Learn Your Chord Tones! | Autumn Leaves Walking Bass Lesson

[@charlesmyers8150]

I have a question. How can I put together chord progressions to use this chord tone method. Or, must I use already written chord progressions until I am familiar enough to alter , arrange and adapt them to make my own progressions?

[@JaredPlane]

I'm not sure I fully understand your question. This method can be applied to any jazz standard you're working on, but it does work very well with tunes that have chords that progress through the circle of fourths (like Autumn Leaves and All The Things You Are). That being said, you can certainly apply it to your own tunes, and tunes that have uncommon chord progressions. It may take some more care and thought to make the transitions between the arpeggios smooth. Hope this helps.

[@charlesmyers8150]

@@JaredPlane Thanks for the reply! You mention the circle of fourths and that was a very good pointer in the right direction. 👍

[@Fwhole]

The main goal of this exercise is to familiarise yourself with the chord tones and voice leading in any given standard. So it's best applied to tunes that you are learning.

[@VivekBhatt]

Dude thank you!! What my private tutor failed to show me in 4 months, you explained it well in 2 minutes!! Respect from 🇨🇦

[@kevmac1230]

A great lesson.I have played bass for many years but I always welcome any pointers for walking as it's one of the most important areas in bass.Thanks,gave you a sub.

[@enricoandrini4453]

Genius pattern! This simple ex. open your mind on arpeggios and voice leading which is in my opinion best important skill to achieve in walkin', that's reasonable considering what you want when you play is 1 be consistent cause you're the bass 2 play melodies cool, you're the bass. Also if you play some tunes it will be repetitive, same harmonic pattern and chords in all tonalities should be mastederd without too much costs

[@charlesmyers8150]

Great lesson. Always educational and very useful. I am learning so much from your easy to understand lessons. Thank you.

[@carltaylor4942]

Thank you very much for this. I'm just getting into walking bass and I've written lines for Autumn Leaves using various formulas like root-fifth, root-second-third-approach note, etc, but they all go up and down haphazardly. They don't sound all that smooth. This approach solves that problem! Can't wait to get started! Also seems like a really good way to learn all the chord tones for all chords. A big thank you!

[@blindsfitvince2443]

Really good. I am a piano player and get your explanation as its simple and straightforward. Thanks 🙂

[@sergiolopes-m6j]

Very good, Im learning from you. Thank you

[@donvape336]

Thank you. This is great

[@RootsBassCanada]

Thank you. Love it!

[@ErixSamson]

super useful. I totally understand the concepts, but I'd need seriousd practice.

[@lalangwiebie5038]

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[@jimh77]

Hey, what happened to step 5? Seriously, very clear and helpful explanation. Thanks for making this video.

[@JaredPlane]

There's an Easter egg in the video about step 5...

[@captmulch1]

Good one Jared. My problem at the moment is I move all over the fretboard - I can see the chord shapes/tones but need to work on staying in one position - I'm OK if I'm just reading a written bass line, but if I just have a lead sheet I tend to move around too much. There's work to be done!!!

[@bassomatic6055]

I agree chord tones are essential, but used in this seesaw manner makes the line a bit too predictable. I would mix in some 2 bar ascents and descents, some chromatic approaches on beat 4 as well as permutations on the sequence to give a weave effect. Having said all that, this is a brilliant way to get started learning a tune as well as your instrument.

[@lowedahlgren7293]

I have one question, sometimes when you play the arpeggio of for example C-7 you play Eb and not E as the third. Why are you doing that? I mean, then it’s not the arpeggio anymore. Or am I wrong?

[@JaredPlane]

The dash in C-7 signifies a minor seventh chord. You may be confusing it with C7 which has an E natural and a Bb.

[@lowedahlgren7293]

@@JaredPlane thank you!

[@embodiedconducting]

You mention voice leading, and I hear some instances of good voice leading, but your transitions frequently do not follow voice leading rules. For example, in ms. 9-10 you transit from Cm7 to F7 by moving from Bb (the 7th fo Cm) to C (the 5th of F). You do the same in ms. 17-18.

[@JaredPlane]

Exactly

[@Sonny.O]

Why Sam Jones play D7 like D minor on bar 53 ?

[@theamericandream1296]

Why does he look so suspicious of me

[@IBoughtItMyself]

We’re all onto you, pal

[@bojro33]

Are you allowed to play Jazz on a 5 string? 😜