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If you're not confident with certain instrument or
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- Thanks to Gary
Marshall for this musical tip relating to cleaning
electronic components.
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- Gary
writes:
I was recently in Virginia visiting relatives, and my
son asked me to replace the four 10" speakers in his
(read that as "borrowed" from the Dad) Sunn Beta Lead
Amp. After I replaced his speakers, I turned it on and
noticed that virtually every one of his pots were really
scratchy sounding. I first unplugged the amp and then, I
pulled all the knobs and lightly sprayed each shaft with
an electronic cleaner/deoxident called DeoxIT D5, by Caig
Laboratories. I worked each shaft through the full range
of movement and then waited 15-20 minutes and repeated.
All the noise is now gone. The amp is clearer than when
he first "borrowed" it from me.
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you've ever used D5 before, but it is very good. It is a
little pricey, depending on where you get it. I have seen
it as low as $6.95, but usually see it in the $9 - $13.95
range for a 5 oz. spray can, but 5 oz. lasts a long time.
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- Waaaaaay back in
the early '60's, friend and fellow Washington, DC
musician by the name of Roy Buchanan put me on to using
TV tuner cleaner to clean volume and tone pots on amps.
But, I've since found that D5 is a better formulation for
electronic musical instrument controls than TV tuner
cleaner. D5 is also used a lot to clean key contacts in
electronic pianos & keyboards. Many times I've seen
it bring back a flaky or intermittent key on a
keyboard.
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- Enough
reminiscing and rambling, thanks again for your tips,
hope you can use this one.
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Marshall
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Ask
Edly...Music
Theory Q+A
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- Here's this month's
question of theory....
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- Dear
Edly:
- When improvising
jazz tunes I run out of ideas for patterns or runs. Any
suggestions? Second, it's odd that when playing the blues
one can use the same
blues scale all through the tune, but it sounds terrible
if you play just
one particular scale all through a standard, Why? Thanks
for any insight.--Bill
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- Edly
answers:
- Bill, assuming
you do have your arpeggios and scales/modes down, my
first suggestion
would be to stop thinking in terms of patterns and runs.
Try improvising
with your voice. Yup, that's right. Sing! Think of what
you're playing
as creating a melody instead of a bunch of
strung-together phrases.
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- This will help
you rely more on your ear, and less on formulas. Having
said
- that, and in
direct contrast, there are books of arpeggio- and
scale-based
- patterns for
improvisation. Without hearing you play, it's hard to
say
- which of these
approaches would be better for you.
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- All of this is
easier said than done, and will require some time and
energy
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For more ideas, I'd recommend the Improvisation Ideas
chapter in my
theory book.
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- Regarding your
blues/jazz point I'll say this: The dissonances
resulting
- from the
juxtaposition of the blues scale and blues chords are
part of what make
the blues sound like the blues. Secondly, simple blues
stays firmly in one
key. Jazz can dance through several key centers faster
than you can say "Two,
Five, One." If your note choices don't reflect that
movement, the clientel
will spill their martinis, and you may well not get asked
back to the
gig.
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- What is music
theory, anyway? You hear so much about it, but does
anybody really know what it is? Edly does!
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- Scales?
Chords? Keys? Ear-training? Modes? Toads?
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connecting the musical dots or playing musical works,
send us your best (or dumbest) questions, and we'll have
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Talking
with Pitz Quattrone
Didgeridoo
Builder and Performer
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Pitz Quattrone
builds, plays and teaches the didgeridoo, the world's
oldest
wind instrument. We spoke with Pitz recently about his work.
Read all about it at:
http://www.guitarsam.com/interviews/pitz_quattrone.htm
Pitz's Didges are
available from Play It Again Sam at: http://www.guitarsam.com/catalog/didgeridoos.htm
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at Work
- Richard Hunter,
harmonica virtuoso/teacher/author
- Dan Frank,
Artist Relations at Trueline Drumsticks
The first person to
email us the correct answer to the following musical
question will win a copy of the new Tom Rush CD, "The Very
Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets".
The musical question
is: For many years, Tom Rush has conducted a series of shows
with various musical artists. What is the name of this
traveling folk show, and where does the name come
from?
Send your correct
answer to us at kevin@guitarsam.com
- Congratulations
to Leonard Ng of England, for quickly providing the first
correct answer to our question, which was:
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of Mahogany Rush has often been compared to another
legendary guitar hero. Who has Frank been compared
to?
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answer was: JIMI HENDRIX
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copy of the new Paul Rishell and Annie Raines CD "Moving
to the Country", on ToneCool Records.
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