Walking Bass Line Theory Basics

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

Комментарии • 131

  • @jcandeli
    @jcandeli 5 лет назад +26

    I almost feel guilty for not paying for this valuable information. One of the most valuable videos I've found on youtube.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  5 лет назад +3

      Thank you!

    • @venusspacey9685
      @venusspacey9685 Год назад

      I respect this comment. I hate to see people complain about anything that's free musically. Valuable musical content should be appreciated enough to want to pay for life changing gems. Since it's free, people should humble themselves and see why they everyone reason to respect and value the free knowledge giving to us, by individuals in put in years of shedding and studying music.

  • @joldisyri8936
    @joldisyri8936 2 года назад +1

    I also would like to mention that you’re the ONLY person who’s been able to explain walking bass note choice. Thank you so much, professor! You are gods gift to bass players

  • @YarnabashYT
    @YarnabashYT 4 года назад

    It's the best walking Bass lesson I found, thank you!

  • @heleneverdier1044
    @heleneverdier1044 7 лет назад +2

    Since I didn't want to read notes again, you're a wise guy, you made me do it without so much efforts in my daily practice. Thanks for the great quality of your bass sessions.

  • @lars5682
    @lars5682 4 года назад +1

    I know how to play walking bass but I need a nudge to improve my vocabulary. This is by far the most valuable video on walking bass lines that I have ever seen on RUclips. And I have looked a lot.
    Thank you Chris!

  • @philparker97
    @philparker97 9 лет назад +1

    Excellent - there are many theory books that take this approach, but your explanation, visual examples and practical demonstrations, transform this theory into a more understandable lesson that can be easily understood and retained - great work!

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  9 лет назад

      +philparker97 Thank you! Don't forget to download the PDF if you find it helpful: 2014.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf

    • @philparker97
      @philparker97 9 лет назад +1

      +Chris Fitzgerald - Downloaded, thanks again!

  • @charleskrutzen94
    @charleskrutzen94 7 лет назад +2

    This is a great addition to Ed Friedland's book "Building Walking bass lines", I'm working on right now. It explains a lot more, because Ed's book doesn't go a lot into the theory, but its purpose is more practical.

  • @maxbanned6103
    @maxbanned6103 8 лет назад

    The best walking bass lesson ever!

  • @wk1911
    @wk1911 11 лет назад +4

    Thanks Chris, your lessons have been invaluable, I've learned so much following your lessons and my understanding of the Bass has greatly improved. You're the best!!!

  • @Kostas3192
    @Kostas3192 9 лет назад +1

    Thanks for taking the time for making these lessons. For us that we cannot have access to a music university, or even private lessons, such complete videos are much more helpful that you could imagine. I like also your approach to music, depending on the comments you do.
    Cheers from Greece!

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  9 лет назад +1

      +Kostas3192 It's always great to hear comments like this from across the world. The possibility of reaching people like you and those you describe is one of the big reasons I started this series. Thanks for weighing in, and enjoy!

  • @woutervonk3933
    @woutervonk3933 2 года назад

    This is truly an amazing and clear lesson, thank you so much

  • @MichaelFClef
    @MichaelFClef 5 лет назад +2

    'Love your teaching style. You gave me a few real Light Bulb moments in this tutorial. Thank you.

  • @antoniotomei788
    @antoniotomei788 Год назад

    Grazie per questo generoso contributo...non è da tutti. Complimenti.

  • @christopherolivo6787
    @christopherolivo6787 9 лет назад

    Thanks for the videos on walking bass lines. I've been playing guitar for three years and have been wanting to learn how to play walking bass lines. Most video tutorials just show you how or what notes to play for a specific song, not why those where chosen. This cleared things up completely. It all makes perfectly good sense now. Again, thanks!

  • @jcsk8
    @jcsk8 9 лет назад +2

    I´ll watch and practice this (and other videos) every day till I can play goods walking lines. A big thanks!

  • @SteveSam66
    @SteveSam66 7 лет назад +1

    Chris, Thanks for putting the time and effort into such an informative lesson.

  • @normanw.5725
    @normanw.5725 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for this wonderful and incredible profound series on Walking Bass. It really helped me alot!!

