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LESSON SUMMARY
In this lesson, you'll learn 3 essential approaches for walking jazz bass lines, including:
- Open 5ths approach
- Triads & Upper Neighbors
- Stepwise Approach
- Rootless Voicings
- Stock Swing Groove, or The Charleston
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May
Пікірлер: 181
00:32 2-5-1 chord progression 01:32 Technique 1: open 5ths 04:01 Technique 2: triads & upper neighbors 06:02 Technique 3: steps 08:39 Conclusion
This is really helpful for bassists as well, thank you!
@Hallorenzo
4 жыл бұрын
It was also for me helpful as a guitarist.
I used walking 5ths before I knew what one was, playing by ear. Learning theory and sift reading has helped my understanding of music so much. So much fun! Started playing when I was in my 30’s and became obsessed ! Thanks for the great video.
2:41 nice
@NerdFromDenmark
4 жыл бұрын
nice
@memedoggo9863
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@MannyFioretti
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@suilqknadrotu934
4 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@doppled
4 жыл бұрын
nice
Hello friend, thank you so much for everything. I just like you and your channel about jazz, because you say name of all keys, while you teach. I am blind, but i can also learn with your method. I will go on to like and share your videos
F A C E chord
@leafsoup
4 жыл бұрын
D Face
@zhuziqi6786
4 жыл бұрын
Fade is better
@nezkeys79
4 жыл бұрын
DAB chord Dabbing
@carlkmcho
16 күн бұрын
I like fac
Thank you for having sheet music up as well!!
@PIANOSTYLE100
4 жыл бұрын
To me sheet music even though it's centuries old..is the best way to communicate what you are playing. Pythagoras..was instrumental in developing the octave.. It does take much more effort to share this and Johnny does show details.
I play the guitar and I found this useful. Thank you!
Great teacher and great explanation
Jonny is awesome. His videos have helped me tremendously. If you haven't already, check out some of his performances that aren't teaching oriented, too.The man can play. I'm a big fan.
Always love your work
@PianoWithJonny
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
This video is awesome. Your a great teacher and easy to understand.
Very well explained, simple yet effective, thanks!
Thx for the tips. You are a very good teacher. Keep it up.
Damn you're a great teacher!
Thanks Jonny!
Thank you Johnny
Very very well explained, thanks
Well done Jonny !!!!
omg I LOVE the way you teach with passion and fun!!! :D Used to watch PianoPig but this guy is never laughing and sooo serious... So boring to watch. But your videos are so motivating!!! LOVE IT
It is nice to see someone having fun playing the music's.
Thanks!!!
Go jonny go. I love it.
Groovy man groovy 😎😄👌
Good lesson Johnny
Hey thanks a lot for this! Really simple for how good it sounds. By the way, I really like this style of video where you explain a few different methods for left hand stuff, like the blues one.
You inspire me so well ! wow ! Thank You !
Thank you for letting me get into the class! Very informative.
Really enjoyed this! Thanks Johnny!
Informative as always! Thanks, Jonny!
Thanks for this helpful tutorial... 👍👍👍
wassup guys jonny may here and today... i see a lot of beginners do this... and there is nothing wrong with it... but _guys_ there is a much better way to... literally every video -.-
@forgetful9845
4 жыл бұрын
and tho?
Thank you!!! Great lessons!
D FACE. lol
Very helpful technique for jazz, Thank you Sir Jonny.
For steps...try the d e f f# g g# a b (c) Instead of the g a Bb B
Thank You.
this was so so sooo cool. thank u !!!!!
Спасибо. Лучшее пособие и бесплатно.
I never knew I could sound so good so easily. Thanks Jonny
This was insanely helpful, thanks man. I’m subscribing. Oh wait, I’m already subscribed 😂
Great Video!
Very helpful
Thanks🌹🌹
Great lesson jonny Thank you.
Great
i really love your vidio!
You resumed the whole first semester of music school
@nuberiffic
4 жыл бұрын
huh?
Great video! Many thanks
@PIANOSTYLE100
4 жыл бұрын
great video. ill check out the complete lessons.
@Ceeby
4 жыл бұрын
Keep teaching! This style of music must never die. 💕
Why do you list the chords as 7th chords when you're playing 9ths?
@sakazuki9515
4 жыл бұрын
You can add extensions to 7ths but still call them that via lead sheet, though I agree he should've just labeled them what he actually played for beginners. Those Chords being; Dmin9, G13, & Cmaj9 respectively.
I love the walking bass maybe it dont fit all songs more complicateted does not perse make it nicer to listen to
So I guess I need to learn baby steps before trying to master giant steps ;)
nice!
Aren't those 9th chords?
@edwardsharp03
4 жыл бұрын
You1tube2account when playing 7th chords in jazz it’s almost understood that you should/can add the 9,11,13 without writing it out
@romerojuan06
4 жыл бұрын
So hes using 9th on every chord but the nice one is the G with the added 13th as well. That's why this 2-5-1 has a better sound then regular 7th chords
@fullViewJay
4 жыл бұрын
@@edwardsharp03 True, but I think it would be still wise to let it be known that they are 9th chords. It's also good to put theory behind what you're doing, especially if you're using them as an instructional video
@fullViewJay
4 жыл бұрын
Edward Sharp what does that mean?
