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Blues Bass

Hi folks, I am using NWC as an aid to learning bass. I am studying blues which has a shuffle feel to it. The music I have just says play blues shuffle but is written as if it is played straight. How do I tell NWC to play shuffle style? Thanx.


Re: Blues Bass

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An approximation of a shuffle feel for practise purposes can be achieved by using triplets. For instance, a quarter note and an eighth note "tripletted" together gives that "dum -da dum -da" feel, though it ends up sounding considerably more square than actual jazz/swing performances. For as easy as it is, however, it might be all you need. An example is here:
Alley Cat - as in the example, you can write out your visual staff "straight" and use hidden (but sounding) staves to do the actual swing work.

Cheers,
Fred