I have been practicing my slur (ligado) technique on classical guitar… using the Aaron Shearer book.
As I was doing exercises I thought, “some of these could make good sequences”. Then I started to try and apply them in a more jazz way. Not working so well.
I did a lot of problem solving and came up with some ideas. However I feel like the wisdom here far transcends my limited-ness.
The motivation for the book was to systematically address different slur fingering combinations. Each figure though is built with slurred notes within reach of each other. Pedal notes always add logic to a sequence. The bulk of these have a flow similar to enclosures. To me they make the most sense resolving to a chord indicated by an additional target note or notes. They also can form cool sequences by moving the patterns in various ascending or descending intervals. Harmonically speaking the starting and ending points define function. Now that you have assimilated these moves, not a bad thing to consider if they have any application outside of guitar gym class.
Of course. I intended no snarkiness of my own either. I had realized before I even wrote anything that this thread is a ghost town and that I might even get "yelled at" for kicking a dead horse; most...
Truly.
I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the Paul Desmond solo stuff. Brubeck was my in for jazz and the Paul Desmond stuff with Ed Bickert and Jim Hall got me totally...
That was merely for anyone who might come here looking for your own informed opinions about the book; more informed than mine, for sure. If I've wasted important bandwidth by adding to a dead thread,...
OK, then! I'll refer to the books as 1E (for first edition) and 2E (for the second) so as to save a little on typing.
At a glance, the most obvious improvement of 2E over 1E is the clarity and...
I haven’t had pain there yet, I suppose you’ll have to try stretches until you hit one that works.
I hold my left arm out with the palm out and tip my head to the right, this will crack my...
In a way. But someone has to have both versions of the book, and the time to sit down and compare them instead of practicing. Just seems like a poor use of time to me.
Like the Decitrig said,...
Actually, I think Rob is the one remaining true spirit when it comes to the Micky Baker book around here. The rest of y’all are done and dusted with it clearly.
I just don't care about the differences between the books and the errata sheet are. What's that got to do with playing jazz? Questions on the content in the book might get you some discussion.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! I do NOT need another guitar! (But, I don't have a national steel bodied resonator. And, I really could use a baritone of some kind. And I have nothing in a P-90! And, and...)
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