Walking bass: jazz blues in E
Nathaniel School of Music, 2026
- Key
- E
- 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: E7 A7 E7 Bm7 E7 A7 A#dim7 E7 C#7 F#m7 B7 E7 C#7 F#m7 B7
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