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I am always amazed how cool could be a flattop sound, when a jazz musician picks/articulates it. Even coolest, richest and more jazz than a over high cut "standard jazz" sound.
I met once: A talented lazy and hardworking average person. Sometimes the hardworking one wins.shreddin'
I haven’t watched much of Chris’s stuff (I probably should), so what I’m saying is what I remember from Barry’s classes; but when he demonstrated the tritone sub, the junction between say G7 and Db7...
Check out Peter Mazza’s offerings. He’s a really good and committed instructor. He organises 5 week courses, through a standard. His way in to what he calls Chord Melody from the Ground Up is ATTYA....
Good stuff Peter - I liked the staccato approach, although keeping it up for the length of time you did can be a bit too much...
Some people are very musically talented but in the end, not terribly interested. In the magical overlap between love and talent, one may find the best in any field I suppose.
a friend of mine and about the best drummer I know stopped by after our newly revived weekly gig and asked me to pull up this tune, he's a huge Thad/Mel fan. he doesn't have a computer and didn't...
Talent plus hard work - this is the best solution. Talent is difficult to measure.It can also be developed or not.
Agreed on his Youtube shyness, although he shared quite a bit more on Facebook. As someone who has bought several of his programs in the past, I can attest to the top notch content. He was a guitar...
i use it with steel string acoustic, but the sm81 is a studio legend. i pair mine with a fathead ii ribbon mic for stereo acoustic recordings. 81 on the 12th fret, fathead on the body. it's what...
Exactly... it’s comprehensible input. It’s not just reading that helps with this.... spending time learning the Rule of the Octave really helps with reading 18th and early 19th century guitar music...
I learned to read music when I was five. I sight-sung the whole Brahms Requiem once (don‘t ask). On CG I can sight-read Sor and the like, but not Villa-Lobos (not till I figure out which chord he...
I have no idea what M is on about, but I have not found reading classical guitar music very good preparation for reading bop lines or pop 16th note rhythms for example. It may be written in the same...
Naïve question..... given that these electric basses are 3/4 size, with 104cm /41" scale, can someone point me towards the type of strings I will need? Standard length upright bass? Specific length...
Oh boy it looks like Chris goes into a ton of depth on the concept of playing all your ABCs on the min6dim scale with melodic lines here: (2) Things I've Learned from Barry Harris Episode 21...
Thad Jones Mel Lewis Big Band w/Joe...
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