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...
In my opinion a good Bossa Nova sound is more in the touch, chords and rythm approach, than in the guitar used. Jim Hall had a superb Bossa Nova feel with his ES175.
It's easier to do Bossa Nova...
I only fly with a telecaster with the neck taken off or with my Aria Sinsonido that fits in the overhead bin on top of the suitcases.
For a big band gig in Lithuania they reserved me an extra seat...
Another tiny step... Another gig. But a proper one this time. We used the archtops rather than the gypsy guitars, though, because we needed to be amplified. But still a similar set,maybe a few more...
Yeah for some charts that’s right. Piano staff, symbols in the middle. Afaik those are the ones that are from the composers lead sheets, many of those composers were Berklee faculty at the time.
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I don’t see that notation as standard but I would get used to it quickly I think
It’s wild to me that quartal harmony is basically a cliche in jazz these days and yet there’s afaik no...
Listen to decent bossa nova players and try to find out what are the characteristics of that music and the role of the guitar. There is a rhythmic/percussive element and the harmonic and melodic...
No
Chord symbol use is normative. This is the normative use of the ‘5’.
Although maybe you suffer a cognitive break every time someone asks you to play a m6 chord. ;-)
That said I have also...
In May, I participated in 5 jam sessions at 3 venues. I used the Tears nylon string electric all month, through venue backline amps (JC-120, JC-40, Polytone Mini Brute). This guitar is growing on me....
After being forced to check in with luggage my first electric guitar (a Welson SG copy) and picking it up with its neck snapped in two at the other end I'm not risking it again.
Tenor sax players...
In seriousness, I do actually support the writing of charts in a format that the musicians you’re working with can actually read.
The two staff lead sheet thing Sco talks about learning from...
Jam Session Journal (May 2024)
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