Dave Marks Walking Bass Lesson 09

This week we look at 6 different exercises which help you to develop your basslines. We work on employing the arpeggio ideas we've learned to create musical lines. For a pdf to accompany this lesson, just click on http://davemarks.com/?page_id=113

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bass
• lesson
• jazz
• walking
• music
• Dave
• Marks
• improvising
• jaco
• Ray
• Brown
• Autumn
• leaves

[hhold]

can one start on the major or minor 3rd instead of the root noote or the fifth? I find it handy to mark the contrast between a major and minor chord with same root for example when there is Gmaj7 then Gm7 play the Bb to mark the change.

[davemarks]

yes - you can start your line with another chord tone - you are essentially playing an inversion (voicing the chord with something other than the root note in the bass.) In fact, inversions are essential for building fluid lines that move between chords. Using the root every time starts to sound very monotonous. These exercises are made to help people get to grips with prinicples for building walking lines, but how you work them into your own playing relies on yr own style and creativity :-)

[wilyone101]

Hey Dave these lessons are great and really appreciate your time and effort which inspires .

Can you do a post playing by playing Autumn Leaves and incorporate alll those thing in lessons 7 ,8 &9 .

Thanks again .

[MileSeventySeven]

you're an excellent teacher dave

[93californication]

Hi im Deerv Marks. Seriously love this guy

[isomikieee]

where is the rest,dave? :(

[juns1992]

Dave I can't find the website I think it is removed Can I get the file else where?

[kompissoffan]

would probably like the video if i heard the bass, but i dont, its very very low. crank it up! ;). i will check out some others to but i the bass is as silent like in this i wont.

and no, i dont want to raise the volume to max cause your voice will be far to loud. thanx anyway for helping out.

[kompissoffan]

would probably like the video if i heard the bass, but i dont, its very very low. crank it up! ;). i will check out some others to but i the bass is as silent like in this i wont.

and no, i dont want to raise the volume to max cause your voice will be far to loud. thanx anyway for helping out.

[MegaBassPlayer97Gr]

Hey, i have to tell you are an awesome teacher and you explain everything really well! :) By the way, what is the name of your bass(?), i like it!

[jdzzle]

u are a good teachert and these r very good ways to learn.thnx

[olflatop]

Really good series. Too bad it didn't go farther, but still, really good.

[FuckinMetalBitchs]

thanks you are awesome for putting this sharing this with us.

[tmkharp]

Thanks for making it so easy to understand.