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2026 Technique Challenge: Day 7 (Patreon)

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2026-01-07 13:22:39
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2026-01-08 13:29:50
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We've made it to the end of this year's challenge - I really hope you've enjoyed it. For the final exercise I'm using the 'enclosure' concept to surround each of the notes in a major arpeggio for a classic jazz sound. Tab can be found below.

Of course, feel free to spend longer than a week working on these exercises, or perhaps some of you might like to take one or two of these and make them a regular part of your practice routine. I've added all the exercises to a Patreon collection so they're easy to find. And last year's exercises are still available too, for those of you who want more.

This week I'm working on new video ideas, so it's a good time to let me know if you have any song or general lesson requests. Share your suggestions below, I'll do my best to get round to some of them over the coming weeks.

-Adrian

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2026 Technique Challenge: Day 7 - Jazz Enclosures

For the final exercise in this year's challenge I'm using the enclosure technique to decorate some major arpeggios. Tab can be found on Patreon (pay what you like): https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar My in-depth course library: https://courses.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk My latest album: https://zodiactoys.bandcamp.com/releases SUBSCRIBE for more: https://bit.ly/3Efy0W3 Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Social blah: Instagram (occasionally I post here): https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/

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Ian Willars

Hi Adrian, Happy New year, and thanks for the technique challenge. In terms of songs/lessons this year it'd be great to see another Smiths lesson and maybe some more Big Star stuff. I'd also be really interested to see how you go about the process of recording guitar and your backing tracks as this is something I'd like to try this year. I really appreciate your videos and content, keep up the good work! Ian

Patrick

Thanks! Here's my request: Different approaches to combining more than one guitar track or player, for example how different artists/genres use two guitars, how to assign parts to each etc.

stephen boxer

The 7 day challenge was great. I still refer back to last year's too. Seven days seems like a good length for these annual events. Great job.

Glen Maupin

Last year's and this year's challenges have been very useful. I know you have addressed this in the past but I still struggle with playing over chord changes. Also visualizing the fretboard ( patterns or notes?) Of course whatever you choose to do will be good with me. Thanks

Jim Moore

Thanks for this New Years gift. I would be interested in some chord tone soloing lessons.

steve

These have been great thanks very much

Dave Randell

Hi Adrian, another great collection to add to last years. I'll be dipping in & out of them all year! If you looking for songs, how about some later Swervedriver ? (Everso or Autodidact from I Wasn't born to lose you), or Spiked Flower or Mary Winter (from Future Ruins). I'd love to see you construct one of these !

Joseph

Thanks for this Adrian. For new songs, how about something from Bill Kirchen. Lot's of good stuff from his time with Commander Cody and under his own name. Great favorites are Hot Rod Lincoln, and Three Bennies. But the one song I think fits best with your past country lessons is Poultry In Motion. The song was nominated for a grammy about 25 years ago, but lost to Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Also, Don Rich is one of Bill's biggest influences, so this goes well with your lesson on Don's song Chicken Pickin.

Neal Pike

Manic street preachers -any geese -any Low -any David Bowie any some early intermediate and beginner songs for fun Cheers Adrian for all you do

Brian Tierney

How about a Spread Triad lesson or course.

Graham

I've followed all 7 at a high level. As a beginner (18 months learning, mostly strumming) I have no fluency! Or speed! Or instant recall of chords & scales! But picking through these slowly gives some great insight to how guitar music works. I'll definitely be revisiting these tabs.

Tony Brown

Thanks Adrian, I am still going on last year's exercises. will start incorporating this year's soon. Just a couple of songs requests - The Church - Reptile, Unguarded Moment or Almost With You or Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno or Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove '69 or Moffs - Another Day in the Sun or Manikins - Hit 'n' Run or Living Eyes - Eat It Up Thanks again Tony

neill567

These 7 challenges were really good. Thanks Adrian. Very much enjoyed the music theory mixed in with the techniques.

Sparkles

Really enjoyed these challenges and I will add them to my practice schedule. I’d love you to do a Rippingtons song, in particular Wonderland! It would make my year 😆 There are very few smooth jazz lessons around. Thanks Adrian.

David Pollock

Hi Adrian, I hope I didn’t miss a previous pos, but It would be awesome if you could -it out a lesson of 2 octave circle of fifths and cycle of fourths in open position. Thank you and Happy New Year!

Hari Raghavan

Thanks for this series and all that you do! I'd love to have a lesson on "Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt" by John Fahey, if that's something you'd be interested in teaching.

