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Posted: **Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:26 pm**

I have just been "turned on" to Smokin Joe Kubek, and it is very tasty stuff. Here is an excerpt from an aticle, and I was wondering your opinion of this idea from his rhythm guitarist, Bnois King.

For instance, in the key of G, I’ll play a Csus4 against the G. It sounds different, but it fits so perfect, and it also frees up Joe to take his solo wherever he wants. If I stuck a ninth or seventh in there, he’d be kind of hemmed in and restricted to playing more standard blues licks. Then, I might play a C13 for the IV chord to introduce some nice voice leading.

Posted: **Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:08 pm**

I should mention Kubek's follow up comment.

Kubek: That gives me a lot of room, so I can play a major or seventh-chord scale over the changes with a Hendrix-style tone.

Posted: **Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:55 pm**

Interesting. Kind of introducing a quartal element, harmony in fourths instead of thirds like we Westerners are used to.

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