Walking Bass Line (ii - V - I)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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    This is the first lesson of the Piano Shorties series. We learn a really cool walking bass line that you can use under a 2-5-1. I go over it in the key of Bb major.
    You can do so much with this bass line including accompanying other people by adding in a few comping chords over the top, or even accompany yourself by taking a solo whilst keeping that walking bass line going in your left hand. You could also mix and match by comping a few chords and playing a few nice jazz licks here and there.
    This is a great introduction for anyone looking to get into jazz and is really fun to play too!
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  • @chrispanca1590
    @chrispanca1590 6 лет назад +91

    Wow, the feeling at 3:04 is just magical

  • @alexsosa266
    @alexsosa266 4 года назад +24

    That intro progression....Pharoahe Monch - Queens.

  • @creativesource3514
    @creativesource3514 4 года назад +33

    Brilliant......I just played it and it sounds awesome. You are a genius teacher Mr Pig. Now i have to play it in all 12 keys!

  • @ItadakiTontaro
    @ItadakiTontaro 6 лет назад +27

    Everytime I hear your intro I feel like I turned on the jazziest version of OoT.

  • @maryerickson4442
    @maryerickson4442 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love your voice and you can make anyone wanting to play jazz feel very comfortable about learning!! You are cute!!

  • @matrox
    @matrox 4 года назад +66

    I thought the Bass line sucked, until you added the accompaniment.

  • @mlggodzilla1567
    @mlggodzilla1567 4 года назад +19

    Synchopations like these haunts my nightmares....they feel like the last boss of a game where you are stuck at lvl 1

  • @elementrypenguin3116
    @elementrypenguin3116 3 года назад +9

    That Bbmaj7 is exhilarating in that chord sequence. Beautiful! Are you adding a 9th to each chord?

  • @crusaderrjm
    @crusaderrjm 5 лет назад +1

    Piano Pig is the best teacher of jazz!

  • @maximilianojimenez5254
    @maximilianojimenez5254 3 года назад +1

    Man i love your channel, Greetings from Mexico

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  3 года назад

      Thanks dude! I appreciate that :)

  • @ProfeARios
    @ProfeARios 6 лет назад +5

    Thank you so much for this great lesson!

  • @keithfeiring844
    @keithfeiring844 6 лет назад +1

    What walking baseline pattern should be used. In your other videos you clearly go through and state the patterns: 1,2,3,1/2 step 4, etc. This make it very clear. Appreciate it.

  • @xxdfoster
    @xxdfoster 2 года назад

    one of the best vids I've seen in a while

  • @Hj4a
    @Hj4a Год назад +1

    What I missed was learning how to construct a walking bass line, rather than copying one, though I suppose this is a start. Thanks for the video!

  • @krswhy
    @krswhy 4 месяца назад

    Very inspiring!
    Thank you for sharing.
    - Kris -

  • @Sean-jp5rm
    @Sean-jp5rm 4 года назад +8

    I've been working through this but realizing my hand independence is crap. Any tips/advice for being able to do the left hand on autopilot like that while playing chords in your right hand?

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  4 года назад +3

      Practice it separately until it feels comfortable, slow it right down, and check out my video on basic hand independence exercises: ruclips.net/video/4tZReJjGYLA/видео.html

  • @jonfudeman5360
    @jonfudeman5360 Год назад

    Great video, very helpful, well done, very clear, right length.

  • @sebastiantorrisi80
    @sebastiantorrisi80 3 года назад

    Thank you so much, I will do It every day, and you should know that I play keyboard jazz and blues with a master, my dream Is to become a master of jazz! And I will play with a band in a pub in Milano, in Italy!

  • @Yeyeyeyeyeyei
    @Yeyeyeyeyeyei 6 лет назад +18

    3:15

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE100 6 лет назад +16

    Thanks for the link.. I will be using it hopefully this week. I plan to put my most viewed in a play list called cleverly .. most viewed... I am also working on a most needed for beginners. I've posted some really good videos for beginners. Unfortunately people want fancy video editing.. I am different give me usable,, slow, reproducible methods. I like your videos, especially the ones with sheet music.. slowing it down. that's the way to go... saying the notes.. telling what's going on... that's important. I know it takes time to put an informative useful video together. it's appreciated.

