Chord-Melody

James Chirillo

YOGI Knows

Why is that?

Campellone deluxe 17" 2006

Embraceable You

I've known James since 1982. We've been good friends and have played gigs. I know of no better all-around musician. He's known mostly for trad and swing sideman gigs (rhythm guitar and very credible...

James Chirillo

Yes there are definite answers...You just need to define the question. Your D-4 on the guitar is 2nd string 3rd fret or 3rd string 7th fret. Same D-4 on lead sheet.... the "D" above middle "C" or...

Lead sheet - transpose?

In general, heavy wound strings intonate worse on the upper frets, and on some guitars notes are more susceptible to fretting out there more too; open strings sound different from fretted strings. ...

Lead sheet - transpose?

Above my pay grade, but still interesting to watch someone work through a tune. And in a Google wander, I came across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLjrwueh4s8

New video - Play Giant Steps in all 12 keys

Had a hunch that was the case - still thought it was funny.

YOGI Knows

Even though being familiar with jazz-rock fusion it was the studio version of the song "Speed King" by Deep Purple with its call & response jazz guitar and Hammond organ solos that finally convinced...

Who was your gateway?

Brad told me a buyer contacted him who lives in the New York area and was gonna come and pick it up today, but they had massive flooding and trains weren’t running so it hasn’t quite happened yet but...

Goodman Archtop on Reverb

Cool guitar...looks like he sold it

Goodman Archtop on Reverb

https://www.jazzguitar.be has all you need to get going. Not sure why nobody here ever recommends it.

Recommendation of Jazz Guitar Method

I like the stuff she did with Tommy E. Not Tech. stuff but nice from the heart kind of music we used to hear before things became over commercialized drivvle. I enjoyed it and I'm pretty sure I won't...

What happened to Theresa Andersson?

I didn't get that on first read, very funny!

WDR Big Band Eliminates Guitar

That's not an actual interview with Yogi Berra, but it does feed into the myth. There is a very large amount of made-up wisdom that Yogi never said, but which sounds good. Sort of like Yoda.

YOGI Knows

I know, but when I pressed Edit, Delete wouldn't come up. They won't let you delete the first post.:doh:

WDR Big Band Eliminates Guitar

Yes I like the sound of a nice laminate archtop with flat wounds It's a less bright , thicker sound to me .... than a solid top archtop or a solid body or a semi-hollow But thats just my...

Is an Archtop or Hollow-body with laminated top worth the bother?

Well, that looks just perfect.

Campellone deluxe 17" 2006

Is the Forum getting old and tired - or is it just me?

Did Troy Grady prove there is a correct picking technique?

Diminished function …. I wish I knew ….

UFO's / UAP's - WTF?

Marchione Guitars

Who was your gateway?

The dilemma of Fender guitars

New Fender Amp

I was going to try TI Bensons until I saw the current price.

Things I Learned From Barry Harris ep 1

Snagged a white whale

Don't think that you can play bass just because you're a good guitar player

What can I upgrade?