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  Constructing Walking Bass Lines
While the traditional three-octave range of the vibraphone doesn't always lend itself well to it, walking bass lines can be a very effective texture for unaccompanied and ensemble vibraphone performance alike; vibraphonists who double on marimba or mallet synthesizer have an even greater opportunity to use walking bass lines in their work.
While accomplished bassists will play bass lines using a variety of rhythms and a broad range of approaches to the harmony, elementary bass lines present the harmony of the song, and "walking bass lines" usually involve quarter-note motion.
Walking bass lines are a great study device when learning new songs, and they can also be a valuable part of a jazz mallet performer's repertoire.
www.malletjazz.com /lessons/bassline.html   (590 words)

  
 Free Fingerstyle Guitar Tablature: The Blues Walking Bass
The function of a walking bass is to outline the harmony and keep the time together.
While walking bass in a combo is usually played by the bass player it also comes in handy for guitarists in a solo or duo situation.
I used shell chords because they are easier to fret in combination with the walking bass line.
www.jazzguitar.be /fingerstyle_blues_walking_bass.html   (283 words)

  
 Walking Bass Lines
While most people think of walking as an approach to jazz playing, it can be incorporated into rock, blues, r&b, gospel and many other musical styles.
A contemporary rhythmic approach to constructing bass lines for string/electric bass, tuba, organ, synthesizer and for arrangers written by Mike Richmond.
Walking 1 DVD shows you step by step how to walk a professional bassline.
bassbooks.com /shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=159&cat=WALKING+...   (607 words)

  
 BUILDING WALKING BASS LINES
A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing, but it is also used in rock music, blues, rockabilly, R&B, gospel, Latin, country and many other types of music.
The term 'walking' is used to describe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part.
The specific goal of this book is to familiarize players with the techniques used to build walking bass lines and to make them aware of how the process works.
www.bassplace.com /ST009.html   (119 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus - Walking Bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
The modern electric bass guitar patterns presented here are designed to teach the student guitarist and bassist the basics of playing effective "walking bass line" accompaniment for instrumentalists and vocalists.
Written in notation and tablature, Walking Bass provides a thorough grounding in chord theory as applied to the electric bass.
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Lightnin' Blues 1983-1987 - Bass For guitar, bass, vocal...
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?item=1751318&id=79590   (160 words)

  
 PIANO LESSON 28
Walking bass patterns are used frequently in rock and roll, fl gospel, blues, and in country music.
The following walking bass pattern is familiar to just about everyone that has ever listened to rock and roll.
What makes this common walking bass different is that it is accentuated at the beginning of each measure with two eighth notes in the right hand.
users.wireweb.net /green/pianolesson28.htm   (603 words)

  
 walking bass lines - 2nd bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
… A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing, … to build walking bass lines and to make them aware of how the process works.
Walking bass lines with chords on the guitar.
… to construct a good walking bass line which are inherent to jazz playing.
bass.fastdask.info /dir13/walking-bass-lines.html   (649 words)

  
 Walking Bass Jazz Blues - Fingerstyle Rhythm - Guitar Noise
Eventually, I was able to come up with a walking bass and rhythm at the same time.
Back to playing...The bass line generally will out lines the chords, walk a scale that matches the chord, and sometimes will add a few chromatic passages (1/2 step notes that are not part of any scale or chord) to lead to the next chord.
I would recommend taking it a chord at a time, check to see how the bass line relates to the chord, and get the feel of moving from one to the other.
www.guitarnoise.com /article.php?id=556   (721 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Building Walking Bass Lines: Books: Ed Friedland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing, but it is also used in rock music, blues, rockabilly, RandB, gospel, Latin, country and many other types of music.
I am just starting to explore the concepts of walking bass lines and jazz standards and found this book to be very useful.
Unlike other books on walking bass lines I'd tried to learn from, this book got me walking over chord changes quickly and fluidly, and with a minimum amount of pain.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0793542049?v=glance   (1662 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus - Building Walking Bass Lines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Bass Builders is a series of technique book/audio packages created for the purposeful building and development of your chops.
Bass Fitness - An Exercising Handbook By Josquin Des Pres...
Bass Tab White Pages For guitar, bass, vocal...
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?item=2964707&id=79590   (241 words)

