Bass Musician Magazine - 8th Anniversary Issue with Stu Hamm | Page 55

1) Take the exercise…

CHROMATIC APPROACHES IN ACTION PART 4

7 (b 5)

C min

Electric Bass

ANDREA FASCETTI

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©ANDREA FASCETTI

What happens here? I wrote a very easy two-chord vamp just to show you how you can play a
simple solo over a half diminished chord line using chromatic approaches. Remember: do not use
a metronome! Only when you have the exercise ‘under your fingers’, should you use a metronome.
As usual play the exercise as fast as you can.

2) Transpose the exercise in all keys.

3) Analyze how I used the notes and then write exercises on your own.

Good luck and have a good practice time.