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Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More...

Lenny Breau - Fingerstyle Jazz

2011 Gibson Tal Farlow (Mint) in Finland - Ships...

Flying Home (Charlie Christian)

Does anyone have a transcription of Mango Tango?

Yeah, that is annoying but if anyone has found a free or cheaper source for amp schematics, by all means share it.

Fuzzy Polytone sound?

What I meant is that I've perfected it about as much as I can short of matching Johnny Smith's proficiency. A corollary to that might be playing finger style as well as Matteo Mancuso. To quote...

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

One issue that can be challenging with certain chords, especially (for me anyway) if diminished harmony is involved, is keeping all the combinatorics straight enough in your mind to actually use...

Altered chord question

It's played by the Roy Hargrove Big Band, but it sounds a little different than the version of it on his album 'Emergence.'

Roy Hargrove

Limiting? But you told me from your own experience what rewards you found after perfecting right hand technique...

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

Yes sir... then again, I have often thought of abandoning the pick and going fingerstyle as Lorne Lofsky did (well, he does use a thumb pick) and for the same reason. Now if I could handle a pick...

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

Sure but are you speaking from experience here, Mick?

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

Once you perfect your right hand technique, the difficulty should end, but there is virtually no end to the complexity of what and how you may play with your left hand, i.e., there will always be...

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

Yeah. My history is one of switching between using a plectrum for rock and then jazz and fingerstyle for classical. After years on and off trying to use a plectrum, last year I made the final...

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

Isn't she lovely.... just right click on the guitar image and "copy link" -- Gibson Tal Farlow 2011 – Tonefest Guitar Gallery

2011 Gibson Tal Farlow (Mint) in Finland - Ships worldwide

For those many who aren't haven't heard any Lenny Breau in a while, head on over to BandCamp for a listen to his duet with Brad Terry, "The Living Room Tapes." I would like to be able to eat his...

Lenny Breau - Fingerstyle Jazz

When I played with a pick, I’d have answered picking hand. But several years ago I became a thumb player, so I answered neither / both. There are trade offs for using thumb and fingers instead of a...

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

I remember reading that at the time and wondering "who the heck is Lenny Breau?" I had never heard of him before that and didn't actually hear his music for probably another 25 years after these...

Lenny Breau - Fingerstyle Jazz

Well - I can definitely tell the difference in tone between 09 and a 12 when I play clean on my acoustic archtop. Also, I am not sure that heavier gauge is harder on your hand like lots of people...

String gauge and output/tone

Atm I’d say the fretting hand Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fretting or Picking Hand - Which Do You Find More Difficult?

Thoughts on triplet-swing.

Tommy Emmanuel & Matteo Mancuso: Sunny

Pitfalls of Patterns

Legato Guitar - John Coltrane style C Melodic minor / B+ over B7Alt

Cheap hollowbody or archtop recommendations?

Stella by Starlight 2025 w/Video

Luna 200 Combo, Quilter Aviator Cub, Or Blu 6?

2022 Borys B-120

Some thoughts while working on a guitar

Chunking, does it work for Jazz improv?

Which kind of chords to learn next

Altered chord question

UK jazz guitar dealers