Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. The second part of my walking bass series goes back to one of my favorite upright bassists of the 1960s era jimmy garrison. Bass lessons beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tab standard string tuning g,d,a,e recommended 1. The bass playalong series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Bass guitar lessons for beginners and intermediate players, bass guitar, video clips, handouts. In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the jazz standard autumn leaves. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. News about bass lessons online plus free beginner bass guitar videos.
There is a big tendency for players to seek for advanced and complicated topics while they still did not master the basics. Welcome to the talkingbass free online bass lesson map. Learn how to play walking bass lines on the double bass with these free video lessons. These lessons are easy to understand and can make a huge difference to your playing. In this lesson you will learn a common major triad pattern.
We teach you all the key aspects, so you can improvise swinging walking bass lines that your band members will love. Download this free video from our on demand system at. This video is an excerpt from the beginner series of bass lessons online this sample bass lesson shows you how you can easily create your own bass lines and grooves using the. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written.
Notes on the bass stave worksheet with an accompanying. Dave frank school of jazz, new york city music videos. Free ebook downloads, practice tracks, drum tracks and much more. Bass guitar lessons, check out our video clips and handouts. Chords and walking bass part 1 with jens larsen guitar. In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line. Zoe often still plays my old rubner double bass, her graduation present walking bass ebook available for immediate download freely view and download heaps of helpful excerpts to help create your own walking bass lines and not just copy someone elses. Bass lessons beginners guide to walking bass lines text bass tab learn the song with the online tablature player. The possible noterange of a walking bass can reach from subcontra a to middle c. As a subscriber you are getting a free backing tracks and pdf files with tab and notation to illustrate each lesson. Walking bass noterange usually the bass lies in the lower sound range of the music. A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing. This is a a way of playing that i use really a lot in situations where theres no bass player, so mostly duo settings with a. The possible noterange of a walking bass can reach from subcontra.
Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. Min 7 root flat 3rd perfect 5th flat 7th dominant 7 root maj 3rd perfect 5th flat 7th major 7 root maj 3rd perfect 5th natural 7th exercise 7. Walking bass line piano tutorial walking bass jazz piano. Beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tabs bass. The first note is played at the third fret of the e lowest string.
Dave frank is one of the busiest solo jazz pianists and music educators on the scene today. Click here to download the free 3 concepts to play a 251 pdf. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line. This library represents the heart of the site, where you will be spending most of your time studying and working through an everexpanding video curriculum designed to help you become a better bass player. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Chord tones root, 3rd, 5th, 7th are the most powerful choice you can make when creating your walking lines. Jimmy garrison lesson walking bass lesson bass musician. Just follow the tab, listen to the cd to hear how the bass should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. Bass lessons free online lessons for guitar and bass at ultimateguitar. Although there are many free lessons and transcriptions on our site for beginning and advanced players, nothing beats individual guidance, for those just starting and for advanced players. This time the final ab chord is placed on the beat mark the ending of the song. Therefore, the bass is played by the left hand on the lower part of the keyboard of the piano.
Parts of the bass a bass is made up of three main sections. Great lesson im gonna show this to my friend whos going to start playing bass. Organized interactive bass lessons created by a veteran bass teacher. Im going to carefully deconstruct the anatomy and makeup of an effective walking bass so that you are equipped with the knowledge to apply this to any medium to up. Performance studies focused on the essentials of walking bass lines. Therefore being in control of them and becoming fluent is crucial. The target of this quizworksheet is to test you on the basso continuo, features of walking bass lines, nonchord tones, and notes in chords.
Play lower notes with your right thumb and you can obtain a kind of. Bass tablature for cool walking bass pattern by misc. This is a a way of playing that i use really a lot in situations where theres no bass player, so mostly duo settings with a guitar player, singer or horn player. We will be playing our ii v i progression in the key of c major. Natural 7th our progression is a ii v i in the key of c major. This week we will learn about the min 7 b5 chord and start working our way through the chords of a jazz tune. Download your free walking bass likes in 10 minutes workbook and discover scott bass lessons the leading online bass community, with a wealth of free online lessons for new and experienced bass players alike. Cool walking bass pattern bass tabs big bass tabs free. In this lesson im going to provide an introduction to walking bass lines in jazz piano. Nothing too difficult, just make sure you are stamping your foot two times per second and that you are counting from 1 to 4 in time with your foot beat.
The third is the second fret of the a string, and so on. R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook welcome to the bass chapter of the thelonious monk institute of jazzs online jazz handbook. Check out some of the playlists where you can find groups of lessons on topics like slap bass, walking bass, technique, improvisation and much more. Welcome to the adamnittimusiceducation lesson library.
