The EASIEST walking bass line formula EVER (in under 5 minutes)

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@alecrisser12 2 года назад

I'm not going to lie, I didn't realize that these two guys are different people until just now. Now that I think of it, I was wondering why the guy switched between a British and American accent.

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

Incredible 😂

@tomjez 4 месяца назад

They're not different people, it's just AI. Don't be fooled.

@FunkInTheTrunk 4 месяца назад

@@tomjez😂 it all makes sense now

@Praxama 2 года назад

this is a combo we cant beat, love you both and please never stop grooving and showing us the grooves

@devinebass 2 года назад

I'll be a bass nerd for LIFE :)

@JohnStoffel 2 года назад

Thank you both. I just jammed out to Autumn Leaves for about an hour. I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed playing bass this much, but I think you just kickstarted something inside of me that’s been dormant for a long long time.

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

Day maker

@alexanderlyon 2 года назад

LOVE IT! I really appreciate teachers who can break it down into simple chunks of learning. This one video alone could help you do a passable job in most walking bass situations if you only knew the route chords but didn't even know the song that well.

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

YES! This was a big unlock for me.

@devinebass 2 года назад

@@IanMartinAllison Me too ;)

@iancombs857 2 года назад

FINALLY IT MAKES SENSE.

@demogis 2 года назад

Ok, after watching Scott's videos for years, this one really hit the right way. I've been playing bass since about '95 - mostly self-taught. This video was the clearest representation of creating walking bass lines I have ever seen. If this is what we should expect in the courses, I am sold. I signed up for the jazz accelerator this morning. I'll report back my impressions after I complete the 15-week series.

@1DerekMiracle Год назад

Well??

@Terrible_Peril 2 года назад

so I'm a slacker, but with some ability I don't deserve (turns out it may be a spectrum thing) and this just literally unlocked a whole thing for me. just hearing "chord tone, chord tone, chord tone, chromatic pass, target" was like bbbwhoooshshhhhh universe asplode. ya know? sometimes it just takes hearing an idea framed a certain way and it just jives with the brain and fits right in there matrix style. time to buy that upright bass hahaha

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

This makes my entire day.

@devinebass 2 года назад

Time for me to buy an upright too ;)

@KaltOhm 2 года назад

Ian playing a Pbass, Scott playing a Jbass... the world is not the same anymore...

@shipsahoy1793 2 года назад

That actually sounds about right..

@JAK0449 2 года назад

Scott has always been à huge jb fan..he explained how pb came very late in his arsenal...like me hé was repulsed At first during years before starting to love Them...so to me,see Him with a jb seems normal...nevertheless im also surprise Ian is on p

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

@KaltOhm 2 года назад

@@IanMartinAllison 😅

@shipsahoy1793 2 года назад

@@IanMartinAllison I was thinking the same thing lol 👨🏻

@Zuluwhiskey6 2 года назад

That’s the most beautiful bass I’ve seen Scott play…ever. Tone monster!

@devinebass 2 года назад

It's a 1978... the year I was born! :)

@Mrmikey0909 2 года назад

@@devinebass I have '78 Jazz too and it's my favourite to play.

@philipmatsick9274 2 года назад

Never understood jazz. Now I think I could give it a shot. Mind blown.

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

🙏🏼❤️

@ricinro 2 года назад

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." ... Louis Armstrong. I guess it is a lifelong journey.

@chingonbass 2 года назад

It's just a bunch of dude playing a bunch of notes, it's way over rated.

@Komatik_ 2 года назад

Walking bass is good stuff in so many ways. It keeps the bass in the background support spot where it needs to be for modern band lineups to make sense, but is more interesting and expressive to play than many other standard support lines, and caters to small flourishes tremendously well.

@SteveTheBassGuy 2 года назад

Jazz really is the key to a deeper understanding of bass and music in general. The pedagogy is already there just needs to be applied to your playing. Always great work Scott!!

