1. The Benevolent Dr. K (Kostakos): a tribute to my Dr. of nearly 20 years and one of my favorite people (Katherine is her 1st name).
2. Gettin' Ahead of Myself: A reference to my lifelong proclivity for jumping the gun. Always wanted to write to this title.
3. Egret Regret: I thought up the title and liked its sound, then wrote a dark instrumental commentary on man's slow elimination of wildlife and ecosystems. I hope at least some people regret it...
*Edit: Oops! The good doctor needs a dot on the 1st beat, 2nd ending of B---or else you may grow dotty trying to play it...
My wife is learning the Debussy piano piece :"Arabesque #1", which has several phrases of triplets against (straight) eight notes:
(It ends on a B in the next measure.)
I'm stealing that!...
A lot of wisdom exists in this thread. Here are some conclusions I have come to:
A) We do chase gear a bit too much in the days of the Internet where buying and selling is much easier and...
Having been playing for 68 years, I (along with everyone else) have come full circle on this. After decades of “progress”, the gold standard is still the sounds we loved when we were skinny and the...
Is there some reason why you can't just play the danged arrangement? Even when the OP has asked us to focus on learning the arrangement as it is written as a starting point, you just thunder on with...
Unfortunately these NGDays are over. I just couldn't avoid missing the cutaway.
Last years I have tried to learn how to play a bit higher frets and be heard better.
With my skills I can't do...
I think you took my statement in a different light than what I intended. My point was not "don't worry about gear" but that you need to find something that inspires you when you're practicing and not...
EDITED: A note about the original tuners.
I am selling my player grade Gibson ES-125 from 1958.
Guitar plays perfectly. No neck breaks. Bracings are not cracked, the top is in good shape.
...
I can't hear him good enough to say, but gut strings are extremely popular with the bluegrass and rockabilly guys. They very well could be 50% of the upright players at this point.
Debussy it? Steal that classical lick!
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