Walking Bass Lesson 4 with George Urbaszek

[@sanyatyr]

Thank you very much for your lessons, George! Your method of walking bass is simple to learn and very harmonical in its step by step conception. As a music player who learning to play new instrument - bass, i can say that you are a great teacher and a musician!

[@BassLessonsOnline]

Thanks for showing your appreciation, RooVer. Enjoy your bass learning. Kind regards, George

[@jmv668]

Very good, George! With your videos and your book improved a lot my bass lines, now i can read bass clef too ,LOL. Played guitar a lot of years but never learned read sight, your beautiful MM bass inspired me too, love that neck. Regards!

[@MrFireblade67]

George, These lessons are brilliant. I stumbled on your Walking bass part 1 lesson, and have been working through to this one. The way you have explained this has meant I can really see walking lines forming, and better still I can finally see that, with many, many hours of practice, I might finally get to the stage that I can create walking bass lines on the fly from just the chords shown on a regular song sheet. Might take a few years, but at least I can now see what sort of note selection I can use, and it's coming from someone that has a selection of books, from the likes of Carter, Brown etc. They are great but I really like your approach, downloaded your book today, so looking forward to hours of practice. Out of interest, do you play double bass? be great if you did a few lessons in that area :)

[@BassLessonsOnline]

+MrFireblade67 Hello and thanks for your excellent and informed observations and comments. Yes, I do play double bass. It is, in fact, my main instrument (which I don't mainly play). Thanks for downloading my walking bass book. With that you will certainly be able to create bass lines on the fly. Kind regards ... and happy walking :) George

[@nelsonj.martis2993]

Willemstad, May 5th 2016 Dear Mr. George, I appreciated your Walking Bass Lesson 1, 2, 3, and 4 from Bass Lessons Online on You Tube I have acquire a lot of information, keep on doing the good Job. I would appreciate received from you, the backing track in an mp3 file format, for above-mentioned. Best regards, Nelson J. Martis.

[@BassLessonsOnline]

+Nelson J. Martis Great - thanks, Nelson. Were you able to use the backing track for the fist video in this series? Kind regards, George

[@cereal65]

Hello, me again, I was wondering if you could give me some tips on something, see, I have this problem when I'm playing that I get a lot of string screech when I move my hands, mostly because the bottom most part of my index/pinky rubs against the G-String when I move my hands, I play a 5-String, thank you for these great video lessons.

[@BassLessonsOnline]

Hello and thanks for your query. The solution is easy: Just arch your fingers enough so as to not touch any of the strings (except the one you are on) when shifting. I hope this helps. If not, upload a video of you playing. I will take a look and a listen and send you my feedback. Bass of Luck! George

[@cereal65]

BassLessonsOnline I have tried arching them more but for some reason that hurts my hand, thank you for your replies and advice

[@tomspallone1868]

So, would it be "normal" practice to alternate between ascending lines on one chord and descending lines on the next and so on to create diversity? Or is it just a matter of taste? Thanks

[@BassLessonsOnline]

+Tom Spallone You got it, Tom! We certainly should be able to alternate between ascending and descending lines ... even over the space of 4-8 bars. (This is shown in my Walking Bass Book.) Where we go up or down depends on many things; besides taste, the musical moment should determine our lines. I hope this helps. Kind regards, George

[@fabybaby8]

i need that book! =]

[@BassLessonsOnline]

Great - you can get the book via the link above. From there you get a few options, including a download version (PDF), hardcopy and kindle version via Amazon. Bass of Luck! George

[@pablopisarelloyaya9926]

And the subtitle? It is necessary.