Reading Chord Changes to Walk to the Bass Line

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And now from G we know we're going to be going to a C minor. We could go back down to play the octave, no problem in doubling the note, and now we're back at C. Or we could play a D, which is the fifth scale degree of a G. Now we're at C, okay. Now with C, it's a minor, but we could also treat it as a two-seven kind of going back. We can use the E natural there if we want this chromatic, but ... so we're basically walking our way to it. That's why they really call it walking, it has a walking feeling to the bass line, but also, our fingers are walking on their way through the chord changes. Okay, so say that happens twice, all right, then it goes...we play B flat and it becomes a seven chord. B flat seven. Which goes to an E flat major. There's a D seven. That's more like a rhythm changes, which is something you might encounter when you play certain jazz standards. Though there's also, you can sometimes play the third of the chord, or the fifth, instead of playing the root. So, there's a lot more to learn about this, but try just linking some of these up, with passing tones, and trying to play some chord changes.

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