  • @victoralfonssteuck
    @victoralfonssteuck 7 месяцев назад

    Lindo. Obrigado, amigo. Abracos do Brasil.

  • @alboumcinen5623
    @alboumcinen5623 6 лет назад +2

    Very nice video! Really looking forward to learn more of walking bass! This is so nice thank you!

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  6 лет назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed the video! Walking bass lines are so fun to play :)

    • @alboumcinen5623
      @alboumcinen5623 6 лет назад

      PianoPig Yeah Im already having lots of fun!

  • @bismarkaduakwah7309
    @bismarkaduakwah7309 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks you boss

  • @honeypie6338
    @honeypie6338 5 лет назад +4

    Great lesson! I've always wanted to play like this

  • @edamdiazvilla4068
    @edamdiazvilla4068 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you soooooo much.This is trully a blessing

  • @markbrier8717
    @markbrier8717 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you for your video. I've noticed the great jazz organists rarely move their hand much at all, not even an octave. Also they have this flick (usually the 5th) that no one seem to explain on youtube yet. Good idea for a video???

  • @Twinkle_Head1
    @Twinkle_Head1 5 лет назад +2

    I love this!
    Thank you

  • @manvicuk
    @manvicuk 2 года назад

    Useful. Thank you, Vic

  • @Carlos31416
    @Carlos31416 5 лет назад +6

    Sensational... Your tutorials, still the best available 🎶🏆

  • @saradelosreyes9440
    @saradelosreyes9440 3 года назад

    Thanks

  • @chachaman4980
    @chachaman4980 Год назад

    3 oinks for this lesson ! Thx

  • @davidricardosianipar5615
    @davidricardosianipar5615 4 года назад

    Thank you for the video...i hope you share other video tutorials...

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden 2 года назад +1

    I'm pigging out on Piano Pig.

  • @jacklong1656
    @jacklong1656 2 года назад

    Man I love this

  • @catbugparty
    @catbugparty 2 года назад +1

    1:23 for the base line

  • @NatandasTeclas
    @NatandasTeclas 11 месяцев назад

    magic

  • @andrewwright6893
    @andrewwright6893 3 года назад

    Brilliant lesson cheers

  • @leonardoernst4390
    @leonardoernst4390 3 года назад

    Thank you for this excellent exercise ! Great content, congrats !

  • @edrock26
    @edrock26 2 года назад

    Great tutorial!

  • @Aaron-yh1vf
    @Aaron-yh1vf 5 лет назад +4

    Great video!! Cm9 - F13 - Bbmaj9, Chords in the beginning incase anyone was interested ;p

  • @josephvasquez487
    @josephvasquez487 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks bro, your an awesome teacher.

  • @user-gn1bf6yu1t
    @user-gn1bf6yu1t 5 месяцев назад

    Nicely presented. Thank you. I do not have kbrd chops. If you had MIDI files that cover your playing in this video (and other similar videos), they would be helpful and useful as backing tracks to jam with for fun (no commercial use,) I'd purchase them. Just a thought (and a wish.)

  • @globalconcern4995
    @globalconcern4995 3 года назад

    Wow! Thank you.

  • @bobpommenville1990
    @bobpommenville1990 3 года назад

    Well explained! Patiently 👍

  • @duskboy02
    @duskboy02 4 года назад +4

    Great lesson.. Could you reveal what those first five chords of the intro are? Those are delicious. Thanks

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  4 года назад

      I made a video explaining how to play them actually! Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/x8J9CzSXrUE/видео.html

    • @duskboy02
      @duskboy02 4 года назад +1

      Fantastic, thank you!

  • @mircolagatta2906
    @mircolagatta2906 2 года назад

    Top ! 😎

  • @ErsaRamadhan
    @ErsaRamadhan 2 года назад

    Ahh ITS jazz time

  • @valeriamendoza7433
    @valeriamendoza7433 4 года назад

    Really great video! Thank you so much!

  • @mofebright218
    @mofebright218 Год назад

    Wonderful😊

  • @tubeo94
    @tubeo94 Месяц назад

    Ok i got some questions
    What is that A D Eb E G chord that leads to F and why it works so well?
    What is that Bb Eb E Ab chord that leads to Cm so well?

