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hi again market from talking based on it this is the first introductory lesson in
the short series that i'm gonna be presenting devoted to walking bass lines
now in this lesson I'm gonna be giving you a general overview of walking lines
and hopefully
give you an insight into the principles that will be learning over the
upcoming lessons now I want to bear in mind
in this first lesson I'm going to approach things a little bit differently
and quite contrary to how most people teach walking bass lines elsewhere
the usual teaching method involves teaching how to construct one step by
step
from the very basics coats owns eventually do to chromatic person knows
and all the other melodic and
rhythmic embellishments that go with it now I'm gonna be going through all of
that in the
comin weeks and lessons boat to begin with I'm gonna give you a very quick
introduction to walking by way of analyzing a single composed line
considered a bunch of what could be considered lakes
now hopefully this should help me to work feel like you've made some
immediate progress
and give you a nice chance walking want to study without having to spend too
long
get to grips with its on about page using scales et cetera
so you also get an idea of what we're working towards in the
subsequent lessons in terms of target in stuff like that
so let's first have a look at what walking bass lines are
on a very basic level a walk in line to those just what it says on the tin
it walks around phone call to court now this is mainly in crotch its ok what's
in those
and ingest tends to be improvised we generally what with a swing feel
so we most likely to play these lines in styles West Wing is most commonly used
Like Jazz & Blues
both all the styles can swing to do so learning to walk is a really important
skill to work on as a bass player
so here's an example of a basic walking bass line working through a popular just
landed cop aggression
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with me polls we're gonna be looking at improvising walking bass lines to
withstand the type of cop aggression with one called
every bar you often see two or more Colts by
and sometimes you'll see one called stretched out over several bus
and will be looking all those different types of Pequot progression over the
commune lessons
so when we improvise a walk-in wine to a cop aggression
the most important thing that we have to think of first ball is targeting
okay so wanna say targets in amid I mean targeting a particular note
in the following called so stop someone called
and you look towards the next one and it's hard to note
so you can target will have the call tones all even unknown call tone
Bowie targeting something moving towards it
okay so let's take a full bar chord sequence obscene ages 7
a minus-7 D minus seven G-seven
is less a wall 62 five cop aggression
in the key of C and it sounds like this have called won't seem age 7
the mall 6 name on a seven not to
the -7 the man called by G-seven
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when you play walking line to progression like this
the most obvious thing to do is just go straight to the room know about seem 87
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the sea with it which is fine who is also important to simultaneously look at
the NEX called
so instead of just seen seem ages 7 and you know having a tool around overnight
cod
should see sea mejor 72 a minus-7 and think the line this journey between
those two knows the sea
in the a okay so we've seen C&A at the same time
so wanna CSC so months and I mean that in brown the A string
and then we got a point in a somewhere in the general vicinity
so if we just stay in these locos ish in here for now gonna see in the mood for
the aging
we look for in a we've got me here are the big brown of the E string
which is also the open dazzling mabel with tissues
red-nosed now we've also got the AOPA mcenroe meaning
gay so we can I two goats both by hey there will lie and then
in this general area K so we're gonna be making a musical journey
from the about a all seem to name
its that's the decision that we have to make is also worth their bearing in mind
that that seems like a on their knees means a minimum age 16
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is a minor third okay so we got major 610 a minute that coming down
now because of this observing a distance and targeted knows
you can see that the two of you some basic skills that you need
before we go any further 1 we need to a vote at least a basic understanding of
intervals
and to we need a basic understanding of the notes on the neck
even if it's only within this a localization K so
I've got easy to understand lessons on both of these topics so
follow the links in the information below and I'll take you to other talking
based on their all the YouTube channel
and have a look at those have a look at those lessons the 10 K intervals
and the notes on the neck AP fine with those two things
then carry on so back to the C major 72 a minus-7 movement
we've got a couple of immediate decisions to make to go ok
all do we go down and to move a long distance
or a short distance because the hi Amy's mother away
than the low end game so lots of things can influence these two decisions
