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Cherokee Etude - Angular/Baroque Walking Bass Line Etude
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Cherokee Etude - Angular/Baroque Walking Bass Line Etude Double Bass - Digital Sheet Music

Acoustic Bass, Bass, Bass Guitar, Bass Voice, Double Bass, Electric Bass, Electric Bass Guitar, String Bass - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1683343

By Josh Cohen. Composed by Josh Cohen. This edition: pdf, streaming. Instructional, Jazz, Swing. Educational Exercises. 4 pages. Josh Cohen #1248607. Published by Josh Cohen (A0.1683343).

Cherokee Etude is an original walking bass line etude for jazz bass, composed over the chord changes to “Cherokee” by Ray Noble. Unlike a typical improvised line, this piece is fully written out and blends angular, disjunct melodic motion with Baroque-inspired voice leading and implied counterpoint—ideal for bass players seeking a more advanced and conceptual approach.

This etude is designed to develop your harmonic awareness, phrasing, and technical fluency. It includes standard notation and bass tablature, which illustrates the suggested positioning on the fingerboard—particularly useful for navigating stretches and sustained notes that evoke polyphonic textures.

Perfect for electric or upright bassists, this study is great for private lessons, personal practice, or as a creative warm-up. It challenges you to rethink the art of walking bass while deepening your understanding of jazz harmony.

Written by jazz bassist and educator Josh Cohen, who offers online bass lessons for students worldwide. Learn more or sign up at: www.themusicofjoshcohen.com/music-lessons.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

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