This will mark the chord changes in the strongest way possible and give the. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my. Were going to start off by exploring arpeggios one of the most basic building blocks of music. The lessons are practical, aimed at playing in a band. You can get a pdf to accompany this lesson from you can down. May 22, 2007 hey all welcome to my first lesson on the topic of walking basslines. Studybass bass lesson index free online bass lessons.
Beginners guide to walking bass lines text bass tab by. Walking bass exercises for jazz guitar lesson with tabs and audio. Chords and walking bass part 1 with jens larsen guitar lesson. Apr 18, 2014 notes on the bass stave worksheet with an accompanying video explaining the bass lines and spaces. Misc cool walking bass pattern bass tab this cool walking bass pattern is fun to play, and also a good warmup.
The best way to learn how to read bass tab is to play tunes that you already know and see how they have been written in tab. This is the second free online bass lesson in the walking bass series by mark j smith for talkingbass. Download the autumn leaves lead sheet so you can follow the chord changes. Bass guitar lessons if youre considering private bass lessons, then youve come to the right place. See all jaime david vazquez bass tips in our free stuff section. Bass guitar lessons avcss guitar world free guitar. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while. Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Dec 01, 2015 jimmy garrison lesson walking bass lesson disclaimer. In this bass guitar lesson im going show you 3 scale concepts that create killer. This is very useful in weaving a walking bass line through a chord progression while holding one position. In part 1 we created waling bass lines over major and minor 251s using the tones of the triad in combination with chromatic or stepwise approach patterns. Amidst hundreds of players slapping thousands of strings, there was incredible gear, awesome main stage performances and a whole host of fantastic masterclasses, both in the show masterclass room and in the scotts bass lessons room. This week we are looking at ascending and descending our 4 note chord shapes.
Bass lessons syllabus lesson plan guitar masterclass. Youll receive a pdf of all the lines played in the lesson, an arpeggio reference sheet and the backing tracks in c major and f major. All of the other parts of the bass are mounted on these three sections. Were going to use basic chord tones and repetitive lines that will act as a springboard in developing your own lines. How to play walking bass lines using chord tones youtube. Order books and transcriptions in easytodownload pdf form.
It really helps to go through some of the lessons mark has referred to in order to understand the language. This is a structured plan of all the mark j smith video bass lessons divided by topic. The notes above are all natural however any of this notes can be raised or lowered a half. He is the author of the bestselling hal heonard book and video series, joy of improv and breakthrough to improv, was an associate professor of piano at berklee college of music in boston from 19872004, and was a cofounder of the new york school of jazz 198386. Jimmy garrison lesson walking bass lesson disclaimer. The notes above are all natural however any of this notes can be raised or. My name is mark j smith and i present a free bass lesson every friday. Walking bass is a form of bass line, or a musical line that usually provides the lowest voice of the musical texture. Free bass lessons, tools and resources lessons are based on my tens of thousands of hours teaching hundreds of students over 25 years. Walking bass lines lesson chord tones free online bass. The term walking is used lescribe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. In this video lesson, james discusses a dorian walking bass technique.
Just like walking with your feet, tyjwalking bass line is one step after the other that takes you somewhere. In part 2 of this lesson we continue our study of walking bass lines. Jerry explains how to play a chord progression with fingerstyle technique, with a set of chords common in jazz music. Dave marks the online home of northern irish multi. It will help guide you through the important fi rst steps of getting started with your. Free lesson walking bass download scotts bass lessons. Lesson 7 we are using a chord progression with 3 chord types. Pickups are also mounted to the body and work like little microphones that pick up the sound from the strings. Private lesson manager software created and offered our friend jay ambrose, plms is an easy to use lesson management software to organize, simplify and reduce the amount of time to prepare lessons, track student progress and manage the financial responsibilities of the business. Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass lessons. Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass. This free lesson with tabs and audio files provides easy guitar walking.
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In this lesson i want to first demonstrate 4 exercises that you can use to gain the necessary vocabulary to solo over a turnaround with chords. Lesson 1 we are using a chord progression with 3 chord types. Church pianist training piano lessons book 1 kindle edition by rosa suen. Jason is also well versed in several techniques including slap and pop, tapping and palm muting. The bridge is the assembly that anchors the strings to the body. Walking bass jazz guitar lesson on all the things you are. These walking bass lessons show you an easytounderstand and easy to put into practice method of creating a walking bass line. The function of a bass player in the jazz combo is to work with the piano player and drummer to provide both a harmonic and rhythmic stability for the tune. Walking bass book bass lessons online includes free. Read them on a desktop, laptop, phone or tablet, and print out pages as you wish. It is absolutely crucial for the student to learn the material in the correct order and not to go ahead of oneself. While often associated with jazz, walking bass can be found in.