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This is actually something you will be seeing on a weekly basis once you start with daily challenges. Every Wednesday is Improv day and you will usually learn a scale and then attempt to solo over a backing track. It’s always the same 3 step process:
1) First you play the scale note by note along with the scale video that you learned earlier, this is just another opportunity to rehearse the sequence of notes
2) Now, with the backing track playing on your device, you play the same scale. You are learning to play something different while the track is playing. It’s kind of soloing because you are doing something different (playing the scale), which is not what you are seeing and hearing.
3) the last thing is to introduce your own phrasing by just playing a few of the notes from the scale, in any order you wish. Tony is encouraging you to also add hammer-ons, pull-offs and bends but you don’t have to. I think that’s there for the more advanced players that opt to do 30 days.
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Very nicely done! You look like you’re having fun, I was very entertained!
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You have to keep applying pressure to the strings against the fretboard, if you loose contact the oscillation will diminish very quickly.
You might want to look at the skill course Tony mentions in the video: -
But here are links to it if you don’t want to wait until then @Steve569 ….
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/dogwood-flowers-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/rock-me-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/wind-and-rain-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/north-country-winters-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/headin-down-south-4-2/
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Sheryl Crow recorded so many great songs, didn’t she?
Thanks for posting! I can’t imagine how hard it must be for you, but you’re plowing through it, kudos!
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The forum is searchable, but not much else unfortunately. The members list can be searched by location, but not by name or any other criteria. You can sort the members a few ways (recently active, alpha) but that’s rarely helpful since there are nearly 4000 members. Sometimes you can find something if you know it involves a certain member’s participation and you can browse through their activity.
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I too am not at all familiar with the band or their music. Sounds like an interesting song from I assume the Southern Rock genre. It’s good to see and hear you playing again @Loraine !
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Thanks for stopping by @5StringSB !
It’s in the TAC song vault which I’ve linked to:
https://hub-lkx8655w8n.membership.io/link to Kicking Rocks https://hub-lkx8655w8n.membership.io/playlist/y4LKlQXOkA
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Read your bio and it made me smile. I also play Connections and Wordle every day, but usually not to start off. About your challenges, @Moose408 created a googlesheet that has links to essentially all challenges.
“Can’t Find My Way Home” (Blind Faith – Steve Winwood) was in drop D, was it that week?
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I can always count on you to follow up with a link! Thanks @Moose408 !
I like that you post your link since it’s nicely and conveniently updated, while my copy remains static.
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The only way in is with that link, it isn’t available on the TAC site. I got it last year from @Loraine (I believe) and I bookmarked it in my guitar tab. I’m on here everyday so not much gets by me, lol!
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I’ve been living in Florida since the late 80’s but I somehow missed Old Scarecrow but I like the Southern Rock style. I’ve been working on a Lynyrd Skynyrd song for weeks that I’m hoping to post eventually.
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Now that’s tricky to not only not mute with the ring finger but fret the high E with your index finger on the 2nd fret. I can’t do this cleanly but I can’t get it working with some buzzing. But I see where if you able to bend the first knuckle of your ring back slightly, so that the finger is no longer straight, this would be quite easy to do. Some people naturally have this ability and perhaps it can be “developed” to a small degree.
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So lets look at this: playing the chord the way Tony shows us in the challenge:
B, F#, B, D# (the high E string is muted)if played it would be a G# so the chord would be:
B, F#, B, D#, G#
I have tried to figure it out from what little music theory I have learned; I hope somebody more informed than I can validate what follows or correct it. Based on the ear test, I would say it fits! If I am on the right track the B major scale consists of, using the formula “tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone -semitone”:
B C# D# E F# G# B
For the B chord you need:
Root: B
the 3rd: D#
the 5th: F#
The G# is in the scale so it definitely doesn’t clash, but it isn’t required because you already have the basics of the B chord.