Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright. This lesson is the first look into how we construct the actual lines and starts with a primer on arpeggios or chord tones. This is the usual second step for players who want to master walking bass before moving to chromatic lines. Provides the aspiring jazz bassist with a thorough guide to walking bass lines. Five steps to walking basslines on guitar guitar world.
Comping with bass lines guide jamie holroyd guitar. Guitar walking bass lines wchords jazz lesson with tabs duration. Misc unsigned bands walking bass line jazz standards swing. Chord tones root, 3rd, 5th, 7th are the most powerful choice you can make when creating your walking lines. In this book, the first in the series of three, the technique is covered from the absolute basics. Click here to download the free 3 concepts to play a 251 pdf.
The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation. Start with the basic book and then move to the advanced book. Walking the bass jazz blues 1 i had lots of requests for some more lessons on walking bass, with the guitar comping along as you go. This entry was posted in blog, lesson and tagged advanced, axe fx, bass line, chord voicings, chords, diatonic, guitar, guitars, harmony, ibanez. For ascending lines im using the scale degrees 1 2 3 5. How to create bass lines 6 often youll use an ostinato for the head when the whole group plays the melody at the.
Practice applying these walking bass comping techniques to jazz standards that you know. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step. Rather than arm you with a few examples of walking bass lines, this book will show. Walking up or down into a chord is a really nice way of making a transition from one chord to another. Misc unsigned bands walking bass line jazz standards. Walking bass line jazz standards swing tune misc unsigned bands. A walking bass line is a more creative form of bass playing than the other swing styles because you choose new notes each time you play the same song. A walking bass line generally consists of notes of equal duration and intensity typically 1 4 notes that create a feeling of forward motion.
Bass lines part 2 adding chords to your bass lines mark white is an associate professortraveling clinician for. Often when playing with a guitar or keyboard player you can follow the chords they play with the triad of the same key. Walking bass and chords on a bb blues jazz guitar lesson. One last idea for this lessonlisten to jazz organ players like larry young. In bars 2728 we have 4 chords lasting 2 beats each. A stepbystep method for developing extraordinary technique on the bass guitar.
This is a great technique to get down, it sounds real cool when. Walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys upright bass and electric bass method. To walk bass lines on the ii v i, all we have to do is learn three different walking patterns. Begin with a quarter note walking bass line utilizing primarily the 1st and 3rd fingers. Getting started with walking bass lines on bass guitar. 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. A leading tone is a note that makes the link between the previous bass line and the next chord.
Learn walking bass on guitar while playing chords jazz guitar lesson part 1 duration. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can rely on to always sound good when you play it. Looking forward to hearing your walking bass lines over autumn leaves. After you get through these two books, then get todd johnsons walking bass modules. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax, flute. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Adding walking bass lines to chords is great fun and will make you a good accompanist.
This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is available as a pdf files containing 35 exercises with tabs, analysis and audio. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook welcome to the bass chapter of the thelonious monk institute of jazzs online jazz handbook. The essential guide to walking bass for bass guitar players introduction 2 1. Ultimate slap bass is one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. A walking bass line generally consists of notes of equal duration and intensity typically 14 notes that create a feeling of forward motion. The function of the bass is to provide the foundation for the. Learn bass techniques such as the finger drag, hammerons, pulloffs and how to apply them in bass lines. 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. Walking bass lines youtube martin taylor blues to jazz lesson duration.
It is possible to add rhythmic variations, but in general, a walking bassline drives the song forward step by step. This is a simple yet thorough book on beginning bass lines. I think this book is really good for learning how to play walking bass. The function of a bass player in the jazz combo is to work with the piano player and drummer to provide both a harmonic and rhythmic stability for the tune. All of our bass tab pdf is printable and downloadable so you can enjoy it for years to come. This collection of lessons contributed by todd johnson, the man behind the technique builders, walking bass line module system vol. The essential guide to walking bass for bass guitar players.
Description of the book building walking bass lines. There is a web site, that has an excellent remote learning course for bass. Organists tend to play what i call functunal bass lines. Mel bay easiest electric bass book pdf book library. It is possible to add rhythmic variations, but in general, a walking bassline drives the.
Chuck rainey all of these transcriptions are from an instructional book that was never published. Intermediate walking bass lines for jazz guitar explores the creation of walking bass lines played over chord sequence using scale tones. Jul 21, 2016 walking bass line jazz standards swing tune misc unsigned bands. If you want to learn walking for bass guitar these 3 concepts will be pivotal for your. These are all complete bass lines and this is the first time i have put them up for the general bass playing public. This is the first step in developing walking bass lines.
