I KEEP forgetting about this.
This is the way I learnt to navigate bass and chords when I 1st started playing in 1974 or so.
The simplest walking bass of 12 bar blues n rock was something I was taught and learnt as rote applying it every & anywhere I could. Eventually I noticed the relationship of the notes to each other & the chord being played.
Light bulb light up & blew a fuse at the same time.
From the relationships lots of note options for a chord become easily available, almost under the fingers and easy to reach.
It can be moved up n down the neck and be based on the E or A strings without any modification.

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Last edited by rayc; 06/27/22 12:11 AM.

Cheers
rayc
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