Simple Walking Bass Formula || For Bass Players (No.173)

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    In this video I show you a formula that you can used to improvise your own walking bass lines. You'll find out the best notes to pick that sound great every for any walking bass line.
    Walking bass lines are commonly found in Blues and Jazz but you'll also hear them in other styles of music too.
    To play a great sounding walking bass line you can use:
    1. chords tones - root, 3rd, 5th and 7th
    2. scale approach notes
    3. chromatic approach notes
    4. dominant approach notes
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    0:00 - Simple Walking Bass Formula For Bass Players
    0:48 - The rhythm of a walking bass line
    1:35 - Breakdown of each beat of a bar of walking bass
    6:19 - The Walking Bass Formula
    7:03 - Playing walking bass over a major 2-5-1
    8:04 - How to play walking bass for a turnaround
    10:12 - Walking bass demo
    #howtoplaywalkingbass #walkingbassformula #easywalkingbass

Komentáře • 39

  • @richardparry5419
    @richardparry5419 Před 2 lety +2

    Great lesson Greg! I have completed the first 3 Modules of Walkin' Thru Jazz and find this lesson to be a good simple summary of the techniques covered there. I will enjoy working through these exercises and then dive into Module 4 of WTJ!

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety

      Great Richard, good to hear that you are working through the Jazz course. This lesson fits in perfectly. I’m fact I might add it as a bonus video.

  • @GrimpleGromble
    @GrimpleGromble Před 8 měsíci +1

    Great lesson, thank you!

  • @williammorson1535
    @williammorson1535 Před rokem +1

    Greg you have opened my eyes like nobody else has thankyou. Now I've got something to work on. All credit to you.
    God bless you.

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem

      Really pleased to hear that William.
      At some point at you exhaust the information in this video then have a look at my Jazz walking video course:
      gregs-bass-shed.teachable.com/p/walkin-thru-jazz

  • @michael_caz_nyc
    @michael_caz_nyc Před 2 lety +3

    Great stuff. I am a guitar-player who just bought a Bass & I want to Learn-to-Walk. I can play Motown, Reggae, Classic Rock but I can't Walk. Enjoyed your lesson. oNe LovE from NYC

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety +1

      Great to hear Michael. Hopefully it will also help if you ever do any walking on the guitar too! Glad you liked the lesson. Peace and love from London!

  • @boyonbass
    @boyonbass Před 2 lety +1

    I like the Bass shed, Greg! Ur a great player and teacher.
    Thx for all u do for the Bass Players!

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety

      Thanks Doug, glad you’re liking it! I’m happy to be reaching so many bass players!

  • @ruthkearin3721
    @ruthkearin3721 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks Greg. This is a game changer for me. I’ve never made up my own walking bass line. Can’t wait to try it.

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem

      Have fun! Once you get these walking basics down you'll be away creating your own lines.

  • @Ghost_Vulgarian
    @Ghost_Vulgarian Před 2 lety +2

    Great as always, Greg. This makes sense to me, which is no mean feat.
    I'm off to practise now. Excellent.

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety +1

      I’ve achieved my aim then!! 😀
      Enjoy your practice session.

  • @shedthestate5739
    @shedthestate5739 Před rokem +1

    Great lesson Greg. I really like to turnaroud. It is a good technique builder to try and tame my flailing fingers

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem

      Glad you liked it. Yes, good for technique to loop round turnarounds!

  • @StevenDoyleLuke
    @StevenDoyleLuke Před 2 lety +1

    Love the contour of these lines . . .

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety

      Cheers Steven. You can get some really linear lines with this approach.

  • @lucapappalardo5574
    @lucapappalardo5574 Před rokem +1

    clear and easy! thanks a lot!

  • @markjackson8619
    @markjackson8619 Před 2 lety +1

    great lesson

  • @BassNSax628
    @BassNSax628 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent video Greg. Have you got flats on the Jack Casady? I play mine every day. I love it.

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks Mark. Yes I’ve got flats on my Jack Cassidy. They work so well!

  • @MrPdudas
    @MrPdudas Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hi Greg. I;ve been trying to figure out the logic between all your walking bass lines and there are few things I just do not understand.
    In the Walking a 2-5-1 Progression 1 where does the E come from in the G7 measure. I thought the chord tones in G7 are GBDF.
    The same with progression 2 Dm7. I see a G in the line where the chord tones in DM7 are DFAC. Help please..

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 6 měsíci

      Hey, good question. You don't have to use chord tones for all the four quarter notes in the bar. Definitely use chord tones for beats 1 and 3. For beat 2 and 4 you can use other scale notes or chromatic notes (notes not in that key). So these notes on beats 2 and 4 can be a bit more 'random' as they just join up the chord tones on beats 1 and 3. This enables you get smoother walking line without as many jumps and leads to your walking line sounding more musical.
      Does that help?

  • @kane6529
    @kane6529 Před rokem +1

    Not only did I learn the formula but I learned SKA isn’t Reggae 😮

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem

      Good to hear Kane. Don’t worry, it took m a while to work out what was going on with Ska!

  • @avatacron60
    @avatacron60 Před rokem +1

    Cool, do you have to use Aguilar to learn how to walk?

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem +1

      Yes you do!
      Only joking, of course not! Use whatever you want...

  • @scottwheeler6807
    @scottwheeler6807 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome, how are you mate 👍

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks mate, great to hear from you.
      All good hear. Busier than ever with the gigs so can’t complain.
      You out gigging much?

    • @scottwheeler6807
      @scottwheeler6807 Před 2 lety

      @@GregsBassShed glad your well .have not gigged for a bit now mate , need to get back playing..

  • @gillessamson2355
    @gillessamson2355 Před rokem +1

    Hello Greg, unless I am mistaken, it is a pity that the currency for the backing track is in dollars because we Europeans have to pay additional exchange and bank fees for purchases in dollars! would it not be possible to charge in paypal as for your lessons!!!! Thank you for this very informative lesson and for your answer!

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem

      Hi Giles, I have to pick one currency for my online shop so dollars makes sense because that market buys the most stuff. But there is a Paypal option at the cart page on my website. Would that work ok for you? Cheers

    • @gillessamson2355
      @gillessamson2355 Před rokem +2

      @@GregsBassShed Yes if the currency of the option is euros otherwise I'm afraid it won't change anything! thank you in advance, because I don't want to force-feed the banks unnecessarily! Musically

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před rokem

      @@gillessamson2355 I just tried and it converted dollars into pounds via PayPal. I guess it would do the same for Euro, also with no fees?
      I agree with your sentiment of not giving the banks anymore money than necessary. It’s a pain that I can only charge in one currency!

  • @federicopfennig6163
    @federicopfennig6163 Před 2 lety +1

    wookiee bass lines?

    • @GregsBassShed
      @GregsBassShed  Před 2 lety

      😂 are you referring to my accent! If you are it’s ‘Essex’ mixed in with Cockney London! 😀