Thank you so much for this mini-crash course on walking lines. I've been a bass player for many years, but nobody has encapsulated the essence of building a good walking bass line quite the way you have, sir. I think it's no exaggeration to say that you are the Neil Degrasse Tyson of bass playing. Thanks again, you've re-awakened my interest in playing jazz after many years of muddling around, stuck in a rock-n-roll rut.
You make it sound so simple, you make it look even easier... Then when I follow your process within 15 to 20 minutes I'm playing it without struggling through it as I have done for the past 15 years. Your way just makes sense!!
I started on the bass 40 years ago this Christmas with no lessons other than how to play the major scale. I fumbled around and was gigging within a year. 35 years ago I picked up the guitar, learned some theory and it helped my bass playing. I found this tonight and wow - I needed this 40 years ago. I was playing along and though I have done most of it I never had any real direction like this. I am not a beginner but this makes it too easy. You young guys pay attention to this guy or else.
Hello my dear fellow musician ... in my 16 years as an amateur musician never seen one as good as this explanation of how to create powerful lines of simple walkingbass. Thank you...
Scott, I'm a guitar player (6 strings ;-) and I think these lessons just RULE! Thanks for taking a complex subject and breaking it down so simply, for free! I'm going to sign up for your website because your musical knowledge and approach are awesome and really helping me as a guitar player! Gotta know what my bass man is up to!
So clear, methodical and well-constructed. Together with the first crash course talking bass video, it guides you step-by-step into crafting melodic, in-the-pocket, walking bass lines.
your lessons are absolutly amazing Scott. Thank You for them. As one of my proffesors used to say: "Scientist is someone who can talk, complicated way about simple things, but a Genius is someone who can talk simple way about complicated things". I`m now a big fan of your website.
Been an avid bass player for over 30 years now playing weekly for exception of a few. Your bass training is one of the best I've come across -- happened to stumble on it your while perusing youtube music! In spite of playing just about every genre I've actually picked up numerous things that I've played for years but never really thought about what I innately feel and sense when playing grooves, dynamics, scales, riffs, etc. I will definitely follow and check out more of your training! Thanks!
If you play bass for some time, traids are quite obvious, but that chromatic notes to slide up-down to root in next bar was an invention for me! Such simple and such improvement. Thanks Scott.
This is really easy to follow. I read an article where you talked about being surprised at how big SBL had become. Lessons like this are why I fell in like be with SBL. You are a good teacher and very relatable. I am happy to see the success you’ve had after reading the obstacles you’ve been able to overcome to follow your passions and take care of your family. I’m one of you state side supporters.
I am completely floored at how it all came together so perfectly. The progression of each step was awesome. From a walking bass beginner, thank you so much Scott, you rock!
I’m ripping my modes & arpeggios, hardcore shedding my plucking hand like never before but still feeling deer in the headlights on walking bass and this parts 1 & 2 blew the doors open in my mind. I often think those who can often don’t know how to explain it but you are providing the core rudiments required for achieving that end state fluid flow! Thank you so much!
Scott, your lessons are amazing. As a young 50 year old un-musical lady you make it all so understandable. I'm loving playing my bass more and more (I have a very supportive singer/guitarist partner who is helping me too, but he can't teach the technical stuff).
WOW!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much. I don't know how long I've been trying to figure this out but it's been way too long. Finally somebody explained it to me in a way that makes sense, to me anyway. I know it's just a crash coarse and there's a lot more work to do but this is a huge step in the right direction for me. Again, I can't thank you enough for putting this lesson on you tube. I wish I would had found it months ago. Now it's time for me to get busy practicing.
Hi Ned, I am going to have youtube vidoes in the near future but thought you my want to check out my new Bass eBook. payhip.com/b/6nR4 This book explains walking baselines and has exercises around chord changes. I lay it all out in detail.
I agree with Ned, excellent lesson and explanation. Like many things, it's simple when you know what you're supposed to be doing and how you're supposed to be doing it! Well done, Scott.
the best tutorial for walking bass ive seen so far. I even payed for lessons to learn walking bass, and it all sounded so hard, i got confused very easy. But this dude makes it soo simple. Thanks man!!!
I can tell by the comments and my own feeling that this lesson is a mind blow. I've wondered for years how walking bass lines worked (I'm not really a bass player). I've read things that show examples but never got a Rosetta Stone like this. Amazing is an over used adjective but this is AMAZING. Thank you, sir!
Good shit. I've been a metal bass player for a while now but learning to walk was never something I knew how to do. This tutorial is really the best explanation of walking I've seen anywhere.
