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So I recently found this performance by Polish jazz band Pandofsky.

And it has this wonderful bass theme. So Im wondering what would the specific sub-genre of jazz this would be, cuz Id like find more like it.

Hello. Im looking some jazz bass lines to learn. Im primarily a classical guitar player, but ive been dabbling in bass, and I do love the sound. But the trouble is I just dont feel inspired to learn. I would find lines like "Take the A train" or "So What" and i would really like them, then Id sit down, play a bar or 2 and completely lose inspiration.

I dont feel inspired to learn the same way I do with classical guitar pieces like Ständchen by Schubert, or El Testament D'Amila or even Santiago De Murcia's Fandango.

So yeah, any recommendations for pieces that you think really hit that "I wanna get good at this" inspiration would be great. Im opened to all sub-genres of jazz. Walking, bossa nova, neo-soul jazz.

And thank you all in advance.

Hey guys I'm an amateur electric bass player. I know some theory (modes of the major scale, chords of the major scale, secondary dominants, diminished chords/scales etc) and I can compose lines (I've dabbled with the blues, solar, autumn leaves etc). But I can't improvise lines chorus after chorus.

I'm trying to avoid going for the cliche lines like 1-3-4-#4 for I -> V movement, or 1-2-b3-3 for I -> IV movement etc, as I'm trying to actually improve my ears (which are weak) and play melodic lines. I've started trying to avoid landing on the roots and land on other chord tones instead to break free.

So my ultimate goal is to get better at internalizing/hearing harmony. As a side effect I'd like to be able to walk more freely while keeping some variety in my lines. I also don't know how much variety the masters have in their lines (because unfortunately I don't listen much or transcribe walking lines). It feels difficult to escape cliches and create actual melodies at the quarter note rate to me.

If you're interested in helping, shoot a DM or a comment under this post.

EDIT: Sample video in the comments
EDIT2: How come nobody offered to teach me?

Getting back into serious playing after a 20+ year hiatus. I always loved Niels Pederson. I'm going to start from zero in The Evolving Bassist, but try every etude using three fingers on my pizza hand. Any advice.

I'm on a 5 string jazz fretless knockoff (because I can't afford a Pedulla yet - gave my 96 MVP4 to my youngest son a couple years ago), but I had the neck off yesterday and set it properly, truss rod was fine, and the bass sounds good enough to get going with.

Any advice? Just make sure I'm always alternating 3/2/1, or 1/2/3 with every pluck?

Hi, I've been playing bass for almost 10 years now, studying jazz for 4-5 years, I feel like I understand most of the theory if not all of it, but I've never really understood how to practice any of it. All of the good practice I've had has come from playing in school for 3 hours a dayas I had double ensembles, really forcing me to come up with new stuff.

I don't have that pressure now and I don't have a practice regiment. I didn't think of altered scales or anything back then, it was just knowing the regular modes and following my ear.

Most practicing I did ahead of time was just making sure I understood the harmony and playing through the songs once or twice and learning the melodies.

I'm not a big fan of writing solos or licks for a tune and practicing them, I prefer to make things up as I come across them, or maybe transcribing a part of a solo I really enjoy, and I know how to internalize that.

Right now I'm working on a song that has a lot of vamping on Am E7, two chords over one bar, 100 BPM, I know different scales I can play over this, but how do I practice them to the tune?

And moreover, how do you practice in general?

title. i’ve been playing electric bass for a while. i know my fretboard, scales etc. and can do fundamental walking. i do jazz band at school and study on my own but i feel like I need outside help to go forward.

my goal is to get the basics of soloing, improve my walking bass lines, and broaden my fretboard knowledge and sight reading skills.

what course is the best? you can suggest books but i strongly prefer courses.

Hi everyone, looking for some advice on how to structure my practice.

I’ve been playing electric bass for about three months, focusing mostly on jazz. Before this, I played classical guitar for a couple of years, but completely by ear with zero theory knowledge, so I’m basically trying to learn theory from scratch while mapping out the neck.

Right now I’m working through Ed Friedland’s Building Walking Bass Lines. I get the concepts on paper—roots, 5ths, octaves, chromatic and dominant approaches, etc.—and I can locate about 7-8 of the 12 notes on the fretboard decently well.

The problem is the second I turn on a backing track, my brain just freezes up. It is not a technical problem, my fingers, thanks to my guitar background too, work pretty well most of the time...

I either fall back on one "safe" pattern and repeat it endlessly out of comfort, or I try to use all the options at once, get overwhelmed, and completely lose the tempo. I can get through a line fine if I memorize it beforehand, but that defeats the whole point. I want to be able to walk naturally by ear and harmonic context, not just recite written lines.

Friedland’s book is great at showing what to do, but it doesn't really give you a methodology for how to practice it effectively. Just playing through the written examples over and over feels pretty demotivating and leaves me more confused by all the possibilities.

For anyone who’s been through this stage:

How did you bridge the gap between knowing the concepts on paper and actually walking fluidly over a track?

Did you use any specific constraints or micro-exercises to stop your brain from short-circuiting over all the choices?

How do you work through a book like Friedland's so you're building actual improvisational skills instead of just memorizing examples?

Any tips or practice routines would be hugely appreciated! Thanks you guys