I love this tune. I used to accompany a friend on clarinet on it before he passed away. The Duke Robillard version that the OP links to is really nice.
Here’s my attempt on solo guitar. I’ve been doing a lot more gardening than practicing lately, so it’s rough. I’ll try to work on finger mechanics and clean it up.
It's been awhile since i last logged in here, but there's a strange synchronicity in that i was just playing
'If I Had You' a couple of days ago, and here it is as this month's standard...
and so, off to the shed i will head, since there are still a few days left in the month!!!
In any case, here's a quick 'baseline' recording, playing the melody and changes from memory, and
without the benefit of my 2nd cup of am coffee:
Hopefully it will get a little better...
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He is the most sentimental, even romantic sax player. He reminds me of the way Nat King Cole sings. Maybe Peter Bernstein with his excellent sense of melody comes close.. But really, his thing is a...
Me tooooooo
I take one example and then tinker with it in a gazillion possibly pointless ways for a month and a half and then get bored and put a bookmark in at example 1b and get into something...
Ben had a beautiful, tasteful style. I was always surprised at the amount of air you could hear escaping as he played. I agree that there isn't really a guitaristic equivalent to that sound. Playing...
My first was an Apple IIE in 1981 - lease-purchased it to keep the books for my store but ended up playing games on it and ended up sending it back. I remember this very complicated game called...
Anyone using this tuner and who would recommend it?
My requirements:
Clip-on (not looking for pedal etc)
Easily readable display (whatever the lighting conditions)
Preferably rechargeable...
Interestingly I have real trouble with study groups like this. I think I like to spend a lot of time on one thing. A LOT of time. I find groups move on too quick.
I’m quite thick you see.
...
It has been a long time coming but the Johannes Haage interview is finally here.
The first 40 minutes discusses what Johannes got from the Mick Goodrick Almanacs etc.
The rest of the interview...
Hate them. An abomination on the beautiful aesthetics of the traditional guitar and violin. Did Stradivarius have sound ports?
OK rant over. I never believed in them, until I tried one and I...
All this talk about fingering and positions... sheesh... makes me feel a little squirrelly.
BUT I have decided to change up ow I play measures 5-8 since it seems to be hanging me up and I see nobody...
I use the Page in the FX loop of the Boss and use the 4 X 10 Fender Bassman setting on the Boss;
The Page does what the Boss can't do- add some real tube warmth.
D'Addario Eclipse Rechargeable Headstock Tuner
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