Other Styles / Instruments

Jam Session Journal (May 2024)

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Variation 1 - Chick Corea / Herbie Hancock style...

Flying with guitar

Anything that speaks against stainless steel...

In my opinion a good Bossa Nova sound is more in the touch, chords and rythm approach, than in the guitar used. Jim Hall had a superb Bossa Nova feel with his ES175. It's easier to do Bossa Nova...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

I only fly with a telecaster with the neck taken off or with my Aria Sinsonido that fits in the overhead bin on top of the suitcases. For a big band gig in Lithuania they reserved me an extra seat...

Flying with guitar

Another tiny step... Another gig. But a proper one this time. We used the archtops rather than the gypsy guitars, though, because we needed to be amplified. But still a similar set,maybe a few more...

Del's Tiny Steps...

If you wanna make sure it stays safe and arrives whole with all its parts: Hardcase and buy it a seat.

Flying with guitar

I presume Christian means charts like those on Steve Swallow's website - Arise, Her Eyes - etc. Steve Swallow Lead Sheets Carla Bley Lead Sheets

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Yeah for some charts that’s right. Piano staff, symbols in the middle. Afaik those are the ones that are from the composers lead sheets, many of those composers were Berklee faculty at the time. ...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

I don’t see that notation as standard but I would get used to it quickly I think It’s wild to me that quartal harmony is basically a cliche in jazz these days and yet there’s afaik no...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

What is that? Like the original real book?

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

I think this whole album is full of very lovely tones

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

Listen to decent bossa nova players and try to find out what are the characteristics of that music and the role of the guitar. There is a rhythmic/percussive element and the harmonic and melodic...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

No Chord symbol use is normative. This is the normative use of the ‘5’. Although maybe you suffer a cognitive break every time someone asks you to play a m6 chord. ;-) That said I have also...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

In May, I participated in 5 jam sessions at 3 venues. I used the Tears nylon string electric all month, through venue backline amps (JC-120, JC-40, Polytone Mini Brute). This guitar is growing on me....

Jam Session Journal (May 2024)

Best wishes from me, too, Rob. Get well soon! Derek

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

After being forced to check in with luggage my first electric guitar (a Welson SG copy) and picking it up with its neck snapped in two at the other end I'm not risking it again. Tenor sax players...

Flying with guitar

In seriousness, I do actually support the writing of charts in a format that the musicians you’re working with can actually read. The two staff lead sheet thing Sco talks about learning from...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Campellone PSA

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7