You put it so well! This video is probably one of the best on the internet explaining walking bass. As an internet only taught bassist, I greatly appreciate this.
I agree Eli! I am primarily a guitar guy but am getting very serious about bass! New to Luke and feel that his lessons are in the league of Steve Stine"s lessons whom I feel is such a fantastic guitar teacher! I made a strict rule for myself when I put a bass in my hands is to think like a bassist and not like a guitarist! Luke is helping me stay in that framework!
I love that you put that Tabs and notes on screen. its hard for new players to keep replaying the same 10 sec clip trying to learn the pattern without the tabs.
I've ben playing these 5 formulas over and over and found that by counting 1-2-3-4 as I played. it helped me see that every time I was starting on the root. This was a sea change lesson for me. Thank you Luke.
Walking bass was a technique I have needed to work on in my playing for a long time. Your tutelage has made it easy for me to understand and experiment with! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Luke, I have listened to all the TH-cam guys, and want to say yours will help me move forward. Its precise, no showy "stuff" and doesn't loose me in those who want to show me their knowledge of music theory complexities. I appreciate you and looking forward as I restart my bass learning.
Played bass since HS (teen rockband), church gospel and always wanted to do bass walking but never could. Until seeing how you did it on this video. Now I gotta get working on it. Thank you!
Wow. Thank you so much. Finally a lesson that I can easily understand. I looked so many you tube films. This is the first I really understand and have quick successes. 👍👍👍🙂
This is such a fabulous explanation/demonstration of walking bass! Makes me want to shout, laugh, dance. I first viewed this video and learned the techniques Luke is teaching here back when it was posted, and since then, everyone I play with thinks I'm a friggin' jazzer!
Mind blown. Like 25 yrs ago I played bassnin rock band and it was boooooring. Now i bought this badly held punk bass that i fixed. I never felt anything like this with bass guitar. Thanks bro. I am having fun here !!!! Got to make my own backing track
I played trumpet for almost 10 years, but I've started playing bass and I had no experience with chords and chord progressions and needing to understand them But learning the patterns of the fret board and watching this helped me use the music theory skills I already had from trumpet, being able to remember the scales and transfer them onto the bass! Thanks !!
Pondering Luke. I am learning bass. You teach well. The Bible says, A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance and doeth good like a medicine and he that winneth souls is wise.
That "huge ugly leap" is actually used a lot too, it's kinda cool when used sparingly. Just something one shouldn't overuse and be careful when to do it
What a brilliant video, I've been struggling with walking bass lines for so long, and in just 20 mins, I'm already jamming to jazz bass tracks. Thank you so much Luke!
Having come from a guitar background and only picking up the bass 3 months ago I always wondered what the mystery was behind walking baselines were. This video just simplified it and within less than 5 minutes after watching this video I was playing walking bass lines. I know it's not the final or finished article but the mystery has been demystified. Thanks Scott!!!
What a great lesson for us newbies! I love the patient, repetitive and well-explained way that you presented the material. I will definitely look for your other lessons. Thanks so much.
Another internet taught bassist (almost) from the covid era, thanking you for the easy walking bass lesson. I'm 3 minutes into it and really appreciate it. Thanks again Luke!!
I'm totally swingin' these walking lines. I'm of the same covid era. Just got my acoustic Fender about two weeks ago and I'm ready to start a band. :) Have a feeling I'll need groupie repellent. (j/k)
Thank you, it has been said before but to say it again this was a transformative lesson for me. It brought several elements together including an introduction to walking bass, chord integration and even simple rhythm in a simple digestible, approachable way.
Wow, what an amazing lesson! For a begining bass player and first look at walking bass lines, I learned so much! I'll be back here often for the next few weeks! Thank you!!!
I've never seen a walking bass lesson this thorough. There was so much more explanation of the examples. Well done, sir! What are the specs and model of that Spector bass?
Glad you like the lesson Robert! And the bass is a Spector Euro, although I'm not sure about the exact specs or model. I bought it 2nd hand from a friend and never really asked about those things - I just loved the way it sounded and played.
