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Good day to you all,
I hope you are all well.
The challenge was to play a lead using two chords as a backing. I tried making a backing track using several different chord combinations but couldn’t come up with anything that sounded as good as the backing for EP404, the Dicky Betts style lesson. I couldn’t think of any other lessons which used only two chords.
So the chords used are E and F#min – I hope you like it, here’s the link:I’m looking forward to seeing all the other submissions,
Mike
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A wonderfully chilled submission from you there, Mike – lovely relaxed feel! Well played. – Mark 👍🎶😎
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Great choice of that Dickey Betts backing track. You can vamp along these two chords all day.
Very nice and chill improvisation.
Well done.More Blues!
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Such an easy, peaceful, relaxing piece Mike. Nice!
Joe
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
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Nice choice of track , the one and two chord allows for some sweet melodies as you so well demonstrated, I agree with the above comments , you gave this a very relaxed soulful
Feel with a lovely tone from your Eastman .Martin
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Great pick, Mike. A laid back melodic two chord tune. Your leads rolling by with the chords. Nicely done.
James
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Really nice Mike, this has a sunny spring day feel to it. Very melodic, nicely phrased. Really enjoyable!
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Mike, this immediately put me in a relaxed and positive mood. You’ve shown that just two chords can make sweet music. What a fine composition!
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Great lesson choice,
And played nicely. I like what you are doing here Mike. I think you solved your recording issues from long ago. Your recordings are much more audible with improved tonal qualities. Great playing my friend.John
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Beautifully played, Mike! This was one of my favorite lessons but I like your playing over the lesson’s backing track, it had such a nice chill vibe to it, slightly reminiscent of the “Albatross”. Glad you found your way to this two-chord challenge 🙂
🎸JoLa
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That worked like a charm, Mike. You have a gift for developing a nice clean melody line. Well played, well recorded!
Sunjamr Steve
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Beautiful Mike. That hit the spot.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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Interesting how we both selected a major 1 and it’s minor 2 chord. You sure did come up with a beautiful melodic solo. So nice and easy flowing, puts me in a great frame of mind.
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Sounding so sweet and well played Mike. Good lesson find using the E and F#m chords. Your playing style made it more chilled.
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Hi Mike, your melody sounds very nice to this backing track. Very nice. Did you improvise or was it a full blown composition. Funny, I was also desperately looking for a two chord back track in the AM catalogue, but couldn’t find none. Here, I would have wished for a list or a better search function.
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Hi Tremelow, thanks for your kind comments. It was a full blown composition that started off with some noodling just to get into the swing of it. The AM search does contain many categories, but doesn’t include a 2 chord section. I just happened to remember the Dicky Betts lesson and was convinced that there would be many submissions based on it, rather than just mine.
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