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I may have gone a little overboard here…
I’ve been wanting to try something like this for a while. Who knows how long I would have kept putting it off if not for meeting the challenge deadline.
For this challenge I relied heavily, believe it or not, on learnings from EP374 How to Use Modes – The Major Scale in 5 CAGED Positions
A big Thank You to my wife Dawn. She is a terrific musician and was kind enough to collaborate with me on this challenge. She not only let me borrow her bass, but also played drums and laid down a killer sax solo (which she improvised and nailed on the 1st take)! Unreal.
Thanks for taking to time to listen!
JFL
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JFL, this is fantastic! A wonderful arrangement with great playing. You are a great musician, and your wife as well! Love that sax-salo. That‘s a baritone-saxophone, isn‘t it? Big compliments, that was awesome!
Eric
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Wow JFL you two are professionals. You playing in a band?
You nailed it JFL.
Nice muffler solo by your wife she is very talented.AndréM
AndréM
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Hola JFL
That is scary good man. You and your wife are both professional players (well, I know you were because of your previous posts). All the use of the modes and caged system in your solo is fantastic and I could not differ it from many Brian lessons in quality, simplicity and good taste.
not flattering, you know.hasta pronto
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So who needs Garageband! Phew that was excellent and so saxy! Seriously though this is a bit of a ground breaker for AM Challenge submissions and sounds like a breath of fresh air. I think that you may have opened Pandora’s Box and we’re going to see a number of Carter Families emerging over the next few months!!! Absolutely superb JFL (and your missus)
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JFL, you and your wife are a perfect duet!! She is a super sax player! Great deep tone and matching so well with the guitars. You are a lucky man to have her…and such a talented guitar player and composer.
I always love your submissions…very inspiring! Each months you surprise me with your new stuff.
DeniseMore Blues!
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You are so fortunate. A good drummer and a base player who would/can play for/with you is so hard to find! You got them all under one roof. It’s so amazing you can come up with and play the melody so effortlessly. Wish I could learn to do that. Thank you for posting this. It’s awesome.
Hidetada Shimizu
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That was the best 8 minutes I have spent in a long time, yes – I had to listen to it twice in a row because once was not enough. I don’t even know where to begin, man! Everything sounded top notch professional with this super groovy vibe I just can’t get over! I want to play like that! And your wife is an accomplished musician – you would make a fantastic duo and people would pay to see you guys play on stage! I absolutely loved the solo you played, was it a natural minor scale? And then that low sounding sax coming in, just crazy cool. I didn’t even know baritone saxes existed. And she plays bass and drums, too! No wonder you’re such a gifted guitar player, the music is in the air at your house, JFL! And as if that wasn’t enough, you’re also a great video editor. Not too much ado but all in just the right places to add drama to the performance, very tasteful and somewhat witty, as well. Did I mention how much I loved this submission? It’s a #1 HIT on my charts! Where do I sign up to your fan club? 😉
🎸JoLa
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Thanks Jola 😁 i’m glad you liked it! Yes, the 1st verse I played the natural E minor scale, which I learnt happens to be the same as G major. I had been messing around with Ep374 (nothing but G major in all the caged positions) so that was very helpful in manifesting the melody I was hearing in my head to the notes on the guitar. The 2nd verse was pretty much straight minor pentatonic. And for the choruses I was simply outlining the chords – Am triad, B7 arpeggio, then Em triad (Dm shape)
JFL
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Excellent is the one and only word that comes to mind! Great job by your wife and yourself.
Congrats on incorporating modal playing. This has always been a bit of a mystery to me (even though I have watched the lessons multiple times). Guess I will have to try it at some point.
Once again, a true please to watch and listen to!
Looking forward to your next and thanks for sharing.
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