This was the most helpful tutorial on walking bass; really de-mystified it for me. Thanks Scott

@crazyducky_8645

Ай бұрын

Same, it’s been the only thing that finally made it make sense

Ahh...the feeling of an idea just clicking is like a braingasm.Feels so good. Thanks for explaining it in such a simple and effective way Scott!

Thank you so much for this mini-crash course on walking lines. I've been a bass player for many years, but nobody has encapsulated the essence of building a good walking bass line quite the way you have, sir. I think it's no exaggeration to say that you are the Neil Degrasse Tyson of bass playing. Thanks again, you've re-awakened my interest in playing jazz after many years of muddling around, stuck in a rock-n-roll rut.

@Mottherr

4 жыл бұрын

bruh SAME

As a trumpet player, I must say that I am finding this very useful. Playing walking bass lines really helps nail down the harmony on any instrument. Great lesson.

You make it sound so simple, you make it look even easier... Then when I follow your process within 15 to 20 minutes I'm playing it without struggling through it as I have done for the past 15 years. Your way just makes sense!!

you are a fantastic teacher

@nemnock1583

6 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same thing .he is really great.

This teaches at exactly the right pace - I can feel improvement and I understand what I'm doing. Nice job.

You have a real gift of teaching and patience. God bless you

I started on the bass 40 years ago this Christmas with no lessons other than how to play the major scale. I fumbled around and was gigging within a year. 35 years ago I picked up the guitar, learned some theory and it helped my bass playing. I found this tonight and wow - I needed this 40 years ago. I was playing along and though I have done most of it I never had any real direction like this. I am not a beginner but this makes it too easy. You young guys pay attention to this guy or else.

You man are a GREAT bass player but also are an AMAZING teacher. Thank You!!!

Scott, I'm a guitar player (6 strings ;-) and I think these lessons just RULE! Thanks for taking a complex subject and breaking it down so simply, for free! I'm going to sign up for your website because your musical knowledge and approach are awesome and really helping me as a guitar player! Gotta know what my bass man is up to!

this is the key! the chromatic approach notes above/ below root and 7th to 3rd voice leading techniques make all the magic happen! Great lesson!

If you play bass for some time, traids are quite obvious, but that chromatic notes to slide up-down to root in next bar was an invention for me! Such simple and such improvement. Thanks Scott.

So clear, methodical and well-constructed. Together with the first crash course talking bass video, it guides you step-by-step into crafting melodic, in-the-pocket, walking bass lines.

@devinebass

10 ай бұрын

Awesome dude! Thankyou for checking out the video, glad this helped!

Been an avid bass player for over 30 years now playing weekly for exception of a few. Your bass training is one of the best I've come across -- happened to stumble on it your while perusing youtube music! In spite of playing just about every genre I've actually picked up numerous things that I've played for years but never really thought about what I innately feel and sense when playing grooves, dynamics, scales, riffs, etc. I will definitely follow and check out more of your training! Thanks!

As a guitar player who's to improvise himself as a bass player for a jazz show, this lesson just saved the forthcoming gig. Thank you sir !

This is really easy to follow. I read an article where you talked about being surprised at how big SBL had become. Lessons like this are why I fell in like be with SBL. You are a good teacher and very relatable. I am happy to see the success you’ve had after reading the obstacles you’ve been able to overcome to follow your passions and take care of your family. I’m one of you state side supporters.

Good shit. I've been a metal bass player for a while now but learning to walk was never something I knew how to do. This tutorial is really the best explanation of walking I've seen anywhere.

This is one of the best bass line lesson I have ever gotten from this site

I can tell by the comments and my own feeling that this lesson is a mind blow. I've wondered for years how walking bass lines worked (I'm not really a bass player). I've read things that show examples but never got a Rosetta Stone like this. Amazing is an over used adjective but this is AMAZING. Thank you, sir!

Scott's Devine is the best KZread teacher. He's second to none

WOW!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much. I don't know how long I've been trying to figure this out but it's been way too long. Finally somebody explained it to me in a way that makes sense, to me anyway. I know it's just a crash coarse and there's a lot more work to do but this is a huge step in the right direction for me. Again, I can't thank you enough for putting this lesson on you tube. I wish I would had found it months ago. Now it's time for me to get busy practicing.

