[Kitman]

Hi @MiRu ! first – welcome to TAC! It is great to hear about your guitar journey with TAC and the fun you are having along the way. Don’t get too wrung out over the improv challenge. I find some days an improv comes to me pretty easily and other times it doesn’t. There are no right or wrong ways to do them – they are improvs and spontaneous. Sometimes a particular backing track also doesn’t click with me. No biggie – improv to your own stuff!

That said, I had another look at the Slice and Dice lesson and backing track (I went through the 5 Day Skill Challenge myself not too long ago) and have a couple thoughts to offer:

1. On the improv backing tracks you are able to change the speed of the track. In the lower right corner of the tracks video look for a “1x” or a gear symbol. Clicking this will bring up a list of factors by which you can change the speed of the track. Sometimes if I slow the track down a bit it helps me to ” hear” what is going on in the backing track and therefore helps with my improv.

2. Somewhere in one of the lessons Tony suggests listening to a backing track and playing some of the notes from the improv scale provided to see what sounds nice to you. This is something that always helps me.

3. In another one of the lessons Tony also said the improv doesn’t need to use all of the notes from the scale. You may find a few you really like and use the throughout the track. Find the groove that speaks to you and work it!

4. Don’t feel like you need to fill up every beat of every measure with your improv. This is a trap I fall into in particular all the time. Let the backing track “breath” a bit during your improv. “Sometimes less is more” as the saying goes.

I will record an improv sometime tonight over the Slice and Dice track and post it here in 5his thread.

Hope some of the above was helpful. Keep on playing guitar and having fun! 😎🎶🎸

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I see my post doubled the web address for Cathy Belleville’s site. Here it is again and hopefully it is now a live link. Check here site and information out you will be glad you did!

https://cathybellevillemusic.com/

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Thanks so much @MikeGaurnier for not only the tabs, but for your coaching and mentoring on working teeth the tabs. I downloaded a MJH tab from the web and when I looked at it I thought………………..🧐🤔🤔🧐🧐🤔🤔

Lol, that’s it my mind went blank. Listening to MJH play and connecting it to a tab will be an experience and half. Your coaching and memory of what you figured out when you went through the tabs and lessons are a gold mine! Thanks!!!! 😃

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Great improv @charlie_d ! I like your integration of angle not solos with the 3 finger pinch accents. Nice and mellow for sure! 😎

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Plus one from me @VictoriaTACTeam , @MikeGaurnier and @Jnc51 ! What week was the focus on Mississippi John Hurt? Are those archived and available anywhere?

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That is awesome @Al.E ! A great win! 😎🎸🎶

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I love the collaboration @Bill_Brown and @Marty69 ! Nice improv, Bill. Very easy on the ears and well played Your should definitely post some additional videos! 😎🎶🎸

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It is great to hear your making progress on ainungung along with your playing @Mrfredsporty . Looking forward to seeing your posts!😃

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Hi @Bill_Brown and thanks for the feedback and encouragement! That performance was recorded just a a week ago, so it is pretty fresh (I joined TAC in May 22). Yes, It is loads of fun to jam live with someone(s) for sure. My Buddy and I “Mandolin Dave” get together at least once a month and jam out.

If the performance made you want to get a pint and sing along, then song and performance accomplished exactly what we were going for and what the song writer, Cathy B, intended as well. It is a fun song t do with a crowd – with the audience participation – especially if they are a pint or two in! 😃😃😃🤪😎🎶🎸

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Thanks @Marty69 for listening and providing your input, feedback and encouragement! Much appreciated. 😃

@charlie_d Thank you as well for your feedback above, in my response I mixed up the nicknames in the post! A senior moment ! 😜

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Thanks for taking the time to listen and watch the improv @Marty69 . I really appreciate the specific feedback and encouragement! 😀

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Hi @Bill_Brown , Thanks for your kind words. I can and will certainly post the “To Albert” video here in the forum and provide a bit of background to the song! 😎🎶🎸

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Thanks @Bill_Brown for taking the time to listen and provide your feedback and encouragement. I really appreciate it.

There may well be some double stops in there! 😃. I was playing predominately blues and classic Rock before joining TAC. Double stops and bending notes are kind of a staple in those music genres and they usually find their way into a lot of what I end up playing in my improvs. 😎🎶🎸

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Thanks so much @charlie_d for taking some time to listen and providing your specific feedback and encouragement! I truly appreciate it! 😃

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