Jazz Blues with Walking Bass (Guitar Lesson JA-032) How to play

[Adsem]

i can't seem to find it on your website, it stops at JA-031

[MrDomguitar]

more jazz

[martinjaro]

Justin, I cant find the tabs on your website :( Please help !

[TonyGognitti]

Thanks a lot Justin. You're very helpful, thanks to You I am finding new things every day, and without your lessons on jazz I'd probably never learn chords properly :)

[camgreer]

People, this is why you put your kids in music lessons at a young age. Justin is such a nice guy, he's very competent but does not have a big head despite having mad skills. Such hard work and concentration will keep the kids busy enough that they won't be distracted by lots of stupid stuff, and attaining these skills gives them incredible confidence, allowing them to approach life's challenges with a mature outlook. What a great example you are, Justin. Thanks for all the lessons.

[gerdeywii]

I'm a rocker but I have been interested in theory lately. Jazz is very helpful in taking your theory to the next level. I love walking bass line lessons. Please do another one.

They are more interesting than just chords. Add some theory. Thanks, Chris

[Zhantohn]

In the 9th measure when playing the Cmin7 chord, why not use the pinky to play the G note on the 5th fret instead of the ring finger? This way, it's easier to fret the next note (D on the 5th string) with the ring finger. To me that switch from the G to the next D note with the ring finger is really tricky to pull it off clean sounding when playing it up to speed. I tried using my pinky to finger that G note and the next note comes much easier with the ring finger it just seems to fall in place.

[sietecuerdas]

very usefull lesson man!! thanks, helps a lot!!

[MazzazzK]

A good lesson for bassists too! ;)

[dexarouskies]

hmmm, for some reason, I don't see this particular less on the lesson index page. Sadly it stops after JA-031, and there is no JA-032. Or, am I missing something?

[DrtyWrm]

@dexarouskies Its actually JA-203 on his website. I am trying it out right now. peace

[dexarouskies]

@DrtyWrm Thanks, that helps me a lot!

[balls2balls]

This is the fist lesson of yours I have seen and its magnificent. Thank you so much

[Rocknweb]

very interesting, thank you !

[Mel0dymaker]

Wow. Thank you very very very very very very very very very much. Really pleased with this mainly because the last few bars. it sounds like its ripped completely off Emily Remlers version of wes montgomeries D natural blues.

I have always wanted to play that but have failed in trying for so long. This can get me started again. Thank you

[Airsoftfun371]

This my friend is a "Fender Stratocaster" not 100% if its american or mexican. regardless eather way. its a beatiful guitar

[thejazzman8]

if the serial number has m in it, its mexican.

[dlqmfl]

what's the name of this guitar ?

[getupanddosomething]

Hey Justin I'm pretty into this jazz thing, and I'd really like for you to do a follow up with substitutions if you could. In Bb it'd be Fm7-Bb7 on bar 4 and Cm7-F7 on bar 6 of the 12 bar blues format you used. I'm kind of confused as to how much walking I should be doing. How much space should there be? And since the subs are minor chords should I do a minor blues walk for a second the return to the dom7 one? I appreciate your help and your generosity!

[xrongor]

i ran out of space..

i cannot possibly explain all the variations on these chords (such as Cmaj7,C7,C+7, etc..) but this should give you a basic understanding of where these chords come from to work from your understanding of 1,3,5 chord structure.

[willberb]

Rare attire indeed!

[plennycash]

dude you're real good keep it up could you help me with robin thick lost without you/??? go real slow please? kk thanks alot

[centavoos]

Can you make a lesson on jazz guitar passing chords ? thanks

[SweetBabyJames2009]

Does anyone know where to get the PDF files? I could'nt fond them. Thanks, SBJ

[skint0n0minted]

go on his website then into lesson index and find this lesson, it'll be there!