Very good lesson Scott is good Teacher When you have complex tune like Giant Step or other Jazz Tune, for training, write before your own score with the good harmonics notes of each chord and chromatic approach, and then play it, try to write beautiful melody in the walking bass line. After this training you will not anymore need to write a score .... You have also another possibility of creating walking bass line, when melody sounds good you can begin a bar with the third or the fifth of the chord (also with chromatic approach). Its depends on accent you want to give on the harmony progression of the tune.
Excellent sequence of scaffolded instruction! I referred to your lesson while teaching my 15 yo son how to play bass and it resonated with him. Thanks Scott!
if you would have read his channel or seen alot of his other videos , then you would know , look it up, its not hard to find out . He may play with his hand, but it dont seem to affect his playing, he is still a very great teacher, with an extreme amount of talent and i am honored to have a man who knows what he is talking about as one of my guitar teachers ...
Hi Scott, these lessons are great. Easy to digest and then go and practice. Got my first ever Bass guitar this very morning. I've been playing lead and rhythm guitar for years and now I'm learning Bass so this is just great. I look forward to studying your other lessons when I've mastered this one. A great big thank you.
This is an excellent tutorial, I've played bass for a few years now but I've never played Jazz. I feel like this lesson made everything just "click" in my head this is so simple and awesome. Thank you so much!
Hey Scott, I have been playing 20+ years, probably got in a rut about 15 years ago. Thanks for helping me out of that rut. I was think at about 13:00 in, man this isn't beginner stuff, this is real good pro sounding bass lines. My bandmates think I have broken down a wall in my playing... THANK YOU!
Scott thank you for this video, being a guitar player who has recently taken up the bass this video has clarified greatly a few clouds i had in my technique! Righton bro!
i'll probably never really need to jazz walking bass lines for the music i'm interested in playing but just doing this as a learning exercise has already improved my playing very much. i'm putting in a lot of chromatic approach notes into my compositions and they really make the music richer and more dense without sounding abrasive.
I've gotten the root, third, fifth, passing tone part down. Now my goal is to work this in all twelve keys, then start working on some standards. I'm proficient at saxophone which helps but, I can honestly say your teaching is fantastic. I'm already very far on the bass in only two weeks. Thank you!
you did a really great job at explaining a simple walking bass line! i have been trying to get some of my students to get a grasp on it and i dont think i could have said it better myself! great playing man!
Scott just tuning in. Been trying to groove for a while. Love the feel you have, thats the way Iam streiving to play. Bless you and everything you have in mind to do. Peace
Scott, thank you so much. I have a descent theory background from playing guitar and your lessons allow me to put that theory into real life scenarios on bass. I am so glad I stumbled upon your videos.
Hi Scott, I am enjoying the walking bass lessons. I am a guitar player (guitarpd1) on TH-cam. I get to play bass with a group now so I want to use walking bass. You are a good teacher. Thanks, Paula
All these years playing blues arpeggios and I still couldn't get it...No matter how hard I tried....got the feel, just not the notes. every body else makes this so damned complicated, that Id get frustrated and not do it. thanx scott. As we say in New England light dawns on marble-head
Such an awesome lesson, Scott. The only improvement I can think of would be to super-impose some sunglasses on your face at 13.52 to coincide with the harmonics at the end of that run down the fingerboard. :D
Great explanation. After just watching and playing alongside these two videos I've made some serious progress. Everything else I've tried to find was either way too abstract (like "you must play the notes of the chord but also a note that transitions well to the next chord" gee thanks) or the "give a fish" method with tabs instead of actual teaching. These two vids have been great, showing exactly what to play but also WHY!
Thank you for this lesson. I really like the way you teach in these videos, very easy to relate to. Looking forward to the packages will be picking these up when they come out, like the video idea for each too. Just my two cents on thruthewalls question, It's good to know both approaches as it gives you more to utilize out of your trick bag, also helps in keeping your walking lines fresh and changing, another bonus would be that as well as knowing your scales these help with solo ideas.
This was the most helpful tutorial on walking bass; really de-mystified it for me. Thanks Scott
Same, it’s been the only thing that finally made it make sense
Thank you so much for this mini-crash course on walking lines. I've been a bass player for many years, but nobody has encapsulated the essence of building a good walking bass line quite the way you have, sir. I think it's no exaggeration to say that you are the Neil Degrasse Tyson of bass playing. Thanks again, you've re-awakened my interest in playing jazz after many years of muddling around, stuck in a rock-n-roll rut.
bruh SAME
You make it sound so simple, you make it look even easier... Then when I follow your process within 15 to 20 minutes I'm playing it without struggling through it as I have done for the past 15 years. Your way just makes sense!!
