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David's Tip of the Day: Swing Bass Line in 2nd & 3rd Position

Posted Fri, 09/13/2013 - 16:22 by David Barrett Admin
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I'm in the process of editing the interview I conducted with Annie Raines and she played a cool ii-V-I line in 3rd Position. I thought I would share it with you...

First, here's a cool 2nd Position bass line with the standard ii-V-I progression in Bars 9 and 10 (it replaces the V-IV-I you're used to) and the I-vi-ii-V in Bars 11 and 12 (which replaces the standard I-V turnaround)... both changes being very commonplace in Jump & Swing Blues.

Play each note as a quarter note...

2 3 4 5+ 6+ 5+ 4 3, 2 3 4 5+ 6+ 5 5+ 4

4+ 2+ 2 3" 3' 3" 2 2+, 2 3 4 5+ 6+ 5+ 4 3 continue reading...

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