I love this tune. I used to accompany a friend on clarinet on it before he passed away. The Duke Robillard version that the OP links to is really nice.
Here’s my attempt on solo guitar. I’ve been doing a lot more gardening than practicing lately, so it’s rough. I’ll try to work on finger mechanics and clean it up.
It's been awhile since i last logged in here, but there's a strange synchronicity in that i was just playing
'If I Had You' a couple of days ago, and here it is as this month's standard...
and so, off to the shed i will head, since there are still a few days left in the month!!!
In any case, here's a quick 'baseline' recording, playing the melody and changes from memory, and
without the benefit of my 2nd cup of am coffee:
Hopefully it will get a little better...
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I feel you. Mine is terrible. I never even tried to learn tunes by ear until I started taking lessons with Christian and he encouraged me to do it. This last week I was tasked with learning the B...
When i was hunting for a blonde JS i ended up buying a 76 which is great, actually my main giging guitar right now. At the time (around 2017) there were quite a few blondes from the seventies around....
Not really. I still do scales (and patterns based on a given scale), but I never considered it ear training. Dexterity, knowledge, ability all that, but not ear so much. I do a lot of scales in...
From Mark's Gallery: "Serial #3570109 Custom 16" – this double cutaway custom was built for Michigan guitarist Steve Correll. Steve plays ‘lefty strung righty’ and wanted this guitar to function as...
Julian played with his trio last night in Amsterdam. The venue holds 725 people and was sold out. He used his Nachocaster through a Deluxe. He checked its tuning before the first song and never again...
Woah... please, let's avoid name calling! Mr. Smith is certainly not dumb but prone to hyperbole at times. I just don't think terms like "better," "more advanced," etc., apply for the reasons I gave...
Julian Lage Trio, Amsterdam, April 17 2024
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