This teaches at exactly the right pace - I can feel improvement and I understand what I'm doing. Nice job.
Ahh...the feeling of an idea just clicking is like a braingasm.Feels so good. Thanks for explaining it in such a simple and effective way Scott!
you are a fantastic teacher
i was thinking the same thing .he is really great.
I started on the bass 40 years ago this Christmas with no lessons other than how to play the major scale. I fumbled around and was gigging within a year. 35 years ago I picked up the guitar, learned some theory and it helped my bass playing. I found this tonight and wow - I needed this 40 years ago. I was playing along and though I have done most of it I never had any real direction like this. I am not a beginner but this makes it too easy. You young guys pay attention to this guy or else.
this is the key! the chromatic approach notes above/ below root and 7th to 3rd voice leading techniques make all the magic happen! Great lesson!
Hello my dear fellow musician ... in my 16 years as an amateur musician never seen one as good as this explanation of how to create powerful lines of simple walkingbass. Thank you...
You have a real gift of teaching and patience. God bless you
Scott,
I'm a guitar player (6 strings ;-) and I think these lessons just RULE! Thanks for taking a complex subject and breaking it down so simply, for free! I'm going to sign up for your website because your musical knowledge and approach are awesome and really helping me as a guitar player! Gotta know what my bass man is up to!
So clear, methodical and well-constructed. Together with the first crash course talking bass video, it guides you step-by-step into crafting melodic, in-the-pocket, walking bass lines.
Awesome dude! Thankyou for checking out the video, glad this helped!
your lessons are absolutly amazing Scott. Thank You for them. As one of my proffesors used to say: "Scientist is someone who can talk, complicated way about simple things, but a Genius is someone who can talk simple way about complicated things". I`m now a big fan of your website.
Scott's Devine is the best TH-cam teacher. He's second to none
You man are a GREAT bass player but also are an AMAZING teacher. Thank You!!!
As a guitar player who's to improvise himself as a bass player for a jazz show, this lesson just saved the forthcoming gig. Thank you sir !
Been an avid bass player for over 30 years now playing weekly for exception of a few. Your bass training is one of the best I've come across -- happened to stumble on it your while perusing youtube music! In spite of playing just about every genre I've actually picked up numerous things that I've played for years but never really thought about what I innately feel and sense when playing grooves, dynamics, scales, riffs, etc. I will definitely follow and check out more of your training! Thanks!
If you play bass for some time, traids are quite obvious, but that chromatic notes to slide up-down to root in next bar was an invention for me! Such simple and such improvement. Thanks Scott.
This is really easy to follow. I read an article where you talked about being surprised at how big SBL had become. Lessons like this are why I fell in like be with SBL. You are a good teacher and very relatable. I am happy to see the success you’ve had after reading the obstacles you’ve been able to overcome to follow your passions and take care of your family. I’m one of you state side supporters.
Root -> 3rd -> 5th -> passing note
Love it! Easy to remember and fun to practice.
I am completely floored at how it all came together so perfectly. The progression of each step was awesome. From a walking bass beginner, thank you so much Scott, you rock!
I’m ripping my modes & arpeggios, hardcore shedding my plucking hand like never before but still feeling deer in the headlights on walking bass and this parts 1 & 2 blew the doors open in my mind. I often think those who can often don’t know how to explain it but you are providing the core rudiments required for achieving that end state fluid flow!
Thank you so much!
Scott, your lessons are amazing. As a young 50 year old un-musical lady you make it all so understandable. I'm loving playing my bass more and more (I have a very supportive singer/guitarist partner who is helping me too, but he can't teach the technical stuff).
WOW!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much. I don't know how long I've been trying to figure this out but it's been way too long. Finally somebody explained it to me in a way that makes sense, to me anyway. I know it's just a crash coarse and there's a lot more work to do but this is a huge step in the right direction for me. Again, I can't thank you enough for putting this lesson on you tube. I wish I would had found it months ago. Now it's time for me to get busy practicing.
Hi Ned, I am going to have youtube vidoes in the near future but thought you my want to check out my new Bass eBook.
payhip.com/b/6nR4
This book explains walking baselines and has exercises around chord changes. I lay it all out in detail.
I agree with Ned, excellent lesson and explanation. Like many things, it's simple when you know what you're supposed to be doing and how you're supposed to be doing it!
