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  • Archtop and Jazz Guitar Mass Manufactures

    • Major Manufactures - Companies that push a lot of instruments and have a dealer network. Most have custom shops and off-the-rack guitars for under a $1000 that can get one started playing jazz. Just remember, you usually get what you pay for.

    I have included some manufactures that have seven string guitars but that are not archtop guitars. Could be a cheap way to try out a seven string. This is the route that I took for experimenting with 7 string guitar. I've also listed manufactures of guitars that one can still find used. But might not be making new guitars or are out of business.

  • Amplifiers and Custom Speakers

    • This page contains links and information on combo amplifiers, heads and speaker cabinets that are being used by my fellow jazz guitarist around the world.

    Jazz Tone Tips: - A jazz tone is not too bassy or muddy. It has a bell like quality that is more of a mid range sound. I start with the bass, middle and treble controls flat at 5 or 6 and cut or boost from there. The guitar tone knob is usually close between 7 and 10 and roll it off from there.

    My settings for a Clarus IIR amplifier head and custom Raezer's Edge Stealth 12 with a NY One 8 cabinents are to bass, middle and treble set at 12 o'clock with very little spring reverb. The guitar, a Benedetto Benny 7 is set on the neck pickup with the tone at 9 or 10. Depending on the room I have to tweek the settings to roll off the bass for the 7th string. This is the setup that was used for most of the Midnight at the Jazz Cafe CD

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  • The 7 String Jazz Guitar

    • The 7 string jazz guitar has been around for a while. From George Van Eps and Bucky Pizzarelli, the original west coast and east coast seven string slingers to moderd day 7 string jazz guitarist Howard Alden and lots more.

    Never really taking hold in the rock word like the jazz world...they have enough trouble with six strings. The seven string guitar expands the harmonic and melodic possiblites of jazz guitar. Typically an additional low string commonly tuned to A an octave below string 5 of a standard tuned guitar or the less common low B.

    Forum: Sevenstring.org - The Sevenstring Authority (link)

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  • Strings

    • Jazz Tone Tips: Most jazz players use a heavier gauge string set with a wound third string. Either nickel round wound or flat wound string. Round wounds produce a brighter bell like tone than flat wounds. Some players pefer flat wounds for their lack of finger noise. Flat wounds produce a more muted tone.

    Listings of string manufactures and online sites that sell strings. I use the Thomastik-Infield Bebop set (.014).

    Not many stores stock the heavier gauge strings a jazz guitarist typically uses. But, I found several sources online (links below). And they can usually be found at various guitar shows around the country.

  • Picks

    • Picks come in all shapes, sizes and maaterial. Plus, being cheap they are something that you can experiment with without putting out a lot of money.

  • Tuners

    • I have accumulated several tuning devices over the years from the pitch pipe I got with my first guitar 30 years ago, to a tuning fork and several electronic tuners that live in my guitar cases on on my ukuleles today.

    I don't even have my students tune by ear until well into playing the guitar. I have them get an electronic tuner and ALWAYS play in tune. This trains their ear and they learn what an in-tune guitar sounds like and can then learn to tune the guitar by ear.

    Here is a review the current crop of clip-on tuners that I have and still use toady.

    Here is a page of reviews on the tuners that I have used in the past and still use and reccommend.

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Ukuleles

  • Ukulele a.k.a "Uke"

    • The Ukulele History

    In 1879, a Braguinha arrived in Hawaii on a Portuguese ship loaded with laborers destined for the sugar fields. Hawaiians made the instrument their own and calling it "ukulele" which translates to "jumping flea," It is believed to have originated because of the way a performer's fingers jump around on the strings.

    The Ukulele Timeline

    • 1879: Portuguese sailors introduce Hawaiians to small four-stringed instrument that gave rise to the ukulele.
    • 1915: Panama Pacific International Exposition unveils ukulele to the world.
    • 1920s: Ukuleles all the rage.
    • 1940s: Ukulele craze revived by GIs returning home from South Pacific after World War II.
    • 1950s: Weekly TV host Arthur Godfrey keeps ukuleles in the spotlight.

    • Current: Virtuoso musicians such as Jake Shimabukuro and James Hill are altering traditional perceptions of ukulele music.

    Baritone Ukulele

    The baritone ukulele can be used as a small starter guitar. Easy on little tikes hands.

    With more and more children wanting to start guitar at an earlier and earlier age the baritone ukulele, which is tuned just like a guitar's top (higher) four strings, is a great starter guitar.

    5, 6, and 8 String Ukuleles

    The most common number of strings are 4. By doubling any of the 4 strings, 5, 6 and 8 string variations are common. The Kanile’a 'Ukulele web site has a page of MP3 sound files titled Sound Files @ Kanile'a 'Ukulele. Check these out to here how quality Ukes are supposed to sound. Nothing like your cheaper Ukes in most music stores.

    Ukulele prices range from a few dollars for cheap plastic toy ones up to a few thousand for custom built ukuleles using the best woods in the world. Everyone should have at least one ukulele.

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Featured Books

Ukulele Chords

NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.

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A Guide to Ukulele Strums & Rhythmic Patterns

This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) strums. From rock and waltz strums to reggae and broken chord strums.

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords

This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...

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Ukulele For Guitar Players

Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.

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A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z

Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.

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The Advanced Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Guitar

Each volume of The Advanced Guide to Blues Progressions for Guitar features basic to advanced blues chord progressions. to be used with the chord voicings from volume I, II & III of The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords.

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Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele

Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.

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A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele

If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

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The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords

Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

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Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution

Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.

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Ukulele - Reading Music Series

Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.

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