December 2025 Challenge – Mathieu 07

[math07]

Happy new year everyone ! I hope you are doing well and had a good holiday period. 🙂

A new blues composition for the december challenge. The backing track is from Quist’s youtube challenge, in the key of A.

It’s my longest composition so far, 36 bars, it took me a bunch of hours to write. But, it was a good exercice as I tried to blend the new vocabulary that I learned in the AM lessons to my other vocabulary.

I don’t know if I’ll have time to participate in the next challenges as I’m starting 2026 with a acoustic fingerstyle solo blues learning project so that will take much of my practice time. 🙁

[JoeD1]

Your efforts paid off Mathieu. That was really great.

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

[James B]

Very nice, Mathieu. Well constructed and played with finesse and confidence.
Play us your finger style project when you get it under your fingers.

James

[Alan L]

Fabulous! Love the harmonized runs. Great soul and time throughout.

[Alan O]

Great submission Mathieu! Man, your fingers were flying all over the fretboard. Very nice to listen to!

Alan

[Michael L]

Nice Mathieu! Great blues playing, melodic and good energy. You used the full fretboard, and really nailed those turnarounds.

[Laurel C]

Well constructed melodic arrangement Matthieu. Lot of thought went into it, covering the fretboard. So enjoyable to listen to … I had to listen twice. All the best for your guitar course project.

[AndréM]

Very nice.
Great playing.
I didn’t see this one in Brian’s Quist lessons.

AndréM

AndréM

[Dieter]

Sounds really good.

Dieter

[Manfred M]

That’s groovy, Mathieu. You’ve really succeeded in creating a beautiful blues composition. And your playing really brings it to shine. Well done!

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be at the beginning of next year 2026

A detailed announcement will be posted here in the forum in good time.

I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[Michael Krailo]

If you wrote that out and composed exactly what you played in advance, that is really impressive. It explains how everything was delivered with such intension and confidence. Hat’s off to you with your spectacular results. That’s a special skill right there.

This is also an example of what I would consider a well mixed balance between the backing track and your guitar track. I liked feeling the drive of the bass player and the whole thing sounded great in the final mix.

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

[Catherine Arsenault]

Mathieu that was truly wonderful you’ve got the knowledge on that fingerboard
really wonderful submission!!!

[Paul S.]

First off, the fact that you actually write a piece and know how many bars long it is speaks to your deliberate and intentional style. How you can use that skill to capture your creative impulse is doubly impressive. Plus the piece rocked.

[Martin W]

Very well thought out and executed, lots to like in your improv, played right in the pocket keeping that groove going .

Excellent submission

Martin

[sciencefiction]

You smoked this, Mathieu! Outstanding!!
Larry

[David H]

Big thumbs up! Happy head bobbing music.

[JoLa]

Oh, I loved the sound of those harmonies! That (sophisticated) style of blues playing made me think of Robben Ford, such very articulate and well thought out composition!

🎸JoLa

[Jonathan Amos]

I take my hat off to you for so diligently using Brian’s licks to compose your own piece. I should be trying that myself but it’s much harder than it seems.

Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan

[Mark T]

Love the vibe on this, Mathieu – cleanly played with great timing 👍🎶😎

[Mike W]

Excellent submission Mathieu. Great composition and good choice of backing track. I was glad that you chose a clean tone – it was perfect for this piece.

[Andy N]

That was one well thought out and brilliantly executed solo, Mathieu. Felt it had a beginning a middle and an end as all good stories do. Well done 👏

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