Summary: Walk a bebop bass line in A major when playing swing music on bass in the key of A; learn how from our expert upright bass player in this free music instruction video.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys. When applying his 12 key technique to understanding the logic...read more
"So now that we have our A minor scale down we can add in some chromatic notes and start walking some Bebop. So we moved around on the lower register using that exact same scale and I threw couple chromatic notes in there. I stayed mainly to that pattern and you can practice this for hours and really get your chops up just using this one scale and these three chords. The next chord we'll learn in just a minute."
eHow Article: How to Play a Bebop Walk on Bass in A