Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the jazz standard autumn leaves. 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. Oct 12, 2005 walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. May 02, 20 demonstration with instruction on iviiiv walking bass and chords. Walking bass lines with chords jazz guitar lesson ever wanted to play chords and walking bass lines simultaneously on jazz guitar. A walking bass line walks through the chord progression, one note per beat. Complete idiots guide to bass guitar exercises progressive complete learn to play lead guitar manual 1988 bass tracker bass buggy pontoon top 20 bass lines of all time. Therefore being in control of them and becoming fluent is crucial. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright. A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing. In this lesson, you will learn how to play the melody of solar and how to solo over its chord changes. Well there is a huge number of jazz albums with great walking basslines probably my favourite for walking lines is paul chambers and of course if there is one album that everybody has or likes even if they arent a jazz fan is miles davis kind of blue. How to make your own walking bass lines on guitar and put chords in between.
Solar miles davis melody and solo jazz guitar online. This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is available as a pdf files containing 35 exercises with tabs, analysis and audio. This is the third in the walking bass series that aims to provide an introduction to walking bass lines for those just getting started. Walking bass guitar is an important comping style for any jazz guitarist to study when learning how to play jazz guitar chords if you are new to playing walking bass guitar lines and want to learn an easy method for learning them, i highly recommend checking out this guide that i published before working through the material in this lesson. The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can rely on to always sound good when you play it. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax, flute. Its function is to outline the chords of the progression and provide a smooth transition from one chord to another. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. In this study, youll learn a solo over the chord changes to the miles davis tune solar one of the great things about brazilian jazz is that you play both brazilian tunes and jazz tunes in a brazilian style. A big part of being a jazz guitarist is accompanying other musicians.
Walking bass lines for jazz guitar digital sheet music. Jazz bass extended arpeggios are an essential part of jazz bass soloing. Jazz bass extended arpeggios fundamental changes music. Bass lessons beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tab standard string tuning g,d,a,e recommended 1. Beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tabs bass. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright guitar. In this guitar lesson were going to check out walking a bass for my original composition fall off trees which happens to have the same chords as the jazz standard autumn leaves. 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. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. How to write a walking bass line learn jazz standards.
Here is a common guitar walking bass study in the style of joe pass based on a jazz blues chord progression. Walking bass for jazz guitar with martin taylor mbe is the antidote to formulaic guitar methods. Unlock one of the great secrets of jazz chord melody guitar playing. Chord tones root, 3rd, 5th, 7th are the most powerful choice you can make when creating your walking lines. Nov 23, 2012 hey jazz guy, i love the sounds of solo jazz guitar, how do i play a walking bass and chords together. Use these lines to get you going the right direction when you start playing a blues. Dont get around much anymore jazz guitar chord melody. How to play amazingly easy 1625 jazz walking bass guitar. Adding bass lines to our bossa nova comping really makes the syncopation stand out. Were going to use basic chord tones and repetitive lines that will act as a springboard in developing your own lines. This article teaches you 3 jazz walking bass line etudes arranged for guitar. The difficulty in walking bass on the guitar lies in the combination of playing chords and bass at. Jan 28, 2019 continuing our exploration of cool things to do with a jazzblues chord progression in a rhythm section, id now like to demonstrate an accompaniment, or comping, technique favored by jazz guitarists, pianists and organists alike over a swingstyle walking bass line provided by a bassist, second guitarist or keyboardists left hand.
There are a couple of exceptions as youll see but for the most part were looking at one line for ascending and one line for descending. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. Also, dont forget to write out your lines at first and really practice these. Stompin at the savoy is a swingera jazz standard written by alto saxophonist edgar sampson in 1933, although it is often credited to benny goodman, whose recording of the song peaked at number 4. If you have any questions or comments then feel free to leave them here or on the video. Intermediate walking bass lines for jazz guitar by. Walking bass lines with chords jazz guitar lesson ever wanted to play chords and walking. After youve gone free walking bass study with guitar tabs. Bass lines part 2 adding chords to your bass lines mark white is an associate professortraveling clinician for. When learning how to play jazz guitar, many of us are drawn to the coolsounding style of playing walking basslines on guitar while comping rhythm. How to create bass lines 5 ostinato or riff bass an ostinato is a repeated rhythmicmelodic.
If we analyse the walking bass lines from a good bassist in a band, we quickly come to realise that there are bass lines that appear over and over, because they sound so good and have proved themselves successful. It is obvious that we should have a command of these bass lines like a musical vocabulary, so to speak. Chord tones should be the first stop on the road to learning how to play walking bass lines. The focus will be to help aspiring jazz guitarists learn their craft better. It is technically demanding, harmonically advanced, and extremely interactive. Organists tend to play what i call functunal bass lines. And be sure to read my other jazz guitar corner columns here. Apr 26, 2017 in my previous post, how to keep your bass lines interesting, we defined what a bass line is and what its functions are, and looked at a few ways in which we can creatively negotiate chord changes. First eight measures of rhythm changes in the key of bb. Easy walking bass lines pdf constructing walking jazz. R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald. In this bass guitar lesson, im going to take you through the 3 core concepts you can use to create walking bass lines. Martin taylor walking bass for jazz guitar fundamental. Solar is a jazz standard made famous by miles davis but actually written by jazz guitarist chuck wayne.
