Build Rock-Solid Walking Bass Lines From the Ground Up
Endorsed by Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Haslip, John Goldsby, Ben Allison, etc., Walking Bassics: The Fundamentals of Jazz Bass Playing is one of the best method books focusing exclusively on how to create authentic-sounding walking bass lines. It is designed for beginning jazz players, and anyone wanting a solid foundation for learning jazz bass.
The book contains detailed discussions of:
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The four crucial principles of walking bass line construction.
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How to always make good note choices.
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Tips on creating good time feel.
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A dozen additional intermediate walking bass techniques, for once the basics have been mastered.
The audio download has Ed Fuqua and his swinging NY rhythm section playing simple blues and standard tunes, plus the bass tracks can be turned off for play-along use.
Walking Bassics also includes transcriptions of every note Ed plays on the CD download for you to analyze, play-along with, and use to build a vocabulary of walking bass lines.
Spiral-bound, 50 pages, Table of Contents.
Sample Pages: 5-6, 17-18
Sample Audio: Track #1, Track #10
Endorsements:
“Thoughtfully conceived, informative, concise, and organized with the needs of the young musician in mind.”
— Eddie Gomez“
“Provides the aspiring jazz bassist with a thorough guide to walking bass lines. This is an in-depth look at the heart and soul of jazz bass playing.”
— John Goldsby
“Music is all about group interplay and most accomplished modern improvisers see a performance as a conversation. This book gives beginning musicians some of the basic tools they need to get into that kind of conversation on a deep level.”
— Ben Allison
“I found this book to be a really well-planned, in-depth and articulate study of the walking bass concept. I recommend this book for those who are searching for the right answers on how to create a strong, solid and confident walking bass line. I am now personally excited to schedule Walking Bassics into my own study rotation.”
— Jimmy Haslip
“I call the bass line the bass melody. It is a really important area for all bass players to dig deep into. Ed Fuqua's book is an important addition to the jazz pedagogy for bass players. I highly recommend it.”
— Mel Graves
