+John Sousa: If you are still alive after all this time, NO! It took too many many 'replays' to grasp what he was saying to be CLEAR! The guy's studio or house MUST HAVE BEEN ON FIRE!! :) But nevertheless a worthwhile lesson. He is to be congratulated in the end.
This lesson is fantastic. I moved from guitar to bass about a year ago, and I've been trying to learn as much as I can. The other walking bass line lessons I've seen have left me feeling mystified, but with this I started getting a feel for it in a matter of minutes.
great method of teaching walking bass...this is EXACTLY how I think as I'm playing through tunes during a "dinner set"....ok we have to get from c6 to d#11 and then onto dmin7...what's a cool way to do that? the faster your brain can process all of that and the better your decisions, the more fluid you'll be with walking...like he says, walking bass is mostly just a series of musical decisions moving from one chord to another...the tricky part is teaching your brain how to quickly map out those decisions...once you're advanced enough though, your brain can be a few chords ahead of your hands...that's when the real magic happens
Thank you !!!! I'm new to walking bass, and I find your explanation really fantastic because it's analytic. You send us to think about how it really works, so we can not only play a walking bass, but listen to any walking bass line with an understanding of what's happening, and there for learn by ourselves. Big thanks to you sir.!!
Insegnante eccezionale. Non ho mia trovato un insegnante che spieghi così bene, in modo così chiaro, così approfondito e semplice, questo argomento, entrando anche in dettagli sulle scelte da fare.
I am so happy to have bought into this course and am looking forward to taking time truly getting it under my fingers. I really enjoy your no BS to teaching, I really appreciate your No Nonsense Northern approach.
"Think of the chord your playing as well as the next one in the sequence".... Thanks a lot for this lesson, I couldn't make my lines sound smooth until i started thinking about my playing like this. Awesome.
I just had to donate some cash! Maybe it's just because I'm a relative newbie to the bass, but I'm continually amazed at how rich your content is. I'm learning a lot. Thanks for all you do, Mark.
thanks a lot. i hv been quite stuck with playing the same notes and not able to play using different progressions this was a real breakthrough. i pray God blesses you and increase u more nd more in wisdom nd skill nd in d knowledge of Him. thanks once again i'm grateful
I'll add a bit of advice that some might find helpful: 1) If using a tuner (I use a Fender) make certain it's set for the correct instrument. I believe the default is for guitar, so make sure to set it to Bass. 2) Use your thumb instead of a pick. It took me a very long time to tune it with a pick. Using my thumb was much quicker.
I love the improvising between chords. It reminds me of playing Irish tunes, on the uilleann pipes. =) I'm so bad at theory it hurts, i will never learn to play like this. :D
Wow a great lesson! I am now picturing walking basslines as zombies that are chasing a group of switching targets, each with its unique walking styles. That's probably weird... but works for me.
Forgetting rhythm for a minute I would guess a jazz bass player would tend to start out with scale based lines plus simple chromatics but as the tune progresses they might expand the range by restricting to scales then restricting to arps. Finally winding back down to the tighter scale/chromatics again. Is that a reasonable analysis of the application of walking lines (not withstanding bass solos)?
Hi there. There's no real formula for how to work through a walking line. You go with whatever feels right at the time as influenced by the music and musicians around you. That said, whatever you feel works for you (like the plan you mentioned) is cool too because that would be an expression of your musical personality. You'd soon realise whether it works or not because you'll either change your mind or someone will tell you.
TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons Thanks, I think I understand that. What I was alluding to was the general form of tunes, or tendencies. They tend to state their basic form first, then diverge, then simplify, following the classical structure of exposition, development, recapitulation. The point of creativity to my way of thinking is to break the general 'rules' in a meaningful way. For a well seasoned musician this means following your heart 'on the fly' I guess. Thanks for the lesson btw this will really help with my comping and writing bass lines for tunes (I'm a six stringer I'm sure you realized). I did try out as a bass player for a jazz band a little while back but I couldnt keep up. I found myself locked onto chord tones as I followed the lead sheets. Lack of bass experience I guess. I need to spend more time walking on the bass to lead sheets I think.
One thing that you can do is go between a two feel (half note root 5th) to straight walking (quarter notes). Sometimes you'll have a two feel for the head and walking for the solos. That can add some variety. You can also think in terms of building through the tune. Think simple lower register lines to begin with and move into the upper register as the song builds. I think that might be more along the lines you were thinking.
