Oct 12, 2005 walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. What songs in any genre do you think have the best walking bass lines i love the song all my loving by the beatles. The goal of a walking bassline is to outline the chord progression but with an interesting. Essential walking bass line patterns discover double bass. When learning how to play jazz guitar, one of the things that many players want to explore and get under their fingers is walking basslines. R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald. In this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax, flute, guitar, violin, bass, clarinet, mandolin online music lessons, digital sheet music downloads. Walking bass lines for guitar jazz guitar workshop series. While some knowledge of music theory is necessary, excellent bass lines can be. The classic jazz technique of accompanying yourself with a walking bass line can seem daunting at times, but sheryl breaks down the technique here by showing us a practical and demystifying approach with drop 3 chords. Nov 12, 2015 this book and online audio teaches excellent techniques to use for walking bass lines on guitar when playing in a duet format, either with another guitar player or with a singer or other instrumentalists. Jazz guitar workshop walking bass lines the blues in 12.
A compendium of techniques for great jazz bass lines including. Advanced walking bass lines for jazz guitar explores the creation of walking bass lines played over chord sequence using scale tones and chromatic movements. Now its time to learn how to create a complete bass line from scratch. Five steps to walking basslines on guitar guitar world. Intended for beginners and professionals, the book deals with playing in 2, creating walking bass lines, 34 time, using a broken feel, modal and slashchord harmony, ballads, and much more. First off, before we begin, it is important that you take a look at your skillset. This is because studying jazz is the perfect platform and tool to help you learn the fingerboard inside out, and finally start to. Begin with a quarter note walking bass line utilizing primarily the 1st and 3rd fingers. Here is a common guitar walking bass study in the style of joe pass based on a jazz blues chord progression. There is no tab in this so it is great for reading practice and comes with a cd of truly great bass players playing jamerson bass lines. A slightly embellished version of this kind of line would also be typical of a basic boogie woogie type bass line, as in the following example.
Use these lines to get you going the right direction when you start playing a blues. Jazz guitar workshop walking bass lines rhythm changes in 12 keys. Playing jazz guitar bass lines with chords the guitar is an extremely versatile instrument, with seemingly endless techniques and tones around every corner. In this lesson i share some essential walking bass patterns. Theyre all very cheap and have a lot of great licks.
Walking bass for jazz and blues is a complete method to help beginners master each element of blues and jazz walking bass. Constructing walking jazz bass lines book i walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys. A walking bass line simply walks through the appropriate scale of each chord, one note. The idea of this book is to give a few answers to the question, how do i harmonize walking bass lines when ive never done it before. A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but. The jazz bass line book by mike downes is a comprehensive approach to the construction of improvised bass lines. These riffs work over almost any chord which then moves up by an interval of a 4th to the next chord. The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation. These riffs work over almost any chord which then moves up by an interval of a.
Learn bass guitar bass guitar chords music theory guitar guitar chord chart bass guitars guitar lessons for beginners music lessons guitar fingers double bass. I have several bass books by ed friedland published by hal leonard. Walking a blues now its time to put our root patterns to use. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. Its super easy to get confused with where to get started with walking bass lines. Learn fingerstyle guitar with martin taylor online at artistworks. Learn to play walking bass lines with a simple, easy to understand system perfect for beginner to intermediate bassists. This collection of lessons contributed by todd johnson, the man behind the technique builders, walking bass line module system vol. Also, dont forget to write out your lines at first and really practice these. The essential guide to walking bass for bass guitar. From todd johnson, a 4page pdf look at a style of jazz known as modal tunes. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can rely on to always sound good when you play it. Bass guitar jazz bass tab lesson walking bass line the blues in c.
Dec 01, 2011 constructing walking jazz bass lines book i the blues in 12 keys new 2hr mp3 playalong free download featuring all chord progressions in 12 keys from part ii of the book available from website. This book and online audio teaches excellent techniques to use for walking bass lines on guitar when playing in a duet format, either with another guitar player or with a singer or other instrumentalists. A stepbystep method for developing extraordinary technique on the bass guitar strengthen your overall facility on the instrument with this series of exercises and lessons, presented in an effective themeandvariation format. The life and music of legendary bassist james jamerson. Walking bass jazz guitar lesson all the things we are.
Many high level and notable bass players consistently discuss how critical studying jazz was for their progression as a bass player and musician. Jazz bass explores the key ingredients necessary to play great jazz bass lines, including the sound, feel, foundation, and power. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Christopher will show you a four chord turnaround, then add the bass line notes that connect the chords. This is a a way of playing that i use really a lot in situations where theres no bass player, so mostly duo settings with a guitar player, singer or horn player. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook. Jazz guitar workshop walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys the blues in 12 keys is a complete guide for the jazz guitarist demonstrating the devices used to play walking bass lines and chords in solo or accompaniment settings. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax, flute.
A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing, but it is also used in rock. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. Rather than arm you with a few examples of walking bass lines, this book will show. Comping with bass lines guide jamie holroyd guitar. The blues in 12 keys walking bass lines for guitar. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line. This is another lesson on using triads as the core material for your bass lines and in this case jazz walking bass lines. So far in the 30 days to better jazz guitar comping series weve looked at a variety of chords you can use and how to apply them, but one topic we havent looked at until now is something that every guitarist will need to do sooner or later in their jazz guitar journeys. A bass line is a melody line played in the bass by a lowpitched instrument such as the piano, double bass, electric bass, tuba, etc. For this walking bass line im going to use only two scale patterns as the foundation for the whole thing. The blues in 12 keys walking bass lines for guitar constructing walking jazz bass lines 9781937187972.
