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SYNCOPATED
BLUES
Josh Smith

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Josh Smith

SYNCOPATED
BLUES
Boogaloo
JOSH SAYS:

On this track i’m thinking of all the great guitar playing heard on organ trio recordings by
guys like Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green and George Benson. I’m trying not to
get too crazy with harmony, aiming to be really funky and in the pocket. There is some
diminished stuff, chromatic stuff and a few V-I resolutions (like the D7b9 arpeggio at the end
of bar 12, leading into the G9). It’s basically a blues in C, so you can use all your favourite
minor pentatonic (C Eb F G Bb) or Mixolydian (C D E F G A Bb) ideas. Lots of double-stops
and repeated phrases are the key to this style. Played clean with neck pickup.

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(From the 2018 Album JOSH SMITH SYNCOPATED BLUES)

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