Hi godlessguitarists, to answer your question... FORGET SCALES! I can show you numerous links from the great jazz bassists that DONT perceive scales in their playing. I have a jazz book payhip.com/b/6nR4 that explains in detail how these jazz bassists walked. Let me start by saying that 95% of basslines for ALL songs are chord tones with a few non chord tones, passing tones and approach notes on the weak beats. These chord tones are notes that deal with the Chord written above each measure. When you see a Fmaj7 written above the measure, I guarantee you are going to see some sort of F, A, C, E in the measure. When you move to Bb7 you will see Bb, D, F, A in the measure! Only a few passing tones and approach notes. So with that said, why are teachers trying to teach a scale to cover 10 chord changes and then another scale to cover the next changes? The reason why this doesn't work is that a scale does NOT define the chord changes! Yes the chord tones are in the scale but scales sound in step motion and without any understanding of the chords, a bassists will BLINDLY put notes of the particular scale over chords and they might night be chord tones! For ex. C note functions as the root of a C chord but it functions as the 5th of an F chord! Blindly ploting scale notes over a Fmaj7 chord could have the bassists playing G, Bb, D, C over that chord. Only the C note is a chord tone! The other notes are diatonic notes of the scale but because they are not chord tones to the F chord they create an airy sound which makes the bassist sound like he/she doesn't know what they are doing! Now blindly plot these notes throughout the entire piece over the DIFFERENT chord changes and now you have a REAL PROBLEM! Scales set musicians up to fail. It is really simple, learn the notes of the bass, learn the chord tones of each chord, and walk with the chord tones and sprinkle in passing tones and approach notes to lead you into the next chord change. My book explains how to do this. payhip.com/b/6nR4
What if you have the same chord(bass note) over more than one measure...something like: Eb///|Ab/Eb///|Eb///|Eb/Bb///| (Eb...Ab/Eb....Eb....Eb/Bb....) One chord (inverted chord) over 4 measures.....make sense?
Ha ha. Just checked them out. It's because of how UA-cam automatically creates a script by scanning the audio for words. I should really go back through the vids and transcribe them but that might take a looooong time!
TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons It's especially entertaining when you're playing for an extended period of time. Sometimes it says "mmm." In a way, that almost works! LOL Anyway, quite apart from the funny subtitles, your lessons are fabulous!
Matthew Ogilvie Its a I VI II V (1 6 2 5) progression very common in jazz - in the key of C major, the chords in order are Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7, Bm7♭5 If you start on the I chord, you get Cmaj7, then the VI chord is Am7, then the II is Dm7 and finally the V which is G7. This pattern is often used because it follows the cycle of 4ths so prevalent in jazz, which is used because it moves so strongly to the key centre - in this case C major. Hope this helps!
Totally agree with John Sousa. Some folks are so contrary that I'll bet if Christ were rapturing them up, they be bitching about how they're going to miss out on watching the _Wheel of Fortune_ game show. At least 22 of them would be.
When he said "little music journeys from a chord to another" i became happy and had a smile in my face. Great lesson.
Who didn't think that was a great lesson? Incredibly clear and informative. Well done!
20 folks who want us to watch THEIR bass lessons instead
I totally agree with that accessment
+John Sousa: If you are still alive after all this time, NO! It took too many many 'replays' to grasp what he was saying to be CLEAR! The guy's studio or house MUST HAVE BEEN ON FIRE!! :) But nevertheless a worthwhile lesson. He is to be congratulated in the end.
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This lesson is fantastic. I moved from guitar to bass about a year ago, and I've been trying to learn as much as I can. The other walking bass line lessons I've seen have left me feeling mystified, but with this I started getting a feel for it in a matter of minutes.
great method of teaching walking bass...this is EXACTLY how I think as I'm playing through tunes during a "dinner set"....ok we have to get from c6 to d#11 and then onto dmin7...what's a cool way to do that?
the faster your brain can process all of that and the better your decisions, the more fluid you'll be with walking...like he says, walking bass is mostly just a series of musical decisions moving from one chord to another...the tricky part is teaching your brain how to quickly map out those decisions...once you're advanced enough though, your brain can be a few chords ahead of your hands...that's when the real magic happens
Nice post,Very much needed right now,But your inspirational ending is what I needed to see,Thanks.
I wish there was a guitar teacher as clear and concise as you.
Condivido il tuo commento. Se ne trovi uno (per il fraseggio nell'improvvisazione jazz) fammelo sapere, per favore. Grazie
Try Tomo Fujita's channel.
Try Tomo Fujita's channel.
Thank you !!!! I'm new to walking bass, and I find your explanation really fantastic because it's analytic. You send us to think about how it really works, so we can not only play a walking bass, but listen to any walking bass line with an understanding of what's happening, and there for learn by ourselves. Big thanks to you sir.!!
You are a great teacher!
Insegnante eccezionale. Non ho mia trovato un insegnante che spieghi così bene, in modo così chiaro, così approfondito e semplice, questo argomento, entrando anche in dettagli sulle scelte da fare.
I am so happy to have bought into this course and am looking forward to taking time truly getting it under my fingers.
I really enjoy your no BS to teaching, I really appreciate your No Nonsense Northern approach.
Outstanding introduction. Clear, concise, with examples and concrete guidance.
