Building Walking Bass Lines (Bass Builders) (Includes Online Access Code)

Great layout, clear progression, easy to understand. Used with many, many students over the years with great success.

As someone very new to walking basslines with somewhat limited music theory this book has helped tremendously. It provides clear explanations and great oppurtunities to practise what the book is teaching. I recommend taking your time with this - go through it thoroughly and do not rush! No one learned to walk in a day.

Good book and very helpful in giving explanations about construction and some music theory . I also like how Ed gives you the lesson linked to online audio - and then tells you to make up your own lines.

I play bass and wanted a guide as to how to make up walking bass lines. This book is about making the bass player a jazz bassist. The book makes no assumptions about the starting level and begins at the start. It then progresses via stages to introduce more and more complex walking bass lines. This is really helpful as it shows how to "build the walk" from very basic (if you pardon the pun) to the most complex walks. I should point out that this guide is primarily aimed at jazz style bass lines (which includes the blues, etc.) but these walking lines are adaptable to other genres. Ther are also a few very useful hints about playing, etc. A useful aid is the CD which comes with the book. You can use it to hear the bass lines. I read music but the primary idea is to get the bassist to be able to build a line from the chords alone. So there are exercises to develop this. Overall, if you want to get a good introduction to walking bass, this is a good guide. In particular, I did appreciate the step-by-step approach used by the author. It will not, of course, help you develop other styles directly, but will widen your bass horizons from simply playing the root note (base of the chord) repeatedly.

East to follow, indispensable resources for bass players wanting to progressing walking lines

Very good service, thank you!

This is a very good start for those who want to improvise jazz, but also blues, rock, pop, and most other styles. The examples and tunes are in swingy jazz style, but the approch is universal.

Fantastic book. Ed really breaks things down into simple steps so you'll be walking in no time.

Toller Einstieg in eine der wesentlichsten Bassspielarten überhaupt, es wird von Anfang an sehr gut erklärt wie man einen Walking Bass spielt und mit nur wenig Fantasie fängt man schon nach kurzer Zeit an eigene Walking Bass Läufe wie von selbst zu spielen. Die begleitenden Musikstücke gibt es als Download, sie sind qualitativ hochwertig aufgenommen und so wie es sich gehört werden sie sauber eingezählt. Wer bisher noch keine Noten lesen kann wird auch hier erstaunt sein wie leicht man sich an den Bassschlüssel gewöhnen kann. Das Heft ist in englisch verfasst, sollte aber jeder mit halbwegs gutem Schulenglisch lesen und verstehen können, na und wenn nicht dann lohnt es sich in jedem Fall seine Kenntnisse zu erweitern. Walking Bass ist nicht nur etwas für Blues und Jazz Musiker, jeder Bassist kann Walking Lines anwenden.

届いて早速レビューします。 Walking Bass Lineとありますが、ジャズをやる人だけでなく色んなジャンルに役立つベースラインの構築の仕方が丁寧に順を追ってのっています。 その順番が適切だなと思いました。なかなかこの順番でレクチャーしてくれる人って日本にいないのではないでしょうか。 最初の数ページは超初歩的な事が中心ですが、それ以降はやり応えのありそうなものも多いです。 初心者の方出会っても丁寧に時間をかけて進めれば必ず力になりそうな気はします。

This is a fantastic instructional method book, which is unusual for anything Half Leonard puts out - in my experience; the author, Ed Friedland, is exceptionally clear in his communication to the reader, always explaining any topic/term he introduces (a make/break quality that MANY "degree holding experts" fail to execute in their material). This book is essential to guitar players, too, not just bassists, due to it's foundational understanding on core musical facets. Definitely a purchase you'll find beneficial.

Probabilmente il libro piu' usato per l'apprendimento delle walking bass lines. La nuova versione permette di accedere ai contenuti audio on line permettendo sia di scaricarli che di ascoltarli tramite un normale browser.

Je n'ai pas peu utiliser le produit. Pas de CD. J'ai essayé , cependant de me connecter avec le code. Très compliqué et énervant. J'ai abandonné. Rien ne vaut le CD sur l'installation hi fi... J'ai retourné l'article. La méthode me semble être bien réalisée..