walking bass line examples over the all blues changes

[pmatz2]

Hoping someone can help me out. Never really learned walking bass lines. Anyone have any examples they could share of walking bass lines over the Miles Davis All Blues changes?
Thanks
Paul

 

[FatStringer52]

Have you watched this?

 

[pmatz2]

Have you watched this?

Thanks for sharing
I did a quick scan - he teaches the bass line . I know that part already . I’m looking for examples of a walking bass line over the same chord changes.
Paul

 

[wjl]

I'd recommend "our own" Chris' lectures, see for instance
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS – Chris Fitzgerald or, to be more specific,
https://chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp.../Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf
Hope that helps?
Wolfgang

 

[Malcolm35]

Dumbed down dirt simple walking bass line. Find the next root note, miss it by one, two or three frets. Now walk to it one fret at a time. Trick is when to leave on your walk and how many frets do you want the walk to be. Doing all that and be on the next root for the change. Going to take some practice to make it smooth.

Here is a Country walk using a three note walk. Walk Ups and Walk Downs on Guitar - Bing video

Making Country Walking Bass Guitar Lessons LOOK BETTER By Scott Grove - Bing video

Now all that said, with a Blues progression you may want a turn-a-round instead of a walk. Turn-a-round, after the last V or V7 to get back to the I chord use a turn-a-round instead of the walk. There are all kinds of turn-a-rounds, I like using a root note for a iii-ii-V7-I (3-2-5-1). The link following will be using a two-measure turn-a-round.

15 Blues Turnarounds You Should Know | Beginner Guitar HQ

Have fun.

 

[pmatz2]

Thanks for the input. When I first played around with it playing the third sounded weird for the song

So I figure I can use the notes of the I and IV Chord and make minor modifications to start and it sounds decent 1 5 6 b7 6 5
For the V in bar 9 I can play R 5 8 9 8 5 and for the bVI to V in bar 10 8 5 R will also sound decent to begin with to start.

Time to woodshed to make it sound more interesting

Paul

 

[mambo4]

hmmm is a 6/8 figure really a walking line?
So much of the how and why of a walking lines assumes 4/4
While there are many classic jazz recordings in 6/8
I cannot think of any where I'd consider the bass line walking

Maybe explore 12/8 shuffle blues tunes for ideas

 

[pmatz2]

I was asked to play the original then switch to a walking bass line later in the song. One note per beat feels like a walking line verses the actual bass line. (may not technically be walking ) Ill take a look at the pdf for more ideas thanks.

 

[Guitalia]

Pet peeve tangent: why is it that so many renditions of All Blues, including the purported instructional video linked earlier in this thread, get the changes wrong? In Miles Davis's version, the change is from G to Gm, not G to C7. And the bass repeats the G pattern (i.e., does not change to a C pattern as in a conventional blues) until the turnaround.

I hope someday the correct chords will become common knowledge and people will stop playing those bar band changes.

 

[pmatz2]

Pet peeve tangent: why is it that so many renditions of All Blues, including the purported instructional video linked earlier in this thread, get the changes wrong? In Miles Davis's version, the change is from G to Gm, not G to C7. And the bass repeats the G pattern (i.e., does not change to a C pattern as in a conventional blues) until the turnaround.

I hope someday the correct chords will become common knowledge and people will stop playing those bar band changes.

If you can convince them to change it in the real book ……

 

[Feral Cat]

The "Real Book" is so wrong in so many ways. Just listen to the recordings!

 

[JRA]

hmmm is a 6/8 figure really a walking line? So much of the how and why of a walking lines assumes 4/4....While there are many classic jazz recordings in 6/8 I cannot think of any where I'd consider the bass line walking

hmmm, i don't know about that, mambo, lots of 'jazz waltzes' get extra fun when they break into a walk (maintaining 6/8, 3/4, of course).

 

[Don Kasper]

hmmm, i don't know about that, mambo, lots of 'jazz waltzes' get extra fun when they break into a walk (maintaining 6/8, 3/4, of course).

Yes...Happens all the TIME!. 3/4 can be swung.
Thx.

 

[pmatz2]

The "Real Book" is so wrong in so many ways. Just listen to the recordings!

I was responding to how to make the actual recording of all blues the standard.
For better or worse it’s the de facto standard errors and all (hopefully this thread won’t devolve into all the problems with it)

 

[g-dude]

hmmm is a 6/8 figure really a walking line?
So much of the how and why of a walking lines assumes 4/4
While there are many classic jazz recordings in 6/8
I cannot think of any where I'd consider the bass line walking

Maybe explore 12/8 shuffle blues tunes for ideas

Given that jazz really is dance music, 4/4 is the most danceable key. Unless you're waltzing.

But yeah, I don't consider it to be walking per se if it isn't in 4/4. It's a baseline, but it's different.

 

[BrotherMister]

I second the pet peeve motion! It’s not a C7 on the original recording it’s a Gm7. The iReal pro even has it as C7/G but it just goes to show how much value (and the correct approach) there is in checking out original recordings where you can.

Anyway, you absolutely can play walking lines over this tune as well. In 6/8 or 3/4 you can play a dotted quarter note which gives you a 2 against 3 feel and still swings. Or you can play quarter notes which still swing as well. You might have to go and work on your time to switch between them all but it’s absolutely possible.

Check out the second great quintet playing this tune and you’ll hear Ron Carter and Tony Williams doing this sort of thing all over the tune. They play it on Miles Davis In Concert: My Funny Valentine and one of The Complete: Live At the Plugged Nickel recordings

 

[sedan_dad]

Walk with Duck Dunn

 

[JRA]

I don't consider it to be walking per se if it isn't in 4/4. It's a baseline, but it's different.

here's a common formula: after the head = walk! tons of examples, but here's a famous one:

 

[Wesley R]

Gosh, I mentioned walking bass for blues and some educated gent tore me a new keister.

 

[Spin Doctor]

Given that jazz really is dance music, 4/4 is the most danceable key. Unless you're waltzing.

But yeah, I don't consider it to be walking per se if it isn't in 4/4. It's a baseline, but it's different.

If you can walk down the street while counting in "3" in your head, are you not still walking down the street?