CHAPTER 1. DEVELOPING YOUR JAZZ BASS CONCEPT The 4-to-1 Concept Note Resolution Final Thoughts
CHAPTER 2. BUILDING BASS LINES Choosing Notes Chord Symbols Bass Lines from Chord Scales Chords and Modes Rhythmic Feel The "Two" Feel ¡±Fall Foliage¡± "Take a Subway¡± ¡±Quiet as the Early Light¡± "Island of Tom" ¡±Apple Honey¡± "Señor Paulo" Four Feel and Walking Bass ¡±Spare Apple Parts"
CHAPTER 3. THE NOTES BETWEEN THE NOTES Scalar Bass Lines Chromatic Passing Tones Blues with Scale and Chromatic Approach Notes Cycle V Practice Common Chord Tone Approaches
CHAPTER 4. CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND WALKING BASS II V Blues ¡±Alice in Azure¡± "Cobalt Alicia" SubV7 "Alice in Blueland" Post-Bop "Big Shoes" ¡±Giant Loops" ¡±Isotoner¡± Displacing the Root "Sky Groove" "Discover a New Infant" G Blues ¡±Double Trouble¡± Cycle V Common Chord Progression Drill Harmonic Loops: Root Motion of Minor Thirds and Half-Steps
CHAPTER 6. VAMPS, PEDAL POINTS, GROOVES, AND FEELS Vamps "Leave Your Boots at the Door" ¡±Lethal José" ¡±Totally Azure" ¡±1, 5, 9¡± "Rural Tune" "Here's to Dad" Vamps in Different Meters "Funky Bop" Pedal Point Pedal Point Exercises "On Verdant Flipper Avenue" "Many Evening Eyes" Grooves New Orleans Style "Second Line" Groove 12/8 Grooves "Hot Season" ¡±Mail Order Amour" ¡±Anticipation at the Photo Store"
CHAPTER 7. SOLO PLAYING Hand Position and Soloing Acoustic Electric Bass-Line Solos ¡±Indiana Lee¡± "Hot Home" Symmetrical Diminished Scale ¡±Important Events¡± Melodic Solos Rhythmic Articulations Articulations Bebop Ideas for Soloing ¡±Fall Foliage¡± ¡±My Whole Life¡± Phrase Variations ¡±Thinking About Someone¡± ¡±Hot Season¡± Solo Guidelines for Transcribing What Is Improvisation in Music?
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