  
 Bass Player
Bass Player magazine is your source for acoustic and electric bass guitar tabs, chords and free online bass guitar lessons, tutorials and videos for both beginner and professional.
Bass Player is part of the Music Player Network.
Bass Player is a trademark of CMP Entertainment Media, Inc., a United Business Media Company.
www.bassplayer.com /story.asp?sectioncode=15&storycode=3877   (137 words)

  
 Misc - Walking Bass Bass Tab
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www.bassmasta.net /m/misc/134108.html   (184 words)

  
 Walking Bass Lines
But for bass players, it is your bread and butter.
A bass player's biggest responsibility is to lay down a perfect quarter note.
This just means you walk along the scale from your root of the current chord to the root of the next.
scorpius.spaceports.com /~cullam/teaching/basslines.htm   (1200 words)

  
 iBreatheMusic Forums - Walking Bass Lines
What notes make a walking bass lines?My brother is a bass player, and he says something about passing tones, wich are notes not actually in a scale, but can be used to pass from one note within a scale to another.
One simple way of doing it is to walk up or back down using the alphabet.
This walk can also be done with chord forms - just move them back up or down instead of using individual notes.
www.ibreathemusic.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-6852.html   (843 words)

  
 Walking Bass Lesson 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
We are now going to syncopate the chords while we walk a bass note on every beat.
I suggest you listen to pianists and steal their rhythms.
But remember to keep that bass line moving in even quarters.
www.marcsiegelmusic.com /id91.htm   (125 words)

  
 Building Walking Bass Lines at Musicroom.com - Sheet Music for Musicians
This book literally gives bassists the tools they need to build their own walking basslines.
I could play by ear pretty well when I bought this and thought I could fake a decent walking bass line.
Oh, and the second half has 10 standards (though he doesn't name them for copyright reasons) and those are great too.
www.musicroom.com /se/ID_No/0000019/details.html?kbid=1406   (299 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Expanding Walking Bass Lines: Books: Ed Friedland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Buy this book with Building Walking Bass Lines by Ed Friedland today!
A follow-up to Building Walking Bass Lines, this book approaches more advanced walking concepts, including model mapping, the two-feel, several 'must know changes,' and other important jazz bass lessons.
Building Rock Bass Lines: A Solid Foundation for the Rock Bassist by Ed Friedland
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0793545862?v=glance   (596 words)

  
 Jazz Orchestra & Big Band Arranging: Walking Bass Lines
The walking bass line is usually made up of arpeggios and scale passages.
This table shows some basic rules of the walking bass.
Large interval leaps are useful occasionally and are usually followed by a scale passage moving in the opposite direction.
www.petethomas.co.uk /jazz-bass.html   (222 words)

  
 Walking Bass exercises   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
These exercises are meant to be played with fingers or pick-and-fingers.
They start with root and fifth, and gradually introduce more bass notes.
Click here to view and download the notated exercise.
koka.phpwebhosting.com /~scarterfrogs/lesson_walk1.html   (32 words)

  
 Misc: Walking Bass Bass Tab @ Bass Masta.net
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 Expanding Walking Bass Lines - Bass Books at Bass Emporium
Expanding Walking Bass Lines - Bass Books at Bass Emporium
A follow-up to Building Walking Bass Lines, this book ap- proaches more advanced walking concepts, including model mapping, the two-feel, several 'must know changes,' and other important jazz bass lessons.
CD includes a jazz trio for practicing standard tunes.
www.bassemporium.com /item.php?sku=HL00695026   (60 words)

  
 Mel Bay - Walking Bass Book & CD - [Sam Ash]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Mel Bay - Walking Bass Book & CD - [Sam Ash]
Written in notation and tablature, Walking Bass provides a thorough grounding in chard theory as applied to the electric bass.
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 Piano Walking Bass Music Book - Gospel Piano Lessons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Piano Walking Bass Gospel Music Book covers a walking bass line in twelve major keys!
Learn chromatic walking bass for piano or piano chord walking bass.
Click Here to Order Piano Walking Bass Music Book
www.gospelpianolessons.com /PianoWalkingBassMusicBook.htm   (120 words)

  
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