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 Topic: Playing "what you hear in your head" |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 12 Views: 114533 |
 Forum: Best Study Practices Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:17 am Subject: Re: Transcribing and scatting |
| I pick a song from one of their recordings I like and learn to scat every note they play. Then, after I have internalized the whole solo, I play the chords for myself while I scat the solo. When I can ... | |
| Topic: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 8 Views: 19223 |
Forum: General Discussion, Chat & Introductions Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:18 am Subject: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
| One nylon-string fingerstylist whom you didn't mention and who shares those very same traits is Jeff Linsky, whom we both admire. As you know, I had the opportunity to interview Jeff for the Nov '06 c ... | |
| Topic: Most Important Tunes |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 12 Views: 164857 |
Forum: Best Study Practices Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:00 am Subject: Most Important Tunes |
| Jerry Hahn, with whom I studied for a short time, created and ran the jazz guitar program at the University of Kansas at Witchita for a number of years. Much of the program was centered around this l ... | |
| Topic: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 8 Views: 19223 |
Forum: General Discussion, Chat & Introductions Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:26 am Subject: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
| Hi Don - since you like bossa here is book that you may be not aware of:
The Brazilian Guitar Book by Nelson Faria http://www.shermusic.com/brazguit.htm It was recommended to me by Brazillian gu ... |
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| Topic: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 8 Views: 19223 |
Forum: General Discussion, Chat & Introductions Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:20 am Subject: Re: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
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But there's much more. Back in '97, it was Don (along with a couple of friends) who suggested to me that I consider launching a website in order to share my teaching methods and playing philosophies ... |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 8 Views: 19223 |
Forum: General Discussion, Chat & Introductions Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:08 pm Subject: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
| Hi Don!
Took a look at your website, nice! 
Acts as a nice 'intro to Don' so to speak. Glad to have ya here! 
Thanks for checking out my web site, and the "thumbs up.&q ... |
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| Topic: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 8 Views: 19223 |
Forum: General Discussion, Chat & Introductions Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:36 pm Subject: One of the lucky guys who studies with Mark in person |
| Just a quick hello and self-introduction. I'm Don Mitchell, I live here in a suburb of Portland, Oregon close to Mark, and have studied with him for many years. Please check out my web site. I've s ... | |
| Topic: Chord-Melody Arranging Tips? |
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| Don Mitchell Replies: 12 Views: 102802 |
Forum: Arranger's Workshop Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:49 am Subject: Chord-Melody Arranging Tips? |
| Let me start off by qualifying my advice to fingerstyle arrangements only. While chordmelody work can be done with plectrum, I feel it limits the single most important constituent of solo guitar--na ... | |
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