Bundle of 48 backing tracks and 12 pdf files with chord changes. Walking bass book includes free beginner bass guitar. The bass lines are good and one simple addition to know is that just about any chord walking bass line, you can always use a leading tone that is, 1 2 step below to whatever is the next chord. Exercise 1 demonstrates this with several examples. Breakdown sean mcgowan youtube the circle of fifths made clear duration. Walking bass on guitar is usually played fingerstyle. The difficulty in walking bass on the guitar lies in the combination of playing chords and bass at the same time. Stepbystep breakdown of the styles and techniques of james browns bassists bass signature licks the guitar style of mark knopfler guitar signature licks constructing walking jazz bass lines, book 1.
The bass line is identical to bar 1 using the triad and the e leading note. This exercise is nothing more than a i vim iim v bass line playing two. The course covers standard head arrangements, walking lines and solos for bass. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. It is used in country, bluegrass and jazz very often, but you can use it in other genres as well. In this lesson, you will learn how to combine chords with a walking bass line, a concept that is. For example, when you do steps 1, 2, or 3 above, you are creating the most basic kinds of ostinato. I always recommend this book along with bob magnussons walking bass book. Here is the bass lines for autumn leaves that everyone contributed to last week. Use these lines to get you going the right direction when you start playing a blues. Fundamental concepts for walking bass a systematic method will show you stepbystep how to make up your own walking bass lines for jazz, country, rockabilly etc this manual can be used by anyone wanting to learn how to play improvised walking bass on any instrument in any time signature. The bass lines are good and one simple addition to know is that just about any chordwalking bass line, you can always use a leading tone that is, 12 step below to whatever is the next chord.
Chord tones should be the first stop on the road to learning how to play walking bass lines. The book starts with basic slapping and popping technique and moves on to cover ghost notes, using hammerons and pulloffs. Walking bass lines for guitar jazz guitar workshop series. Bb jazzblues walking bass line for guitar 1d47djy1gj42 idocpub. Its a system that takes weeks or even months to learn the basics, while guitar tab can be learned in a matter of minutes. If you know how to create a walking bass line, you can be more creative in your jazz playing. The processes involved in developing a walking line are applicable to any style of music. Free bass tabs printable, downloadable pdf bass tabs. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. In bass tab pdf, the songs display both the bass guitar tablature, and the music notation so you really do get the best of both world. This is an indepth look at the heart and soul of jazz bass playing. How to create bass lines 5 ostinato or riff bass an ostinato is a repeated rhythmicmelodic. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook.
Walking bass with chords for jazz guitar jazz guitar lessons. Walking bass jazz guitar lesson all the things we are. After browsing our selection of free bass tab pdf, view our video lessons to help you get started learning your favorite songs from start to finish. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. Walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys upright bass and electric bass method mel bay round peak style clawhammer banjo mel bay presents mel bay complete electric bass method book, cd, and dvd mel bays electric bass method2 the complete electric bass player book. This set of playalongs and chord charts is a great addition to the walking bass lines course. If this kind of work is new to you, it may take several weeks or a month to get comfortable with walking lines between 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. In other words, you dont have to be a jazzer to walk. Our collection of tabs, guitar chords, and video lessons is constantly growing, so check back often to find your favorite songs. 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. Walking a blues now its time to put our root patterns to use. 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. For this walking bass line im going to use only two scale patterns as the foundation for the whole thing. Learn to play walking bass lines with a simple, easy to understand system perfect for beginner to intermediate bassists. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself. It builds up from rootfive and adds more from there. Through the use of 90minutes worth of recorded rhythm tracks available online using the unique code in the book, players will have the opportunity to put the new learning directly into. Its an excellent way of creating strong sounding walking bass lines because. In this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Walking bass lines always sound cool in any style of music, but are essential to jazz blues and great american songbook jazz standards.
The specific goal of this book is to familiarize players with the techniques used to build walking bass lines and to make them aware of how the process works. Practicing in all keys is going to consolidate your knowledge of the patterns as well as help you to freely move around the entire fret board. From todd johnson, a 4page pdf look at a style of jazz known as modal tunes. While walking bass in a band is generally played by the bass guitar or double bass player, being able to play walking bass lines is an essential skill for jazz guitarists when playing without a bass player. Oct 26, 2019 walking up or down into a chord is a really nice way of making a transition from one chord to another. Steven mooney, constructing walking jazz bass lines book series. 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. Use your thumb for the bass notes and your other fingers to comp the chords. Just like walking with your feet, tyjwalking bass line is one step after the other that takes you somewhere. This is an important concept to remember, the walking bass line is movement. Rhythmically most swing bass lines sound best with quarter notes but are no means limited to that one rhythm. This is the second lesson in the series devoted to walking bass lines. Therefore being in control of them and becoming fluent is crucial.