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Walking bass: jazz blues in C

Nathaniel School of Music, 2026

Key
C
Form
12-bar jazz blues
Level
5

A quarter-note bass line: the root on each new chord, chord tones in between, and a half-step or scale-step approach into the next root.

Chords: C7 F7 C7 Gm7 C7 F7 F#dim7 C7 A7 Dm7 G7 C7 A7 Dm7 G7

Opening the practice room…

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