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Guthrie Govan

20 ODD TIME
LICKS: Vol.1 5/4
Lick 1

JTC SAYS:

GENERAL NOTES
Playing over unusual time signatures can be daunting, because the familiar rhythmic
signposts are different. The shape of 4/4 is second nature to most of us, but we
often have trouble relaxing over other time signatures. We play carefully, counting
the beats and trying to fit our phrases around the 5, 7 or whatever.
But this can make you sound awkward. Youd never play like this in 4/4, starting
every phrase on 1 and ending on 4, right? We play across beats, across bars,
starting and ending phrases on different beats. The goal is to do this with odd time
signatures, and this comes with practice, so we hope you can learn from Guthries
solos here.
LICK1
All these licks are in A minor, and Guthrie uses two main scales as a basic
framework... A Dorian (A B C D E F# G) and minor pentatonic (A C D E G). In the
first phrase here, he adds the flat 5th (Eb) to the minor pentatonic for a bluesy
sound. Note how he shifts briefly into a little outside phrase in measure 3, quickly
resolving by shifting down again to Dorian notes.

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