  • @Stereosichtgeraet
    @Stereosichtgeraet 6 лет назад +2

    Now that was an amazing lesson!!!! Thank you very much! Im new to walking bass (although i play jazz as a drummer for a very long time now) and that very well described some of the things i heard in my head and didn't know how to get there or why they'd make sense. Cool!

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  6 лет назад

      Great to hear! I'm always glad when people find these videos to be useful. :)

  • @tradiebounce3620
    @tradiebounce3620 4 года назад

    Thank you so much Chris. It's a wonderful sharing. Solid gift!!

  • @drpsychikosa2739
    @drpsychikosa2739 8 лет назад +1

    Thank you for making this.It clarified a lot for me and confirmed some stuff I had somehow already absorbed. Off to watch part 2 now!

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  8 лет назад

      Thanks! That's what I love to hear. Please share if you think it would help anyone you know.

  • @Beassagra
    @Beassagra 9 лет назад

    Currently banging out the walking bass series. As an intermediate player but a beginner to jazz walking bass, I have a lot to practice. Very educational. One of the biggest challenge now is how to make a walking bass line for Sweet Georgia Brown where there are a couple of sections that is a one chord for 4 bars. Thanks once again.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  9 лет назад

      +Beassagra When a chord lasts 4 bars, it's usually better to not outline the root at the top of every bar. One easy way around this is to target the 5th on the second and fourth bars of a four bar section with only one chord. So instead of thinking "F7.../ F7.../ F7.../ F7.../ Bb7" etc., you can play as though the chart reads "F7.../ F7/C.../ F7.../ F7/C.../ Bb7 etc." This gives the line a little variety while still having a clear target for each bar.

    • @Beassagra
      @Beassagra 9 лет назад +1

      +Chris Fitzgerald I was trying to apply it using chordal tones, it's like a solo-type walk. Thank you so much for your reply.

  • @jefferywhite4830
    @jefferywhite4830 8 лет назад +1

    Chris, thanks for putting such a well made and thought out video out there for those of us folks who are looking to take our bass playing to a new level!
    Just had to hit Subscribe!

  • @spaghettigod9943
    @spaghettigod9943 9 лет назад +2

    Absolutely fantastic I can't thank you enough for your channel!!!

  • @filipedecastro4718
    @filipedecastro4718 2 года назад +1

    Strong content! Thank you Professor

  • @dalcon555
    @dalcon555 8 лет назад +3

    i am so happy I found this. you rock, dude.

  • @robertgloverjr
    @robertgloverjr 10 лет назад +1

    Excellent! Thanks so much. Learning so much from your fantastic lessons.

  • @k.scotsparks9247
    @k.scotsparks9247 8 лет назад

    ..classic, exemplary stuff - in both form and content.
    ; thanks so much, Chris!

  • @OllieFearn
    @OllieFearn 9 лет назад +4

    I've been looking for a video like this for so long, good job!

  • @michaeljackson8180
    @michaeljackson8180 8 лет назад

    yeaaahhh!!! Loving it and the material is presented in a way that players at all levels can get a lot from it.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  8 лет назад

      Thank you! Please share with anyone who might get something from it. :)

  • @joelbassboy
    @joelbassboy 9 лет назад +1

    Awesome Lesson man I love the clarity in information its definitely great!

  • @MrFireblade67
    @MrFireblade67 9 лет назад +2

    Thanks for this lesson. As a mature person learning to play the double bass, I have stumbled on this just at the right time! Whilst I appreciated how some notes are chromatic and obviously the use of chord tones, this lesson has really cleared up my understanding of the term, "diatonic" and chromatic. I now can see much more clearly how I can construct a walking bass line, and now my fear of seeing two different chords within a measure, has vanished, as I see that my choice of notes to select has in fact simplified! My only question, as someone who is not currently having a tutor, is this; When I want to provide a solid bass line to a composition, where I have the chords alone written down as they will be played. Should I be attempting to improvise my choices from the off, or should I sit and manually write a bass line practice it, and then commit it to memory? I struggle at this stage to have any degree of speed in sighting a chord, for example G7 and simply knowing it's component notes off the bat. I assume practice is the only way to "internalise" this sort of stuff, but is it sensible in the early days, to stick to writing out the lines and thus making sure you actually play something that is musically acceptable, or improvise and risk hitting wrong notes through inexperience?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  9 лет назад +1

      +MrFireblade67 It's like any language - it may be useful to write things down in the beginning, but after a while, it will start to happen on the fly before you even have a chance to think about it.

