Frank Vignola said something to the effect of just learning as many standards as you can will give you tools you need for improvisation. I know a lot of standards, but I'm obviously not there...
This was destined to be a wholly unhelpful thread that would lead to an excellent day of listening. Too many wicked solos to choose from.
Very nice! It doesn't sound like a bunch of licks to me, it sounds like music.
Thanks! I find the Gary Burton (with Chick and Metheny) version to be the one from which it's the, relatively, easiest to learn as the music is stated a bit more clearly, in my opinion.
Only if you ask the guys trying to do it in the 80s. Just like now, where the 80s and 90s were a "golden age" of live music to us. By us I literally mean Peter and I. Not the members here who...
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For a ballad I'd say "Autumn Leaves" with Ron Carter, maybe also "Embraceable You"
That probably stands to reason if you get proper intonation over your entire fretboard by tuning the open strings slightly flat. Maybe that's in fact their entire purpose. Although the reasoning in...
As a guitarist, I probably learn the chords first. Then the Melody. Comping is our main job. IMHO.
I have an Earvana nut in my cupboard, that I have fitted to guitars for an experiment. It doesn't adjust intonation for the frets on the whole fretboard, only open strings. Even after adjusting the...
I stole another lick, and I wrote (or at least devised) one, so here I am dropping them both repeatedly into a couple of choruses of Autumn Leaves with the aim of trying to memorise them. The rest of...
Are we sure there was money, fame, and accouterment back in the 60s?
You forgot to mention things like the thrill of playing cool music and interacting with good players in front of even 2 or 3 people, where it's just that extra wee bit riskier than the safety of your...
Why not on an archtop? I agree that it's sometimes necessary to retune an instrument that has had its open strings tuned painstakingly. What kind of archtop was that?
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