Walking Bass Lines - Topic Driven
Topic Driven Lessons • 22m
In this 30 minute lesson I show you several different methods I use to create walking bass lines while comping. The 5 page PDF contains 4 choruses of blues and 1 chorus of rhythm changes, completely transcribed in notation and tab. A great lesson on balance, swing and time feel!
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