stunning sound!
Synclavier II by New England Digital, appeared May 1980 at the AES show.
McLaughlin's 1984 album "Mahavishnu" features it,...
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Yesterday, 11:10 PM
I recall meeting Kenny Poole as we were checking in to the hotel . I shook his hand + thanked him for his music...then turned his hand + asked if I...
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Yesterday, 11:03 PM
I had a very good friend in elementary and high school days who was a very good trumpet player. I wanted him to play in my band, which was doing what...
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Yesterday, 10:55 PM
Tnx for posting + congrats Marty, and Joey D makes such lovely music!
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Yesterday, 10:48 PM
A friend of mine had this to say about the E natural over the Fm7 and superimposing chords in general. I think it's well stated.
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Yesterday, 10:46 PM
I kind of hear it the other way i guess. I ended up sending the blonde one back because it had a crack at the headstock in the neck that my luthier...
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
Very cool Marty!
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Yesterday, 10:17 PM
Already did.
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Yesterday, 10:16 PM
On the older 80's models with the single Schaller pickup, the radius is 9.5"
Cheers,
Arnie.
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Yesterday, 10:15 PM
I bought a set of Ernie Ball flatwounds in .10 and in .11
yeah the stock .11's on it feel very tight for sure, almost like a steel string acoustic.
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Yesterday, 10:04 PM
Come at me bro.
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Yesterday, 09:53 PM
I have a Fender D'Aq Elite SN 91009 (possibly one of the last ones made in Japan). The fingerboard radius feels to me like it's less than the common...
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
Purely as a matter of taste, I preferred the 2013 tone. The '89 is dead and muffled sounding to me.
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Yesterday, 09:35 PM
Just finished Parasyte: The Grey, another good one by the director of Train to Busan and Hellbound.
It's Korean, but it started in Japan, so this is...
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Yesterday, 09:31 PM
Yes. I ordered the strings through amazon.com and, due to the quirks of how Amazon works, the vendor from the UK was included and the price was...
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Yesterday, 09:29 PM
Does anyone happen to know what the fingerboard radius is on these Fender D'Aquistos? Would it be similar to what Mr. D'Aquisto used on his "regular"...
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Yesterday, 09:22 PM
Yeah sounds dumb, don’t it?
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Yesterday, 09:14 PM
No way
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