Creating Jazz Bass Lines by Jim Stinnett
Creating Jazz Bass Lines by Jim Stinnett
English | 1988 | ISBN-10: N/A | ASIN: B000M66J20 | 50 Pages | PDF | 48,4 MB
English | 1988 | ISBN-10: N/A | ASIN: B000M66J20 | 50 Pages | PDF | 48,4 MB
This book is a superb and surprisingly quick way to learn how to play walking jazz bass lines. I have played bass-range instruments for 30 years, and technically, I knew how to play walking bass. But for some reason I always sounded less like Ron Carter and more like Chris Squire trying to play jazz. None of the people I played gigs with complained, but they didn't really rave, either. I knew there were things I didn't know, so I tried this book. In a matter of a few days, my walking bass lines got 1,000% better.
I love that this book is not dumbed-down – he teaches you not just how to get the chord tones right, but how to introduce chromatics, substitutions, etc., that can make you sound a lot more interesting – and edgy, too, if that's what you're looking for. And he makes it all easy to understand.