Re: constructing bass lines

Bert Ligon ( BLigon@mozart.music.sc.edu )
Thu, 22 May 1997 14:51:33 -0400

> Hello everyone, I'm new to jazz as I am to this message list.
>Please excuse me if this thread has been posted before, but I was
>wondering what is the most common way to construct interesting bass
>lines? How can you incorporate walking baslines with common jazz
>progressions like the ii V I etc. ??

There are some bass line construction ideas at the following page:

www.music.sc.edu/Departments/Jazz/examples.html

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