and they're actually the basis for a lot of the more complicated decisions will
make later wrong
we can see that the main thing I'm trying to poke raw series
the fact that we've just got decisions to make when you improvising walking
lines in this way
you simply making a succession of decisions
do a move 0 do a move down to a move long distance to move a short distance
because that's going to influence whether you use up as use
Scalzo chromatic note so whatever so don't worry too much about the knows
that I'm plane just yet
let's just say that want to move down okay so I'm in the same
I don't want to move down to be a 0
so I'm just going to use bono's to get to the a the so even the little musical
journey to get down to the end
so now as we get to the Ale just before we get to be a we want to see
the next called which was gonna be D minus seven
to want to target the day okay so find today
drawn the a here well d that bro the A string
so let's move towards that little musical journey again don't worry about
the nose
just gonna play some here the animate the day
now want to target the G look at the G-seven get so this gene movie ends on
gold and I could come down here to look at going ok so there's the jeep drove
the D string
zone Knoll journey demons and Justin bono's to get them
no for the G I want to target the same again so that's going to be the next one
I could go up again tuning into the sea all going down to the down to the sea
where we started
will move down and George the bono's the
going to so little musical journeys from wall call to another
so again all go through again slowly so
seen target the a the
now target the day on sightings in the GDR
diamonds in the scenes games so each one of those was a little
musical journey bono's from one call to another
so of course I could have made some different decisions there
I could have Selma CA named for miss able bien
the new and then a good time that targeted the next the opening man
carried on going home
new one gene and then Menzies others continue was
send in line or it could have carried on going on
what was a nineteen and then right now I'm
and down you know some I the conditions to go out for a bit
down for a bit I'll keep going don't you know that's
that kinda arc to the line that you want to be making decisions about book for
now
don't worry about that which is gonna stay in the slope position so as I said
this journey is yours to make and once your power have no sea disposal
you'll cease to be thinking in terms of what am I supposed to play over this
bunch of calls like a lot of people ask
and more in terms of what kind of wine do I want to play
is a very expressive style of play because you're improvising like a
soloist
bought with a bit more restricted in driving rhythm that also serves you to
provide us with in polls
so now we've had a look at the basic approach to targeting into an approach
to walking bass lines
let's have a look at what knows we can actually use in creating the wine itself
now these three main types if the movement we generally use
pays your movement scale movement and dramatic movement
now the first the most obvious material that will have a look at is made from
the calls themselves
up Asia movement so is the use of actual call tones
and for this reason it's important to understand how these calls are
constructed
and what notes belong to them because that hurts that's what we gonna be using
so I could do all the the
the court construction principles that you'll need over the music the refurb a
series of lessons
either talking based on its already the YouTube channel and there's a link to
die in the information below
okay call tones are up as she owes tend toward sleep surface
bolts and fits and that can result in fairly jacket large lines that jump
around
as an example here I'll just stick to call to arms only
purposely move over a wider range to the cop aggression
just to give you an exaggerated idea of what these leaps sound like
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then we can fill in the gaps between the call tones which basically gives is
scales or stepwise motion now the scales that we use for this type of line are
often decided by the key signature
all the codes in use so we'll be covering the use of coal scales in all
the
Camino walking on lessons for now here's an example of a smooth a scale baseline
through the talk aggression
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the basic and it is a much smoother line moving around
now for this example I'll play the first ball vase
as arpeggio baselines and then for the second faux pas
I'll play a scale bass line just to give you comparison how the different
sounds are can room
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me so the first four bouts were a lot wider range in
the second was a lot more restricted and a lot smoother
so as I mentioned both of those styles have a slightly different feel
and because the scale has a much smooth the line and
is better in those more restricted areas is better for moving the small distances
was up issues can cover a larger area very quickly
but bear in mind that 92 styles better and we use both times apply depending on
how we feel at the time
and the kind of our call once cable channel create as a hint about before
think the walking bass line is a journey from one place to another
a long succession if you know various hills and valleys
