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Today, 08:57 PM
This is my preference. I just love it.
https://youtu.be/o25b-fyL-WQ?si=DR1F_pLUmWmRGoBR
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Today, 08:49 PM
Vin, Everytime I see that Special, I want it.
Like Lawson said, the most perfect guitar he’s ever seen.
Me too.
Joe D
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Today, 08:46 PM
You must have better pizza joints, all the ones I call send bone players.
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Today, 08:43 PM
I play my 76 ALL THE TIME acoustically.
It’s not jumbo or a dreadnaught loud, but it’s certainly not dead. In fact it’s very much alive and its my...
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Today, 08:38 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjD4zZYlxk
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Today, 08:38 PM
Who’s that fat bastard trying to play that beautiful guitar?
I remember that day. I had shingles and I was in massive pain.
That was like 60lbs...
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Today, 08:36 PM
Hmmmm……I’ve played several from the ‘60s that were quite good acoustic guitars, not loud mind you, but decent volume with great, balanced tone from...
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Today, 08:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2cdaz4p2Y&t=134s
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Today, 08:26 PM
I think JM was using the K-Muse Photon Midi guitar interface at that time.
Initial view at the start of the video is obviously from a distance, but...
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Today, 08:24 PM
Just call a pizza delivery service. Chances are the guy delivering your pizza will be a drummer.
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Today, 08:14 PM
Hey. On piano inversions are like the bread and butter of jazz. It's so common that when not using any inversions it's referred to as block chords,...
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Today, 07:46 PM
The JS is not supposed to be an acoustic guitar. It is supposed to look like one but the bracing, body size, scale length, top thickness etc.. are...
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Today, 07:40 PM
Yes, you hear something, you associate it with something you already know from somewhere else, you know how to play it.
A simple example, a I...
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Today, 07:38 PM
Marty all guitars sound unique but my HRJS is one of my fav’s, if not my fav and I have 3 out out of the 4, Johnny Smith models made.
Excited for...
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Today, 07:29 PM
The original post... I think it's important that musicians sing, even if it's only in the practice room.
Classic rock bar band musicians...
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Today, 07:23 PM
Jaz I think the Yammy sounds good. They are great guitars for the price and I enjoyed you channeling your inner Gabor.
The L4 has the more...
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Today, 07:22 PM
There is another way that I use a bit. You sing the lyrics as you write the lyrics. So step 1 you simultaneously end up with lyrics and melody. ...
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Today, 07:21 PM
Bennedetto A6 is an excellent choice, that's what I would have used. I just saw Barry Greene playing with a trio here in Orlando, with a Benedetto...
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Today, 07:12 PM
That's what I guessed (and I wasn't even thinking of analysing everything you play that way, all the time). Seems safe to say that you're matching...
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Today, 07:00 PM
I don’t have the mental capacity to label everything I play. Just like I don’t spell every word in my head before speaking.
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Today, 06:59 PM
he seems to play a chord and be able
to ‘hold’ the synth chord pad sound with a foot pedal ….
sounds amazing ….
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Today, 06:54 PM
I think it’s in C too, but I saw a YouTube transcription that had it as B. That’s why I was curious.
You did a great job by the way.
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Today, 06:50 PM
A few years back I found a site that has movies, but it had commercials - the same ones over and over about every 10 minutes. One day I was so...
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Today, 06:48 PM
Awesome Super Eagle! Wow!!
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Today, 06:47 PM
Go to a jam session, they're falling off the trees there :cool:
Agree it's nice to have a good one if you can't have your regular. My longtime...
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Today, 06:43 PM
I think, but can't prove, that plastic tends to be worse in this because it's softer, and stickier. I almost always see more problems with the D and...
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Today, 06:42 PM
But do you really first transcribe a tune into a series of intervals? Even I have realised that I've become capable of playing (simple) tunes by ear,...
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Today, 06:41 PM
That appeals a lot. Thanks!
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Today, 06:34 PM
So...has anyone handled the new Epi's?
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Today, 06:24 PM
$6,000!!!! They better carve both the top back and sides for that amount of money,as well as make it out of solid non laminate wood!
Sorry, but...
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Today, 06:08 PM
I believe Mark is happy to install two set-in pickups, but has actually made very few with that configuration out of the @605 archtop guitars he has...
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Today, 06:07 PM
Mancini did some music too.
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Today, 05:57 PM
I dabble.
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Today, 05:54 PM
Have you thought about a hobby instead? Like maybe learning piano or guitar?
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Today, 05:49 PM
I don't pay for tv because I can't stand the commercials. I don't really like the content on tv either. All the stupid new shows. I scrum around...
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Today, 05:48 PM
Yes. Now it is.
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Today, 05:43 PM
For batteries, I use rechargeable lithiums. The only use I have for regular alkaline 9V batteries is in smoke detectors. I also prefer using AC...