@devinebass 2 года назад

Cheers, Steve :)

@edesbalazs Год назад

Sometimes you catch a video, where you have the right amount of context, and it adds just the right amount of new info you need. This was one of those, thanks!

@SirsMadamsEntertainment 2 года назад

I'm a member of scott's bass lessons BUT i also play bass trombone for big bands.. one of my jazz instructors in college had a great phrase when improve or things didn't sound good.. "happiness is only a half-step away"

@oskarvonderluhe8 2 года назад

I joined a jazz band for the first time half a year ago, after playing rock for about 50 years and knowing very little about walking bass. This is a great five-minute summary of what I learned during this time. Very well done!

@oscarlenain7116 2 года назад

I know you guys live nowhere near each other but this duo thing is SO GOOD. Please do more videos together!

@devinebass 2 года назад

Thanks Oscar - we're actually planning on doing WAY more in this style :)

@enoodle 2 года назад

WOW thank you this makes practicing arpeggios and chord shapes exciting and inspiring

@thebassist 2 года назад

Lifetime member on SBL, learning so much groovy stuff each day. Love it 🎸😎

@book3100 2 года назад

Yes. Back in the day, they used to hammer you on learning all your arpeggios, i.e. chords. That plus learning the Nashville numbers, you're gold man.

@pauljsmith2113 2 года назад

How did I never learn this until now?! Brilliant in its simplicity.

@RabbiVannL 2 года назад

More, More, More...like this! Outstanding, Scott.

@devinebass 2 года назад

MORE... LOTS MORE on the way, Vann :)

@ajdoesbass 2 года назад

Sometimes the less produced videos are awesome! Love having the mix of the high quality content that is very produced and the stuff like this with much less editing

@marcmistermarc 2 года назад

This was so easy to understand and really useful to me. 🙏

@devinebass 2 года назад

Awesome Marc :)

@charlesmcgehee3227 2 года назад

The very first thing I taught myself when I started playing. Very validating presentation! Thanks as always.

@ronallen2458 2 года назад

Hey Scott - Ian is a ray of sunshine. I’m so glad he has been contributing this past year both on SBL and in videos. I love his enthusiasm. I didn’t actually think anyone could be more enthusiastic about music than you are! You guys should do waaay more videos together.

@martinmichaels234 2 года назад

lightbulb moment, cheers lads

@kevinskovers 2 года назад

This is the best, easiest approach to walking bass lines I've ever seen. As always, Scott brings it in!

@3DCGdesign Год назад

this is very advanced. not easy. I love it, but not for a beginner. If you find yourself saying things like "flat third" and "chromatic bass below your target" you are far beyond "easiest". Autumn Leaves (Clapton version) is the first song I learned to play on bass - 20 years as a guitarist).

@robcorba8893 Месяц назад

as a beginner iam lost

@thecolourrose9022 Месяц назад

Agreed

@emilywallacehandwovendesigns 2 года назад

Thank you for explaining this in such a simple and accessible way!

@andrewpappas9311 2 года назад

I remember having to learn that kind of stuff in high school while playing in the jazz band (I was the sole guitarist/bassist in the band), I still remember struggling with the notes at first but the “chord tone, chord tone, chord tone, passing note” is a really great way to think about walking bass lines in general

@VeitLehmann 2 года назад

I never thought about it that way, but it's what I do instinctively! You can even spice it up a little more by not targeting the root with the passing note, but maybe the 3rd or 5th. And, of course, you can also walk in steps, especially works well with Autumn Leaves. But that passing note before a chord change, that's something that I'll almost always find myself using.

@devinebass 2 года назад

YES... works GREAT on Autumn Leaves!

@Anteksanteri 2 года назад

Elliott Smith does this on a lot of his guitar playing. Angeles is a decent example. Another common thing you can repeat on both guitar and bass is "root | oct | fift | passpass" where each bar sign "|" signifies a beat. It's just a way of making a very very common root fift bassline a little bit more interesting and that end specifically is reached instinctively by all of the best fingerstyle guitarists even if they don't know any theory.

