Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions

Debussy it? Steal that classical lick!

Two Rock Bloomfield Drive vs Classic Reverb...

Gibson ES-125 from 1958

Morty Jazz 2024, July 18-20th

Secret Love

The drying or “curing” of timber is very important for the stability of the wood. One way is air drying the timber. This takes many years. Bessemeter.com states: “Air drying has a long...

Woods, drying, and neck stability

I tried a bunch of different 8” high powered speakers in my Quilter Aviator 1x8” closed back Combo. I came back to the Celestion TF818 as the beat sounding option! There aren’t a lot of 8” guitar...

Can you show me your 1x8" guitar amp?

If harmony was really that complicated I doubt many of us would be here. I'm serious. Of course the book's presentation is dated, it's from 1989. That's 35 years ago. But you're welcome to study...

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

I still would as long as tempo allowed. What I'm starting to work on is varying finger pressure so that, say in a 5x45xx D7, the 4th string note sounds clearly while the 6th and 3rd are fretted,...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Well, listening to the greats from this era, there's a lot of roots on the first beat, with yes, occasional deviations. The danger in stepping on a bass player's toes exists a lot more with...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

My goal for solo chord melody pieces is to eventually make them into polished recordings. When I think I can play it “perfectly” then I start recording. Sometimes there are systematic errors that...

How often do you record your practice?

Why can't you just grab the full D7??? Also, learning intervals is KEY!! If you do, you'll "see" that relative to the D on the 5th string, the xx45xx is the 3rd and dom7.

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Thanks for your PM about buying this, PDeville. Unfortunately, we have a communications problem. When I try to respond to your PM, I get this alert: "PDeville has chosen not to receive private...

(PSA) 2020 Li’l Dawg 6G2 Choco Prince

I like the sound, didn't even know what kind of speaker I have. It has a second extension speaker out and I have a 12" Quilter cabinet if I want to get really loud. My understanding is it adds...

Can you show me your 1x8" guitar amp?

Florentine cuts: Venetian cuts:

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

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Mick-7 I have to agree with Lawson. This is a Study Group for Jeff's arrangements of which you have not played one as written. I'm sure that everyone that played TAT practised the tag chords...

When Sunny Gets Blue - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #3

So true everything you said about gear and can be applied to other aspects of life as well.

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

When will "Jazz Music : The up-to-date Gospel Truth according to Ragman" finally be published?

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

Interesting. (I meant pure/plain gut of course, and based on looks alone. The 2 lower strings could be wound gut...)

Morty Jazz 2024, July 18-20th

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

Campellone PSA

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?