[ComebackChemist]

Under jazz

[nerozone84]

another great lesson Justin, :)

[Procen44]

Well, i fully understand 1,3,5 and i fully under stand the majoy and minor deal and what not....but i'm absolutly clueless on 7ths and 11ths..and..well anything besides the noraml 1 3 5....i'm a great lead guitarist, but i go by ear to make my leads and i just want to have an understanding of these other things...i'd really appreciate it if you could simplify that a little m,ore =]

[PflegerFlav]

so you know your major 1-3-5, minor 1-b3-5 and diminished 1-b3-b5 intervals....it means that you sjould be able to use that 3 intervals from your major scale and change them for only 1 halfstep down at the "b's". just try it with the "7"! (1 halfstep below the root note!)

you can get:

maj7: 1-3-5-7

dom7: 1-3-5-b7 (+lower 7th)

min7: 1-b3-5-b7 (+lower 3rd)

dim7: 1-b3-b5-b7 (+lower 5th)

after you unterstand this, you could go for 9th/11th/13th's.....they are just optional tones!!!

[xrongor]

if you don't have the time to learn BASIC music theory, that's your own fault.

[Procen44]

Well, now come on. I play fine. Is this comment at all neccessary? I'm just trying to get a better understanding of what I'm playing is. I'm sure I play everything thats being spoken. All i'm asking is for some info, I'm curious of. This is a very mean unecessary comment.

[xrongor]

its not meant to be mean. but you make me feel bad.

example with a simple C major scale:

C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C etc...

counting from the left: the 1st is C, 3rd is E, and 5th is G. play them all together u got a c major chord.

the 7th is the B. the 9th is D an octave above the first D which is the 2nd. the 11th note is the F an octave above the first F which is the 4th.

you add these notes to add flavor to the chord. when and why to use them is best understood by playing them.

[getupanddosomething]

@xrongor I couldn't agree more. Not to sound elitist or snobby, but people who don't know theory are people who just don't know the language. There are always exceptions, but you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by learning theory. I myself studied with a teacher for a year on just theory, and now I can't even remember how I got along without it!

[GrantSmithBass]

..Is it Jazz Blues...or a Blues Jazz...??? Jokes jokes...good to hear some nice chords ...cheers !

[mujivane]

good stuff man. its gud ive come across ur stuff after 3 years of guitar playing. its suddenly opened up the fret board like an explosion. may u live forever!

[housethegrate]

Justin, I just stumbled across your videos and then your website. I can't tell you how happy I am to see such great lessons on topics that I never studied in my 12 years of playing. I'm going back to a lot of basics, and your lessons are helping me out a ton.

[Procen44Q]

you know i've completly forgotten how a chord becomes a 7th and what not...i use to know, but i've forgot...its bothering me, can someojne fill me in?

[wakold]

standard chords are usually built from stacks of thirds, a major chord would have a major third (C to E) and a minor third (E to G). three notes. these 3 notes are called 1, 3 and 5, because they are the first, third and fifth notes of the C scale. When you add a fourth note, the seventh, it gives you a seventh chord. so you then have 3 stacks of thirds instead of 2. the more thirds you stack up, the more complicated and "modern" your chord will sound (e.g 9th, 11th and 13th chords)

[NoGee06]

Yes, please! More jazz, MOAR :D

Great lesson!

[vidaliosmetalfanos]

I am a metalguitarplayer, but this is awesome.

[masterblastertkd]

I think your site is awesome and i think your lessons are awesome. Thanks!

[funkpatrol11]

hey could you do a bass lesson for jazz and jaazz scales cant find enywhere

[thebasspro]

he kinda just did, kinda look what he is doin with the bass notes play that on a bass, you can add bass ghost notes for a technical walking bassline, even add some of the full chordal things with tap hammer ons. for maby a funky jass bassline try doing some slaping / plucking on the stuff, can add octaves on the of the leading tones he was talking about.

one tip, get a general progrestion on something and mess around with it yourself, then try to understand what your doing and why it works nHF

[bassist718]

Nicely explained! thanx for the effort brother.  GB

[DeskjetMusic]

i dont find the pdf

[ffffffug]

fuck man, try taking more than two seconds to find it

[Ghostwasp55]

Awesome lesson. Thanks a lot.

