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Last Friday my grandson Jai was asked to play a guitar solo – his choice – in front of his junior high school the following Tuesday. Being a kid, he decided to learn a whole new song over the weekend and play it…which he apparently did. But that made me think, if someone handed me a guitar and said to play something, what would I play? Nothing would jump out of my mind immediately, and I would be stuck pondering over my repertoire (many of which require a jamtrack) and wondering if I could play some stand-alone solo perfectly. BTW, this did actually happen to me recently.
So it occurs to me that I need to keep maybe 4 stand-alone songs/lessons in my permanent long-term memory, ready for instant recall, so that I can play them flawlessly at any time. I haven’t chosen any yet, but I’m thinking of categories like slap-fret, call-and-response, Piedmont blues, and chord based melodies. The idea is to sound more like a one-man band than a guy noodling around on a string of single notes.
Have you thought about this, and do you have a go-to repertoire that you could comfortably play on a moment’s notice? If so, what is your repertoire?
Sunjamr Steve
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