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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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02-18-2020 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Jehu
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Thanks fep - appreciate it! Chapter 3 at least can take some more time if you really delve into it. I'm making it a point to take most of the exercises through cycle 5 even when it's not specified. Working longer with a certain amount of material (as per chapter) will pay off in the long run IMO.
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Originally Posted by Jehu
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
(eta: I seem to see a sunburst Tele in your new avatar, Mark?)Last edited by TOMMO; 02-19-2020 at 01:21 PM.
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I swing from being really pleased - and not a little amazed - at my progress to thinking I'm not getting it at all. I think there's so much to internalise that for every really nice line that the triad shapes hand to me on a plate I realise that there's a massive amount that I'm missing. This is my first go through the book and I'm taking it a page at a time, but I can well imagine how it will repay multiple work-throughs. It really is like the ice-berg where 90% is hidden beneath the surface.
Currently enjoying starting my lines on the off-beat - just because GF did it on his example lines and it really adds a nice little push to the melody.
Cheers
Derek
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Originally Posted by digger
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Morning fellow GF's study-ers!
I've finally got round to completing Exercise 3.3 - the composed solo for Hot Saw. I've used a couple of the phrases that I came up with in the previous exercise, and I've taken inspiration from GF's example phrases so far as starting on notes other than the root, on the off-beat, and moving between triad shapes is concerned. I also tried to build the solo using space, repeated lines and motifs, and to try and get the chord change to slip in nicely.
Not sure I succeeded, but I'm reasonably happy with progress so far. I think it's about to get more difficult with future exercises where the chords change more frequently!
I go through the same solo twice, as GF's backing track is two choruses long:
Cheers
Derek
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Very very nice, Derek! Excellent tone as well. What's that guitar you're using?
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Thanks Tommo
The guitar is an Aria FA71. A favourite player of mine - Jim Mullin uses one:
I set-up an eBay search for one a few years ago. They seem pretty rare, and the search never came up with anything until just before Xmas when one suddenly popped up - and lo and behold it was just ten miles away from home. Seemed a shame not to...
Derek
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I just put up some videos I took of Jim Mullen playing that guitar. These were originally posted on YouTube about ten years ago but YouTube weirdly screwed them up recently, so I’ve uploaded new copies:
Jim Mullen - YouTubeLast edited by grahambop; 02-22-2020 at 08:43 AM.
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Originally Posted by digger
Originally Posted by grahambop
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Originally Posted by grahambop
I'm making the bold assumption that all that stuff is in Chapter Four of GF's book?
Derek
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Nice job Derek, inspired me to get going on this. I composed 16 bars this morning (I kept playing into the Ebm a bit but that wasn't composed). Not sure if I'll do the next 16 bars, this is labor intensive.
Edit: To eliminate duplication - I deleted the video and sheet music as I extended it and posted the revision at post #97Last edited by fep; 02-23-2020 at 04:38 PM.
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Originally Posted by digger
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Originally Posted by fep
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Originally Posted by fep
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Originally Posted by Jehu
Cheers
Derek
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Originally Posted by digger
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Originally Posted by digger
My handwriting is terrible, that's part of what motivated me to use notation software.
I think tomorrow morning I'll take a stab at the next 16 bars. I'll use those 1st four bars over Ebm that I improvised, so I guess I now have 20 bars.
Listening back...
What I don't like, my low notes are too wolfy, I'm going to cut the bass on the amp and see if I can fix that. I think that's a problem with solid top guitars (mine is solid spruce).
What I like, I did some things rhythmically that I wasn't aware of... Mostly I'm playing swing but at measure 11 and 12 I'm so layed back that it floats, leaves the groove for a moment. Also the bit I did over the Ebm sounds like quarter note triplets and creates a duplet feel... completely unaware of doing that, just how I heard it. Funny thing about that, I have difficulty playing quarter note triplets when reading off a page, never seem to get them quite right. Here I got them right with no effort or quarter note thoughts. Like I said I wasn't aware of it until listening back.
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So here is all 32 measures composed for Ex 3.3:
Last edited by fep; 02-23-2020 at 04:59 PM.
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Very nice, Fep.
Beautiful tone on that guitar. Great solo, some really sweet phrases.
Edit: just had a few more listens. Love the line at bar 13. Really great.
Derek
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Good job Frank!
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