As an intermediate guitar player I've recently purchased a bass. All these tabs are brilliant plus the scales with a bit of tweaking I'm sure I will have many sounds to play through my loop pedal 👍
Hi Luke. Fellow Aussie bass player here who's just recently discovered your channel. You're a very good teacher mate, and this is an excellent introductory lesson to walking bass. Well done. Have a listen to Anthony Jackson walk on "Jumpin at the Woodside" from Buddy Rich's "Live at Buddy's Place" (1974) - I think you'll enjoy it. It's an absolute masterclass. All the best and keep up the great work. (P.S. those NS2 Spectors are great basses )
Very clear, thanks. The other thing you can add to the mix is instead of always going 1,2,3,5 you could come down from the octave above 8,5,3,2 etc and like the other techniques mixing up what you do as Luke says. Keep hearing about these common progressions but most of the pieces our swing band play seem to be more complicated!
These videos are obviously intended for current and aspiring bass players, but they are also helpful for people looking to expand their knowledge and appreciation of the music they listen to.
Thanks this is very helpful to get me started! I need to work on some jazz basslines for a new band I'll be playing with and I've mostly played just bluegrass/folk/Irish music on double bass before.
I’m an intermediate bass player working on my theory. this is a much better lesson than the others that I’ve ran across . I’m wondering if there is an order to the videos that would make following your lesson plan easier.
Thank you Luke. I find your lessons very useful. What I appreciate in particular are very clear tabs and notes provided to learn from by a beginner like me..
hi luke - long time no see :) this lesson is so good for me - becouse i already know the scales and where is what an the neck but i didnt know that i can use this 1-3-5-3 for plaing jezz SO im gonna practice now on this / so funny this is an old lesson of yours .... Israeli gritting and care
Nice lesson for beginner bass player like me to give me something I can work on.. Switching from 6 string guitar. I find your teaching technique most enjoyable.
At 14:20 This pattern is a must know lick for a jazz musician. I studied it for an hour. The base is what unifies the band , as far a chord structure and forward movement. On the G7 on the base b, I use G7b9. Which is nothing more than a Ab dim. notes (Ab B D F).. This gives a climbing effect. The base line note is B but next is a C, chord, which is when the C is played on base.
2019 This channel deserves a million views because he posts the TABS FOR FREE ON THE SCREEN! Others are SO SELFISH that they refuse to post TABS on screen. You know who you are. What a shame.
Some teachers don't do it, because reading tab is lazy. Every learner is different, but when you are learning an instrument, you should be able to use your ear for something this simple.
@@Hexenhammer I find tabs a bit useless. I'd rather have the fingerings, at least while learning. It makes it easier to memorize things if I can visualize them in my mind...
@@Nikosi9 people want to take the easy road. I did that too, until I wanted to get serious. Trust me, tab is your worst enemy if your goal is to be a musician.
@@Hexenhammer My home instrument is trumpet and in every beginning trumpet book, you'll see the fingerings written in. As the books progress the fingerings appear less and less, and only preferred fork fingerings are shown. The bass has many more alternate fingerings, so I prefer to see them written out until I memorize them... There is not only one way to learn... :-)
Wow, wish I had seen this before. Hands down the best walking bass lesson I've seen on TH-cam. Other lessons seem to meander quite a bit and talk about all the theory before even playing a single thing, making it hard to really see how it applies. Or they'd play way too much at once, etc. So handy that you broke it into bite size pieces so we handle it as we go along. Also using the charts on screen, such an overlooked and extremely useful trick. Thanks so much, I felt so lost on walking lines until I saw this, for real!
Thanks so much for the comment friend. I'm glad you like my approach and find everything useful. I'll keep making videos like this in the future for sure.
I love your teaching style. I'm learning after a 50 year ”break”. I love discovering that the bass lines I was winging back in the 60s were actually based (no pun) in theory!
You put it so well! This video is probably one of the best on the internet explaining walking bass. As an internet only taught bassist, I greatly appreciate this.
Thanks so much Eli - I'm happy you got so much out of this lesson. And thanks for your kind words as well!
I agree Eli! I am primarily a guitar guy but am getting very serious about bass! New to Luke and feel that his lessons are in the league of Steve Stine"s lessons whom I feel is such a fantastic guitar teacher! I made a strict rule for myself when I put a bass in my hands is to think like a bassist and not like a guitarist! Luke is helping me stay in that framework!
Eli...agreed on all counts!
Eli Porter I agree
@@BecomeABassist 1aaaaaa
You, sir, are a good teacher. Thanks from a 78 year old beginner bass player.
I love that you put that Tabs and notes on screen. its hard for new players to keep replaying the same 10 sec clip trying to learn the pattern without the tabs.