@cgrimes72

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Ned, I am going to have youtube vidoes in the near future but thought you my want to check out my new Bass eBook. payhip.com/b/6nR4 This book explains walking baselines and has exercises around chord changes. I lay it all out in detail.

your lessons are absolutly amazing Scott. Thank You for them. As one of my proffesors used to say: "Scientist is someone who can talk, complicated way about simple things, but a Genius is someone who can talk simple way about complicated things". I`m now a big fan of your website.

best and most accessible explanation of walking bass on the net - congratulations!

I like to think of myself as an experienced bass player, but I have always been rubbish at walking bass lines! This has been a great help, thanks!

Man. That was seriously the best explanation and tutorial I've seen. Thank you, Scott!

This is awesome. I'm unconventional, but your teaching is one of a kind. I'm still a beginner but this gives me hope. - Dallas, TX, USA

I am completely floored at how it all came together so perfectly. The progression of each step was awesome. From a walking bass beginner, thank you so much Scott, you rock!

I’m ripping my modes & arpeggios, hardcore shedding my plucking hand like never before but still feeling deer in the headlights on walking bass and this parts 1 & 2 blew the doors open in my mind. I often think those who can often don’t know how to explain it but you are providing the core rudiments required for achieving that end state fluid flow! Thank you so much!

Scott, your lessons are amazing. As a young 50 year old un-musical lady you make it all so understandable. I'm loving playing my bass more and more (I have a very supportive singer/guitarist partner who is helping me too, but he can't teach the technical stuff).

Root -> 3rd -> 5th -> passing note Love it! Easy to remember and fun to practice.

You're the best teacher ever.

Hi Scott, these lessons are great. Easy to digest and then go and practice. Got my first ever Bass guitar this very morning. I've been playing lead and rhythm guitar for years and now I'm learning Bass so this is just great. I look forward to studying your other lessons when I've mastered this one. A great big thank you.

Hello my dear fellow musician ... in my 16 years as an amateur musician never seen one as good as this explanation of how to create powerful lines of simple walkingbass. Thank you...

Best walking lesson I've ever seen...

I agree with Ned, excellent lesson and explanation. Like many things, it's simple when you know what you're supposed to be doing and how you're supposed to be doing it! Well done, Scott.

Hi Scott, I am enjoying the walking bass lessons. I am a guitar player (guitarpd1) on KZread. I get to play bass with a group now so I want to use walking bass. You are a good teacher. Thanks, Paula

if you would have read his channel or seen alot of his other videos , then you would know , look it up, its not hard to find out . He may play with his hand, but it dont seem to affect his playing, he is still a very great teacher, with an extreme amount of talent and i am honored to have a man who knows what he is talking about as one of my guitar teachers ...

wow! you make it easy for me to learn. thanks so much!

This guy is an absolute genius! I learned more about music theory in this one lesson than I have in years. Brilliant!

@chopper58

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutor, I have shaved years of practise time off with just these two videos. Excellent Scott11

Thank youu! Ive been studying these for quite a while, but only your lesson is what i undertsnad the most. Keep it up!

You know the lesson is gold when it applies to more than just the bass, great lesson for many things, thankyou scott

I bought my first bass today, and now I know how to do a walking bass line. I never realised it was this simple. :-) Thanks, Scott!

finally, i got the idea of walking bass!!!!!! God bless you, man!!!! Thank you so much

i honestly think what your doing is really commendable. its all brilliant; the tips, pointers, explanations, backing tracks, everything.

Best walking bass lesson I’ve ever seen 🤩

Very good lesson Scott is good Teacher When you have complex tune like Giant Step or other Jazz Tune, for training, write before your own score with the good harmonics notes of each chord and chromatic approach, and then play it, try to write beautiful melody in the walking bass line. After this training you will not anymore need to write a score .... You have also another possibility of creating walking bass line, when melody sounds good you can begin a bar with the third or the fifth of the chord (also with chromatic approach). Its depends on accent you want to give on the harmony progression of the tune.

