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Vinni Smith
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67 years old
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California, USA
Born Aug-6-1956
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16 Aug 2008
Hello everyone. Vinni Smith here form V-Picks. I did not know where to post this so I did here. Please forgive me if it is in the wrong section.

Mrs V ended up in the hospital this morning and I am on an emergency trip to see her. I won't be able to do picks for a day or two, so please forgive any latency in your order. I will get on them ASAP.

She was visiting her sister and started vomitting a day or two ago. She was still vomitting this morning and went into emergency and they said her blood pressure was too low so they put her in the hospital. They said the blood pressure thing could be the result of vomitting. She is about 2 hours drive south from here. I packed a bag and will go there now.

Thanks everyone,

Vinni
9 Aug 2008
Hi everyone. Vinni Smith here.

I have spent a lifetime playing guitar. I don't get to practice as much as I would like to , so I get in a few minutes or hours here and there when ever I can. I am like a sponge, however, when I am around anyone with cool ideas. I was taking some picks to one of our local music stores last week and saw my old friend Gordon Kennedy. He is a wonderfull guitar player, and is also a magnificent piano, bass, and horn artist as well. The guy really knows his stuff. Anyway, I was sharing some of the things I learned from the last Robben Ford clinic I attended and he showed me a cool little trick for some jazzy sounding I-IV-V Blues. I would like to pass this on to you if I may.

It is a real simple trick and I cannot believe I have not learned it years ago. Simply play the major IV scale over each chord you are playing on. For instance, we are in A. So, we have A - D - E. Right? When the band is playing over the A chord, you simply solo in the IV chord scale which would be, of course, D. So while the band is playing A, you solo in D Major scale. Then when the band goes to the D or IV chord, you solo in the IV of D which would be G. Got me so far? Then the band goes back to A and you go back to D Major scale. Then when the band goes to the IV chord which would be E, you go to the IV chord of E, A Major scale!

I know this sounds too easy and too good to be true, but it works! You are mostly playing all the same notes you normally would play, however, since you are thinking about them in a different key, you tend to play things that you would not usually play. It has a cool, jazzy feel and sound. It is very easy to do, if you simply know your major scales.

I have been having a good time with this principle this week. Try it out and let me know what you come up with...........

Vinni
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Matt23
Happy Birthday Vinni :)
6 Sep 2008 - 10:22
Ian Bushell
HAPPY BIRTHDAY:)
6 Sep 2008 - 6:18
Canis
Happy birthday, Vinnie =D
5 Sep 2008 - 23:15
Henry Dietzel
Hey Vinni welcome.
14 Aug 2008 - 21:40
Joe Kataldo
Welcome To GMC
14 Aug 2008 - 1:03

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