Once a player can navigate a tunes harmony confidently, then rhythm can more easily come to the foreground. I was about twenty when it came out, and i remember how excited my bass playing. Using backing track one, begin by isolating the top two strings of the bass and play four notes from each arpeggio in each bar 14 notes. Shop and buy the real book bass clef edition sheet music. A thesis submitted to the graduate council of texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music with a major in music may 2014 committee members. The ab real book c bassclef edition jazz horns by abrsm unknown.
When used on a modern stave the dots are either side of the 4th line, showing that note is f. Bass clef edition real books hal leonard constructing walking jazz bass lines, book 1. The function of a bass player in the jazz combo is to work with the piano player and drummer to provide both a harmonic and rhythmic stability for the tune. From jazz bassist to popular music icon by joshua andrew zarbo, b. The real books are the bestselling jazz books of all time. These blues bass lines are like having a one chorus lick that you can rely on to always sound good when you play it. Bebop scales are the use of 12 steps in scales and modes to transform them into clear harmonic ides that spell chords. By jerry coker, james casale, gary campbell, and jerry greene. Just like walking with your feet, tyjwalking bass line is one step after the other that takes you somewhere.
Best jazz guitar books to teach yourself jazz guitar. The unaccompanied double bass solo is a relatively new medium in both jazz and classical common practice. Certainly unaccompanied works for string instruments have. The bill evans trio volume 3 19681974 creating jazz bass lines jim stinnett. Hexatonics inside improvisation series vol 7 jerry bergonzi. Tucson jazz institute, holding classes at utterback magnet middle school, 3233 s pinal vista, tucson az 857 mail. Designed for the medium to advanced difficulty level, this book includes. Shop and buy the new real book volume 3 bass clef edition sheet music.
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The real book volume i bass clef edition hal leonard. Set pieces may alternatively be accompanied by playalong tracks, available as audio downloads at our online shop. Lead sheets and piano accompaniments for arrangements from the ab real books are available to purchase via download here. Condensed charts and pertinent explanations are conveniently inserted throughout the book to give greater clarity to the application of more than 400 patterns built on chords and scalesfrom simple major to complex lydian augmented scales.
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Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. I read and memorize as many heads or melodies from the book as i can. Here are pdfs for the 12 major scales in treble clef and bass clef. Bass clef edition just real books series paperback july 1, 20 by hal leonard corp.
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Hal leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music. Condensed charts and pertinent explanations are conveniently inserted throughout the book to give greater clarity to the application of more than 400 patterns built on chords and. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. The first book in the list is not specifically a jazz guitar book. Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz. Bass clef version is 296 pages of improvisational gold for bassists a collaborative project led by nikita borisenko, the book contains more than 1,500 jazz licks for the more popular chord progressions 251 and 1625 in the jazz repertoire. Walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys upright bass and electric bass method fantastic familiar folk songs. Oct 06, 2017 sorry to come down hard on you, but if youre going to call yourself a jazz musician, you are going to have to be able to read concertpitch lead sheets like everyone else does. The real book volume 4 bass clef edition real4bc was. Musical flaws in the book are virtually nil, but all music is taken down an octave with scant regard for what range it enters, and whether the.
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The bass clef is also known as the f clef and looks like this. The real book fifth edition f bass clef internet archive. On six freddie freeloader freedom jazz dance full house gee baby. The samples are in pdf format and require adobe acrobat reader to be installed. Note that the full ebooks include 196 pages, featuring 192 fullpage illustrations of 16 scales and modes in all 12 keys. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.
A collaborative project led by nikita borisenko, the book contains more than 1,500 jazz licks for the more popular chord progressions 251 and 1625 in the jazz repertoire. Bass clef real book jazz music entertainment general free. Jamey aebersold jazz does not accept liability for incorrect spelling, printing errors including prices, incorrect manufacturers specifications, or grammatical inaccuracies in any product included in the jamey aebersold jazz catalog or website. Jazz bass soloing fundamental changes music book publishing. Bass clef real book free ebook download as pdf file. The bass lines in the section are for you to learn, memorize, and play in a real live playing situation. This cd book in pdf format will help you understand and learn to create your own jazz solos. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The real book vol 4, bass clef edition bass musician.
This book is designed to help you learn to play this passionate and beautiful music. Practice drawing the bass clef sign by tracing over the guidelines. The notes on the bass staff follow the same pattern as other notes on the music staff. Sorry to come down hard on you, but if youre going to call yourself a jazz musician, you are going to have to be able to read concertpitch lead sheets like everyone else does. The term walking is used lescribe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part.
Draw a bass clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note. Jamey aebersold jazz does not accept liability for. In no particular order, here are the books we recommend if you wish to teach yourself jazz guitar. Bass clef version is 296 pages of improvisational gold for bassists. Then go ahead and get a treble clef book and start doing the same thing especially on tunes youve worked on in bass clef. You may notice that certain phrases appear in many solos. The licks are written in standard notation and are provided in all keys. This book is not intended as a compendium of every possible pattern or harmonic approach. Learning the 12 major scales in one of the most important things fledgling jazz musicians or any musician can do. As the world gets closer together, having a working knowledge of latin bass playing will increasingly be a prerequisite for any professional, improving bassist. A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing. The real book was painstakingly created because the editors care about music and. This book contains the main afrolatin styles of bass playing as well as sections on latin jazz bass.
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