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58.8Version 2 — New Orleans / second-line-inspired treatment

This is especially suitable.

The key idea is not to copy a specific traditional pattern mechanically.

Think:

  • buoyant bass
  • syncopated chord responses
  • blues vocabulary
  • playful rhythmic displacement
  • occasional anticipations
  • conversational phrasing