This week we’re delving a little deeper into the Charlie Parker tune Billie’s Bounce. We’re going to breakdown the chord progression and look at applying the chord tones/arpeggios to bass guitar This is an essential part of learning a Jazz Standard and creating walking bass lines or solos.
This lesson covers chords that contain simple additions to the triad rather than the seventh chord. The 6, add9 and 6/9 chords Altered Note Chords We have already covered the basics of building chords by stacking thirds, but there are several chords that aren’t a consequence of stacking. The first group are known as added note chords,…
This video continues the look at chords for bass guitar by delving into seventh chords. Lesson Material Note: Throughout the lesson, the chords shapes built from an A string are using a C root eg. Cmaj7. The chord shapes built from an E string are using a G root eg. Gmaj7
This week we’re going to look at arpeggios, specifically four note inversions and I’m going to give you a little etude that should not only help with learning your arpeggios and chord tones a little better, but also help with moving around the neck a LOT. Arpeggio Etude
This week we have the second lesson in the short series on playing the major scale through the cycle of 4ths. This exercise is a little tougher and works from the lowest note to the highest note in one position.
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 is the first of two lessons covering the popular topic of Modes. What Are Modes? Modes arescales that begin on different degrees of the major scale. Let’s take the C major scale for example: C D E F G A B If we play this scale from the 2nd degree (D), we get: D E…
Thanks Mark,
Great instruction, awesome presentation, you just kill it!
– Pat
Thanks again Mark. Thoroughly enjoyed this! Got to be careful not to get too much into replicating patterns as opposed to learning the notes and intervals. Brilliant. Ta.