Composition

Pete Bernstein playing straight

Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar: Episode 1: Buying...

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

Armrest (or other solutions) for archtop with...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of...

Some great Sax playing too. The whole band is top notch. :encouragement:

Pete Bernstein playing straight

There's wheels under it, no? Oh wait, you were quoting prices in € so you were in the real/original Dublin. Well ... doesn't it float (or only on rivers)? shreddin' Why is your piano on stilts,...

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

I was thinking it would be closer to an old book of John Mayer transcriptions

Chord melody problem

If you haven't felt like throwing your instrument in the trash and changing your life after a gig, you haven't fully paid your dues yet. I once got yelled at by my teacher at a jam when somebody...

Gig report

Hello. Here is a video showing techniques to smooth the binding. Its very much the same as rounding a fingerboard. https://youtu.be/TNbsZsSabPs?si=x9GjBg8ymVLZifxx A razor or a good sharp...

Armrest (or other solutions) for archtop with sharp edge

A tonal center approach is simple, even obvious. That's a great way to play it, if you count it off slow enough to make those changes. But, the tune is at 300 bpm (which is 5 beats per second)...

Countdown – Any way to simplify it?

Look into the Armadillo armrest. It fits perfectly to my Loar, and robustly with its 2 oversized suckers. Plus it raises my arm to compensate some of the height difference between the rim and the...

Armrest (or other solutions) for archtop with sharp edge

:smile-new: Which in most cases will consist of 2 or 3 books - and that may be an exaggeration.

Chord melody problem

I don't think the advice given to think of different chords than what's on the chart is helpful and if the goal is to be able to hear and respond to the chord changes, it can actually be...

Countdown – Any way to simplify it?

Can't get enough of PB. Every time I hear him I appreciate him more. Seems to be a real nice guy too from what I've seen in interviews. :cool: Doug

Pete Bernstein playing straight

I've just got Randy Vincent's 'All instrument' book, it's the same exercises as the Cellular Approach book, but for 'All instruments'. I'm finding that rhythmically, the phrases sound better when...

Randy Vincent's Cellular Approach (and other books)

That's why I asked the OP what the books were. I've always been impressed by the chord per note style. Rather Barry Harris in a way. I guess it could be argued that regardless of how much jazz...

Chord melody problem

Smoothing / rounding the edge of the binding is easy, inexpensive and effective.

Armrest (or other solutions) for archtop with sharp edge

Very similar to the Pat Martino setup for the last few years of his touring career - his guitar through his little SS head (with tube in the preamp section?) through a sealed 4x12 cab from by a local...

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

https://youtu.be/Fzrhdy9Af-I?feature=shared this is a side of Pete’s playing that I haven’t heard much before. His style has become more syncopated and his note choices seem to aim more at...

Pete Bernstein playing straight

What not to do on a gig

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Chord melody problem

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?

Recording my acoustic updated with version with IRs.

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production