Walking Bass

artcore · #1 11-20-2009, 09:04 AM

I have not used walking bass in a cord melody, but I would like too give
it a try..It seems simple enought, I assume you just outline the cord
progression on the real sheet..then play through the progression useing
cord tones or cord fragments..Maybe I should pick up a book on this..
any suggestions?.....

mr. beaumont · #2 11-20-2009, 09:07 AM

it's not a terrible idea to actually write a bassline for the first few times you do this.

there was a pretty good lesson on this on the jazzguitar.be main site, i believe--check it out.

JohnW400 · #3 11-20-2009, 09:40 AM

Here's one I wrote out as an example. It's pretty dense notewise and works well if your playing solo. I would play less chords if it was to accompany another instrument, like maybe one or at most, two per measure.

derek · #4 11-20-2009, 10:12 AM

Here is a great lesson on getting basslines going for solo guitar. This is from a very good player and teacher I know from another site, Kevin Van Sant.

[YOUTUBEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grK43Poye1U][/YOUTUBE]

artcore · #5 11-20-2009, 05:24 PM

Thanks, very helpful

elrond · #6 11-21-2009, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnW400

Here's one I wrote out as an example. It's pretty dense notewise and works well if your playing solo. I would play less chords if it was to accompany another instrument, like maybe one or at most, two per measure.

thanks john I loved the gmi7/D chord 3rd bar I got distracted embellishing this chord for a while it just begs to be messed with, love it

JohnW400 · #7 11-24-2009, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elrond

thanks john I loved the gmi7/D chord 3rd bar I got distracted embellishing this chord for a while it just begs to be messed with, love it

Your Welcome.

You could also use Dmi7 there as well so it would be x5x56x (654321)

Heres one I forgot I had. I posted it ages ago

derek · #8 11-24-2009, 10:54 AM

This month's issue of Just Jazz Guitar has a very nice lesson on getting walking basslines together. If you guys don't subscribe, you should. It is a quarterly, and always has a ton of great info, lessons and arrangements. Our own Matt Warnock has lessons in it, and Tony DeCaprio, who hangs here some, wrote a very long running lesson column geared toward advanced players.

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