Dowling seems to be influenced by Piedmont blues, especially that of Blind Boy Fuller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_OwMFZKjA
Or this. But it's quite difficult for players of your age and skill to change styles. If they even really want to, that is. Sorry! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6QGSFhId2c
Well that’s how I played it (or rather - failed to play it) when I first learned this tune. But I don’t hear the piano playing all these chords. Otoh bird isn’t articulating them all either. You’ll...
... which became very popular during the folk blues revival of the 60ies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMICKJQMldA Many blues singers would not only play 12 bar blues songs: ...
You don't sound like jazz because you're not playing jazz. Your guitar is not set up for a jazz tone and you're playing these tunes like an acoustic player would. That's not jazz. This is jazz:...
I currently have three T-style guitars, all cobbled together from parts and with different pickup configurations (SS, HH, HH splittable). Actually, I find seven out of eight pickup positions (one...
Books... Tim Lerch on melodic impro, Randy Vincent cellular approach (if I remember the title correctly)... Personally I never really used any as I feel like for comping (or chordal soloing)...
I think Rouse would purposely play sharp as well..
There is a "ragtime" style of guitar playing associated with musicians like Blind Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDMm5P48wo
Yeah, I love keys. I think I'm fortunate that my ability lies there, piano really. I had to quit guitar (and bass) because of a finger injury. I had a Hammond XK-5 digital organ rig. It was both too...
In simple terms, your playing doesn't swing, it's like you're playing classical music, a Bach chorale or something. Your technique is adequate, your tone is too bright and chimey, as Bobby said, I'm...
You sound like a really good player, you have a lot of stuff already worked out. I can see why you're frustrated, as you've put in the work but it's not sounding like you want it to. Here's my 2...
"However also try to record Jeff's version as that is what this study group is about." I don't plan to change it much, on paper anyway, just add some alternate voicings and/or chord fingerings. I...
Fully understandable for horns to tune to 442. I play only bigband and IMHO it makes no sense when a conductor insists that my guitar and the bass are to be tuned to 442 whilst the E piano is 440,...
Welcome to the forum. No, that's definitely not only due to your technique. I can think of 3 problems. It sounds like there could be some tone suck going on in your signal chain, you've dialed...
Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the...
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