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Audio CDTracksBand IPlay-along 16 (no gui tar solo)

Intro: 8 barsIn Head: twiceWritten Solo: I chorusGuitar Solo: 3 chorusesOut Head: once

Tiiis is a drdiration to Wes .VInntpniery-without question, one of the greatestjazz guitarists the world will ever,now. I lie fccl and the Immioiiy ofthis IIIIK" iiiv siniiliir to some of tiit"tliings I t c wrote iind played. Ifs a 16-liar fon n that's basically in th e key of

C minor. In fact, you can get throu$imost of the piece by ear. stayingin theC minor blues sound.One of tlie more (liffioih aspects ofthis piecc is knowingltow and wlien intake a~ lva nt ag c f alpeggins and scalesnot directly in the key. Illis is onetl ii n y li a t \Ves conlrl do incrediblyve il. For example., in tlie 4th l iar oftlir tune. wlien tile C minor shifts totlic C 7 somid. H e could set up therrsoliition into the dl17 from tlic C7with souw hip-soni~lingscale rar p og io line. Th e blues sound wouldstill work here, bu t a little researchgives more options tha t can lend tliesesorts of jam connections to your solos.A real draw back to playing only byea r is tliat yo11 can m iss a lot of stuff i fyoii're just guessingwhat chord scalesor notes will (it. Take tlir 6th bar, forexamp le. where the cho rds are Him?to IN.he blues scale ism the best

choice because some notes just don'tfit. Tliis section ca n seem trciiclierons;uicl foreign. 'IF playingaroiind thenotes in the chord (the chord tones).Since both chords are related to HiDorian (Ab major sca le), listen to ho\vthese oilier notes sound when ad dedto the chord tones.It takes a lo ngtim e to understand andfeel mnifortalilc with chords that areshiftingk eys. Many tunes are like this:you ciiii group most cliorrls into thesame key. but there arc places wherel i e chords arc from ano ther key (non-rliatonic). By sn idy ing die se places.you can improve the way your linesconned.On tlie rccordin"; we played an 8 - l~ a rintro vam p. Often tlicsc kinds of inlrosarc open (1101 set in lengtli). dtlioi~glithe ph rases would typically lie 4 barslo ng T he inelocly is played twice a tthe beginning- then 1 played a one-cliotiis written solo that is intended tosonnrl like ideas \Iies might haveplaycrl. This solo is all iironiitl tliclower positions aiid i n a rrgister that\Yes favored. To gn for that Wes-liketow. I used iny tlnii~ihnstead of apick.I don't think anyone else will ever lieas flitcnt with tliis style as lie was, Innit's a "reat sound an d lends itself torexpcniiientin"; T y slides and suchsince "tl~ uin bi ng ' ach note doesn'twork as well with this approach.After the solos, the melody can lieplayed once or hvice. Tlic enclingis avamp on the intro chord cliangcs.When playingliive. tn, to fade out theending.

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