Anthony Stenson

I really appreciate these challenges Adrian, and I hope you do another one next year. It's good to work in a more focused way on stuff I don' normally do.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Anthony! Yes, I enjoyed putting this series together and I think it's a great way to start the year, so I might well do it again.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Harry. Yes, great suggestion, will definitely consider doing that.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks David. I've touched on the circle of 5ths in a few videos but not in any great depth, so that's a great suggestion.

anyonecanplayguitar

Some excellent suggestions there Tony, I will make a note of all of them.

anyonecanplayguitar

Great stuff Graham, I admire your dedication, glad you found these exercises helpful!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Neal, excellent suggestions. Geese might be fun - band of the moment right now, and like everyone else I've been enjoying Getting Killed.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Joseph - great suggestion. Bill Kirchen is a name that crops up quite a lot, I'm aware of his stuff but I've never properly explored it.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Jim! Yes, I could definitely do some more lessons on chord tone soloing, such a big and interesting topic.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Stephen. Yes, 7 days felt about right. I may well repeat it next year!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Ian. Some great suggestions there. It's always a pleasure to do some Smiths to Big Star, So I may well make that happen later this year. And I've been thinking I might do something on recording guitars soon.

Neal Pike

Very good album the last three tracks in particular are cracking

Iain G

Great series, as always! Personally, I would love to see you to do some Kruangbin (Maria Tambien?), more surf classics and more theory videos with the little intro pieces that you do so well!

Sammy Teame

happy New Year from California. Love your page. Id be more interested in some of the more soulful stuff you do. I loved Rainy night in Georgia.. Maybe more Cornell or bobby Womack, California Dreamin comes to mid.. Bobby Womack version. Thank you for what you do !

mysterygrrrl

Thanks for the technique challenges. (I've also purchased your triad and solo courses and am working slowly through those). A few song suggestions: Love - Alone Again Or The Sound - Total Recall The Alarm - We Are the Light

mysterygrrrl

The Waterboys - A Pagan Place Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Eno * Hyde - To Us All

Bryan Tissington

These technique challenges are well thought out. I still regularly use some of the exercises from last year. As a song for a future lesson, I would suggest Sad Eyes by Come from the album Eleven Eleven. It features the guitar playing of Chris Brokaw.

Edgars

Many thanks for these technique challenges!

Graham

Adrian, a quick question please. In this exercise you always enclose with a scale note above and a semitone below. The scale note is two frets except around the 3rds - is this just an A scale thing, presumably other scales would vary? Thanks, Graham

Iain G

The next scale note up from a 3rd is always going to be a semi-tone up as in EVERY major scale the 4th is always a semi-tone up.

Gary Baldwin

Song requests: Daisy Glaze by Big Star; Quiet Surf by the Longhorns; Strange by Wire.

Gary Baldwin

Thanks for everything you do, Adrian.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, that's right. If you're thinking in terms of the major scale it's built from a series of tone and semitone (whole and half step) intervals. TTSTTTS. And one of those semitones naturally occurs between the 3rd and 4th. It's a theory thing, but also an ear thing - if you try a tone above the 3rd it tends to sound a bit wrong in most contexts. Other scales would indeed vary.

anyonecanplayguitar

Some great songs there, I'll add them to my list. And thanks for buying the courses, hope you're enjoying them,

Patrick Rombaux

Hi Adrian, a few song suggestions: - Dio: Stand up and Shout - Talking Heads: Mind - Be Bop Deluxe: Maid in Heaven - The Meters: People Say

Joseph

I'd like to generalize this idea to suggest lessons on how to move from playing alone to playing with others. The idea would be to use backing tracks for individual practice, then get together with friends to play. To support that, it would be helpful to have backing tracks with individual instrument tracks, or provided in some sort of multi-track format, that could be loaded into a DAW to mute or solo instruments as needed. That would allow me to use it for guitar practice, and if a guitar track could be added, a bass player could use it for his self practice. And when we get together, we may not have a full band, so it might be helpful even then to use the drum and piano tracks, for example. Might also be good for you to collaborate on some songs with a bass instructor where you each post video lessons and tab for your individual instruments, but share a common set of backing tracks in multitrack format that players of multiple instruments can use.

Joseph

I've taken a deep dive into his work over the last year or two. If you decide to investigate further, feel free to reach out and I can provide the highlights of what I've found.

mysterygrrrl

The courses are fantastic and worth every penny!

Bob Kambeitz

Hi Adrian. Dave Brubeck's Take Five might be a good, user friendly, jazz lesson on improvising. Thanks for considering it. Bob Kambeitz BTW, I'm enjoying your excellent course on improvising with major and minor pentatonic scales!