The Players

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

Flying with guitar

Anything that speaks against stainless steel...

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

Ibanez AG95 / Fender Mustang GTX Metallic Sound

I was just being tongue in cheek. Still — Christian would know more about this, but conventions generally spring up for a purpose and figured bass was less capable of fully representing what a...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Convention you mean? Can't see I've seen many of his autographs but use of figured notation had been out of vogue in classical music for some time already during his life...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

In monk transcriptions, you’ll often see an instruction at the beginning like “symbols are for solos only, during head Monk plays open fifths in left hand and clusters in right” … sometimes clarity...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Yeah — I mean, they are different. In practice a quartal will be what a guitarist plays for a 7sus chord, but as you mention about the fifth, they aren’t the same thing. Agree about the symbols...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Cabin crew can usually find a safe spot in their own quarters (or who knows, in a toilet that's out of commision). Maybe discuss this with the cabin crew on your inbound flight, supposing you're...

Flying with guitar

Amen, Brother Vinny! And thank you for that! I know you're one of the true believers! When I pick up that guitar I feel pretty blessed!

Campellone PSA

It does look like something one has to warm up to. I don't know where the name "Florentine" comes from, but this design looks too ... eroded to still be called that way. I'd call it French, after...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Why would this not be Csus? Is it important to omit the 5th? As I've railed in the past, chord symbols are shorthand that relies on convention. They are not meant to replace standard notation. If...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Thanks for the info! Sorry to ask, but... is there a difference between the "back" and the "back plate" or are they two names for the same thing?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Buying a seat is absolutely the best approach, if you can do so. See this JGO thread from 5 years ago for lots of good advice. The thread is pre-pandemic, so a lot may have changed. Flying with...

Flying with guitar

Don't really like the cutaway, on an otherwise beautiful guitar. I have an almost phobia about that kind of cutaway, or a flat shoulder on a flattop guitar for instance. Stylistically, I tend...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Upgrade to early boarding, talk to the person at the desk and cross your fingers. It's also got to fit in the overhead, so if it's a 17" archtop, you are S.O.L.

Flying with guitar

Mickey is the kind of guy who would steal your girlfriend in 5 minutes flat. I wouldn't let a girl of mine anywhere near the little bastard.

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

Naturally, I thought, oh my god, he took over all our instruments. At least he doesn't play guitar. Oops... https://youtu.be/01DRALz_ZkU?si=2hmQmLep2DvHm22Y Oh he could tapdance even as a...

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

Was it? Hard to tell. The sound is a bit out of sync with the video. He certainly looks to be playing all the right drums and cymbal, and of course the cowbell. (I know we assume everything before...

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

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

Learning to play with a singer

How bad is this?

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

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7