[distressed_romeo]

Originally Posted by Mingus1

Hello,
You should check out Paul Musso's book: "Teaching Your Guitar to Walk" on Mel Bay. Chord tones? Start with the root on every downbeat then connect them chromatically, with arpeggios, or diatonically...voila, a solid bassline.
Peace
Dave

Mel Bay's jazz books have always been excellent in my experience. 'Walking Bass For Guitar' is another good one.

[Mikey D]

Cheers, re the tone , but thats just he guitar straight into tascam us-122 and out of creative speakers into mac powerbook microphone. Sounds much better thru my rig!

I'm not too happy with some of the chords being clipped/not played properly, but decided to just get something up there as there aren't many 8 string videos that aren't charlie hunter and it helps me see what i need to rectify in my playing (which is a fair bit at the moment, but we still have time!!!)!

I have tried drop 2, more as a way of learning the concept before I arrange for big bands next year. The problem I found on guitar is that the voicings are not too easy to play while walking, but I'll no doubt keep trying it as a I like the sound when harmonizing the melody. Haven't tried drop 3 yet.

Also note: I have another video of the 8 if you haven't seen it, John Scofield's Chank

[josh821]

I picked up how to do it by watching Joe Pass' Hot Licks video "Solo Jazz Guitar". It's mostly about chord substitutions and whatnot but he has a fairly lengthy section in there about walking bass lines that makes it incredibly easy to understand. The nice thing about it is he doesn't just show the bass line but how the bass line and harmony can be mixed together to make it interesting. He's also incredibly insane so it's fun to listen to him speak/play.

[Luan]

I'm still working on this.
My current teacher at music school is a genious on this subject.

Anyone has an idea of what chords to use?
For example, if I have a G7 in 4 bars, what can I play?
Drop 3 inversions of that?

It would be cool if anyone could write a comping for a blues in this manner.

[telecaster90]

Originally Posted by Mikey D

I may as well post this here as well. Feedback/comments appreciated.

Giant Steps - 8 String Guitar/Bass

Awesome awesome vid

[distressed_romeo]

Originally Posted by Luan

I'm still working on this.
My current teacher at music school is a genious on this subject.

Anyone has an idea of what chords to use?
For example, if I have a G7 in 4 bars, what can I play?
Drop 3 inversions of that?

It would be cool if anyone could write a comping for a blues in this manner.

Luan, when I get a chance I'll do some tabs of the stuff I've discovered so far. In the meantime, you could check out Jimmy Bruno's 'No-nonsense Jazz Guitar' DVD, as that's got a great section on basslines that makes it a lot easier to understand the 'thinking' behind them (plus he demonstrates it on a seven!).

[Luan]

That woulde be nice!

Thanks

other question, any ideas of what chords to use for a G7 chord for example?
Inversions or what?

[distressed_romeo]

Originally Posted by Luan

That woulde be nice!

Thanks

other question, any ideas of what chords to use for a G7 chord for example?
Inversions or what?

Inversions are always good, plus some subsitutions (tritone substitutions, diminished chords, the occasional ii chord etc.) or extensions (ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, etc.).

Like I said, I'll do a tab once I've got a spare moment (veeeeery busy right now) as it'll be useful for me as well.

[Luan]

Thanks a lot, really

[distressed_romeo]

Here's an example of a simple bassline for a G7 chord harmonised with three-note chord voicings.