There’s an exercise 0, which is to play the roots only. There’s a lot of folks who will benefit first from finding the roots in different spots in the neck.
AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! You just clarified the mystery that's boggled my brain for years. A long time ago I was speaking to a school teacher that played jazz piano and she asked me if I could play jazz (because of my name) and I said I don't understand walking bass. I told her, all I know is R+5 and she said, "That's enough".
Great stuff. The number of people I’ve run into who want to play 4 notes a bar fast walking bass lines who haven’t come close to mastering a good 2 feel is shocking. You can basically do nothing but 2 feel the whole gig and people who aren’t major music nerds (I.e. virtually every person) are gonna be saying “that bass player was really good.”
I want to play bass so much right now. That resolve at 10:10 is... perfect. It felt like that feeling right after the shivers. Or when you’re cold and step into the hot sun.
I had a jazz teacher tell me in college "you gotta play more then the root and 5!" but then as soon as I did he said it was too busy so then I went back to what I originally did and he was happy, I've had art teachers tell me I need to add more detail to a drawing so I'll go and sit down and pretend to work bring it back and get told perfect.
@@sicilianmammalian most likely they were happy because they thought this dude just doesn't care enough to push himself to improve. You said it yourself, you went back pretended to work and were told perfect. Some times people will say that because they don't wanna waste any time on someone not willing to try
1:56 play each note on different spots in the neck every 8 bars (each chord cycle). warm up with exercise 0 first playing the roots on different spots in the neck
Mr. Scott! Thanks for Your lessons! I study them more then year and Im happy! Now i live in a small russian city and your SBL community helps me to feel better!
Scott was FIRE when this was recorded. “The amount of times students play the perfect fifth” and “you either can or can’t do it!” NICE!!! You tell ‘em, Scott!!!!
TTHANK YOU SCOTT. This is excellent! I see some questions about the Key. The Am7b5 is the giveaway; A would be the 7th scale degree, so the keynote is Bb. Then it follows the D7 should be Dm7 which is what I think you played, best seen in exercise 2.
Thanks Scott, always enjoy yours & the team's stuff. At one point when you were saying root 'n 5 & root 'n 5, part of me was thinking go on say it - say it ... root 'n tootin' ! l know, very sad.
Fun lesson! Seems to be some typos in the tab - roots and third page. (Still has you playing 5th). Sorry to be that guy. Just hope you can fix it for future people.
Great video … once I finish the fretboard accelerator course i will look to enroll next year … the fretboard accelerator is a great course that is really teaching me the fretboard as well as the triads … “ visualize and verbalize “ 🙂 and hope u don’t wind up in bass jail 🥴 hahaha. SBL rocks.
Great video of this simple but musical concept! I'm a big fan of the 2 feel! Its really nice on it's own, but I also love Mixing it up and throwing it in while walking or using it predominantly and then occasionally throwing in some walking. But most import for me is that it's saved my ass on so many gigs when someone called out a tune that I wasn't familiar with and the changes were coming at me quickly.
Scott thank you for this video. I too have struggled with walking bass lines. I have kept a lot of pop gigs, but struggled keeping up with jazz combos. Gotta break out my real book.
Sometimes teachers make it seem more complex than it really needs to be. My life motto is “it’s all magic, till it ain’t.” Don’t over think it, just dig the playing and before you know it, it won’t be magic anymore.🤘🏻
Ps, Wanna have some fun with it, try Anthem, by Rush. Granted, it’s more of a lightning fast prog example of the concept, but it’s an absolute blast! (I’ve never liked Jazz, but it’s just me)
The most important thing is to play the root on one. The band can’t follow if you don’t play the root on one. From there you can play scales, arpeggios whatever.
Great video! Faulty Workbook! The viedo is great but the notes are all the same for all four exercise pages in the workbook, so for Ex 2,3,4 you can't use it.
can anyone point to like some music basics for those of us who didnt get band classes in school? videos like this are literally incomprehensible to me and i cant find anyone that will explain it, just a lot of people assuming you know enough that they dont need to state it
Does anyone here remember a Scott's lesson where he plays a sequence and shifts one pattern from the first bar to the second to the third then the fourth?
I am going to learn jazz bass. How do I learn to structure it from absolute scratch? I know some things. But I have bought bass books from chords to arpeggios, and a walking bass line book that comes hginhly recommmeded from a composer. Now I need the practice structure. I am asking you, Scott, what is the best way to begin like a true musician, to begin this misson? I am going to learn jazz music.
I've always wanted to understand walking bass and had no succes except at stupidly copying existing scores on record without progressing on different chords progressions or ability to be creative and play my own. I've even taken courses with 3 different teachers back in the days when I was in my 20's. Not a single one of them fucking told me about those exercices which make me feel like it is at least POSSIBLE to understand walking bass and actually invent one.
Do you have a seperate video I can download for the phone intro into the bassline? I really loved it. And would like to download it even if it was made on the spot.
