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wern101 Sort of, the chords must be made up of only those notes you've selected. So if you do a standard D chord make sure you don't hit the ringing F#.

    With my current schedule... I doubt I'll even get time to think about this one :-(

    Double stops will be pretty useful in this I'd rate

    warrenpridgeon With my current schedule... I doubt I'll even get time to think about this one :-(

    If there was one to spend a some time on to get to know yer fretboard - it's this one. I'm learning something new (or re-visiting old info with fresh perspective) every time I jam something for this.

    @klaasvakie & @studmissile have concocted the coolest challenge topic ?

      Even if it just gets you looking and thinking about your fretboard a bit, its worth it.

      So far this has been harder than I thought it would be, the good thing is that it is forcing me to learn at least some of the notes on the fretboard which cannot be a bad thing.

      I've also been going through the riffs I know to see how many notes they use, and I think Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top is the 4-note riff wizard. The main riffs to "Just got paid" (A D E G) as well as "La Grange" (A C E G) are 4-note wonders. You can even get a good version of "Sharp Dressed Man" (Bb C F G) going if you leave out the notes played on the G-String.

      This gives me hope that I might be able to come up with something that is at least a little bit interesting.

        This is a really cool challenge idea. I jammed a few ideas this evening based on a chord shape I really enjoy. - hopefully I have time over the weekend to put something more concrete down

        I've two chord progressions lined up for the final cut - but won't get much done till next week, month end is looking rather busy.

        Sooooo tempted to stick dots on the fretboard... ?

        @peterleroux , and @V8 Yoh - feel like I'm behind. I have some noodling but nothing that sounds any good yet --- will have to step up my game. So instead of dots, I keep my tuner running - immediately tells you if you are using a different note than you should.

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          klaasvakie I keep my tuner running - immediately tells you if you are using a different note than you should.

          Great idea! Though my clip on tuner is MIA (somewhere in Jozi), sure the boss tuner app will let me know how crap the intonation is on my acoustic ?

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              Right-o, 8 hours to deadline and I havn't made one recording attempt yet - story of my life ?

              How's the entries coming along?

                A stretch calling this a track, maybe a riff --- Couldn't figure out how to end it. Some driving 80's synthy stuff. Bass was played on a normal guitar with an octaver, and flanger on the riffy track. My notes were A C E G.

                And I'll sneak this in. Notes : E, G, A, B (Add a D and you'll get a E minor Pentatonic)

                Coool, @klaasvakie & @studmissile - three of us, whew! I'll get the voting thread up tomorrow.

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