Walking Bass and Chords - Bb Blues - Jazz Guitar Lesson

Walking Bass and Chords is one of the greatest ways to comp if you are the only one playing behind a soloist like a horn or a singer. In this lesson I am going to go over a Walking bass comp on a  12 bar Bb Jazz Blues and how you play it on guitar. The video is based on a recording I made and transcribed.

Some of the things I discuss are on making walking bass lines on guitar, how to play them and how to add chords to your bassline. I also discuss shell voicings and drop3 voicings as being very useful for this type of guitar comping

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[scottbookman]

i start off thinking i can't do that...i watch your lesson and then its....now i can do that ...thanks for that Jens !

[matthewwesterfield]

I love all the different rhythms/styles you can get out of this type of playing imo

[jibicusmaximus]

coming back to this, i never got it down last time, cheers Jens, you are a great musician AND teacher, we are spoilt!

[jeremyhickersonsalem]

your rationale for which chords to sustain is something that ought to be obvious, but I'd never really analyzed it like that or heard anybody else say it either - thank you!

[yannicklambert-briere]

I love your videos, they are extraordinary and very well done. The explanations are clear and your guitar playing are awesome. Thank you for your teaching!

[maurocabezas]

that chord graffic on the right side is very helpfull !!! could be great for next videos ! thanks !!!

[pheronactus]

Yoo I'm grateful your channel exists sir! Been improving a lot this past 2 months. Thank you so much!

[lpgoog]

The breadth of your musical knowledge in your channel is astounding! I'm barely scratching the surface. Please do a video on your time management skills. How do you find the time to accumulate all this knowledge? LOL

[BartGmusic]

You have the best jazz lessons around. Period!

[mikeburstein]

This very Cool. I can now develop Walking Bassline! Thanx Jens!

[SuperXtoon]

Our band's bassist was absent during our last rehearsal. We played Tenor Madness and it didn't sound great without the bass. I will make sure to practice this so it doesn't happen again!

[tomrechsteiner]

AWESOME teacher and lesson this is really cool

[kennywally]

Awesome, I just got so much better at bass and comping! Thank you!

[sockenfrank]

Wonderful lesson.Thank you for the tab.

[bobartur]

Hi Jens! I learned my first walking bass on guitar thanks to your lesson! Thanks a lot!

[matthewwesterfield]

As always, a great lesson Jens Larsen! Thanks

[pjokivuo]

Thanks a lot once again Jens, absolutely fantastic lesson!

[svencro]

you are amazing sir thank you for all the lessons

[sunburntaquaticape]

Thank you Jens! I really appreciate that you took the time to make this video, ive been really interested in how to approach walking bass with comping, and youv'e been a great help here! Best wishes.

[kevinpearl]

This is what I am hoping to learn. It is like a mini composition on the guitar. Anyway, I think a blues improv over this progression would sound awesome. Thank you