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Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes...

Ben Webster

Lesson #91: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul)

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the...

So I asked the pianist if they were going to go all Coltrane on this, and he just smiled. No. They actually ended up singing it and I winged a solo, which people seemed to appreciate. No trainwreck...

My favorite things - which version usually gets called at jams?

Oh you're absolutely correct...it's just a recent joke:)

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

Cause they wanted to punish me for practicing the Segovia Scales for the last 40 years, every freaking day, at 320bpm through the cycle of fourths and the cycle of Fifths.

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

But I've always seen it referred to in books from way back as the jazz minor. That's definitely not new.

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

It ain't no Adam Rogers on Night and Day, but hey.

Grant Green, What is This Thing

As the others say, the same up and down mel m is called the jazz minor but that doesn't answer the question in the thread title. My handy answer to that is: the mel m played in the classical...

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

I can't say that I listen to a ton of GG, but his groove is undeniable. And I feel like people underestimate how important that really is; audiences will get tired of flashy licks real quick if it...

Grant Green, What is This Thing

I can't think of any guitarists who had BW's breathy sound, but the clarinetist Tony Scott was one musician who was strongly influenced by BW, especially on ballads:...

Ben Webster

Thank you for your feedback on the Supro Amulet I hear a lot of good reviews about Quilter amps. They have piqued my interest for several years The Mach 3 is almost €500 more expensive than the...

Has anyone played or had a Supro Amulet ?

Supro amps have their problems. I read this thread appreciating my Princeton Reverbs - thought about releasing one, but maybe it's better to hang on to it. Hearing all these great...

Has anyone played or had a Supro Amulet ?

Heavy on "bro", "stoked", and so on, but worth a watch if you've gotten a custom shop guitar from Gibson recently.

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And don't you just love those oval fretboard inlays? I do.

Anyone handled the new Epis?

haha oddly enough I haven’t transcribed any GG. But I have listened to him a lot, and picked up something from it, I’m sure. As others have said, his lines have a wonderful clarity, and his time...

Grant Green, What is This Thing

Also worth noting that GG was effectively the house guitarist for Blue Note. Alfred Lion obviously liked him, and recorded him on loads of albums. As far as I know the only other guitarist who...

Grant Green, What is This Thing

I finally made up my mind and ordered a 7 string alnico II 59 bridge with a nickel cover to put in the neck position of my 335. I know I could swap magnets myself in one of my two existing 59s,...

Alnico 2 vs Alnico 5 tone

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Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

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