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Today, 05:24 AM
I did a video a while back that may be helpful
https://youtu.be/rc3Yn4q42vU?si=vJQ8kjR0PM2tIR8O
Rather than counting, divide the 4/4 bar in...
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Today, 05:24 AM
You're always badmouthing the digital Hammond. Unless you're gigging with one, you probably don't have the experience to make such harsh judgements....
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Today, 04:38 AM
They’re welcome over anytime. Plenty of lawn to go around this small patch. They can bring their guitars and we can all jam!:welcome:
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Today, 04:32 AM
Perhaps all those people just need to get off of your lawn?
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Today, 04:06 AM
Well how could I not listen after that!
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Today, 04:00 AM
I would normally write 7sus4 unless I’m missing something?
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Today, 03:54 AM
Yeah, it's absolutely fantastic.
I seriously pondered the Mosaic box when it came out, I have quite a few other sets but never got around to the TB...
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Today, 03:33 AM
Isn't that info included on the certificate provided by the OP?
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Today, 03:08 AM
I googled "chord". The first thing that came up said that a "chord" is three or more notes.
What happens when it's two notes an octave apart and...
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Today, 02:21 AM
Which Ed actually used as an ash tray...
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Today, 02:21 AM
Hello. I have for sale an 2014 ES175 1959 reissue (two pickup version). Good condition (no dings or dents, only hardware wear). I will upload photos...
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Today, 02:19 AM
Although Chinese in origin, which the OP said he wanted to avoid.
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Today, 02:18 AM
Different worlds. A non-trem singlecut vs a doublecut trem. Then there’s how the amp is dialed in. Les Pauls and 335’s can sound dark. If you set up...
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Today, 02:11 AM
Are you able to get actual neck thickness measurements?
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Today, 12:57 AM
Hi!
It's always fun to try to find interesting chord options for basic progressions. Here's some for 1-6-2-5 progression in D major. These kind...
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Today, 12:42 AM
I took delivery of this Jazz Special a year or so ago. Over time I’ve noticed a light colored “stripe” has appeared on the top longitudinally from...
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Today, 12:37 AM
Haha, yeah of course I've seen this. Boy, what a contrast! - most would think Tina gets blown away by Fathead's confident blustering assault, but he...
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Today, 12:27 AM
What is your definition of young? Most everyone younger than 40 over here is reaching the age that they can pay the weeks rent!
that said, some...
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Today, 12:24 AM
...Wait... this could have been no later than 1942 (the year CC died), so Wayne was 9 ? And Charlie Parker was on stage with Charlie Christian? Wow!...
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Today, 12:08 AM
Lovely and expensive equipment right there. Great sound. ;)
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Yesterday, 11:46 PM
Technically it's a Power Diad.
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Yesterday, 11:25 PM
McCoy Tyner comping / chord stabs for guitar!
This is the preview for a full lesson coming tomorrow
Remember, I give private lessons so hmu...
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Yesterday, 11:15 PM
I won't lie, she's a handful compared to my L4 CES but there's just something about her ... ;)
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Yesterday, 11:13 PM
no red line under them,
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Yesterday, 11:05 PM
He means literally learning how to interpret the rhythmic component of sheet music and turn it into sound.
With students I have them look at music...
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Yesterday, 11:04 PM
You had been with Maynard Ferguson a little bit, right? Did you ever play with Monk?
Hmm... maybe one time sitting in at The Five Spot with Art,...
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Yesterday, 11:03 PM
Found on my old pc....
Wayne Shorter Interview by Mel Martin. Reprinted from The Saxophone Journal; Volume 16, Number 4, January/February 1992.
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Yesterday, 10:57 PM
Yeah, it's a really tough decision. Especially the part where you sell the Bigsby B-6 for way more than the cost of the replacement trapeze tailpiece.
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
I take it that I should have said time or tempo. Counting, as mentioned above. The notes are easy to learn but I haven’t delved into decoding the...
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Yesterday, 10:23 PM
Nice job. I think that's very accurate. That's also my understanding of it. I think it's dumb that how to build melody isn't very well understood,...
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Yesterday, 10:16 PM
I thought you both didn’t know what a power chord was. Sorry, carry on.
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Yesterday, 10:10 PM
Your classic neck guitar was a Fender? I think that's the problem we have, other Tele manufacturer's specs may not match the original Fender...
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Yesterday, 09:55 PM
I already protect my home (and family) with firearms. I'll take my chances with the future.
