Jazz bass for beginners - When Sunny Gets Blue

[StageAhead]

This is a small lesson on how to play a jazz standard tune by using only the "big letters" of the mostly complex chord symbols. A beginner student of mine was largely confused by chord symbols like A7(b9) and therefore refused to play jazz although he'd love to. So in one lesson I taught him an easy approach to play jazz basslines without bothering about complex chord symbols. To demonstrate this I improvised a bassline on one of my favorite jazz standards "When Sunny Gets Blue" and videotaped it, so he could have a closer look at home. Later on I decided to put this lesson in my bass-blog to share it. Take a look!

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Hope you like it!

[Dad3353]

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Well written, clear explanation, useful, pertinent snippets and excellent video; what's not to like..? Thanks for sharing. Would it be being greedy to ask for more..?

[Grangur]

This is exactly what I want to get playing right now!

Many thanks for posting. I'll also bookmark your blog.

Btw es ist auch fur mich interesant dein blog auf deutsch zu haben.
Ok my German is rusty, very rusty

[StageAhead]

Thanks Grangur,

I've been writing now in both english and deutsch for a while, maybe i can add a little german grammar section and you can correct my sloppy english ;-)

[JuliusGroove]

Damn my work computer, won't let me on here! Can't wait to check it out when I get home though!