COVERING THE FINGERBOARD

[pjwolf]

What is the least number of jazz tunes that, if played back to back, would cover the entire fingerboard?

Please name them!

[TGP]

Strange question, but I assume you mean the range of the melody.
Donna Lee has a pretty large range.
Or just transpose anything to the higher thumb positions.
Is this a trick question ? - Tom

[pjwolf]

TGP..this is not a trick question..just something that popped up in my head..and I should have thought of transposing---and stated - without transposing unless it is the way the tune was written.

[Boardndave]

Well... Freedom Jazz Dance and Some Skunk Funk come to mind for single song choices, but there are too many combinations that would have low/mid range, then high range playing. I suppose two different ballads could do it :/

[reedo35]

"Pools" - by Steps ahead. Great Bass Line and solo by Eddie Gomez

[Alexi David]

A nice workout is Mingus "Reincarnation of a Lovebird"

[MrSidecar]

try 26-2. it doesn´t go "low" on the a- and e-strings, but you´ll cover a lot of length on d- and g-strings. like, from the first c in thumb position down to e on the d-string (1st position).