  • @nehyq1599
    @nehyq1599 5 лет назад

    Thanks a lot for great video lessons

  • @m.e44
    @m.e44 4 года назад +1

    Can anybody please tell me why he added a D note in the Cm7 and F7? The D note isnt in the Cm7 or F7.. can somebody please explain the theory behind adding the D in those first two chords.. thanks im a total noob in chord theory

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  4 года назад

      D is the 9th of Cm and it's the 13th of F7. So we're effectively turning these chords into a Cm9 and an F13.

  • @MixTop416
    @MixTop416 6 месяцев назад

    Cm7 0:54
    F7 0:58
    Bb MAJ7 1:03

  • @user-ut4hj7kc1t
    @user-ut4hj7kc1t 4 года назад +2

    You broke my mind with that D in F7 chord

  • @user-gi3ro9rm9k
    @user-gi3ro9rm9k 6 лет назад +16

    I saw you playing 9th chords when you wrote 7. Is there any time where I should or shouldn't do that?

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  6 лет назад +10

      Most chords in jazz are just written with a 7, but what this really means is any chord extension the player chooses to play.

    • @Davmm96
      @Davmm96 5 лет назад +1

      I would choose the extension depending on the melody notes.

    • @jenniferv
      @jenniferv 5 лет назад +1

      Wow that was jamming me up too! I'm not used to playing jazz or in Bb, so I was like...what?

    • @clevelandplonsey566
      @clevelandplonsey566 4 года назад +2

      The 9 is fair game in comping... usually and doesn’t clash with what a soloist expects but a Cmaj7 could be thought of as a C Ionian chord or a C Lydian chord like in My Favorite Things in it’s usual Gmajor (determine the mode based on the melody) if it’s a Cmaj7 evincing C Ionian then you shouldn’t extend the Cmaj7 past Cmaj9 to Cmaj9( #11) because that would imply C Lydian. Cmaj11 does describe C Ionian but the F and the E in Cmaj11 creates a difficult tension and the soloist will probably be avoiding the F which is generally a good safe option. However Cmaj9 is okay in both situations unless it contradicts the style you want to invoke at that moment in time- possibly Cmaj9 is too colorful and heavy and not simple enough for a raw blue but really all of music is subjective so unless you’re trying to play conventionally and expectedly you can do whatever you want

    • @user-gi3ro9rm9k
      @user-gi3ro9rm9k 4 года назад +1

      @@clevelandplonsey566 Wow, I remember writing that comment two years ago... It's been so long and I've learned so much now haha

  • @OneRequiem123
    @OneRequiem123 7 лет назад +2

    thanks man!

  • @tiffdeng1205
    @tiffdeng1205 4 года назад

    very helpful thank u!

  • @PRVWph
    @PRVWph 4 года назад

    thankyou mate!

  • @Joesire
    @Joesire Месяц назад

    Why does the F7 chord include a d instead of C?

  • @harryromenjest187
    @harryromenjest187 6 лет назад +1

    wow..this Is so challenging

  • @attiliohollige
    @attiliohollige 6 лет назад

    wonderful as usual

  • @josefranciscorojasluna3757
    @josefranciscorojasluna3757 Год назад

    i like

  • @matperino
    @matperino 3 года назад

    J'adore ! MERCI ♥

  • @jacksonamaral329
    @jacksonamaral329 5 лет назад

    Cool. I'll master it.

  • @thomasgale96
    @thomasgale96 5 лет назад

    most helpful channel on youtube

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks man! Happy to hear it 😀

  • @OutNaboutwithSwiift
    @OutNaboutwithSwiift 3 года назад +1

    Great lesson! Any tips for the hand independence? I can only get so far before they stop working

  • @ricplay7890
    @ricplay7890 2 года назад

    I love replacing that second Bb major 7 with the vi (G minor 7), creating a ii - V - I - vi progression.
    That said, my hand independence is basically non-existent. I realise thats the equivalent of skipping "leg day" for years 😭😭

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE100 6 лет назад

    measure two goes to B. which is a tritone..( is it for that reason) then a Bb triad up and down, then climbs chromatically in measure 4.. measure five looks like a C min triad.. I haven't watched yet.

