Example 1

BEGINNING WITH SOME CLASSIC ‘BLUES’ DOUBLESTOPS, mixed with some ringing open-position shape 1 pentatonic, this idea is about setting the stage and establishing a context. Even the least musically knowledgeable listener will appreciate being given a context, and in these early bars of the piece it might be best to ‘keep your powder dry’, until some collective momentum has been gathered! I’m trying to demonstrate several ideas here, but why not play very sparsely and see how that feels, too?