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Standard Lines, Book III in the Constructing Walking Jazz Bass
Lines series for the Double Bassist and Electric Bassist is a
comprehensive guide demonstrating the devices used to construct
walking jazz bass lines in the jazz standard tradition.
Book III covers 24 standard jazz chord progressions with 110 choruses
of professional jazz bass lines as an example.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1
The Chord Scale Relationships
How to apply the Modes and chord scale relationships to
standard chord progressions
How to construct the triads off of the major scale
Jazz chord progression # 1
Bass Line Construction Triads and the " 2 " feel
Triads " 4 " feel walking bass line
Triads and the chromatic approach from above
Triads and the chromatic approach from below
Triads and the Walk Up
Triads and the Walk Down
Jazz chord progression # 2
Scalar approaches to constructing bass lines " ascending "
Applying 7th chords to scalar bass lines
How to construct the diatonic 7ths
Applying 7th chords to scalar bass lines " descending "
Ascending scalar with chromatic approach from above
Descending scalar with chromatic approach from below
Voice leading 7th chords & the II V I progression
Jazz chord progression # 3
Applying the voice leading technique to bass lines
Voice leading the Dominant 7th chord
How to apply the Modes to constructing walking jazz bass lines
The Ionian mode
Jazz chord progression # 4
The Major II V I progression and the the Dorian &
Mixolydian modes
The II V I progression
The application of the II V I progression in jazz chord
progressions
The III VI II V progression and the Phyrgian mode
The III VI II V I progression
The application of the III VI II V I progression in jazz
chord progressions
The I VI II V progression and the Aeolian mode
The application of the I VI II V progression in jazz
chord progressions
The Lydian mode
Jazz chord progression # 5
Applying the Lydian Mode to constructing jazz bass lines
The Locrian Mode
Jazz chord progression # 6
Applying the Locrian Mode to constructing jazz bass lines
Part II
Symmetric & Melodic Minor Scales
The Whole Tone scale
Jazz chord progression # 7
The Diminished scale
Jazz chord progression # 8
Applying the use of the Diminished scale
The Half Whole Diminished scale
Jazz chord progression # 9
Applying the use of the Half Whole Diminished scale
The Diminished Whole Tone scale & the
Minor II V progression
Jazz chord progression # 10
Applying the use of the diminished whole tone scale
The Locrian # 2 & the Minor II V progression
Applying the use of the Locrian # 2 scale
The Minor II V progression
Part III
The Bebop Scales
The ascending Major Bebop scale
The descending Major Bebop scale
Jazz chord progression # 11
Applying the use of the Major Bebop scale
The ascending Dorian minor Bebop scale
The descending Dorian minor Bebop scale
Jazz chord progression # 12
Applying the use of the Dorian Minor bebop Scale
The ascending Mixolydian Bebop scale
The descending Mixolydian Bebop scale
Jazz chord progression # 13
Applying the use of the Mixolydian Bebop Scale
Part IV Jazz Bass Line examples over standard Jazz
chord progressions
Jazz chord progression # 14
Jazz chord progression # 15
Jazz chord progression # 16
Jazz chord progression # 17
Jazz chord progression # 18
Jazz chord progression # 19
Jazz chord progression # 20
Jazz chord progression # 21
Jazz chord progression # 22
Jazz chord progression # 23
Jazz chord progression # 24
In Conclusion