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    THE CROSSROADS Joe Diorio

    Nov 16, 2022 5 minutes

    Joe Diorio was a staggering jazz guitar player who for well over 50 years enjoyed a successful career, with worldwide renown, as both a performer and educator. He played and recorded with jazz heavyweights such as Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Stan Getz and Freddie Hubbard, participated in fruitful collaborations with guitarists such as Pat Metheny, Robben Ford and Mick Goodrick, and was one of founding tutors that created the now legendary Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Hollywood, alongside legendary performer and educators, Howard Roberts and Tommy Tedesco.

    TECHNIQUE FOCUS Rolling fingers and crossing strings

    It’s easy to see 4ths on the guitar, given that in regular tuning all the strings are a 4th apart with just one exception (G-B = Maj 3rd).While this positional logic can be beneficial, the location of multiple notes at the same fret can present us with a couple of issues with fingering

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