Ot Mack The Knife

[DTG]

I have to learn this song for a gig I am doing. I have never tried swing stuff and I would not be much of a Jazz fan mainly because I have never had the chance to listen to either.

But this is one sticky wee bass line, its taking a while to nail it down but it is a lot of fun playing.

I had to cheat on this one and get the tab for it and even then its still tricky.

If anybody has any other good walking bass songs let me know, I would really like to get my head around this style.

Cheers
Dave

PS just to bring this back to EBMM !!! My SR5 kills this song....mids cut a wee bit bass pushed a tad,Mark Bass eq pretty flat and it sounds just super spiffing !!

 

[roballanson]

Dave - try..... So What - Miles Davis

A Love Supreme - Coltrane

should keep you busy....

 

[phatduckk]

i got introduced to that song by setzer's version. its a great tune.

and tabs arent cheating the online tabs are usually wrong anyways. s'all good!

 

[Frankie5Angels]

If you want to try walking some Rock, try "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen and "Big Ten Inch Record" by Aerosmith (or the original).

 

[JimmyO]

I always loved Freddie the Freeloader myself.

Funny, I had the opposite experience with jazz bass playing. Jazz was all I was exposed to in my early bass days, and honestly... I kind of got soured on it, for a number of reasons.

 

[DTG]

If you want to try walking some Rock, try "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen and "Big Ten Inch Record" by Aerosmith (or the original).

thats mad i have played crazy little thing in band before ( i had forgot abount it untill you said ) and i bought an Aerosmith live cd with that on it a few weeks back and yes it is a good bass line,i will try that one
cheers

 

[DTG]

I always loved Freddie the Freeloader myself.

Funny, I had the opposite experience with jazz bass playing. Jazz was all I was exposed to in my early bass days, and honestly... I kind of got soured on it, for a number of reasons.

Its more the Jazz players i dont get,and i really dont mean to offend anyone.But every Jazz player I have played with has been so full of themselves its unreal.Our current Keyboard player is studying jazz and it a very good player,he knows every scale and jazz run,however he cant fill in or busk along with a song unless he brings it home to sudy it.And he acts like he is the best player in the world,and playing in a wedding band is so below him,even though we are paying him more than twice what he gets in his sunday jazz session.

he is very typical of the standard of Jazz players i have played with or even meet up with.

 

[Colin]

I had to cheat on this one and get the tab for it

how is it cheating? If it helped you learn something then it's a positive

 

[DTG]

how is it cheating? If it helped you learn something then it's a positive

I always play from ear,but there is just too many notes for my lug to pick up on all at once but yup it really helped so its cool

 

[tiffles]

i LUUHUVE ella fitzgerald singing mack... bliss. dont worry about players who are up themselves, they exist in any genre of music, just enjoy what ure learning and good luck!

 

[Alvabass]

If anybody has any other good walking bass songs let me know, I would really like to get my head around this style.

Cheers
Dave

Hey Dave, here are two examples that may help you:

Of course, these aren't the only options for accompanying those tunes. There are lots of possibilities, so don't be afraid to try and experiment.

 

[DTG]

thats great dude cheers....

this place is great guys

 

[stretch80]

"Blue Bossa" is a fun bass tune -- and the bossa nova feel is cool to play.

I started out as a rock player (still am) but play a lot of jazz now. I'm not a "know all the modes" guy but I can think on my feet and get a good feel so I get by.

I agree that some jazz players do have bad attitudes, but there are lots of good folks too -- especially the older generation that grew up with a love of it. I've had a blast jamming with some uncles and cousins who pull out jazz tunes the way we might pull out "not fade away".

Here's a thought on Swing feel: it's really just playing eighth notes, but instead of making them even, imagine that for each pair of eighths, one them is 2/3 of the beat (it's a little longer) and the other is 1/3 of the beat (a little shorter), and play them with that emphasis.

have fun with it!

 

[stretch80]

Van Morrison's "Moondance" is also a good walking bass line in a jazzy rock song...

 

[JimmyO]

But every Jazz player I have played with has been so full of themselves its unreal.

Remember when I said I got soured on jazz for numerous reasons? That's one of 'em.

 

[jwalsh]

First post...

Ed Friedland has a book called "Building Walking Bass Lines" that is top notch. I never "got" the whole walking bass line thing in my head. But the lightbulb came on pretty quick (if not terribly bright, but that's just me) thanks in no small part to that book.

...John

 

[DTG]

First post...

Ed Friedland has a book called "Building Walking Bass Lines" that is top notch. I never "got" the whole walking bass line thing in my head. But the lightbulb came on pretty quick (if not terribly bright, but that's just me) thanks in no small part to that book.

...John

thanks for that i will check it out,and welcome along