James Jamerson warm up excercise

I’ve been learning some Jamerson licks this last week, and I found this excercise, which clearly illustrates his chromatic approach to bassline construction.

Apparently, it’s the only practice/warm up he ever did, and he taught it to his students.

This demonstration cycles through all 12 keys, and I’m finding it very useful, so I thought I’d share.

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