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I presume Christian means charts like those on Steve Swallow's website - Arise, Her Eyes - etc. Steve Swallow Lead Sheets
Yeah for some charts that’s right. Piano staff, symbols in the middle. Afaik those are the ones that are from the composers lead sheets, many of those composers were Berklee faculty at the time. ...
I don’t see that notation as standard but I would get used to it quickly I think It’s wild to me that quartal harmony is basically a cliche in jazz these days and yet there’s afaik no...
What is that? Like the original real book?
I think this whole album is full of very lovely tones
Listen to decent bossa nova players and try to find out what are the characteristics of that music and the role of the guitar. There is a rhythmic/percussive element and the harmonic and melodic...
No Chord symbol use is normative. This is the normative use of the ‘5’. Although maybe you suffer a cognitive break every time someone asks you to play a m6 chord. ;-) That said I have also...
In May, I participated in 5 jam sessions at 3 venues. I used the Tears nylon string electric all month, through venue backline amps (JC-120, JC-40, Polytone Mini Brute). This guitar is growing on me....
After being forced to check in with luggage my first electric guitar (a Welson SG copy) and picking it up with its neck snapped in two at the other end I'm not risking it again. Tenor sax players...
In seriousness, I do actually support the writing of charts in a format that the musicians you’re working with can actually read. The two staff lead sheet thing Sco talks about learning from...
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As I mentioned, I'm thinking in terms of standard chord symbols, like you'd see on "Real Book" type lead sheets, a la the OP's original question: the chord symbol for a "power chord" (root & 5th). ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPTTKFj0rk Do you hear this as good bossa nova tone?
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