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Starting a phrase late

BEST way to memorize standard melodies

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HeadRush?

I'm Old Fashioned, solo guitar, Jake Reichbart

It's not recovering, it's called improvising. I play around with starting and ending phrases early or late all the time. My recent favorite sentence (inspired by a James Blood Ulmer line TBH):...

Starting a phrase late

I learn the lyrics and sing the melody while I practice (or try to figure out by ear) the changes. The lyrics are helpful for the phrasing and for the form. Bruce Forman recommends to learn the...

BEST way to memorize standard melodies

I find myself thinking of a phrase I want to play and then have a tendency to come in late. This is especially bad if I was envisioning starting on the beat and I come in off of it or vice versa. ...

Starting a phrase late

What is the best way to memorize melodies and how many keys do you REALLY need to know them in? I'm asking specifically for melody because I'm pretty good with chord progressions. So, I've read...

BEST way to memorize standard melodies

I wonder. If someone posts an NBD (New Bow Day) on a cello forum about their new Douglas Ragusa or Argus T9, do they have to scroll through troll posts about dummy’s paying more than $50 for a bow...

What beats an L5?

I'm retired and not enjoying it much because I've never had a hobby - always been work whether music or art - could never separate them from the search for money. When the gigs quit after Covid, I,...

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Alone Together … some really pleasant-to-listen-to muttering in this one. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/lskOHSMMy3M?si=iSw6-rYp_dKDxK-f

Tunes I Claim I Know

I had pretty much the same symptoms befall my own TomKat model. Took it to my very reliable local tech guy a few months ago, and he couldn't repair it. He did point out, however, that the rest of...

Original JazzKat club

I see chip marks on the fret board binding as if the guitar fell forward and maybe resulted in the neck joint lacquer separation on the opposite end. That washer around the jack hole is awful. I'd...

Ibanez PM20 - buy or no buy?

Now that I’ve had a taste of running the band and playing in another bar band. I prefer to be in charge. The big band is good too, it’s run by a bunch of music teachers so everything goes...

What makes a bandleader?

The number of syllables in this haiku confirms that you're mad at rhythms.

The Mad At - the official mad-at-theory thread - Thread

The people that retire and say they don't know what they will do to fill their time are just sad in my opinion.Hate to sound harsh but it's 2024,never have people had so many hobbies and activities...

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I guess that's the reason I call you Mark. No need for formal last names :)

What beats an L5?

I was always impressed how our big band leader could sip his pint and rhythmically cue the bones.

What makes a bandleader?

I'm retired. I have plenty to do all day, I read a ton, play guitar a bit and like Mark I do day trips. I used to do two week bike trips through the Appalachians or to the East Coast, now I ride...

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Analyzing

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Biting the bullet on an ES-175

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Groove comes and goes..

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

Help me find Rattle on archtop

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Stage setups for larger venues