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Yesterday, 09:54 PM
What does that mean, read rhythms?
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Yesterday, 09:53 PM
You do enough you can recognize things. But yeah, if it's tricky, count. But when I sing it, I don't sing numbers.
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Yesterday, 09:47 PM
For what it's worth, I just bought his (Darren's) Epiphone Emperor earlier this week. Nice price, well packed, as described, quick ship and great...
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Yesterday, 09:47 PM
Is this not the chord you referenced? - D-G-C-F. Root/4th(11th)/7th/3rd = the essential chord tones of Dm11. The 5th & 9th can be omitted, they're...
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Yesterday, 09:42 PM
By the time we turn to firearms to protect our homes, it’s already too late.
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
Might not hurt if you included some photos.
Doug
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
i grabed thsi some years backs
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Yesterday, 09:16 PM
Thanks but I'm allergic to Bigsby trems.
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Yesterday, 09:14 PM
Vigier
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Yesterday, 09:11 PM
Not really. And it's hard to find one. I saw that light and decided to stop searching and have him build one. In fact, I spent more months looking...
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Yesterday, 09:11 PM
^ Yes. One other thing I forgot is memorize rhythms that throw you off or make mnemonics for them. So you immediately know how they go the next time...
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Yesterday, 09:10 PM
If it's a pvt seller, there is no 'trial period'. If you came to me and asked for that, as a seller, I would consider that a red flag.
You can...
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Yesterday, 09:08 PM
It's probably not a feature of the website per se, more about the browser you are using. When you are typing, do words that are incorrectly spelled...
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Yesterday, 09:06 PM
Yea, there's a bunch of rhythms I see over and over.
The one that really gets me is the 4uh tieing into the next measure. It always gets me and I...
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Yesterday, 09:04 PM
Hi Arch. Been thinking about your bandsaw. Important to note that while I've set up and used them a lot, I never tried to do anything remotely like...
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Yesterday, 09:04 PM
I do that.
I'm not sure how you can read period without counting it out. Perhaps I misunderstood.
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Yesterday, 09:02 PM
Generally you have to just practice the reading to get better at it. The non rhythmically intensive tunes in the Real Book aren't that hard. It...
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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
Jack you could try a D'aquisto jazzline. It's a poor mans Borys and as far as I can tell, identical to the Sadowsky, aside from the neck length.
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Yesterday, 08:57 PM
You might try stripping back the recipe to basics and start all over. I have been baking (my Covid hobby) and using books and YT to guide me. Much...
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Yesterday, 08:52 PM
What a killer guitar! Congratulations.
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Yesterday, 08:49 PM
Is there a reason why you just don't buy from Roger? I mean, do you save that much by buying elsewhere?
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Yesterday, 08:48 PM
Decorative veneers are used on the top and bottom of a veneer stack. Otherwise you might get at a peek at the man behind the curtain. That is to say,...
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Yesterday, 08:47 PM
I'm more of a "dwidily bop a du la bu la bop" kinda guy, but yeah.
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
If this "semi-dystopian future" is on the way, I think firearms (and lots of ammo) might be a better investment than guitars.
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Yesterday, 08:44 PM
It's quite possible the one coming to archtop. will get snapped up before it's listed. I saw that happen a few years ago when I was searching.
I...
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Yesterday, 08:43 PM
i theres is a spell check on here i will be very glad to try and use it but i do not see any spell check option?
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Yesterday, 08:38 PM
^ I'd just get a vintage one for 2k if I were to buy a Rhodes. But I'm happy that the new ones are out there. I think it's morally wrong to force...
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Yesterday, 08:37 PM
thanks I was very lucky!
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Yesterday, 08:36 PM
thanks!
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Yesterday, 08:18 PM
To take sight reading to the next level it does help to study rhythm independent from pitch. There are several books that take you though it in...
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Yesterday, 08:02 PM
I think he does mean that. I’d love to find a solid primer on how to read rhythms.
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Yesterday, 07:39 PM
Heritage is great. Be advised that they don't cover loss/damage due to "nuclear perils" or "war and insurrection". :whistle:
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Yesterday, 07:27 PM
I would pick out a nice Eastman guitar. They will not cost as much and be fine. More options for different things and less money.
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Yesterday, 07:17 PM
I believe both models you mentioned are currently made in Indonesia. I have owned Japanese made Ibanez models (2616 and 2355) as well as a Chinese...
