chilievans Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Morning all. I hoping for a little help. I've been playing for a year and a half and I'm happy enough with my actual playing its the improvising and writing side of things that I want too improve. I know my scales and modes and can play them all day long but when it comes to applying them to music things get a little muddy. My bass lines tend to be very basic boring What can I do to get passed this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 How about singing a line and then trying to play it back? It helps to make that leap from theory into creativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilievans Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 Ok, cool. I'll give it a crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Being able to play scales and modes all day long is all well and good, but 90% of the time, a bassist will play CHORD TONES. I would suggest that you start concentrating on these now. Chord tones and why they are so important is explained here : [url="http://www.studybass.com/lessons/bass-chord-patterns/chord-tones-are-primary/"]http://www.studybass.com/lessons/bass-chord-patterns/chord-tones-are-primary/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMech Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Search out material on walking basslines. Coilte is right in that chord tones our the foundation of the bassline, so learning to walk will give you a good grounding in this. Check out Scott Devine's youtube videos, I'm sure he covers this a fair amount, or the major's lessons that's pinned in the subforum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilievans Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 [quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1339025246' post='1682733'] Search out material on walking basslines. [/quote] Yes, even if you dont particulary care much for jazz, walking bass lines are great for learning how to out line a chord. I found this book very good. Has a play along CD too. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mel-Bay-Presents-Walking-Jazz-Lines-for-Bass-Jay-Hungerford-/120920628430?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item1c276e5cce"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mel-Bay-Presents-Walking-Jazz-Lines-for-Bass-Jay-Hungerford-/120920628430?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item1c276e5cce[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 [quote name='chilievans' timestamp='1338963805' post='1681624'] Morning all. I hoping for a little help. I've been playing for a year and a half and I'm happy enough with my actual playing its the improvising and writing side of things that I want too improve. I know my scales and modes and can play them all day long but when it comes to applying them to music things get a little muddy. My bass lines tend to be very basic boring What can I do to get passed this? [/quote] This will help: [url="http://www.basslinepublishing.com/the-bass-player-s-guide-to-scales-and-modes.html"]http://www.basslinepublishing.com/the-bass-player-s-guide-to-scales-and-modes.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz bass 2010 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 You might want to check out some of the examples here from the Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines series by steven mooney. There are examples of walking bass lines to blues, rhythm changes , standards and bebop tunes , theres also some exercises on the modes. The link below shows the use of the locrian mode on a jazz standard. http://constructingwalkingjazzbasslines.com/jazz-bass-books/standard-line-vol-i-availab/ Theres also some free backing tracks to download. Hope it helps Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Any free material out there? Books are so 20th century Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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