The Builder's Bench

"Natalia"

Power supply for busking

98 Tal Farlow Wine Red

Eastman 805 from 2005......$1,400

Jerry Lee Lewis - Trouble in Mind

That. I have some scans of real "original vocal / piano sheet music" somewhere (like they where sold originally, one song on a few pages with a color front page sold for a few cents and not a...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Not so sure about that, in the article it said: "In the United States alone, approximately 1.85 million acoustic guitars were sold in 2021, representing around 55% of all guitars sold that year." -...

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

I was one note away from figuring it out. Haha. Thanks

Official Barry Harris Thread

Because the 7 and 8 throw it off. Playing it for the second octave (or playing it starting anywhere but the root) and you end up switching to chord tones on the upbeats after the octave. 1 (2)...

Official Barry Harris Thread

Makes me wonder what percentage of the global consumption of wood is attributable to guitar-building, both aggregated and broken out by species, by type of guitar, and what the breakdown is for the...

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

First take, still trying to figure out my old Zoom recorder - and where did my favorite pick go?! (I play with a plectrum so can't use the broken nail alibi). I played the entire tune with intro and...

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

This link has a set of original changes for I Got Rhythm. They look different from the set of changes Dick Hyman cites. I’ll have to look it up when I get a chance. I remember a chromatic climb up...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

What do you mean by "the Barry Harris scale"? If you mean the scales with the added chromatic "extra notes", those were taught descending. Then you need those extra notes to make them "rhythmically...

Official Barry Harris Thread

John A is they. As he said Regga. Also, like Ipanema covering Latin for most people. The only Raga you need to know would be Within You Without You.

What are the essential grooves for jazz?

Well, excu-u-se me! I am so sorry that some of you are so thin-skinned and/or insecure that you cannot take a little ribbing! Those who were paying attention would have noticed that my comments...

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

This looks like a recycled hand-engraved original vocal/piano score. The chord symbols / guitar grips were possibly added later. Most important for analysis is what is written in the piano...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Sitting on the deck pondering jazz and a thought came to me. Why do we need the Barry Harris scale at all? If every other note of a scale is a chord tone, (1, 3, 5, 7) they naturally fall on the...

Official Barry Harris Thread

Thank you for the offer, but unless you are also footing the bill to fly us from the Boston area, regrettably we will have to decline the offer :smile-new:. The Porchfest I played at yesterday was...

Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz Ballads

Think I got it. Working off the Oscar Peterson, Getz, Mulligan version. Sucks how fast you forget. But things are easier to learn the 2nd or 3rd time. Bars 1-4 Scrapple From The Apple...

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

We actually skipped Porchfest this year (a music fest on the streets on Grants Pass Oregon where muscians and bands set up on porches and front yards in a nice historic part of town). Dueling PA...

Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz Ballads

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band