Chord-Melody

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Jazz in/near Birmingham Alabama

John Kinnard Frank Hill archtop

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Otoh Wikipedia says this ‘An arpeggio (Italian: [ar?pedd?o]) is a type of broken chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order....

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Reacting to this once more after seeing the Kirk guitar a few more times in different videos: Crossovers are widely available and great fun to play. Mine has a 1 7/8" nut and a 25.4" scale...

Kirk Sand Nylon String Guitar, and some Chet

I think anyone who posts quotes from ChatGPT deserves all the derision he gets, as does a keyboard player posing as an authority on guitars. It should just be expected.

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

When George Benson updated his GB200 to the LGB300 he had them add a Florentine cut.

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Nice, who makes it?

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Me neither. But I think you will find that the '58-'59 Venetian s with PAF's are the biggest ticket items!:smile-new: Extremely hard to find.

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

ok sorry i was wrong about the pitch thing :stupid:

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Meanwhile, back at the ranch..... I actually just tried this so you wouldn't say I was unfairly dismissing your hypothesis. I did it with my Epi LP (active EMG), my ESP (SD HBs), and my Raines...

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

Aesthetically, it’s Venetian for me without a doubt. Overall, I just prefer a non-cut, and that includes for electric. Deacon Mark, I think the reason Florentine L-5 and Super 400 CES seem to...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

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, L-5s and the short lived Switchmaster florentine cut. a...

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.

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

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

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

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

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How bad is this?

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