R5N

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Favorite guitar books? (lemmy.world)
 

Anyone else really enjoy picking up new ideas from books? There are a lot of crap ones out there, but some real gems too.

Pic related is what I'm working through now and it's fantastic. Randy has another book that's a more general introduction to jazz guitar, which is probably the most useful information dense guitar book I've ever found.

What are your favorites?

Short reviews of all Game Gear games in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] R5N@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Oh God I think I spent more on batteries for that thing in 3 months than I did for the actual handheld.

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Random Roots for better practice (antonjazz.com)
 

Maybe this is useful for some of you - it's a table of optimized random root sequences for the chromatic scale.

Ive found it helpful for reducing the influence of muscle memory when working things out on the fretboard. If I'm practicing things e.g. chromatically or moving around the cycle I find myself cheating and relying on pattern knowledge as opposed to actually thinking about where my notes are.

The guy has a better explanation and some use cases on his site. Enjoy!

Trello alternative? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Not sure about Docker integration but I use Asana for this sort of thing.

Melvins - Honey Bucket in c/music@lemmy.world
[–] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

One of the best heavy guitar tones ever, this shit rules so much.

Whats a game that everybody seems to love that you cant stand for one reason or another? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] R5N@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They did SUCH a good job with it. It's a love letter to the original game but done in a very modern and approachable way.

how did you get into fountain pens? in c/fountainpens@sopuli.xyz
[–] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Just happened to walk by a Lamy display in a store while I was killing time before a lunch, tried the tester and loved how smooth it was to write with one. I have a safari and an al-star now and they're basically all I write with at this point.

What undertakings are you currently doing to improve your playing? in c/guitars@lemmy.world
[–] R5N@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sucking it up and actually learning the fretboard and how to spell chords so I can do cool voice leading stuff with inversions and upper structure triads. Painful, but already paying dividends!