A bass run is a sequence of bass notes that ascend or descend between two chords. The common type of bass run is connecting the root bass notes of two different chords. For example. in the following exercise a bass run is used to connect the chords C to F and back again. The first bass run uses the bass notes C - D - E and F to ascend from the C chord to the F chord. These notes are then reversed to descend from the F chord to the C chord.
The next example uses bass runs between the G, C and D7 chords. This time the bass run is played as the picking pattern is continued with the right hand. Special attention should be given to the suggested right hand fingering.
Try creating you own bass runs using some of the chord progressions that have appeared in earlier examples.