The Builder's Bench

anyone selling a 535 or 335? And how do the new...

Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa...

Stella by Starlight

Time I grew up!!

Georgia on my mind

Thanks for that, interesting. Tbh I go with what’s natural, but the bass notes can jump out a bit sometimes. I remember hearing Guinga perform with percussion and sax and no bass. It sounded...

Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa with bass player?

Mick Twain

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Yes, mine too now. I forgot links within the forum only have a short life. Very simple, go to the search box at the top of the page and put in 'jazz tone'. You'll get a whole host of threads on...

Good guitar tone for electric bossa nova

I love it! Really enjoyed your fills and ornamentations on the tune. I think the pick gives it a different feel as well from the finger style that the rest of us have fallen into.

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

Ah yeah fair, so that's my Barry thing coming in, I basically ignore the II chord as just a suspension of V. But you can look on it as two separate scales on roots A and D instead of one on D if you...

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

That's very nice. Listening and watching I realized I've handled a few of the chords more according to my own past experience and not according to what Arnold wrote. Listening to play it I realize I...

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

Cool, because horizontal is slang for "doing it, getting busy, making whoopie, knocking the boots," etc., etc.

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

I wasn't actually proposing them for a vote. All of them are good, and all would transfer equally to other tunes.

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

I have found the Princeton mic's very well. I can't hear much difference between the direct line side and the mic side of my recording. I also have a Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb and its direct...

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

:triumphant:

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

LOL, there's probably a Mark Twain quote for that, something like, "He's an extremely talented man, unfortunately no one has been able to find a practical use for his talents."

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Thank you. I wish I had an actually useful skill.

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Very nice summation, Christian, you really are good at that sort of thing. :smile-new:

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Since you played with and learned some stuff from Danny Gatton (who I just discovered in the last few months), do you have any observations on that crazy alt. picking chromatic scale study (5 NPS) he...

anyone selling a 535 or 335? And how do the new 535s compare to the originals?

You guys are goin to town with the pedantry.

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

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Campellone PSA

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

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

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

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?