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In professional mixes, you’ll commonly listen for palm mutes that sound tight and percussive. Trying to do the same thing with your own gear tend … Read more

Basically, it converts what you intend to play into real measures of string movement and beat span. So there is no second guessing if something … Read more

How many hours have you spent looking for just the right tone instead of thinking about the geometry between your pickup(s) and strings? This is … Read more

As a developing jazz pianist, you will eventualy reach a point where voicing chords in the closed position sound unprofessional. This isn’t necessarily because your … Read more

The odd sort of frustration you encounter when you have played this thing at speed and then you fall off a cliff with a shift. … Read more

Let’s begin with a straightforward test: You stretch your hand from thumb to pinky on a flat surface and measure distance. How long is it? … Read more

In your mind’s eye you’ve conjured up some kind of dissonance. It’s a heavy, thick metallic cloud that adds tension but never turn into noise. … Read more

To illustrate this in action, consider why some chord progressions look right on paper yet sound wrong. Partly because we rotate through mode. If you’ve … Read more