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PLEADING THE 5TH

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JIM OBLON
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THE SHUFFLE IS a popular rhythmic feel used in various styles of music, especially blues. I play a lot of blues-based music in my live sets, and a fair amount of those tunes feature a shuffle feel, which is built on an undercurrent of eighth-note triplets and “swung” eighth notes.

A cool variation on the stock Jimmy Reed-style “root-5th/root-6th”

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