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Hello everyone,

Neil's back with some news.

Have a great weekend!

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As June comes to a close I can only say I am glad to have these last 2 months behind me. It was a
big decision to check out and take the time off necessary to get my knees fixed. I have to say it has
given me what feels like a new lease on life, being able to walk painlessly is just around the corner.
I am also sure this will carry over into my enthusiasm for working on new lessons.

Today’s update started with a little Hot Tuna improv and included some thoughts on 5/4 time, as
came up this week in the Post about Living In The Past. There were a few other random thoughts,
a recap of this week's lessons, Shania Twain's You're Still The One, and Wes Montgomery's
Road Song, and a closing improv as well but I hope that very soon we will be back to business as
usual here at TG.

Neil

Hi Neil,

Glad to see you back and doing so well.

bob

All around Dm?

Excellent look at 5/4, and I actually followed it pretty well while you were talking and playing. But really, when I try to count it out on my own, I just get lost. Still, I enjoyed your explanation.

But as I said, it doesn't really matter, since I clearly can play it without having to really understand it. I'm a little disappointed I didn't learn this stuff as a kid, when I really could have absorbed it. But, oh well.

I knew that there was something like a dotted-quarter, or whatever -- that some of the beats were elongated. I just used the one-beat-per-syllable example as a way to convey that I can't get the count down in my head, hard as I try. I mainly posted just to express how freaky it was to me that my intuitive sense of rhythm is apparently so strong that I mapped "Take Five" to "Living in the Past" without even thinking about it, while at the same time having zero intellectual/cognitive understanding of it.

The Atkins version of "Take Five" is in Em. The original Brubeck is in E-flat minor. So far for me, it's one of those that I pick up and memorize fairly quickly, but it will take me months to really have it down.

Looking and sounding great Neil! You can really hear the new strings

Glad you've come out the other side Neil and that your mobility can only improve now. I think Ill put 5/4 time on the back burner for now.
Pete (Isle of Wight)

Neil

Sounds tough having both knees done.

I know someone who had both done about 15 years ago and he was given a new lease of life.

I enjoyed the Dave Brubeck Take Five demo.
Hopefully you can get around to creating a lesson on it.

First things first, get well soon in......

5/4 time.

Dermot