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In my experience we tend to recognise by ear what we play. So play/listen and it’s a virtuous circle (at least for guitar stuff.) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just like this chart I made. When you cut out a note from chords, a lot of the grips become synonymous.
Measuring accurately is tricky indeed, reading a ruler held next to a string not trivial at all. I realised too late that I could simply have slipped a slide rule between the top and the strings...
Great and very extensive answer Many thanks …. If one were to setup a system to do that today (ie with a pedal to ‘hold’ the synth pad chord) what would be the cheapest way to achieve it ? ...
It’s very personal. I play fingerstyle and acoustic 80% of the time, and a 2,5 - 2 mm action would feel very stiff and high for me. I spend a lot of time on frets and setup because I like very low...
I can recognize many complex chords by ear, having learned and played much of the GASB by ear. But I am not very good at recognizing intervals, especially those greater than a fifth. Also, if I am...
I've never been one to measure action that precisely, but for fingerstyle playing I'd certainly like it lower than if I was playing rhythm with a pick... I'd probably want it right about where my...
Yep. Charles is good. But how would he sound if he were playing upright, improvising most of the music, and supporting others in a trad style? We dunno. Gonna drop this argument.
I've had them, tweaking both guitars and amps (and even a couple of pedals!) over the years, in an effort to get them EXACTLY as I want them to be. After years of following this approach, I have...
Yes it's new, MII. It's a great guitar I'm really enjoying it and having a hard time putting it down.
Fun to see NKC singing with someone else playing piano – especially Peterson. He was a big fan of NKC, and recorded With Respect to Nat, singing as well as playing. It made me wish he'd sung more.
I'm with you on both counts. That said, I do like the 6L6 sound as well, so it would be nice if I could get a "best of both worlds" setup. They say that a KT77 can straddle those two worlds,...
I like EL34s, so I wouldn't be interested in swapping the power tube out. EL34s, in general, give a thick, meaty tone. Which is what I am also after. The EL34 is one of the reasons I took a chance on...
And yet I think that's exactly what you're doing when playing from a chord sheet or (from a more familiar, early music universe) playing a figured bass. Some players really have an enormous mental...
I don’t think you should label anything you play in the midst of an improvisation. It has to be sounds (not concepts) all the way during performance (as opposed to when practising). I once asked Jim...
Action height for acoustic fingerstyle archtop?
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