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Walking Through Section A Measures to Play a D Flat Scale

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Summary: Walk through the measures of the D flat scale on a bass guitar to ensure playing accuracy; learn how from our professional bass guitar player and composer in this free music instruction video.

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Ryan Larson Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys. When applying his twelve-key technique... read more

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Walking Through Section A Measures to Play a D Flat Scale

RYAN LARSON: So now, we're going to go over our A section. If you look again, we have our D flat or our I Major for two measures, and we'll have to end on our ii minor chord for four measures, and then we have to start on our A flat 7, then again 2 to 5 to 1. So you're walking 1 for two measures, 2 for a measure, 5 for a measure and then you repeat it inverted, right? Two, 5 to 1 for two measures. So we're going to show you how to walk that. So you want to just walk up the major scale start on 1, right? One-2-5-2-5-1 for two measures again. So what I'm doing is I'm just walking and then like I have to get two measures at a D flat so I play eight notes and then I have to land on my 2. So 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 2 chord; 2-3-4, 5 chord; 2-3-4 2 chord; 2-3-4, 5 chord; 2-3-4-1-6-2-5. So that's a basic concept for you to get walking under your fingers. Start 1 for two measures walking in the 2: 2-5-1. So it's just walking around three of our first--three first basic chords out of the D flat major scale, our 1, our 2 and our 5 walking through our A section of "Mack the Knife."

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