@yigitcengil2465 2 года назад

Omg they are actually different people!!

@brettmarlar4154 2 года назад

This might be a bit more advanced than the formula given here. But on the V7 chord, I would start on the G and move down a whole step/tone to F (7th), the E (6th but is also the 3rd of C which hints at what chord is next) to the D (5th) which resolves nicely to C or the I chord. Ray Brown did this a lot.

@JimmyTanglesRecordingCo. 10 месяцев назад

FIRE 🔥 LESSON!! WISH I HAD THIS YEARS AGO, REALLY HELPS UNLOCK THINGS! THANK YOU BOTH 🙏🏾

@gwawd 2 года назад

Wow! Very simple and useful. Thank you!

@SigmaChirality 2 года назад

Great teaching combo, learned a lot.

@taynehenry6924 2 года назад

The two Bros together at last on the same RU-vid screen. More please! Love all this content you're doing recently, it's really inspiring. Props to Ian too with that P-bass :)

@SlimShady-nv4mq 5 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot, Scott and Ian! This video was really helpful!

@kane62898 2 года назад

I did a double take. I’ve waited years to see these guys in the same room!!!

@juannlohan3943 6 месяцев назад

Wow, it's a "light bulb oe'r the head" moment for me, Scott & Ian!! I'm a beginner and this DOES sound jazzy, so cool! THANKS!!!!!!!!

@gsimongear 2 года назад

Great content, thanks so much! The amount of fun you guys have when learning and teaching music is contagious - it gets me excited to go grab my bass!

@thefool2007 2 года назад

Brilliant formula. Thanks.

@lmartinho Год назад

I saw the light with this video. Thank you so much 🙏

@eddiefisher2498 2 года назад

Great vid and tech though u guys work great together

@justynfogarty6209 2 года назад

wow it is soooo cool seeing ian and scott in the same room!!!! also funny how ian is on a P and scott is on a J haha!

@absoluteai41 6 месяцев назад

This formula just made it click for me. Thank you!

@camoswald6752 2 года назад

I'm still advocating for Ian to be put in the intro sequence

@astrog7361 3 месяца назад

wow, such a helpful video! Thanks!

@devinebass 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@mattthegreeter9074 2 года назад

Great lesson guys, thanks! Ian was my gateway into this channel. I saw his Imposter Syndrome spiel that hit me straight in the guts and then he demoed on Instagram the Way Huge Electronics Atreides, which has now become a solid part of my setup... That was a one-two punch and I've been coming back ever since! Keep up the great work fellas!

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

Cheers Matt 🙏🏼

@devinebass 2 года назад

@@IanMartinAllison YES... awesome, Matt :)

@corentinmeury3902 Год назад

Thanks guys ! Very useful lesson

@analogpro7 2 года назад

Never thought of a chromatic prior to chord change. No idea why but thanks so much!!

@Froi97Freixo 2 года назад

We LOVE this couple bro

@RossCampoli 2 года назад

They’re bass brothers down to the matching glasses

@nicolasrichard6300 2 года назад

Excellent guys !

@RobKandell 24 дня назад

Good lesson. Thank you.

@mrbungle7586 2 года назад

Thanks Wonder Twins. 👍

@BlondeVoyage12 2 года назад

Nice green screen/CGI effect there Scott. The other you with American accent looks so realistic.

@rizz_razzle_boi369 2 года назад

In 5 minutes you broke down walking bass lines better than some people do in 30 minutes!!!

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

THANK U

@thierrypaulltbs 2 года назад

Thanks for consolidating my bass teaching ! Now i’ve got two internet stars in a youtube clip who says the same as me ! And also you can go from chord tone - chord tone - passing tone - passing tone and even : chord tone - pass - pass - pass, if you want… tell me if i’m wrong

@LuckyJack99 2 года назад

Love it as always mates ! 🤙

@bugsunplugged Месяц назад

Tip taken from a different YT bass channel: If the next chord is major - use the chromatic passing note BELOW the chord. If the next target chord is minor - use the chromatic passing note ABOVE the chord. BOTH approaches work, but this sounds (to my ears) a little better in context.

