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Wim VD

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Tonight I had a final go at "Stevie's Groove" and finished Session 19.

I am very happy with the progress made on soloing over the last 5 months, although I am far from done with this.

Besides knowledge of scales, it is the concept of Chord Tone Soloing that is giving me the necessary fundament for soloing (when playing a solo over a chord progression, the chord tones of the underlying chord are the safe notes to land on in your solo).

To put Chord Tone Soloing into practice however, the only way I find working for me is to learn chord arpeggios and to build the muscle memory.

Now this is a big task. Following the CAGED system, this means learning 5 moveable patterns for major and 5 for minor triads, and extend that to also cover 7th chords (major, minor, (half-) diminished etc.). 

But it is worth the effort! To be able to instantly make the connection between the chord, the chord tones and the related scale or mode is a very important skill and is a breakthrough in my development as a guitar player. This is where it all comes together.

I will continue to work to improve my soloing, but now it is time to start the last session of the main course and to also learn the last song of the Song Hits. "Don't know why" by Norah Jones. I can't think of any better way to complete this journey.

Wim.

 

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Wow... Congratulations Wim! You are among a small elite group of players to make it that far in the LMG course. As I've said before, you're progress and playing is an inspiration. 

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Wow, again! That's terrific, Wim. I'm with Neil: very few on the forum have made it to that level. Congratulations!

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Congratulations Wim. :) 

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Right now I can only dream of a playing skill at that level.

 

You've entered into an elite group that has completed LMG.

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Wim, I remember over at L&MG someone calling being close to finishing the course "in rarefied air".  That's exactly where you are at, "in rarefied air".  I can count on one hand the number of people that I know of that have finished L&M.  Wim, you are an encouragement for all of us.

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Wow - congratulations!

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@Wim VD 

Way to go!! i wont be far behind you. I'm going to give 19 a little more time and move on soon. hopefully by the the end of summer. 

Danny

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Fantastic Wim, you really have done marvellously and it shows in the recordings that you share with us. Congratulations!

Congratulations also to Danny. Go Danny Go!

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