Composition

Anyone watching the Stanley Cup?

Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis 2006 [EU]

PRS SE Hollowbody Dark Smokeburst

The Answer Is Yes (Jim Hall)

A variety of picking techniques

You've nailed the problem, but you have it backwards. When you accompany a singer (or other solo voice), it is not about you. Your only job is to follow and support the vocalist. There is no...

Learning to play with a singer

The harmonic motion in Just Friends, the A section, I just see as being chromatically decending minor tonalities. The written chords: BbM7 | Bbm7 Eb7 | FM7 | Abm7 Db7 | can be...

Tim Lerch on Reharm

Funny indeed, "boring" and "cerebral" should be incompatible traits but they're exactly what comes to mind whenever I try to listen to Metheny for instance. Maybe it's also funny that I prefer to...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

Do you have a link to a scan of the sheet music? It’s difficult to hunt down. A lot of showy and early versions seem to have 1-6-2-5 in the bass in bars 5-6 interestingly, Ethel Merman, Ethel...

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Playing devil's advocate here but a ii V that doesn't resolve is just a non-functioning dominant (so you shouldn't alter it).

Tim Lerch on Reharm

Aesthetically, I'd swap out the gold knobs for clear, to match the chrome.

PRS SE Hollowbody Dark Smokeburst

I definitely like the C#dim too.

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Nice choice! the HB's are wonderful , I have an HBII Artist that' delicious

PRS SE Hollowbody Dark Smokeburst

The bass is funky Why not the C#o7 as well? That sounds cool esp as a variation. Soloing wise… according to Barry bird didn’t play a B in bar 1 which is interesting.

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Yeah, I was going to comment the same thing. My niece is a gigging musician, among others I know in her generation. Social media might help her get a few extra faces in the crowd, but nobody just...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

That's funny, Mike Stern even with his injuries can still play at the level that most can only dream about, and be a real artist with originality and substance. Look at the new generation of...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

FWIW, there's no reason a Venetian cut couldn't be as deep as a Florentine?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

If this would have been posted around March time I would have picked it up. Crazy good looking instrument at a crazy price

Eastman 805 (2005)......$1,400 PRICE DROP to $1,200

I am LOVING the Oilers, been pulling for them since the 1st round. This year's playoffs has had a lot of outstanding hockey, it's been getting me through a few tough weeks. Just curious if anyone...

Anyone watching the Stanley Cup?

C-7b5 just another Ebm6 though, right? I like the up and down variant. Or at least the Bdim as the second chord. I think my go to has become Bb6 Bdim | Cm7 F7 |Dm7 Dbm7 |Cm7 F7 | Now...

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

How bad is this?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast