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This tune opens with Eddie on solo acoustic nylon string guitar, tuned up one whole step (actually tuned about a quarter tone below a true whole step). This arrangement is written for standard tuned guitar (slightly below 440), capoed at the second fret. All notes tabbed at the second fret are played as open strings. He begins with a series of chord voicings which are chordally arpeggiated (strummed quickly from low to high strings) and then reverse arpeggiated (from high to low strings), with each note picked individually. Notice the subtle use of harmonics in bars two and 19. At bar four, Eddie begins tremolo picking the open E string (sounding F#), and in bars 6-13 he hammers a melody on the low strings with his left hand, followed by a return to the previous technique for the remainder of the acoustic intro. The actual tune begins with a bar and a half of drums, after which Eddie initiates a funky bass-like riff, based on E Mixolydian (E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,D). For the electric guitar parts, Eddie used a small-scale guitar (hence the title), tuned a half step high. He then plays triads over the low E pedal (with subtle use of the low B, fretted with the thumb), similar to "Panama," followed by a cool low string riff which accentuates the b6 and b9 intervals. Much of the chord usage in this tune, such as the #11(#4) chords (which establish a Lydian tonality) and the 7sus4 chords, indicate the influence of jazz and fusion on Eddie's writing at this point in time. The double-time feel is established at the Gsus2#4 chord. Eddie's approach for the majority of the rhythm part is that of fingerpicking pairs of strings in each voicing with a staccato attack, most often alternating between different tones on the high E string. This rhythm part is reminiscent of the synthesizer part on the Who classic, "Won't Get Fooled Again." You may find some of these parts difficult to play on a standard-size guitar; keep in mind it will be easier to play on a half-size guitar. Notice also the use of flanger on the four-bar half-time sections before each chorus. For the guitar solo, Eddie uses a slide and plays very simple melodies on the 5th, 4th and 3rd strings, in a style reminiscent of Jeff Beck (check out "Beck's Bolero," from Truth). At 3:02 of the out-chorus, Eddie overdubbed an electric, which plays similar figures in syncopation with the primary guitar for the next 16 bars. The tune ends with the primary guitar improvising on the main rhythm part with the band out, ending the tune on electric similarly, arrangement-wise, to how it began on acoustic.