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I was listening to "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers yesterday and I noticed that it has a great walking bass line. It's on my list to...
I've been working through the Art of walking bass book by Bob Magnusson I try to spend a few minutes with it every day. Right now I am working...
When walking to a chord chart, is there any practical difference in how I should treat a 6 chord or a 13 chord? (Asking for a friend who counts on...
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I’ve been playing bass for a bit under 3 years, practicing hard, having weekly lessons with a really good teacher. I practice my scales, we’ve...
A major radio station (wbz) here in the northeast reported yesterday that Gibson is close to going under! I would hate to see that, not just...
A post in another forum on TB a discussion on how to play a particular song is being talked about. The OP thought it was lacking movement,...
Some examples of what I'm going for: [MEDIA] [MEDIA] What exactly is going on with these highly chromatic walking lines? I look up lesson videos...
The videos below showed up in my Youtube sidebar so I watched them since I had the day off. I have to say this was very eye opening and maybe it...
Have you heard any modern pop recordings lately with walking bass? I'm not so familiar with the genre so the only one I can think of is "For Free?...
Hi everyone. So, Oliloquai valley. It sounds easy enough, on paper it doesn't look that frightening. But, I am having trouble walking over this...
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This is probably a pretty basic question so apologies in advance. I'm pretty new to walking bass lines but I do understand the theory of how to...
I've been trying to study walking bass the past few weeks and have been having some pretty decent luck with it so far, it's also great being able...
I've been playing electric for about 1 1/2 years now (coming from upright), and I've only learned an "arpeggio-y" pattern (1, 3, 5, 7, 9 in any...
Anyone know of good examples of palm muting in jazz walking bass? Teymur Phell gives a great example on Mike Stern's recent album Trip. Check...
Me and my buddy are jamming at a winery and one of the songs on the setlist he gave me was this one. [MEDIA] I got the first part of what to play...
Hello. Keeping up the jazz theme, im wondering if anyone of you has studied the acoustic/audio phenomenon that happens with the walking bass...
Can anyone out there explain to me what the term, a biscuit drop is.I think It has to do with traversing 3 octaves in a walking bass pattern,like...
Guess it’s that time again! Woot! So please read notes below, and let’s have some scintillating conversation... about, ya know, zombies and stuff...
Hey guys, Would anyone be willing to share some walking bass transcriptions of John Pattituci's electric bass playing? I really dig his electric...
Greetings, I've been working on developing my walking skills. After hearing Todd play and listening to a couple of interviews, I purchased...
There's something I've been noticing about Jamerson's lines that I'd like to know your opinion about. It seems to me that 90% of the time he is...
I'm learning how to walk a bass line. My study has shown that one option to descend a P5 is to walk down the scale. I would characterize this as...
'Walking Dead' Stuntman Dies From On-Set Injury AMC shut down production after the incident. John Bernecker, the stuntman on The Walking Dead...
hello all. the greats all do it without thinking at the best times and i'm trying to integrate the 'and' of 2 and 4 without making it too obvious....
It's a roadblock that I believe all the experienced players must have passed at some point ... I am about to play a standard: all the 2 octaves...
I recently started to look into walking bass and improv bass playing but I wanted to know when playing chord tones is it OK to play any notes...
-Frustration-laden Rant Warning I've posted a couple threads in the past about how my current band is a slow moving one, how frustrating it is...
What are some specific songs with fun to play Walking bass lines?
I am new to walking bass I recently played along to a jazzy track in dm however I would like to see what the next step is and I'd figure why not...
Hi, I'm pretty new to the Jazz and walking thing. In the Jazz style, in a given standard, one should create a different walking line for each...
Hi All! I have several questions about walking bass in jazz: 1. in jazz standards, when I create a walking over m7 and maj7 chords, should I...
Hi all! I have several questions about walking bass in jazz: 1. in jazz standards, when I create a walking over m7 and maj7 chords, should I...
As walking in bread&butter in DB jazz, thought I'd get valuable feedback from the knowledgeable crowd on this side of TB. I stumbled on this...
I stumbled on this video of Jeff Berlin and I'd like to understand what he means by "walking bass line is a left hand principle" and how he does...
I bought this book on a hunch that it'd be amazing sight reading practice. SIGHT READING: BOOK NINE Wow! Only worked on it for 15 minutes but...
I mainly play 4-chord type songs in my church band, soft of soft rock I suppose (I'm a guitarist just getting into bass). I love the idea of...
Assume you're playing a walking line in a traditional jazz standard, four beats per measure, and you come across this progession: C7ALT / Fm6....
