Justin helping YOU in a video

Thanks Justin.
Here it is. I’m playing the solo from “Are you gonna go my way” by Lenny Kravitz (solo by Craig Ross). I really like this solo and I’ve been trying to learn it properly for the past 10 months :grin:. I think I have learnt a lot through it, but I feel like I’ve been stuck at the same level for the past 6 months or so. I performed a sloppy version of it on my first JG Open Mic last November (1:02:40), and I don’t think I’ve made any progress on it since then, despite having kept on practicing it regularly. The solo is based on patterns 1, 2, and 5 of the E minor pentatonic scale.

I recorded myself playing it slowly without a drum loop, and then with 100, 110, 120, and 130 bpm rhythm to illustrate how it progressively deteriorates with the increased speed. The original is 128 bpm. In the end I play the problem phrases slowly again. The one I find the hardest to play well fast is the first one. I’ve put captions and chapters in the video to make things easier.

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