Walking bass exercises for jazz guitar lesson with tabs and audio. The wonderful thing about it is that walking a basic bass line is not all that difficult once you learn a few simple steps. This jazz guitar chord dictionary is a reference to help you find greatsounding 7thchord voicings to play and improvise over jazz standards. Jazz walking bass books constructing walking jazz bass lines. We are going to start with three main types of scaleschords. Strings are vertical while imaginary frets are shown horizontally. Hands down the best book ive seen is mike downes the jazz bass line book. Johnny mercer wrote the english lyric in 1947 and its since been a pop and jazz hit in both languages. Here on learn jazz standards, there are a few great posts on walking bass lines for bass players. 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 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. In this 5 minute masterclass, were going create a bass line over a blues in f.
At first, ill focus completely on how a walking bass line is formed. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. How to play a walking bass line with chords guitar. The 244 chord shapes on this page are essential knowledge for any jazz guitarist and will help you to comp chords with creativity, confidence, and variety. When you can cleanly and smoothly play the bass line, add the chords. Chord tones root, 3rd, 5th, 7th are the most powerful choice you can make when creating your walking lines. Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. How to write a walking bass line learn jazz standards. The essential guide to walking bass for bass guitar players introduction 2 1. How to build walking bass lines with chords on guitar. 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. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald.
Autumn leaves is a popular song written in 1945 and the original lyrics are in french. All lessons are applied to all 12 keys with written out bass lines and 333 mp3 backing tracks applied to 10 jazz and bebop standard chord progressions with over 150 choruses of written out bass line examples. In jazz, basslines should generally not be too repetitive unless youre intentionally playing a vamp like in blues or boogiewoogie. In previous lessons, we have looked at creating a solid walking bass line to fulfill our supporting role in a jazz ensemble. Walking bass and chords bb blues jazz guitar lesson. The book lists on this page are the result of a poll on our forum, in which i asked everyone to list their favorite guitar books.
Also included in each example are the scales, modes and. If the bass plays chords it often encroaches on the frequencies of the keyboards or guitar. The collection of material of this book is, in our opinion, the basics to playing bass guitar for some event. 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. More than any other ingredient, the jazz tradition is based on listening. Were going to use basic chord tones and repetitive lines that will act as a springboard in developing your own lines. Learn to masterfully combine jazz chords with walking basslines. For a complete guide to walking bass lines be sure to check out. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can. 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. 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. While giant steps can be daunting to improvise over, you can create a walking bass line with only a few notes.
One very important and widely used jazz guitar technique is playing bass lines in combination with chords. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar bookaudio files. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. If you know how to create a walking bass line, you can be more creative in your jazz playing. The suggested fingering for the scale is to the left of the diagram. 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. 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. Bass guitar scales chords and arpeggios is a printable pdf book for bass guitarists. Chords for chord soloing and comping minor 7th type 1979 download pdf.
We explore how to walk that bass in your left hand up basic triad shapes and scale fragments. Once you have some basic rules down, youll be able to make bass lines over any chord progression. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks with tab. These walking bass lines will give you a good basis for what to play and how to outline the chords to provide a good solid walking bass line for soloists to improvise over.
A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but. Bundle of 48 backing tracks and 12 pdf files with chord changes. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my. Listening to jazz recordstapes should be part of every musicians daily routine. The video is based on a recording i made and transcribed. The second way involves some memorization and will be explained after we covered seventh chords and tensions. Some of the chords used in these notated blues lines are different from the original chord progression. In lesson 1, we looked at four patterns for playing over the most common chord progression in blues, the i to iv i. Walking bass line theory basics pdf file chris fitzgerald.
Bass tabs bb jazz blues bassline a foggy day bassline bireli. A jazz bassist must learn how to walk a line based on the chords of a tune. Learn from the internationally acclaimed master of jazz chord melody guitar as he teaches you, stepbystep, how to play walking basslines on guitar and combine them with rock solid rhythm guitar chords. Breakdown sean mcgowan youtube the circle of fifths made clear duration. This means the 3rd of the major chord has to be lowered half a tone. Walking bass line jazz standards swing tune bass by misc. Each example includes not only written basslines, but also a series of exercises that stepbystep introduce root motion, chord tones, scale patterns and chromatic halfstep approaches. Just because you practice scales, chords, patterns, and exercises doesnt mean you will sound stiff and mechanical, or that you will become a jazz great. Martin taylor walking bass for jazz guitar fundamental. Pay attention, burn through this as fast as you can, and you.
Home learning jazz bass how to write a walking 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. Guitar walking bass lines wchords jazz lesson with tabs. A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing. I showed it to my teacher and it is now the focus of my lessons. The bass also has a rich history as a solo instrument in jazz. Believe me or not, but most jazz standards consist in 90% of three main chord types. A walking bass line is a more creative form of bass playing than the other swing styles because you choose new notes each time you play the same song. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright. Here is a common guitar walking bass study in the style of joe pass based on a jazz blues chord progression. From the blues inflected double bass solos of ray brown to the electric bass bebop of jeff berlin. Therefore being in control of them and becoming fluent is crucial. Another common chord progression is not a progression at all, but is instead multiple bars of the same chord.
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. Apply these patterns to all of the ii v i progressions and blues chord changes in this book. R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald. Free ebook downloads, practice tracks, drum tracks and much. 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.
Playing jazz guitar bass lines with chords the guitar is an extremely versatile instrument, with seemingly endless techniques and tones around every corner. Here on learn jazz standards, there are a few great posts on walking bass lines for. Here is the bass lines for autumn leaves that everyone contributed to last week. It contains a huge range of movable scale, chord and arpeggio fingerboard diagrams allowing you to play in any key. The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation.