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Yesterday, 07:02 PM
As long as the writer doesn’t misuse the apostrophe—I bought 2 guitar’s today—I’m OK.
I like a bit of a linguistic challenge.
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Yesterday, 06:54 PM
My Favorite is the Nylon nuts Gibson used in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Tuning is a breeze and they wear forever. A real SOB to shape and cut though.
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Yesterday, 06:54 PM
Heritage Insurance | Musical Instruments & Equipment | Free Quote
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Yesterday, 06:52 PM
I've been in the Multi-FX game for a good 30 years now , starting out with a 4-preset BOSS pedal, moving on through the follow-up BOSS pedals and...
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Yesterday, 06:49 PM
Don't get me wrong, it's cool... but at almost 10k...
If they just remade the 73 Rhodes at a reasonable price, they would have sold truckloads...
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Yesterday, 06:43 PM
Me too, because a priori there is no magnetic PU on these guitars, for rather obvious reasons. Have you ever heard about having to ground strings on...
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Yesterday, 06:18 PM
Do many of you have an instrument insurance policy or recommend a policy and / or company?
FL home insurance is already tenuous but I probably...
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
Huh? A poster asked about what a 5 chord is. The rest was a joke about it.
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Yesterday, 06:02 PM
I might too, but remember that you (and I) have had extensive experience with all of the real items: amps, OD's, delays, modulation etc. That...
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Yesterday, 05:58 PM
If you mean 1 and uh - 2 and uh and 1 e and uh 2 e and uh??
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Yesterday, 05:54 PM
Not a good investment. A Gibson citation is not a vintage Les Paul, it'll never be in as much demand as a vintage Les Paul. And back in the 70s a...
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Yesterday, 05:50 PM
Guitars are tools to make music; buy a painting, or a classic car (?).
I'm ok with the OP's spelling as it's easy to follow if you read it aloud....
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Yesterday, 05:49 PM
I was fortunate enough to acquire some great gear in the '80's and '90s. A couple of vintage Fenders and a nice '60 ES345, late '60's L5CES etc. I...
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
Check out this awesome player ! Here he rips on a LesPaul but he is just as jaw-dropping on his usual nylonstring Ovation....
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
Selling my Epiphone Elitist Broadway was one of the two dumbest guitar sales in my entire life. I miss that guitar every day,
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Yesterday, 05:29 PM
Very nice touch, tone and CHOPS ! The pickup sounds great for his playing style where he obviously wants to make the wound strings heard, complete...
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Yesterday, 05:18 PM
Bumping this to the top.
Hopefully this doesn't incite anymore ancillary posts.
Thanks!
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
Yes they are, yes indeed! ;)
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
The value of your investments might also be affected by events beyond your control:
'Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future,...
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
As for the main topic: buying guitars as an investment, I've never done that as I buy guitars for the love of guitars and playing them (and have sold...
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
Think this is nuanced. Click bait is important and not losing too much money is important (e.g. Musk and Twitter). However, many of the big outlets...
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Yesterday, 04:55 PM
So.. this is your response to the question of where you are receiving the truthful and accurate media you claim to be receiving?
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Yesterday, 04:54 PM
(and the follow up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqTsBwHI0xM
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
As a non native-english speaker, the inherent spelling discussion in this thread reminded me of this hilarious video I came across some time ago...
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Yesterday, 04:38 PM
Banned on the run!
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Yesterday, 04:38 PM
I can't tell if you're joking or just this pompous. It's called power chord and 90% of guitar songs are played with them, the other 9% being cowboy...
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Yesterday, 04:36 PM
There is no system. We have the opportunity, in education and media, to learn different viewpoints, and consider their merits. Even if we had no more...
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Yesterday, 04:21 PM
There seems to be some basic confusion on buying and selling guitars versus actual investments. If you had put that $2835 for the Yamaha in a very...
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
Bless you for your due diligence. I’m playing Ab7(9) for that one and they’ll have to correct me
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Yesterday, 04:15 PM
Dm11 implies D F A C E and G. The chord I'm asking about omits A and G.
I understand that I can put the notes on a stem and they aren't too hard...
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Yesterday, 04:12 PM
But I like delta for a triad, And the minus sign sometimes indicates a flatted note other than the third. Jazz notation is consistently...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
So you're telling me the book I've been working on for the last 20 years ("Teles-The Destructive Element") has just been a waste of time?:doh:
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
It's commonly used to specify root and fifth. Look in guitar magazines with pictures of guys with beards on the covers.
