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How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of...

L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

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Lush Life - Solo Guitar

You Only Live Twice - Solo Guitar

I have the Leavitt Classical Studies book from back in the 70s when I went to Berklee. There are a number of Kreutzer pieces in there. I still play a few of the Bach arrangements and read through the...

Kreutzer studies for guitar

Watched last nights show from start to end and enjoyed it immensely. There was no piano player, so Mike Stern’s sound really helped fill things out when he was comping. I was looking forward to...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

CQ CQ When the internet is crippled, ham operators have been an important part of emergency communications as has been proven. Who can still communicate in Morse code? Early coders, ha ha.

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Hi folks, I'm working on rhythm changes recently. How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars? Some article says it's a modal interchange and the Bb7 and Ebm7 come from the Bb Mixolydian and Bb...

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

They are sturdy compared to the L-5. I have two (one on borrow). They are comfortable and definitely electric.

2022 Heritage 575 Special Order

Headstock fractures almost always occur by uneven acceleration of the neck and headstock. The headstock pocket allows continued flexion while the top of the neck stops motion by the support under...

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

Pawlowski. I’m not shure how improvising could mean not to follow the progressions. I guess my first post left the impression that I have no clue of what I’m doing, The FG style is well...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Great guitar. I have one and love it. A bit heavy and possibly overbuilt. For some reason they seem hard to sell. GLWTS!!!!

2022 Heritage 575 Special Order

Nothing under the fingerrest (brace)? I for one made a foam buffer that slips under and over that brace right up against the fingerrest that I put in place whenever I take my archtop out in its...

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

I think that's what you're hearing somehow but that's not what he's doing. He's playing chords and following the progressions. He's not improvising anything.

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Before Eddie Lang, the guitar was mostly a parlour instrument, seldom found in jazz bands or dance orchestras. Lang had played banjo, from 1920 with various acts, but took up guitar in 1924 when he...

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

In the U.S.A. pre-swing era gear wise there were of course the big two Martin and Gibson guitars/instruments being used. There were other lesser known instruments being used also. Some popular guitar...

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

I find it handy to keep me first finger on the C note, 8th fret, high E string, when changing from Am7/G to F#m7b5. Isolated practise indeed but we'll get there. shreddin'

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

It’s a free channel. You can learn the B solo if you like, but there’s no obligation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bebop tunes, what’s tune no. 2

Hi! At the beginning of this video I play a single note solo over the "ALL OF ME" chord progression. I try to follow the changes using arpeggios,the harmonic minor scale and chromatic approaches. ...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

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

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.