[ojtwins]

very well!!!!!

[denito79]

This sounds like Joe Pas

[703224796]

I love the good bush/bad bush shirt.......and the jazz is well presented.......thanks!

[ifbasscouldtalk]

awesome!

[yoxiharo]

thanks for all lessons

[gurkensuppe]

are u sure its a E flat 7 chord ?! I think its an E flat 9 chord............ please response

[arnikki]

guess he can only answer with yes ;-)

[HendrixcommaMartin]

Eb7 and Eb9 are the same chord, the Eb9 just has one extra note in it (Gb). The two chords are interchangeable, so it really doesn't make a difference.

[gurkensuppe]

aaaaaaaaah okay thanks dude

[gollum9]

very easy

[plutogamstrumframe]

thanks Justin you,ve taught me a lot

[dimlocator44]

Very cool. Good intro to this style.

[montecore18]

I broke my high E string today. So I'll practice this.

[felipefreire065]

very Nice lesson my friend. I´m gonna check the other ones.

thanks

[B33D13Z]

Justin This is brilliant and exactly what i have been looking for, so freely played, and funky!

I just want to say thank you and this is exactly what i want!

Thanks a lot :D

[CreativeFilmMaker]

How do you modify it? Anyone? Justin? Thanks!!

[danohrly]

How do you mean?

Well, first you could alter some of the chords to get a spicier feel, e.g. changing one of the dominant chords into a 7b9 or sharp9 or even extending the chord into an 11th or even 13th like he used in the end, or mebbeh changing that Cmin7 chord into an altered minor chord (i.e. Cmin7b5).

You could change the rhythm as well, e.g. using the chords at the same time as when the bass line is sounded. Countless things to mess around with.

[danohrly]

UNLESS, by how do you modify? you meant like using it in a different key? If thats how you meant, then ignore that last post :P

It depends on how well you know your blooz progressions. Technically, this bass line thing is one shape walking around the circle of fourths, and at times (I THINK) uses tritone substitutions instead of going for the next fourth to get that jazz feel. Just use a similar bass line like in this vid and play around with it in fourths.

Sorry if I haven't helped :P

[thepossessor]

I love playing the jazz blues progression with the walking bass line

[Albtraum13]

Very nice! At first I thought you were playing along to a bass track. Then I realized when you said in Bb, the actual tuning was down to Bb :O

[danohrly]

Wut?

the KEY is in Bb, not the tuning, you silly goosecake!

[Edza91]

You dork...this guitar is not bassguitar...you played in bass strings....!

[CreativeFilmMaker]

Please tell me you are joking, wait I already know you are

[Peet421987]

Awesome!!! I receive much of you! You teach me that much! Thanks so much man - you're doing a absolutely great job!

[sunardieyu]

Cool!

[megalith6]

enjoyed your video!

;)

R

[bryanmc650]

good stuff justin, im starting to really get into jazz now on guitar, a video on the role of the guitar in jazz music would be very cool because sometimes i get the impression that you have to know everything before you can be a half decent jazz guitarist.

[ArizonaMatt]

Fantastic stuff - bless you

More Jazz/blues

[nicholassz]

this lesson was definitely entertaining and educational. While I'm not the biggest jazz fan (I do like it), I really look forward to jazz-lessons because I think that if you can master jazz techniques, other genre techniques may come easier.

-Nico

[bachatero0341]

thanx for the lassons justin.very informative and easy to understand.keep up the good work!

[merdiqueman]

Hi Justin, Just found your clips, excellent learning tool.

In response to your request about suggestions, there is an area that would be brilliant for clarification: Chord substitution, for instance in a i-vi-ii-v What substitutions could I make and simple theory behind it?

Cheers (well you did ask)

[maurieer]

Great place to learn.

Just subscribed.

[guitarhenk]

Hey Justin!