Outstanding Instruction! Very helpful!

Your an amazing teacher, thanks for helping me finally nail it!

You are the best bass teacher I've ever had. Thanks Scott.

Scott, thank you so much. I have a descent theory background from playing guitar and your lessons allow me to put that theory into real life scenarios on bass. I am so glad I stumbled upon your videos.

Amazing way to think about bass. This is giving me a lot to work on. Thanks Scott

I was waiting for it!

Thank you so much! This has well and truly blown apart some mental barriers I had. Very VERY much appreciated Scott.

Really enjoy your videos. You explain things easily and get to the important stuff!

This is an excellent tutorial, I've played bass for a few years now but I've never played Jazz. I feel like this lesson made everything just "click" in my head this is so simple and awesome. Thank you so much!

Love spending time with you in "The Shed", Scott. Thanks, I've improved amazingly in only a few weeks!

Best video series on walking bass

Finally it all makes sense!!!! Wow!!! Fantastic lesson! You are the man!

you did a really great job at explaining a simple walking bass line! i have been trying to get some of my students to get a grasp on it and i dont think i could have said it better myself! great playing man!

What an excellent lesson! Scott, you're a skilled and engaging instructor. Well done and thanks.

Been trying to figure it out myself all week and this just pushed me to another level. thanks so much

Amazing! Really enjoying the bass! Thanks

love love love the class！

Such a good lesson!!! This makes learning fun!

You are awesome Scott! By far the most accessible bass lessons on youtube!

thanks so much for this! This will give me hours of fun and improve my knowledge of the fretboard!!!

Great Lesson from a Great Teacher - Thank You!

Mind blown. :) Cheers - loving your explanations and chill.

Very Good, great explanations, enjoyed it so. Thanks you Scott.

gotta love his lessons, such a good teacher, makes me wanna learn theory

thank you so much for the best explanation i ever heard all of your videos are great and helped me so much to get better on my bass keep on groovin

Great teaching. Cheers scott!

YOUR PRESENTATION IS FANTASTIC THANKS AGAIN- NICE A CLEAR.

Scott just tuning in. Been trying to groove for a while. Love the feel you have, thats the way Iam streiving to play. Bless you and everything you have in mind to do. Peace

Scott is amazing!

Unbelievable! Thank you very much for these videos!

Scott thank you for this video, being a guitar player who has recently taken up the bass this video has clarified greatly a few clouds i had in my technique! Righton bro!

awesome. great step by step approach.

Thx Sooo much Scott this is by far the best walking bass tutorial!!!

Big thanks again. Well explained.

Great lessons, you are a great teacher and player, thanks for sharing !!!!

Excellent sequence of scaffolded instruction! I referred to your lesson while teaching my 15 yo son how to play bass and it resonated with him. Thanks Scott!

Thanks! Very clear and easy to follow!

Excellent lesson by the way!!

These lessons are the best. Better than the expensive lessons i got from Nathan East on ArtistWorks

Great lesson as always Scott

Thank you for breaking that down so perfectly.

great lesson as usual, thanks a lot

Excellent work Scott. I really liked how you tied everything together. You started with very easy to manage pieces and built it up nicely from there.

Just opened up a whole new world to me mate, wow that was so clear and approachable

@devinebass

2 ай бұрын

Glad you've found this useful!!

What a great class, thank you so much!

I've gotten the root, third, fifth, passing tone part down. Now my goal is to work this in all twelve keys, then start working on some standards. I'm proficient at saxophone which helps but, I can honestly say your teaching is fantastic. I'm already very far on the bass in only two weeks. Thank you!

Best teacher ever!

Thank you so much for doing this. Really helpful.

nice!Simple, clear and effective

Thank you very much!!! This was exceptionally helpful and exactly what I wanted to know.

You sir, are a legend. Thank you so much

best tutorial ever, makes perfect sense and its very easy to follow, even on piano

Wow Scott. Best tutorial. thanks