The Art Of Walking Bass - Bass Guitar

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.

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.

Par JOHNNY RECTOR. Les patrons de la basse électrique moderne présentées ici sont conçus pour enseigner le guitariste de l\'étudiant et le bassiste les rudiments du jeu efficace \' ligne de basse de marche \' accompagnement pour les instrumentistes et chanteurs. Il s\'agit d\'un livre no-nonsense qui obtient rapidement vers le coeur du sujet. Il serait mieux apprécié par l\'intermédiaire d\'étudiant avancé déjà familier avec les notions fondamentales de la technique de la basse électrique. Ecrit en notation et tablature, Walking Bass fournit une formation approfondie dans la théorie de la corde appliquée à la basse électrique. L\'enregistrement de CD qui l\'accompagne est très utile pour saisir les concepts aural présentés dans le livre. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

Book With Online Audio-The accurate interpretation of swing rhythm is the most important element in jazz music. This collection of 7 jazz etudes and 11 exercises for solo Guitar gives the student practice in playing this rhythmic pattern as well asworking on other important skills. The etudes are written in notation only in different jazz styles: Swing Latino Bossa Nova Blues and Jazz Rock. These etudes develop the ability of the right hand to sound as if two or threeinstruments are playing simultaneously. All of the etudes have bright melodies and rich jazz harmony. They are intermediate in difficulty. The exercises feature numerous skills including Swing style walking bass Latin style finger speed various rhythmic combinations and broken lines. Audio download available online.

The primary goal of this book is to help improve your chord spelling and fingerboard knowledge. Mastering chord tones will help you build more interesting bass lines. In addition greater harmonic awareness will help you become astronger writer improviser and soloist.

The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method giving equal treatment to both electric and double bass. Covering styles like bebop Latin funk and fusion this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. The Total Jazz Bassist also covers theory technique tunes solos jazz styles and includes great advice for practicing and doing business. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines how to solo bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes and major and minor 'two-five-one' progressions dominant 7th chord scales approaches for playing 'Rhythm Changes ' and much much more! This is the one place to get everything youneed to make you not only a great jazz bassist but an asset to any band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

Ed Friedland. A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing but it is also used in rock music blues rockabilly RandB gospel latin country and many other types of music. The term 'walking' is used todescribe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. The specific goal of this book is to familiarise players with the techniques used to build walking bass lines and to make them aware of how the process works.Through the use of 90-minutes' worth of recorded rhythm tracks players will have the opportunity to put the new learning directly into action. This book literally gives bassists the tools they need to build their own walkingbasslines.

Nathan East Eric Clapton's lontime bassist is one of the most respected musicians and sought-after sidemen in the industry. In this DVD Nathan breaks down his unique style of playing demonstrating how he builds his impeccable chops creates solos and grooves plays walking bass lines and interacts with a rhythm section. The DVD includes an in-depth interview with NAthan in which he speaks candidly aboyut his personal triumphs covering topics such as getting started in the music business breaking into studio playing and even revealing his favourite superstar to tour with! Also includes iPod ready files to watch listen and learn on the go!