Walking Bass Line Instructional Book Help

[MN_Bass]

Does anyone know of any good walking bass line instructional books with tabs.

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by MN_Bass

Does anyone know of any good walking bass line instructional books with tabs.

try the aebersold bass line books by ron carter, tyrone wheeler,rufus reid,steve gilmore et al and analyze the heck out of them...notation only.....and there are lots of good lines for standards that you will no doubt be called on to play regularly.........talk to albertofrog too.......

[Chansey]

Quite understandably, most of the walking bass instructional material is in notation only. However, so far I have found an exception. Try The Art of Walking Bass by Bob Magnusson, published by Hal Leonard. It contains tabs!

However, some of the excellent gems for walking bass like Ed Friedland's/Ed Fuqua's books (Walking Bassics/Building walking basslines) are really notation only. As do most of the really good bass instructional material.

[robwren]

The new-ish Alfred Publishing books that correspond to Todd Johnson's walking bass line DVDs include standard and TAB notation. Check out Todd's forum here on TB and www.toddjohnsonmusic.com

[weary hobo]

With its emphasis on moderate tempi and low rhythmic densities, learning how to walk presents the perfect occasion for also learning how to read. I'd recommend the Friedland book for both.

[paul_wolfe]

+10 on the Ed Friedland book

[twdavis13]

Walking Basslines=Gene Simmons Back in the '70s, Whether YOu Like IT OR NOT:HIDING:

HI I'm just starting to write some lessons on approaching walking bass for beginners and post them on my website. I have a student that's a jazz beginner.

http://sites.google.com/site/bristolbassandguitar/

Go to the lesson pdfs page and it's at the bottom. I'm revising this over the next week. It's a starting out lesson familiarising the student with the basic changes of Summertime in Cm. Next will be Autumn Leaves, then a discussion of the 2-5-1 cadence using Summertime as an example of minor 2-5-1 and Autumn Leaves as an example of a major 2-5-1.

The exercises are formulaic but designed as a basis, rather than a piece to learn, so that it's not confused as a substitute for improvisation.