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What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Red Garland comping rhythms

Ibanez AF200 NT

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Garland's comping style could be reduced to rhythmic variations of the 'Charleston' pattern (usually represented by a dotted quarter note followed by an eighth note). I teach this concept via a...

Red Garland comping rhythms

Very sad...

Campellone PSA

Hey Rob, Wishing you a speedy and full recovery! Get well soon, my forum friend. This place needs you. -- Joe

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

I have Estonian upbringing with bland food. We do have a kind of expression of "enjoy something" and that is used in advertisement (exactly like "enjoy cocacola"). We do have the word but it never...

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

I just remembered. 5! Yes. Thank you. C5. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

IBANEZ AF 200 ARTSTAR - #7786108 - su Mercatino Musicale in Chitarre Elettriche IBANEZ ARTSTAR AF200 DEL 1998 - #7417695 - su Mercatino Musicale in Chitarre Semiacustiche

Ibanez AF200 NT

I'm just waiting for the seller to get back so i can snatch up this one. Just a moment...

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Hang in there Rob.

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

I always believed Florentines are easier to make, but then I read from Taylor's web pages that they start from a traditional symmetrical body, literally cut away a section and then add the concave...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Well, the seller has no sales and thus no feedback on Reverb, that and his ad copy says "stay away." So, looking at his pics, they show no identifying marks on the guitar... yes, I'd have to say...

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They’re usually written as C5. You might have to explain it to non guitarists. But it’s regularly used on the tab/chords with lyrics websites guitarists use. Edit: Quick Mick beat me to it....

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

I’ve been a reluctant composer in the sense that I’ve always tried to advance myself as a player. But it turns out most people see me as a writer. It used to frustrate me. I wanted to be known as a...

Questions about how others on here compose their music

A quick web search told me: "The notation of power chords is simple, you only have to add the number '5' to the note that you want to use as the root - like C5, A5, and so on."

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Scrapple — alternate fingerings and vocabulary https://youtu.be/pN69X15JBJE?si=B3rPsJ86fC2X2dpk

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Came across this ad for a "refurbished 1992 classical guitar". The poster admits he got the guitar free and did a little work on it. There is no label, just the original bill of sale in a picture...

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Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

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

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

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

How bad is this?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band