There’s an exercise 0, which is to play the roots only. There’s a lot of folks who will benefit first from finding the roots in different spots in the neck.
Yeah, he added that to another walking bass class
Plus maybe using 7b5 instead of that stupid symbols nobody is using anymore?
@@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517 we were taught to use ( -7b5 ) for those chords
@@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517 the half diminished symbol is definitely still used
@Punch Down King diminished triad, m7b5 chord and diminished 7th chord are all different things. Helpful to be able to make the distinction
AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! You just clarified the mystery that's boggled my brain for years. A long time ago I was speaking to a school teacher that played jazz piano and she asked me if I could play jazz (because of my name) and I said I don't understand walking bass. I told her, all I know is R+5 and she said, "That's enough".
Great stuff. The number of people I’ve run into who want to play 4 notes a bar fast walking bass lines who haven’t come close to mastering a good 2 feel is shocking. You can basically do nothing but 2 feel the whole gig and people who aren’t major music nerds (I.e. virtually every person) are gonna be saying “that bass player was really good.”
And you can please the nerds by switching it up occasionally.
This is, by far, the single most useful bass lesson on the interwebs.
This walking gets me walking over to my bass & dusting it off. Thanks Scott 👍
I want to play bass so much right now. That resolve at 10:10 is... perfect. It felt like that feeling right after the shivers. Or when you’re cold and step into the hot sun.
Wow I actually understood all of this, this clicked! Now to go back for the last couple years of videos and rewatch
I had a jazz teacher tell me in college "you gotta play more then the root and 5!" but then as soon as I did he said it was too busy so then I went back to what I originally did and he was happy, I've had art teachers tell me I need to add more detail to a drawing so I'll go and sit down and pretend to work bring it back and get told perfect.
If your ok with the easy way out, that's your choice
@@brandonmalone1893 since when was sticking to your guns the easy way out
@@sicilianmammalian most likely they were happy because they thought this dude just doesn't care enough to push himself to improve. You said it yourself, you went back pretended to work and were told perfect. Some times people will say that because they don't wanna waste any time on someone not willing to try
1:56 play each note on different spots in the neck every 8 bars (each chord cycle). warm up with exercise 0 first playing the roots on different spots in the neck
Best youtube video ever.. seriously..
But i'm missing a backing track of this lovely chord progression.
That would help a lot aswell hahah
Search for an autumn leaves backing track
First time I've ever understood anything about walking bass lines. Good stuff.
Mr. Scott! Thanks for Your lessons! I study them more then year and Im happy! Now i live in a small russian city and your SBL community helps me to feel better!
Scott was FIRE when this was recorded. “The amount of times students play the perfect fifth” and “you either can or can’t do it!” NICE!!! You tell ‘em, Scott!!!!
Walking Bass lines is THE foundation. Love it 👊🏿
The chord sequence reminds me very much of 'Autumn Leaves'.
It is Autumn Leaves. 2-5-1-4 and then 2-5-1 on the 6th.
Literally watching this with a VIOLIN in my hands to help me comp better, I like "walking" comping rather than playing chords or comps!
Autumn Leaves 🍂
10:10 that G resolves so perfectly in the second bar.
I swear every 5th ad I see on CZcams is Scott. You must be crushing it.
Curly russell would have been a good shout with his work with parker is very insightful
... and I love that spontaneous cell phone jam!!!
This is excellent
I applied it to Clapton’s Autume Leaves and it sounds great
Such a fun technique and a great lesson. Getting my first bass in a few days and this is where I'm going to be spending most of my time.
TTHANK YOU SCOTT. This is excellent! I see some questions about the Key. The Am7b5 is the giveaway; A would be the 7th scale degree, so the keynote is Bb. Then it follows the D7 should be Dm7 which is what I think you played, best seen in exercise 2.
scott you are the man, i always learn new things everytime i watch your videos
the first few seconds had me hooked that was rad
Dude I LOVE this exercise! I’m going to give it a whirl myself!
Thank you, your teaching style is really effective for players learning jazz basics ❤
Love that intro making music with the ringtone! Great lesson thanks!
Hey Scott, you're the best teacher on CZcams. Each time you make me want to start again studying!
Thanks!
I understand nothing. But I'm here for it.
Thanks Scott, always enjoy yours & the team's stuff. At one point when you were saying root 'n 5
& root 'n 5, part of me was thinking go on say it - say it ... root 'n tootin' !
l know, very sad.
Great Video I play by ear reading notes not my thing..I was trying but I rather watch...good luck everyone
Fun lesson! Seems to be some typos in the tab - roots and third page. (Still has you playing 5th). Sorry to be that guy. Just hope you can fix it for future people.
That shit you did at the beginning was Fookn AWESOME🔥 😎🤘
Please make a video of that Jam🙏
Great lesson. It helped a lot on understand the structure of a walking bass. The two notes feel is the trick. Thanks.
