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EP027 Group Challenge Response – Bryce

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    • November 6, 2015 at 9:11 am #27955
      Bryce-AKguitar
      Keymaster

        Here is mine contribution to the EP027 Group Challenge. I’m happy with my progress of starting to improvise in my lead playing. This was a great exercise for me as I see where I want to improve.

        Enjoy!

        -Bryce
        Anchorage, Alaska

      • November 6, 2015 at 10:00 am #27962
        Tim Lee
        Participant

          Bryce,
          Really enjoyed your split screen presentation. Your lead guitar playing got better and better the more you got into it. Great job. Thank you for sharing.

        • November 6, 2015 at 11:11 am #27968
          gquellet
          Participant

            Now that’s what I’m talking about! Great way to inject some old time blues into a 1-4-5 progression.
            Really enjoyed your presentation…

          • November 6, 2015 at 12:14 pm #27976
            Debra
            Participant

              Bryce
              That was wonderful!! I love the sound of your guitar, too. You had such great licks and a feel that was so true to the sound and groove of the piece. Awesome playing!!
              Cheers.

            • November 6, 2015 at 3:37 pm #28002
              charjo
              Moderator

                Two Bryce are more than twice as nice!
                That was great Bryce. You really handled the rhythm part well and you had so many tasty licks in the second half. Your bends and vibrato were impressive, especially on an acoustic. I’m going to steal your lick at 2:05. Great work on the lead.
                For fun, I’d like you to try something. Try a major pentatonic lick over the 1 chord and use your minor licks over the 4 and 5 chords and see how it sounds.
                That split screen video is an AM first and on my “to do” list. Raising the bar, my friend!
                John

              • November 6, 2015 at 4:19 pm #28004
                Tremelow
                Participant

                  Great job Bryce! Wow! After take no. soandso I thought I”d take a breather and check out what’s been posted by others so far. And now I’m seeing this…your.. performance. Phantastic, Bryce. I knew you were getting better, but this is way better than I expected from you. And I knew you werw gonna present something good. Have mercy on me when you see my video…

                • November 6, 2015 at 5:58 pm #28012
                  Jeem
                  Participant

                    Yeah Bryce, you’ve REALLY improved over the last several months! That was pretty cool with both screens going. Great playing!
                    The word is out, that you’re just rolling in cash so I’m hoping on the next video to see the new Gibson 120th anniversary model (doves in flight) that you’re keeping stashed in the closet!

                    Jim

                  • November 6, 2015 at 6:24 pm #28017
                    Bryce-AKguitar
                    Keymaster

                      @Jeem,

                      I am rich. Rich in friends on the Active Melody forum. 🙂

                      Thanks for all the kind words everyone.

                      -Bryce
                      Anchorage, Alaska

                    • November 6, 2015 at 6:32 pm #28020
                      Duffy P
                      Participant

                        While watching the lead, and trying to figure out how you did the split screen/overdub, it suddenly occurred to me how rock steady your rhythm playing was. Very nice indeed. You had lots of great ideas in your lead playing. My only suggestion is that you pick an idea, or a small fragment for a chorus and try to develop it. Otherwise the playing tends to sound like one lick after another. Solid playing.

                      • November 6, 2015 at 6:34 pm #28021
                        6stringer Pete
                        Moderator

                          I didn’t see ya bang’n them toes on the ground Bryce. Weather must be getting too cold. 🙂

                          The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

                          It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

                          Pete
                          Active Melody
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                        • November 6, 2015 at 6:49 pm #28029
                          ranja
                          Participant

                            Damn Bryce, A bit of the delta creeped up there to Alaska! That was awesome!

                          • November 6, 2015 at 7:10 pm #28032
                            Bryce-AKguitar
                            Keymaster

                              I agree with what you said Duffy (@duffyprattcomcast-net). That is one of the things I plan to work on. I also plan on really working on staying in the pocket with my lead playing.

                              -Bryce
                              Anchorage, Alaska

                            • November 6, 2015 at 8:09 pm #28037
                              Sky King
                              Participant

                                Bryce
                                A great job! Great playing and the split screen make for a really neat presentation. YOu are leading the way. Waiting to hear/watch next one….

                              • November 6, 2015 at 10:20 pm #28047
                                Brian
                                Keymaster

                                  Nice Bryce! And at :45 seconds into it, *BAM! There’s a second Bryce! I wanted to put on 3D glasses to see if you’d pop out of my screen 🙂 That was some great playing my friend. I can tell you’ve come a long way from some of your earlier posts back in the summer. It’s nice to see you keeping consistency in that rhythm, and to keep that going for 4 minutes even. I liked the lead stuff a lot too – very bluesy, laid back. I heard a few Ry Cooder things in there (not sure if that was intentional). Here’s 2 things you may want to try to break things up a bit. 1) Try switching to the major pentatonic scale and then going back to the minor, and 2) try changing scales when the chords change. i.e. when it goes to the D part, play the D minor pentatonic (or D major pentatonic) and you’ll see what I mean. Great stuff though man.

                                • November 6, 2015 at 11:36 pm #28053
                                  Midas
                                  Participant

                                    Good one Bryce! I really liked the split screen not to mention your playing. That was awesome! And I think you are doing a really FANTASTIC job bringing everyone together with these group lessons. I’m looking forward to learning the next one already.

                                  • November 7, 2015 at 4:28 am #28058
                                    Badger (4FingerPhil)
                                    Participant

                                      Wow Bryce, you really nailed it, How did you do that split screen thing!!!! or was that your twin brother flown up from Florida? Your really raising the bar with this and your playing is getting better and better. Do you go to work? or have you been playing 8 hours a day! haha. I cant wait to get my hands on a guitar again and join in with everyone. I will have to go into hiding for months to catch up with you all. treat yourself to that Gibson! you deserve it! cheers Phil (aka Badger)

                                    • November 7, 2015 at 12:58 pm #28086
                                      bri-uklefty
                                      Participant

                                        Love it; Bryce you come up with the goods there man and aha the cloning; Bryce is gonna take over the word LOL! Seriously this was great and I agree with everyone the rock-steady rhythm and bluesy lead, well all hail AM member of the month!
                                        You always give time to help with technical advice, general support and them hit the ball out of the park with this, the question is how Bryce’s did you really clone?
                                        Cheers Bri

                                      • November 7, 2015 at 10:32 pm #28117
                                        madams
                                        Participant

                                          Before I hit play, I noticed your video was 4 minutes and thought, hmmm. That was a great surprise. Very tasty lead to go with your smooth rhythm.

                                          Michael

                                        • November 8, 2015 at 11:01 am #28141
                                          smilefred
                                          Participant

                                            Hey man you killed it!! Seriuosly I really love your lead improvs
                                            Ale

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