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Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

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Florentine cuts were already around w the intro of the ES-175 but it was Kenny Burrell that got the ball rolling on them w/ Super 400's and L-5s a cut from an interview w/ KB... "Earlier,...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better? Whichever cutaway is on any given archtop I'm selling on this forum is better, of course.

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Great advice. This is a very nice section. I'm getting my fingers under this stuff now as well and it is quite gratifying to play when you get it right.

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I consider them triads unless there's a 7th added to the sus4.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Upper structure extensions of the chord and alterations of the chord would also be chord tones. Sorry to … um … split hairs. Anyway … arpeggio implies a structure to me. Like when I think of an...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I've spent this afternoon working with the Coda section and have come to appreciate the way Arnold has constructed this section. There is some very nice voice leading, some nice syncopation, a full...

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

I’m confused as to why the Florentine would cause more breaks? Surely the inner radius of the Venetian is greater because it has to do more bending? Of course I’ll bow to those in the know but could...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

I beg to differ on that point. Here is what Merriam-Webster's dictionary has as the definition for arpeggio: arpeggio 1: production of the tones of a chord in succession and not...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Bars 7 and 8 of Martin Taylors chord melody of Don't Get Around.... in Dmajor. On the word 'more' : | Abm7b5/Gm7/ | D(f# in bass) /// |

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10-4. Up to now, I've only heard about a tri-tone sub being used as a primary or secondary sub and just assumed that was the only appropriate use of a tri-tone sub.

Tim Lerch on Reharm

If there isn't going to be a lengthy debate about what a triad means on a playing the changes thread, then they might as well shut down the forum.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

When speaking of L-5s and Super 400s, I believe that a Florentine cutaway guitar will have a larger neck-block than a Venetian cutaway guitar, as well as typically having a laminated back. This makes...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

You are talking about tritone sub of a dominant perhaps? But here it is a major chord. A substitution always preserves the fundamental role of a chord, whether it's tritone substitution or other...

Tim Lerch on Reharm

It’s just like BM to pay it forward! I hope he has it comfortable and is at peace. He has a good soul!

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I presume the context is more what **** should people work on first, rather than trying to define what is and isn’t a triad? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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