Walking Jazz Lines for Bass

The Bass has been called 'the most important instrument in any band.' The Bass player must create interesting lines under the chord changes keep the 'time flow' or 'pulse' steady and keep the form of the song together. Walking Jazz Lines For Bass is designed to help bassists create beginning to advanced walking patterns (smooth-sounding lines) that can be used in jazz blues R&B gospel Latin and country music. Byexplaining the basics of intervals chords and scales the author builds a framework for understanding bass line patterns. This book presents one- and two-measure patterns that can be used in playing the blues rhythmchanges the II-V-I progression and 20 popular jazz standards. Walking Jazz Lines For Bass is written in standard notation with chord symbols. The audio gives you the opportunity to play with one of thefinest rhythm sections around. It is in stereo with the bass and drums on the left and Piano and Drums on the right. Since the examples in the book are presented both with sample Bass lines and as chord progressions only you caneither follow along with the Bass or practice your own lines with the audio as your accompaniment. Access to online audio is included.

Par HUNGERFORD JAY. La basse a été appelée ' l'instrument le plus important dans tout groupe'. Le bassiste doit créer des lignes intéressantes en vertu des changements de corde, garder la ' écoulement du temps ' ou ' d'impulsion ' stable et garder la forme de la chanson ensemble. Cet ouvrage est conçu pour aider les bassistes à créer début patrons avancé de marche (lignes de consonance lisse) qui peut être utilisé dans le jazz, de blues, de RandB, de gospel, de Latin et de musique country. En expliquant les rudiments des intervalles, des accords et des échelles, l'auteur a construit un cadre pour la compréhension des patrons de la ligne de basse. Le livre présente alors des patrons d'un et deux mesures pouvant servir à jouer du blues, des changements de rythme, la progression II-V-I et 20 standards de jazz populaires. Le livre est écrit en notation standard avec les symboles de la corde. Le CD vous donne l'occasion de jouer avec l'un des plus belle sections rythmique autour. C'est en stéréo, avec la basse et la batterie sur la gauche et du piano et la batterie sur le droit. Puisque les exemples dans le livre sont présentés avec les lignes de basse échantillon... / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Recueil / Guitare Basse

Par AEBERSOLD JAMEY. Book and CD. For all musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the CD until you feel you’ve mastered his “feel” and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on the CD, switch the bassist off and play along by yourself with just the piano and drums! This book (like all the Aebersold bass line transcription books) is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold Play-A-Longs. Combo instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines. Includes notes in bass clef with chord symbols above each measure. Severalchoruses of 2 different blues progressions in ALL 12 KEYS are included. The Ultimate Study in blues walking! / Rép International / Recueil / Guitare Basse

Par MATHEOS CHRIS. Everything is covered here - starting with all the basics like octaves, hammer-ons and pull-offs. It then builds into the most advanced slap techniques including double and triple pops, flamenco thumb technique, and plucks. There are lessons in upright bass slap, as well as modal harmony studies. The grooves cover a wide range of styles that include jazz fusion, walking lines, fingerstyle conversion, pop/dance, funk/soul, bluegrass, Dixieland, etc. These lessons have something for almost any student - written in bass clef and tablature with CD. / Niveau : Débutant / Rock - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

Text: English / deutsch Completely revised and enlarged edition! Jazz Bass Compendium is one of the most comprehensive method books. 208 pages filled with information and aspects on jazz bass playing. The right hand: position, effect on sound and timing, exercises, three finger technique, drops The left hand: position, shifting positions, intonation, pizzicato technique, vibrato Coordinating both hands Bass lines: rhythm, pulse, timing, walking bass, two-beat feel, arpeggios, diatonic passing notes, leading notes, chromatic lines, scales and tetrachords, pentatonic scales, bass lines over II V progressions, harmonic clichés, pedal point, rhythmic embellishments, bass lines on standard chord progressions, straight 8ths bass lines, Latin bass lines The elements of sound Various improvisation concepts Arpeggios Studies and etudes on the chord changes to Sunny, Footprints, I Hear A Rhapsody, Solar, Confirmation Upper structure voicings Phrasing and articulation Scales and scales studies, chord-scales, breaking up scales Practice concepts, different learning fields 4 bass duets and one solo, including Georgia On My Mind, Blues 4U and More Bass Hit Sigi Busch is one of the most respected European jazz bassists/educators. He heads the jazz departement at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Germany.