Jazz walking bass line etudes for guitar jamie holroyd. A leading tone is a note that makes the link between the previous bass line and the next chord. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar bookaudio files. Constructing walking jazz bass lines home facebook. Getting started with walking bass lines on bass guitar. As always you can download a pdf of the examples here. Moreover, those lines can be heard on the most of great jazz recordings. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. 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. Notice how sometimes the bass line and the chord land.
So far in the 30 days to better jazz guitar comping series weve looked at a variety of chords you can use and how to apply them, but one topic we havent looked at until now is something that every guitarist will need to do sooner or later in their jazz guitar journeys. This is the usual second step for players who want to master walking bass before moving to chromatic lines. For a young musician just beginning to dive into the art form, it can seem a daunting task. Basic walking bass lines for jazz guitar download ebook. Over time the ability to get more variation in both chords and bass lines should grow. Comping with bass lines guide jamie holroyd guitar jazz. To read more about walking basslines for guitar, check out my series how to walk basslines for jazz guitar. For this walking bass line im going to use only two scale patterns as the foundation for the whole thing. Looking for a structured way to increase your current skill level. One of the most effective ways of comping is using walking bass lines. Click download or read online button to get basic walking bass lines for jazz guitar book now. Are you trying to find a way in to playing jazz bass.
Though this is a sound many of us dig, we can often be at a loss as to how to build effective and nicesounding walking. A bass line is a melody line played in the bass by a lowpitched instrument such as the piano, double bass, electric bass, tuba, etc. Guitar walking bass lines wchords jazz lesson with tabs. By working jazz guitar licks, you increase your fretboard knowledge and build a strong connection to the jazz tradition at the same time. This can be tricky at first, so be sure to take things slowly. For a complete guide to walking bass lines be sure to check out the full course here. For ascending lines im using the scale degrees 1 2 3 5. A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but. Crawling in cleveland dear crawling, ah, the walking bass. In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the jazz. Arpeggios and soloing to create your own walking bass lines.
Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. If you are wishing to order the pdf mp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. To demonstrate this we are going to use one of the most important chord sequences youll find in jazz music. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. Also in 1966, nancy sinatra recorded a cover version of bang bang, featuring the iconic tremolo guitar part played by billy strange. A layered guitar system helps you understand every simple step and lets you quickly combine rock solid walking basslines on guitar with rich, interesting jazz chords. Module 2 scales passing tones walking bass lessons. While some knowledge of music theory is necessary, excellent bass lines can be. Now its time to learn how to create a complete bass line from scratch. It is possible to add rhythmic variations, but in general, a walking bassline drives the song forward step by step.
Bang bang my baby shot me down was written by sonny bono and originally released by cher in 1966. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new learned skills. While you may know that its important to practice jazz guitar licks, finding the right lines to work on can be a daunting task. One very important and widely used jazz guitar technique is playing bass lines in combination with chords. Walking bass lines for guitar jazz guitar workshop series. Join 4000 other subscribers in recieving nothing but the best jazz guitar lessons. By working with the three etudes in this article you will learn how to. This lesson is the first look into how we construct the actual lines and starts with a primer on arpeggios or chord tones. I used my fender jazz bass made in mexico and no effects. Root note bass line to get started with walking bass lines it is important to be aware of the root notes in each of the chords you are playing.
Bang bang nancy sinatra guitar tabs jazz guitar online. A walking bass line generally consists of notes of equal duration and intensity typically 14 notes that create a feeling of forward motion. If you like these ideas and want more information, my books walking bass lines for jazz guitar and walking bass lines for bass guitar are available at. To get backing tracks and pdf files to each lesson just pop your first name and email into the side bar field if you have mastered the patterns from module 1 and module 2 you can now play very solid and good sounding walking lines without repeating yourself every two bars. For example, when you do steps 1, 2, or 3 above, you are creating the most basic kinds of ostinato. And walking bass lines are a continuous sequence of quarter notes, generally played on the beat 4 notes per bar in 44 time. While walking bass in a band is generally played by the bass guitar or double bass player, being able to play walking bass lines is an essential skill for jazz guitarists when playing without a bass player. Learning jazz guitar licks is essential for anyone studying the genre. Now that youve worked these brazilian jazz licks on their own, you can bring them together in a soloing study. Jazz walking bass on autumn leaves soundalike guitar. The song uses a callandresponse technique between sections of the big band, comparable to stompin at the savoy, an earlier swingera jazz standard the strippeddown chord progression of the a section is cmaj7 a7 d7 g7 the b section starts with the iv fmaj7, before going to.
Ive got a great lesson for you on walking bass with chords for jazz guitar. Comping with bass lines guide jazz guitar instruction. Check out the notation examples below as a reference, and then view the video for an indepth look at each of the five steps, including hearing these lines in action. One last idea for this lessonlisten to jazz organ players like larry young. This is the second lesson in the series devoted to walking bass lines. Jazz is an incredibly difficult music to play in many ways. I originally made this lesson for my private students but now im releasing it to the public. Five steps to walking basslines on guitar guitar world. I added tabs on the bottom right of the screen, so you can learn easily this walking bass. It is found most commonly in blues and jazz, but as you learn bass guitar, you will hear its influence in almost any style of music. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line.
The description below is for the pdf and audio files. In my previous post, how to keep your bass lines interesting, we defined what a bass line is and what its functions are, and looked at a few ways in which we can creatively negotiate chord changes. The term walking is used lescribe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. The notes of the arpeggio are identical to the chord and contain the intervals 1, 3, 5 and 7. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar sheet music plus. 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. The form of dont get around much anymore is 32 bars long and follows the classic aaba structure.
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