"Think of the chord your playing as well as the next one in the sequence".... Thanks a lot for this lesson, I couldn't make my lines sound smooth until i started thinking about my playing like this. Awesome.
I just had to donate some cash!
Maybe it's just because I'm a relative newbie to the bass, but I'm continually amazed at how rich your content is. I'm learning a lot.
Thanks for all you do, Mark.
very well done lesson.... looking forward to learning more from you. Thank you for providing these lessons to the Bass community.
Absolutely great lesson! Not too simple, not too hard, but just right!
Very good and clear. I’m learning lots from your lessons. Thank you!
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thanks a lot. i hv been quite stuck with playing the same notes and not able to play using different progressions this was a real breakthrough. i pray God blesses you and increase u more nd more in wisdom nd skill nd in d knowledge of Him. thanks once again i'm grateful
This is excellent. I am learning Jazz Piano currently and this is very useful and helpful to figure out how to get these.
great job Mark. You and Scott Devine....
I'll add a bit of advice that some might find helpful: 1) If using a tuner (I use a Fender) make certain it's set for the correct instrument. I believe the default is for guitar, so make sure to set it to Bass. 2) Use your thumb instead of a pick. It took me a very long time to tune it with a pick. Using my thumb was much quicker.
Superb lesson. Helped me with improvising on other instruments as well. Very useful and simplified lesson on theory.
Awesome lesson! What a great way to break things down in a walking bass line. Lovely video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks, Shankar.
You are a terrific instructor. I’m learning lots from your lessons. Thank you!
Excellent lesson. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much for this lesson.
this is truly great lesson
I am learning so much from your lesson :D thank you so much
Good stuff, thanks
Thank you Mark ,most excellent.
Very good lesson
20:16 THE WALKING BASS LINE LESSON
Amazing lesson, Mate.
the best teacher
love your approach integrating theory and practice, great contribution to musicians worldwide!! : - ))
Great lesson.
great stuff, man, love it
thanks for lessons!
I love the improvising between chords. It reminds me of playing Irish tunes, on the uilleann pipes. =) I'm so bad at theory it hurts, i will never learn to play like this. :D
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT LESSON ABOUT THE SCALE VERY TASTE TO LEARN IT
Awesome...!
thanks a lot bro it was so usefull for me
gr8 as always!
great info got me strutin=)
you are a hero
Love it m8 great video.... :D helped a lot.
Good vid, it you should say the notes that are not in the scale are use as passing tones.
You're awesome. Thanks
If that's simple I don't wanna see difficult
lol... wonderful comment !!!
simple if you get a while playing
Good lesson
Wow a great lesson! I am now picturing walking basslines as zombies that are chasing a group of switching targets, each with its unique walking styles. That's probably weird... but works for me.
a lot of those extra notes connecting triads come from the Tritone subs
Ok excellent walking bass
15:29 smile brother you look good
Old is gold
This is what this video all about
Appreciated
Forgetting rhythm for a minute I would guess a jazz bass player would tend to start out with scale based lines plus simple chromatics but as the tune progresses they might expand the range by restricting to scales then restricting to arps. Finally winding back down to the tighter scale/chromatics again. Is that a reasonable analysis of the application of walking lines (not withstanding bass solos)?
Hi there. There's no real formula for how to work through a walking line. You go with whatever feels right at the time as influenced by the music and musicians around you. That said, whatever you feel works for you (like the plan you mentioned) is cool too because that would be an expression of your musical personality. You'd soon realise whether it works or not because you'll either change your mind or someone will tell you.
TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons Thanks, I think I understand that. What I was alluding to was the general form of tunes, or tendencies. They tend to state their basic form first, then diverge, then simplify, following the classical structure of exposition, development, recapitulation. The point of creativity to my way of thinking is to break the general 'rules' in a meaningful way. For a well seasoned musician this means following your heart 'on the fly' I guess.
Thanks for the lesson btw this will really help with my comping and writing bass lines for tunes (I'm a six stringer I'm sure you realized).
I did try out as a bass player for a jazz band a little while back but I couldnt keep up. I found myself locked onto chord tones as I followed the lead sheets. Lack of bass experience I guess. I need to spend more time walking on the bass to lead sheets I think.
One thing that you can do is go between a two feel (half note root 5th) to straight walking (quarter notes). Sometimes you'll have a two feel for the head and walking for the solos. That can add some variety.
You can also think in terms of building through the tune. Think simple lower register lines to begin with and move into the upper register as the song builds. I think that might be more along the lines you were thinking.
TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons
That makes sense. Thank you. I shall point my bass playing friend to your channel by way of thanks :o)
Hi godlessguitarists, to answer your question... FORGET SCALES! I can show you numerous links from the great jazz bassists that DONT perceive scales in their playing. I have a jazz book payhip.com/b/6nR4 that explains in detail how these jazz bassists walked. Let me start by saying that 95% of basslines for ALL songs are chord tones with a few non chord tones, passing tones and approach notes on the weak beats. These chord tones are notes that deal with the Chord written above each measure. When you see a Fmaj7 written above the measure, I guarantee you are going to see some sort of F, A, C, E in the measure. When you move to Bb7 you will see Bb, D, F, A in the measure! Only a few passing tones and approach notes. So with that said, why are teachers trying to teach a scale to cover 10 chord changes and then another scale to cover the next changes? The reason why this doesn't work is that a scale does NOT define the chord changes! Yes the chord tones are in the scale but scales sound in step motion and without any understanding of the chords, a bassists will BLINDLY put notes of the particular scale over chords and they might night be chord tones! For ex. C note functions as the root of a C chord but it functions as the 5th of an F chord! Blindly ploting scale notes over a Fmaj7 chord could have the bassists playing G, Bb, D, C over that chord. Only the C note is a chord tone! The other notes are diatonic notes of the scale but because they are not chord tones to the F chord they create an airy sound which makes the bassist sound like he/she doesn't know what they are doing! Now blindly plot these notes throughout the entire piece over the DIFFERENT chord changes and now you have a REAL PROBLEM! Scales set musicians up to fail. It is really simple, learn the notes of the bass, learn the chord tones of each chord, and walk with the chord tones and sprinkle in passing tones and approach notes to lead you into the next chord change. My book explains how to do this. payhip.com/b/6nR4
dear mark please check the sub titles lol so funny
nice work pls i want the backing track
Can you make a video on off beats and on beats.. sometimes I have problems with that
Very nice lesson.. i think i will rewatch in a few months. Didn't understand anything.. too techical for a beginner :(
why does it not include the seventh in the arpeggios?
Awesome lesson! That a John East preamp?
Yes it is! Quite expensive but amazing versatility.
What if you have the same chord(bass note) over more than one measure...something like: Eb///|Ab/Eb///|Eb///|Eb/Bb///| (Eb...Ab/Eb....Eb....Eb/Bb....) One chord (inverted chord) over 4 measures.....make sense?
Great
very very helpful. Thanks! although I do have one question: how can you tell what the chord progression in a song is to create a walking bass line?
Timothy Grazier look at a lead sheet
Timothy Grazier fake book etc
By listening.
Autumn Leaves!
what is the jazz standard that you play at 1:55?
by the way, i should add that you're a brilliant bass player.
it sounds like autumn leaves but i'm not 100% certain
+Max Sanderson Got it in one. It is Autumn Leaves!
+Max Sanderson Thanks a lot
What's going on with those subtitles? They are hilarious!
Ha ha. Just checked them out. It's because of how UA-cam automatically creates a script by scanning the audio for words. I should really go back through the vids and transcribe them but that might take a looooong time!
TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons
It's especially entertaining when you're playing for an extended period of time. Sometimes it says "mmm." In a way, that almost works! LOL
Anyway, quite apart from the funny subtitles, your lessons are fabulous!
TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons
its ok, some of us are no English speakers, thanks for the lessons
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apparently the voice recognition software hasn't yet gotten the memo that there are accents out there other than the american nonregional dialect haha
Where are you from?
+Daniel Ruiz Wakefield in Yorkshire. Although I live on the Isle Of Wight now.
+TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons thats amazing i live in Wakefield! Small world
+TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons that explains the hair lol
I'm glad my man looks normal! I"m here to play bass, not watch a fashion show.
is it possible to be a bass plate with an ordinary acoustic guitar
Why do you choose Cmaj7 - Am7 - Dm7 - G7? Are these just arbitrary musical decisions or is there a reason behind this?
Matthew Ogilvie Its a I VI II V (1 6 2 5) progression very common in jazz - in the key of C major, the chords in order are Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7, Bm7♭5
If you start on the I chord, you get Cmaj7, then the VI chord is Am7, then the II is Dm7 and finally the V which is G7. This pattern is often used because it follows the cycle of 4ths so prevalent in jazz, which is used because it moves so strongly to the key centre - in this case C major.
Hope this helps!
Yes, the subtitles are a little amusing
I only have 2:63 minutes to learn this kind of stuff
OK !!! :)
Haaahaha...the subtitles are killing me!
Totally agree with John Sousa. Some folks are so contrary that I'll bet if Christ were rapturing them up, they be bitching about how they're going to miss out on watching the _Wheel of Fortune_ game show. At least 22 of them would be.
love it but YOURE NOT "LITERALLY WALKING AROUND"!!!!!
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mr Humphreys' son
You don't think you talk a lot?
shut up and listen WHAT he's saying
FOR GOODNESS SAKE, WHERE'S THE FIRE! Please, please PLEASEEE, speak normally....SLOW DOWN!!!
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