  • @davyboyo
    @davyboyo 3 года назад

    Chris I've just discovered your videos and website and I've been enjoying learning from you. I've just picked up a p bass and and enjoying the dive into jazz and bass more broadly.
    I saw on your list of albums you consider to be part of your DNA was included Gould's later recording of the Goldberg variations. This happens to be my current monogamy project and if you haven't checked out Jean rondeaus performance (easily viewed here on RUclips), I'd have to recommend it as sublime. He is also a really fantastic jazz player and all round thinker.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  3 года назад

      Dav - thanks for the heads up! I will check that out. And thanks for watching... reaching people is what the whole channel is all about.

  • @LynnSeatonBass
    @LynnSeatonBass 11 лет назад

    Another excellent video in the series Chris! Keep up the great work!

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  11 лет назад

      Lynn - thanks so much! It means a lot coming from one of my great bass role models and mentors. Much of the stuff I present in these videos I learned sitting at the feet of you and Rufus and John at the camps.

  • @fabianmartin7126
    @fabianmartin7126 11 лет назад +1

    This is excellent stuff, Chris! Thanks for sharing this great work!

  • @tc228888
    @tc228888 10 лет назад +1

    Chris ...Thank you for pointing me to the WALKING BASS LINE THEORY BASICS . I am in awe of the latitude a bass player has in constructing the bass line. You mention the NEXT video which will address multiple measures of the same chord and how the bassist might approach that ...and that next video is ?? Also, where might I get the PDF files ? Again thank you for these very informative videos.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  10 лет назад

      There's a discussion thread over at Talkbass (here - www.talkbass.com/threads/new-jazz-bass-video-tutorial-series.891553/page-11 ) where you can download the PDF until my new site is built. As for the next walking bass video, it will be about walking bass over longer harmonic rhythm. It will probably be done in the fall. In the meantime, I'm planning the beginning of a smaller series of technique featuring pizzicato etudes from the Bach cello suites that will include PDF of the arrangement, fingerings, and articulation.

  • @purpleyes2882
    @purpleyes2882 3 года назад

    Amazing lesson. Thanks.
    Steve

  • @CamusRodas
    @CamusRodas 10 лет назад +1

    Hi I'm from Ecuador I remeber you visit my university and give some master class unfortunately I coudnt go to your class, its great how simplify information, I hope some tips for improve my time feel or swing feel i had terrific troubles with that, Greetings from Ecuador

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  10 лет назад

      Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep that in mind for future videos.

  • @mindofown
    @mindofown 9 лет назад +1

    Excellent thankyou from Perth Australia

  • @zagortriplex100
    @zagortriplex100 7 лет назад +2

    I'm a guitarist, great work. Thanks!

  • @bassladywarren5154
    @bassladywarren5154 11 лет назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this amazing info

  • @comunidadcatolicaenelpozod3385
    @comunidadcatolicaenelpozod3385 9 лет назад +9

    VERY GOOD VIDEO. I DO NOT SPEAK ENGLIS. I LEARNED A LOT WHIT YOUR VIDEO

  • @kgrewen99
    @kgrewen99 11 лет назад +1

    This shed so much light for me. Will definitely be working on it. Is the PDF available on your website? Thank you, and I very much look forward to future videos.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  11 лет назад

      Kevin - it's not up yet, but I'll have it done soon. Thanks for tuning in!

  • @bobburrell170
    @bobburrell170 2 года назад +1

    Could you please send me the pdf for this excellent tutorial - thanks!

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  2 года назад

      Sure. All the supporting documents for the video series can be found on my website on the "Educational Videos" under the playlist window. Here's the PDF for this video: chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf

    • @bobburrell170
      @bobburrell170 2 года назад

      @@chrisfitzgerald8356 Many thanks Chris - excellent!

