Ear Training, Transcribing & Reading

Peripheral Gear, NWD

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

"Natalia"

Power supply for busking

98 Tal Farlow Wine Red

The audacity of me, I know. If you had already suggested the arpeggio thing, I just didn't see it because I did not read every post in this thread. I started reading them like :smile-new: and...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

You sure about all that? :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3BRBIRJV8

Learning to play with a singer

That's right. As long as you can pay the rent, buy food and provide for your family, it's your money-spend it with enjoyment. Some have a boat and you know what they say about boats? A boat is a hole...

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

Neither my knowledge of electronics nor my ability to describe the little that I know in English is good enough to make a contribution on the level of most previous contributors – But I know that...

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

How dare you accuse me of advocating "blues scale lines." But the hour grows late. I am weary.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

What kind of blues are you talking about, though? For straight ahead blues, sure the key center thing can work fine, blues scale, sliding blues scale, a substitute blues scale here and there. But,...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I might have mentioned this before - here is a really good Truefire course - 10 Principles of Jazz Accompaniment - Martin Taylor - Guitar Lessons - TrueFire 10 Principles of Jazz Accompaniment...

Learning to play with a singer

Yes. Thats the prog rock of prog rock bands for me. I saw them on their Close To The Edge Tour. Great. Never got with Genesis. Floyd was never Prog Rock to me ELP I liked. If you took the skits away...

Most influential prog rock band

Noodle x2 Yep. Learning arpeggios and coming up with lines using just those is a great exercise. To be fair, I did recommend it back yonder in post #2. For what it's worth, and again, blues is...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Learn your arpeggios, that is a big key to sounding like you're playing the changes and not just noodling in a key. Once you can 'see' the arpeggios in the scales, that's a clue to which notes you...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I would like to do a command F on this whole thread for the word “noodling.” Seems to be used an awful lot with respect to playing key centers and not at all with respect to changes. ...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Quite a few of the Peerless guitars on the Guitars 'n Jazz website have serial # starting with 300 or 301

Help me date my Peerless Jazz City please

I’m quite calm, thank you. Apart from this thread, it’s been a fine Fathers’ Day. I played a brunch gig, and the kids have just gone home after a great dinner with us. Now I’m relaxing with my...

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

Oh JFC, if you know how to play key centers you're playing changes too. There's no dichotomy.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

If you play over the key center too much in jazz, your lines will sound vague and like you're just noodling over a key center. Playing over the key center works fine for rock and roadhouse blues, but...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

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

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

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

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

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

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band