View post (Walking basslines)

View thread

chris mood
High Bandwidth
Joined: 08/31/01
Posts: 1,319
chris mood
High Bandwidth
Joined: 08/31/01
Posts: 1,319
11/13/2001 6:28 pm
Always try to connect to the next chord from a whole step or half step
ex; (A-)A B C E (D7) D C B A (GMAJ7) G F# G A B A G G#
Always put the comp on beats 1 & 3
outline chord tones with chromatics

When my teacher was showing me this technique he had me learn bass lines from a Ron Carter book and apply the chord stabs to them, sort of a backwards appraoch from how a guitarist usually thinks.