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notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

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G7sus is very common I like Gm7sus but convention seems to lean towards Gm11 Part of naming a structure from derives from the context it is being used and another part is how you wish for it to...

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

That is a rather remarkable view. I'm sure FoxNews, MSNBC, and NPR will be glad to hear it. I hope you will keep an open mind in the future when you consider who owns the media outlets and how that...

Death of USA made guitars

I have bought exactly one guitar as an investment, and it was a singular one-time opportunity. I wouldn't even consider using guitars as a regular investment vehicle. Some people appear to do so,...

Buying guitars as an investment

Thanks man! I looked at the Joe Pass book and it was just a bunch of chord diagrams. I already spent months mapping out my own diagrams and learning a bunch of inversions I don't use. I'm not...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

The Uk market seems to have ground to a complete halt and the £ is likely to crash this year or next. If the $ stays stable then the Uk is going to be very attractive to US buyers.

Buying guitars as an investment

G7sus/D but only in the context that all your other examples are G7, and it has no 3rd. Could be a quartal Dm7. What's that Dm7add4? I'd have to dig out my Sesame Street Theme big band chart for...

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

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Anybody have any insight into the proper way to notate a 7/4 or 4/7 chord? These symbols are common in Brazilian charts. I'm aware that other charts use sus, so it would be, say, G7sus or G7sus4....

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

When I was going to jams in NYC (end of previous century :) ), you could get lists of tunes from players there, I believe one had 500 tunes and another had 1500 tunes (from people doing masters in...

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Badly, to put it bluntly. I kept getting confused in bar 9 where there's a fourth in the melody and would end up in the wrong key. I can do it now, but it's been years.

What not to do on a gig

Easier to get even string balance, too. From everything I've read about Ed written by people who knew him, he was an immensely practical, no frills kind of person. Somewhere there is a wonderful...

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He is simply using the common, mostly root in the bass voicings and approaching them with dominants. Nothing complex as he says. There are slight variations each time he plays but they are mostly the...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

not proud of it. if everyone did that then anyone who wanted a guitar could have one. with the complete absence of rage there would be no "poor kids in nyc" because the world would be a perfect...

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I agree. That's probably the correct beginning approach to mobility in comping or chording on guitar.

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Death of USA made guitars

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

What not to do on a gig

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Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

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Buying guitars as an investment

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