Walking bass: jazz blues in F#
Nathaniel School of Music, 2026
- Key
- F#
- 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: F#7 B7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 B7 B#dim7 F#7 D#7 G#m7 C#7 F#7 D#7 G#m7 C#7
Opening the practice room…
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Read from: NSM exercise generator (gen.py)
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