  • @grampzstillkickin7252
    @grampzstillkickin7252 9 лет назад +1

    Excellent tutorial
    Thank you Thank you

  • @TheGodlessGuitarist
    @TheGodlessGuitarist 9 лет назад +1

    Great instructional! Thank you. Looking forward to seeing the slower harmonic rhythm material.
    Is Bebop a legitimate way to play Maj 7 and Dominant 7 chords on bass? I'm thinking of the major and dominant bebop scales and the way they emphasize chord tones on down beats.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  9 лет назад

      +TheGodlessGuitarist Thanks for the positive feedback!
      I don't want to open a can of worms, but I'm not a big believer in the notion of "chord scales", which I find to be much like thinking particles of grammar while attempting to speak. In the case of those two commonly taught scales, they are just major and dominant scales with chromatic passing tones inserted. Rather than learn them "scales", i would have students learn the principle behind chromatic passing tones so that they can then center any line on a chord tone any time they feel it appropriate. Hope that sales sense!

    • @TheGodlessGuitarist
      @TheGodlessGuitarist 9 лет назад

      Chris Fitzgerald
      I think I'm going to have to ponder the 'particles of grammar' idea. I'm a lead guitar player so this is a whole different way of thinking to me.
      As I understand it the bebop scales are more than regular scales. The chromatic notes are added so that they create what you refer to as harmonic rhythm, i.e. the 1, 3, 5 and 6* falling on down beats and 2, 4, #5 and 7 falling on up beats. *The major bebop scale does have the effect of making the 6th degree one of the chord tones and causing the 7th to become an approach note (to the tonic at least), which seems to deviate from what you are teaching (that I have seen so far at least). So this is different to just improvising with scale notes, the purpose is to get chord tones in the right place in the rhythm which seems to be the core of what you are teaching. Maybe it's too much thinking. Is that what you are getting at?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  9 лет назад

      +TheGodlessGuitarist Sort of. What I was getting at is that when I'm soloing, I'm never trying to play scales, but rather trying to play melodies. So for me, the bebop "scales" are kind of worthless except insofar as they remind me that chromatic tones inserted into any line can help me land on chord tones on strong beats. I almost never play an entire scale from top to bottom in a row while improvising, so having a "scale" that keeps my line centered doesn't help me very much. Understanding that if my line is going to get me to the chord tone I want to reach early unless I insert a passing tone, on the other hand, is an extremely useful concept.
      Does that make sense?

    • @TheGodlessGuitarist
      @TheGodlessGuitarist 9 лет назад +1

      Chris Fitzgerald
      Thanks Chris. I think that helps. I will have to ponder it and play with it on the instrument to bring it home. I'm so used to the security of scales that this is challenging. Inserting passing tones isnt an issue for me, but harmonic rhythm is tougher. There is a deliberateness, if that is a word, that I am not used to here. I'm going to plow on with part 2 as I think that is where I'll get to grips with with the fundamentals that transfer between bass and lead guitar quite well. Melody on bass is a new concept for me too. Is this guitarism, like racism, at work? lol

  • @paullivingstone640
    @paullivingstone640 9 лет назад +2

    great lesson man!

  • @Lutemann
    @Lutemann 7 лет назад

    Great videos! BTW, what do you think of correcting a bad non-diatonic whole step approach tone by filling it in chromatically? For example the F7 to the Dm7 going E, Eb, D in eighth notes. This could be done on the fly.

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  7 лет назад

      Thanks! I think that chromatic motion always sound logical, but I would have to hear the feel of the 8th notes being played between the F and the D - it's possible it could sound good, but it could also disrupt the flow of the quarter note line.

  • @Hiphopdabop
    @Hiphopdabop 3 года назад

    Was the reading material previously posted ?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  3 года назад +1

      It's posted on my website here: www.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf Thanks for watching!

  • @dujeoffice
    @dujeoffice 7 лет назад

    Thank you for this video

  • @ddaddybass
    @ddaddybass 11 лет назад

    Thanks so much for sharing Chris. Looking forward to future videos. What is you Talkbass username?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  11 лет назад

      Same name as here - I'm a site admin over there. My avatar there is the same as here as well. :)

  • @davetuttle9701
    @davetuttle9701 4 года назад

    I'd love a PDF of this

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  4 года назад

      Hi Dave - the pdf can be found here; www.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf Cheers!

    • @davetuttle9701
      @davetuttle9701 4 года назад

      @@chrisfitzgerald8356
      Thank you very much!

