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Constructinq country patterns (contd)

Fiqure 16.42. Countrv compinu solution b) for chord chart #3 (Fig 16.40.)
(CASSETTE TAPEEXAMPLE 676 - 'STRAIGHT ~ T H S ' )
(CASSETTE TAPEEXAMPLE 677 - 'SWING ~ T H S ' )

Notice that in the right hand, beat 1 of every even-numbered measure is anticipated by an 8th-note
(landing on the '81of 4' of the previous odd-numbered measure). This type of anticipation is very typical in this
arpeggiated country comping style. We will analyze each measure using pentatonic 'scale degree numbers' as
in Fig. 16.33. - these will equate to the different chord tones/extensions, as each pentatonic scale has been built
from the root of a (major) chord:-

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