This week we’re looking at Walking Bass Lines and some aspects of practice that often go neglected. Walking bass is mostly an improvised art and we can get stuck in the process of creating and developing vocabulary through improvising around musical nuts and bolts like chord tones, scales and chromatics. This is fine and the…
This week we’re looking at walking bass lines. We’ll be taking small single chord phrases as a practice tool for building your walking bass vocabulary in simple, easy steps. Vocabulary – Music and Speech When we walk through a tune, be it a blues or a jazz standard, we generally walk through a chord progression….
This week we’re going to take a look at some basic aspects of jazz harmony in the shape of Secondary Dominant Chords What You Need To Know… I’m going to assume two things before we start this lesson A basic knowledge of chords and chord construction A knowledge of the basic diatonic chords in a…
The Simple Steps To Walking Bass Lines course is available here at Talkingbass and this week we have a preview lesson. We’ll be looking at how to generate a walking bass line and the elements of study required when developing our vocabulary. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure to check…
This week we’re going to look at some of those cool little triplet drops you’ll hear in more advanced walking bass lines. I spent forever trying to work out the best way to add them into my playing and in this lesson I’ll give you two simple tips that will get you on your feet….
This week we’re looking at a simple hack you can use for creating walking bass lines with minimal resources. We’re looking at chord tones (triads) and a single chromatic approach note as the basis for every chord connection. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure to check out the full course…
In this week’s lesson we’re looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the Jazz standard Autumn Leaves. We’re going to use basic chord tones and repetitive lines that will act as a springboard in developing your own lines. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure…
This walking bassline works over a 12 Bar Quick Change Blues Progression. Download the tab, sheet music and tracks from below the video. I’ve provided a breakdown of the whole 12 bars and some tips on how to memorize these longer streams of notes.