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  1. Wim VD
    Great topic, Steve! Chord tone soloing in a Jazz context is what I am working on at the moment (and for many months to come).
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    @Limatje, You could try 000 (triple 0) sized guitars. They have a smaller body size. The best guitar I ever played (in the store) was the Martin 000-28EC Eric Clapton.
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    I have some songs recorded and ready, Cindy.
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    @NeilES335 Hi Neil, I know you like Bossa Nova, so I wanted to share this song with you. It makes me want to buy a nylon string as well. On a sidenote: I am doing Ear Training at the moment and this is the song that I use to recognize a minor 6th interval, as this is the dinstance between the 2 first notes. Wim.
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    @Eracer_Team-DougH That is an interesting site, Dough. I'm just starting with modes and this info is very useful. Thanks.
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    @Cindy Cindy, thanks for the clear explanation on the inversions. That part was new to me. Every day is a learning day :-) Wim.
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    @matonanjin Ron, I just ordered it from Amazon and will give it a try in the coming weeks. @V7#5b9 Gerard, This evening I have been practicing with my looper playing the C Major Scale over a G7 Chord and listening what notes sounded well. Mixolydian mode played over a dominant 7th cord is a cool concept!
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    @matonanjin Ron, thanks for the book suggestion. I had it on my list already based on some post on the old forum. Did you work on these book materials and do they fulfill your expectations? Wim. @V7#5b9 Gerard, Thanks for your response. I will follow your advice and study the parent scales as well. Reading through you posts I have often been wondering where you have gathered all your musical knowledge. Thanks again for willing to share this and helping me and others. Wim.
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    I am currently making my first small steps in soloing, so this topic is very relevant to me. I have been trying out playing scales and playing chord tones over chord progressions, and the chord tone approach sounds beter to my ear. So I decided to focus on learning chord arpeggios in the months to come, starting with the dominant 7th chords, and then the major and minor 7th and eventually the m7b5. Any advice is welcome on this topic. When it comes to soloing, I feel like an absolute beginner again :-)
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    Thanks for sharing, Gerard and Neil
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    I got up to sixteenth notes at 100 BPM, but not any further.
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    I would also suggest not to skip fingerstyle. You will need it later in the course in Session 18.
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    Hi, Triple-o, How I play this is by barring the 7th fret with my index finger, the middle finger on 3rd string fret 8 and ring finger on 1st string fret 8. I usually finger pick jazz chords and for this chord do not pick string 5.
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    Thanks Gerard. I will check it out.
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    This is my modified Traveler Guitar. I am travelling weekly for work and I was looking for a guitar that fits in a suitcase or an airline overhead compartment. So this is the solution I found. The center part is the original Traveler Guitar Ultra Light. It is full scale, but has no headstock as the tuning machines are relocated into the body. To make it more confortable to play, I made a detachable upper-arm support and a lap rest, that I take off for travelling. This Frankenstein is not my best guitar (that would be my PRS), but without it, all those nights in business hotels would be very boring. That's why it is my favorite anyhow.
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    Thanks, Neil. That is enough material to keep me busy for the next couple of months
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    Steve shows some very useful hand stretching and warm-up exercises in his Speed and Agility Workouts. It would be nice If he could show these in one of his next live lessons.
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    Thanks, Steve and all of you who helped in the set-up and beta-test. It looks like this new forum is going to really boost the interaction within our guitar family. Very motivating!
  19. Wim VD
    Thank you for this approach, Steve. We all need a safe learning environment to share our thoughts and doubts and obstacles but most of all the joy that we have in the learning.

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