--- title: "3 Tal Farlow Quotes - (Jazz Style of Tal Farlow)" description: "Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed \"Octopus\" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tal-farlow-82622.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tal Farlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tal-farlow-82622.jpg) # Tal Farlow **3** quotes in **42** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. ## Quick Facts About Tal Farlow Notable works Jazz Style of Tal Farlow ## About Tal Farlow Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. ## Quotes by Tal Farlow > [... by then I was getting a little work, doing some playing and getting paid for it, not very much, but enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tal-farlow/by-then-i-was-getting-a-little-work-doing-some-playing-and-getting/) [Tal Farlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tal-farlow/) [Amplifiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amplifiers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/tal-farlow-82622_amplifiers_by-then-i-was-getting-a-little-work-doin_1139317.png) > [The result was the same as tuning down the strings by a semitone and using a capo at the first fret. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tal-farlow/the-result-was-the-same-as-tuning-down-the-strings-by-a-semitone-and/) [Tal Farlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tal-farlow/) [Fingerboard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fingerboard-64352/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/tal-farlow-82622_fingerboard_the-result-was-the-same-as-tuning-down-t_1222202.jpg) > [What I think I do is to relate any new material to how similar it is to something else. The closest that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tal-farlow/what-i-think-i-do-is-to-relate-any-new-material-to-how-similar-it-is/) [Tal Farlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tal-farlow/) [Chord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chord/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/tal-farlow-82622_chord_what-i-think-i-do-is-to-relate-any-new-m_2681303.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tal-farlow/#itemlist", "name": "Tal Farlow Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... by then I was getting a little work, doing some playing and getting paid for it, not very much, but enough for me to feel justified in buying a real instrument. I bought a Gretsch with a De-Armond pickup on it and a second-hand Gibson amplifier; it looked like the one Charlie Christian used. 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