Saturday, November 16, 2024
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Blues Bass Solo in C – In The Style of “Rack ’em Up”


Here’s a fun Bass Solo for a Blues in C
It’s based on the trombone solo from the Jonny Lang song Rack ’em Up
from the 1997 album “Lie to Me”

It’s a solo that works well on bass in an trio format or a small band.
The notes used for this solo are mostly the notes from the C Blues scale: C-Eb-F-F#-G-Bb.
Except for one A in bar 7 over the C7 chord.

The end of the chord progression uses the classic I-VI-II-IV (1-6-2-5) turnaround instead of the regular V-IV-I-V turnaround.

You can find the transcription at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6eoZ3t-ndusb1NIWnlYaUcxWTg/view?usp=sharing

and the mp3 version & audio backing track without the solo at:

I hope you enjoy and have fun learning this solo.

#Blues #Bass #Solo #Style #Rack

Originally posted by UC66QpYsvWwYqMaeq1n-Hprw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_37XtKoPYw

One thought on “Blues Bass Solo in C – In The Style of “Rack ’em Up”

  • I am obviously late to the party and I came across this totally by accident but this is my favourite Johnny Lang song and your transcript here is amazing! Thank you!

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