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10-27-2011, 11:26 AM
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Just got my "Creating Walking Bass Lines" by Ed Friedland and it is awesome. Didn't know I could do so much with just roots, 5ths and octaves along with the circle of fourths. Can't wait till I add the 3rds and 7ths.
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10-27-2011, 01:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle | | I keep discovering how much I can do with just R.  |
10-28-2011, 05:01 AM
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10-28-2011, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mambo4  I keep discovering how much I can do with just R. | God, I love the R. 
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10-29-2011, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mambo4 I keep discovering how much I can do with just R. | What is the R?
Is all this stuff only applicable to jazz? I'm gonna have to rush out and get the book  |
10-29-2011, 01:20 PM
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10-29-2011, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bassclique What is the R?
Is all this stuff only applicable to jazz? I'm gonna have to rush out and get the book | Maybe Root? I dunno. Rutherford B. Hayes??
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10-29-2011, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bassclique What is the R?
Is all this stuff only applicable to jazz? I'm gonna have to rush out and get the book | I'll assume you're serious... "R" is "Root," as in the root of the chord. That is, if you're playing a song, and the chord sheet calls for Cmaj7, then the "R" is a "C," the "5" is a "G," and the "8" is a "C," only an octave higher.
No, this stuff is not only applicable to jazz. It also is important when playing fusion, funk, punk, rock, pop, hip-hop, blues, country, metal, hair, classical, opera, and maybe even some others.
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Originally Posted by edfriedland I just want to blend into the rhythm section and play some roots and fifths. | |
10-29-2011, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Righteous Thunderer I've been considering getting this book, especially considering how much good the people on TB have to say about it. | Righteous,
It is really good. Very simply explained. You start out with roots and then eventually add 5ths, then 3rds and lastly 7ths. Plus he also goes into how to use chromatics and scale tones as well as other concepts. |
10-29-2011, 06:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Napa, California | | | My only gripe about Ed's book is I wish the tempo of the play alongs on the cd were a little slower. Very intimidating for a beginner, in my opinion.
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10-29-2011, 07:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | | My gripe is the lack of tab.
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10-29-2011, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by chanson My only gripe about Ed's book is I wish the tempo of the play alongs on the cd were a little slower. Very intimidating for a beginner, in my opinion. | Get the Amazing Slow Downer software and you'll be able to slow all the examples down to any tempo.
And IMHO, this is a great book for all types of music.
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10-29-2011, 07:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Victorville, CA | | | Sounds awesome, I'll have to figure out a way to buy it... I think my wife would string me up if she saw another package show up at the door <.< >.>
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10-29-2011, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft I'll assume you're serious... "R" is "Root," as in the root of the chord. That is, if you're playing a song, and the chord sheet calls for Cmaj7, then the "R" is a "C," the "5" is a "G," and the "8" is a "C," only an octave higher.
No, this stuff is not only applicable to jazz. It also is important when playing fusion, funk, punk, rock, pop, hip-hop, blues, country, metal, hair, classical, opera, and maybe even some others. | tekdiver, thanks for the answer. Papaloser, thanks for your thoughtful and valuable contribution. Lucky i have enough funds to be able to afford the book. Thanks for the heads-up AndyMania.
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10-30-2011, 02:16 AM
| | | Building Walking Basslines Lesson 1
The above link is to a previous thread about the book and working through it....Ed himself posts on the subject to straighten out a few questions. Great book for any player in any genre.
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10-30-2011, 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by SBassman My gripe is the lack of tab. | Maybe learn bass clef then. Just sayin |
10-30-2011, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by AndyMania Righteous,
It is really good. Very simply explained. You start out with roots and then eventually add 5ths, then 3rds and lastly 7ths. Plus he also goes into how to use chromatics and scale tones as well as other concepts. | Well Id hardly say 7ths are lastly. After that you have 11ths and 13ths!
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10-30-2011, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by SBassman My gripe is the lack of tab. | As far as I'm concerned, that's a plus, as it forces you away from tab (no bad thing IMO) and gets you to concentrate on reading music. My reading, as well as my "walking" has come on a lot since I started working my way through this book.
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10-30-2011, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by fearceol As far as I'm concerned, that's a plus, as it forces you away from tab (no bad thing IMO) and gets you to concentrate on reading music. My reading, as well as my "walking" has come on a lot since I started working my way through this book. | +1 necessity is the mother of invention, once you start to use standard notation you really do see the limits of tab as a real learning tool in music...but you have to learn standard notation to qualify which is better. 
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10-30-2011, 06:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | | I've heard the story a thousand times before. We are all different and for some of us learning to read now is not practical. The author should offer both and leave it up to the reader to decide. He does in other books but he somehow decided to use the jazz book to hold back.
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