I've ben playing these 5 formulas over and over and found that by counting 1-2-3-4 as I played. it helped me see that every time I was starting on the root. This was a sea change lesson for me. Thank you Luke.
Wow, I’ve been playing guitar for 40+ years but I’m falling in love with bass thanks to your help.
That was surely the clearest explanation of walking bass I have seen!!! Thank you very much Luke!!!
This is VERY Helpful!!! Thanks!! I've been playing for 7 months and am wanting to learn walking. This is very good.
Nice and clear to grasp. Nothing new under the sun here but the communication and professionalism helps make the info more accessible.
Luke explained it so well. I now understand walking bass lines. It's like taking a walk in the park, on your bass. I am a big fan of his videos!
Walking bass was a technique I have needed to work on in my playing for a long time. Your tutelage has made it easy for me to understand and experiment with! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
It took forever to find lessons on walking basslines that made any sense. Thanks for breaking this down to a level I can understand
Every bass book i found didnt explain how to write walking bass lines. Thanks to this video i finally got it.
Luke, I have listened to all the TH-cam guys, and want to say yours will help me move forward. Its precise, no showy "stuff" and doesn't loose me in those who want to show me their knowledge of music theory complexities. I appreciate you and looking forward as I restart my bass learning.
"...doesn't lose me..."
Played bass since HS (teen rockband), church gospel and always wanted to do bass walking but never could. Until seeing how you did it on this video. Now I gotta get working on it. Thank you!
I play classical guitar but now dabbling with the bass for recording purposes, finding your channel super useful, appreciate the work , thanks 🙏🏻
From an old has-been bassist, a most excellent lesson! Formulas 4 and 5 are a great start to sounding like a jazz bass player.
Wow. Thank you so much.
Finally a lesson that I can easily understand.
I looked so many you tube films. This is the first I really understand and have quick successes. 👍👍👍🙂
This is such a fabulous explanation/demonstration of walking bass! Makes me want to shout, laugh, dance. I first viewed this video and learned the techniques Luke is teaching here back when it was posted, and since then, everyone I play with thinks I'm a friggin' jazzer!
I love ur 5 plug and play walking patterns lesson. U are a great player/teacher. Thx for all u doo.
dUg-Montesano, WA/USA
Thanks, my dream of playing walking Jazz bass has come to reality. Thanks to You!!!!
Mind blown. Like 25 yrs ago I played bassnin rock band and it was boooooring.
Now i bought this badly held punk bass that i fixed.
I never felt anything like this with bass guitar. Thanks bro. I am having fun here !!!!
Got to make my own backing track
I played trumpet for almost 10 years, but I've started playing bass and I had no experience with chords and chord progressions and needing to understand them
But learning the patterns of the fret board and watching this helped me use the music theory skills I already had from trumpet, being able to remember the scales and transfer them onto the bass!
Thanks !!
Very well done! This was one of my weak points, but after watching this video I really understand how to connect the dots now. Thanks!!!!!
Amazing! I'm so happy to hear it Carlton.
Pondering Luke.
I am learning bass.
You teach well.
The Bible says, A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance and doeth good like a medicine and he that winneth souls is wise.
There is no god
@@MenkoDany A merry heart does you good
thanks Luke for your great instruction. You break it down so simple. You are a great instructor. Mr.Jazz
That "huge ugly leap" is actually used a lot too, it's kinda cool when used sparingly. Just something one shouldn't overuse and be careful when to do it
With great power, comes great responsibility 😂
What a brilliant video, I've been struggling with walking bass lines for so long, and in just 20 mins, I'm already jamming to jazz bass tracks.
Thank you so much Luke!
This is exactly what I like to hear Matthew! Thanks so much for letting me know - this is awesome!
Really good stuff. Mainly a guitar player but lately also love to play bass!
Best beginner bass teacher Ive found
Having come from a guitar background and only picking up the bass 3 months ago I always wondered what the mystery was behind walking baselines were. This video just simplified it and within less than 5 minutes after watching this video I was playing walking bass lines. I know it's not the final or finished article but the mystery has been demystified. Thanks Scott!!!
Haha! No worries glad I could help. And it’s Luke btw.
@@BecomeABassist omg. My apologies Luke.
