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i use it with steel string acoustic, but the sm81 is a studio legend. i pair mine with a fathead ii ribbon mic for stereo acoustic recordings. 81 on the 12th fret, fathead on the body. it's what...
Exactly... it’s comprehensible input. It’s not just reading that helps with this.... spending time learning the Rule of the Octave really helps with reading 18th and early 19th century guitar music...
I learned to read music when I was five. I sight-sung the whole Brahms Requiem once (don‘t ask). On CG I can sight-read Sor and the like, but not Villa-Lobos (not till I figure out which chord he...
I have no idea what M is on about, but I have not found reading classical guitar music very good preparation for reading bop lines or pop 16th note rhythms for example. It may be written in the same...
Naïve question..... given that these electric basses are 3/4 size, with 104cm /41" scale, can someone point me towards the type of strings I will need? Standard length upright bass? Specific length...
Oh boy it looks like Chris goes into a ton of depth on the concept of playing all your ABCs on the min6dim scale with melodic lines here: (2) Things I've Learned from Barry Harris Episode 21...
In my experience that is especially a popular sentiment among the non-greats. It's not their fault that they failed or never amounted to anything. They where just not born for it. It's just fate or...
Thanks everyone! I think you've cleared a lot up for me and I can understand what to do now with question #1 (how do I get the b5 and #5 with half step rules?) and I can also articulate question #2...
You used to be able to take Plectrum Guitar grades (1-8) as you can in classical guitar. The graded pieces were quite jazzy and some written by jazz guitarists. I think it was Trinity College, London...
I am using it. Agree, it is not user friendly. The tonal mapping hocus pocus does not add any usable for me. Even with basic jazz theory knowledge the listener knows II is subdominant, V is...
Last song in this piece. I would say this is a very blues oriented book. Except Del Sasser, Saudade and Jeanine, all them has blues changes. Jeannine does not, but it has a blues flavor, indeed....
I figured I would chime in after David's/JBN's post. It is amazing that we're approaching week 20. That in and of itself feels like quite an accomplishment. It shows discipline and commitment. I'm...
There is also a 1968 here: 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith | The Music Emporium
Thanks, having a good time feel is of utmost importance to me. So for recording, use a Yamaha THR 10ii. I put it right on the tabletop, and proo my phone up against something just a few inches in...
Cannonball Adderley play along - Sack of Woe
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