May 2019 Active Melody Open Challenge consolidated comments by 6 stringer Pete

[6stringer Pete]

Hello Active Melody members.
First I want to thank Don again for all his efforts into putting the May 2019 Consolidated Challenge entries into the Challenge post archive. This takes a lot of time and work. Thank you Don.
51 members joined in this month. I believe that this is Active Melody’s Monthly Challenge record. Way to go folks. Active Melody. Com is a growing community of friendly , sharing and caring guitar players from around the world that come together every day sharing our love for music and the guitar.

Santiago P (he’s known as EkkeDui when masked): now that’s my type of music, some fine spirit in your playing
Brad aka Derek Blue: dance floor booging , swinging all the way to the bar for another one
Dieter: so nicely played, again country is my favorite
Jonathan Amos: enjoyed listening, a very nice rhythm you got going
Jérémy D: very professional playing
Hide (ひで）: got the fretboard dancing from start to end
James B: guitar is speaking to me also, me’za connecting will all them notes, singing is all pro
Pat: very down to Earth playing making each note have a statement
Sunjamr Steve: the notes were actually the “singing phases”, can’t get better then that, fine playing
Bruce S: Felt some Hawaiian feeling in there, a mix of mellow waves coming a shore with a story to tell
Scott M: powerful drive going on there, can’t help but wanting to listen again to your tune
JoLa: Brought back memories of “battle of the bands” in high school, very fine playing as always
Lights (Meelis): I heard you are giving guitar lessons for free since you’ve made it big time on stage, like your style of attack on the strings
Ryan C: my mother’s record collection being played there, thanks for the childhood memories
Craig S: an artist with a pick and 6 strings all coming together on the emotional side of the fretboard
Richard S: the swing was there from start to end, plus your cool playing
Sunburst (John): if you were my neighbor and giving guitar lessons , you’d have a student of guitar
Snakechisler (Greg): the notes you are playing are coming from your heart, so pleasing to hear
donmati (Don Mati): memory lane music to my ears
Peter A: timing was spot on, bends add the excitement in them that moves ones soul
Tim W: front porch blues at its finest
Eric C.: when the notes touch the heart of the player the listener feels it
Phil: yep, the man was born with a guitar, no question about that
Roger: really great slide playing
Martin W: perfectly played, steady rhythm was very noticeable
Cezary B: the tone was spot on along with your playing
sciencefiction (Larry): wow! Such energy in your playing
WBlues (Wilfried): a flow of artistic musical expressions using the fretboard of your guitar in harmony of your every day life
David H: your fingers sure know that fretboard, nice playing
Satellite: hey satellite, that was some very nice playing and the guitar sure looks nice
JRG (Jim): played so calmly yet with a heavy feel of expressions on them notes
Dave M: no joke Dave, you just look like a Tele man, nice soulful playing
Richard G: from start to end, pro playing, so talented you are
Graeme C. : many nice expressions going on the fretboard, totally in control of the fretboard
John H : heavy, yes , heavy, just the way it needed to be played
Cobber : liked how you built it up with a steady flow of energy
Dave K: a Chicago bluesman you are indeed
Jordan Sutherland : spot on timing in your playing, yes, very fine playing
Gary W : your bends and vibrato was the one part of the highlight of your playing, the other was a great expression on how you delivered your message when playing them notes, all spot on, very good job , Gary
Brian Belsey : sweet and gentle, all pro there
Martin G : hey Martin, like wow, you got that “punch of musical expressions” in your tune from the start to the end, so cool
Chris T : solid front porch playing on a Saturday afternoon bbq , keep playing and don’t stop
Fukujoshi : I felt my guns were on my hip and going to do some gun sling’n there in Colton , California. (they have an old west site attraction there and they use to have a show-down with gun sling’n cowboys)
Alexandre M (Alexandre Martins) : perfectly played
richie b (please see Richie’s page to hear his other submission) : you got to be a stage performer, right?
Michele S : well played, much calmness in your playing style, one can see your tone (softness) is really coming from your finger tips
Paddyboy (Pat F.) : you got me foot stomp’n on the floor, wife is yelling at me, yikes! Cool playing
Jeff F : the tone really fits the tune, very fine playing, enjoyed listening
Duffy P. : smoky blues at its finest
Doug E : Well played, came across as if a pro was playing, sounds like you probably are in a band these days

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 Pete

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