In this lesson I’m providing you with a simple walking bass line through a 12 bar blues progression in a jazz blues style What Is A Walking Bass Line? A walking bass line is simply a melodic bass line found mainly in jazz and blues styles in which you ‘walk’ around in quarter notes connecting…
This is the third in the Walking Bass Series that aims to provide an introduction to walking bass lines for those just getting started. This lesson deals with the song Fly Me To The Moon and a basic approach to weaving a line through the progression using only chord tones. Fly Me To The Moon Backing…
This is the second lesson in the series devoted to walking bass lines. This lesson is the first look into how we construct the actual lines and starts with a primer on Arpeggios or Chord Tones. Chord Tones should be the first stop on the road to learning how to play walking bass lines. When…
This lesson is the first in a series of lessons devoted to walking bass lines. I take you through the basic concepts behind walking like targeting chord tones, arpeggio / scale / chromatic based lines and the other elements of walking bass. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure to check…