Active Melody Challenge Response January 2024

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- February 7, 2025 at 7:02 am #387195
  JoeD1
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  The challenge was to use harmonies on strings 2 and 4.
  
  I could not come up with anything of my own so I decided to play part of 2 songs using strings 2 and 4 harmonies. I hope you’ll indulge me as I attempt to get back to playing guitar!
  
  All of the submissions I’ve listened to so far have been really good. I can’t wait to hear the rest!
  
  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 7, 2025 at 8:28 am #387211
  charjo
  Moderator
  Sounds beautiful, Joe. Love your background, I thought it was real for a moment.
  John
- February 7, 2025 at 9:20 am #387220
  Jennifer D
  Participant
  Oh yes that was very good, nice and clean too!
- February 7, 2025 at 10:28 am #387255
  AndréM
  Participant
  Nicely done bro.
  Happy to see you back on the bandwagon.
  Keep on rockin’
  
  AndréM
  
  AndréM
- February 7, 2025 at 11:02 am #387274
  Martin W
  Participant
  Hi Joe , great to see you back playing again , you picked some classic harmonies there , instantly recognisable and very well executed.
  
  Martin
- February 7, 2025 at 11:02 am #387275
  donmati
  Participant
  Well done Joe, with a backing track it’s super easy to place those harmonized 6ths and super motivating.
- February 7, 2025 at 11:34 am #387288
  James B
  Participant
  Ride on the peace train, Joe. One of my favorites and a great example of using these harmonies in a song.
  
  James
- February 7, 2025 at 12:42 pm #387312
  Michael L
  Participant
  Hi Joe, so great to see you back playing! Those harmonies in Ride On Peace Train are really nice, covers major and minor sounds. Well done, Sir!
- February 7, 2025 at 4:11 pm #387357
  Alan L
  Participant
  Nice playing Joe, well done 👍
- February 7, 2025 at 5:03 pm #387385
  Paul S.
  Participant
  So a little Brown-eyed Girl action to spice up the challenge. It uses similar two-string harmony as the 2-4 one, Nice job on that. It is harder to play well than it sounds. Good lookin’ PRS, too. I have a single-cut one that I love.
- February 7, 2025 at 6:55 pm #387412
  Bill
  Participant
  I think Brown Eyed Girl was the first harmonized melody I ever learned, without knowing that’s what it was called. Great tune. Nicely played!
- February 7, 2025 at 8:57 pm #387454
  sunjamr
  Participant
  Well I liked it, Joe. It took me a minute to see where you were going, but it all fell into place.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- February 8, 2025 at 1:44 am #387489
  Dieter
  Participant
  Sounds a bit like cat stevens – very nice.
  
  Dieter
- February 8, 2025 at 5:52 am #387517
  Ralph P.
  Participant
  Shake Off The Rust Joe. Great choice of songs. Grew up listening to a lot of Cat and Van. Perfect examples of “Real World” use of 6ths. Well done.
  
  Ralph
  
  Ralph P.
- February 8, 2025 at 7:43 am #387569
  John H
  Participant
  Thanks for sharing this Joe-
  Brown Eyed Girl chordal arrangement is one of the most thoughtful and harmonic rhythm arrangements ever!
  You present it nicely. Well done.
  
  John
- February 8, 2025 at 9:28 am #387587
  Werner
  Participant
  Thank you for the one. It took a few seconds to sort it all in. Great submission. Again – thank you
  
  Werner
- February 8, 2025 at 10:51 am #387605
  Mike W
  Participant
  Nicely done Joe – very melodic and smoothly played.
- February 8, 2025 at 2:26 pm #387659
  JoLa
  Participant
  Great to see you back in (guitar) action, Joe! What a nice way to get back into it, the very familiar sounding melodic harmonies are so effective and easy to understand. More than just an attempt, very well done.
  
  🎸JoLa
- February 8, 2025 at 2:50 pm #387670
  Denise
  Participant
  Joe, it’s been a good idea to harmonize a well known song. These harmonies sound so catchy.
  I am glad you are joining the challenges again.
  Well done.
  Denise
  
  More Blues!
- February 8, 2025 at 7:47 pm #387708
  Bruce D
  Participant
  Joe,
  Yep, when I first started to mess with this, the same brown eyed tune came up for me. Hard to miss. Nice work.
  
  Bruce
  
  Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola
- February 9, 2025 at 1:49 am #387734
  Manfred M
  Participant
  So great to see you back on the guitar again, Joe. It was pure fun to watch this. I think the Brown eyed Girl guides you in the right direction. I look forward to more.
  
  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 9, 2025 at 2:13 am #387736
  Mark T
  Participant
  Very nicely performed, Joe – always love a bit of Van-the man, really enjoyed that 👍🎶😎
- February 9, 2025 at 5:47 am #387763
  Serena C
  Participant
  Great choice for this challenge Joe! And very well played!
  
  If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
  It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)
- February 9, 2025 at 6:41 am #387775
  Tremelow
  Participant
  Great to see you back at the challenges, Joe. And man, do I know the feeling of not knowing.. hahaha. Most importantly, you committed – and in a very nice way. It sounded good to me and I am looking forward to your next contribution.
- February 9, 2025 at 9:16 am #387821
  Bob Utberg
  Participant
  Genius! Mr. Morrison is smiling. As is every Brown Eyed Girl:). Well played on your beautiful PRS gitfiddle!
  
  Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)
- February 9, 2025 at 1:35 pm #387919
  Reuben B
  Participant
  Great rendition of that instantly recognizable song! Glad to see you back!
- February 9, 2025 at 1:51 pm #387925
  Juxi
  Participant
  Well done, Joe. Great. Challenge response: you did what was asked – and we had fun listening 😊👍🏽
  
  Bluesige Grüße
  Juxi
- February 9, 2025 at 6:33 pm #387975
  Pap
  Participant
  Hey Joe,
  
  Peace, Train Holy Roller…. great song and very appropiate for using 6ths. Not sure why it did not come to mind for this assignment ….Ive listened to that song hundreds of times. I really enjoyed Cat Stevens when I was youger. Great job with Brown Eyed Girl too. Good to see you playing.
  
  Pap
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