Well done, Scott.
This is one of the best bass line lesson I have ever gotten from this site
the best tutorial for walking bass ive seen so far. I even payed for lessons to learn walking bass, and it all sounded so hard, i got confused very easy. But this dude makes it soo simple. Thanks man!!!
I can tell by the comments and my own feeling that this lesson is a mind blow. I've wondered for years how walking bass lines worked (I'm not really a bass player). I've read things that show examples but never got a Rosetta Stone like this. Amazing is an over used adjective but this is AMAZING. Thank you, sir!
You know the lesson is gold when it applies to more than just the bass, great lesson for many things, thankyou scott
Good shit. I've been a metal bass player for a while now but learning to walk was never something I knew how to do. This tutorial is really the best explanation of walking I've seen anywhere.
Very good lesson Scott is good Teacher
When you have complex tune like Giant Step or other Jazz Tune, for training, write before your own score with the good harmonics notes of each chord and chromatic approach, and then play it, try to write beautiful melody in the walking bass line. After this training you will not anymore need to write a score ....
You have also another possibility of creating walking bass line, when melody sounds good you can begin a bar with the third or the fifth of the chord (also with chromatic approach). Its depends on accent you want to give on the harmony progression of the tune.
Excellent work Scott. I really liked how you tied everything together. You started with very easy to manage pieces and built it up nicely from there.
Man. That was seriously the best explanation and tutorial I've seen. Thank you, Scott!
Excellent sequence of scaffolded instruction! I referred to your lesson while teaching my 15 yo son how to play bass and it resonated with him. Thanks Scott!
I bought my first bass today, and now I know how to do a walking bass line. I never realised it was this simple. :-) Thanks, Scott!
if you would have read his channel or seen alot of his other videos , then you would know , look it up, its not hard to find out . He may play with his hand, but it dont seem to affect his playing, he is still a very great teacher, with an extreme amount of talent and i am honored to have a man who knows what he is talking about as one of my guitar teachers ...
Hi Scott, these lessons are great. Easy to digest and then go and practice. Got my first ever Bass guitar this very morning. I've been playing lead and rhythm guitar for years and now I'm learning Bass so this is just great. I look forward to studying your other lessons when I've mastered this one. A great big thank you.
This is an excellent tutorial, I've played bass for a few years now but I've never played Jazz. I feel like this lesson made everything just "click" in my head this is so simple and awesome. Thank you so much!
This guy is an absolute genius! I learned more about music theory in this one lesson than I have in years. Brilliant!
Excellent tutor, I have shaved years of practise time off with just these two videos. Excellent Scott11
You are the best bass teacher I've ever had. Thanks Scott.
best and most accessible explanation of walking bass on the net - congratulations!
This is awesome. I'm unconventional, but your teaching is one of a kind. I'm still a beginner but this gives me hope. - Dallas, TX, USA
Thank youu! Ive been studying these for quite a while, but only your lesson is what i undertsnad the most. Keep it up!
What an excellent lesson! Scott, you're a skilled and engaging instructor. Well done and thanks.
I like to think of myself as an experienced bass player, but I have always been rubbish at walking bass lines! This has been a great help, thanks!
i honestly think what your doing is really commendable. its all brilliant; the tips, pointers, explanations, backing tracks, everything.
never really learnt anything from bass tutorials until now. You´re awesome!
Hey Scott, I have been playing 20+ years, probably got in a rut about 15 years ago. Thanks for helping me out of that rut. I was think at about 13:00 in, man this isn't beginner stuff, this is real good pro sounding bass lines. My bandmates think I have broken down a wall in my playing... THANK YOU!
Been trying to figure it out myself all week and this just pushed me to another level. thanks so much
Scott thank you for this video, being a guitar player who has recently taken up the bass this video has clarified greatly a few clouds i had in my technique! Righton bro!
wow! you make it easy for me to learn. thanks so much!
Thank you so much! This has well and truly blown apart some mental barriers I had.
Very VERY much appreciated Scott.
Amazing way to think about bass. This is giving me a lot to work on. Thanks Scott
Thx Sooo much Scott this is by far the best walking bass tutorial!!!
Really enjoy your videos. You explain things easily and get to the important stuff!
This was soooooo helpful! found myself soloing at the end of the video
You're the best teacher ever.
