Stop walking jazz bass lines like this!!

[@PianoWithJonny]

00:32 2-5-1 chord progression 01:32 Technique 1: open 5ths 04:01 Technique 2: triads & upper neighbors 06:02 Technique 3: steps 08:39 Conclusion

[@terabyte8866]

This is really helpful for bassists as well, thank you!

[@Hallorenzo]

It was also for me helpful as a guitarist.

[@xXEpicMehXx]

2:41 nice

[@NerdFromDenmark]

nice

[@memedoggo9863]

Nice

[@MannyFioretti]

Nice

[@suilqknadrotu934]

Nice!

[@doppled]

nice

[@MercaMent]

F A C E chord

[@leafsoup]

D Face

[@zhuziqi6786]

Fade is better

[@nezkeys79]

DAB chord Dabbing

[@carloscamachoguitar]

I like fac

[@peterheinrich4452]

Hello friend, thank you so much for everything. I just like you and your channel about jazz, because you say name of all keys, while you teach. I am blind, but i can also learn with your method. I will go on to like and share your videos

[@rolandofrancis5254]

Great teacher and great explanation

[@execdd17]

Jonny is awesome. His videos have helped me tremendously. If you haven't already, check out some of his performances that aren't teaching oriented, too.The man can play. I'm a big fan.

[@Double00P]

Thank you for having sheet music up as well!!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

To me sheet music even though it's centuries old..is the best way to communicate what you are playing. Pythagoras..was instrumental in developing the octave.. It does take much more effort to share this and Johnny does show details.

[@alexknoxmusic]

This video is awesome. Your a great teacher and easy to understand.

[@csscszcsgv]

I play the guitar and I found this useful. Thank you!

[@mozartiano123]

It is nice to see someone having fun playing the music's.

[@joesharp3580]

Always love your work

[@PianoWithJonny]

Thank you so much 😀

[@M4Musical]

Very well explained, simple yet effective, thanks!

[@1thoms1]

Very very well explained, thanks

[@irt1971]

Damn you're a great teacher!

[@willzang3000]

Well done Jonny !!!!

[@lucabricardknipp]

wassup guys jonny may here and today... i see a lot of beginners do this... and there is nothing wrong with it... but _guys_ there is a much better way to... literally every video -.-

[@forgetful9845]

and tho?

[@leodagan7438]

You inspire me so well ! wow ! Thank You !

[@johnnyjackpot1882]

Thanks Jonny!

[@deathrll7528]

Thank you Johnny

[@millerbrown4661]

Informative as always! Thanks, Jonny!

[@Doc2rjae07]

Good lesson Johnny

[@MikeManaMusic]

omg I LOVE the way you teach with passion and fun!!! :D Used to watch PianoPig but this guy is never laughing and sooo serious... So boring to watch. But your videos are so motivating!!! LOVE IT

[@drbassface]

For steps...try the d e f f# g g# a b (c) Instead of the g a Bb B

[@LloydMajor]

Thank you for letting me get into the class! Very informative.

[@gtrdoc911]

Go jonny go. I love it.

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you!!! Great lessons!

[@jamiepomm9715]

Really enjoyed this! Thanks Johnny!

[@lisalynch629]

Thanks!!!

[@PietroNetti]

Thanks for this helpful tutorial... 👍👍👍

[@SeniaKings]

this was so so sooo cool. thank u !!!!!

[@petaluma0]

Thank You.

[@honey1820]

Hey thanks a lot for this! Really simple for how good it sounds. By the way, I really like this style of video where you explain a few different methods for left hand stuff, like the blues one.

[@AlexandrFromBeglovsk]

Спасибо. Лучшее пособие и бесплатно.

[@Sen-mn3ll]

Very helpful

[@coolgiga]

Great Video!

[@leehayton]

I never knew I could sound so good so easily. Thanks Jonny

[@destarruction]

Groovy man groovy 😎😄👌

[@jengzarate9087]

Great lesson jonny Thank you.

