I Walk the Line or: how I learned to stop worrying and love Transposition & Bass Runs- Guitar Lesson

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What are we learning today? - 0:00
Playthrough - 1:37
Learn the tune (in A) - 3:22
Rhythm (Boom Chick-ah) - 3:39
Chords - 4:43
Understanding Function and Transposition - 5:39
Numbering the Major Scale + Hand Trick - 7:10
Hockey Stick Trick - 9:18
Playing in all 3 keys - 10:41
I7 trick
Intro (Bass Runs) - 15:19
Experimenting with bass lines - 19:14
Bass Run Variation - 19:45
Intro Bass Lines With Tab + Variation - 20:32
Verses in E A D with Chords up - 22:40

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In this guitar tutorial, we use Johnny Cash’s classic “I Walk the Line” to teach more than just chords—we dive into the essential skills every guitarist needs to level up:

How to transpose songs into any key
Using the Nashville Number System to understand chord relationships
Creating and improvising bass runs to connect chords and add flavor

Whether you’re a beginner guitarist or working toward intermediate, this lesson will help you break out of “just learning songs” and start understanding the neck, transposing with confidence, and adding that country/folk flavor with custom bass lines.

In the second half, we go deep into bass runs on guitar—how to think about them, construct your own, and make them musical.

Perfect for players interested in country, folk, Americana, and acoustic rhythm guitar.

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