Be specific. I'm a guitarist, picking up the bass. Do you just randomly go up and down the major scale, changing your root note as the chords of the song change?
2007-02-12 01:54:19 · 5 answers · asked by rocken_heimer 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Jaco Pastorius was awesome on that. He played Studio and with Manhattan Transfer.
Stanley Clarke was a phenom.
Dave LaRue of Dixie Dreggs walks like crazy, he played in a little bar in B'Ham once when I saw them live 15 or so years ago.
To play the walking bass, well it is Jazz♫♪and blues and rock, stay in key, sorta, and walk the major/minors of the tune being played, or just solo walk it.
Jump on the main key note every 4th or 8th bar and your walking.
2007-02-12 02:19:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a "Walking Bass Line" is a blues term referring to a blues progression of notes such as; If in E you would play E G# B C# D C# B G# G. It can also be an "Arpeggio" type progression through a chord or a scale.
2007-02-12 02:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by Scott M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a walking bass line is a common blues type run or riff that you repeat ad infinitum usually. one example is using the low E string, go E-F#-G#-A-B-A-G#-F# (open-second-fourth-fifth-seventh-fifth-fourth-second) . Repeat this as the rythym. This is just an example of a walking bass line. Check out some Stevie Ray Vaughan or any blues for that matter, and you're guaranteed to pick some up.
2007-02-12 02:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walking bass line to the best of my knowlage would be Root, third, fifth, sixth, sixth# or Octive. Single or double picked. Stevie Ray Vaughns ' Pride and Joy' would be a good exsample. Here is a link to the tab. Hope this helps. http://www.guitaretab.com/v/vaughan-stevie-ray/20225.html
2007-02-12 02:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by drivershunnyhunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it relatively is an hassle-free question and calls for an hassle-free consumer-friendly answer. you're able to do a strolling bass line by means of observing the chords you're enjoying against. you ought to use one or each and every of the notes of Ab as starter. in case you have a chord replace, you purely use all those notes of THAT scale that belong to THAT chord. you are able to combination-tournament the runs by means of making use of component to one and incorporating component to the hot chord.
2016-12-17 14:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by foote 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