January 9, 2026

Heading in to the New Year I have had duets on my mind. Part of this is due to our recent lesson on Snap A Little Owl by John Renbourn and Stefan Grossman, That had me revisiting other duets of theirs and an old one of my own. This Update opened with me trying to resurrect my piece Rico’s Best Shot, then a bit of Looper’s Corner, another Renbourn/Grossman tune from their first collaboration. A little of Snap A Little Owl was thrown in there as well.

The big news at TG this week is that we started our first 3-Minute 30-Day Challenge of the year. It is not too late to join, just head over to the Forum at TG for the rules and start posting your results next week for Jan 5-11 (Mon-Sun).

Things wrapped up with a tune that grabbed my attention this week, after years of being haunted by it, The Windmills Of Your Mind. A lesson for my arrangement of that will be along soon.

Neil