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Allen LF or 1x8” Chichuahua or Kendrick Solo7

Turn around with double stops

Mosaic Select's great remastering of Johnny Smith...

Big band music alive and well in Japan

Ben Monder talks Emily

Not exactly a youngin's music, but very far away from jazzboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-O_4jsBxE Plus basically any of Michael Watts's recordings on big blue archtops (just too...

Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

I am satisfied.

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

If someone writes an alt chord, all 4 possible options should work (but not if you're playing with another harmony instrument, which goes for another option). If you're alone and have time, try...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Well chords are ambiguous. b9s are all over dominant chords. b3 is a perfectly normal choice over major quality chords. b5 and #5 can coexist as b5 and b13 or #5 #11. So everything works...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Oh, just play a b13 and keep smiling. Life's too short :-)

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

I would say I've made a big mess instead of a clear argument. Let me try again. The arranger/composer should only give extensions they think they are essential to the tune. The Alt symbol,...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

The melody is usually the key because chord symbols generally reflect it. In Goodbye the first two bars are Eb Eb C D C which is Ab7. The next two are Eb Eb F Eb D which is G7, altered to G7+....

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

This is the ambiguity of the chord that I don't like. It means 4 things and they don't all work when you see an alt. I've lost the narrative in my other posts trying to show how it's ambiguous. ...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Not sure where you’re getting G from. and the b7 would be Bb.

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Well … what if I told you most folks are thinking about function and context when they make decisions about which extensions and voicings they’re playing and that, from a certain perspective, asking...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

C root E 3rd G 5th B b7 Db b9 D##9 Gb b5 G# #5

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

The 7th is a Bb not a B. There is no (natural) 13 (A). the #5 and the b13 is the same note. (Same with #11 and b5.) I wrote this previously: Another way to phrase this is that you select...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

I don't like Breyer, which was my point. I've never had chocolate ice cream be better than bad vanilla. I'm on fire in this thread. Can't get a single point across today. LOL

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Definitely doesn’t. Not sure where you’re getting that.

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

If it weren't red I'd probably be all over it. Interesting that they chose to price the L4C so close to this one.

Gibson L5CT Gobel

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Death of USA made guitars

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

Grant Green, What is This Thing

A couple of Guitar Center stories...

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Any other bakers on here?

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

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