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Lesson 13 of 13

Your first solo

Em, C, G, D — but this time you're not strumming.

The four chords from your very first songs, and everything from the last eleven lessons: enter on home, keep it sparse, sneak a lick in, land on E.

Repeating one small idea is not the beginner version of a solo. It's what the good ones do.

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Four chords you’ve strummed a hundred times — Em, C, G, D. This time, you’re not the rhythm section. Sparse and repetitive isn’t the beginner version of a solo. It’s what the pros are told to do.

123EGABDEGABDEG
Count me in
Tempo60 BPM
When the prompts stop, keep going. The band at /jam plays whole songs — your scale works over all of them.