Very helpful also! I pray that I don't get run over by an avalanche this time... last time did not went so well :grumpy:
Tbh despite what I wrote above I’d just play phrygian dominant, so yeah Db/C# minor The bVI7#11 (A7#11) is a common chord in the minor tonality btw. Comes up a lot. The seventh of that chord is a...
Actually the other week the big band I play in couldn’t find a bass player, so it was me and drums for the first half and a pianist joined us for the second (he was all over the bass) was a...
I enjoy playing bass but wouldn’t inflict it on paying customers… it’s a lot of power and responsibility Ive never had too much trouble with bass clef, but I’d say my reading lags behind my...
It could be considered an application of mode VI of harmonic minor….
Chord- melody is a technique for an advanced guitarist,not for a beginner !You don’t run before you can walk Start with the basics,we’ve all been there : 1)choose tunes with only one...
I learned the double bass at a music school, but I wouldn't be able to play the musical parts today in a modern big band. I haven't practiced the double bass for 45 years, although I like this...
Tell us more about the comparative sound of these guitars, please. I've played a bunch of lovely D'Angelicos and Parkers, and a wonderful-sounding Gilchrist, but never in a comparison setting.
It might have just been a semantics problem. I mean, if you don't read bass clef, and there are no written chords, you're really @#$__@$ for the gig, you can only try playing by ear? Good luck with...
Levine was indeed anti harmonic minor, he used to lecture against it. I am not a fan of it either, in particular thinking of it as a scale melodicaly. I do think of the loose 9 note minor hybrid, the...
i call the Corcovado thing embellishing the I with a I Diminished. I do it a lot on ballads and intros.
Hendrik Meurkens (warning: harmonica content)
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