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The October 2025 Active Melody Challenge is about playing an entire lead by staying in only one position of the fretboard, and limiting your scales to the Minor and Major Pentatonic scales.
I used a backing track Brian suggested from EP219 in the key of D. I used some bends I learned from Quist and threw in a lick from The Allman Brothers. I think I used the G Pentatonic shape and mixed major and minor all staying in 1 position.
Gear used:
Gibson Les Paul Classic
Fender Super Champ X2
Logic Pro 11 (a little distortion and delay added)
GoPro Hero 12
Final Cut Pro 11I’m looking forward to hearing what everyone has come up with this month!
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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Hello bro,
Do you have a green screen.
You have nice background lately.
You getting your chops back, very well played, nice tone.AndréM
AndréM
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No green screen necessary with Final Cut Pro…it can remove the background and does a fairly good job of it. I’m getting better but really finding it slow going with recovering from the fractured finger and shoulder. Thanks for listening and commenting!
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
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Some nice phrasing going on in this Joe…landing on the tonic note just as the chord hit and such. It leads the ear. Nice
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Joe
That was really sweet. You are coming a long as a lead player. Muchos progress every submission. You are showing daringness, confidence and poise. I love your guitar collection and back drops. I need to find me some. From where do you get them. PM me please. Thank you.John
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Wow, that sounded really great, Joe! Loved the bold entrance into it, nice tasty bends – excellent work and performance!
🎸JoLa
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That rolled along nicely Joe , the restricted fretboard movement has brought out the best , the blues phrasing was spot on , great tone as well .
The backdrop is a nice touch.Martin
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Very nicely crafted and played Joe! Many tasteful and melodic phrases, with a lovely blues feeling!
Guido
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Hey, Joe’s playing some blues down at the bar. It’s sounding good. Let’s get a beer and listen. Nice job Joe. Love your video too.
James
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That’s so tasteful, Joe. With so much feeling and lots of tasteful bends, and just so beautifully played. Joe, that was great.
Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be at the beginning of next year 2026A detailed announcement will be posted here in the forum in good time.
I look forward to meet you.
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Nice mix of major and pentatonic on pattern 5. Some super sounding licks, especially that pedal steel lick!
I like that Allman Brothers positive vibe.
Excellent tone on your guitar and setup.
I like the setting, too.
DeniseMore Blues!
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Congrats for staying within Brian’s guidelines (I always have to cheat a bit). I think it is safe to say you own the pentatonic scale, nice!
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Nicely done Joe. Good to see you back downtown and in the club. You gave that caged G position a real workout. Great bends throughout and some very nice phrases in there that lead you through chords.
Didn’t know you could do the green screen thing without a green screen in Final Cut Pro. I’ll have to give that a try👍 -
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Nice job, Joe. Love to see you working out those pentatonics. Don’t worry about the notes so much as maybe some of the intervals, ie. like the roots ,4th and 5th intervals within a position, to hit some chord tones on the changes.
Love the zebra stripe pick ups on that beautiful Les Paul.
John
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Thanks John. I hear some people say they learned the Pentatonic shapes in a week or 2 but I find it takes me much longer. I’m still learning them after several months. Part of the problem is because I can’t practice for too long before my finger and shoulder start bothering me…yeah, I had a lot of injuries from my accident last year.
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
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Hey Joe, that was some mighty fine playing! I notice that you are getting more confident and creative around the fretboard. Your solo and the LP suit the backing track to a T. Nice video, too!
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Very nicely done Joe, great use of those bends in the phrasing. Glad to see you’re recovering and getting your playing back. Best wishes!
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