Calling it a "chord" may...
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM
I’m not sure whether it is an error in the specifications on the sheet or whether this neck just turned out to be a little fatter than usual and I no...
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Yesterday, 03:57 PM
If major is a triangle, I'm happy with lower case m for minor.
I also appreciate it when the engraver takes the trouble to increase the font size...
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Yesterday, 03:42 PM
Are you saying that the spec sheet was inaccurate? I ask because I have heard they can be undependable, which would certainly be something to be...
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Yesterday, 03:41 PM
I feel like we should let Pan60 write how he/she likes.
I left school with no qualifications and am dyslexic. I can't spell for toffee. I'm...
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Yesterday, 03:40 PM
Paul Desmond and anybody else.
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Yesterday, 03:31 PM
What really gets me is when someone gives the same chord two or three different names on a chart - make up your mind, dammit! :frown-new:
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Yesterday, 03:26 PM
"based upon seeing D5 and the like on rock music charts."
I don't even know, D5 is what? A major triad with the 3rd omitted?
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Yesterday, 03:25 PM
The person who wrote that chart should be drawn and quartered.
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Yesterday, 03:21 PM
Believe it or not I have, to mean the I chord in a minor key - shorthand doesn't always work.
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Yesterday, 03:11 PM
Most people know Jackie Mac but you're not the only one aware of Tina Brooks, I've had his Minor Mode lp for almost 40 yrs. Just picked up a copy of...
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Yesterday, 03:10 PM
Started it in January. We’ve been working through various lines and using this framework to break them up in modular ways.
Just did a lesson on...
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Yesterday, 03:09 PM
Have you ever seen a piece of music where A6 denotes a minor chord?
It means major. Full stop. Whether it’s a perfect chord symbol is a different...
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Yesterday, 03:08 PM
Remember, a good investment is where you buy low and sell high. Prices are high right now. We came out of a COVID influenced bubble so they seem to...
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
"Part of reading on the instrument is learning how to figure out where to play it, as well as what to play."
That comes with practice, after a...
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
The OP asked how to interpret A6, whether it could have different meanings, I just said it's rather vague, should be qualified as being major or...
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Yesterday, 02:21 PM
I want to start learning jazz guitar having messed around with straight blues and rock for a good few years. I been looking at getting a jazz guitar...
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Yesterday, 02:17 PM
I make f-hole plugs\baffles. Feel free to contact me at carpenterguitars@gmail.com or on my Reverb page if you would like a set.
Click Here.....The...
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Yesterday, 02:13 PM
The RB has a range of difficulty. If we're talking about the old standards, it's a question of knowing the fingerboard and being able to recognize...
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Yesterday, 02:13 PM
Hello,
I was doing some rock investigation and found this guitar in an early Argentinian band lates 50's early 1960/61. I really dont know if it...
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Yesterday, 02:09 PM
I was reading somewhere that a big hole in the middle of the loaf is a sign of under-proofing. Assuming that you do the usual two step fermentation...
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Yesterday, 02:07 PM
That story is from Steve Wallace's excellent remembrance of Ed just after Ed passed. The same piece also includes a great story about Ed in the...
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Yesterday, 01:55 PM
I'm still making f-hole baffles if your interested.
The Marketplace for Musicians | Reverb.com
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
exactly
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Yesterday, 01:53 PM
Jens Larsen has many videos on jazz comping. You should definitely check them out.
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Yesterday, 01:53 PM
Funny, my experience is the EXACT opposite here. The guys that have to drag a book out are the laughing stock. Who asked you to learn 1000 tunes in...
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Yesterday, 01:53 PM
Correct.
I'm looking to supplement my knowledge of the tune with my knowledge of reading to be able to aggrandize the number of songs I can play...
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
Don't just struggle with the book, put on a recording of the tune and listen so that the notes on the page come alive. Vocal versions are usually the...
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Yesterday, 01:48 PM
Team delta all the way. Why draw all those lines when three will do?
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Yesterday, 01:46 PM
I've found that tunes that I've learned by ear, I can not only play more fluently, but can remember. I've found that after playing a theater...
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Yesterday, 01:45 PM
that's great, if you have the brain space to learn 1000 tunes and to be able to play them at all 12 keys like the old Masters did. It doesn't seem...
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