Simple Jazz Blues Walking Bass Line Breakdown
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This walking bassline works over a 12 Bar Quick Change Blues Progression. Download the tab, sheet music and tracks from below the video. I've provided a breakdown of the whole 12 bars and some tips on how to memorize these longer streams of notes.
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I really appreciate the way your lessons are built using scaffolding techniques the build upon what has just been learnt and gradually expands until what could be initially a complex problem is presented and solved. Thank you Mark.
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+Gaetan Ayotte Thanks a lot. That's what I aim for. It's supposed to be a little like a one on one lesson or music college seminar. Kind of.
Amazing teacher. Your advice to learn it in fragments and to keep in mind what notes you are moving to makes this all very doable for a new student.
This is the third " project " of yours that I've undertaken , working through the Etude or breaking down a song into learnable chunks...
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Totally agree if you use the building blocks Mark teaches it imprints fast. I am now playing walking lines in 2 jazz groups Much Appreciated!!
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awesome lesson man! I seriously learned ALOT from this single lesson. As someone who has been playing bass for years, but never took the time to learn "theory", I have definitley learned a ton from watching your videos over the past couple of months.... and I really do have a better grasp of why/how these walking bass lines lead into the next chord, and how they are constructed, scales they are in, etc... keep up the great work !
you are a master class teacher of the bass guitar, thank you so much for this bunch of information. I thought jazz is just an abstract choice of notes before, AHHHH now i see better...
... such a wealth of useful tips. Thanks Mark. I'll go practice ...
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Great, as usual.
I'm in the process of learning walking bass lines with my jazz band. I'm struggling memorizing the changes and transitions more than the notes. I know arpegios and their inversions but I'm struggling putting everything together.
Thanks for your great lessons.
Try to see patterns in the changes. A bit of harmony knowledge goes a long way. See the chords in relation to the key by number and look for things like ii-v-i and i-vi-ii-v progressions. Also be aware of secondary dominants and tritone subs.
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Thanks for replying. That's actually what I'm trying to do. I know a bit of harmony and chord progressions.
I don't know what a secondary dominant is (yet). And I've never practiced tritone subs (even if I understand what it is). Applying music theory is sometimes overwhelming (I've been practicing for about 4 years).
+Pat Bass Secondary Dominant chords are when you change any chord in a key (other than chord V) to a dominant 7, usually with the purpose of creating a temporary V-I progression that looks like a modulation. Very, very, very common. Take a I-VI-II-V in C major - Cmaj7-Am7-Dm7-G7. Either or both of the Am7 and Dm7 chords can be changed to A7 and D7 to good effect. They would be secondary dominant chords.
Is this just a standard precision sound or do you do anything special to adjust the tone? Sounds good!
Awesome lesson. I finally managed to understand a Jazz Blues walking bass line. I don't know why but with standard iim7-V7-I I can create good lines without thinking too much, but I was getting my ass kicked with Jazz Blues form. Is it because the chords are not diatonic? Even I can't answer that haha! Anyway, thanks for this video!
O gee this was kinda hard to learn , I got lost in the mix at first.
Thanks Mark '
Hi Mark! Thanks again for this great lesson!
I got a question that's been bugging me for quite some time now regarding dominant chords. I know it sounds good in this type of progression but I just want to know the theory behind how it actually works (This confuses me a lot actually). Since you're playing in the key of C, wouldn't the I and IV chords be both maj7's leaving out the V as the dominant 7th chord? C7 and F7 would be dissonant because of a b7 but it still sounds good. I apologize for the really novice question.
+JP Lagasca It's not a novice question and it's one I get asked ALL the time. You are right to think that in a major key, the diatonic chords would be I - Major7, IV - Major7, V - Dominant 7. But blues is very different. We're basically using the dominant 7 chords as color chords. Chords I, IV and V in a major key are simple major chords if you just look at them as triads. We've simply put a flattened seventh degree on each one for that sound.
Dominant 7 chords are really pliable and can be used in lots of different ways. Yes, they occur on the 5th degree of the major scale, giving rise to the name 'dominant' 7 but they don't only appear in that context.