[@revivalinstinct3668]

D FACE. lol

[@JCDMusic]

Very helpful technique for jazz, Thank you Sir Jonny.

[@Ezra.The.American.Patriot]

This was insanely helpful, thanks man. I’m subscribing. Oh wait, I’m already subscribed 😂

[@marshwetland3808]

The problem for me is anticipating the next chord. I seem to have a mental block or a lack of some concept.

[@abadipiano2062]

Thanks🌹🌹

[@lietkynes81]

So I guess I need to learn baby steps before trying to master giant steps ;)

[@jimmymiata]

I love the walking bass maybe it dont fit all songs more complicateted does not perse make it nicer to listen to

[@nezkeys79]

C B C C# could be a walking line in the second bar of the C

[@张锐鼎]

i really love your vidio！

[@esedeivi9732]

Great video! Many thanks

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

great video. ill check out the complete lessons.

[@Ceeby]

Keep teaching! This style of music must never die. 💕

[@10HW]

You resumed the whole first semester of music school

[@nuberiffic]

huh?

[@suzannebrown945]

❤

[@ceyloneselegacyvlogstravel717]

Great

[@Joker_The_Trickster]

Cant believe I’m watching this video for free!

[@tH4ttUs]

nice!

[@Oleg__]

Everyone talks about chords, harmonies, progressions, etc. But nobody talks about technique, which is what I would like to understand better. Non-legato, or legato, etc. How it should feel etc. Should the pedal help.

[@franciscorossier4859]

Hi Jonny! Nice video. However the link does not contain the lesson music sheet...

[@StephaneDesire2]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@antonmakhatilov8008]

Cool

[@redblue2743]

Oh I already signed up and feel sexy already with this style 😅

[@walnut8302]

you don't traditionally have swung notes every measure of a walking bass line

[@nezkeys79]

"Upper neighbours" is tri tone substitution no?

[@nezkeys79]

@@JohnathanWhitehorn i was being facetious buddy. In this example thise chromatic notes are tri tone subs

[@x-0ticx281]

why do I get Niel Patrick Harris vibes

[@ArtieFufkin984]

Great, thanks. But are they not 9 chords, rather than sevens?

[@ArtieFufkin984]

Oops, just saw other related comments. Don't wish to reopen that can of worms, but it also confused me, not being very familiar with ninth chords and the various naming conventions.

[@deadfishyarou]

Aren't those 9th chords?

[@edwardsharp03]

You1tube2account when playing 7th chords in jazz it’s almost understood that you should/can add the 9,11,13 without writing it out

[@romerojuan06]

So hes using 9th on every chord but the nice one is the G with the added 13th as well. That's why this 2-5-1 has a better sound then regular 7th chords

[@fullViewJay]

@@edwardsharp03 True, but I think it would be still wise to let it be known that they are 9th chords. It's also good to put theory behind what you're doing, especially if you're using them as an instructional video

[@fullViewJay]

Edward Sharp what does that mean?

[@plazmotech5969]

@@edwardsharp03 why not just write Dm9?

[@tim4u2uTube]

I got it. now its a matter of getting my stiff body to be able to pull it off.

[@defnotabed]

"Jazz like this"

[@AnoshterHaar]

would have been nice to put a 'v' in the last Cmaj bar on the 'steps' methode. It sounds kinda stupid to be honest to just walk in cmaj while as a bassplayer you can actually just play V's wherever you want (kind of). Makes the two boring cmaj bars more interesting...

[@nezkeys79]

He sorta does...he ghost notes a C# that isnt written. This is the third of the V chord to the Dminor (A major).

[@federicorenkine4340]

I dont understand why he says he is playing a Dm7 but actually its an Fmaj7 With bass in D.

[@killianprince9733]

He playing a Dm "rootless voicing", it's basically a Dm9 chord but without the D, as you are playing the D in the bass so theres no need to play it again! There's tons of videos that explain rootless voicings.

[@federicorenkine4340]

@@killianprince9733 ok thank you!!!!

