Ear Training, Transcribing & Reading

Guitar purchases Reverb- EMG pickups

Epiphone Sheraton USA 1977

Gibson L-5 near mint 2011 custom shop - $7250.00

Seeking advice - New used archtop purchased

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the...

Please try it again... Guitar tones full up, volume down a little from full up Only an instrument chord between the guitar and amp Princeton set with both tone controls at full minimum (1...

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

It may or may not be relevant that according to Howard Rees, Barry didn’t start teaching the 8 note scales until the 1980s.

Official Barry Harris Thread

Since you said 'it does not sound jazzy'... . I think 'jazzy sound' aesthetics (not in terms of sonority but overall sound)... it is about to make kind of 'wrong' things sound 'right' and 'kitchy'...

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

Nfi?

A few bad notes or a missed chord

I’ve not noticed much of a correspondence between how well I think I played on a gig and how well I actually played. For example, you might not have played how you wanted or what you’d been...

A few bad notes or a missed chord

Like I said, this is a very conservative place. Like I also said, preferences are one thing but not even being able to listen to such a fluent improvisor who freaked out Miles Davis (who wrote a...

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

This has Vinny's name written all over it! Vinny is in the hood, too.

Gibson L-5 near mint 2011 custom shop - $7250.00

Some years ago I bought a used G&L Comanche on Reverb. I already had another Comanche that I love. This new one had David Gilmour EMG pickups, which I had no experience with. It also had the stock...

Guitar purchases Reverb- EMG pickups

Or that, like with donuts, is just icing on the cake (an insult to the cake if you ask me, comparing it to donuts :rolleyes:)

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Do they go in easily with a few gentle turns of a screw driver? It doesn't look too suspicious except maybe a hasty assembly at some point. Try setting the screws yourself. They are screwed into a...

Seeking advice - New used archtop purchased

I agree with a couple of posters above- you have the notes, but not the feel. It doesn't swing. I remember we had a thread here semi-recently, about IF "swing" could be notated or taught...

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

I think I saw that listing yesterday. I knew right away that was a scam. Not like I have even $5k to spare but...

Reverb Fraud

I tentatively decided to stop wondering about fretboard materials a few years ago, based on this theory: (A) What we hear while playing is different from what we hear while eating doughnuts. ...

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Surely you know the expression music to my ears? That's what it's got to do with. Ears. Not lords, nor ladies for that matter. Why is it that just about every other instrument used in jazz...

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

That's a steal.

Gibson L-5 near mint 2011 custom shop - $7250.00

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

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

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Tritone chord root movement

Where do fusion guys play gigs?