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WALKING BASS AND BOOM CHICK Walking bass uses the major scale to walk into the upcoming chord, giving the listener a sense of walking from one chord to the next. Each of the following exercises presents an example of walking bass first and then it mixes the boom chick rhythm with walking bass. They are written first in tab and in standard notation.

Ex. 1A Walking Bass in the Key of G

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Ex. 1B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the key of G On the next exercise, the first three measures of each staff are the boom chick rhythm and the last measure is walking bass. If you aren’t comfortable with tab and notation, keep in mind it is only the boom chick rhythm that you learned in the previous exercises.

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Ex. 2A Walking Bass in the Key of Em

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Ex. 2B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the Key of Em

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Ex. 3A Walking Bass in the Key of D

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Ex. 3B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the Key of D

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Ex. 4A Walking Bass in the Key of A

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Ex. 4B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the Key of A

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Ex. 5A Walking Bass in the Key of E

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Ex. 5B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the Key of E

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Ex. 6A Walking Bass in the Key of Am

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Ex. 6B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the Key of Am

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Ex. 7A Walking Bass in the Key of C

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Ex. 7B Boom Chick Rhythm and Walking Bass in the Key of C

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