Walking Bass Lesson: The Minor Turnaround

http://www.playjazznow.com presents bassist and Trackmeister Bill Harrison offering some advice on walking through the ii/V/i progression in D minor using play-along tracks from PlayJazzNow.com

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[Papertiger0724]

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to jazz. I would have used the notes from f major on the d minor ii- v progression. Would I just use notes from the harmonic minor scale on every minor progression? So in G minor rather than using notes from Bb major i would use Bb harmonic minor resulting in different chords?

[frcwolf]

@Papertiger0724 The problem with F major is that the V chord above the D minor is A minor. As I tried to explain in the video, most of the time we want the V chord to be a dominant 7th - ie with a major 3rd and a minor 7th. In order to get an A7 we have to raise the C natural (from F major scale) up to a C#. When you do that you get D harmonic minor: D E F G A Bb C# (D). So in any "minor ii-V" situation, use the harmonic minor scale of the "i" chord. ii'V in Gm uses G harmonic minor scale.

[1994Jordynn]

@bennettdrew Yes. Theory lessons actually.. It will make you a lot better at every instrument.. (Except maybe drums) LOL.. But it can still help you there too.

[Aristowi]

7:57 Nice walking

[bennettdrew]

will taking piano lessons make me a better bass player or guitar player?

stupid question? Maybe.



[Toracube]

I do things, but I have no idea what the hell it is. (But so far so good..) I need lessons like this !!

[Papertiger0724]

@frcwolf thank you very much.