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Walking bass lines for a blues progression in Bb. All the notes are within a four-fret span (root is in parentheses):
+====+=L1=+=L2=+=L3=+(L4)+====+ +----+-L1-+-L2-+-L3-+-L4-+----+ +----+-L1-+(L2)+-L3-+-L4-+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+ 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
In SmartASCII Tablature
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7 1 2 3 4 +=10(L4)=======================+========7(L1)==8(L2)==9(L3)=+=10(L4)======================+=========9(L3)==10(L4)========+ +---------7(L1)--10(L4)--9(L3)-+-8(L2)----------------------+---------7(L1)--8(L2)--9(L3)-+-10(L4)-----------------9(L3)-+ +------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+ +------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+ +------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+ +------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+ 1 2 3 4
Eb7 Bb7 G7 5 6 7 8 +========7(L1)==8(L2)==9(L3)=+=10(L4)================9(L3)=+=10(L4)======================+=========8(L2)==7(L1)========+ +-8(L2)----------------------+---------9(L3)--8(L2)--------+---------7(L1)--8(L2)--9(L3)-+-10(L4)----------------------+ +----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------9(L3)-+ +----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ +----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ +----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
Cm7 F7 Bb7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 9 10 11 12 +=============================+=========7(L1)==8(L2)==9(L3)=+=10(L4)==8(L2)==9(L1)========+========================9(L3)=+ +---------7(L1)--8(L2)--9(L3)-+-10(L4)----------------------+-----------------------------+---------9(L3)--10(L4)--------+ +-10(L4)----------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------9(L3)-+-10(L4)-----------------------+ +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+ +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+ +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
Cm7 F7 Bb7 9 10 +=============================+=======================9(L3)=+=10(L4)-- +-----------------------9(L3)-+-10(L4)--9(L3)--8(L2)--------+--------- +-10(L4)--9(L3)--8(L2)--------+-----------------------------+--------- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+--------- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+--------- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+---------
Cm7 F7 Bb7 9 10 +=============================+=============================+=10(l4)-- +-----------------------------+-10(L4)--9(L3)--8(L2)--7(L1)-+--------- +-10(L4)--9(L3)--8(L2)--7(L1)-+-----------------------------+--------- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+--------- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+--------- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+---------