Route 66 was written by Bob Troupe and performed the first time on an album by the same name by the Nat King Cole trio released in 1946. Below is a video of the trio playing, originally in the key of G. Most people play or sing this in F, but I went ahead and kept it in G for educational purposes. https://youtu.be/JTeR8UD43l8 This website his several resources for you on how to play this tune. First and foremost, I…
Below you will find the chords for the popular standard, Route 66, a blues in G. Usually this song is sung in F, but I chose to write it out in G to match the first recording of the tune. For this particular version, I took the chords off of Nat King Cole's 1946 album by the same name. I used "vanilla" chords, which is basically the least amount of substitutions, with the exception of the 10th measure of the…
Below you will find sheet music for the 2 note voicings, which are also known as the guide tones, and an example bass line for the blues standard Route 66. Route-66-2-Note-Bass-Line-Full-ScoreDownload