and a grip I is you're in the driving seat you can decide on whatever type of
scenery that you want
so now we've seen how call tones and scales can be used to connect calls
we can go one step further and joined the gaps between the smallest that
by using chromatic passengers tell don't be scared by that name
these is simply notes in between the scale knows and can be used to create an
even smoother line with a little more jazzy spice to it
so chromatic passing knows use just like the name suggests
in passing so we don't really accent so hold on
them for long enough for them to take hold in because it is important skill ok
all times because the very dissonant if you were to land on
the million were already didn't see many seven we landed on the moon lines
we you know we have a the mining flash because the passing knows
to just move by Andy just acts to work move between oh it's quite an
softly so to demonstrate a difference between
scares call tones scales and dramatics
if I play SC major seven-up as you like this minute does a lot of space between
those knows there's a lot of distance and that's why does
lines with the up as yours a very angular now if I was placed C major
scale
the movies o.o smooth and
both there is a C major send the number goin then
and if you look at that the notes the known call tones
within not seem ages 7 the the the ass in the a
all the second fourth-and-6 just
back to join your those up a GO terms so we've gone the room that is a
d joins overseeing the mediating
the end that involve joins ok the murdered men
me and the a then the six
joins up the the name to the iTunes passing tones
well diatonic passengers between the call tones so once again we've gone
the magazine ages 7 I'm has your got
CD name mmm me energy
more Angie maybe teams are the scale is joining nope
all the year all the coats on and the %ah pace you're kinda backs is a
skeleton
to the scale case even galitsin and then these are the known gold zones kinda
wash it out he got the
killer the flesh in the mall so all that new joint in the skillet to know more
about this
body chromatic passing notes go one step further
and they just joining all the gaps between all the scale tones so again
the major scale and the mud we can use a dramatic know between the C&D
the first and the second more reason that the flow
see shop movie Monday so that was a chromatic possono
we could use the flat 3rd that the the flat more
joined at the second immersion we could use the
shop there the shop in fall to join a perm the more than the 50
boom and not just filling in the gaps
again we've got mad that im six we could use the G shop that the new job i've
movin
and all we could do it use the 17 them between the six mySimon
the new okay
so move was second more than you know people demanding simple
the boat they're actually just melodic devices which is moving between the
scale tones
okay she's not really a scale a surge they are just
these melodic devices so if you to look at these dramatic knows visually
you know from just a basic patents way of looking at the neck
me take up major snowden even
I'm just filling in the frets between the between the notes
so Miami actor gene and
million-man noted the moon and when you use the finished passing
the note way mean dozen
me doesn't really messes with the number sound a bit there's not see major scale
soundin
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messages gives a little bit more jerseys buys same with the year
shop in fifth that more
then so again if you use the miscibility device G door after interfere with the
kinda to know what your mortality of the have the
the June so now a plan all the walking bass line through that cooperation
book this time using chromatic passing notes in that is your spice it up a
little and give it a smooth the line
so see if you can spot where they are no
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minutes lhasa my bus in Ozona these committee lines are really useful &
quite simple to use because
again which is bridging the gaps between the scale notes so
the OpenGL baselines are very angular and cover a lot of distance
the scale bass lines are much smoother and
better for the more restricted areas and small distances
the dramatic knows a smooth still and
not really used it in the same way as an a an app issue liner skelly
the used to supplement those lines so for
little additions to the ones is moving and again we don't really think
I'm going to use it up as your baseline oh I'm going to use a scale based on
he doesn't really work like that it's much more intuitive one other thing to
look out for in creating these walking lines
is the use of skips ghost notes now these are those little hiccups that you
hear between the notes to emphasize the swing feel
and to give a low proportion to the line now these are basically
go snows like you might use in a phone call pop line as a few ways to play them
which I'll be going through in the full cost and
bull for now here's an example for us to follow the line using
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overdo it you can completely ruin the line
so it's an extreme example the
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so here I'm gonna give you a sample baseline over the fall but 1625 call
sequence
played twice so we have 8,000 walking once you've got me things are on the
