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    Re: Standard notation or By Ear for New Tunes

    Haven't seen an either/or law yet.
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    Re: To capo or not to capo...

    Ok, only one negative with needing a capo: you can't lose it.
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    Re: To capo or not to capo...

    If it's not harming people or animals, do whatever you want.

    Signed,
    An ex-anti-capoer and unnecessary opinionater

    It is curable. Just stop it.
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    Re: Backup at a Bluegrass Jam

    The best advice I heard was embarrassingly obvious and most people haven't gotten it: if you cannot hear the lead or solo directly, every note, word, or sound, you're playing too loud. "Directly"...
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    Re: Scales encouragement please

    That's the million dollar question. In my case, I think it is the result of my earlier practice but that's what I did. I can't change that. Now, I'm not convinced it was the most efficient way to...
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    Re: Scales encouragement please

    I grew up learning scales and arpeggios on violin, unenthusiastically. I still do them, now enthusiastically, because it is what I grew up doing. I know it helps me find harmonies and melodies...
  7. Thread: recording mic

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    Re: recording mic

    Blue Yeti Pro USB & XLR Microphone, about $240, is USB and XLR. FYI - somebody was wondering about that in a previous post.

    The other day I played with a group in front of a Blue Yeti (not Pro),...
  8. Re: Getting to the Next Level aka the best laid plans...

    I've asked the same question many times. The majority of musicians I asked (except two) would tell me about scales, chord substitutions, knowing the neck, etc., as many have done here. I was a music...
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    Re: Harmonizing "Wagon Wheel"

    A little late to the thread, but back to a long ago comment, a third below the root is usually a very strange, unwanted harmony. A fourth below the root is probably what was meant.

    Out here on the...
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    Re: Dangit...pick dilemma!

    Try 'em all and choose. There is no good sound, just preferred sound - it's subjective. I still say try the stone ones - they surprised the heck out of me. They're another choice.
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    Re: Dangit...pick dilemma!

    Last year, on recommendation of a good guitarist, I bought some stone picks. I did blind tests with my classes of high school non-musician students, switching between plastic picks and stone picks....
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