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Hi and good challenge to everyone!
For this challenge I used a backing track I created with piano, acoustic guitar, a bass part played with a midi keyboard (Ample Bass P Lite II virtual instrument) and the drums part created with EzDrummer 3, that I recently purchased after a trial period.
My limitation was playing only in the 3d position of the A major scale on the guitar.
The piece is of course in A major :
Verse: A – E/A (or Asus2Maj7) – G/A – D/A (2 cycles at the beginning and 1 cycle at the end)
Bridge: E – F#m – G – D – F- C -D (1 cycle)As you can see there are 3 chords outside the diatonic chord progression in A: G, F and C. In consequence I didn’t play only notes from the A major scale, but also a natural G and a natural C on those outside chords, but anyway always sticking to the 3d position with some half-tone bends.
Guido
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Great job, Guido! I knew you could play a guitar properly, but I didn’t know you had such keyboard skills. Maybe we should all learn a bit of keyboard to expand our musical skill set.
Sunjamr Steve
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You may have set yourself a limitation, but as far as the production is concerned, Guido, you went all out. It’s great how you recorded all the parts yourself and created beautiful music that is simply fun to listen to. Great job, Guido!
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I look forward to meet you.
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Beautiful backing track and lead Guido! I’m often in a hurry to escape from one single box, while you’ve shown how much one can get from it, thanks for the inspiration!
If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
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Superb composition Guido, that oozed style and sophistication. I loved your chord progression and piano made an excellent foil to the lead guitar. You certainly found plenty of melody in that third position.
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Such a lovely composition, Guido!
It started off as a sweet ballad but it could easily morph into a rock anthem which you hinted on. Excellent performance on all the instruments, you’re quite a virtuoso and a gear head! 😉
What inspired your writing of this particular song?
🎸JoLa
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Thanks JoLa! Honestly, for the verse chord progression I took inspiration (copied) from a flat picking lesson I saw in YouTube, changing a bit the rhythm. It’s a sequence of chords with a drone of A on the bass (5th string) and E on the 1st string, whereas I “invented” by my self the bridge (I mean, very probably I had some unconscious inspiration also for this, like always!) .
Guido
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