How to Read a Swing Bass Progression

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Summary: Read swing progression in an upright bass, looking for walking techniques and scales; learn how from our expert upright bass player in this free music instruction video.

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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 understanding the logic...read more

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"Alright, so now we're going to read through a simple progression. We have a couple of easy measures written out here and we'll take a look at it. We have two measures of A flat and I'll walk that. Then we have two measures of B flat minor. Then we have B flat, E flat in one measures. B flat, E flat again each for two beats and then we have A flat major for two measures. Then the trick is walking A flat major and starting on A flat major again and hearing that turnaround. So this is a standard chord progression and I'll walk through it right now. A flat major, alright so we start right here A flat, B flat, B flat, E flat, B, E, A, A flat, B flat, B flat, E flat, B Flat, E flat, A. That's walking through this easy progression in the key of A flat major."

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