August 2026 Challenge Response

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- September 18, 2026 at 7:29 am #422510
  Don Patton jr
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  It has been quite a while since I have participated in an AM challenge. Glad to participate and look forward to your posts!
  I chose ” Years from heaven ‘ E.Clapton as it is a beautiful song and had many chord changes, which are a challenge to me..Thank you for listening 🎧
  
  Don Patton jr
  
  Don P
- September 18, 2026 at 8:00 am #422516
  charjo
  Moderator
  That is a lot of chord changes! Great work on the right hand. Nicely played. Interesting effects, what are you using there, Don?
  John
- September 18, 2026 at 8:36 am #422532
  Don Patton jr
  Participant
  Hi John,
  I am using an acoustic pedal board that I made. The primary pedal effect being the strymon cloudburst pedal.
  You can get some amazing sounds from it as you turn it on , such as stringed symphony etc…i highly recommend it !
  Thank you for commenting and asking John !
  
  Don P
- September 18, 2026 at 8:41 am #422534
  JoeD1
  Participant
  That looks like a difficult song to play with all those chord changes. But I thought it sounded very good Don! I really liked when you played the melody on a single string. That ambience and chorus tone you used was awesome.
  
  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
- September 18, 2026 at 12:28 pm #422598
  Alan L
  Participant
  Really well done, such a beautiful song. Clean and steady finger picking!
- September 18, 2026 at 12:29 pm #422599
  James B
  Participant
  Nice arrangement, Don. Your new pedal board added some cool effects to the piece.
  
  James
- September 18, 2026 at 1:18 pm #422620
  Michael L
  Participant
  Hi Don, this is coming together nicely. You’ve got the song down and all those changes will smooth out with practice. So nicely picked, and cool effects to add to the interest.
- September 18, 2026 at 2:11 pm #422636
  sciencefiction
  Participant
  That looks like a difficult piece to play with all the chord changes involved and keeping the rhythm going, not to mention playing it fingerstyle. Well-done! Quite a challenge taking on this Clapton classic.
  Larry
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