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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2006

this is a lesson explaining how to play chords and walking bass lines simultaneously for jazz guitarists.

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  • a bassline like G, F#,G, on a G7 chord doesn't sound dominant in my ears.

  • by itself, no. But that figure is just used to create/continue the motion. The dom7 quality of the sound of the chord is defined by the 3rd/b7 that is being played at the same time in the treble.

  • ... The point is, as a single guitarist trying to play two voices at once a balance has to be struck. In an ideal world we could play the hippest of basslines and chord voicings at the same time all the while grooving as hard as Lonnie Smith. But the reality is, when improvising chord/bassline comping something is going to have to give a little. Much better to cheat a little with note choices in the bass line and have it GROOVE than play a line that looks great on paper but doesn't groove.

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  • thanks Men, you are a very good teacher!!! extremely accurate with your concepts!

  • Thanks mate, that should keep me going for the next 10 years or so. Bump it!

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  • @whaththeeee that was funny lollol

  • fuck this guys sick . i love jazz! i need to sample the hell out of this some day. hope u dont mind.the man is ill

  • fuck this guys sick . i love jazz! i need to sample the hell out of this some day. hope u dont mind.

  • Excellent video. Really glad I found it this morning.

  • Wow, got a week worth of lessons in 12 minutes. Very straight forward 5 STARS!!!

  • Hi Kevin.

    Thank you very much for this enlightening lesson. Playing walking bass on guitar for me is a cool way to memorize tunes and, well, it relaxes me, too :)

    I do however often find myself not being able to think of good walking bass stuff to play whenever one harmony´s duration is two bars (e.g. as in "Lady Bird" or "Take the A Train") or even longer, as in modal pieces.

    If you or anyone reading this could give me a tip on this it would be very much appreciated.

    Greetings

    Helge

  • Awesome lesson, thanks.

    Very specific, yet highly efficient and easy approach to a sometimes very difficult subject.

  • Really nice explanation. Thanks alot for putting this lesson together.

  • merci pour ce cours il est extraordinaire

  • This is the best lesson on Youtube!!

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