Top 50 jazz guitar books jazz guitar online free jazz. Read advanced walking bass lines for jazz guitar online by. Nov 30, 2018 walking bass for jazz guitar distils over 40 years of virtuosity and skill into one beautiful jazz guitar book. Walking bass for jazz guitar distils over 40 years of virtuosity and skill into one beautiful jazz guitar book. Five steps to walking basslines on guitar guitar world. In this lesson well take a look at scale style and intervalic bass lines, and even mix them up a bit. 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. Practice the scale until you can play it continuously and fluently.
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. Welcome to this definitive jazz guitar chord chart for beginners. The function of the bass is to provide the foundation. The intervalic bass line is created from your knowledge of what notes make particular chords.
When the harmonic rhythm of a progression of a song is two chords per bar, the bass player will often play a target note on beats 1 and 3. Looking forward to hearing your walking bass lines over autumn leaves. Walking bass for jazz guitar fundamental changes music book. Its a very popular jazz standard for beginners as its harmonically pretty simple but its a great one to develop and learn things like chord melody and. Walking bass on the piano can be one of the coolest things ever. 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.
Scales and chords for the upright bass the following keys should be learned in the order presented. How to keep your bass lines interesting and how to write a walking bass line. Jazz guitar workshop walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys the blues in 12 keys is a complete guide for the jazz guitarist demonstrating the devices used to play walking bass lines and chords in solo or accompaniment settings. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line. Cindy moorhead 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 that provides. Walking a bass line with the left hand is a skill every jazz, rock, and pop pianist should know. 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. The goal of a walking bassline is to outline the chord progression but with an interesting melodic line that provides a countermelody as above.
Jazz bass books bass guitar chords, learn bass guitar. One the whole youll find bass guitar chords featured in more progressive styles of music such as jazz and fusion music. This is an important concept to remember, the walking bass line is. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. How to read piano chords looking for a way to make your bass lines move. Learn how to build and play walking bass lines on guitar and combine these with chords video, guitar tabs, and backing track. T 1 2 a t 3 by chris fitzgerald a 4 t 1 a 2 t 3 a 4 walking bass line theory basics.
If the op doesnt understand chords, the circle of 4th, and scales, well, time to learn that information first. Jazz standards for jazz guitar pdf sheet music, tabs, chords. The following is an example of a common bass line construction when the harmonic rhythm is moving at the rate of two chords per bar target notes are designated with t, and approach notes are designated with a. Constructing walking jazz bass lines book i the blues in 12 keys new 2hr mp3 playalong free download featuring all chord progressions in 12 keys from part ii of the book available from website. A progressive approach is used to introduce walking bass technique. I think this chord movement gives the music a feeling of flowing downhill. The purpose of this book is to provide the beginning to intermediate jazz bassist a working vocabulary of walking basslines and concepts for improvising. Constructing walking jazz bass lines book i the blues in 12 keys is a complete guide demonstrating the devices used to construct walking jazz bass lines in the jazz tradition. This is a supplement for the lesson on walking bass. This set of playalongs and chord charts is a great addition to the walking bass lines course. Learn to masterfully combine jazz chords with walking basslines taylor, martin, alexander, joseph, pettingale, tim on. A typical jazz walking bass line is played almost entirely with quarter notes notes that last 1 beat. The first jazz walking bass line etude we are going to learn is over the first eight bars of giant steps.
Walking bass lines are a fascinating part of jazz, as they support and mark the harmony underneath the chords and melody. This book contains ten walking bass lines to ten of the most common chord progressions from jazz standards. Once weve covered that, ill show how to add chords here and there while playing the bass line. Example 24 pattern 1 2 3 1 example 25 pattern 1 2 3 5 example 26 pattern 1 2 3 12 above example 27 pattern 1 2 3 12 below. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself. This exercise is nothing more than a i vim iim v bass line playing two. Providing a strong harmonic and rhythmic foundation. 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 term walking is used lescribe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Most chords you will come across in jazz piano will be one of these five types of chords and so its important to understand their function. Constructing walking jazz bass lines book i the blues in 12. This chart contains root position chords meaning that the tonic is the lowest note. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Walking bass and chords on a bb blues jazz guitar lesson. Youll find every chord shape you need to get started with all the important jazz chords for guitar right here. Chords that move up a fourth are quite prevalent in jazz, and here are some great ways to connect them.
If youd like to go more advanced, i can wholeheartedly recommend you the jazz theory book. Jan 22, 2018 an example of scales used for walking bass lines, i try to use mostly the notes in the key of c, the bass line have some embellishment notes and right hand plays chord voicing with some rhythmic. Lets have a look at seventh chords, chords that contain 4 or more different notes and that are used a lot in jazz music. Jul 21, 2016 walking bass line jazz standards swing tune bass tab. On the whole chords on the bass guitar work best when the other chordal instruments stop playing. Welcome to our archive of some of the most popular jazz standards for jazz guitar.
Demonstrates the techniques used by professional jazz bassists to construct walking jazz bass lines. The definitive jazz guitar chord chart for beginners. Constructing walking jazz bass lines walking bass lines 3 book set for a limited time buy books 1 3 and take our walking bass workshop course free. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. Discussion in general instruction bg started by loofunk, jan 5, 2017. 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. Learning a walking bassline on a dominant progression. Jazz standards for jazz guitar pdf sheet music, tabs, chords and soloing with audio examples. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. Walking bass jazz guitar lesson all the things we are. In this post, i want to take abstract concepts about how bass lines are constructed and use them to create practical exercises that help all musicians learn how to improvise walking bass lines in real time. The few dozen voicings here are also a great way to get started with chord melody. Just like walking with your feet, tyjwalking bass line is one step after the other that takes you somewhere.
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