Chord-Melody

Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?

My favorite show on youtube

T Monk altered sus 7 chords

Mandocello, Anyone?

Baritone tuning on standard classical guitar

I don't know if this Eastman is X braced or parallel but depending on the maker parallel braced tops sometimes have one of the braces glued at a slightly more radical angle than the other.

Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?

I just found these pics Gibson ES-175D (1989) – Classic Guitars and Amps The top seems to be the standard lamination and pressing (plate shape) but not sure about the mahogany. The back seems...

Steve Holst - Jim Hall / D'Aquisto mini review part II

When he was a sprout, like many of his generation, Joe learned stuff off the radio (at the behest of his father, who was a taskmaster with Joe and his brothers. Passalaqua Sr. did not want his kids...

Joe Pass - Chord Solos

Thing about Monk was his rhythm, virtually perfect, extraordinary. You should look at 6.00. Cigarette in one hand, handkerchief in the other, and he's still playing the piano :-) Terrific film.

T Monk altered sus 7 chords

I'm now at 45 years of studying jazz and still don't play at a pro level. I am starting to suspect that my lack of actual musical talent might be the issue.

POLL- Time it takes to learn pro level jazz improv?

T Monk altered sus 7 chords

That’s exactly why I’m remaking it :) I wanted to do a series of archtops that could have been vastly improved (in the publics eye) if not for one or two alterations. I was going to call it the...

Steve Holst - Jim Hall / D'Aquisto mini review part II

Player here, no building experience. I saw an Eastman non-cut 805 listed as a lefty. Other than the nut and saddle, what would make it left-handed? Are the two sides of the top carved differently?...

Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?

This is a great thread.

Gustav Glassl rehabilitation

Yeah I'm a grown adult with job / kids ... have a group of friends since HS that I play music with but obviously don't have as much time as I used to. Regarding reading ... my main goals is that...

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Thanks everyone! A lot of great ideas in this thread!

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Oh dang. I didn’t think about that. Not a bad idea. Read them in third position. Go through again in fifth, etc.

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

My recommendation is How to Play Bebop vol 2 by David Baker. It's a compendium of turnarounds in the key of C. So you build vocabulary while you develop some basic reading skills. After working my...

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Here's Howard Roberts sight reading book (out of print) that I posted in another thread: What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Nothing when I reread it. I was really stuck in thinking only about music students.

POLL- Time it takes to learn pro level jazz improv?

The official mad-at-JC thread

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

Experimental/free etc music

One octave scales - VIDEO

Talk me out of buying a Gibson ES-335

Tonex One vs. TC Combo Deluxe '65

Chord melody technique: do you keep a first finger bar position by default?

Anyone tried a compensated nut?

12 Hour Practice - Thoughts?

How does your Archtop play compared to solid body?

What Archtop Guitars have no binding?

Transcribing melodies vs solos