Recent content by Lynne Davis

I like using SetList Maker, it can read .pdf documents and stores your notes, lyrics, charts, and associated audio files all in one place. You can save tempo, key, style info for every song, and gives you the ability to create new shows and setlists quickly. It also has cool features like a...

When deciding whether to use a sharp, flat, double sharp or double flat to alter the chord tones of any arpeggio, including extensions, the general rule is: you cannot change the letter name of the note. Alter it however you like, but the letter must remain the same.

One thing that might help clarify how the modes of any key work, is to remember that the original scale, say C Major, has 5 whole steps and 2 half steps. (With the half steps between the 3rd and 4th and the 7th and 8th note of the key.) Therefore ALL the modes of the major scale have 5 whole...

"Why are the two common pentatonic scales used so often then, and taught as a standard?" I have always thought of the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales as DISTILLED versions of the Major Scale and the Natural, or sometimes referred to as the relative minor scales. They are each just a simpler...

One of the very first steps, which most of us skip, is simple pitch-matching with SINGLE tones. Listen to a single tone, and first try to match it with your voice, then find the note on your instrument. As simple and slow a process as this may seem, it forges a direct connection between what you...

Thank you sir, glad to be here! So MANY beautiful instruments on display on this thread!!!

Here's another shot of my favorite bass of ALL TIME! Thanks Stuart! Invalid Link Removed

Amatuers practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they CAN'T get it wrong.

LISTEN.

Spalted Maple and Abalone inlays. Plays as good as it looks! Invalid Link Removed