Improvisation

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of...

L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

Ham Radio

Lush Life - Solo Guitar

You Only Live Twice - Solo Guitar

That's the problem there. Choice equals confusion. Thing is, there are not only variants for those two bars but variants for the whole thing. I can think of about seven different ones off the top of...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

I guess there's nothing to do about advancing technology except to embrace it. I've been using drum tracks almost since I started playing music. This AI song generation is an extension of that. ...

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

Yeah I know. I had a thread about this recently--sound to my ears on stage is very different from what the audience hears or is recorded. It's hard to wrap your head around, but I imagine the pros...

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Did it not come with a pg?

Gibson Les Paul '50s Tribute

You have the most nuanced use of the pick. Have you ever considered adapting the right hand to play fingerstyle, not classical necessarily, but a hybrid style that is wrist pivoted like a pick...

Don't Explain - Solo Guitar

Thank you for your kind words. You are spot on about having a classical influence as classical guitar is my background :)

Don't Explain - Solo Guitar

3rds, 7ths, 6ths, those are the most important. Roots and 5ths less so, as the bass is likely taking care of those. Occasional chromatic passing, but not TOO much. 4 of the same per bar or two...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

One could certainly improvise by ear without knowing what the chord progressions are. Do you know what they are, have you referenced charts of the tunes you are vamping on? If so, perhaps you could...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Electric guitar players have been in love with textures for as long as I've been listening--certainly one of the appeals of "Rumble" was Link Wray's sound as well as the ferocious simplicity of the...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

The only criteria is swing style rhythm guitar. No rules, no songlist, no assignments, just play, or play and talk about discoveries, transcribe, post lead sheets, talk voicings, picking hand stuff,...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Cool, I'll have to take that lick and use it in Girl From Ipanema

Bebop tunes, what’s tune no. 2

I wrap the cut ends of the foam “noodles” with blue painters’ tape..

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

Well if you’re playing Donna Lee and Scrapple at the same tempo, whatever that tempo may be, then those two measures are probably the hardest of the bunch

Bebop tunes, what’s tune no. 2

I'm definitely treating is as a rhythm guitar free for all.

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Who said anything about 200bpm. Don't think so highly of me.

Bebop tunes, what’s tune no. 2

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

How bad is this?