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Walking bass lesson - CRASH COURSE!

#23
Hi Scott how bout your Sevilla trip and how is your hand? I wish theyre better, and GBU always,

Did i miss something? You already say that you'll post the 3rd lesson but I just saw the 1st. Where is the 2nd?

Thanks
 
#31
Hey soong... Instead of playing two bars of Gm i’m using one bar of Gm then one bar of G7. I can do this because after the Gm chord comes a Cm7… so by changing it to 'G7 going to Cm7' i’m getting a more of a V – I sound. You can also do the same substitution at bars 8 and 20. In fact if you look at the lead sheet you can see the same substitution written in above the stave in brackets.

If you go to my site you can download the lead sheet directly underneath the video.
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Try it yourself!

Easy man,

Scott.

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devine said:
Hey soong... Instead of playing two bars of Gm i’m using one bar of Gm then one bar of G7. I can do this because after the Gm chord comes a Cm7… so by changing it to 'G7 going to Cm7' i’m getting a more of a V – I sound. You can also do the same substitution at bars 8 and 20. In fact if you look at the lead sheet you can see the same substitution written in above the stave in brackets.

If you go to my site you can download the lead sheet directly underneath the video.
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Try it yourself!

Easy man,

Scott.

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Great, thanks. I just got confused because that wasn't something you explained in the video. I learnt a lot from it though, thanks.

So, if I'm in a musical situation where i've got a v-i progression, can I substitute the regular v (minor) for a dominant 7th?
 
#33
soong said:
So, if I'm in a musical situation where i've got a v-i progression, can I substitute the regular v (minor) for a dominant 7th?
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Kinda depends on what the other guys are doing. If they are playing v-i IMHO so should you.

Google "stacking 3rds" and you will find that Natural Minor will use the v-i - 1-b3-5-b7, however Harmonic and Melodic Minor have the V7 dominant chord 1-3-5-b7 as part of their makup. So what minor are the other guys using?

Natural Minor 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7
Harmonic.......1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7
Melodic..........1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 
#35
Soong... Glad to help! Yeah you can use these substitutions (turning a minor chord into a dominant chord) all over the place - but it's just gotta be done with taste. In general it works best when the chord is moving up a forth (as in Am7 to Dm7 could turn into A7 to Dm7) or down a fifth - which is the same thing!

If your playing with a good bunch of guys they will hear you putting these substitutions in and start jumping on it with you.

Or... you can start listening out for other guys doing it and jumping on it with them.

THIS IS WHY JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC IS AAAAAAAWESOME!!!!!! It's ALL about keeping your ears wide open and really listening to what everyone in the ensemble is doing.

Gio S... Cheers for checking them out man. This is what my tutorials are all about... NO NONSENSE, 'LOGICAL' ways of approaching concepts that are pretty much always described in such overly academic ways that even Einstein would go cross eyed!

PS. I'll pass your regards on to my mum!

Easy,

Scott.

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#36
devine said:
Soong... Glad to help! Yeah you can use these substitutions (turning a minor chord into a dominant chord) all over the place - but it's just gotta be done with taste. In general it works best when the chord is moving up a forth (as in Am7 to Dm7 could turn into A7 to Dm7) or down a fifth - which is the same thing!

If your playing with a good bunch of guys they will hear you putting these substitutions in and start jumping on it with you.

Or... you can start listening out for other guys doing it and jumping on it with them.


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Gday Scott,

Thanks for your reply. I just tackled your 2nd walking lesson, and its great as well.

Just a few questions

1. can i use that chromatic walk in the video for any kind of chord; Maj/min/dim?

2. Whats the best way to tackle 2 chord changes per bar? (both your videos are mainly for 1 change per bar). Different approaches with ballads and faster tunes?

3. Whats a good way to walk up or down chromatically? I'm trying to walk 'The Way you Look Tonight' and there is a
Cm7 Bdim7 / Bbm7 / change in there and im freaking out. haha

Thanks.
 
#37
Hey Soong great questions!

I'm not laming out or anything for questions two and three but i'm planning doing a couple of tutorials this week which will cover this... so watch this space for those!

As for question one. Yeah you can use it anywhere... as long as don't over use it. As with anything, having a varied pallet of choices is the key.

Keep your eyes peeled for the new tutorials!

Easy,

Scott.

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