Building walking bass lines

by Friedland, Ed

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A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing, but it is also used in rock music, blues, rockabilly, R & B, gospel, Latin, country and many other types of music. The term 'walking' is used to describe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. The specific goal of this book is to familiarize players with the techniques used to build walking bass lines and to make them aware of how the process works.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Building walking bass lines / by Ed Friedland.

Summary

A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing, but it is also used in rock music, blues, rockabilly, R & B, gospel, Latin, country and many other types of music. The term 'walking' is used to describe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. The specific goal of this book is to familiarize players with the techniques used to build walking bass lines and to make them aware of how the process works.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1993.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Hal Leonard
  • Place of Publication:Milwaukee, WI
  • Language:zxx
  • Publication Date:©1993.

Notes

In staff notation; with chord symbols.

Companion CD contains split stereo mix with bass and drums on one track and piano and drums on the other for play-along.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 score (64 pages) ; : 31 cm +

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1001836495

Table of Contents

Top priority -- Reading music -- Basics of reading music -- Basics of chord construction.

Part one. Overview -- Walking the blues : from the bottom up -- More practice with roots -- Adding the fifth -- More practice with fifths -- Two new keys for the blues -- Approach notes/Chromatic approach -- Lines with chromatic approach -- More practice with chromatic approach -- Double chromatic approach -- Dominant approach -- Lines with dominant approach -- New keys for dominant approach -- Lines with chromatic and dominant approach -- New keys for chromatic and dominant approach -- Scale approach -- More practice with scale approach -- Combining the approaches -- Combining the approaches : with analysis -- Rhythm changes : sample line -- Rhythm changes.

Part two. Overview -- Scales you should know -- Scalewise motion -- Using scalewise motion -- Lines with scalewise motion -- More practice with scalewise motion -- The next step -- Scale motion on rhythm changes -- Arpeggiation -- More arpeggiation -- A word about chord progressions : the II-V-I -- Arpeggiation on rhythm changes -- Advanced approach techniques -- Using indirect resolution -- Using chromatic motion -- Chromatic motion on…

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