Outstanding! Taught in a way that is instantly accessible. This has made a lot of sense to me. Great stuff!
finally, i got the idea of walking bass!!!!!! God bless you, man!!!! Thank you so much
best tutorial ever, makes perfect sense and its very easy to follow, even on piano
I´m very agree about to feel the drums and keep/follow/feel that "internal"/ "inner" drums time as you playing bass. Cheers mate.
i'll probably never really need to jazz walking bass lines for the music i'm interested in playing but just doing this as a learning exercise has already improved my playing very much. i'm putting in a lot of chromatic approach notes into my compositions and they really make the music richer and more dense without sounding abrasive.
I've gotten the root, third, fifth, passing tone part down. Now my goal is to work this in all twelve keys, then start working on some standards. I'm proficient at saxophone which helps but, I can honestly say your teaching is fantastic. I'm already very far on the bass in only two weeks. Thank you!
you did a really great job at explaining a simple walking bass line! i have been trying to get some of my students to get a grasp on it and i dont think i could have said it better myself! great playing man!
Scott just tuning in. Been trying to groove for a while. Love the feel you have, thats the way Iam streiving to play. Bless you and everything you have in mind to do. Peace
THANK YOU SOO MUCH.. i'm a self taught guitarist and really enthusiastic to learn new stuff.. thank you so much
Scott, thank you so much. I have a descent theory background from playing guitar and your lessons allow me to put that theory into real life scenarios on bass. I am so glad I stumbled upon your videos.
Hi Scott, what a great way you built this lesson. I'm heading for the shed... Thanks!
Finally it all makes sense!!!! Wow!!! Fantastic lesson! You are the man!
You are awesome Scott! By far the most accessible bass lessons on youtube!
Just opened up a whole new world to me mate, wow that was so clear and approachable
Glad you've found this useful!!
Best walking lesson I've ever seen...
Great lesson! Any chance you could do #3 for those who want to progress more?
Hi Scott, I am enjoying the walking bass lessons. I am a guitar player (guitarpd1) on TH-cam. I get to play bass with a group now so I want to use walking bass. You are a good teacher. Thanks, Paula
Love spending time with you in "The Shed", Scott. Thanks, I've improved amazingly in only a few weeks!
Best walking bass lesson I’ve ever seen 🤩
These lessons are the best. Better than the expensive lessons i got from Nathan East on ArtistWorks
All these years playing blues arpeggios and I still couldn't get it...No matter how hard I tried....got the feel, just not the notes. every body else makes this so damned complicated, that Id get frustrated and not do it. thanx scott. As we say in New England light dawns on marble-head
Thank you for breaking that down so perfectly.
Thanks for this video, you're an extremely competent teacher
Outstanding Instruction! Very helpful!
Your an amazing teacher, thanks for helping me finally nail it!
thank you so much for the best explanation i ever heard
all of your videos are great and helped me so much to get better on my bass
keep on groovin
Mind blown. :)
Cheers - loving your explanations and chill.
YOUR PRESENTATION IS FANTASTIC THANKS AGAIN- NICE A CLEAR.
thanks so much for this!
This will give me hours of fun and improve my knowledge of the fretboard!!!
Such an awesome lesson, Scott. The only improvement I can think of would be to super-impose some sunglasses on your face at 13.52 to coincide with the harmonics at the end of that run down the fingerboard. :D
love the idea on the backing tracks. will be picking those up
Best video series on walking bass
gotta love his lessons, such a good teacher, makes me wanna learn theory
Great lessons, you are a great teacher and player, thanks for sharing !!!!
Great Lesson from a Great Teacher - Thank You!
The most helpful video I've found for this
I don't even play bass but your method of teaching is simple yet genius. I key bass but i think i will buy a bass guitar now.
Thank you very much!!! This was exceptionally helpful and exactly what I wanted to know.
Awesome lesson. You make it simple and fun. Gonna check out the website.
Bravo fellah. This was incredibly well explained and presented.
Best teacher ever!
Great explanation. After just watching and playing alongside these two videos I've made some serious progress. Everything else I've tried to find was either way too abstract (like "you must play the notes of the chord but also a note that transitions well to the next chord" gee thanks) or the "give a fish" method with tabs instead of actual teaching. These two vids have been great, showing exactly what to play but also WHY!
Thank you for this lesson. I really like the way you teach in these videos, very easy to relate to. Looking forward to the packages will be picking these up when they come out, like the video idea for each too. Just my two cents on thruthewalls question, It's good to know both approaches as it gives you more to utilize out of your trick bag, also helps in keeping your walking lines fresh and changing, another bonus would be that as well as knowing your scales these help with solo ideas.