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Years ago I took lesson from a local guitarist. He had this cool little machine called Dr. Rythem. He could program drum loops with chord changes and then put them on tape for me to jam with. The s ...

I haven't received that lesson yet ? Laughing

I think understanding Scales and music theory aren't as applicable to
improvisation as they are to composing good Chord Melodies.
Most of my jazz skill is in the area of Chord Melodies and not Sol ...

Hmmm ! I have met many a fine Jazz guitarists and one of my pet questions is this very subject..

Dan Balmer: How important is reading music ?

Answer: For every 1/2 hour you spend learning t ...

I read the book. To sum it up it about the art of Zen as applied to anything you want to master. John G has it down..

Instead of perceiving it as a struggle learn to go with it, thereby making
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I have read some of the negative articles about Kenny G in the past and while I personally don't care to listen to his playing ( and I have heard him live ) He does sell a lot of music. There are lots ...

I am looking for input.

There are many choices for me to make that could end up being expensive and I fear I will waste money figuring things out the hard way.
I want the ability to record my play ...

After reading the quote by Julie Andrews it reminded me of something a very good jazz guitar player told me.

"You measure yourself not by the how well you play on your best day but how well ...

I am curious how the rest of you go about learning new material.
I received my first " Swing Blues" lesson from Mark and this is how I go about learning it.

I don't know about you guys ...

Amazing slow downer versus Transcribe ? Which one is better ????

I don't know if this has anything to do with this subject But:

Has anyone spent time listening or transcibing Russell Malone ?
If I were to emulate any one guitar player it would Russell. He can ...

Well I am about to find out if all you players are pulling my leg cuzz I just ordered Swing Blues. I just quit the guy that was trying to teach me how
Tie knotts in my strings playing Modes, Scales ...

My guitar is a custom archtop made by Steve Grimes. I use Eleven guage strings but am thinking of going down to the next size. Do I need to have my guitar adjusted ?

What guage strings do you use ...

Larry,
Thank you. I have the burn really bad, right now all I can think about is getting better. I don't mean to start anything over the subject of modes and I can't tell you how many time ...

I want to upgrade from cassete to digital recording. I don't own a PC yet so I am wondering what your opinions are with the various recorders that are available. BR600 doesn't have enough storage cap ...