The Songs

When an Elitist is not an Elitist

Circus in Rhythm

Polytone MiniBrute IV

What Do You Consider the Biggest Improvement in...

Targeting thirds in dominant 7ths

Only way. Only reason to learn jazz or even listen to it is because you love it. One thing I CAN say for certain, from 15 years of teaching guitar: if you dabble in jazz because you think it will...

The Hours of Listening

First chord Bb? Your sheet. First chord C? Her sheet. By the way, if you dig her, this confusion is great practice for a long relationship together.

Transposing woes

One more time to be clear OP Your attachment is for guitar. Bobby’s attachment is for sax. This is just a confusing thing, so don’t feel bad. It’s like an Abbot and Costello routine when...

Transposing woes

Yes. The keys the sheets are written in. Again, Mr B's post for reference. :wink-new:

Transposing woes

Mea culpa! But the hand rest / bridge guard is very useful. Tricones are more susceptible to damage from pressure on the bridge than unicones. The resonator mechanism is more fragile and the...

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

I meant you had the sheets backwards. Hope it goes well. If you record anything you should post it here, nobody will roast you.

Transposing woes

Always makes me happy to see & hear Mr Zucker on his BK!

My '63 Barney Kessell in a jazz duo context

As with others: amps, tuners and home recording. Just realized the question is about biggest improvement. For me right now it's the amps. Soon it will be home recording, which I'm just re-visiting...

What Do You Consider the Biggest Improvement in Guitar/Gear in Your Lifetime?

Cheers Allan, We're having our first play together tomorrow afternoon... we'll see how it all goes.. What do you mean by 'flipped' ?

Transposing woes

At exactly the same age, I gotta echo that 100%. THE game changer. From a Twin, then to Music Man, then to Pearce, then to (together) Quilter, Henriksen, and Genzler. Don't look back.

What Do You Consider the Biggest Improvement in Guitar/Gear in Your Lifetime?

After reading your post, I took a look at some of the older models. The ME25 looks interesting. It has a volume pedal and the effects I use. Since I mostly use just two sounds, the controls are...

What Do You Consider the Biggest Improvement in Guitar/Gear in Your Lifetime?

You're welcome!

Improv over Billie's Bounce

Ain’t that always the case.

When an Elitist is not an Elitist

It's OK for beginners, but targeting the 9th is important too (check out Wes).

Targeting thirds in dominant 7ths

I find this fascinating, but way beyond my ability to relate it to the OP.....:dontknow:

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

Campellone PSA

Can you show me your 1x8" guitar amp?

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Good guitar tone for electric bossa nova