When constructing a walking bass line, you need only to keep in mind that, when finished, you bass line should hold a melodic property. I have gotten some great shapes from carol kayes bass guitar books. If you were going to only buy one book on this particular aspect of jazz guitar i. Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Get a hold of the fundamentals before tackling this.
Walking bass for jazz and blues fundamental changes. You will also have learned a system for analyzing a bass line that will help you to understand why some bass lines work and others dont. Constructing walking jazz bass lines book i the blues in 12 keys new 2hr mp3 playalong free download featuring all chord progressions in 12 keys from part ii of the book available from website. Standard lines book iii bass tab edition jazz walking bass. It is designed to develop strong harmonic skills, rhythm, phrasing and note choice. In the end, walking bass lines are the most simple of concepts. Walking bass lines 2 complete watch again next lesson many high level and notable bass players consistently discuss how critical studying jazz was for their progression as a bass player and musician. For ascending lines im using the scale degrees 1 2 3 5.
Master arpeggios and concepts to play like the masters develop a full range of scales, arpeggios and soloing to create your own walking bass lines master traditional and modern walking bass lines have you tried playing walking bass lines but keep finding them not quite. Feb 12, 2011 bass guitar jazz bass tab lesson walking bass line the blues in c. Constructing walking jazz bass lines walking bass lines 3 book set for a limited time buy books 1 3 and take our walking bass workshop course free. Playing a bass note in between each chord fills in the time between each chord and creates the sound of motion walking from one chord to the next. Apr 26, 2017 in my previous post, how to keep your bass lines interesting, we defined what a bass line is and what its functions are, and looked at a few ways in which we can creatively negotiate chord changes.
There are a couple of exceptions as youll see but for the most part were looking at one line for ascending and one line for descending. Intermediate walking bass lines for jazz guitar explores the creation of walking bass lines played over chord sequence using scale tones. Walking bass for jazz and blues fundamental changes music. Quarter notes are the foundation of all music, and are the most basic note values used in modern music. The blues in 12 keys is a complete guide outlining the devices used by professional jazz bass players to construct walking bass lines. And walking basslines are a continuous sequence of quarter notes, generally played on the beat 4 notes per bar in 44 time walking basslines. Learn how to build and play walking bass lines on guitar and combine these with chords video, guitar tabs, and backing track. Standard lines book iii bass tab edition jazz walking. Even just pencilling in the notes on the notation would get you through a walking bass book. How to write a walking bass line learn jazz standards. This is one of the bibles for bass players as james jamerson is one of the true bass greats. Intermediate walking bass lines for jazz guitar by. One very important and widely used jazz guitar technique is playing bass lines in combination with chords. And walking bass lines are a continuous sequence of quarter notes, generally played on the beat 4 notes per bar in 44 time.
If you like these ideas and want more information, my books walking bass lines for jazz guitar and walking bass lines for bass guitar are available at. A bassline also known as a bass line or bass part is the term used in many styles of music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic, traditional music, or classical music for the lowpitched instrumental part or line played in jazz and some forms of popular music by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard piano, hammond organ. Combine walking basslines and jazz guitar chords, with martin taylor mbe. Mar 21, 2018 when learning how to play jazz guitar, one of the things that many players want to explore and get under their fingers is walking basslines. Jazz bass books, constructing walking jazz bass lines. Throughout the course, you will learn techniques for playing effective walking bass lines over jazz chord changes. Discover a complete method to learn jazz and blues walking bass. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar bookaudio files. To walk bass lines on the ii v i, all we have to do is learn three different walking patterns. How to make your own walking bass lines on guitar and put chords in between. Standard lines book iii bass tab edition jazz walking bass lines for the electric bassist.
This is the usual third step for players who want to master walking. Especially since im assuming here most of them will just have quarter notes or eight notes. This lesson is going to help you get rid of all the noise and. Another one for ed friedlands building walking bass lines. The simplest walking bass line formula exactly where to start.
In my previous post, how to keep your bass lines interesting, we defined what a bass line is and what its functions are, and looked at a few ways in which we can creatively negotiate chord changes. Feb 10, 2006 this is a lesson explaining how to play chords and walking bass lines simultaneously for jazz guitarists. Bass guitar jazz bass tab lesson walking bass line the. Bass lines by jim snidero is an exciting and unique way for bassists to learn and practice how to play in a jazz rhythm section and how to accompany a jazz soloist. This set features 15 solo etudes based on blues and standard chord progressions, demonstrated by different soloists and a worldclass rhythm section. Walking bass lines 2 complete watch again next lesson. Though learning how to walk a bassline and comp at the same time can take a lot of experience and time in the woodshed, there are a few rules and pointers you can follow in order to get you off on the right foot as you begin to explore the world of. The 3m system for walking bass starts right at the beginning assuming nothing, and teaches you the 3 core methods to master walking bass with ease, especially for bass guitar players. Intended for beginners and professionals, the book deals with playing in 2, creating walking bass lines, 34 time, using a broken feel, modal. The majority of the presentation will focus on walking bass lines in a 44 meter. How to play bass guitar 5 beginner books to learn bass. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. Jazz bass books learn bass guitar, bass guitar chords.
This is the usual second step for players who want to master walking bass before moving to chromatic lines. Heres what you get a complete guide to walking bass lines so you learn how to play on the most common chord changes in blues and. A bassline is a melody line played in the bass by a lowpitched instrument such as the piano, double bass, electric bass, tuba, etc. For scalesarpeggioswalking lines, i have found rufus reids the evolving bassist to be a great book. The best books for a bassist to read and learn from. In this lesson, we will show you a couple of jazz bass lines that will help to open your eyes to the use of chords and chromatics within jazz bass guitar playing. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. Guitar walking bass lines wchords jazz lesson with tabs.
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