How to create bass lines 2 3 play in four quarters. Walking bass lines are a very specific and classic jazz piano sound and generally considered an advanced concept. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. How to play a simple left hand walking bass jazz improv free. Chord tones root, 3rd, 5th, 7th are the most powerful choice you can make when creating your walking lines. The modern electric bass guitar patterns presented here are designed to teach the student guitarist and bassist the basics of playing effective walking bass line accompaniment for instrumentalists and vocalists. Blues bass line, walking bass, jazz pianotutorial youtube. Sep 15, 2008 fly me to the moon walking bass and left hand voicings piano tutorial and demonstration duration. Paypal will automatically convert from us dollars to your currency using the exchange rate at the.
Fundamental concepts for walking bass a systematic method ebook by george urbaszek. 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. Print and download in pdf or midi autumn leaves solo. The goal of a walking bassline is to outline the chord progression but with an interesting. Intermediate pianists will have no trouble learning how to play a descending walking bass line.
The possible noterange of a walking bass can reach from subcontra. Take two different chords and you want to move as stepwise as possible between the roots of the two chords. My 5 year old son asked me for a piano he could use his feet with for christmas. It is absolutely crucial for the student to learn the material in the correct order and not to go ahead of oneself. Dave frank school of jazz, new york city music videos.
The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard. This paper describes the new voicing algorithm for live piano. We aim to make you a better piano player and, why not, even get you to become a professional musician. Nothing too difficult, just make sure you are stamping your foot two times per second and that you are counting from 1 to 4 in time with your foot beat. 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. Beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tabs bass. If youre looking for bass tabs, then click here these free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only click on the transcription title to view and download the pdf. A nice place to start out with walking bass lines is to create lines using just the root and 5th in combination with either chromatic or whole step approach tones. Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. This blues lesson is great for intermediate to advanced pianists. Walking bass mascari piano studios piano lessons, music. 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. When creating walking bass lines, its important to outline the root and 5th of the chord. Therefore, the bass is played by the left hand on the lower part of the keyboard of the piano.
Print and download in pdf or midi giant steps trio piano arrangement. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new learned skills. The course covers standard head arrangements, walking lines and solos for bass. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar by stephan badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. It takes up quite a bit of space in my tiny nyc apartment but my son absolutely loves it. Pdf score of left hand with outline right hand chords. How to play a blues walking bass line on the piano piano.
We have over 150 freely available lessons, interviews transcriptions, and articles to help you learn the double bass. All of our bass tab pdf is printable and downloadable so you can enjoy it for years to come. Walking bass with the piano left hand classic jazz piano. Walking bass by johnny rector digital sheet music for e. The goal of a walking bass line is to outline the chord progression but with an interesting. The bassment is a mean machine groove for bass players. Ethel caffieaustin, a formidable pianist, vocalist and educator, is steeped in the traditions and styles of the black church. When starting out with walking bass lines, i would recommend that you always target the root when changing chords. Please scroll down to find your score and click on download. Improvise jazz piano with walking bass line piano with jonny. Given a piece of music, it is interesting to count how many times each of the individual twelve musical notes is played, and understand their relative weight, or importance, in the piece. A bassline is a melody line played in the bass by a lowpitched instrument such as the piano, double bass, electric bass, tuba, etc.
We learn a really cool walking bass line that you can use under a 251. Other developments on this research have focused on the sequencer and harmonic content, as well as the walking bass algorithm 15. Read the loops section of the help area and our terms and conditions for more information on how you can use the loops. Autumn leaves solo improvisation guide and walking bass. 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. As a subscriber you are getting a free backing tracks and pdf files with tab and notation to illustrate each lesson. And walking basslines are a continuous sequence of quarter notes, generally played on the beat 4 notes per bar in 44 time walking basslines. Theres no sound more thrilling than the walking bass notes and driving chords of traditional gospel piano, and there is no better way to learn it than from this 2dvd set. In this lesson well take a look at scale style and intervalic bass lines, and even mix them up a bit. Our expert tutors cover a diverse range of styles including jazz, classical, blues and more. Walking bass in g sheet music download free in pdf or midi. In this seventh lesson of a blues piano crash course, learn how to play the simple but challenging walking. This is very useful in weaving a walking bass line through a chord progression while holding one position. He was shocked when he saw this under the tree on christmas day.
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In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord. John patitucci jazz bass lessons online artistworks. But the truth is that walking bass lines are fairly easy to practice and, like everything in music and life, the more you practice the more comfortable you will become when playing in this style. Jazz online bass workshops constructingwalking jazz bass lines. Bass lessons basic 12 bar blues in a the walking bass bass tab. How to play a simple walking bass left hand pattern on the piano using a 12 bar. After browsing our selection of free bass tab pdf, view our video lessons to help you get started learning your favorite songs from start to finish. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Before diving into each jazz concept in detail, i recommend watching the overview videos and downloading the pdf on the right to. The walking bass technique with the piano left hand has great effect. Lessons in this segment focus on the fundamentals of bass playing.
