Jazz Standards, Walking Bass & Chart Reading (Autumn Leaves)

[@timbrown60]

Best Autumn leaves lesson on KZbin

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! I'll be doing more chart/standard lessons because it's a good skill to have.

[@maxonmendel5757]

this is a perfect video for me. long time rock and worship bassist, wanting to learn jazz standards and a django playing friend of mine recommended autumn leaves

[@timkossmusic8754]

This is the real stuff on jazz bass. I've spent 50+ years using these same ideas and charts - and had a lot of fun!

[@mifflinfinity]

This is one of the best tutorials covering the theory of walking bass lines I’ve ever seen.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! Think I’m going to do another one soon.

[@stevieffs]

Thanks, Dan. You seem to have the balance right between making sure you cover everything at this level and not overwhelming us with information.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks. I know there's still a lot there so I'll break it down in upcoming lessons.

[@m500987]

Thank you Dan. I played pop music acoustic guitar for many years, but did not dig deep enough on theory. Learning bass guitar with theory to open up to new types of music…specifically jazz. Your teaching style is great !

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much!

[@LeftiBassist]

Great follow-up to 'Creating Basslines Over A Chord Progression.' Both are really helping.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

This was actually unrelated to that video but I've got loads more on my channel like that original one.

[@victorbest5541]

This is great. I have the Autumn Leaves version in G and having followed your lesson all I have to do is follow the Arpegio shapes and everything falls to hand in fourths. Simply great. This coupled with your lessons on Major Apegios, minor, Pentatonics and Blues chords and Arpegios is such a fantastic help with playing Bass. I'm hoping to play Bass in a concert band, they play from manuscript and I find sight reading and knowing where I am on the neck is difficult but these lessons help with position playing. In any case I just love your lessons, makes me eager to go and practice my Bass. Great, keep up the good work.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Victor!

[@terryadams4598]

Love these lessons on jazz standards. Please keep them coming. Thanks

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Will do, Terry - thanks.

[@brynyowannatkinson2915]

Fantastic lesson as always, clear, precise, and no nonsense!! This may sound a little strange, coming from a blues/rock background, but I was secretly a Blues Brother fan, got into your book Soul, RnB & Motown, which I’ve always wanted to play. Now here’s the weird bit... from applying the lessons from the book I’ve now got shed loads of Soul, RnB, Motown and Funk tracks down. By pure chance I got to re-hear Van Morrison’s Moondance, hooked and came straight to your channel. Since I subscribed to your channel I’ve gone through a musical transformation, Blues-Rock-Soul-RnB-Motown-I can now sight read-writing my own chord charts, and my knowledge and playing ability, despite losing feeling, in a finger or two, of my fretting hand, has gone to a level I never thought I’d reach. Phew, this has been a “Wham bang thank you ma’m” rollercoaster ride. Down to you Dan, thank you!!! Right I’m off, where did I put my P bass...

[@OnlineBassCourses]

It’s down to your hard work and desire to learn. Keep it up!

[@jamkirton1]

As a intermediate saxophone player, learning bass guitar, this was a great lesson, especially for the jazz players. Thank you. 🙂👍🏽

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks for watching! I'll do a few more.

[@fonkamex]

Good teacher! Thanks

[@mtmeinardiful]

Love it!

[@joannmannello9158]

this is a good one Dan!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Joann. 🙏

[@Erik1970Viking]

excellent .. thank you ! I was looking for advice to improve my playing... here i found it.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Glad to hear it!

[@bouncingswordsful]

Well I never knew I wanted to learn how to play jazz until now

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Can't hurt.... much!

[@christjo4440]

Hi Dan, Thank you very much Mate. I'm a new starter into Jazz and didn't realy know where to put mu head.. but Autumn leaves is great start. Just to let you know i've learnt something right throught this video.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That’s great! Learn how to harmonise a scale and some common progressions. Search ‘jazz’ on my channel and you’ll find a few other lessons.

[@markbass354]

DAN I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH WALKING BASSLINES AND I DON'T KNOW WHY NICE VIDEO YOU EXPLAIN THINGS VERY WELL LIKE MARK SMITH

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Search on my channel - I have a few walking bass videos that will help you. 👍

[@kevinallen4743]

Nice, thanx, once I've worked out exactly what your doing different to me I'll get back to you - we do very much the same thing but your hand is far more relaxed than mine and the fingering quite different - will check out your arpeggios vid and comment there probably. my guess is you learnt from someone and I have very poor technique based around playing by ear & feel.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Kevin. Yes, I was very lucky and was taught by top professionals from an early age. My technique isn’t perfect but I got a solid foundation.

[@dolfanrob262]

Great video.

[@MrClassicmetal]

Good stuff, I can see how this can be a very helpful to get a grasp of other styles as well as it's universal. That's a great tone, by the way. There's something going on with that Ibanez! 🙂

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! Yes, it’s a good one that Ibanez...

[@LAMERFENER]

Thats some amazing bass guitar you have.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

1982 Ibanez Roadster. Love it!

[@frankruss4369]

Your materials are always great. Would love to see you do a whole book on it. [with tab :) ]

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Frank. I think it could make a good course. I'll put it on the list!

[@wmkennard]

Nice Merry Christmas

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Merry Christmas!

[@kurtr2540]

Thank you for this excellent Exercise 🙏

[@OnlineBassCourses]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@thebionicbassplayer]

Excellent lesson.😎

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much!

[@thebionicbassplayer]

@@OnlineBassCourses You're welcome. I'm about to start playing alot of standards and jazz charts and this lesson helps to up my skills.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I have a couple more coming so make sure to subscribe!

[@muhammadasruzalnasution1382]

thx techer

[@nancydoane7864]

Hi Dan! I love this lesson and want to really dive in to practicing these jazz standards. When I first heard these type of lessons they seemed way too difficult. But now I think I'm ready for them. Did you include the pdf for Autumn Leaves? I couldn't find it.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I hope you’re well, Nancy. That’s great! I don’t think I did do a PDF for this one. If you message me via the site I can send you one.

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Thanks Dan much appreciated by the way what is that nice bass you have ?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

You're welcome, Paul. It's a (sightly modified) 1982 Ibanez Roadster.

[@donh5794]

Very interesting jazz coverage. I agree with how you described the jazz art form. A lot of good information in the video. Is the melody mostly used in solos? Years ago, I heard Ron Carter and others in jazz before listening to the transition to jazz fusion by Stanley Clarke and others. How different is jazz and jazz fusion technique from each other? Thanks Dan!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks Don! I wouldn't say there's any 'usually' in jazz; it's such an open and blank canvas where anything goes. Also, jazz is such a nebulous term. Some people think of the era when people played just standards but a lot has evolved since then. Fusion tends to lean hard on technically difficult music but, then again, so does bebop so it depends!

[@johnd942]

Very interesting video, and I have subscribed. HOWEVER....I found the too many links below confusing, and I couldn't find the 'link below' for the exercise in the video, nor the music chart you were reading from. Nevertheless, a very encouraging lesson, and in the words of Schwarzenegger: "I'LL BE BACK!"

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That’s because I forgot to add the link. Added now! 🙏👍

[@marcostazi1857]

Hi, where can I get the pdf of the score of 'Autumn leaves' that you show in the lesson? Thank you!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That’s one I was given from a gig years ago. Best thing to do is search online or invest in a Real Book.

[@robertgumpi7235]

Very very very good video. Thanks. But: everybody plays Autumn Leaves in G starting Am7. Better did the same.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

🙏🙏 you can play it in many keys, really.

[@timleonard2361]

I have watched a few Autumn Leaves bass tutorials and inspected the scores and have noticed the cord progression follows something similar to the circle of fourths.... Is this a good assumption? Please elaborate. -Thanks!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

It’s an excellent observation, Tim. There aren’t really hard and fast rules for chord progressions but the movement you describe does happen a lot in music.

[@jaschul]

Query: In your experience, if you're in a jazz group where you're allowed to play bass guitar instead of double bass, is it expected that you'll play fretless or is the group leader not going to care? Depending on the bass you can approximate a fretless sound even on a fretted bass.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

In my experience, fretted it fine and fretless isn't expected in that situation. You can make a fretted sound a little more like a double bass by using palm muting and plucking with the thumb. I just play finger style and hope for the best most of the time!

[@toblue7451]

Isn't a C flat = to B Major ?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I can't remember what I said unfortunately! Depends what key.

[@toblue7451]

@@OnlineBassCourses Look PLEASE, Please ! Think Fully & Completely before Putting Out any Music Material ! I'm over 79 Yrs Old & TRYing to Learn both Music & The BASS ! Ive had 2 Heart surgeries & having a 3rd. So, Im house bound & Spending My day Studing THANKs

[@OnlineBassCourses]

@@toblue7451 I wish you all the best in your health and hope you're on the mend! Can you just tell me which part of the video (at what time) you're referring to? I don't really understand your initial question out of context. A Cb isn't = to B Major but a Cb note is also the same as a B note. Is that what you mean? I do also think fully and completely before putting out any music material but thanks for the reminder.

[@jimjones517]

You play it but show not what notes your playing

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I think the notes are shown even I’m not saying exactly what each one is (that would be a long, boring lesson!). It’s more the principles you can learn so you can improvise your own lines. 👍

[@ewky.6129]

Good ear training 👍

[@Phillip-y6d]

👍thanks for not doing wanker fusion💕

[@mikemccoy9812]

What kind of crap is this? What he is playing is a lot different than what is on the screen.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

😂 thanks, Mike. It’s a lesson about jazz where you can interpret the chord symbols how you like and play what you want. 🙏👍

[@tonyclements]

Excellent video! Suggestion: after your explaination, why don't you play a few choruses for illustration?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Good idea…