The Art of Bass & Chords For Jazz Guitar

The Art of Bass and Chords for Jazz Guitar covers:

• five principles for creating strong bass parts
• three techniques for building walking bass lines
• techniques for one-chord-per-bar and two-chords-per-bar
• full length composed bass line on the chord changes of “Autumn Leaves” demonstrating different techniques
• bass lines on static chords
• upbeat notes and “chickety gongs” to enhance rhythmic drive and variety
• bass lines “in two”
• broken swing bass lines
• playing walking bass, “in one,” dotted quarters, and broken swing on jazz waltzes
• lyrical ballad approach
• basic bossa nova bass lines
• shell voicings for use with bass lines
• adding color tones/upper extensions to shell voicings
• discussion of right hand technique
• exercises for getting started combining chords and walking bass lines
• additional techniques for embellishing chord accompaniment to walking bass lines
• adding chords to bass lines “in two” and broken swing bass parts
• using half step approach chords and tritone substitute chords to harmonize bass lines
• using pedal tones with chords
• two full length real-world examples of walking bass and chord performances on “Autumn Leaves” and an F blues
• different techniques for adding chords to bass lines on jazz waltzes
• ballad approach combining bass and chords
• preliminary exercises for gaining rhythmic fluency and confidence for combining bass and chords on bossa novas
• full length example of bossa nova comping with bass on the chord changes to “Blue Bossa”
• additional examples of rhythmic variations for chord accompaniment
• 123 minute running time
• includes 30 pages of written examples and exercises
• All musical examples from the video are provided in music notation, tablature, and chord grid form.
• Each example performance is shown in close-up view and titled and numbered for easy navigation.