Great video … once I finish the fretboard accelerator course i will look to enroll next year … the fretboard accelerator is a great course that is really teaching me the fretboard as well as the triads … “ visualize and verbalize “ 🙂 and hope u don’t wind up in bass jail 🥴 hahaha. SBL rocks.
Thanks Scott!
I loved the intro 😂😂
Great video of this simple but musical concept! I'm a big fan of the 2 feel! Its really nice on it's own, but I also love Mixing it up and throwing it in while walking or using it predominantly and then occasionally throwing in some walking. But most import for me is that it's saved my ass on so many gigs when someone called out a tune that I wasn't familiar with and the changes were coming at me quickly.
Excellent stuff, Scott! 😎
I think Chris squires part in Heart of the Sunrise is a good example
This is such a fun technique! Thank you for sharing!
Excellent instruction! Thanks!
Thanks.
👍👍👍
In exercise 2, you have G7, but Gm6 in the chord chart.
Excellent...so simply explained! Thanks!!
best explanation ever
Superb exercise
Scott thank you for this video. I too have struggled with walking bass lines. I have kept a lot of pop gigs, but struggled keeping up with jazz combos. Gotta break out my real book.
Man! This Is Brilliant!
thank you scott. what a great lesson
That intro was to fire
Interesting that you can start a chord on the 3 like in ex 4.
Good stuff! Thanks Scott!
THANK YOU!!
I LOVE this assignemnt!!
I am gonna beat the HELL out of this!!
Amazing as always!
Oh my that is amazing it is my first time learning that 😅
Omg this is so complex. I'll come back to this video in two years I guess...
Sometimes teachers make it seem more complex than it really needs to be.
My life motto is “it’s all magic, till it ain’t.”
Don’t over think it, just dig the playing and before you know it, it won’t be magic anymore.🤘🏻
Ps,
Wanna have some fun with it, try Anthem, by Rush.
Granted, it’s more of a lightning fast prog example of the concept, but it’s an absolute blast!
(I’ve never liked Jazz, but it’s just me)
The most important thing is to play the root on one. The band can’t follow if you don’t play the root on one. From there you can play scales, arpeggios whatever.
Really good info. You're a great teacher and player.
👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Thanks 👍
SBL Never fails to amaze me
Super cool lesson...thanks
Great video!
Faulty Workbook!
The viedo is great but the notes are all the same for all four exercise pages in the workbook, so for Ex 2,3,4 you can't use it.
I'm not a jazz guy but that's a really cool lesson.
Great and useful stuff.
Thanks for this-actually motivated me to sign up for the course.
Very cool lesson.
I'm in. Let's go! What bass is that you're playing? It's 😍
Really nicely done.. Looking forward to the JA class
Another great lesson 💥💥💥
Great leason ty Scott
As always a great lesson. I have been playing a lot of walking bass but I have never tried this method, thank you very much
can anyone point to like some music basics for those of us who didnt get band classes in school? videos like this are literally incomprehensible to me and i cant find anyone that will explain it, just a lot of people assuming you know enough that they dont need to state it
Very nice!
Thanks man
That backing track sounds very familiar. As if it comes from a Path of sorts 🤔🤔🤔
Does anyone here remember a Scott's lesson where he plays a sequence and shifts one pattern from the first bar to the second to the third then the fourth?
Cool scott ❤
Great lesson, I loved it, thank you! 👊🏻🇧🇷❤
Super!
Good lesson
Really great video!!!
Useful for piano players too!
Scott, Vc é top👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanx again
Ok but how do we play those beautiful chords from the intro?
Awesome Lesson and cool bass!
What kind of bass is that by the way?
Thanks
Joshua
That's an early 80s Ken Smith! czcams.com/video/mCSCnb-z19Q/video.html&pp=ygUNU0JMIEtlbiBTbWl0aA%3D%3D
Very cool
Which iphone ringtone is it at the beginning? so beautiful
I am going to learn jazz bass. How do I learn to structure it from absolute scratch? I know some things. But I have bought bass books from chords to arpeggios, and a walking bass line book that comes hginhly recommmeded from a composer. Now I need the practice structure. I am asking you, Scott, what is the best way to begin like a true musician, to begin this misson? I am going to learn jazz music.
I've always wanted to understand walking bass and had no succes except at stupidly copying existing scores on record without progressing on different chords progressions or ability to be creative and play my own.
I've even taken courses with 3 different teachers back in the days when I was in my 20's.
Not a single one of them fucking told me about those exercices which make me feel like it is at least POSSIBLE to understand walking bass and actually invent one.
Do you have a seperate video I can download for the phone intro into the bassline?
I really loved it. And would like to download it even if it was made on the spot.
I have asked this a few times on these vids… what is on his hand? A special glove? Why? Do I need this? Someone please answer!!!!
practice second inversion of chords its good for this
I think you should go back and add your name to the Great Bass Player list
Hi. Grest video. Where are the tabs ypu refer to? Thanks !
Hey so where can I get that neat fret glove you are wearing I feel it would help my playing a bit
What’s that frog on the tuner peg? I want that