Sidesliding or side stepping the root note is nearly always approached from either a semitone above or a semitone below the root note though sometimes from a note that is in the arpeggio of the preceding chord. Bass lessons beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tab standard string tuning g,d,a,e recommended 1. A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but between the sixth and. Playing walking bass jazz guitar comping is really a great full way to comp in a duo. The first jazz walking bass line etude we are going to learn is over the first eight bars of giant steps. Easy walking bass lines pdf constructing walking jazz. The walking bass line was developed by upright bassists like ray brown, milt hinton, paul chambers, and ron carter, but now its also commonly played on the bass guitar. Walking bass and chords on a bb blues jazz guitar lesson. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself. Nov 21, 2016 walking bass for jazz and blues is a complete method to help beginners master each element of blues and jazz walking bass. The video is based on a recording i made and transcribed. Getting started with walking bass lines on bass guitar.
Beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tabs bass. There are 24 modules and each lesson, a cd and notationtab of the module material, comes in the mail every 2 weeks. Looking for a structured way to increase your current skill level. The course covers standard head arrangements, walking lines and solos for bass.
Check out our arpeggio lessons that start easy and evolve to. While giant steps can be daunting to improvise over, you can create a walking bass line with only a few notes. In this lesson we will be creating a simple walking bass line over a basic jazz blues progression. Easy walking bass lines pdf constructing walking jazz bass lines. The description below is for the pdf and audio files. Wallace stelzer is a professional jazz bass player and content creator from houston, texas. This is a printable pdf method for guitar with audio files, tabs, standard notation and analysis containing 28 exercices, 6 jazz blues studies f, g and bb and 1 rhythm changes study. A walking bass line simply walks through the appropriate scale of each chord, one note per beat, hitting every beat of each measure. Walking up or down into a chord is a really nice way of making a transition from one chord to another. Jazz standards for jazz guitar pdf sheet music, tabs, chords and soloing with audio examples welcome to our archive of some of the most popular jazz standards for jazz guitar. Youll become a oneinstrument rhythm section and be perfectly placed to accompany singers and soloists in a duo setting. The most common chord movement in the blues not to mention jazz, rock, pop and countryfollows the circle of 5ths, where chords descend in intervals of perfect 5ths, for example from d to g to c.
Walking bass line jazz standards swing tune bass by misc. While often associated with jazz, walking bass can be found in any genre. How to write a walking bass line learn jazz standards. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners autumn leaves. 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. Walking bass lines and chords for guitar pdf method with audio. In this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and. Walking the ii v i in combo, youll learn that the ii v i is one of the most important chord progressions in jazz. When learning how to play jazz guitar, many of us are drawn to the cool sounding style of playing walking basslines on guitar while comping rhythm. This is the first step in developing walking bass lines. Jul 21, 2016 walking bass line jazz standards swing tune bass tab. If youre amazingly extra awesome, youll be able to sing the melody and make a bass line at the same time. Save an extra 25% off your first order with code ignited and combine with truefire cash for max savings.
I think this chord movement gives the music a feeling of flowing downhill. Walking bass and chords is one of the greatest ways to comp if you are the only one playing behind a soloist like a horn or a singer. Fundamental concepts for walking bass a systematic method will show you stepbystep how to make up your own walking bass lines for jazz, country, rockabilly etc this manual can be used by anyone wanting to learn how to play improvised walking bass on any instrument in any time signature. This manual can be used by anyone wanting to learn how to play improvised walking bass on any instrument in any time signature. One of the most effective ways of comping is using walking bass lines. Walking bass jazz guitar lesson on all the things you are jens. 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 this article is aimed at the guitarist who already. Are you trying to find a way in to playing jazz bass.
Walking bass and chords bb blues jazz guitar lesson. Chord tones root, 3rd, 5th, 7th are the most powerful choice you can make when creating your walking lines. These three chord types may obviously have a variety of different voicings, but the vast majority of these voicings has usually one of mentioned chords as a base. Bundle of 48 backing tracks and 12 pdf files with chord changes. By working with the three etudes in this article you will learn how to. Walking bass line jazz standards swing tune misc unsigned bands. Walking bass line jazz standards swing tune bass tab by misc unsigned bands. Walking bass is a form of bass line, or a musical line that usually provides the lowest voice of the musical texture. The pdf and a guitarpro file is available for registered users. Apr 26, 2017 wallace stelzer is a professional jazz bass player and content creator from houston, texas. Jazz guitar arpeggios are the best tool to make your solos sound jazzy and interesting to listen to.
Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Walking bass jazz blues fingerstyle rhythm guitar noise. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line. Walking bass lines and chords for guitar pdf method with. Well play through it so you can get it under your fingers and then well have a look at what is going on in there so you can integrate parts of it into your own vocabulary and develop your own walking style. Jazz guitar walking bass lines free download as pdf file. This helps define the harmony and is one of the keys to developing walking bass as an improvised skill. The guitarpro file will be particularly useful as you can change the speed and play along and even edit it and experiment with using different links between different chords. The cd includes recordings of the lesson materail as well as detailed explanations by mark. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new learned skills.
