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Summary: Try walking bassline progressions on upright bass. Learn how to play blues with 1-7-6-5 and 1-7-6-half step in this free upright bass video from a jazz and classical bass player.
Shane Allessio lives in Boston, where he studies classical/jazz music, and gigs at night with local jazz, R&B, and rock groups. He has been musical since childhood. At the age of...read more
"In this video we'll be doing the one, seven, six, five and one, seven, six, half step throughout the blues progression. So we'll start here on F, half step, half step, and then we can go or we can just start up at the B-flat. Half step and we're back to F. And now we're just doing roots and half steps for the turn around. Again, one, seven, six, five, one, seven, six, half step, one, seven, six, five, one, seven, six, half step, one, seven, six, five, one, seven, six half step, one, seven, six, five."