Watch this piano tutorial video to learn how to play a walk down bass line on piano. 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. Special online offer for the remainder of the covid 19 social. Under each phrase i wrote the logic behind it and how i came up with it. This arrangement is good for when you are in a trio setting with a bass player, but it can also be played alone without a rhythm section. The mp3 files have the piano panned all the way left and the bass all the way. Learn how to play a walking bass pattern and and pretty funky right hand riff on the piano or keyboard. One of the worlds most respected jazz bass players, john patitucci has played with some of musics biggest names including wayne shorter, chick corea, b. The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes.
The following is an example of a common bass line construction when the harmonic rhythm is moving at the rate of two chords per bar target notes are designated with t, and approach notes are designated with a. Please contact us to report any files that you feel may be in breach. The function of the bass is to provide the foundation. The free bass loops, samples and sounds listed here have been kindly uploaded by other users. There are 24 modules and each lesson, a cd and notationtab of the module material, comes in the mail every 2 weeks. Blue moon with walking bass and improvisation sheet music. In this seventh lesson of a blues piano crash course, learn how to play the simple but challenging walking bass. This just so happens to be done in the key of a but you can play this in any. Instruction includes names of the chords and an overhead view so you can learn by watching. Blue moon with walking bass and improvisation sheet.
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. Walking bass line sheet music for piano download free in. Dave found a way to incorporate walking bass lines into his solo piano style in a unique way. In part 1 we created waling bass lines over major and minor 251s using the tones of the triad in combination with chromatic or stepwise approach patterns. Print and download in pdf or midi walking bass line. Walking bass lines for jazz guitar digital sheet music.
Walking bass for piano tutorial no 1 by michael gundlach. 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 are an essential part of blues and jazz piano especially if youre playing solo or without any kind of. Bass lessons beginners guide to walking bass lines bass tab standard string tuning g,d,a,e recommended 1. Free download play that funky music sheet music wild cherry pdf for. Walking bass lines part 2 learn jazz piano online with. Jan 15, 2016 in this video, i discuss two of the more common walking bass techniques which can be applied to the piano. Ifr blog instrument blogs bass blog walking bass line exercise 2 5 1 progression. The possible noterange of a walking bass can reach from subcontra a to middle c. We can create a walking bass line over the following twelvebar blues chord progression. This is the first lesson of the piano shorties series. Michael gundlach download pdf file walking bass for. Free jazz piano lessons everything you need to know about jazz. The problem is, there are lots of rules and then a billion more exceptions about how to get from one place to the other.
Instead of having a few different things to try in this lesson, we are going to learn a written. T 1 2 a t 3 by chris fitzgerald a 4 t 1 a 2 t 3 a 4 walking bass line theory basics. This technique resumes in a direct way the style of a bass instrument. King, herbie hancock, wynton marsalis, wayne shorter, dizzy gillespie, george benson, and many others. Walking bass on the piano can be one of the coolest things ever. Includes great two handed chord voicings, left hand voicings for soloing, walking bass that can be played using the left. Walking bass noterange usually the bass lies in the lower sound range of the music.
Print and download in pdf or midi walking bass in g. The hystogmam below is the result of such an analysis perfoemed on walking bass guitar. In reality, if you ask people, nobody will be able to sum them all up and most people who do walking bass well either only use a handful of specific trick, or they are so deep in it that they cant even describe what they are doing. In this 5 minute masterclass, were going create a bass line over a blues in f. We want to help beginners to get more acquainted with the piano, as well as experienced artists. This is a solo i wrote for the jazz standard autumn leaves using a variety of thecniques that i have learned over my years of playing jazz. The cd includes recordings of the lesson materail as well as detailed explanations by mark. Incorporating the 3rd of the chord will also give your bass line a stronger harmonic foundation. Do you want to improvise jazz piano while walking a jazz bass line. Intermediate pianists will have no trouble learning how to play a descending walking bass line on piano by watching this helpful howto video.
Once you have some basic rules down, youll be able to make bass lines over any chord progression. Audio cd included german hardcover march 1, 2011 4. Bill evans was a visionary artist who made an enormous personal contribution to our modern concept of jazz piano. In part 2 of this lesson we continue our study of walking bass lines. Walking bass line piano tutorial walking bass jazz piano. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. In this lesson we are going to apply a simple but effective walking bass. Playing with a walking bass line is a style of piano playing that is used most often in solo jazz performance. Your free backing tracks and pdf download walking bass lessons. Free bass tabs printable, downloadable pdf bass tabs. Listen to his cd called giant strides and youll see what i mean. This page features over 180 free bass transcriptions in standard notation. Click on a plus symbol below to view all lessons in that category. 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.