First of all, thanks for your great lessons! they are verry helpfull!

I'll post a video response to your walking bass video. Its a ritmic variation in A. i'll hope you enjoy it.

Greetings,

Henk de Ruiter

(Netherlands

[stefk123]

Are you using a pick?

[patrikanoo]

Nice T-shirt! :)

[boybitzz]

man, this is great!

[JustinSandercoe]

thanks everyone - more jazz coming up next year!

[kkanishev]

@JustinSandercoe Hi, thank you for great lessons. There is a misprint in the title of the video -- I think it should be JA-203 instead of JA-032.

[miller323]

dude i think your awsome and you've realy helped me out ive learnd so much and i realy apreachate it and i was wondering if you could teach me and every one else is a song by a band call superbus and the song is called radio song and i think you'll like the song alot to so it would be great if you could teach us this song

[farmerburns]

i will do something nice for one of my students as a way to pay you back...this lesson is awesome...i appreciate all your efforts...i am looking over 'fall off trees' at the moment...i have been playing for fifteen years, but really cool walking bass jazz style has eluded me, although i love to hear it. thanks.

[speedlonk]

fuerte mariconada esta

[strabbs1]

amazing!i have wasted good monet on dvds that havent taught me as much as this guy does for free! much appreciated, small gripe i find the numbers on the tab a touch diffecult to read,other wise great

[minnuci]

Thanks justin this is very healthful

[DBS6567]

wicked, have cracked solo blues really having some fun with it, this walking bass is so cool,

blues / jazz is great so anything in that line would be appretiated

cheers for all your lessons

[fleaOWNS]

nice strat justin

[DerSirHenry]

Hey Justin, I like all of your lessons, but your Jazz lessons are the best :)

THanks a lot!

[dwragg2]

Nice one Justin. Like the guitar community spirit !

[mrroye]

I really getting into this , I practice more in the last two weeks than I ever have. A little of this I do but I did not know it was a technique.(self taught) Question, your and my SLIDE chords- SAme as a passing chord???

[guitarhero211]

the tabs on the website helped out the most, but i also liked how you played it so i knew how it went, i learned it in like 2 days.great video.

[webdemarcio]

Cool! Congratulations.

[BadMuffler]

this jazz stuff is by far the best stuff.. keep that comin man ..and more finger style variations ! awseome

[genesisn9ne]

Wish I could read from sheet :(

[daduhmainee]

THANKS JUSTIN!!!! KEEP THEM COMING!

[triovision]

OH MAN!

[Jontish316]

Great video! Please stop smacking your mouth though please. Cheers

[debnlinda]

i second that motion

[Guitarman132]

I really like this. I will definately be looking at the PDF.

[bryanmc650]

nice vid, sounds good, new technique for me to master. info on other chord progressions and scales that go with them would be good. like minor 2 5 1's and that kind of thing, or how to play bossa.

[floydrose42]

I can't find the PDF file. Where is it?

[fridrikur]

Great lesson but I would call it moving bass and not walking bas

[thejetty]

Many thanks Justin, very generous of you to share your skill, and its great to learn something new ! Keep it up

[thescribe13]

What's with the band on the headstock? I've never seen anything like that before.

[gammalnogforgiggidy]

Check my profile if you want a really good guitar lesson DVD

[henriquemm]

stop with that "an, tsc" (mouth sound, it's VERY anoying.

[JustinSandercoe]

GFY

[vwontheautobahn]

Ahaha You told them!

[rams25]

Awesome web site, good teacher, good person. To answer the question of what kinds of lessons to put on youtube I'd say anything that you would have wanted to learn when you were trying to start out. Specifically maybe Any Hendrix, Satriani, Any solo's from popular rock, metal, etc. Thanks!

[beltrans02]

Tnx Justin,

for putting your time into letting others learn whatever you can teach us, and that for FREE.. .some people still dont get this if I read through some of the comments here.

[luckbfern]

Great Job!! You're an excellent teacher. You've really helped me conceptualize the technique. I really appreciate your work. Thanks.