@betterbaggage Год назад

This makes perfect sense to this square classical guy. Love it. Thanks.

@devinebass Год назад

🧡🧡🧡

@alexandergreiner8838 2 года назад

At the very first glance, I didn´t realize who is who.... But: I didn´t know "the formula" although i´m playin´ Bass for other 30 years. Thank you for that "lesson" ! Brilliant!

@johnhood7098 2 года назад

Beautiful!

@ricinro 2 года назад

very helpful and makes great sense! I guess considerations to keep intervals small or spread out depends on if the walking bass is more melodic, as if in a solo, or harmonic to contrast with with the melody.

@devinebass 2 года назад

Exactly!

@sean6749 Год назад

this shit changes the game

@devinebass Год назад

🧡🧡🧡

@damienscanlon5585 2 года назад

I know that you all like using A major with this combo. But shouldn’t it be A minor if it’s the 6th of C major?

@davidgiloliva6463 2 года назад

It's a substitution. A7 is the 5th of D so it puts a motion to Dmin. For example, if you use G7, it will naturally go to C (major or minor). The same with any dominant 7th chord.

@twinsmm1 2 года назад

Cool! Great lesson.

@chrisreynolds3204 2 года назад

These guys are great!

@Pocoloco415 7 месяцев назад

What a wonderful way of looking at walking bass. Can we talk about two chords per measure now?

@j.rhodes1025 Год назад

Thank you guys!

@devinebass Год назад

Thank you for watching!

@Alexander-oh8ry 2 месяца назад

What about a non-chord note on beat 2 and things like 6ths or 7ths on beat 3? What about line clichees? This video is a stable way to start, but there are more things one can do. Also, I wonder if a chord switch on a weak beat "counts" as a strong or weak beat in terms of what notes to play on it. And how do rules change for chords longer than 4 beats or in 3/4 for example?

@gernblenstein1541 2 года назад

Brilliant.

@robertmansell3667 2 года назад

The Bass Brothers do it again! So simple right.

@derekblake8782 2 года назад

Great lesson gents!

@BassDad77 2 года назад

IMA repping Montana. Nice!

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

Born and raised!

@daryllcornier4509 10 месяцев назад

This is brilliant ❤

@devinebass 10 месяцев назад

Cheers!

@ravifkhan1970 2 года назад

AMAZING

@rubbadubdub6543 8 месяцев назад

I’ve been playing guitar and bass for nearly 40 years and I still don’t understand music theory. No matter how I try, my brain just doesn’t work fast enough to relate the numbers and/or letters to the actual playing experience. It takes me about 2 minutes to work out the 1, 3 and 5 notes in a key. Any hints and tips gratefully received.

@recursiv 4 месяца назад

Really no substitute for just doing it over and over until you can do it fast. It's like learning a multiplication table.

@zubrhero5270 2 года назад

Man, I love American Scott and English Scott! Man, I love English Ian and American Ian! (Delete as appropriate)

@imanimason5858 Год назад

GREAT VIDEO!!!!

@RobertWadlow292 2 года назад

I like the walking bass line in Steely Dan's Bodhisattva. Maybe you'll do a video on that

@JP-jy7sk 2 года назад

Curious about the right hand glove?

@gustavohman5811 2 года назад

Nice. What's your goto formula when there are two (or more) bars of the same chord in the progression? How do you make those interesting?

@IanMartinAllison 2 года назад

Great question. Try mixing up the order of the chord tones you play and once you have your arpeggios locked down, incorporate the seventh degree as well!

@gustavohman5811 2 года назад

@@IanMartinAllison Thanks for the reply. The challenge (imho) is making it not sound like a blues line.

@Kahann0 2 года назад

walk linear (no big interval jumps) in just the scale of the chord, e.g. a dmin for 2 bars (doesnt matter in which key) you walk a dmin scale and hit chord tones on the strong beats. just one way ofc :)