  • @uwuplayz9915
    @uwuplayz9915 2 года назад

    Hi can i request something? Can you make that walking bass in dm7 g7 and c7? Please!

  • @edilsonboyna6576
    @edilsonboyna6576 5 лет назад

    Thanks!

  • @blusulubu1828
    @blusulubu1828 2 года назад

    At 0:54, why is it called Cm7 ? I understand that you play C with your left hand, but you also play the 9th on the right hand, so isn't it a Cm9 ?
    And at 0:58, same thing, and why do you play a D instead of the fifth, which should be a C ?

  • @trimutv
    @trimutv Год назад

    Niiiiiiice 😊😊😊

  • @xxpianoLPxx
    @xxpianoLPxx 2 года назад

    I don't get the chords, since i'm still a beginner. At the beginning the rootnote is played by the left hand, the "voicing" with the right hand. But with the CM7 he added a ninth, on the F7 he just replaced the fifth (C) with a D and also added a ninth. Would those chords then be a ninth chord? Is it just his kind of freedom to not write the 9 or did I miss something when it comes to chord nomenclature? If anyone knows, please help me :) I'm confused

  • @alexandersanchez4809
    @alexandersanchez4809 Год назад

    Is there a reason that you use the most convoluted keys? Why not stick to C major for us beginners?

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE100 6 лет назад

    This great love those eighth accents..

  • @rorysly906
    @rorysly906 6 лет назад +1

    Lovely solo and comp

  • @user-ze8zp8og2h
    @user-ze8zp8og2h 3 месяца назад

    What scale is this it?

  • @tobyrobloxmore8250
    @tobyrobloxmore8250 7 лет назад

    TY PP THIS IS WHAT I NEEDZ RIGHTZ NOWZ TY

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  7 лет назад

      Well that's good to know! :)

  • @matthewlussier1016
    @matthewlussier1016 3 года назад

    How do you know which chords to play to accompany the bass line

  • @obi-wankenobi4959
    @obi-wankenobi4959 Год назад

    What scale did you use to solo?

  • @masterkuukai6731
    @masterkuukai6731 6 лет назад

    Hi! I took a copy of your walking bass sample in this vid though I didn't follow the notated one. I followed the one you played :D

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  6 лет назад

      The notation is only there for people who like to have it, I personally think copying other people is the way to go! :)

  • @SavCorp
    @SavCorp 4 года назад +2

    _Ya like jazz?_

  • @SuxessHub
    @SuxessHub 6 лет назад

    Great!

  • @EricVornoff
    @EricVornoff 10 дней назад

    2:17

  • @junior365go
    @junior365go 6 лет назад

    can you also show a tutorial lesson on how to make R&B Chords and melody's? in fact, if you can, can you please demonstrate.

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  6 лет назад

      Good suggestion, I'll add it to my 'to-do' list :)

  • @edamdiazvilla4068
    @edamdiazvilla4068 5 лет назад

    I really would love it if you could find the time to give more lessons on the soloing as u did today.Thnk you Sir

  • @kaonashi4135
    @kaonashi4135 Год назад

    Very cool! It's hard for a beginner :(

  • @jonathangarcia7376
    @jonathangarcia7376 4 года назад

    What is the tempo for this

  • @zamianelliott5220
    @zamianelliott5220 4 года назад

    Thank you for this. Do you have 2 5 1 in all 12 keys exersise?

  • @thomasward3309
    @thomasward3309 4 года назад

    Autumn Leaves?

  • @cjheng27
    @cjheng27 6 лет назад +1

    The notes in C minor 7 are C, E flat, G, and B flat. But i noted you had played the notes D and E in the first measure which are outside of that chord.

