Take Your Walking Bass Lines To the NEXT LEVEL
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Transform your walking bass lines and CONTROL THE MUSIC! Have you ever felt like you’re just keeping up with the chord changes? Let’s talk about creating interesting, directional lines without even leaving the half position! Why does a scale work for walking bass? What’s the PAUL CHAMBERS “hack” for coming back to the root? Is it possible to walk a “Rhythm Changes” in one position without jumping more than a THIRD?
I’ll answer all these questions and MORE along with playing a few questionable ‘C’s on my A-string ????
Also, stick around for a very special shout out to the fabulous bassists of Penn State University (Insta @psubass) and Joel Quarrington?!. Yep.
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4:11 the intro to Stuffy Turkey by Thelonious Monk. HAHA! AWESOME! I JUST GOT STARTED paying bass about 3 months ago and I wondered what those chord changes were!
Damn man that’s some of the most valuable 5 minutes I’ve seen. Thank you!!
❤❤❤ great tips thanks
So much good stuff in 6 minutes. The best thing about these lessons is that there is NO FLUFF. Instead of fast forwarding all the time over the sales pitch, I'm rewinding to see the goods again! The Paul Chambers? the What? Oooohh. Please keep up your style man. It's such a refreshing change.
Love the 'bass face' and this video. Thanks!
this is a mighty concept, thanks a lot! I did not get it on the first view. Figured out there are 16 ways to combine the two chord tones out from 1,3,5,7 … Need to do some practice now ????
Wow! This is a jump! ????????
Thank you sir for your instruction and for the encouragement to 'next level' my bass playing. We are not playing jazz at church but I do need to step beyond the 1-3-5 thing when I play. God bless you, sir!
I will be watching and rewatching this lesson for years. Thank you sir ????????
Great video, I can't wait to dig into this one!
Nice sign, my man!
You have to crawl before you walk, and walk before you run. I'm still in the pre-crawl stage, but you inspire like no other! Thanks for this!!!
wowowow,you´re so good!Thx!
Another great video!!
Damn, Paul, perfect distillation!
this is great. willl give it a try!
I don't play the bass but I am obsessed with listening to bass heavy songs. Can any of you fellow bass lovers recommend a nice playlist with more obscure/less known bass heavy songs?
Can you show how Cecil McBee played bass on Lonnie Liston Smith's 1975 album song Expand your mind?
I’m going to study this video carefuly… It’s my first year in the music conservatory and I need to improve as much as posible for my exam and to ease the transition to my second year a bit
Great lesson, just got the same one from my teacher.
good one
I was in college jazz ensemble and I really liked playing walking lines but I was never sure if I knew what I was doing and I still don't. My walking bass hero for decades has been Alphonso Johnson; he seemed to always know exactly what to do and yet it wasn't at all repetitive; it was like he was having a spirited conversation.
Great lesson thanks! Working on it!
Hallelujah! I'm trying to get serious about jazz with a group of friends, and this video could not have come out at a better time. Thanks for making these videos!
Hey Paul, would you do a video on the history of walking bass lines? I have always wondered who did it first or planted the seeds that lead to the technique.