This is an important concept to remember, the walking bass line is movement. Dave frank school of jazz, new york city music videos. Bass guitar lessons online includes free beginner bass. Print and download in pdf or midi walking bass line. Autori richard rodgers e lorenz hart arrangiamento per piano di marco farina blue moon with walking bass and improvisation sheet music for piano download free in pdf or midi. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can rely on to always sound good when you play it. It is recommended to put the walking bass line in a noterange between contra f and small g. Chord tones should be the first stop on the road to learning how to play walking bass lines. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the.
Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook welcome to the bass chapter of the thelonious monk institute of jazzs online jazz handbook. R 3 5 6 7 walking bass line theory basics chris fitzgerald. David bruce has a growing reputation as a composer, with commissions from carnegie hall, the san diego symphony and the royal opera house, london. Download the sheet music for the arrangement of lets fall in love that is featur ed in our walking bass for piano youtube video. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. Looking forward to hearing your walking bass lines over autumn leaves. When creating walking bass lines, its important to outline the root and 5th of the chord. Sheet music arranged for piano vocalchords in c major. For example, when you do steps 1, 2, or 3 above, you are creating the most basic kinds of ostinato. Walking bass exercise fly me to the moon play chords with free rhytm. Playing with a walking bass line is a style of piano playing that is used most often in solo jazz performance. Popularized by piano greats lennie tristano and dave mckenna, among others, the walking lh bass line can effectively subtitute for a rhythm section, if desired, and provides a rhythmic and melodic foundation for rh improvisations.
When starting out with walking bass lines, i would recommend that you always target the root when changing chords. This technique resumes in a direct way the style of a bass instrument. He also happens to run red balloon technology ltd, the company behind. Also we have used chromatic passing notes again and again in the bass line of the piano version. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself. The bass lines are good and one simple addition to know is that just about any chord walking bass line, you can always use a leading tone that is, 12 step below to whatever is the next chord.
A slightly embellished version of this kind of line would also be typical of a basic boogie woogie type bass line, as in the following example. While some knowledge of music theory is necessary, excellent bass lines can be. The intervalic bass line is created from your knowledge of what notes make particular chords. Now its time to learn how to create a complete bass line from scratch. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright. I am introducing to you a complete course on how to create walking bass lines. Bye bye blackbird walking bass line sheet music for piano. Johnny cash i walk the line sheet music for beginners in c. Use these lines to get you going the right direction when you start playing a blues. The c in measure 10 of your example is the c on the a string of a 4 string bass. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. These riffs work over almost any chord which then moves up by an interval of a.
Obviously the sound of the contrabass is warmer and softer than the percussive sound of the piano and some shadings are impossible with the piano, for example glissando or bender. The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation. Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. Apr 26, 2017 in my previous post, how to keep your bass lines interesting, we defined what a bass line is and what its functions are, and looked at a few ways in which we can creatively negotiate chord changes. The material has been divided into four modules containing various ideas of patterns one can use, when walking over chord changes. The wonderful thing about it is that walking a basic bass line is not all that difficult once you learn a few simple steps. Walking bass by johnny rector digital sheet music for e. A bass line is a melody line played in the bass by a lowpitched instrument such as the piano, double bass, electric bass, tuba, etc. Intermediate pianists will have no trouble learning how to play a descending walking bass line on piano by watching this helpful howto video. Watch this piano tutorial video to learn how to play a walk down bass line on piano. In the following chapter this topic will be fully explained.
Below is our growing collection of lessons several artists and authors have contributed, all available for download at no cost. Walking bass lines are an essential part of blues and jazz piano especially if youre playing solo or without any. In this example, the bass line consists of simple arpeggiations of each chord, giving the overall effect of a simple blues bass line. In this article were going to focus on a few specific things that you can practice to help you play walking bass lines at the piano. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar digital sheet music. The goal of a walking bass line is to outline the chord progression but with an interesting. Let us suppose that we want to play the dominant g7 v. Playing jazz guitar bass lines with chords the guitar is an extremely versatile instrument, with seemingly endless techniques and tones around every corner.
We can create a walking bass line over the following twelvebar blues chord progression. The bass is a transposing instrument which sounds one octave lower than written. Walking bass lines supplement this is a supplement for the lesson on walking bass. As a subscriber you are getting a free backing tracks and pdf files with tab and notation to illustrate each lesson. In other words, you dont have to be a jazzer to walk. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau. When we see a chord progression and need to create a walking bass line, the chords are provided so they are the first clue as to what melodic building blocks are available. To put it another way, to read piano music on the bass, you need to transpose it up an octave. This is a a way of playing that i use really a lot in situations where theres no bass player, so mostly duo settings with a guitar player, singer or horn player.
Essential walking bass line patterns discover double bass. How to create bass lines 5 ostinato or riff bass an ostinato is a repeated rhythmicmelodic. In this lesson i share some essential walking bass patterns. Mel bay publications digital sheet music at sheet music plus. In this 5 minute masterclass, were going create a bass line over a blues in f. Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass lessons. Fundamental concepts for walking bass a systematic method will show you stepbystep how to make up your own walking bass lines for jazz, country, rockabilly etc this manual can be used by anyone wanting to learn how to play improvised walking bass on any instrument in any time signature. Walking bass lines are a fascinating part of jazz, as they support and mark the harmony underneath the chords and melody. The majority of the presentation will focus on walking bass lines in a 44 meter. Sep 26, 2010 the walking bass technique with the piano left hand has great effect. Instruction includes names of the chords and an overhead view so you can learn by watching. But the truth is that walking bass lines are fairly easy to practice and, like everything in.
Print and download in pdf or midi bye bye blackbird composer. Walking a bass line with the left hand is a skill every jazz, rock, and pop pianist should know. How to play walking bass lines at the piano cocktail piano. To get started with walking bass lines it is important to be aware of the root notes in each of the chords you are playing. Walking bass with the piano left hand classic jazz piano. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax, flute. We explore how to walk that bass in your left hand up basic triad shapes and scale fragments. By starting with the anchor bass line, you will be able to unlock the door to creating your own swinging walking bass lines. And walking bass lines are a continuous sequence of quarter notes, generally played on the beat 4 notes per bar in 44 time walking bass lines.
Instead of having a few different things to try in this lesson, we are going to learn a written. And walking bass lines are a continuous sequence of quarter notes, generally played on the beat 4 notes per bar in 44 time. A walking bass line is simply a melodic bass line found mainly in jazz and blues styles in which you walk around in quarter notes connecting the chords. Bye bye blackbird walking bass line sheet music for. A guitar in standard tuning will never reach the lower bass notes of a real bass, but.
The function of a bass player in the jazz combo is to work with the piano player and drummer to provide both a harmonic and rhythmic stability for the tune. Walking bass line sheet music for piano download free in. Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Walking bass line piano tutorial walking bass jazz piano. How to write a walking bass line learn jazz standards. How to play a walk down bass line on piano wonderhowto. Music notes for ebook and online audio sheet music by johnny rector. Walking bass lines are a very specific and classic jazz piano sound and generally considered an advanced concept. Bass line 1 the first bass line that we want to learn, has a downward movement and is composed of the root, the minor seventh, the fifth and the diminished fifth of the underlying chords. Walking bass mascari piano studios piano lessons, music.
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