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51.33Level 14 — walking bass from ostinato
Don't instantly jump from fixed bass to full complicated walking.
Transform gradually.
Start:
D-A-C-D ostinato.
Then vary one note.
Then two.
Eventually let the bass become a line.
The fixed pattern dissolves into walking motion.