line
you can analyze how the ones work and start work on developing your own ideas
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now you'll recall how it took you through the thought processes used in
creating a walk in line
it all pretty much bowed down to seeing where you are and then just looking
constantly ahead to the next bar
all called and the interval a distance that you have to cross to get there
so really all you need to do is look at these
as interval distances so seem a G-seven say a minus-7 newsies way we designed
all the major things in
all down remind third a minus-7 to demand seventies
a 2d geez I double but the bone all down the burning bed
so it just keeps seen these interval distances from one call to another
now that cause movement all perfect ball these incredibly common
and you'll find that when you have a favorite way of moving across the
interval distance
you use it time and time again so this is similar to the way that licks working
solo in
you build up a repertoire lakes that you can fall back on and uses familiar the
cab you love me within that bigger picture improvise a shin
is also similar if you go back to the journey analogy
a particular group from a to be like from your house 2
wherever and having a favor route to get that you know you might not want to go
through that
you know cream industrial area we might prefer going to be nice countryside
all may be going viral shock see him pick up a sandwich
so you can get your own favorite ways from getting from A to B
so outline is written in the PDF have less material
and you can download it from the info below all talking based on it
and you want to learn about why I memorize it
pay attention to the finger in and take note of how I'm using the same set of
pans
over and over again this gives you a clue to how we can
you know use these popular lines like a set memorized licks
so as a little analysis let's look at the first line
so we start of seem to the end the
okay so musical on that does I'm a bit bob has your movement seemed be
jeanine and then the dramatic binds to get a job to
be a canzone as the warm
pounds again from Z to the end then the next line
from the a the target date
goes in a be zines zines job the
lo que now that wind is a very popular line and I'm gonna be usually over and
over again so we have want
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know once we get to the day me about line again
the nancy is amazing red pound the
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and then once again to the G we've gotten the perfect both to get up to the
sea
so we have this is a man again who Casey can see the eight Sydney
DG New Jersey were all move into an interval a perfect fall
and each time the
use the same pan so they won't forget to the sea I use the same pound I used it
down here who
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now then once we go from the a who %uh
gonna get down to the day now with meatball knows
just so happens the move in by a scale who
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can look at it several ways
both for now just think if it has been in the key of C song issues in the diet
on it knows
C major K circle need you and be the
K and then again want to get to the day we've got to move down a perfect fit
again to get down to the Jeep so again
I'm using the scale does the the name doing
the
game you and there was a go down to the G many units
bowling ball get Michael to the sea I'm going to use that same pattern that we
use before
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gained us all those lines that %uh
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start again who
then lines star just basic scale lines
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so all in all %uh views three basic lines
a chromatic base descend in line to go down to the a-town a minor third
the dramatic you send in line for the move by move a ball
with Brenda basing descending scale to come back now and then the gunmen
but don't worry too much about the construction of these lines the main
thing to take away from this lesson is the process that used to come up with
the lines
we've targeted the next call to all times and used a combination about page
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scales and chromatic knows created even though you might find the process of
constructing them
on-the-fly quite daunting he should be able to at least get an idea of how we
generally approach walking bass lines
just by looking at that line and lonely okay so
just need to know that yes we have scales we have %uh pages we have
chromatic
what those types of movement are okay and
along with the targeted obviously the next lessons in this series
gonna go to the construction of walking lines in a more thorough step-by-step
more traditional manner as he can improvise your own lines on the fly
however the basic process a target in each called
and all the choices that you make the decisions you make us the general
direction
going to be the same so stay tuned for more lessons in this walking bass series
check out the call construction lessons and some you lessons on music theory so
that you be prepared
when you refer to certain call types in intervals as always
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