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McCoy Tyner comping / chord stabs for guitar!

Interview with Wayne Shorter

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Bebop Blues on a LesPaul, FINGERSTYLE

Ibanez guitars

I took delivery of this Jazz Special a year or so ago. Over time I’ve noticed a light colored “stripe” has appeared on the top longitudinally from neck to the tailpiece. (See the photos below). I...

Trenier Jazz Special

Haha, yeah of course I've seen this. Boy, what a contrast! - most would think Tina gets blown away by Fathead's confident blustering assault, but he quietly steps up to the mic and just does his own...

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

What is your definition of young? Most everyone younger than 40 over here is reaching the age that they can pay the weeks rent! that said, some guitars are stellar investments- anything with a...

Buying guitars as an investment

...Wait... this could have been no later than 1942 (the year CC died), so Wayne was 9 ? And Charlie Parker was on stage with Charlie Christian? Wow! :numbness:

Interview with Wayne Shorter

Lovely and expensive equipment right there. Great sound. ;)

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

Technically it's a Power Diad.

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

McCoy Tyner comping / chord stabs for guitar! This is the preview for a full lesson coming tomorrow Remember, I give private lessons so hmu if you're interested. More info on my website. ...

McCoy Tyner comping / chord stabs for guitar!

I won't lie, she's a handful compared to my L4 CES but there's just something about her ... ;)

Do you regret buying an Epiphone?

no red line under them,

Buying guitars as an investment

He means literally learning how to interpret the rhythmic component of sheet music and turn it into sound. With students I have them look at music and clap the rhythms without their instruments. ...

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

You had been with Maynard Ferguson a little bit, right? Did you ever play with Monk? Hmm... maybe one time sitting in at The Five Spot with Art, but I can't remember many details. I played with...

Interview with Wayne Shorter

Found on my old pc.... Wayne Shorter Interview by Mel Martin. Reprinted from The Saxophone Journal; Volume 16, Number 4, January/February 1992. Mel Martin: Wayne Shorter is one of the most...

Interview with Wayne Shorter

Yeah, it's a really tough decision. Especially the part where you sell the Bigsby B-6 for way more than the cost of the replacement trapeze tailpiece.

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

I take it that I should have said time or tempo. Counting, as mentioned above. The notes are easy to learn but I haven’t delved into decoding the cadence. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Nice job. I think that's very accurate. That's also my understanding of it. I think it's dumb that how to build melody isn't very well understood, and accurate teaching of it isn't very prevalent....

Anatomy of a Jazz Lick: Line building and improvisation

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Death of USA made guitars

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

What not to do on a gig

Buying guitars as an investment

A couple of Guitar Center stories...

FYI: Gibson L-4 HSL4 Light Cherry Burst, 2022

Any other bakers on here?

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

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

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