I am looking for an archtop guitar/amplifier that will give me that Wes Montgomery, (Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, etc. etc.) … More
Author: Heervee
Harmonic Rules for Improvisation (Scott Henderson)
Here you will find the list of scales, modes, arpeggios, and triads required to improvise over any type of chord. … More
Fender Greta Amplifier
November 27th, 2012, from http://fauxsuperblogs.com/2181/fender-greta-amplifier/ One of the age old dilemmas faced by guitarists is: “How do I practice at home … More
My new fender Greta amps
Here it is, sitting in the center of my living room… on my Klipsch bass sound box… And closed to … More
mm to Inch Conversion Chart
mm to Inch Conversion Chart mm Inches (approximate) Simple Conversion To the nearest 1/32 inch Decimal 1 1/32 1/32 0.04 2 … More
Jazz on the tube
For Bucky Pizzarelli’s birthday we’re featuring his Trio performing “In A Mellowtone.” The tune, composed by Ellington in 1939, has since become a jazz in 1939, … More
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More
Kenny Burrell interview
Originally posted on Ashdown Guitar Lessons:
There’s a great interview with Kenny Burrell in the Guitar Player Vaults. Kenny talks about his early…
Quartal and quintal harmony
In music, quartal harmony is the building of harmonic structures with a distinct preference for the intervals of the perfect fourth, the augmented fourth and the diminished fourth. Quintal harmony is harmonic structure preferring … More
Modal jazz
Modal jazz is jazz that uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework. Originating in the late 1950s and 1960s, modal jazz is epitomized by Miles Davis’s “Milestones” … More