Martin taylor walking bass for jazz guitar fundamental. A big part of being a jazz guitarist is accompanying other musicians. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. When you can cleanly and smoothly play the bass line, add the chords. Adhere to this basic rule and you can even tackle the approach notes in a similar fashion, creating the effect of walking to the new chord in onefret steps. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright. Check out our arpeggio lessons that start easy and evolve to more complicated arpeggio studies over jazz standards.
This ebook will help you learn how to create, play and mix walking bass lines with common chords found in jazz. Walking bass with chords for jazz guitar jazz guitar lessons. To demonstrate this we are going to use one of the most important chord sequences youll find in jazz music the iivi or 251. Sep 24, 2019 adhere to this basic rule and you can even tackle the approach notes in a similar fashion, creating the effect of walking to the new chord in onefret steps.
In the first two chapters we have dealt with using the notes of a chord for the walking bass. Here, we will provide you with lead sheets, basic chord melodies, chords and single note solos that you can begin applying over some of the most popular standards right away. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. Walking bass book includes free beginner bass guitar. Jazz walking bass guitar lessons sean mcgowan truefire. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Fundamental concepts for walking bass a systematic method will show you stepbystep how to make up your own walking bass lines for jazz, country, rockabilly etc. 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. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar digital sheet music. To walk bass lines on the ii v i, all we have to do is learn three different walking patterns. Quite a while ago, i heard joe pass amazing jazz guitarist play a fingerstyle walking bass line while playing a chord melody solo guitar arrangement. Exercise 1 demonstrates this with several examples.
In this walking bass version of autumn leaves you pay the bass and chords at the same time. Sidesliding or side stepping the root note is nearly always approached from either a semitone above or a semitone below the root note though sometimes from. The difficulty in walking bass on the guitar lies in the combination of playing chords and bass at the same time. This exercise is nothing more than a i vim iim v bass line playing two. This is the most common 12bar blues form aka iivv progression. The bass lines are good and one simple addition to know is that just about any chord walking bass line, you can always use a leading tone that is, 12 step below to whatever is the next chord. A slightly embellished version of this kind of line would also be typical of a basic boogie woogie type bass line, as in the following example. 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.
Five steps to walking basslines on guitar guitar world. Jazz walking bass line etudes for guitar jamie holroyd guitar. Walking bass blues without iv in bar 2 19870506 download pdf. Walking bass for jazz guitar teaches you martin taylors own secret method for building a rock solid walking bassline on any jazz standard, and shows you a fool proof way of playing chords, all at the same time.
To demonstrate this we are going to use one of the most important chord sequences youll find in jazz music. Play through the progression using only root notes if it is new to you. In this lesson i am going to go over a walking bass comp on a 12 bar bb jazz blues and how you play it on guitar. Walking bass line jazz standards swing tune bass by. Believe me or not, but most jazz standards consist in 90% of three main chord types. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. A leading tone is a note that makes the link between the previous bass line and the next chord. In addition to this you can form a walking bass from the notes of a scale.
It is used in country, bluegrass and jazz very often, but you can use it in other genres as well. Mar 25, 2019 welcome to part 1 of the walking bass series. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. As always you can download the examples as a pdf here. Sep 07, 2017 in this lesson i am going to go over a walking bass comp on a 12 bar bb jazz blues and how you play it on guitar. A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but between the sixth and fifth strings on the guitar you can create the illusion of a bass player being present. 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. Jazz guitar walking bass lines chord music bass guitar scribd. Simple jazz blues walking line breakdown talkingbass. In this bass guitar lesson, im going to take you through the 3 core concepts you can use to create walking bass lines. Take, for example the key of c major, we can use all the notes of the ordinary c major scale. Walking bass for jazz and blues is a complete method to help beginners master each element of blues and jazz walking bass.
The bass lines are good and one simple addition to know is that just about any chordwalking bass line, you can always use a leading tone that is, 12 step below to whatever is the next chord. This article teaches you 3 jazz walking bass line etudes arranged for guitar. This set of playalongs and chord charts is a great addition to the walking bass lines course. Walking bass lines with chords jazz guitar lesson ever wanted to play chords and walking. Therefore being in control of them and becoming fluent is crucial. The first level will be to develop bass lines using triad chord tones only and resolve to the next chord root in the most economical way i. Eventually, i was able to come up with a walking bass and rhythm at the same time. Learn how to build and play walking bass lines on guitar and combine these with chords video, guitar tabs, and backing track. In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the jazz. 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. It is designed to develop strong harmonic skills, rhythm, phrasing and note choice. R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald.
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