August 2026 Challenge Response

[Don Patton jr]

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

[charjo]

That is a lot of chord changes! Great work on the right hand. Nicely played. Interesting effects, what are you using there, Don?
John

[Don Patton jr]

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

[JoeD1]

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

[Alan L]

Really well done, such a beautiful song. Clean and steady finger picking!

[James B]

Nice arrangement, Don. Your new pedal board added some cool effects to the piece.

James

[Michael L]

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.

[sciencefiction]

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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