Day 2

Major Blues

Today is all about shedding those bass line chops on all 12 major blues keys. You will see pre-written out bass charts I notated which use a variety of the bass line formulas we learned earlier. I recommend practicing both the written bass line and then developing your own bass line in that same key. At the end of the day, this is a great way to rep scales. These exercises will also help you greatly when we dive into improvisation in the last week.

With each exercise you will find a corresponding play along track with the bass line cut out.

Note: Remember that music for “bass” is always written an octave higher than it sounds. Every one of these charts should be played down the octave from what is written.

Click below to download the PDF sheet music for all of the exercises below. Compressed as a zip file.