[gregory49]

man this is great.. i didn't bother with the pdf and learned just from watching you once through but i want to see more, this is what i've been trying to do .. im into chord theory alot as well lately i love jazz and want to hear more!!!! keep it up!!!! thanks again!!!

[naristo]

besst lesson ever..u rock man

[hyperzippoguy]

hey coolest lesson ever... I have made a video response for you... please comment.... oh yeah you other guys are welcome too!

[infectiousgruvz]

LOL I guess my tab comment was a bit harsh. I cant play jazz for shit I love this lesson and I'm still trying to master it

[NextSlash69]

justin , you rock

[GarySerrano]

thanks a lot. Very well explained and performed. Keep up the good work.

[zacvan666]

Very nice work! You should definitely put more jazz videos up on the 'tube.

[woecioucoucou]

Yes it is nice and clear. Exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks.

[infectiousgruvz]

if you need tab for this stuff you aren't good enough to play jazz

[songwithoutsound]

Fuck you, you little conceited prick! The whole point of this is an introduction to jazz, in fact, most of his site is beginner oriented, this isn't about becoming some great egomaniac, this is about learning a basic walking bass as a beginner. Get over yourself. (You too anti-tab-man.)

[luckbfern]

I don't see how your comment is helpful other than to discourage people from learning.

[xms32]

excellent instruction

[abbamax]

maybe you can tab it?

[xMarth]

People are becoming too dependent on tabs now days.

[Christos88]

hey awsome stuff. only just getting into jazz and blues scene, can u suggest any bands? :)

[theholypope]

Thanks Mate, you're hired!

Really excellent teaching, that Jazz stuff is really cool :-D

[skezness]

excellent stuff!

[jmsbk12345]

Hi Justin, just to let you know that I now have this off perfectly - so thanks. A few simple jazz standards would be helpful together with tab and your great slow demonstrations as on this jazz blues walking bass line above. Thank you. John

[Catkill666]

nice alot nicer if it was a bass and a guitar

[allycille]

i tryd 2 learn the solo blues..it actualy helpd alot.

thanx justin..it realy helps cos u xplain it realy carefuly n leav lil breaks n stuff..keep up tha good work.

[K00J1]

wow.. really good tutorial! 5/5

[Codyremo]

Great job man, i would love to see some bigband if you could show me, In the mood. Thanks

[jmsbk12345]

Hi Justin. Thanks so much for these instructional videos. Personally I would like to see some easyish tablatures of some of the old jazz standards that all ages seem to like. Just the basic rhythm, chords and melody lines leaving a section in the middle just to improvise until the proverbial cows come home and then back into the tablature again to finish off.

Also how about a great Tab of Harlem Nocturne? Thanks, John Berry

[jimbojimbojimbojimbo]

is this your composition?

[RadioCambodia]

thanks dude that was awesome, and you are a great teacher

[Lahed92801]

Nice. Thanks man

[janasle458]

ur awesome

[ihatetrends]

beautiful!

is there a book i could learn this?

i did an uptempo swing/blues jam

[eed02077]

legendary lesson - thanks I have watched a lot of them!! like all the different styles

[LuvinDierks]

You dont' suck at all my brother uses my account and hes rude! Sorry

[JustinSandercoe]

thanks.

[LV070707]

Hey Justin, this video was great. You mentioned rhythm changes.  Could you do a lesson on walking bass with rhythm changes or other standard progression.

[GoreProcessing]

this is the only true way to play a guitar :D great job, and thank you for sharing your knowledge

[nomad05]

more jazz! this works and is helpful, thanks

[Captainmajid01]

Thanks a lot man, the video is a great help. Keep them coming.

[luccascorrea]

Thanks a lot, these classes are awesome, I always watch all of your videos!

[sirpsychosexy1984]

great job! This was a nice start for me learning this style of jazz.

Thanks for posting

[ihitge]

This is awesome. Bring it on.