January 2024 Challenge Response

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- February 4, 2024 at 8:59 am #363169
  Javi
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  Here’s mine for the month.
  
  I’ve been working on a few things, marking the chord changes Barney Kessel style, playing a more jazzy version of the blues with added ii V substitutions and chromatics.
  
  In the first chorus I did the 4 note line over the mixolydian, and in the second I just did it over the minor pentatonic. It was a fun one!
  
  (Sorry for the bad quality, between the small apartment, the kid, the wife, and the heater, this was the cut with the least background noise)
- February 4, 2024 at 10:27 am #363205
  Andy N
  Participant
  That was really well played Javi and extra credit for both choosing Bb AND playing unaccompanied 🫡. You’re certainly well on your way to your goal as there was a clear jazzy feel to your submission with the chord voicings you chose. The cascading scales fitted in perfectly.
  No probs on the sound quality, just turned up the volume 🙂.
- February 4, 2024 at 12:03 pm #363250
  Bob Utberg
  Participant
  Well done Javi! You captured the spirit of the Challenge and made it your own! So good!
  
  Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)
- February 4, 2024 at 12:05 pm #363254
  Dieter
  Participant
  Very nice.
  
  Dieter
- February 4, 2024 at 1:43 pm #363307
  Mike D
  Participant
  Nice jazzy runs!!
  
  Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.
- February 4, 2024 at 2:00 pm #363316
  Pap
  Participant
  Javi, nice job with this challenge! I thought you had a little jazzy feel to your runs. It is funny how we gravitate to what we listen to. The scales are limitless. Cheers. Pap
- February 4, 2024 at 2:21 pm #363324
  AndréM
  Participant
  Excellent playing between the 4 notes and Barney.
  Well done.
  
  AndréM
  
  AndréM
- February 4, 2024 at 2:34 pm #363333
  sunjamr
  Participant
  Good one, Javi, well played. It looks like you have a natural flair for jazz guitar.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- February 4, 2024 at 3:12 pm #363344
  James B
  Participant
  Nice original take on this challenge, Javi. Great learning experience for all of us this month.
  
  James
- February 4, 2024 at 4:23 pm #363365
  Alan L
  Participant
  That was fantastic! Relaxed, confident and steady, nice work 🙂
- February 4, 2024 at 5:21 pm #363377
  Martin W
  Participant
  Nice work javi , with a cool jazz flavour you worked in those sequences well .
- February 4, 2024 at 10:27 pm #363420
  Geoff
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  I will second what Andy N says here – it is not easy to sound good playing electric guitars solo and you have managed that by getting a very nice warm sound out of that guitar. Can also add that I LOVE those jazzy chord progressions you played here too – sounds so nice.
  
  As far all your ‘background noise’ issues. That would be easily solved with the help of a Focusrite interface and a computer with DAW software like Ableton. If you master some recording techniques you will sound like a pro I can promise you that 🙂
- February 5, 2024 at 1:16 am #363427
  Manfred M
  Participant
  Groovy and mellow, Javi and the cascading tones have been just on the right places. Great jazzy vibe! So well played!
  
  Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
  The next Meetup is expected to take place in November 2025
  
  There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.
  
  I look forward to meet you.
  Manfred
- February 5, 2024 at 7:50 am #363446
  Pat
  Participant
  Nice beat u have going there! Good playing the 4 note pattern.
- February 5, 2024 at 8:27 am #363462
  JoeD1
  Participant
  Very jazzy Javi…and very good!
  
  Joe
  
  The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
  Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
  --Graeme Edge
- February 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm #363505
  JoLa
  Participant
  So nice and jazzy, Javi! Even with a bit of ambient noise it sounded good!
  
  🎸JoLa
- February 5, 2024 at 6:40 pm #363545
  Michael L
  Participant
  Great jazzy blues Javi. I especially liked that 4-note sequence over the Mixolydian scale. It gave it an unexpected quality that both fit the music and led to a nice resolution. I enjoyed it!
- February 6, 2024 at 3:54 am #363575
  Mark T
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  Despite the ambient noise, the quality of your playing shone through brilliantly, Javi – really well done 👍🎶😎
- February 6, 2024 at 6:25 am #363586
  Tom D
  Participant
  Very cool jazz Javi. Well integrated 4 note pattern, and great touch. Your sound is great. And the sounds of family life are a great complement to music:-). Cheers, Tom
- February 7, 2024 at 9:01 am #363682
  Alan K
  Participant
  Very nice arrangement Javi. You were really in a jazzy rhythmic pocket on this and you fit in the 4 note pattern seamlessly.
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