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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Hmmm... now that I've learned to edge pick I LOVE it, particularly the way that the pick does not catch on the strings nearly as much. I would suggest experimenting with pick grip and angle a bit...
I noticed a huge difference with bone. The tone you're hearing could absolutely be caused by the saddle. I don't recommend bone. It conducts extremely poorly and makes the sound worse imo.
Bruh JC sux bad. What importance is how skilled he is if his music is annoying af?
The most formidable multi instrumentalist work I've ever encountered is Elliott Smith's Either/Or album. He...
Gee, I hate to tell off on myself but I've been using them for at least 45 years. That said, they rough-up pretty good after a while. BTW I found a clip where a bassist put hand lotion on his strings...
Thank you Zig for taking the time to express your thoughts and insight. As a new member, this is a special place.
Music is an art form, in all facets of a vast spectrum of talented people, very...
Hi Tal.
The defining factor of Dm7 into G7 is the change of D Minor Seventh's 'C' note to G Seventh's 'B' note.
Barry's F6o has 'C' and Dm6o & Abm6o have 'B' notes making the move strong.
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I've often seen archtops described as being mid-rangy (acoustically at least). One of the things that I seem to be noticing now that I have a wooden-with-bone-insert saddle on my Loar is that I have...
Jazz Academy
James Chirillo- He makes life in a big band sound pretty bland, but in context of all the other instruments he is finding a tonal wedge to place the guitar part into and not...
mid-ranginess?
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