Chord-Melody

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert...

"Naima" (John Coltrane)

ES-165 Herb Ellis (late preferred)

Scarborough Fair

Looking for a Heritage Super Eagle in the EU

It's fun to trade 6s on a blues sometimes

Trading Fours

The original I bought, a long time along, had six fingering patterns. He must have lost one. :welcoming: Edit: A similar, new styled book still exists. Six Essential Fingerings for the Jazz...

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUawK1X5ysM

Good Sounds

Do people really care about a solo like that? It may have gone noticed because it’s totally generic. Versus his excellent songwriting and distinctive vocals, which people still enjoy hearing.

Anyone else like a well-crafted melodic solo on a pop tune?

And there they are; his “5 shapes” are an application of the major scale. No way around it.

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

There's really something to this. Being forced to do things "the hard way." (in quotes because it's often not really all that hard, it just doesn't have the modern convenience attached) And of...

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

It might now be more than 30 years ago that I read an interview with drummer Omar Hakim but something stuck in my mind: He said every time he learned to play a new style (in that interview he was...

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

YooToob is the boomer name. That or, "The You Tubes"

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

Actually the drum genius app has a lot of great stuff in it regarding claves for the drum patterns and so on. Worth checking out - forgot about that!

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

I'm pretty convinced that the only reason my time-feel isn't utter garbage is because I started learning before YouTube (YooToob, apparently?) blew up and I didn't have enough money for Aebersold...

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

I come off the rails with this quite a bit haha but that’s what makes it practice of course

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

Oh something I should do more - playing with records. This is highly recommended by a number of players I admire. It’s actually the next best thing to playing in person with a great rhythm section...

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

I have a few books but I can’t say I’ve used them much. Hal Galper ‘forward motion’ made a big impact tho. But I think it’s a little simplified… good starting point tho. Peter Erskines book is more...

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

Much more country than pop, but the outro solo on this is a damn masterpiece. In my opinion, the best subtle use of a whammy bar ever recorded.

Anyone else like a well-crafted melodic solo on a pop tune?

Any good books on rhythm you can recommend?

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

Songs to work on for technique and rhythm?

A first guitar for the wife - suggestions?

Making time to play

Why not use a powered speaker instead of a guitar amp?

Sax Players You Like.

Chromatic Scale Sequences (Barry Harris Chromatic Scale)

Gibson 1957 L-5s & Byrdlands Back In Production

The truth about black hollowbody guitars?

Is it easier to stay in one position or move to another.

Guild X-500, 700 - CES Alternitive?

Amplification method for classical guitar

A Bit of Blues

Thoughts on the L5 Signature?