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  6 лет назад +5

      Yes you are correct, but if walking bass lines were limited to chord tones only they would be very boring indeed! The D is actually the 9th of Cm so it could still be seen as a chord tone, and the E was just a chromatic passing note leading to F (the 1st of the next chord). Walking bass lines can play do anything and are certainly not restricted to chord tones, although the accented beats are are quite often chord tones. Hope this helps :)

    • @PIANOSTYLE100
      @PIANOSTYLE100 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah I play bass guitar sometimes. I do some walking base. I've noticed that real jazz players lay a lot of outside notes.. it's really hard to follow, but I would imagine the piano player falls right in step.. As they are country playing altered chords and scales. Which btw I just put up a very unique perfect piano whole tone scale that I made for myself and others. I am using it to try to obtain perfect pitch. I have all the white notes down. I used a free app called functional ear training. it's on play store.. I have had relative pitch from a child but had tried and tried to recognize notes.. failed.. untill I tried it.. I now can hit any white note with eyes blindfolded and know it.. I have never been able to do this. Also if any body wants to know I used an Android version of kinemaster to do that. Really enjoyed your playing here. I get your videos but I don't always comment. I am not to your level yet, but I enjoy what I do.

    • @gnefre
      @gnefre 5 лет назад

      yeah, also on the F7 he play D (4th) and on B flat play C (9th) 😉
      great stuff!

    • @southpark4151
      @southpark4151 2 года назад

      4 years later. That's what I just noticed as well. Cm7 should indeed be just C-Eb-G-Bb. I can see PP's extra notes below, which is nice. And also - F7 should be F-A-C-Eb, while the video shows F-A-Eb-D-G, where the 'C' is missing.

  • @StephaneDesire2
    @StephaneDesire2 3 года назад +1

    👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @bigsmoke7629
    @bigsmoke7629 2 года назад

    4:05

  • @kpec3
    @kpec3 4 года назад

    I wonder how i progress from here? Should I transpose this to other keys and re learn it?

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  4 года назад

      That would be a good idea! Or try to create your own walking bass line over a 251

    • @kpec3
      @kpec3 4 года назад

      @@Piano_Pig I have been working on this for some days now. I can do it against the drum machine jazz beat at 200. The problem I keep having is that I will play the first half of the first part, but for some reason, forget which one I'm on, and then play the 2nd half of the second pattern. Or vice versa. At 200, there's not much time to make a decision.

  • @mickberry164
    @mickberry164 5 лет назад

    Very nice bass line. Thanks. I'm trying to determine how to construct a bass line. Can you mention how to come up with one? I'd like to be able to make my own, rather than just copy.

    • @Piano_Pig
      @Piano_Pig  5 лет назад

      You need to spend lots of time transcribing bass lines, then you'll start to get an idea of how they are constructed.

    • @Kassiusday
      @Kassiusday 3 года назад

      @@Piano_Pig so at least for beginners like it gives me info that is important to take time to learn properly walking bass line concept from there it will be more easy since ... to walk ..,thank you great stuff !!!

  • @jordanscote
    @jordanscote 4 года назад

    Great tutorial! What scale are you using to solo at the end?

    • @clevelandplonsey566
      @clevelandplonsey566 4 года назад +2

      Bb Major. Or maybe it’s 3 modes enharmonically equivalent to Bb Ionian. all of the 251 Cmin7 F7 Bbmaj7 chords are diatonic to Bb major; the 251 is in Bb major. Although over the 25 he might’ve been playing in some kind of F and over the 2 he could have been playing in C Dorian and F mixolydian over F7, the 5- it could be interpreted that way, but these modes have different characters even though they are all the same set of notes which happen to complete Bb major. You’re not really playing the changes rigorously if you think about executing the Bb Ionian character over all three chords

    • @emirhanuzum1936
      @emirhanuzum1936 3 года назад +2

      @@clevelandplonsey566 Dude the fuck have you talked about, wish i could understand. cheers

  • @fabioalexjimenez5610
    @fabioalexjimenez5610 Год назад

    Áspero

  • @eliTUNE
    @eliTUNE 4 года назад

    How do you know what notes to hit for the right hand?

    • @marcoevans4349
      @marcoevans4349 3 года назад

      He's playing the chord tones notes of each passing chord in the solo. In this video he was playing a 251 in Bb major, so he was playing the notes in BbMaj, FMaj and Cmin (in addition to other nuances). Hope helps

  • @rickydisanto5335
    @rickydisanto5335 3 года назад

    F7 shouldn't be F A C Eb G?

  • @yamsang0__0
    @yamsang0__0 5 лет назад +7

    Very helpful but maybe do it in key of C for simplicity😂