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Today, 05:43 PM
Not really. I just think tv is just a waste of time and a waste of life. Why do people get so offended by that? Makes it seem precious and central to...
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Today, 05:43 PM
Did you just buy that off of Reverb? I noticed it there recently. As someone who is a Campellone fan and a big single coil devotee, it really knocked...
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Today, 05:40 PM
I play the head at 314bpm. I used to be able to play it at 332bpm, but i fractured my pinky.
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Today, 05:38 PM
You're showing your stupidity if you can't hear how clearly Charles's music is better organized and more effective because of it. It isn't only using...
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Today, 05:36 PM
I like playing with a drummer, I like playing without a drummer as long as the bassist is solid in time. Somebody else put it as playing with...
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Today, 05:35 PM
What a stupid idiotic thing to say. You're saying because he can move his fingers faster (not sure if that's even true, I doubt it is) he's a more...
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Today, 05:35 PM
I was hearing more as a C flat
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Today, 05:34 PM
Yeah, that too.
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Today, 05:33 PM
I am very much an electric guitarist. I bought this in December and played it for about a month. It's been sitting in the case ever since and it's...
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Today, 05:32 PM
Thanks. The amp is fine with batteries. When I can, I'd rather use a power supply but it's very frustrating. The problem is both at my home and where...
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Today, 05:32 PM
That Spoonful for minor 3rd.
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Today, 05:30 PM
That sounds like the ideal neck to me! I also prefer 1-3/4" nut width but the soft-V to C profile about an inch deep is really my happy place. Play...
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Today, 05:26 PM
"I Love You" by Cole Porter opens with a descending major 7th.
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Today, 05:25 PM
Well, I have to commend Jack for making the effort to create these videos, with notation /tab on the screen.
It seems like lots of work, and they...
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Today, 05:24 PM
Easy, BEST bass players past and present:
1. Ron Carter
2. Christian McBride
3. Ray Brown
4. Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
Honorable Mention...
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Today, 05:21 PM
I'm reminded of Chet Baker's comment: “It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.”
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Today, 05:16 PM
Unfortunately, like many people, the result of my "learning" scales has a tendency be learning finger patterns rather than really hearing the...
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Today, 05:14 PM
You can still achieve a level of play where your music is attractive to the listener and legitimate even if it isn't Jimmy Smith level.
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Today, 05:12 PM
What a remarkable, um, je-ne-sais-quoi reason not to consider a very nice guitar.
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Today, 05:11 PM
I prefer to belittle them for their over-sized f-holes. :highly_amused:
Funny, that, and the aesthetically-challenged headstock shape, hasn't...
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Today, 05:10 PM
It looks like this new generation, both the $4500 regular version and the $6,000 Custom (core) versions have lam tops and backs with a solid rim.
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Today, 05:07 PM
That's a NICE size!
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Today, 05:06 PM
This guitar:
-1 11/16" nut width - I prefer 1 3/4", but 1 11/16" works fine for me as well;
-.97" - depth at the 1st fret;
-1.00" - depth at the...
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Today, 04:54 PM
Since the conversation has gravitated to the headstock, I thought I would include a pick of my 2000 Heritage Eagle headstock with inlaid Fleur-de-lis.
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Today, 04:51 PM
This was it for me. Back when I did Gypsy gigs being able to switch from rhythm to soloing in a single beat was great
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Today, 04:50 PM
Well, Bali Hai (from South Pacific) goes up an octave and immediately down to the major 7th, so it's close, if you can simply imagine the second...
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Today, 04:46 PM
In the first clip, to my ears, Hubbard is playing a sustained Bb there, not a B natural (which would be b5, a very different animal). In the second,...
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Today, 04:45 PM
Yeah, but the recording isn't in 440 tuning. So it's in between B and C. Maybe it's just my copy.
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Today, 04:42 PM
I get that the guys that started the company were old Gibson employees, but it would've been nice if they had come up w/ some original designs. 'The...
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Today, 04:40 PM
This is an example from a group I was in decades ago, that later became a Broadway show (Pump Boys and Dinettes). This was our first performance, at...
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Today, 04:38 PM
Dear AllanAllen,
The first note is just a B, it start with a Cmaj7 chord :)
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Today, 04:37 PM
For me, A '51 Nocaster sized neck is big; a '58 Les Paul is big. I like 'em big. I don't need them that big, but I do enjoy them and find them very...
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Today, 04:27 PM
I tend to like this. Someone recently posted Jimmy Bruno playing Poinciana, and it sounded rather anemic. I caught myself wishing his playing more...
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Today, 04:23 PM
Curious if you chose to play it in a sharp B, or a flat C. I can't see what frets you are on.
