The Builder's Bench

Archtop VST that actually sounds good

Online lessons

OpenVINO for Audacity

Two note comping?

Trenier Jazz Special

Seems like it’s already pretty darned useful in real-time use. I’m gonna scoop it up and mess about with it. I’m a better keyboard player, anyway!

Archtop VST that actually sounds good

Middle to upper of that range. Varies depending on whether it’s my own student or if it’s for another outfit that sets the pricing for me. Google “take online guitar lessons” and look at a few of...

Online lessons

It does sound very nice. If you want to record with an archtop but don’t have one, it’ll do the job. Like the original Super 400, its name is its price ($145) - and it won’t work on the free Kontakt...

Archtop VST that actually sounds good

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Bebop Technique

Gotta say, I’m really impressed with the sound and nuance that went into this plugin. I probably wouldn’t have questioned that it was a virtual instrument. ...

Archtop VST that actually sounds good

I knew you'd find a way to get me Bach.

Bebop Technique

I’ve also noticed quite a hip modern jazz thing to replace dominant chords with ‘non dominant’ sounds (ie they don’t contain both the b7 and 3 of the V chord.) So you have Eb/G or Db/G on a G7...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

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Bebop Technique

Some Chinese, if not all, on Youtube are convincing. An example Alone Together (fake chinese Gibson Archtop) (youtube.com)

Sadowsky Jim Hall Model guitar copy

I take exception to that! I've been studying bebop guitar with Christian for over three years now and my appreciation for Bach has never been greater.

Bebop Technique

Of course, it’s the verse of All by Myself, which is a lift from Rachmaninoff but even Rach didn’t put the IVm there because he thought ‘maybe it’s too much, I’ll hold it back just this side …’ ...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Here we go, the version with Sonny Rollins. Head is maj on the one all the way through and then just reverts to a perfectly normal slow swing 12-bar complete with chord subs like the diminished. And...

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

Meanwhile, there’s a third option: a 1937 Super 400. How do an L5 and a Super 400 compare soundwise?

Please advice about buying vintage Gibson L-5 (‘39 or ‘46)

I appreciate the edit. I said I'd got a chart online in G. Here it is! Thing is, Monk recorded the tune different ways so, really, we can't say that any chart is 'correct'. It depends what...

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

As i had pointed out in post #14, i chose the "lubricant" recommended by a friend who is a singer (https://www.paul-pille.de/documents/products/Detailansicht/14443741_g.jpg). These drops produce a...

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Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Cure for a weak high E string?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo?