Walking Bass Lines For Jazz: Guitar: Instrumental Tutor

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.

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.

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

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.

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, RandB, gospel, Latin and country music. By explaining 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, rhythm changes, 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 the finest 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 can either follow along with the Bass or practice your own lines with the audio as your accompaniment. Access to online audio is included.

Une ligne de basse de la marche est l'approche la plus courante à jouer de la basse jazz, mais il est également utilisé dans la musique rock, blues, rockabilly, RandB, gospel, Latin, pays et beaucoup d'autres types de musique. Le terme ' marche ' est utilisée pour décrire le sentiment émouvant que créer des notes de quart dans la partie basse. L'objectif spécifique de cet ouvrage est de familiariser les joueurs avec les techniques utilisées pour construire des lignes de basse de la marche et à leur faire prendre conscience du fonctionnement du processus. Grâce à l'utilisation de valeur 90-minutes des pistes de rythme enregistré, les joueurs auront l'occasion de mettre l'apprentissage de nouvel directement dans l'action. Cet ouvrage donne littéralement bassistes les outils que dont ils ont besoin de construire leurs propres lignes de basse de la marche. / Guitare Basse

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 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

(Downes Mike)-This is a comprehensive approach to the construction of improvised bass lines. Intended for beginners and professionals alike the book deals with playing in '2' creating walking bass lines 3/4 time using a 'broken feel' modal and slash-chord harmony ballads and much more. Each chapter is full of fundamental and advanced concepts and ideas accompanied by transcribed examples from the masters of jazz bass playing. Mike Downes is currently the head of the bass departement at prestigious Humber College in Toronto. He is much in demand as a clinician and he continues to be one of the most sought after bassists in Canada.