R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald. Learn how bass lines follow the chords and structure of a song. 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. We will begin with a simple quarter note bass line. The difficulty in walking bass on the guitar lies in the combination of playing chords and bass at the same time. Use the example songs contained in this section to create awesome bass lines of your own.
The concepts are easy to understand and its something all bass pros know about, but rarely share. Jun 22, 2020 while walking bass lines are a staple of jazz and blues, theyre also popular in rock music and can add a lot of flavor to a song. Playing walking jazz bass lines is an incredibly satisfying thing to do. Developing a cohesive walking bass line eric elias. A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but between the sixth and. There are lots of good tunes to learn and play and tracks to pick along with on the. The essential guide to walking bass for bass guitar players. The walking bass line itself fills a lot of space since it is continuously moving around. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only.
Begin with a quarter note walking bass line utilizing primarily the 1st and 3rd fingers. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can rely on to always sound good when you play it. The first step to working out some walking basslines on guitar is to put the root of. I approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time.
Walking bass lines for jazz guitar pdf file adg productions. Constructing walking jazz bass lines home facebook. Walking bass lines that swing jazz guitar lessons richie. Walking bass jazz guitar pdf document documents mx. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. Creating walking bass using scales can be tricky because its hard to get the notes within the scale to line up perfectly with chord changes. To get started with walking bass lines it is important to be aware of the root notes in each of the chords you are playing. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new learned skills. Get the pdf 28 exercises and 7 complete walking bass studies guitar methods with audio. Learning a walking bassline on a dominant progression. 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. To demonstrate this we are going to use one of the most important chord sequences youll find in jazz music the iivi or 251.
Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass. Bass players guide to walking bass lines online bass courses. Includes triads, 7th chords, voice leading, playing over the bar line, chord substitutions, pedal points, harmonic. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax. This book is designed to give you one approach to playing bass lines. Walking bass lines always sound cool in any style of music, but are essential to jazz blues and great american songbook jazz standards. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. Jazz online workshops for bass and guitar guitar books, guitar tabs, music.
If you want to download a free e book of 15 ii valt i licks then. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. The collection of material of this book is, in our opinion, the basics to playing bass guitar for some event. T 1 2 a t 3 by chris fitzgerald a 4 t 1 a 2 t 3 a 4 walking bass line theory basics. Pay attention, burn through this as fast as you can, and you. Playing jazz guitar bass lines with chords terence wright guitar. Jazz guitar walking bass lines free download as pdf file. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau book. As a subscriber you are getting a free backing tracks and pdf files with tab and notation to illustrate each lesson. Developing a walking bass lines is a subject that many of my students guitarists. Through the use of the download of 90minutes worth of recorded rhythm tracks, players will have the opportunity to put the new learning directly into action.
Get the pdf 28 exercises and 7 complete walking bass studies 3dxypfspdf guitar methods with audio. I have searched for an understanding of how to create walking bass lines online for a long time. Check out walking bass lines over major 2 5 1 6, all the things you are, autumn leaves, blues. Walking bass on guitar is usually played fingerstyle. If you know how to create a walking bass line, you can be more creative in your jazz playing. In this lesson, you will learn how to write and play a walking bass line over a 12bar blues in f.
If you ever get confused or feel insecure, you can always return to this. Apr 01, 2019 in this bass guitar lesson im going show you 3 scale concepts that create killer walking bass lines. Another common chord progression is not a progression at all, but is instead multiple bars of the same chord. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass. Bass players guide to walking bass lines join s getting free bass tips and lessons every sunday my weekly newsletter is packed full of bass tips, news, and lessons, plus youll get an exclusive free copy of the bass guitar resource book. Bass parts are presented in easytoread tab as well as in standard music notation bass clef. How to play a walking bass line with chords guitar. Constructing walking jazz bass lines, jazz bass books and educational material in 12 keys for the jazz bassist. Simon candy if you dont consider yourself a jazz musician, or even have ambitions to become, jazz is still a great style to study.
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. Constructing walking jazz bass lines is a new series of instructional method books for the double bassist and electric bassist. Get the walking bass tabs, notation, and backing track from this lesson, then take your walking bass lines to the next level with my guide to the mo. Walking bass lines a small but growing collection of nice walking bass lines 202 pieces currently to give you a couple of fresh ideas for the accompaniment. Jazz is an inherently harmonically complex style of music. Dec 05, 2018 7 reasons to practice walking bass lines. Mar 25, 2019 welcome to part 1 of the walking bass series. Also, dont forget to write out your lines at first and really practice these. Walking bass book includes free beginner bass guitar. 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. Walking bass lines with chords guitar lesson with shapes and. In this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. The remaining three beats can be filled in by either repeating the root or playing the 5th of the chord. Fundamental concepts for walking bass a systematic method ebook by george urbaszek.
