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Discussion in 'General Instruction [BG]' started by rickster4003, Jun 7, 2019.

  1. Jun 7, 2019 #1
    rickster4003

    rickster4003

    Feb 15, 2013
    I have Jay Hungerfords walking bass line book. Half the book is just measures with / / / / in them. If someone could shed some light on what to play. All of the titles to each are similar to, similar to.........Thanks for the help!
     
  2. Jun 7, 2019 #2
    CallMeAl

    CallMeAl

    Dec 2, 2016
    Ithaca Ny
    The / / / / represents quarter notes. The notes you choose is up to you- that's jazz baby!

    "Similar to" is a work around for copyright infringement. I've looked at those tunes, the chords seem to match the Real Books, I think it's just they don't include the melodies.
     
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  3. Jun 7, 2019 #3
    rickster4003

    rickster4003

    Feb 15, 2013
    Thanks for the reply. I was hoping the book taught a bit more. Btw, I am up the road from you in Syracuse.
     
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  4. Jun 8, 2019 #4
    White Beard

    White Beard

    Feb 12, 2013
    I would like to expand by saying that the chord above the "/" is one of the chord tones (or a leading tone to a chord tone) that you should be playing. On a blues, you could have a Bb7 at the top of the first measure, and just get //// for four measures. Don't change the chord until you get a new one.
     
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  5. Jun 8, 2019 #5
    White Beard

    White Beard

    Feb 12, 2013
    Post Script: You can also get chord changes every beat, or sub-beat. If the slashes look like eighth notes, then they're eighth notes.
     
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