Improvisation

Mel Bay's Rhythm Chord System used by?

The most popular jazz guitarists according to...

Another Recording of my TK Smith Special

Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise: Jazz Guitar...

CLEAN 1950s French Gypsy Jazz Guitar Sonora...

This is an old style, I'm guessing, meant specifically for rhythm guitar playing. You could certainly play the whole chord...though over time guitarists like Freddie Green distilled the essence of...

Mel Bay's Rhythm Chord System used by?

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Comins GCS-1 Vintage Natural $1,549!

Interesting, but oddly skewed stat. This is looking at jazz guitarists as solo artists which is pretty far from determining a “most heard” since the majority of many of their recordings will be in...

The most popular jazz guitarists according to Spotify statistics

I purchased John's course this past weekend. So far I like it. For examples I have looked at he shows examples for both 6 string guitar and 7 string guitar. For a moment I felt the urge to buy a...

2 new & excellent Jazz Comping Truefire courses

I was completely unaware the history of that gear was so well documented.

The Audio Plugin Scam

Is the Mel Bay Rhythm Chord system, formerly published as the Orchestral Chord system, used by many in practice? For the those not familiar with the book it primarily shows chords and inversions...

Mel Bay's Rhythm Chord System used by?

I think concentrating on emulating analogue equipment with digital software, isn't the best use of software, it's very regressive thinking. Software has the capacity to create a new world of new...

The Audio Plugin Scam

On Reddit, an American social network, can be found a group called r/jazzguitar. In a post to this group, a user known as CaseyMahoneyJCON has listed the twenty-seven jazz guitarists who have over...

The most popular jazz guitarists according to Spotify statistics

Excellent playing by both guitarists. A lot of insightful information gained from Peter Bernstein's incredible experience is divulged. A compulsory watch for all Jazz guitarists. Many...

Nigel Price chats with Peter Bernstein

Agree that most people are clueless about these analog classics, strongly disagree that they were never "objectively tested". From the 40's onwards, recorded history has thousands of examples of...

The Audio Plugin Scam

It will of course depend on the guitar and the strings used. When fitting a new PU i usually try to balance the volume of the individual strings as well as possible at home, then take it to a...

Cure for a weak high E string?

Yes it's very suspect... most people are clueless in the first place about the analog gadgets those plugins are supposed to emulate. Which were likely never objectively tested to determine if the...

The Audio Plugin Scam

^ Love that tune!

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Bag's Groove is a good head to learn for a beginner... (and of course, there's a bunch of great solos from great musicians to transcribe here!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF74qucsaWY

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Josh, Nice to hear that you are happy with the Elferink guitar. According to the UPS tracking system you will receive the other two guitars within the next few days. I trust you will be just as...

Used Frans Elferink "Moderne" 7-string 18" inch body

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Chord melody problem

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

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

Cure for a weak high E string?

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo? Was he a jazz artist or no?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…