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Is this the wiring diagram I should use for my...

Chord melody problem

It Could Happen to You at a recent gig

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

I have a pair of Sadowsky — a long scale semi-hollow I got used and a FV model I bought new. I also have owned 7 Eastman’s at various price points and currently still have 2 — a Romeo and a T64....

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Even at the brighter tempo Hawk took it at, it's still a long tune...2 choruses, 3 minutes. You throw in two heads, maybe a piano solo...that's a damn long foxtrot. Hawk cut to the chase and got...

Chord melody problem

'Fox Trot" - that's funny. "Don't let anyone tell you you can't dance to this music, you can! So go ahead and buy the record!"

Chord melody problem

A lap-steel squareneck tricone is a bit of a different beast from a roundneck, even before one takes into account the musical-stylistic-textural differences on display in Muller's playing (which...

1920‘s/30‘s JAZZ players using Resonator guitars ?

Love this clip. https://youtu.be/-ZvnoY5r_Lk?si=NpJsLYws1r5Zo6ob

Ukelele Jazz

I think Coleman Hawkins established it quite nicely and then moved to improv quickly since a side is only a few minutes. I don't need to hear all of the head perfectly as the composer intended, but...

Chord melody problem

It was funny, Wayne's bass player was playing guitar in his place with the drummer, he asked me if I wanted to sit in, I said no. :smile-new: Thanks but those hours would not have worked, and...

Bebop Technique

That reminds me of one of the more interesting response to my ‘three fingered’ video who cited this video: https://youtu.be/M59rcdODuo4?si=cxcAc0g3LCqNzNgT Interesting video especially if you...

Bebop Technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTR_8bTFng For the record (as in vinyl) on what became one of the most famous jazz recordings of all time, Coleman H. failed to render the melody clearly. Came out...

Chord melody problem

Allan actually had quite a pronated left hand - not that this is necessarily untrue of Classical players as Peter indicated, but much more so than Adam. Violinistic, in fact. Schools of jazz...

Bebop Technique

He meant that unless person works with a very specific and possibly niche technical method — classical pedagogy, benson picking, etc — then there is generally little to no guidance on how to hold the...

Bebop Technique

I have raised 3 children who, inspite of having me as their dad, have grown into fine adults, married very well, and now i have 8 grandchildren! So you have definitely inspired my empathy! You can...

Chord melody problem

That makes at least two of us. Roger S. did well with his business model (it seems) regarding archtops and he is moving on. So what? If you need an archtop guitar, it isn't like they can't be...

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

I don't know Ben Monder's musical background, but Allan Holdsworth played violin before he played guitar. "Unless a player is in a particular school of jazz technique (Chuck Wayne, Rodney Jones...

Bebop Technique

Why is that? Do you know something we don't know? Doug EDIT: Ah, I read more of the thread, I get it now....

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

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Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

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Bebop Technique

Chord melody problem

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

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Another way to look at the fingerboard

I'm now fluent in every key