Today we’re going to look at some walking bass, specifically a bass line over the popular jazz chord progression Sweet Georgia Brown. Walking bass instruction usually focuses on the improvisation side of playing. But it’s also important to learn pre-written lines.
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 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…
Today, I’m going to share with you 7 things you need to work on if you want to learn walking bass. These things will help you build the foundation needed to learn walking bass successfully. Sweet Georgia Brown During This lesson we’ll refer to the Jazz standard Sweet Georgia Brown. Below we have the chord…
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…
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…
Free PDF download How to ACTUALLY use Arpeggios on bass Grab the free PDF — a quick reference guide to take away from this lesson. The Walking Bass Secret Every Beginner Needs To Know Walking bass lines are one of the toughest things you’ll encounter as a bassist. You’ve got to create a melodic line…