To walk bass lines on the ii v i, all we have to do is learn three different walking patterns. Pdf this paper describes a contourbased algorithm for the realtime automatic generation of jazz walking bass lines, following a given harmonic. 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. Bass player, record producer, songwriter, and tv composer josquin des pres has also found time to write many instructive books for bass. Jazz standard bass line transcriptions walking bass. Helps to develop an intuitive sense of harmonic rhythm chord changes by orienting to the bass line. Your contribution is much appreciated, as it helps support the site and allows me to keep investing the long hours required to produce these lessons. Until i happened upon your youtube videos i found nothing of any value on the subject.
In this bass guitar lesson, im going to take you through the 3 core concepts you can use to create walking bass lines. In this section, im going to give you seven great exercises for practicing this. The following is an example of a common bass line construction when the harmonic rhythm is moving at the rate of two chords per bar target notes are designated with t, and approach notes are designated with a. The first lesson will be building walking bass lines in the 44 meter swing style. A typical jazz walking bass line is played almost entirely with quarter notes notes that last 1 beat. Discover the 3m system for walking bass 3 simple methods to create walking bass lines module 2. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar digital sheet music.
Paypal will automatically convert from us dollars to your currency using the exchange rate at the. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Bass lines incorporate many basic improvisational concepts and fundamental musical building blocks such as chord tone outlining with chromaticism, bop scales, and use of sequence that are essential tools for improvising in the jazz. Start with the basic book and then move to the advanced book. Use these lines to get you going the right direction when you start playing a blues. The tough part is developing the ability to play the walking bass line.
Use your thumb for the bass notes and your other fingers to comp the chords. The course covers standard head arrangements, walking lines and solos for bass. Jazz guitar walking bass lines bass guitar chord music scribd. How to play walking bass lines bass lessons online. In this lesson, you will learn how to combine chords with a walking bass line, a concept that is. In lesson 1, we looked at four patterns for playing over the most common chord progression in blues, the i to iv i. There is a follow up book to this too expanding walking bass lines.
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. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. Once again thank you for your clear, easy to understand lessons. As jazz musicians, we spend a lot of our practice time trying to learn to think, hear, and play our way through complicated chord progressions as improvisers. Bass lines are an excellent means to improve your musicianship on the guitar, or any other instrument.
How to play a walking bass line with chords guitar lessons. Walking bass line books, excellent for learning to play jazz walking bass lines. Walking bass lines helps us learn and reinforce the fundamentals of jazz harmony. Jul 04, 2019 learn to play walking bass lines with a simple, easy to understand system perfect for beginner to intermediate bassists. In this course, ill show you a strategic and simple way to construct and improvise walking bass lines right there on the spot using chord tones and different intervals.
Bass lessons basic 12 bar blues in a the walking bass bass tab blues basic 12 bar blues in a the walking bass by. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation. Walking bass and chords bb blues jazz guitar lesson. The blues in 12 keys is a complete guide for the guitarist demonstrating the devices. Through the use of the download of 90minutes worth of recorded rhythm tracks, players will have the opportunity to. Daniel lopez qauertaro mexico walking bass lines for jazz guitar. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line. The blues in 12 keys walking bass lines for guitar book i by constructing walking jazz bass lines. Scales, modes and arpeggio studies are utilised by the bassist to. 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. 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.
While the usual bass line provides a foundation and accompaniment that keeps the focus on the lead guitar, with a walking bass line youre cutting your own groove and driving the song forward. In general, it is a good strategy to play the root of the chord on the downbeat of the measure. C7 to f7 another common chord progression is not a progression at all, but is instead multiple bars of the same chord. This free lesson with tabs and audio files provides easy guitar walking bass lines exercises for beginners. Once youve done that, combining it with chords on the guitar is just a matter of slipping in simple versions of chords here and there. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself.
The function of the bass is to provide the foundation. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Jazz bass tab and bass clef books, bass guitar lessons, jazz bass tabs, blues bass tabs for the bass guitar, scales, arpeggios and modes. At first, ill focus completely on how a walking bass line is formed. Chunky c this just so happens to be done in the key of a but you can play this in any key you like by following the same pattern for the chosen key. Basic 12 bar blues in a the walking bass bass tabs bass. This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is available as a pdf files containing 35 exercises with tabs, analysis and audio files. Walking bass lines course free backing tracks and pdf files. Walking the ii v i in combo, youll learn that the ii v i is one of the most important chord progressions in jazz. Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass lessons. Once weve covered that, ill show how to add chords here and there while playing the bass line. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar bookaudio files. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and. Walking bass and chords on a bb blues jazz guitar lesson.
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