Ear Training, Transcribing & Reading

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Manha de Carnaval

Polytone MiniBrute I (Boston area)

Jazz Guitar Book - Acquired of the Angels

Jazz Guitar Book - The Gibson Super 400 by Thomas...

Alcohol is a cough suppressant. So.. relax and have a couple! Also codeine, but that can lead to serious trouble in my experience.

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

I was thinking of getting a didgeridoo, heard it's an effective, inexpensive, and entertaining way to improve your breathing capacity - doubt that I could play jazz on it though.

What instrument to get?

Yes! That is excellent news.

Bebop Technique

yeah , I’ve used a roland Keyboard amp a couple of times at a jam session yeah channel 1 worked sounded (no perceivable output using channel 2 3 or 4 , the guitar straight in didn’t have...

Keyboard amp for jazz guitar

Well, you made it a Abm7b5 chord, which only has one note different than a Gmaj7 (Ab rather than G) and doesn't sound dominant to me. But I suspect you're using good substitutes but...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Thank you! I don’t have any idea where all the Bach flavors come from as I’ve never played any classical whatsoever.

Manha de Carnaval

so to update yeah it all worked great the security guy at the airport said “what’s in the bag” about 4 times then re x-rayed it for a while then opened up the bag and said “ok so its a guitar” …....

Travelling with a Tele (in two parts)

I don't think I said anything about lowering the 6th. I said lower the 7th a semitone to the 6th. D7b5 at the 10th fret = D-X-C-F#-Ab=X lower the 7th and you get D-X-B-F#-Ab-X It is...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

If we want to skip formal study of music theory that defines functional harmony very specifically, we can say that function pretty much comes down to what the listener hears. Separating function from...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

So how did it go? What did you choose? Finish the story OP

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

No, the form is a standard 12 bar blues with the melody being 8th notes. You ask me for a chart and then disregard it? Or did you lose your ability to read? :P Yes, Ab and Db accidentals over the...

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

Yeah looks like the one Mary Halvorson has and I know she’s got an Artist Award.

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

I used turns at my gig last night. Usually I’m burned out by set 3, but then a lightbulb went off USE THE TURNS, GO FOR IT.

Bebop Technique

once you go through a vintage BF amp and bring things up to snuff, they will last for a really long time. I’ve had my BF Deluxe Reverb since the mid 70’s, I may have had one preamp tube go on a gig...

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

If you were to find an FRFR speaker that could take the very low-level signal straight out of your tele without a preamp, it would sound totally dry, with tone-shaping capabilties limited to the...

Keyboard amp for jazz guitar

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Cure for a weak high E string?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo?