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Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes...

Ben Webster

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haha oddly enough I haven’t transcribed any GG. But I have listened to him a lot, and picked up something from it, I’m sure. As others have said, his lines have a wonderful clarity, and his time...

Grant Green, What is This Thing

Also worth noting that GG was effectively the house guitarist for Blue Note. Alfred Lion obviously liked him, and recorded him on loads of albums. As far as I know the only other guitarist who...

Grant Green, What is This Thing

I finally made up my mind and ordered a 7 string alnico II 59 bridge with a nickel cover to put in the neck position of my 335. I know I could swap magnets myself in one of my two existing 59s,...

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With so many youthful wunderkind into the scene these days, we need firm rules to be set as a good example for all those "jazz minors".

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

The notes are more easily sung that way; half steps and leading tones. That tradition, as a choral tradition, became assimilated as a sound and once it became part of the compositional canon, it was...

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

Regardless of how rigid it is, adjustments are necessary over the lifetime of an instrument. My dad's steinberger had a carbon/fiber neck and fingerboard. No trussrod. Guaranteed against warping....

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Because rules are tools for fools:) Most basic answer is that in jazz, the scale is not only used for melody, but harmony. This is why Christian and I have started a petition to call the scale...

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

I had never thought about the increased stiffness of a fingerboard fighting the truss rod adjustment, but I do believe it's likely a 'thing'. It's got to make for one rigid board. Of course, maybe if...

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

How did it evolved in jazz that the melodic minor scale is played the same way ascending or descending, that is, when descending the 6th and 7th notes are not flatted but raised as in when ascending?...

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

125's like that are great guitars. I own one of the earliest mid-40's models, and it's a wonderful guitar. Those P90's should come with a warning for players with pacemakers! Serious magnets.

Bunch of estate guitars

The last amp I really liked was the Fender 68 Custom Vibro Champ Reverb. I had to change all the tubes right away since 2 out of 3 where faulty. I heard a lot of owners report the same issue. After...

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ToneX sounds wonderful but has little capability on the box to speak of.

How do you feel about modelers?

Nothing idiotic about that!

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

I put a StewMac Parsons Street humbucker in the neck slot of my MiK Broadway and love it. Then I put a Seymour Duncan PhatCat (?) --the P90 in the Humbucker form factor--in my Zephyr Regent...

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

I looked at the pickup openings and it looked solid. There is a strip of thin wood under the bridge, but not under the whole top. And I played my EEB and my L5ces alongside an Aria Pro II PE180...

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Bebop heads: Donna Lee

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Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

Grant Green, What is This Thing

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

NBD: new blade day

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2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Holy ****, my (musical) ears are bad