House Is A Rockin by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Texas Style Boogie or Dominant Arpeggio Exercise For Bass?
Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
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“House Is A Rockin” by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Texas Style Boogie or Dominant arpeggio exercise for bass? These are the kind of questions that must be answered if I’m going to continue to ramble on pointlessly. haha But seriously though folks, this is a short, fun tune to blast through. They played it in C, but they tuned down a half step so if you’re tuned regular (A440) then you would play it in B along with the recording. Its a ‘ I IV V ‘ tune just listen for the changes.
The basic note pattern is a Dominant arpeggio (mixolydian, a Major triad + b7) and the Major 6th as shown in the video. You can just play that pattern for each chord, or you can always mess around with it. You can switch around the order of the notes or play some notes only once instead of twice each time. I just always thought it was a fun tune to play and a borderline “exercise”. Like an etude, i guess. A blues bass etude? Maybe not. Have Fun!!!!
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