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Today, 04:20 PM
Yeah, scales and learning tunes by ear. That's all the interval practice I do.
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Today, 04:12 PM
Thank you gentlemen both
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Today, 03:43 PM
100%
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 03:41 PM
Dear Mark,
I hope that you're going well! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really sorry for this late answer, these months are being...
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Today, 03:41 PM
At one point I'd also learned Bird's solos on DL and could play them fairly well at a pretty decent tempo.
Here's that from about March 2020
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Today, 03:35 PM
Voicing is definitely important. Play some common grips for these chords, you might say "what?" Put the melody on top, and it's like "you open the...
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Today, 03:35 PM
Hello,
I hope that everyone is going well!
This time I share an other guitar transcription from Chet Baker, this is the scat solo from Do it...
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Today, 03:34 PM
Dear Mark,
I hope that you're going well! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really sorry for this late answer, these months are being...
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Today, 03:32 PM
Lawson that was fine for the first time run through and you did not seem terribly stressed. I do think I could sense you did not necessarily feel...
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Today, 03:28 PM
Hello,
I hope everyone is doing well!
This time I share you a new transcription from this lovely standard, Let's Get Lost recorded by Chet...
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Today, 03:27 PM
It's a cliche at this point, isn't it?
I'd go as far as to say, not only is this not an ugly headstock, it's one of the most elegant headstock...
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Today, 03:24 PM
It's definitely better than it was. The twin arrows inlay is a nice addition too.
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Today, 03:18 PM
I think that’s how I look at it.
In common practice music scale notes are connecting tissue between chord tones. They are used this way in jazz...
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Today, 03:17 PM
As an object to look at, nothing beats an L5 (I think sunbursts are prettier than naturals, fwiw), but as something to actually play? There's a big...
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Today, 03:11 PM
Agree!
And I also agree that a bit of binding works wonders for the beautifully designed Heritage H575 headstock. :-)
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Today, 03:09 PM
Price NOK 6 200,- *)
Bought this guitar nicely used in 1994. There are some minor marks caused by a belt buckle on the back side of the guitar. ...
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Today, 03:07 PM
That makes sense to me. xx3343 and xx5565 are both Cm quartal grips.
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Today, 03:07 PM
Gentlemen prefer blondes but marry brunettes.
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Today, 03:05 PM
Wish I could be more help. Assuming the way you stated this that the amp is quiet with batteries, noisy with wall warts. Really don't know but...
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Today, 02:58 PM
Not game-like at all (unless you make it one?): scales. Isn't learning intervals the reason why you guys practise scales?
And, if that's not the...
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Today, 02:57 PM
Nope. Star Trek is a minor (flat) 7. The melody also works as a contrafact for Out of Nowhere.
The NBC "theme" (not exactly sure what one calls...
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Today, 02:48 PM
The former (2004 - 2006) Heritage Amplifiers of Tennessee designed and built their version of a high powered Fender Tweed Twin with additional EQ...
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Today, 02:46 PM
I didn't catch them, but I'll check it out tonight! Thanks for the heads up about them!
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Today, 02:44 PM
If it happened, it was clearly a joke on Barney's part.
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Today, 02:44 PM
Thanks Cunamara!
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Today, 02:40 PM
great deal!
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Today, 02:39 PM
Major 7th Up is the first two notes of the old "Star Trek" theme song.
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Today, 02:37 PM
thanks! Not sure if you ever caught the duo posts I did with a cellist posted under the “improvisation” sub forum (because it’s all freeform improv)
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Today, 02:36 PM
So I decided to do a clip to see where I"m at on this tune. Tweeked the backing track to a tempo I could play, set up the recording and did it...
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Today, 02:31 PM
Purely visually, +5 on the blonde. But as I have found, outward appearance and personality don't always match. Play them first, if you can, or at...
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Today, 02:26 PM
Heh.
Being oblivious about the real quality of their ears is a major mistake for almost every musician at some point.
Congratulations and good...
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Today, 02:21 PM
If you ever do, please PM me!
That's a different scale of economy deferentially with respect to awesome!
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Today, 02:14 PM
I had a Victoria low-powered tweed twin version with 2 12" speakers, and it was my main gigging amp for years.
I was playing more blues and rock...
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Today, 02:02 PM
Oh, don't be tho therwiuth
Of course, I'm not saying you're wrong...
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Today, 01:57 PM
Wow! What an amazingly beautiful specimen. So rare. It looks to be in great condition. It couldn't go to a better person. Congrats sir.
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Today, 01:56 PM
Wiki got there first. Trouble is, it's wrong. They think only the ascending form of the scale is used. We'll have to write in.
Jazz minor scale -...
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Today, 01:56 PM
Yes, I have not weighed it but it is insanely light. The other thing I would note is that the neck is one of my favorite necks ever, just the right...
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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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