[@LexLivesLife]

What is a "rootless voicing"

[@majic8ball337]

right hand has no root tone

[@LexLivesLife]

@@majic8ball337 thanks

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

This is related to the rootless voicing question. A voicing will not have the root..except in the Bass. There has to be a root. Take the C maj.chord..C E G B D.. . It's just a Emin 7 Sans the C root. Another thing..the base player can play the C. Etc. Nobody will be stepping on each other.

[@miAimTIL]

Your so-called "Rootless Voicings" would be easier if the chord symbol absolutely described the chord. We have developed new chord symbols that do just that!! Nice video.

[@woomy8971]

what do these symbols look like? i've never seen it in any sheet music/leadsheets

[@miAimTIL]

@@woomy8971 They are explained in our eBooks and used in our videos - a simple example is that we use ROMAN NUMERALS in our videos so that you can play in any key. And that the Maj-min 7 is now Maj 7 b3 - now that exactly explains the chord!

[@nezkeys79]

Dm9 G13 Cmaj9 There you go XD

[@nuberiffic]

Why do you list the chords as 7th chords when you're playing 9ths?

[@sakazuki9515]

You can add extensions to 7ths but still call them that via lead sheet, though I agree he should've just labeled them what he actually played for beginners. Those Chords being; Dmin9, G13, & Cmaj9 respectively.

[@ТихоходКРЫМ]

КЛАСС!

[@Bass_Guy]

I don't play piano, I play trumpet. Why am I watching this?

[@theraginginfernape9496]

Same

[@LibertyWarrior68]

Going down from G to D is a fourth not a fifth. Going up from D to G is a fifth. A better way to describe what you were saying, you go down a fourth from G to D to reach the fifth of the chord G.

[@yeetmeintotheabyss2893]

Wait, so a walking bass line is just a line that mainly moves in quarter notes and has a chord tone on beats one and three. Or am I missing something?

[@LeakyJAZZ]

No. I'm a bass player, not a pianist, but when you walk the bass, you usually play the chord's root on beat 1 and then anything else that leads to the next chord.

[@333RoCkSkAtE333]

Check Adam Neely’s video on walking bass for a snappy display of all that walking basslines do 👍🏼

[@yeetmeintotheabyss2893]

@@LeakyJAZZ Makes sense, but that means that there are a whole lot more walking bass line's than I first thought.

[@LeakyJAZZ]

Yeet Me Into The Abyss yeah you can’t just learn all the possible bass lines. There would be thousands, and then thousands more chord progressions each.

[@nezkeys79]

Pretty much. I hate when bassists constantly play notes on the "one" of the chord that have nothing to do with the chords. I mean its ok here and there to play but when every damn chord has something other than the root and they say "this is what all my jazz books tell me to do" 🤢

[@lavenderfana3137]

Adding an eight note is an approximation of swining

[@nuberiffic]

*Swinging. And no, it isn't. That's how you do it, you can't swing quarter notes in 4/4 - you need to add an eighth note somewhere.

[@lavenderfana3137]

@@nuberiffic just adding an eight note is a weak swing feel

[@nuberiffic]

@@lavenderfana3137 No, it doesn't have any feel. How you play that eighth note is what swing is. That gives it the feel. You add an eighth note to swing on. That's what swing is. You seem to be assuming a straight eighth note, which is obviously wrong, you swing straight notes. So you put an eighth in there and *swing it*

[@lavenderfana3137]

@@nuberiffic his direction is "add an eight note"

[@nuberiffic]

@@lavenderfana3137 Yes, which is what you have to do to be able to swing.

[@RobinLSL]

I hate that I fall for clickbaity title

[@tofucattlehunter]

You better SLAPP the bass before you tell stuff about how to do bass stuff.

[@InventorZahran]

Why does his bass have 88 keys?

[@st_orlie]

What an ugly bass.

[@peloneti]

Thx for the tips. You are a very good teacher. Keep it up.