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Category Archive for: ‘Walking Bass Lines’
Walking Bass – Beginner #2
This is part 2 of my walking bass lessons for the beginner jazz bass player. In this lesson I expand on what we looked at within the first lesson and get you to start walking 4 in a bar using chord tones and chromatic passing tones. When trying out these exercises remember – making it ‘feel’ good is SUPER important… …
Walking Bass – Beginner #1
Walking bass is something SOOO many bass players have difficulty with. But – It’s really a lot easier than you think and hopefully, this series of walking bass lessons will help remove the confusion! Through years of teaching and experimenting with different methods I’ve come up with my own ‘fool proof’ method of getting students well on their way to …
Walking Bass Lines over Static Minor Chords
The walking bass lines video lessons show you an easy to understand and easy to put into practice method of creating walking bass lines. Within this walking bass lesson I discuss how to create lines when there is a static minor chord for an extended period of time. You can find this kind of chord sequence in jazz standards like …
Walking Bass Lines Crash Course – Lesson 3
In the first two lessons of this walking bass ‘crash course’, we’ve been practicing on a sequence with only one chord per bar. Quick recap: in the first lesson, we’ve played ‘only’ roots, fiths & thirds and ‘passing notes’. In the second lesson, we’ve added more chromatic notes. Hopefully you’ve practiced that, explored the variety of options that this gives …
Walking Bass Lines Crash Course – Lesson 2
This series of walking bass lessons show you an easy-to-understand and easy to put into practice method to create walking bass lines. This is the second part to my ‘crash course’ in walking bass lines. As I said in the earlier tutorial, there’s a lot to learn when it comes to creating good walking bass lines, but these lessons should …
Walking Bass Lines Crash Course – Lesson 1
These walking bass lessons show you an easy-to-understand and easy to put into practice method of creating walking bass lines. In my younger years, I found myself in an awkward situation where I was asked to play some jazz type walking bass lines for a band I was in… At the time I had NO IDEA how to create a …
Walking Bass – Improve Your Swing Feel!
When playing walking bass lines, your feel is absolutely key to make everything ‘sit’ as it should within the context of whichever ensemble you’re playing. The exercises presented within this lesson should help you on your way to strengthening your internal clock and time feel. Whether you’ve already watched my other lessons on walking bass or not, this one is …
Walking Bass Lines Lessons Overview
This part of the website does what it says on the packet… Tutorials covering walking bass lines and the different concepts and approaches that can be used. As bass players there are certain tasks asked of us that we must be able to perform with relative ease. One of the most important tasks is creating walking bass lines, but unfortunately …