My teacher in college was absolutely horrible.. wish I had this back then. Thank you!
thank you! i watched other walking bassline lessons and couldn’t grasp the concept, but you made it easy to understand
Glad to hear it's making sense to you now @bilnabiln
I've checked out a lot of beginner walking bass line videos - this has been the most accessible and helpful I've found so far. Thanks :)
Awesome to hear! Thanks for checking it out.
What a great lesson for us newbies! I love the patient, repetitive and well-explained way that you presented the material. I will definitely look for your other lessons. Thanks so much.
You're welcome @Chester Burnett - I'm happy the lesson worked well for you! That's always great to hear.
from Argentina, muchas gracias por tus videos, son increiblemente instructivos.
Thank you so much! This approach was the eye-opener after the technical videos I watched before!
Thanks' Luke for sharing your musical knowledge with us great lessons.
Another internet taught bassist (almost) from the covid era, thanking you for the easy walking bass lesson. I'm 3 minutes into it and really appreciate it. Thanks again Luke!!
I'm totally swingin' these walking lines. I'm of the same covid era. Just got my acoustic Fender about two weeks ago and I'm ready to start a band. :) Have a feeling I'll need groupie repellent. (j/k)
thank you Luke
very useful lesson
walking bass made easy !!
Great video, really. Perfect for people who dont have yet a solid basis on musical theory, very accesible.
Wow!! As a fairly new bass player watching numerous videos on bass playing, this tutorial is one of the best!! Great job!!!
Thanks Luke, for a super lesson. You've given me the courage to finally tackle the bass.😊
so how it was going ? its been a year now lol
I found backing tracks to be extremely helpful. I've started gaining speed using long backing tracks and once I hear the melody I've got it.
Thank you, it has been said before but to say it again this was a transformative lesson for me. It brought several elements together including an introduction to walking bass, chord integration and even simple rhythm in a simple digestible, approachable way.
You're welcome Fred. Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words as well!
Thank you so much! You are a TRUE help for beginners. Thank you again.
Thanks for your super lessons and downloads. Helping me immensely.
Thanks!
Thank *YOU* @davebaiocchi - I really appreciate your support!
Its some of the best bass lesson I've seen
What a great lesson, this is how all music should be taught IMHO... immediately useful 😁
Wow, what an amazing lesson! For a begining bass player and first look at walking bass lines, I learned so much! I'll be back here often for the next few weeks! Thank you!!!
You explain things so well for beginners and make it so interesting to play bass! Thank you for this video!
This is great; it can be adapted to other genres, too. It's the most useful lesson yet!
Thanks for the lesson, Luke! It was very helpful!
Awesome walking bassline learning tool Luke !!😱🎶😁
Never before have I learned this much from a (bass) video!! thanks for saving me at my jam session tomorrow :D
Happy to help @Erin Veldman! Let us know how the jam goes tomorrow!
Bedankt
Heel erg bedankt @Joram Periera! Ik waardeer je vrijgevigheid enorm.
Just perfect! Thank you!!! With that approach: the secret of bass lines are revealed 😘
Thanks man, you dont know how much this helped me
I've never seen a walking bass lesson this thorough. There was so much more explanation of the examples. Well done, sir! What are the specs and model of that Spector bass?
Glad you like the lesson Robert! And the bass is a Spector Euro, although I'm not sure about the exact specs or model. I bought it 2nd hand from a friend and never really asked about those things - I just loved the way it sounded and played.
So much great free downloadable content! really finding this so helpful, thanks Luke
Great lesson. You make it nice and simple and practical.
As an intermediate guitar player I've recently purchased a bass. All these tabs are brilliant plus the scales with a bit of tweaking I'm sure I will have many sounds to play through my loop pedal 👍
Hi Luke. Fellow Aussie bass player here who's just recently discovered your channel. You're a very good teacher mate, and this is an excellent introductory lesson to walking bass. Well done. Have a listen to Anthony Jackson walk on "Jumpin at the Woodside" from Buddy Rich's "Live at Buddy's Place" (1974) - I think you'll enjoy it. It's an absolute masterclass. All the best and keep up the great work. (P.S. those NS2 Spectors are great basses )
Very clear, thanks. The other thing you can add to the mix is instead of always going 1,2,3,5 you could come down from the octave above 8,5,3,2 etc and like the other techniques mixing up what you do as Luke says. Keep hearing about these common progressions but most of the pieces our swing band play seem to be more complicated!
like your style thanks for the great bass info...
great class, greetings from Tijuana!
