Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions

Starting a phrase late

BEST way to memorize standard melodies

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HeadRush?

I'm Old Fashioned, solo guitar, Jake Reichbart

I see it as a sign of human greatness if it is possible to make mistakes (of course not all the time) and to apologize. No one is perfect. From what I have read in the other posts most would not have...

What makes a bandleader?

Well, it's very good, of course, but Alone Together is a slowish ballad!

Tunes I Claim I Know

Back in the 80's I didn't think musicians in San Diego were interested in full time gigs overseas anymore. I don't know why but they needed an out. I'm straight outta Buffalo not Compton. My choices...

What makes a bandleader?

(Yeah, Reg, I know that in the end you have to be able to play fast, so you have to bring your chops up to speed but) I think the Tristano/Marsh thing of practicing very slowly in the beginning is...

Starting a phrase late

You have omitted voicings of a few chord types, e.g., Dominant 7th, Sus2 and 6/9 chords. Sometimes you include the chord tones on the low E string but not on the high E string - or vice versa -...

A new Chords tool

It took me many years before I started noticing that if a phrase came into my head that I knew very well (from practicing it hundreds of times), but I started it too late, that I sometimes would be...

Starting a phrase late

Misplaced phrases.

Starting a phrase late

Being in the moment. Bird quotes: "You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and...

Starting a phrase late

what happens less?

Starting a phrase late

Sometimes I think about chords and pull melodies from them, other times it’s let center noodling. Depends on the song and how I’m feeling. If it’s a song I really know, I’ll try to remember licks...

Starting a phrase late

Yeah, I think when I audiate this happens a lot less even if it is just rhythmic syllables and not actual pitches.

Starting a phrase late

On a good day, my hands are on autopilot and I’m just listening. On the best days not to myself. I think there’s this misconception about how you should hear what you want to play before you play...

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Probably is. But not being able to go inside other's heads, what are other people doing in the moment when improvising?

Starting a phrase late

I don't understand My pp wants an ainy And not a male one :smile-new:

The Mad At - the official mad-at-theory thread - Thread

I hate to say it but the problem is probably that whole “thinking of a phrase” thing :nightmare:

Starting a phrase late

Analyzing

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Biting the bullet on an ES-175

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Groove comes and goes..

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Stage setups for larger venues