WALKING BASS

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  • If you are comfortable with the previous repeated ideas, consider a walking bassline
  • Simply begin each measure on the root of the I, IV, or V chord and "walk" upwards or downwards to the next new root
  • Think the mixolydian mode as you walk
  • Play with the 1- and 2-bar ideas below to accomodate the Blues progression

1-BAR GROUPS

Moving from I - IV
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Moving from IV-I
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Moving from V - IV
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2-BAR GROUPS

Moving from I to IV
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Moving from IV-I
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Moving from I - V
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