Teach myself bass guitar learn how to play with stepbystep bass guitar lessons supported by video and audio files. For example, when you do steps 1, 2, or 3 above, you are creating the most basic kinds of ostinato. Bundle of 48 backing tracks and 12 pdf files with chord changes. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. In this handout, bert ligon shows many different possibilities for improvising bass lines on a blues in b flat. Jazz guitar makes full use of many theoretical concepts, and also tends to use a lot of the more difficult concepts in music, such as improvisation and proper usage and implementation of the chromatic scale. In this lesson, we will show you a couple of jazz bass lines that will help to open your eyes to the use of chords and chromatics within jazz bass guitar playing. Just like walking with your feet, tyjwalking bass line is one step after the other that takes you somewhere. One that can be opened with guitar pro 6, and one with guitar pro 5. 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.
Good course includes video lessons, audio instructions and downloadable lesson pdf files. Bundle of 48 backing tracks and 12 pdf files with chord changes this set of playalongs and chord charts is a great addition to the walking bass lines course. Department of music sincere jazz musicians aim at excellence and apparently nothing else. They are hard to buy and if bought they either backslide into honesty or lose the respect of their peers. How to write a walking bass line learn jazz standards. We explore how to walk that bass in your left hand up basic triad shapes and scale fragments. Everything you need to master your favorite tunes is found in these essential, fun, and engaging study guides. He appears on countless recordings on the blue note and prestige record labels. Chords, voice leading, soloing, licks, basslines, its all here ready for you to grab your guitar and dive in. Here is an example with the chord progression c7 f7.
Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing. 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. Use these lines to get you going the right direction when you start playing a blues. This style heavily utilizes the roots and 5ths of chords. In this handout, bert ligon shares some basic concepts of constructing good jazz bass lines. For ascending lines im using the scale degrees 1 2 3 5. Building bass lines 5 it is common practice by jazz bassists to simplify a walking bass line by playing only on beats one and three, usually during the beginning of the tune when the melody is being played. The basic principle for playing latin tunes is the same as playing twobeat bass lines. Walking bass lines supplement this is a supplement for the lesson on walking bass.
Wallace stelzer is a professional jazz bass player and content creator from houston, texas. In this first lesson, i will cover some basic material that all players should know regardless of style preference. Today, pauls lines are classic jazz bass literature. Practicing in all keys is going to consolidate your knowledge of the patterns as well as help you to freely move around the entire fret board. This set of playalongs and chord charts is a great addition to the walking bass lines course. The description below is for the pdf and audio files. Guitar and bass jazz walking bass lines for jazz guitar pdfmp3 files walking bass lines for jazz guitar pdfmp3 files sku.
To play jazz requires discipline, and discipline is good for all of us. In order to be a part of the jazz movement one must accept change. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new learned skills. Dedicate at least 3060 minutes each day to playing the bass. How to create bass lines 5 ostinato or riff bass an ostinato is a repeated rhythmicmelodic. Heres a blues in a jam track you can use to practice. As an active member of the new york city jazz scene, wallace has participated in jazz festivals, spoken and performed live on radio, and played at many prestigious jazz clubs and concert halls around the country. But if you listen closely youll find a myriad of subtle variations that give the music an extra kick without destroying the underlying groove. Here are some tips to aid you in mastering these bass blues licks. James jamerson from jazz bassist to popular music icon. Jazz piano lessons stepbystep lessons to master jazz theory.
The language of jazz or the jazz idiom is in a constant state of flux. Jazz is one of those few styles that expands and goes past the average intermediate phase. 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. Walking bass lines always sound cool in any style of music, but are essential to jazz blues and great american songbook jazz standards. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz.
This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is available as a pdf files containing 35 exercises with tabs, analysis and audio files jazz guitar licks april 1 at 4. Best includes better plus graded assignments on all lessons and 4 coaching sessions. Approach notes usually occur on the beat before a target note. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass.
The purpose of this book is to provide the beginning to intermediate jazz bassist a working vocabulary of walking basslines and concepts for improvising. Basics of bass guitar playing 5 amazing bass guitar lessons. Chapter 2 of this thesis begins with a description of jamersons early recording. National jazz workshop a summer jazz camp at shenandoah. This simplification is known as a twobeat bassline. For this walking bass line im going to use only two scale patterns as the foundation for the whole thing. The next step in creating jazz bass lines is the addition of chord tones. The symbol of the bass clef is derived from the old german way of writing f. Latin or straight8th note bass lines can be embellished by adding an 8th note on the offbeat of beats two and four. Apr 26, 2017 wallace stelzer is a professional jazz bass player and content creator from houston, texas.
Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written. The process works and i am now on the way to playing walking bass lines with a jazz band. The free source of walking bass lessons complete, free course on how to create walking bass lines. Teach myself bass guitar takes you on a journey from beginner to. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. Jazz studies handbook the university of central florida.
As im sure you have heard before, practice makes perfect. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. This book contains the main afrolatin styles of bass playing as well as sections on latin jazz bass. Jahrah stevens approach is masterly crafted to ensure that you are playing strong bass lines right out of the gate in all twelve keys with numerous exercises to reinforce each and every concept whether theoretically andor harmonically in a very comprehensive and progressive approach including clearly written directions of the various concepts for the thoroughly written out exercises. For educational and personal use only not to be sold but please share. Get a hold of the fundamentals before tackling this. Jazz bass explores the key ingredients necessary to play great jazz bass lines, including the sound, feel, foundation, and power. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar bookaudio files. Youll be able to easily drag and drop the chord progressions, lead melodies, bass lines, drum patterns and other midi data into your daw of choice. Creating jazz bass lines is the first in a series of lessons to be presented on walking bass. Dorian pentatonic blues bass line ideas guitar pro zip file mp3 jam track.
Adg productions walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to. Better includes all basic features plus 2 coaching sessions and graded homework assignments. 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. Since the 1970s, the real book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz. The bassline construction method explored here uses chord tones, approach notes and basic reharmonization. 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. Download theory supplements, midi files, chord changes and full notefornote transcriptions of every lesson. The student is taken through the exercises methodically and everything is explained in great detail. Students and readers of constructing walking jazz bass lines. Throughout the course, you will learn techniques for playing effective walking bass lines over jazz chord changes. Walking bass workshop constructing walking jazz bass lines. The bass line descends the scale and lands on the root of the next chord. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. The term walking is used lescribe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part.
Practicing in all keys is going to consolidate your knowledge of the patterns as well as help you. First off, before we begin, it is important that you take a look at your skillset. The fundamentals of music are pitch and rhythm which are placed in a grid of five lines and four spaces called staff. Brought to you by the freshest producers in the uk bassline scene this pack gives you instantaneous midi and.
As you follow the scales, you will always go up low to high then back down high to low. A jazz bassist must learn how to walk a line based on the chords of a tune. In this handout, bert ligon shows many different possibilities for improvising bass lines on a blues in f. To walk bass lines on the ii v i, all we have to do is learn three different walking patterns. If you find it useful why not give a small donation to a charity of your choice. In the 1950s and 60s paul chambers played with miles, trane, bill evans, red garland, wynton kelly, donald bird, freddie hubbard, wes montgomery, etc.
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