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Summary: Walk eight beats of E major to return to F when playing progressions on upright bass in E major swing; learn how from our expert upright bass player 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 12 key technique to ... read more
So now we're going to look at our next four measures, and we have F sharp minor for a measure, B seven for a measure, and then E major for two measures. So we have to start on F, and then land on B, and then walk eight beats of E major, and then come back to F again. So, we'll start right here, so we have F sharp, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, and one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two , three, four...so that's your basic progression walking through the bass, and again you just find those root notes, and then you walk through the appropriate scale, and make sure you always land on the downbeat, on the root of the chord.