@plazmotech5969
4 жыл бұрын
@@edwardsharp03 why not just write Dm9?
C B C C# could be a walking line in the second bar of the C
Everyone talks about chords, harmonies, progressions, etc. But nobody talks about technique, which is what I would like to understand better. Non-legato, or legato, etc. How it should feel etc. Should the pedal help.
Hi Jonny! Nice video. However the link does not contain the lesson music sheet...
would have been nice to put a 'v' in the last Cmaj bar on the 'steps' methode. It sounds kinda stupid to be honest to just walk in cmaj while as a bassplayer you can actually just play V's wherever you want (kind of). Makes the two boring cmaj bars more interesting...
@nezkeys79
4 жыл бұрын
He sorta does...he ghost notes a C# that isnt written. This is the third of the V chord to the Dminor (A major).
"Upper neighbours" is tri tone substitution no?
@nezkeys79
4 жыл бұрын
@@JohnathanWhitehorn i was being facetious buddy. In this example thise chromatic notes are tri tone subs
Cant believe I’m watching this video for free!
you don't traditionally have swung notes every measure of a walking bass line
Cool
What is a "rootless voicing"
@majic8ball337
4 жыл бұрын
right hand has no root tone
@LexLivesLife
4 жыл бұрын
@@majic8ball337 thanks
@PIANOSTYLE100
4 жыл бұрын
This is related to the rootless voicing question. A voicing will not have the root..except in the Bass. There has to be a root. Take the C maj.chord..C E G B D.. . It's just a Emin 7 Sans the C root. Another thing..the base player can play the C. Etc. Nobody will be stepping on each other.
I got it. now its a matter of getting my stiff body to be able to pull it off.
Wait, so a walking bass line is just a line that mainly moves in quarter notes and has a chord tone on beats one and three. Or am I missing something?
@LeakyJAZZ
4 жыл бұрын
No. I'm a bass player, not a pianist, but when you walk the bass, you usually play the chord's root on beat 1 and then anything else that leads to the next chord.
@333RoCkSkAtE333
4 жыл бұрын
Check Adam Neely’s video on walking bass for a snappy display of all that walking basslines do 👍🏼
@yeetmeintotheabyss2893
4 жыл бұрын
@@LeakyJAZZ Makes sense, but that means that there are a whole lot more walking bass line's than I first thought.
@LeakyJAZZ
4 жыл бұрын
Yeet Me Into The Abyss yeah you can’t just learn all the possible bass lines. There would be thousands, and then thousands more chord progressions each.
@nezkeys79
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. I hate when bassists constantly play notes on the "one" of the chord that have nothing to do with the chords. I mean its ok here and there to play but when every damn chord has something other than the root and they say "this is what all my jazz books tell me to do" 🤢
"Jazz like this"
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
why do I get Niel Patrick Harris vibes
Oh I already signed up and feel sexy already with this style 😅
I don't play piano, I play trumpet. Why am I watching this?
@theraginginfernape9496
4 жыл бұрын
Same
Your so-called "Rootless Voicings" would be easier if the chord symbol absolutely described the chord. We have developed new chord symbols that do just that!! Nice video.
@woomy8971
4 жыл бұрын
what do these symbols look like? i've never seen it in any sheet music/leadsheets
@miAimTIL
4 жыл бұрын
@@woomy8971 They are explained in our eBooks and used in our videos - a simple example is that we use ROMAN NUMERALS in our videos so that you can play in any key. And that the Maj-min 7 is now Maj 7 b3 - now that exactly explains the chord!
@nezkeys79
4 жыл бұрын
Dm9 G13 Cmaj9 There you go XD
КЛАСС!
I dont understand why he says he is playing a Dm7 but actually its an Fmaj7 With bass in D.
@killianprince9733
3 жыл бұрын
He playing a Dm "rootless voicing", it's basically a Dm9 chord but without the D, as you are playing the D in the bass so theres no need to play it again! There's tons of videos that explain rootless voicings.
@federicorenkine4340
3 жыл бұрын
@@killianprince9733 ok thank you!!!!
Going down from G to D is a fourth not a fifth. Going up from D to G is a fifth. A better way to describe what you were saying, you go down a fourth from G to D to reach the fifth of the chord G.
I hate that I fall for clickbaity title
Adding an eight note is an approximation of swining
@nuberiffic
4 жыл бұрын
*Swinging. And no, it isn't. That's how you do it, you can't swing quarter notes in 4/4 - you need to add an eighth note somewhere.
@lavenderfana3137
4 жыл бұрын
@@nuberiffic just adding an eight note is a weak swing feel
@nuberiffic
4 жыл бұрын
@@lavenderfana3137 No, it doesn't have any feel. How you play that eighth note is what swing is. That gives it the feel. You add an eighth note to swing on. That's what swing is. You seem to be assuming a straight eighth note, which is obviously wrong, you swing straight notes. So you put an eighth in there and *swing it*
@lavenderfana3137
4 жыл бұрын
@@nuberiffic his direction is "add an eight note"
@nuberiffic
4 жыл бұрын
@@lavenderfana3137 Yes, which is what you have to do to be able to swing.
You better SLAPP the bass before you tell stuff about how to do bass stuff.
@InventorZahran
4 жыл бұрын
Why does his bass have 88 keys?
What an ugly bass.