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Sounds like you found the one. Best part is you didn’t have to settle.
First post has been edited to add a google drive link to a folder with the full audio: 5 mp3s, one hour each!
Hi Tonnie, The guitar is gorgeous. Thanks for all your efforts to insure it traveled safely around the world & troubleshooting UPS screwups. One down, two to go for the hat trick. Josh
If the eventual goal is to be able to improvise, gotta do some close listening and train those ears.
But modern debate is unethical.
Whoooooa now a second ago we were talking about using a C major scale over everything. Don't go getting all hip on me.
b5 all day baby, that’s jazz. Read George Benson’s book. He said something about flatting every 5 he came across to sound hip. (it didn’t work out).
Hello! Great practical question, thanks. Based on your start, and the practical advice already offered here regarding tunes, you’re on your way. I’d add the obvious, which is to listen. A lot....
I agree. Hence my amusement at that B natural over a long stretch of F major. Tune. Use those ears, baby. again, I love the sharp 4, so who cares at the end of the day.
Why is learning by ear a good idea instead of using someone else’s transcription in your view? Is it because it teaches you stuff? I assume so, but I’m curious what you think.
AA: The reason jazz is unique is that musicians play the changes eloquently. Dicking around in the scale of the tonal center is really tacky. Using the scale of the tonal center is important to use...
Julian Lage put some bolts into his telecaster neck mount to make it easy to disassemble the guitar for travel. Explanation at the link below: Julian Lage shares pro tip for traveling with a...
Modes are stupid in this context. It’s a swing tune, it’s C. Also, is the ii V in the tune or just the realbook?
Another Recording of my TK Smith Special
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