Essential Walking Bass Line Patterns

[@glenfair5272]

Electric bassist here but I find your lessons very informative anyway. Thanks a lot!

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks Glen, I really appreciate that :-)

[@alfberger3150]

Same here :)

[@ThePotHeadSunbro]

I use to play double bass then switch to bass guitar. It actually not that different, you have harmonics on both, you think same when comes theory, the biggest change is just how you hold it and slap for bg

[@williamking5231]

Great lesson, superb bass playing and what a tremendous full / round / warm sound... awesome.

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks so much ☺️

[@hahabass]

Geoff, you are a freakin' legend! Such good teaching points and your delivery is so easy going and inspiring. Tempted to do your course, I have to say. Hats off, mate.

[@Mickamo]

Thank you! Finally just a nice simple pattern I can use to start practicing some walking basslines, I’m a rockabilly/bluegrass bassist but I still find jazz skills very important and obviously they translate to other genres

[@lhacker39]

Love listening to that walking bass.

[@SomeoneNamedNatasha]

LOVE THIS ty, I’m a sophomore in highschool involved in my schools Jazz Program

[@BeowulfKingsley]

This is such useful information! I'm really glad I found both your KZbin presence and your website.

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. :-)

[@lawrencelevinson]

Awesome, thanks Jeff!

[@mellowwind1731]

I don't actually play base at all but I wanted to use a walking base line for one of my beats and this helped me right it. ty for the great video :3

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks for watching 👍🎶

[@Enderrock424]

*bass

[@randyr.6856]

Geoff, thought I play only electric bass currently, your explanation of good patterns for this chord structure is very helpful. Thanks for the clear lesson.

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks for watching Randy, cheers Geoff :-)

[@sidneybarrett8941]

Randy, if you have any intention of taking up the upright, do it now and don't wait til you're 60 like I did.

[@rubengarza8434]

Having the 🎶 Fly me to the moon 🎶 sheet music makes jammin along with him at the end pretty awesome

[@evelynyturralde4113]

Great lesson and clear explanation. I play the piano but I enjoyed this lesson -- thanks!

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

You're very welcome! :-)

[@johnbarham7718]

Every day is a school day. I wish my bass teacher had told me about your system in 1960 when I started. I'm still playing,(any type of music inc. classical) but now I have another tool in the kit for my walking numbers..

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

I'm glad it helped :-)

[@johnbarham7718]

@@DiscoverDoubleBass very much thank you.

[@benoitdelarochefordiere8653]

Thanks for this lesson, from France. 👍🏼

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Glad you liked it! :-)

[@structlightning]

thank you! i have a jazz audition in like 6 days and i had no idea it would be like this

[@ElsonA9]

great tutorial video thank you

[@alexandrafisher3614]

Pretty fabulous lesson! Thank you!

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Glad you liked it! :-)

[@samnon8686]

this video was really helpful, especially since I'm a beginner and I'm trying to get into my school's jazz band

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it and I hope the band is going well :-)

[@hahabass]

TOTALLY loved the lesson. Above head some of the time, but loved it all the same. Looks like I'm gonna have to sign up?!?!

[@DenisDeS-Pb]

Great and Simple!

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Glad you like it, thanks for watching :-)

[@davetuttle9701]

Excellent 👍

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks Dave, I really appreciate that.

[@charleskrutzen94]

Thanks a lot, Geoff, for these very useful tips! I'll start playing with them right away (on the fretless horizontal electric with headphones on, because my neighbours are asleep ;-) )

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Hey Charles, great to hear you enjoyed the lesson and I hope the fretless is going well :-)

[@MatsDagerlind]

Could you explanin the theory behind playing the minor second on a flatted/diminished fifth chord, like the Am7b5 here? And could you also tell what to play on a chord with a raised/augmented fifth, e.g. a A7#5?

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Hi Mats, the Aminor 7b5 chord is derived from the Lorcian mode which has a b9, b7. It's also the II chord in the minor II V I progression. With augmented you have a few options, but I like the altered scale which is also know as super locrian or diminished whole tone. It's the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale. I hope that helps, cheers Geoff

[@Freakenbacker]

Amazing

[@jasonfowler9293]

Excellent!

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Many thanks for watching!

[@FionaDrAdler]

Great! Thanks!

[@francisodonnellsmith2352]

Geoff! This collection of videos is brilliant, the free stuff is so useful. As a beginner bassist I'm considering starting one of your paid courses. Out of interest, do you know of any similar platform online that is as detailed as what you're doing here with bass learning for piano learning? Any info is much appreciated. Thanks for all the videos! :D

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you're enjoying the lessons. I don't know of a similar site for piano which I would recommend, but I bet there are several.

[@aravindshandilya4650]

Good video! Appreciate it a lot.

[@DanielLizzama]

Thanks. It is very professional!

[@dujeoffice]

great video

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks for watching Duje :-)

[@holgerschulz701]

Thanks, very good !

[@nathanielthompson1114]

Very, good.

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Levi35821]

wie is hier voor de muziekles?

[@freekandeweg6058]

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[@donaldswan1587]

Are you playing with steel strings Geoff?

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

I think in this video they are Evah Pirazzi weichs, but I can't remember for sure. At the moment I have Sprio weichs and I tend to go between those two sets.

[@henrygoering6940]

Great video! I'm still stumped on syncing with my jazz band at school because I still get my bass lines mixed up and I play mine too fast or I play mine too slow. Any advice?

[@michaelannen4168]

Thx, what I do is think "fly me to the moon" up and down

[@ElectricBoogaloo007]

Can we call you Superintendent Chalmers?

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Yes :-)

[@legolwa]

link to course is broken.

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Sorry about that and thanks for the heads up. We are having a few problems with the links, but here's a correct version: courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/creating-walking-bass-lines

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Jayvee Robrigado how’d it go man

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We're still waiting

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[@mzens1]

Killin.

[@mycofairbanks3321]

I just came to look at your bass. Nice lesson though.

[@kenmorley2339]

Looks like a young William Gaunt .

[@johnnypena1083]

I got confused when he said play down since he didn’t use any note names.

[@joharhussain2987]

Why does my man look constipated 😅

[@garcia9903]

Why does it sound like fly me to the moon. The one Michael Buble sang? Am I the only one? Update: nevermind he said it already 😂