Easy Blues Line is a free video lesson by Russ Rodgers where you will learn how to play a blues bass line. This kind of line is usually referred to as "the box" because the fingering pattern outlines a box shape. Russ will first show you how to play the line measure by measure to make sure you understand the proper fingering and count. We'll then practice the line over a slow and medium tempo jam track. To learn more lines like this, check out Russ' Blues Lines Series.
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Here is the tab for our blues bass guitar line
Blues Lines 1 - Straight Feel by Russ Rodgers is a downloadable Quicktime video lesson that will teach a couple of intermediate bass blues lines that have a straight 8th note feel. Russ will show you how to play each line in detail with emphasis on proper fingering and timing. The lines are then played along with rhythm tracks at slow, medium, and fast tempos. The download includes .mp3 jam tracks and .pdf of the tabs.
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