Walking Bass Guitar - Page 2

wrcj-jazz · #31 09-29-2008, 02:37 PM

this was a great lesson! I'm at work right now, but I can't wait to get home and practice!

m78w · #32 09-29-2008, 02:44 PM

Thanks man, glad you dug it!

MW

jazzdaz · #33 09-30-2008, 05:34 AM

Hi Matt,

A question about soloing over these blues changes:

Apart from playing the relevant arpeggios and scales over each chord, could you suggest three different ways to solo over the changes.

That would really help me.

Cheers
Jazzdaz

m78w · #34 09-30-2008, 08:30 AM

Here are 3 things you can check out if you've already nailed the basic blues/mixo scales and arps.

1) bebop scales, add the major 7th note to the mixo scale. you can also add the b9, b3 and b5 if you put them on an off beat.

2) tri-tone subs. instead of always playing say F7 when it comes around, go between F7 and B7, it's tri-tone sub. this will give you an inside-outside sound.

3) start exploring 2nd and 3rd choice scales. these could be half/whole diminished, whole-tone, altered, 5th mode harmonic minor, 5th mode harmonic major etc.

MW

jazzdaz · #35 10-02-2008, 02:51 AM

Thanks Matt,

That's helpful.

How does the Bdim fit in to the harmony, and what scales can be played over it?

Cheers,
Jazzdaz

m78w · #36 10-02-2008, 07:29 AM

the Bdim7 is a passing chord between Bb7 and F7/C, F7 with the 5th in the bass.

you can play the B whole/half diminished scale over that chord.

MW

hubert54 · #37 02-05-2009, 01:44 PM

hi matt,
I found a lot of inspiring material that you presented in this forum.

thanks a lot - glad to be here

m78w · #38 02-05-2009, 03:14 PM

No problem man, I love writing for this site and meeting and chatting with a ton of great pickers here!

MW

bfol · #39 03-12-2009, 08:46 PM

Just finished the walking bass guitar lesson 1 - Great lesson!

Stringbean · #40 04-10-2009, 01:34 PM

Just a note on my progress with this lesson:

I've been spending a lot of time with this and I'm getting some good results. Though I'm not quite yet on auto pilot playing it through, my sound is beginning to have some swing.

Two things I've noticed. First, if I fudge a note or a chord, or even a few notes...it doesn't really matter that much. If I get to correct note on the 1st beat of the next measure, the swing feel remains.

And then from there, I found that I could substitute those fudged notes with some intentionally different notes. I think they are called "licks".

That's where I'm at, love this stuff.

m78w · #41 04-10-2009, 01:52 PM

Cool, thanks for sharing your progress sounds like you're really getting the hang of this stuff!

MW

604bourne123 · #42 04-16-2009, 11:25 PM

great lesson,easy to learn.richard

Metal Fingers · #43 06-11-2009, 11:51 PM

Big ups Matt.Thanks so much for all your time and patience,we are lucky to have a guy like you around....and it's free

604bourne123 · #44 07-22-2009, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 604bourne123

great lesson,easy to learn.richard

then even a better lesson is to memorize it all

dcmey · #45 08-02-2009, 09:47 AM

Great lesson! I have worked on chord melody music and it's a lot of fun. The most difficult part for me is some of the chords you run into. However I know that sometimes it's easier to arrange a song to suit yourself.

Hernandinho · #46 09-11-2009, 02:45 PM

Thanks a lot for posting this great lesson, I have had a lot of fun practicing it the last few days. I'm always looking for ways of improving my comping, which is what guitarists do most of the time after all.

(Especially liking that turnaround...)

As a suggestion/begging for future lessons... 1) it would be great to expand a bit on how to create walking bass lines (and some walking bass "licks" for common chord transitions). And 2) some more on approaching chords and fillins that are not always taking the target chord and displace it 1 semitone.

Thanks again for taking the time to post this lesson. I had always seen the walking bass thing as some esoteric thing only top players could do... but now I'm playing it myself!

Michael Keller · #47 11-06-2009, 10:40 PM

Just wanted to say thanks for this lesson. Very easy to follow, and it gives a good foundation.

Darev43 · #48 04-24-2010, 10:54 AM

This is a great lesson and I've thoroughly enjoyed the site, though this is my very first post. My question (maybe stupid but I'm brand new to jazz) is about the two 7th chords rooted off the fifth string. The F7 at the 8th fret and the C7 at the third fret. Both of these fingerings indicate playing the 1, 3, b7, and 2 (or 9), of the chord scale. Doesn't that make those chords 7add9 (or something like that)? Or, am I just missing something like the nose on my face? (again)

In Gratitude,
Mike in Denver