The Builder's Bench

Further dialing in the Ibanez AF95 ... I do like...

Hello from Chicago from big Mike

Heritage Johnny Smith incoming

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 5) - Mr PC

1946-48 Gibson ES-125

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Hello from Chicago from big Mike

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Hello from Chicago from big Mike

Then why is he posting this nonsense which purports to explain both the delta and other symbols to boot? Well, actually it more or less dismisses the whole system of symbols altogether. Modes...

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

Not so incredible.. I have played with a guitarist and a reed player..both did not read music..but could play any tune that was being called..amazing! OTOH..I played with another guitarist who...

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

C augmented add 4 … C E G# F … enharmonically that’s Fmin(maj7 C add #4 would be used with the “add” designation which is the purpose of that designation. C++4 is silly … C+ with an added...

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

For dominant chords, I have 4 levels of color tones. You want to add color tones to many of your chords or else it doesn't sound jazzy. Level 1 is 9th and/or 13th. Level 2 is b9 and diminished stuff....

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

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Modes arranged in a musical sequence

Incredible. Paul has been here since 2011. In all that time he's never seen the delta sign on any lead sheet or website? Or, if he has seen it, he never found out what it meant? Incredible.

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

I'll resurrect this thread and agree that the Gibson JS pickup seemed thinner, maybe more sterile, than the KA. It's hard to describe sound with words except maybe volume.

Gibson johnny smith v.s Armstrong paf

^ I think you're gettin the hang of it and it's sounding pretty darn good with that amount of movement.

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

I've been playing a few VI7 chords as VI9b13 on the piano. I like how they sound in a progression. I've voiced them either 1-b7-3-b13-9 or 1-3-b7-9-b13 because I've been taught to lay chords like...

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

Very nice Lawson! I bought a 65 Fender Princeton Reissue a few months back and preferred the bass characteristics to those of my Vox AC15C1. The Vox has an overall warmer sound though. It was a...

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

Arrived in good shape. It's a late 1991, so it is an early one. The Kent Armstrong pickup is hotter than the standard Heritage Floating #3. It's light at 5# 8 oz. It's a keeper. It plays...

Heritage Johnny Smith incoming

God bless Big guy ! Can’t keep a good man down. :smile-new:

Hello from Chicago from big Mike

as a side issue are you loving your Borys ? is it a B120 ? If i ever had that kind of money I’d like a B120 one day

1946-48 Gibson ES-125

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

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

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

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?