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Manha de Carnaval

Polytone MiniBrute I (Boston area)

Jazz Guitar Book - Acquired of the Angels

Jazz Guitar Book - The Gibson Super 400 by Thomas...

Thank you! I don’t have any idea where all the Bach flavors come from as I’ve never played any classical whatsoever.

Manha de Carnaval

so to update yeah it all worked great the security guy at the airport said “what’s in the bag” about 4 times then re x-rayed it for a while then opened up the bag and said “ok so its a guitar” …....

Travelling with a Tele (in two parts)

I don't think I said anything about lowering the 6th. I said lower the 7th a semitone to the 6th. D7b5 at the 10th fret = D-X-C-F#-Ab=X lower the 7th and you get D-X-B-F#-Ab-X It is...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

If we want to skip formal study of music theory that defines functional harmony very specifically, we can say that function pretty much comes down to what the listener hears. Separating function from...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

So how did it go? What did you choose? Finish the story OP

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

No, the form is a standard 12 bar blues with the melody being 8th notes. You ask me for a chart and then disregard it? Or did you lose your ability to read? :P Yes, Ab and Db accidentals over the...

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

Yeah looks like the one Mary Halvorson has and I know she’s got an Artist Award.

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

I used turns at my gig last night. Usually I’m burned out by set 3, but then a lightbulb went off USE THE TURNS, GO FOR IT.

Bebop Technique

once you go through a vintage BF amp and bring things up to snuff, they will last for a really long time. I’ve had my BF Deluxe Reverb since the mid 70’s, I may have had one preamp tube go on a gig...

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

If you were to find an FRFR speaker that could take the very low-level signal straight out of your tele without a preamp, it would sound totally dry, with tone-shaping capabilties limited to the...

Keyboard amp for jazz guitar

Sorry, Jim, still not following you, lowering the 7th of a 7b5 chord will give you minor chords, as in the examples I gave, not a different Dom. 7th chord. D7b5 with 6th lowered = D-F#-G#-B. Ab7b5...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Sorry, please ignore. My mistake.

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Keyboards put out a lot more bass than guitars, so one of the characteristics of a "keyboard" amp is to handle bass transients without speaker damage. Playing an electronic keyboard through a guitar...

Keyboard amp for jazz guitar

I don't think I said that. Perhaps there was a typo in my post somewhere but I don't think I referred to lowering the 7th of a m7b5. I did refer to lowering the 7th of a 7b5 but I was referring to...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Sorry, by "discrete" I simply meant serving a definite harmonic function, as a subdominant or dominant chord, etc., versus being a passing chord - say an alternate voicing for the previous chord in...

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Cure for a weak high E string?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo?