THE GUITARISTS OF { STEELY DAN

ALAMY - JIM SUMMARIA

Rick Derringer: Denny Dias’s work

a fast and fiery is all over Steely
lead guitarist Dan’s recordings

EXAMPLE 7 (rhythM) Jeff Baxter style cd track 10

Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter is another guitarist from the original line-up and this of the pick. There are many variations of this classic rhythm pattern. This idea
example is in the style of classic tracks like Reelin’ In The Years. The shuffle feel is will also work in any key – just shift the fingering around the fretboard to the
a key component and you may find this rhythm works best with down strums desired tonality (you’ll find it useful in many situations).

©»¡£¶ Shuffle 8ths

A5 A6 A5 E5 E6
Overdrive With Bridge Pick/up With Slide

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& 4 œœ œœ œ œ œœ œœ œœ ‰ ¿ ¿
nœ #œ œ ¿ œ ¿ nœ #œ œœ œœ œ œ
nœ #œ œ ¿ œ ¿
f
E
B 2
G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
D 2 2 2 X 4 X 2 2 2 X X 2 2 2 2
A 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 X 4 X
E 3 4
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E5 A5 A6 A5 B5 B6 B5

### j‰ j‰ j
& œœ œœ œœ ¿ ¿ œ œ n œ # œ œ ¿ œ ¿ œ œ n œ # œ œ ¿ ¿ œ œ œ # œ œ ¿ ¿ œ œ œ # œ œ ‰ ¿ ¿
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
nœ #œ
E
B
G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 X 4 X 2 2 2 X X 4 4 4 X 6 X 4 4 4 X X
A 2 2 2 X X 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6
E 3 4
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LFI / PHOTOSHOT
Steely Dan in
2009 with Walter
Becker on guitar

EXAMPLE 8 (LEAD) elliott ranDall style cd track 10

This example is Elliott Randall style and employs fun-to-play harmony parts. a shimmering harmony sound when you play along. The use of open strings as a
Major Pentatonic scale is the foundation for these blues-rock style phrases. The pedal tone is also a key feature. Randall played the Reelin’ In The Years solo first
backing track has the tabbed lead component removed so you should hear a take, using a Strat with neck humbucker, ampeg SvT bass amp and no pedals!

~~ 3 ~~
### 4
Overdrive With Bridge Pick/up A5

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3
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3

E
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B 2
G 2 2 2 4 ( 6) (4 ) 2 4 (6 ) 4 (6 ) ( 4) 2
D 2 4
A
E
1

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E5 A5
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E 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 2 4 2 0
~~
B 5
G 2 2 2 4 6
D 2 4
A
E
3

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BU BD
5 7 ( 9) ( 7 ) 5
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B 7 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 0 9 10 9 10 9 7
G
D
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maJor Jam cd track 12

Our Major jam harks back to tracks like Bodhisattva and features an excitingly chord changes and link chord tones with scale tones and chromatic notes. The
fast tempo. The rhythm guitar is simple and fun to play but the solo, in the phrasing is fairly insistent and uses swung quavers, quaver triplets and the odd
style of Denny Dias, might prove challenging to play if you’ve not explored the semi-quaver run. There’s some cool jazz vocabulary to discover here so learning
world outside Pentatonics or the Blues scale. a key feature is to navigate the this solo is worth the effort as it will expand your lick repertoire no end.

Jeff Baxter Style Rhythm

©»™º∞ Shuffle 8ths G7
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& 4 ‰ j œ œ ‰ j ‰ j
œ
œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ œj œ œ bœ nœ œ

E
B
G
2
D 5
A 5 7 5 5 7
E 3 6 7 5 7 5 7 3 6 7
3

C7 G7
#
& œ ‰ j ‰ b œj n œ œ œj ‰ œ ‰ j œ j ‰ j j‰
œ œ œ œj œ œ œ œ œœ bœ nœ œ œ
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E
B
G 5
D 5 5 7 5
A 5 6 7 5 7 5 7 5 7
E 5 7 5 7 8 3 6 7
6

#
B7 E7 A7
j ‰ j œ # œj ‰ ‰ # œj # œ œ œj # œ ‰ j œ œj ‰
& œ. ‰ œ Œ œ. œ #œ œ œ #œ
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E
B
G
D 5 5 5 9
A 9 11 7 9 11 9 11 7 9
E 7 10 11 5 8 9
10

#
D7 G7

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j ‰ œ ‰ j
œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ œj œ
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E
B
G
D 7 5
A 5 7 9 7 9 5 7 5
E 3 6 7 5 7 5 7
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maJor Jam ...continuED cd track 12

Denny Dias Style Solo

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N.C. G7

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& ‰ J ‰ b œ œ ‰ œJ ‰ œ œ ‰ n œJ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ
3
J 3
Clean with Neck pickup

E 8 5 6 7
B 8 7 6 5 6 5 3 3 5 6 5 3 2 5 3
G 7 6 5 3 4 4
D 5 4
A
E
17

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C7

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3
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‰ J ‰ J ‰ J
& nœ . œ
3
3

E 3 3 5 6 5 8
B 3 4 5 5 5 5
G 3 4 5
D 3 5 3 4 5
A
E
21

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G7 B7

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j œ œ œ œ œ # œ
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E 5 7 7 10 11 7 10 11 7
B 8 7 9
G 7 5 4 7 8
D
A
E
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œ œ #œ nœ œ
A7 D7 G7

# J‰ #œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ
Œ b œ n œ œ œ ‰ œ n œJ œ œ œ œ b œj n œ œ
j
& Œ
3 3 3 3
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BU
E 10 8 9 8
B 10 9 8 7 8 7 3 5 5 (6 ) 5 3
G 9 9 8 7 5 3 4 5 3 4
D 5
A 5 4 3 2
E
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