One thing you need to know is that there is a diatonic set of chords like you mentioned, but most songs and pieces of music stray from that sequence. Think of that diatonic set of chords as being simply a product of the major scale and its intervals. You don't need to stick to them or use them as 'rules' in making music. Those diatonic chords are a good starting point you need to know but think of them as the 'norm'. Music isn't just about sounding like the norm. Any time you want to add spice or a different color you need to wander slightly off that track (sometimes completely off the track and into the forest!). The blues is like that. We are still using the primary triads of I, IV and V but we just putting those slight variations in there to give the blues that recognisable sound. It's one of the reasons why the blues sounds different from straight 'major key' music.
I'm gona try it on Route 66.
Hi Mark, great lesson thank you. could you give an example of a standard that follows this form? I was looking through the realbook and irealpro to find one to practice, basically i need one of these standards to share at a jazz jam workshop :)
+Chris Rosset I can't actually think of any on the fly. But this progression is not so common as a jazz blues progression (that's why I used the term Simple Jazz Blues). It's more of a traditional blues progression in a jazz style. The more common jazz blues uses a II-V in place of the V-IV. So you get Dm7-G7 in C. I'll be covering that progression in the next lesson (L#138).
ok, thanks Mark, ill keep my eye out for the new lesson
whats the name of that rock n' roll line??
does he have any videos explaining how to use dead notes on these kind of line?
henrique meretti doubt its for this exact line, but his videos on dead notes are a wealth of knowledge, he explains it better than anyone i have watched
me gustaría poder entender todo lo que dice desafortunadamente no se ingles
nice P bass what year?
Hi there!
I have question regarding active/passive basses. I want to have a very bright slap sound (a bit like Marcus Miller's) and I was wondering if a passive Squier's Vintage Modified Jazz bass could do the job with a external preamp or should I just turn to active basses.
Wheter the preamp is inside or outside the bass shouldn't have any impact, am I right? Or maybe some specific preamps do the job better?
Right now, my strings are super dead and my action is so high, I need to put some tape around my fingers if I want to get a good slap sound so my slapping tone is horrendous.
Enlighten me !
+Feras Boulala Biggest difference often comes from getting a fresh pack of strings. You don't need an onboard preamp for a decent slap sound. EQ is EQ. But don't get too worried about the sound. Concentrate on perfecting your technique and you'll find you don't need to do as much with the EQ and sound. Yes, a bit of extra treble and some compression can help but you shouldn't have to rely on them. Live, I barely touch my tone controls and just aim for getting a decent flat, basic sound.
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Makes sense. Yesterday, I tried some basses at my local musical instruments store and I felt like having a low action and fresh new light strings already improved the sound.
The thing is, active basses could be plugged directly into any amp and sound great whereas passives needed a little help with a 'Bright' EQ preset. I own AmpliTube and Cubase so I guess I can do that without an amp or a pedal preamp.
Thanks for the help! Lesson learned: I'm gonna lower my action, sell my fossilized strings to a museum and buy new ones.
if you are looking for that classic "funk" slap bass sound, I would recommend passive pickups, that's all there was back in the day, I am a passive pickup guy myself, active will give you more of that "Claypool" sound. and a lower action will help, cause the "slap" sound it all about the strings hitting the neck, so if its super high it will be really hard if not impossible to get it to sound like you want. But Mark is right, its about the technique, I watched his slap videos so many times I lost count, and it has made my tone have that classic funk sound I was always looking for, I always thought it was about the set up too, but its all about how you play the strings, if you give any amazing player the crappiest bass it would still have "their" sound, cause its all about the way they do it. watch his slap bass videos and just keep pluckin away dude! you will get it! happy thumpin' buddy!
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Talking to much
Man just call out the notes and run the line all that other shit is to much
TABS available
Too much talking , not enough playing. You could of explained this in 1/4th the time.
You realize its a "lesson"....right? I mean, what do you expect?
U tell them Jimmy Slappa da bass
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m p its a lesson man, if u went to a teacher and they didnt explain anything, u would feel like u got ripped off, this is FREE and well explained
Very good teaching slow and tabs and notes too greet to understand .
U talk too much for the intro.. Just play it n run it thru.... Keep it crisp