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The combination of RC model solos and the bass course inspired me to arrange a finger style version with walking bass from beginning to end. Sure, the head is easy because of the relatively few notes, ...

Hey bassman - welcome to LBM and thanks for the tip. I love the sound of the bass but still have to limit my playing. I'll follow your advice.

I have taken 9 years' worth of LBM, so I think I can t ...

Jeff,

first of all, congratulations on seeing the light regarding the value of transcribing. Regarding your question, I would say most players think in terms of chord tones, passing notes, and lead ...

As a long time blues player (I am 47 and have played for 20 years) I find that I have internalized the scale and chord patterns from blues so deeply that breaking out of those familiar licks and forms ...

Well, that's something we haven't heard before. Sounds like Carulli got hip Laughing

And the natural 7th over a dominant.

I play along with a solo slowly (and I rotate the solos I play along with daily), while identifying how each note relates to the harmony (3rd, 5th, etc)

Yep, organization is crucial. My method isn' ...

After transcribing daily for several years, it finally hit me; transcribing is THE overall approach to learning music.

It took a long time for it to sink in, but I finally arrived at the same conc ...

I haven't very many, but the Joe Pass instructional video was both informative and amusing as Gorecki says. Jimmy Bruno's "No Nonsense Jazz Guitar" was a real eye opener for me.

You just have to avoid getting too crazy about it. Laughing

- Mark

I hear ya! I once spent 45 minutes trying to notate one three-note phrase that Miles played slightly off-beat. Talk about OCD. ...

I transcribed some of Dexter Gordon's phrases for the first time this weekend. I was searching YouTube for some examples of Blues Walk by Clifford Brown. I found a video of Dexter playing a song call ...

Well I just signed up for this so I've yet to receive my first lesson but can I assume that for those of us who can't spend 3 hours a day on this, that we can extend the lessons over longer periods or ...

You'll be glad you did, I guarantee.

That's an interesting approach regarding speed. I sometimes play a song about 10% faster so that it seems easier when I drop back to normal tempo.

Yes, I do find that memorizing lines helps me thin ...

Yes, it's the first in the sequence of Lessons By Mail, heretofore referred to as LBM. Jazzed Blues is an excellent complement to any lesson program, but LBM is best for learning the jazz language fro ...