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Walking Bass Line With Ghost Note Approaches

Walking Bass Line With Chromatic Approach

Walking Bass Line With Scalar Approach

Walking Bass Lines With Interval Jump Approach

Walking Bass Line With Enclosures

Practice Tips:

� Incorporate chromaticism into your bass lines by approaching the chord tones from a half step above or from a half step below.

� Familiarise yourself with the scales relating to the underlying harmony and add scale-based passages to your walking bass.

� In the same way as constructing our right hand melodies, the enclosure is a useful device when constructing our walking bass lines.

� Study the examples in this lesson and listen and transcribe from notable jazz organ players for more inspiration for your walking bass lines.

� Some of the most notable figures in jazz organ are Groove Holmes, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Charles Earland, Shirley Scott. More recent players include Tony Monaco, Larry Goldings, Joey DeFrancesco, Pat Bianchi, Mike LeDonne, Jared Gold, Brian Charette, and many others.