  • @CMoeGreen
    @CMoeGreen 7 лет назад

    How do I get a PDF of this lesson, and was this lesson taken from a book?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  7 лет назад

      Hi Irving - the PDF for this video can be found as a link from this page of my website, directly under the playlist window: www.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/videos/educational-videos/
      It is not from a book, as i decided to make these videos instead of publishing a book. Thanks for watching!

  • @ddaddybass
    @ddaddybass 11 лет назад

    Hey Chris, what text are you working here?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  11 лет назад +1

      The text is some material I've been working on for a while now. At some point it may turn into a bass book, but, rather than go the traditional publishing route at this point of information upheaval I've decided to begin publishing online in a new format that mixes traditional text with video. Still experimenting with it and trying to keep up with the changes of the new order of things.

  • @houbice3
    @houbice3 5 лет назад

    Can anyone make lesson how to walk over just one chord all over the whole neck?

  • @brandiethrift4140
    @brandiethrift4140 3 года назад

    Hello sir, do you have the lessons on pdf?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  3 года назад

      The text for this video is available for free on my website. let me go find the link...here it is: www.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf

  • @joldisyri8936
    @joldisyri8936 2 года назад

    Could I please have the pdf to all of these chapters? I’m sitting here going little by little writing everything haha

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  Год назад

      The PDFs I have available are all on the "Educational Videos" page of my website under the player window for the series in question.

  • @mathhhias42
    @mathhhias42 8 лет назад

    whats the opening tune?? great stuff btw

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  8 лет назад

      Just a walking line on the changes to I Got Rhythm. You can find the transcription for it in the Walking Bass Line Examples and Analysis video here: ruclips.net/video/rpqrUJyqmnI/видео.html

  • @goldsmithstrings6842
    @goldsmithstrings6842 6 лет назад

    Enchanting

  • @buckandotis
    @buckandotis 11 лет назад +1

    is the notation to your intro available?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  11 лет назад

      Not yet, but it will be analyzed in the next video, so i can make it available then.

  • @Mark2Roll
    @Mark2Roll 10 лет назад +1

    thanx...great lassons

  • @nickwells236
    @nickwells236 8 лет назад

    Where can we get the PDF?

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  8 лет назад

      Sorry i missed this! The PDF is available on my site here: 2014.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Walking-Bass-Line-Theory-Basics-PDF-File.pdf

  • @cultydj6461
    @cultydj6461 10 лет назад +1

    Thanks

  • @saeroner
    @saeroner 9 лет назад +1

    Thank you

  • @painter1955
    @painter1955 9 лет назад +1

    This approach to developing lines has liberated me from the brainwashing arpeggio approach. Thanks

  • @relaxalex7537
    @relaxalex7537 4 года назад

    13:06 13:55

  • @Mitsuhirato.
    @Mitsuhirato. 3 года назад

    A quand une traduction française ?

  • @carlospinto1865
    @carlospinto1865 7 лет назад +1

    friend it is seen that is a good material ... but we would like to translate it! ... into Spanish

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  7 лет назад

      I would love to have it translated into Spanish.... not really sure how to do it though.... any ideas?

    • @carlospinto1865
      @carlospinto1865 7 лет назад

      transcribe everything you say in English, and I can help you with the translation into Spanish and even French...regards
      Chris..

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  7 лет назад

      Most of what i say in this video is what is written on the text on the screen. Are you talking about subtitles? I'm not sure where they would even go on the screen in this video...but in the larger sense, having the possibility of Spanish translations is appealing!

    • @carlospinto1865
      @carlospinto1865 7 лет назад

      Chris, good morning! ...
      well but there is an introduction that you do, that is not subtitled if you can transcribe it would be good ... as I already indicated I can help you to perform the translation ... and do not hesitate is a great opportunity that this material you can to the Spanish, the chances of you having more visits would be infinite .... I encourage you brother, lucky! ...

    • @chrisfitzgerald8356
      @chrisfitzgerald8356  6 лет назад

      Sorry, did not see this reply. If you are still interested in this project, please contact me at bassfitzgerald@yahoo.com

  • @weeweedup
    @weeweedup 8 лет назад

    Or you could just play it because you felt it.

  • @MrCavityMan
    @MrCavityMan 5 лет назад

    Not a promising start when the first example is played incorrectly