Contents Basic of Reading...............................................3 Slow Blues in A7...............................................4 Shuffle in G7.....................................................5 Shuffle in C7.....................................................6 Slow Blues in A7...............................................7 Blues in G7.......................................................8 Shuffle in A7......................................................9 Blues in G7......................................................10 Blues in G7 Connecting Chords......................11 Blues In E7......................................................12 Blues in C7 (funk)............................................13 Blues in F7 (swing)..........................................14 Blues in Bb7 (swing)........................................15 Basics of Reading Music The fundamentals of music are pitch and rhythm which are placed in a grid of five lines and four spaces called Staff. Bass Players Read Bass Clef. The symbol of the Bass Clef is derived from the old German way of writing “F”. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which “F” pitch is written. The notes above are all natural however any of this notes can be raised or lowered a half step by placing a accidental, sharp ( ) or flat () right before it. When an accidental occurs, it applies to the whole measure unless it is cancelled out with another accidental. Sharp () Raises a note one half step. Flat () Lowers a notes one half step. Natural ( ) Cancells an accidental previously used.                   F / G G / A   A / B C / D D / E F / G G / A  A / B C / D Note: The distance between B and C  and E  and F  is a half step, that’s way there's no  or  in between those notes. J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines 3 Exercise 1 Slow Blues in A7 4 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines Exercise 2 Shuffle in G7 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines 5 Exercise 3 Shuffle in C7 6 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines Exercise 4 Slow Blues in A7 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines 7 Exercise 5 Blues in G7 8 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines Exercise 6 Shuffle in A7 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines 9 Exercise 7 Blues in G7 10 J.P. Dias’s Blues Bass Lines