Thanks Luke! I’ve been trying to get my walking bass down recently. Very helpful!
You're welcome Sean! Glad to hear it's helpful!
Excellent.Makes it clear and simple.
wow i really like youre videos and how you teach them
These videos are obviously intended for current and aspiring bass players, but they are also helpful for people looking to expand their knowledge and appreciation of the music they listen to.
Thanks this is very helpful to get me started! I need to work on some jazz basslines for a new band I'll be playing with and I've mostly played just bluegrass/folk/Irish music on double bass before.
I’m an intermediate bass player working on my theory. this is a much better lesson than the others that I’ve ran across . I’m wondering if there is an order to the videos that would make following your lesson plan easier.
Brilliant! Thank you so much!
Excellent teacher, excellent explanation tq
Thank you Luke. I find your lessons very useful. What I appreciate in particular are very clear tabs and notes provided to learn from by a beginner like me..
Fantastic!! Thanks Luke!
So simple to understand! Thank you!!
hi luke - long time no see :) this lesson is so good for me - becouse i already know the scales and where is what an the neck but i didnt know that i can use this 1-3-5-3 for plaing jezz SO im gonna practice now on this / so funny this is an old lesson of yours .... Israeli gritting and care
Very nice keep them coming!
Am so appreciate for ur lesson
Thank you! This video finally made it click for me
Nice lesson for beginner bass player like me to give me something I can work on.. Switching from 6 string guitar. I find your teaching technique most enjoyable.
Thanks John - I'm glad it works for you!
At 14:20 This pattern is a must know lick for a jazz musician. I studied it for an hour. The base is
what unifies the band , as far a chord structure and forward movement. On the G7 on the base b, I use G7b9. Which is nothing more than a Ab dim. notes (Ab B D F).. This gives a climbing effect. The base line note is B but next is a C, chord, which is when the C is played on base.
Bass*
2019
This channel deserves a million views because he posts the TABS FOR FREE ON THE SCREEN!
Others are SO SELFISH that they refuse to post TABS on screen. You know who you are. What a shame.
Some teachers don't do it, because reading tab is lazy. Every learner is different, but when you are learning an instrument, you should be able to use your ear for something this simple.
@@Hexenhammer I find tabs a bit useless. I'd rather have the fingerings, at least while learning. It makes it easier to memorize things if I can visualize them in my mind...
@@Nikosi9 people want to take the easy road. I did that too, until I wanted to get serious. Trust me, tab is your worst enemy if your goal is to be a musician.
@@Hexenhammer My home instrument is trumpet and in every beginning trumpet book, you'll see the fingerings written in. As the books progress the fingerings appear less and less, and only preferred fork fingerings are shown.
The bass has many more alternate fingerings, so I prefer to see them written out until I memorize them... There is not only one way to learn... :-)
this is so simple and well explained
thank you
Great lesson, thanks
One of the best explanations about walking bass lines, the others just confusing!
Спасибо за книжку. Благодаря вам, всё встало на свои места в моей голове.
Wow, wish I had seen this before. Hands down the best walking bass lesson I've seen on TH-cam. Other lessons seem to meander quite a bit and talk about all the theory before even playing a single thing, making it hard to really see how it applies. Or they'd play way too much at once, etc. So handy that you broke it into bite size pieces so we handle it as we go along. Also using the charts on screen, such an overlooked and extremely useful trick. Thanks so much, I felt so lost on walking lines until I saw this, for real!
Thanks so much for the comment friend. I'm glad you like my approach and find everything useful. I'll keep making videos like this in the future for sure.
This is the best video ever.
Woah - big claim, but I appreciate it @Ralph Crouch. Haha!
I downloaded your guide. I really appreciate your instruction.
Love your lesson. Mahalo
Nice bass walk at the end
thanks Luke...what make and model of bass you play please. sounds great.
Very cool! Loved this lesson Luke!❤
I love your teaching style. I'm learning after a 50 year ”break”. I love discovering that the bass lines I was winging back in the 60s were actually based (no pun) in theory!
Very helpful! Fanx a lot :)
This is the simplest lesson that i encountered. thank you! in just 30 mins i have learned this formulas. very informative.thanks
Fantastic!! Simple and Clear! Well done!!! Abs
Thanks Marcelo - glad you like it.
Great! Thank you!