Purty. Love a week of focus on improving a particular skill. I feel like that’s the way to keep learning through weekly beats.

Purty. Love a week of focus on improving a particular skill. I feel like that’s the way to keep learning through weekly beats.

Love the quick turnaround of a video into exercise into song.

F in the D shape meaning playing an F chord at the 5th fret in the open D shape? (Dire Straits have a number of these 5th fret F's coming off of Dm at the 5th fret).

I think F/D is the legit way to to notate it in this context, +1. (as opposed to the D at 1:10 which is definitely a D with an F# chord moving to G)

I skimmed the video a bit. One other thing I've been trying to play with more is voicings, similar ideas to this. It's something other instruments think about a lot, especially choirs, but on the guitar we tend to just pick the easiest "yup that's a F" "yup that's a C" and play 5/6 string chords rather than picking a voicing that really sells each note transitioning from F to C and so on.

Love the quick turnaround of a video into exercise into song. F in the D shape meaning playing an F chord at the 5th fret in the open D shape? (Dire Straits have a number of these 5th fret F's coming off of Dm at the 5th fret). I think F/D is the legit way to to notate it in this context, +1. (as opposed to the D at 1:10 which is definitely a D with an F# chord moving to G) I skimmed the video a bit. One other thing I've been trying to play with more is voicings, similar ideas to this. It's something other instruments think about a lot, especially choirs, but on the guitar we tend to just pick the easiest "yup that's a F" "yup that's a C" and play 5/6 string chords rather than picking a voicing that really sells each note transitioning from F to C and so on.

Fire. This is warming me up in my cold basement. Absolutely gorgeous.

Fire. This is warming me up in my cold basement. Absolutely gorgeous.

Jazz notes...

You need to come back to it afterward so it sounds like you mean it!

Jazz notes... :) You need to come back to it afterward so it sounds like you mean it!

Sounds really good, and I like the idea of playing around with chord voicings.  I know I'm guilty of falling back on the same easy chords I'm comfortable with. 

Sounds really good, and I like the idea of playing around with chord voicings. I know I'm guilty of falling back on the same easy chords I'm comfortable with.

Learning new chord voicings is what made me fall in love with the guitar again! I will have to give this video a watch!
This is a lovely recording, and as others have said, it is great to see you taking a new idea and so quickly turning it into a weeklybeat!

Learning new chord voicings is what made me fall in love with the guitar again! I will have to give this video a watch! This is a lovely recording, and as others have said, it is great to see you taking a new idea and so quickly turning it into a weeklybeat!

Lovely idea of the decending chords sounding like they're ascending. It really works! Would be interesting to hear how it is with a regular F instead of a F/D.

Beautiful sounding guitars too!

Lovely idea of the decending chords sounding like they're ascending. It really works! Would be interesting to hear how it is with a regular F instead of a F/D. Beautiful sounding guitars too!

lovely chords alone that you could vibe with but the solo takes it even higher. really beautiful laid back song.

lovely chords alone that you could vibe with but the solo takes it even higher. really beautiful laid back song.

very pretty, that acoustic has such a nice texture!

very pretty, that acoustic has such a nice texture!

To me, tracks like this are Weeklybeats at its best--run across a cool idea?  Quickly develop it into a full composition and see where that goes!  And for the record: the progression, instrumentation, and performance sound lovely.

To me, tracks like this are Weeklybeats at its best--run across a cool idea? Quickly develop it into a full composition and see where that goes! And for the record: the progression, instrumentation, and performance sound lovely.

i actually am really into the jazz notes, but that's all i ever do

great soloing, i might have to try that this year

i live for the experimentation inherent in WB!!

i actually am really into the jazz notes, but that's all i ever do great soloing, i might have to try that this year [quote=ineff]To me, tracks like this are Weeklybeats at its best--run across a cool idea? Quickly develop it into a full composition and see where that goes! And for the record: the progression, instrumentation, and performance sound lovely.[/quote] i live for the experimentation inherent in WB!!

Nice chill jam, and a cool technique with the chord voicings.

Nice chill jam, and a cool technique with the chord voicings.

very pretty

very pretty

That stereo mix is really nice.

That stereo mix is really nice.

I really like the relaxing and nostalgia inducing chord changes. Nice melodic improvisations as well! Really enjoyed listening to this!

I really like the relaxing and nostalgia inducing chord changes. Nice melodic improvisations as well! Really enjoyed listening to this!