April 2025 challenge Alan L

[Alan L]

When I first heard the challenge I immediately thought of EP 495, “Limitation can set you free.” A favorite lesson of mine, which I dusted off and reworked for this challenge. My main limitation was keeping it in the Em shape of the Am natural minor scale.

Thanks for listening! 🙏

[Guido]

Very nice rendition, Alan, you was able to dish out a lot of different and enjoyable musical ideas (melodically and rhythmically) using only this one position on the fret!

Guido

[Werner]

What a wonderful phrasing is fantastic and the sound anyway. Very cool , laid back soloing.

Thank you very much.

[Tremelow]

Great submission, Alan. I like everything about it. The groove, the rhythm, the phrasing and the drama!

[Jennifer D]

Blimey this one draws you in and hooks you! 👌

[Ralph P.]

Nicely played Alan…you got a lot of mileage out of “staying inside the box”. Very melodic and excellent note choices that outlined the changes. Great timing and phrasing and very musical.

Ralph

Ralph P.

[Mike W]

Good response to the challenge, Alan. Well phrased and good picking made for an interesting piece, with just the right amount of growl.

[Paul S.]

You got a lot of great mileage out of very limited geography on the fret board. I liked that clipped, semi-muted voicing, too. Those two descending minor chords were very cool, too.

[AndréM]

Very nice composition.
Smooth blues vibe.
Excellent playing.

AndréM

AndréM

[James B]

That’s a cool groove, Alan. Like the lesson says, “limitation can set you free”! Great use of those concepts.

James

[Michael K]

Sweeeeet. that was very well done sir.

[Laurel C]

That was such a cool groove, The one position kept giving and refreshing which gave it so much mileage. Great job.

[Mark T]

Love the double-stops and tone dialed in to this, Alan – very nice and relaxing submission 👍🎶😎

[John H]

Yeah this draws one in and hooks them!! Great performance my friend.

John

[Andy N]

Great rendition Alan. A fine demonstration that there’s need to fly all over the fretboard to find inspiration, a great vide and sweet sounds.

[JoLa]

That’s perfect, Alan! I love this kind of jams and enjoyed listening to your playing a lot! There is so much music to be found in one area, and exploring it must have been fun. Great tone, as well!

🎸JoLa

[sunjamr]

Great idea Alan, and you have indeed mastered 1st position minor pentatonic scale. Seems like you were really in The Zone playing that.

Sunjamr Steve

[Mike D]

Smooth bluesy vibes well done!

Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

[Bill]

Nice playing, great tone!!

[JoeD1]

Challenge met! You had some great licks in there and the tone was perfect.

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

[Alan O]

Hi Alan, that was really interesting and melodic to listen to. You were able to do A LOT with that single position and I love the tone you dialed in for the guitar.

Alan

[Martin W]

Nice rendition Alan , I love this type of limitation you just lock in and go with the moment, as you so well demonstrated , there’s a lot of music in that position.
Great tone as well .

Martin

[Michael L]

Hi Alan, nice bluesy sound here, and I like the chord stabs in between the licks.

[Manfred M]

EP 495 was also my first thought for this challenge, Alan. But I decided on something else. So I’m doubly thrilled that you decided to do it, but mainly because I like your guitar playing so much. It’s always a pleasure to listen to.

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I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[Dieter]

Great groovy playing.

Dieter

[KT]

Enjoyed listening to your music.
Smooth with a great backing track

[Serena C]

Thanks for reminding me of this EP Alan, you played it so well, smoothly and soulfully! And nice improvisation too, well done!

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)

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