The 50 Walking Basslines comprised in this coursebook are aimed at bassists at double bassists and first and foremost at the jazz enthusiasts among them. They will most certainly experience a whole heap of pleasure with the playing materials provided here.All 50 Walking Basslines are based on chord progressions that recall some of the greatest jazz standards of all time: Autumn Leaves Someday My Prince Will Come Giant Steps Blues For Alice Anthropology Blue Bossa Stella By Starlight So What Take Five Black Orpheus My Funny Valentine All The Things You Are In A Sentimental Mood Satin Doll and Take The ATrain to name but a few.To teach you all the particularities of the 50 Walking Basslines presented here and eventually enable you to piece some together yourself an entire chapter of this coursebook has been dedicated to the fundamental principles procedures and techniques behind this type of bassline. You therewith have a realistic chance of becoming an expert on the subject.For its part the MP3 CD is composed of as many backing tracks as there are walking basslines in the coursebook; these can be played along to at two different tempi: the intended tempo (actual playing speed) and the rehearsal tempo (slower speed). On the backing track at actual playing speed the Bass is only present during the first round then it disappears yielding the floor to you. The backing tracks provided here are of proper length (about 5 minutes each which sums up to almost 6h of musical practice). This means that you have enough time at your disposal to practice under best conditions enough time to thoroughly internalize these 50 walking basslines and hence compose your own ones.

This comprehensive method includes every conceivable aspect of jazz bass performance. It begins with the teaching of the basics using illustrations of hand positions basic theory the first position how to read music fingering accelerated fingerboard studies a fingerboard note location chart to the 12th fret four-string studies rhythm studies syncopated rhythms and dotted notes. The book then introduces the second through seventeenthposition scale and arpeggio studies accelerated fingerings using two-octave scales and various arpeggios chord applications rhythm patterns extension fingerings and harmonic minor and harmonized major scales using diatonic7th chords. Part IV consists of theory for the bassists chord construction relating chord symbols and numbers and the harmonized major natural harmonic and ascending (jazz) melodic minor scales. Diagrams of 26 chords withthe transposition charts using 'G' and 'C' fingerings are included. Each progression covers many playing styles encountered by the modern bassist including: walking 2-beat syncopated rhythms(funk) Latin bebop changes pop-rock blues traditional blues deadened-string technique funk playing plus full chord progressions within tunes. Chords are suggested for the very diverse bass lines syncopated patterns scales and arpeggios. Written instandard notation with chord diagrams.

Ed Friedland. A follow-up to Building Walking Bass Lines this book approaches more advanced walking concepts including model mapping the two-feel several 'must know changes' and other important jazz bass lessons.

Walking Bassics by Ed Fuqua is one of the few method books that focuses exclusively on how to create authentic-sounding walking bass lines. Designed for beginning players or anyone wanting a solid foundation for learning jazz bass, the book contains detailed treatment of: the four crucial principles of walking bass line construction how to always make good note choices tips on creating good time feel a dozen additional walking bass techniques, once the basics have been mastered.

A comprehensive source for learning to build melodic walking Bass lines in all styles for Acoustic or Electric Bass. The accompanying CD includes 31 full-band tracks and features Peter Erskine and Mike Wofford. The aim of thisbook is to help you understand the various techniques used to construct a good walking bass line which are inherent to traditional jazz playing and other forms of music such as blues rock country gospel.

A one-of-a-kind comprehensive approach to left-hand technique for the double bassist Bass on Top features 50 classic jazz songs with precise fingerings to help you gain mastery of the fingerboard. Songs are presented in order of difficulty creating the perfect workbook for classroom situations or for any individual who wants to develop a solid foundation for soloing and walking basslines.Songs include: All of Me • Bye Bye Blackbird • Don't Get Around Much Anymore • The Girl from Ipanema • Lullaby of Birdland • A Night in Tunisia • Satin Doll •Tail Feathers • and more.

Everything is covered here starting with all the basics like octaves hammer-ons and pull-offs. It then builds into the most advanced slap techniques including double and triple pops flamenco thumb technique and plucks. There are lessons in upright bass slap as well as modal harmony studies. The grooves cover a wide range of styles that include jazz fusion walking lines fingerstyle conversion pop/dance funk/soul bluegrass Dixieland etc. These lessons have something for almost any student; written in bass clef and tablature with CD.