Summary: Walk a bebop bass line on two and five when play swinging music on upright bass; 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 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"So now that we have our two minor down and our five seven we can start what we walk, what Jazz cats call, walking a two five. Very basic Jazz vocabulary going from your two minor to your five seven. So our A minor to our D seven and we can just keep walking back and forth. I'll do two measures of each. Then one measure each. Then a half measure each and you'll hear the basic sound and you'll hear how we run it through A.D, G, A, D, G, A ,D, G, A, A, D, G, A, D, D. So go through and start working on your two fives in every key."
eHow Article: How to Play a Bass Bebop Walk on 2 & 5