April 2026 CHALLENGE

[Scott W]

Hi all,
I been all over the place with this, at some point I think I wrote a 30 second song. But after all is said and done this is what I got. Funny thing is….what I posted is what I started with. 3 week ago.

[Michael Krailo]

That’s a relaxing sound you came up with.

Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.

[Michael L]

Hey Scott, nice steady strum and interesting voicings. This could easily develop into a nice catchy song.

[Pap]

Hey Scott, that is pretty unique style of playing. Sounded pretty cool. Nice submission. Pap

[Mark T]

Nicely done, Scott – could certainly hear this being the hook of a longer tune. – Mark 👍🎶😎

[JoeD1]

Really well done Scott.

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

[John H]

Scott
That is fun, uplifting and catchy…
I like the combination of fingerpicking and strumming
Nicely memorable and snappy!

John

[Bill]

I like how you played around with the rhythm Scott. Catchy.

[sciencefiction]

Sounds great, Scott. First half definitely has a hook quality to it. Reminds me Little Girl by Syndicate of Sound in the 60s.
Larry

[Gary W]

That led to some interesting thoiughts Scott, about where the hook lies. For me, here in your nice piece, it was somewhere within the pervcussion & chord/rhythm playing. Very nice and engaging.

Gary

[AndréM]

Catchy rhythm.
Well done.

AndréM

AndréM

[Alan L]

I like the syncopation and the rests in the strumming. Groovy!

[Manfred M]

You play around with the rhythm, which gives your hook a really lively feel, Scott. I like it!

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Manfred

[sunjamr]

Nice one, Scott. It reminds me a bit of the Texas-Thai-jazz-fusion group Khruangbin.

Sunjamr Steve

[charjo]

Love your strumming style, Scott.
John

[Werner]

This sounds great. I especially liked the way you developed the main idea and kept it interesting.

Thank you, Werner

[Carpa]

Thanks for the beautiful song 👍

[Andy N]

Nice one Scott and a great example of how the rhythmic element of playing contributes to making a great hook.

[JoLa]

Nice! Loved the initial cascade of notes, sounded like a running stream, and then the rhythm kicked in. Very original song idea, those initial spontaneous ideas are usually what sticks the best. My 30s hook creation experience was very similar.

🎸JoLa

[Dieter]

Very nice playing.

Dieter

[Laurel C]

Very spritely rhythm and has the foundations to develop into a creative song. I hope it does, it sounds interesting.

[snakechisler]

lots of great ideas in there really enjoyed it, the pace rhythm was infectious

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