Working my way back in to this program by starting with the new jazz guitar academy. Great to see a lot of familiar faces and mentors.

A couple of months ago I posted some work I did on integrating a couple of the improv workshop lessons into a practical application over a Bb Blues progression. Feedback from @Coach Gabriel Sebrian was to turn it into a fixed etude and work on stabilizing it. This is the result of that effort. There is a little more stabilization work at 120bpm, but this was a good take. I can slow it down and be more stable, but I also wanted to push my fingers and brain a bit on the speed front. The etude incorporates targeting thirds (and some fifths) using the standard bullseye method, chromatic enclosures and all three of the linear connectors covered in the first lesson on that topic. Next step would be to try and play one of the canned lines as a "call" following it with an improvised response and vice versa. This would be similar in spirit to the excellent work @Chad Bird showed us on his last neighbor tones exercise post. As always feedback is always greatly appreciated!

After talking with @Mentor Bob Kinney and @Nancy R about hidding the pick i tried to implement it... not so subbtle but it worked. I guess with work i could get better.

ICYMI - I stumbled across this wonderful rendition of Autumn Leaves - obviously the improv is incredible, and its worth watching for that alone, but I always find it very instructive to see how guitar players comp for others, and there are times here when Martin Taylor is playing just straight 4 beats to the bar chord stabs. Don’t be put off by the run time of 18 minutes, the performance is about half that, the rest is chit-chat. https://youtu.be/8ge8lbxGytA?si=X_8EfHhBRSWoCqTn

Just wanted to send these videos for review. There is some room for improvement, esp the transitions to A9 and A13 are not easy. This recording was done with metronome at 70 bpm, you may need to use headphones to hear the guitar sound clear. I could not complete the repeat for last verse for the Etude 2.4 as my phone battery died while recording.