Mike's Music Musings

Here's a transcription of a guitar solo over the song  "Verve"  by Organ Freeman.  The transcription includes analysis of the harmonic devices used by guitarist Erik Carlson.  It starts off bluesy but quickly gets into the realm of jazz fusion, utilizing a melodic minor sound over a static minor 7th chord.  Tension and excitement is built with heavy chromaticism, followed a jarring tritone run.  Check it out!

Here I'll share my transcription of an awesome, bluesy turnaround played by George Benson in "Frim Fram Sauce."   It pretty much ignores the changes and instead treats the entire thing asa a Bb blues, walking the phrase down chromatically and ending with a nice major blues lick.