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Hangout last Night
Lovely meeting you , Ben, Iain and Rob on last night's Hangout, had a great time and at the same time, I would also like to apologise for been slightly tipsy 🤣🙈 (cannot go wrong with good white wine from local vineyards)
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Nice to meet you Rachel. I enjoyed the chat. You may have started a tradition….wine with our coffee! Suits me!
Bit of fun along with the Stumbling.
Still practicing the double stops! Took a break with an old friend….Joan Baez cover of Brother In Arms. Tone, or whole step, down from Knopfler…in F#m. No guitar….so crying out for some accompaniment. Just improv looking for harmonies. Not strictly Blues I guess, but he is certainly blues influenced? Lovely song?
Bit of fun along with the Stumbling.
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Thanks Rob. I think knowing all the ‘boxes’ helps, and knowing where some of the ‘extra’ notes are over and above the pentatonic. I’m finding lines in the whole of ‘box two’, going up into the lower strings. There are useful intervals there. I think it comes down to just trying things and listening for what works?
Still a fumble in The Stumble.
First chorus. Not fluent. Probably not fast enough. Trying to swing it. Just keep practicing the 6ths. Tried it with a shuffle drum track, but the drums not playing to the parts makes that difficult? I should use Rob’s backing track. And learn the second chorus, but there’s a strange yellow burny thing up in the sky here in Scotland, and I’m obliged to be outside tidying the garden and painting fences, so time is short.🙄 Anyone else struggling with this? Give me hope!😎
Still a fumble in The Stumble.
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I’m closing in, but not quite there. The double stops sixths are the trickiest bit I think. I’m struggling at full speed. Slowly getting better though. Look forward to your take.
First Stumble - 99 BPM
I really felt like playing this faster but I always got tripped up on a couple of parts at any faster tempo. So, I'll start here at 99 BPM, and gradually increase with the hope of reaching full speed or something close eventually. How's everyone else doing? Anyone finding the double stop descending runs easy? (I'm not!). Cheers, Rob
First Stumble - 99 BPM
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Excellent Rob! Sounds very accurate. Better phrasing than me. Just needs to be faster? But that’ll come. I like Ben’s stuff on using this as an inspiration for original improvs. Taking licks here and there. Anyway…..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍
Trying to Stumble.
First attempt, although I did try to play this years ago, and found it quite challenging. So be kind….. . How’s everyone doing with this? Sharing is learning? I’ll try to get the rest then play it to drums. Needs to be a bit faster too…..gulp!
Trying to Stumble.
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@Rob Wilson I think I need to watch the phrasing. There’s a temptation to fall into an Iain with two I’s version …..would that be as good Peter Green’s? Well….NO.😂🙄 Look forward to your take…on whatever instrument comes to hand!
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@Rachel Coles Hi Rachel. That’s pretty much what I’m doing. I realise I’m a bit inaccurate with some of the phrasing, so lots of listening and adjusting. I tried to learn this a few years ago, and once you’ve got mistakes in your fingers it’s really hard to correct!🙄
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Iain Brown
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Retired hobby player. Hendrix, Cream, Peter Green, Knopfler, Dylan. Into blues and rock.

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