Improvisation

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing...

Counting off a song in cut time

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Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

I get that language's first purpose is to convey information and meanings. Yet, a conversation doesn't have to be meaningful or informative at all to be enjoyable.

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

The Accord is as much or more of an "American car" as you can get these days, basically. (Here in the US, anyway). They are designed and built in Marysville Ohio using 90% US sourced parts. I would...

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

I think to reframe ragman's point: a book will contain vocabulary, maybe some concepts. But the question is still how to incorporate it into your own music. Which is generally the problem people have...

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

They use eBay's name in the title of at least their landing page, but without any indication that I could find of an official affiliation or endorsement. Could be worth alerting the actual owners of...

Artur Lang Archtop

Not everyone needs one (or more) but they may still want one (or more).

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Not being objectively better (as in demonstrably so with quantitative criteria) doesn't mean they can't be subjectively nicer. It's hard to tell from recordings alone, but most of the early 16" L5s...

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

I had this happen on a couple of Gibsons. My luthier, who worked at Gibson for many years, said this can happen and it relates to something in the nitro, perhaps the plasticiers. He told me to use...

Benedetto finish (sticky neck)

+++ It's an instrument you grind and get chops with :cool: Esp. when the box isn't a box at all?

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

You can either get a book, wade through it, eventually play some kind of beginner's solo and sound second rate like everybody does, or you can go to the horse's mouth. If you can't get something...

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

This is exactly what I was talking about. Lift a rhythm and fit chords to the rhythm. If you’re paying attention you can kind of fit the shape of the chords too. Like you might not be able to grab...

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Emily sure knew her way with the ES330. Although she altered the P90s into humbuckers. Boy, could she play and we lost her too early

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

Besides which not all old Gibsons are good instruments. according to Peter Bernstein his old L5 was a bit of a dog, and moving to the Zeidler (then a not well known maker) was a huge step up. ...

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Better than a book…for a one time purchase of $15 you have 40 minutes of instruction on the topic forever. Watch and listen. I love books and held on to the belief that they are useful in the guitar...

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Not everybody wants a Gibson L5 Depends on your style and the way you play. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

These two oldies but goodies got me on the right track when I first started back in the 1980s, and are still worth a look today: . Joe Pass also did a video, IIRC, on jazz blues that you may...

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo?

Tritone chord root movement