Walking Bass Practice

[Johannes Oehl]

I have transcribed some walking bass lines for Jazz standards, and I will upload them in the next few days, starting with "All of Me".

All of Me

The .pdf file for this and other standards can be downloaded here:

http://johannes-oehl.jimdo.com/walking-bass-lernen/

I also wrote a little introduction to Walking Bass playing.

[Johannes Oehl]

Autumn Leaves:

Autumn Leaves

[koipond]

Thank you for these!

[bassclique]

Thank you!

[Johannes Oehl]

Thanks a lot for your kind replies.

Here is another standard:

Love for Sale

[MalcolmAmos]

Yes thank you. Your "stuff" ends up in my backing track files.

[Johannes Oehl]

You are welcome. I have backing tracks and transcribed basslines for many Realbook standards, I made them during my college years. I will try to upload some more of them.

[kmon]

thank you!!!!!!!! hey do you have links to the larger version of the transcription? I'm having a hard time seeing it on youtube.

great stuff!!!

[Johannes Oehl]

You are absolutely right. I am a little behind with uploading all the transcriptions to my blog.

Here you go:

Bass Secrects by Johannes Oehl: Walking Bass Lesson: "Autum Leaves" Jazz Standard transcribed by Johannes Oehl

[Johannes Oehl]

Bass Secrects by Johannes Oehl: Love For Sale (Cole Porter) Walking Bass Transcription

[fep]

Cool, who did you transcribe these from?

[Johannes Oehl]

This is the way that I play walking bass, these are transcriptions from my playing, you could also call it Walking Bass patterns or exercises if you want to.

Here is another Walking Bass line for you:

Blues Bass Riffs Jazz Swing by Johannes Oehl - YouTube

You can find more Walking Bass sample lines here:

Walking Bass Lernen - johannes-oehls Jimdo-Page!

[fep]

Ok thanks, the word transcribed had thrown me. I've never heard it in the context of notating your own lines. I learn something every day.

[Johannes Oehl]

Maybe not 100% sure it´s the best word to use. These are written out Walking Bass lines that are not simplified like a simple exercise but like real jazz players play, hope that explains it.

By the way, trying to transcribe from players like Chambers or Carter can really improve your Walking Bass skills

[Johannes Oehl]

Two other basslines are availible:

"Sun" is an example of playing over the changes of "Solar" by Miles Davis, basically an advanced minor blues progression.

"You" is my take on "There Will Never Be Another You", lots of key changes, interesting stuff!

Walking Bass Lernen - johannes-oehls Jimdo-Page!

[MalcolmAmos]

Thanks again, liked Sun especially.

[Johannes Oehl]

"Solar" is just a really nice piece of music, always fun to play.

"There will never be another You" is much more complex. If you master this, you will really benefit from it.

[Johannes Oehl]

New standard availiable for download... "Tune Up"

Walking Bass Lernen - johannes-oehls Jimdo-Page!

[TimoMetzemakers]

Originally Posted by Johannes Oehl

All of Me

Did you use that G natural over E7 (in bars 3, 9, 19) on purpose?

[Johannes Oehl]

Not that was a mix-up. Sorry for that.

The corrected version can be downloaded here "Everything"

Walking Bass Lernen - johannes-oehls Jimdo-Page!