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Hey guys. Simple question that I have no idea. I have a song I’m writing and notating for our next rehearsal. This song is a cross between a hard hitting McCoy and a fusion thing. It’s got nothing...
(We have this tendency — or maybe it’s just me — to steal the “interesting” rhythms, and ignore how frequently guys are playing the “boring” ones)
Hey nothing to be ashamed of there! You have the arrangement in place and you play it with a solid flow. I personally would dial back the reverb some but that's just an individual preference. Love...
“ My wife has taken extraordinary comfort in this and looks forward each year for a visit from the red dragonfly.” …I have said a lot of things to convince my wife I needed a new guitar, you are...
I’ve always liked the 50s Miles for comping stuff and jacked a lot of rhythms from those groups, with red garland and wynton kelly, but I should credit djg here with pointing out the half note...
Here is my progress video after starting back on it this morning. Be warned it's fairly rough and the sound is terrible as it's just a phone video. Lots of improvement needed before Sunday....
Great. My old teacher Warren Nunes told us to listen to Red Garland for comping. Simple. Elegant. Perfect. Never gets in the way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
He speaks the truth. (and for what it’s worth, the worksheet is because it’s even a bit harder to explain when you get into the particulars haha)
A few more, from French (!) composer Maria Linnemann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzDoqCjBlM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAj8UB0urzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDb_tVevNqk ...
Very best wishes Rob and thank you for all your inpout and sharing. David
Reviving this old thread: the Bonfa/Manha de Carnaval arrangement linked to above is by Noriyasu Takeuchi, from his book Bossa Nova & Latin Pieces for Guitar Solo. It's out of print from what I...
There are like 5-10 venues that come up when I search jazz on Google maps. Comparing it to where I live, that’s a jazz utopia. I’ll reach out to that music store. Hopefully they know who a local...
You're not paying attention. I'm talking about the last note of the TUNE. i.e, the MELODY. You can play a descending chromatic line of chords with the final note on top resolving to the I chord.
What do you call power chords with chord symbols?
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