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UPTOWN BLUES
Josh Smith

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Josh Smith

UPTOWN
BLUES
Down And Out
JOSH SAYS:

This is a totally an LA track. I’m focusing on the changes the way a Jazz cat would. And
I’m trying to swing hard. It’s the real LA approach of making the changes in an aggressive
way while keeping a laid back time feel. The tone is also a little more fusion for sure. This is
about listening and finding a real story in there.

There’s a G minor pentatonic (G Bb C D F) structure to a lot of my licks, but I’m using


notes from the underlying chords to make the licks relevant. For most of the progression,
that means G7 (G B D F) and C7 (C E G Bb). I deal with the Bb13 chords in different ways,
sometimes with the Bb6 chord tones (Bb D F G) and sometimes with Mixolydian (Bb C D Eb
F G Ab). You can do similar things with the Ab9, and for the A9 and D7#9 you can get some
cool sounds with the G blues licks.

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DOWN AND OUT
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(From the 2018 Album JOSH SMITH: UPTOWN BLUES)

x
G7
x 3 fr. x
b
D7 9 4 fr.
x x
C7
x 8 fr. x
` x x
`
B 13 3 fr. A9sus4 3 fr. B 9sus4 4 fr. E7 9 6 fr.
x x
b x
`
A 13 4 fr.
x

P = 104
g
G7

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P.M.
1/4 M
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3 5 6 5 3
A 3 5
B 5
sl. P

b
D7 9

g k e V V gV V V j
I d V V PR V V
3

V V V
1/2 M
T
A 0 3 0 0
3 3 0
B 3 5
0 2 0
P sl.
H

G7

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I fV V
V }
1/4 M 1/4M
T
A 3 x x
3 5 x x
B
3 x
sl.

g l c k j k d R V
I fV V e V V V V V e V P
V fV V
7

V V eV
1/4 M M
1/4 1/4 M M
1/4

T
3 3 5 7
A 3 5 5 (5) 3 3 5
B 5 3 5
3 6
P sl.

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C7

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3 3
3

M
1/4 1/4 M M
1/4

3 4 5 3 6 8 6 8 10 6
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3 5 3 3 5
A 5
B
sl. sl. H H sl.

G7

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11
I u z V fV z
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1/4

3
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7 5 (6) 5 3 3 5 3 3 4
A 5 3 5 5
B
sl. P sl. sl.

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eV V V V
B 13 A9sus4

g V f V V V e VV e V gV V V k j l V f V V
I fV V V V e V bPR V
13

6 10 8
T 6 6 8 6 8 8
A 7 (8) 6 7 7
8 8 5
B 8 8 7 6 4 5
sl. sl. P

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eV } V V V fV
B 9sus4 E7 9

g V } V l V P V V V V V eV V }V fV V V V ck l
I z V V V V eV V
15

6 5 8 5
T x 6 5 6 5 6 5 3 3
A 7 x 5 3 2
5 3 2 3 2 0
B 5 5 3 0 1
P sl. sl. P H P H

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B 13 A9sus4

g V V V gV f V V
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T 1 3 1 3 4 x 6 3
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eV V V P gV P V V V } V V V V
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M
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1/4

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T 6 6 8 11 x 11
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B
sl. sl. P sl. sl. sl. H H P

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G7

g eV V fV W V V V V l
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I
M
1/4 M
Full

8 9 8 6 8 10 6 7 8 6
T 11 8 8 8 11
A 10 10
B
H P P H H H

b
D7 9

g eV V f V l gV l VV k V V V e V
3
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I u k l V gV f V e V V V V V V
V u V gV
3
T 6 3 3 6 6 6
A 6 5 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 3
5 5 3
B 5
sl. P P P

G7

g PR V k j k V V PP f VV k R
V bP f V e V V V V V f V V k l V gV V
25
I u z u V
M
1/4

3
T 5 6 3 2 3
5 7 5 7 5 6 5 3 3
A 5 5 5 5 3 5
B 5
sl. H sl. P sl. sl.

g eV V V gV fV fV R V
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T 6 3 6
5 6 5 3 5 7
A 5 5
B
P sl. P sl.

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28
I z z z
3

M
3
1/4

8 9 10 9 8 8 9 8
T 8 10 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 8
7 9 9 9
A
B
sl. H sl. P P H P sl. sl. P H

V V V V fV V V V
C7

g V } P`P f VV P`P f VV j l V V V l V V l V
29
I z z
10 12 12 12 12 12
T 10 7 8 7 8 8 10 12
x 8 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10
A
B
sl. sl. sl.

P fV V V V V eV fV V V eV
G7

g z V V fV V } V } f V V V V V gV f V l egVVV
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12 13 12 10 GK13
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T
8 K13
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x x 12 11 10 8 9
B
sl. P sl. P P sl. sl. sl.

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I Pz
eV fV V j l V V V k Vu V gV f V f V V gV l gV e V l
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3
fV eV
M
1/4

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15 13
B
sl. sl. sl. sl. P

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1/4

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18 18 18 18 16 16 16 18 16 18 15 15
T 18 15 17 18 18 15 15
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D7 9
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1/4 M
1/4 M
1/4 M
1/4

T 15
18 17 15 15 17 15 17 17 18 17 17 15 17 15
A 17 17 17 17 17
B 17 15 16 15
18 15
P sl. P H P

G7
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g R
I V V W j PP f V V k V gV f V e V V
P
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FullM
GK 15
T
A 17 17
KK xx 18 15
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I eV V V V j k V P gV f V V V l gVV l e VV gVV VV k
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M
1/4

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T 15 18 16 18 (18)
15 17 15 17 18 17 15 17 17 17 (17)
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sl. sl. P sl.

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