Organ Swing

An attempt at a swinging Jimmy McGriff/Jimmy Smith Jazz/blues soul groove. It is improvised, but in all honesty how much is improvised when you've played the same chord sequence thousands of times? In this case essentially a blues in G!

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Music

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• music
• blues
• organ
• jazz
• Jimmy
• McGriff
• Smith

[JetForceF22]

When it goes to the fourth, (C) play some Scalar licks in the C7 chord when your on the fourth, Jimmy Smith and McGriff did alot of those scalar rifts. it sounds like you're just playing the G Blues scale the whole time, this will help you mix it up a bit. Nice sound though

[bucksmusic]

You're right its virtually all improvised on a G blues, although there is a brief tritone arpeggio at 0:59. Could you define what you mean by 'scalar licks/riffs'? Do you mean licks based around the scale of C (rather than G Blues)? Thanks for taking the time to post such a constructive comment.

[tehtube]

Congrat. Organ is CX3?

[bucksmusic]

Its a Korg BX3. Its a bit like my playing, not quite the real thing!

[bucksmusic]

Thanks

[JetForceF22]

Good basis is learning to transition for comping too, u sing the thirds and sevenths, while you comp. Ex: I chord G7, playing B and F, (3rd and 7th) when you go to the IV chord (C7) All you have to do is move each note down a half step from B and F (the 3rd and 7th of G) to Bb and E (Which becomes the 7th, and 3rd of C7, inverted voicing) which after that when you go back to the G chord you will just move up your voicings a half step to be back in the I chord. usin this you can devlop ways 2comp

[JetForceF22]

Yes, when you are in on the IV chord in the blues scale (In this case C7) Do some scalar, and I mean by playing notes within the C7 scale, during the bars where you are in the IV chord (C7) it changes up the sound and gives more ideas for soloing and variability to your solo.

[amazmace]

This was no attempt. This was the stuff! Wonderful. Absolutely love the jazz stylings.