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Kirk's take on Jim's backing track
OK, here's my take. I did it on my resonator as all my electric gear is packed for a gig I have tomorrow. The resonator suits the track anyway.
Beautiful backing track, James, thanks so much for posting it here.
( it's linked from this thread)
For those interested in the art of improvisation, I never bother thinking scales. I follow the chords. I discovered years ago that short cut to strong melody, which is what we're all searching for when we solo, is to make sure the main notes of the melody are the chord tones, which are of course the notes that make up each chord. They scatter themselves the length of the fretboard, and each time the chord changes, so do the chord tones. Then it's kind of a matter of joining the dots ... there's obviously a little more to it than that, but that's the gist of it.
The trick is seeing those chord tones and that's what my book PlaneTalk teaches, a very compact of seeing them all there, ready for the twanging. Since I play slide in standard tuning, the technique works for slide too.
Dinner time in Australia, gotta go!
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Great Sliding with Jim Kirk LOVED EVERY MINUTE
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Perfect as usual.
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Hi all thumbs, sounds like you have a lot of them.! I'm no guitarist but check the sites every day as I'm Kirk's mother and have been listening to him play for over forty years. I'm in a little seaside town in Canada on the Pacific coast just north of the border called White Rock. I'm thrilled that he and Clancy (that computer wizard) have made such a success of this site, they sure work hard at it and I'm very proud of them both. It's thrilling to know they're bringing so much fun and guitar knowledge to so many enthusiastic players all over the world. Like Kirk, I'm a great Google fan and continually awed at everything those guys come up with, Google Earth sure is a mind blower. Good luck to all of you with your playing, I guarantee you're in good hands!!
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Hi all thumbs, sounds like you have a lot of them.! I'm no guitarist but check the sites every day as I'm Kirk's mother and have been listening to him play for over forty years. I'm in a little seaside town in Canada on the Pacific coast just north of the border called White Rock. I'm thrilled that he and Clancy (that computer wizard) have made such a success of this site, they sure work hard at it and I'm very proud of them both. It's thrilling to know they're bringing so much fun and guitar knowledge to so many enthusiastic players all over the world. Like Kirk, I'm a great Google fan and continually awed at everything those guys come up with, Google Earth sure is a mind blower. Good luck to all of you with your playing, I guarantee you're in good hands!!
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Hi Dora. Pleasure to meet you. You did a great job with Kirk, he's a real gentleman. Drop in and say hi any time.
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Originally Posted by Kirk
OK, here's my take. I did it on my resonator as all my electric gear is packed for a gig I have tomorrow. The resonator suits the track anyway.
Beautiful backing track, James, thanks so much for posting it here.
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I love it Kirk! Fantasitic playing! 
I don't know if you missed the track with Debs pictures in a slideshow from WN, but here it is:
JimsSlideIntoRust.wmv
It is certainly moody! Deb did a great job.
Your solo and the guitar tone was spectacular! I'm all smiles! 
Jim
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Thanks James, it's a wonderful chord progression to play along to, that's for sure.
I love the picture story ... your track is perfect for it. It's amazing how a simple zooming in and out slowly like that, plus the music of course, can be so effective and evocative, isn't it? It's one of MSNs better ideas ... well, apart from Windows XP.
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Wow! Sounds great Kirk! And hi Dora, I do believe we are in good hands!
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Oh boy! There is so much stuff on this site. This is another one I just found. Absolutely beautiful Kirk, one of your best , I reckon.  
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Thanks, 737!
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Outstanding! What a beautiful melody on your slide! Great notes and overflowing with mojo!
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Kirk that's just pure magic! That track and your resonator were made for each other.
I'm not one for 'waxing lyrical', but I'm sure I could see right into your soul while I was listening. You've just rescued me from a bad day, you're the man.
I'm off to drown in it again. Thank you for the pleasure.
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Beautifully done Kirk..hypnotic.
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Inspiring Kirk...!!! Wow......!!!!
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