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What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Red Garland comping rhythms

Ibanez AF200 NT

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

I always believed Florentines are easier to make, but then I read from Taylor's web pages that they start from a traditional symmetrical body, literally cut away a section and then add the concave...

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Well, the seller has no sales and thus no feedback on Reverb, that and his ad copy says "stay away." So, looking at his pics, they show no identifying marks on the guitar... yes, I'd have to say...

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They’re usually written as C5. You might have to explain it to non guitarists. But it’s regularly used on the tab/chords with lyrics websites guitarists use. Edit: Quick Mick beat me to it....

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

I’ve been a reluctant composer in the sense that I’ve always tried to advance myself as a player. But it turns out most people see me as a writer. It used to frustrate me. I wanted to be known as a...

Questions about how others on here compose their music

A quick web search told me: "The notation of power chords is simple, you only have to add the number '5' to the note that you want to use as the root - like C5, A5, and so on."

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Scrapple — alternate fingerings and vocabulary https://youtu.be/pN69X15JBJE?si=B3rPsJ86fC2X2dpk

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Came across this ad for a "refurbished 1992 classical guitar". The poster admits he got the guitar free and did a little work on it. There is no label, just the original bill of sale in a picture...

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Wishing you all the best Rob!!!

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Beautiful DGT! I have one also. It’s a very versatile guitar that can cover Les Paul type sounds and a lot more. I was surprised at how good the split coil sounds were. This guitar was designed...

How Many Guitars Do You Own?

More and more I mainly consider myself a composer. There’s no rhyme or reason how I write music. I just start. For me it rarely, if ever, comes from noodling. Well that’s not quite true. Seriously I...

Questions about how others on here compose their music

Yes, you did say tonic "note"... so after the last G7(b5), are you thinking of something like this? x-x-5-5-5-8 > x-x-6-8-6-8 > x-x-7-8-7-8 > 8-x-8-9-8-8

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

Hey guys. Simple question that I have no idea. I have a song I’m writing and notating for our next rehearsal. This song is a cross between a hard hitting McCoy and a fusion thing. It’s got nothing...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

(We have this tendency — or maybe it’s just me — to steal the “interesting” rhythms, and ignore how frequently guys are playing the “boring” ones)

Red Garland comping rhythms

Hey nothing to be ashamed of there! You have the arrangement in place and you play it with a solid flow. I personally would dial back the reverb some but that's just an individual preference. Love...

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

“ My wife has taken extraordinary comfort in this and looks forward each year for a visit from the red dragonfly.” …I have said a lot of things to convince my wife I needed a new guitar, you are...

New Wilkie Acoustic Archtop Build

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

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

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

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

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

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

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

How bad is this?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band