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    Great stuff, James! Well done. Excellent progress. I've been trying to work up a plan that might help me make some headway, too.

    Yes, that Carla Bley / Steve Swallow clip was great - I always thought that the great improvisers were doing something new every time. More than that, I thought they were hearing something in their heads a split seconds before needing to play it, immediately "transcribing" it to their fingers / lips and then playing it. Spookily enough, I just bought the boxed set of Charlie Christian live recordings and all the repeated tunes again shows how some solos were very similar, and at least partly composed.

    My plan, alluded to above, involves no improvisation for the time being. Although I might try and compose some solos in the near future though. For now, it's just about learning 10 tunes.

    Cheers
    Derek

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  3. #102

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    Quote Originally Posted by christianm77
    Anyway I’m planning to offer some more concrete ideas on this soon....
    These will be most welcome. Thank you.

  4. #103

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    I think I've figured out my problem . . .

    Frustrated and ready to give up playing guitar!-practice-jpg

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    Ain't that the truth!!

  6. #105

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    If there was one book to learn to play it would be:
    The Real Book.
    Play every song in that book and you will be playing "jazz"...