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 tend to like this. Someone recently posted Jimmy Bruno playing Poinciana, and it sounded rather anemic. I caught myself wishing his playing more resembled his prickly personality.
This is not an...
Finally something at least a little different.
I get that the guys that started the company were old Gibson employees, but it would've been nice if they had come up w/ some original designs. 'The...
[QUOTE=Josejzz;1330974]Dear Mark,
I hope that you're going well! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really sorry for this late answer, these months are being really speed and really busy...
Voicing is definitely important. Play some common grips for these chords, you might say "what?" Put the melody on top, and it's like "you open the door, the light goes on!"
Hello,
I hope that everyone is going well!
This time I share an other guitar transcription from Chet Baker, this is the scat solo from Do it the hard way, this solo is really amazing, I'm...
Dear Mark,
I hope that you're going well! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really sorry for this late answer, these months are being really speed and really busy with job. I really...
Lawson that was fine for the first time run through and you did not seem terribly stressed. I do think I could sense you did not necessarily feel like you were ready to smoke the tempo out. I figure...
Hello,
I hope everyone is doing well!
This time I share you a new transcription from this lovely standard, Let's Get Lost recorded by Chet Baker. This solo is pretty cool!
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It's a cliche at this point, isn't it?
I'd go as far as to say, not only is this not an ugly headstock, it's one of the most elegant headstock designs I've ever seen.
Chet Baker - Do It The Hard Way, Scat Solo...
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