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Anatomy of a Walk—First Things First
Guitar sets the table for everyone
One more stepping stone G—C
Same journey—Different hands
Guitars - New Path Familiar Country
D—G Same strategy different trail head
First things first G—C
Mandos—Building on What We Know
D to G - It just makes sense.
G—C Gateway to Bass Walking Fun
Carry our ear from D to G
One thing leads to another—and this is no exception.
So many things in music can spring from another. Soon all those bits and pieces all begin to blend together in never ending musical expression. So it is with this old workhorse of a bass walk. We first hear it, experience it and then we learn to create it—that's when the possibilities begin reveal themselves.
This tutorial echoes that same process as applied to the greater music world. Start with the sound of it, learn the strings and the beat of it, internalize a home for it inside of you. Use it in living jams and then start discovering more logical growth sprouts.
They'll have a tendency to look and act in similar ways, opening the learning process in fun and unexpected ways.