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Jazz guitar makes full use of many theoretical concepts, and also tends to use a lot of the more difficult concepts in music, such as improvisation and proper usage and implementation of the chromatic scale. More information can be found on his website mike downes is a yamaha artist. The book s pluses, including the lines once youre actually ready for them, is totally worth the money, but i would suggest that you start with either the jazz bass line book by mike downes or creating jazz bass lines by jim stinnett. The book is receiving worldwide acclaim as one of the most informative books available on the subject. He is much in demand as a clinician, and he continues to be one of the most sought after bassists in. Each chapter is full of fundamental and advanced concepts and ideas, accompanied by transcribed examples from the masters of jazz bass playing. He is also coauthor of jazz and contemporary music theory. Intended for beginners and professionals, the book deals with playing in 2, creating walking bass lines, 34 time, using a broken feel, modal and slashchord harmony, ballads, and much more. Intended for beginners and professionals alike, the boo. The bill evans trio volume 3 19681974 creating jazz bass lines jim stinnett. A good walking lines book is mike downes the jazz basslines book but as has been set, this is only a grounding, you really just need to listen to the greats and play, play, play, especially with others to get a true idea of what you need to do after you get some basic lines under your belt.
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Mike is the author of the jazz bass line book, recently published worldwide by advance music of germany, and is the head of the bass department at prestigious humber college in toronto. He is much in demand as a clinician, and he continues to be. Ive got the mike downes book and id mostly agree with this recommendation. Each chapter is full of fundamental and advanced concepts as well as transcribed examples from the mas. Then the book presents one and twomeasure patterns that can be used in playing the blues, rhythm changes, the iivi progression, and 20 popular jazz standards. Emotionally direct, profoundly lyrical bass work the whole note. This book is thorough, extensively researched, well organized and succeeds in balancing technical and aesthetic considerations. A chromatic approach to jazz harmony and melody by david liebman, 9783892210306. Mike downes is currently the head of the bass departement at prestigious humber college in toronto. The jazz bass line book advance music paperback september 1, 2015 by mike downes author 4.
Intended for beginners and professionals, the book deals with playing in 2, creating walking bass lines, 34 time, using a broken feel, modal and slashchord harmony, ballads, and. Actually, if youre willing to buy a book, id look at either the evolving bassist by rufus reid, or the jazz bass line book by mike downes. Mike downes the jazz bass lines book chord music melody. Downes album ripple effect, recorded with his trio and special guest guitarist ted quinlan, earned a 2014 juno award as canadas best traditional jazz album of the year. Theres a terrific section where he presents transcriptions of about a dozen bass players lines on rhythm changes. Intended for beginners and professionals, the book deals with playing in 2, creating walking bass lines, 34 time, using a broken feel. Mike downes is the bass department headprogram coordinator at humber college in toronto and author of the jazz bass line book and coauthor of jazz and contemporary music theory. The jazz bass line book by mike downes book sheet music. Downes is regarded as one of the top bassists in canada and is head of the bass faculty at humber college in toronto, and to be honest, its one of the only books ive ever seen thats helpful. Mike downes is the author of the jazz bass line book bass method language 0. This bass ace is incapable of letting you down midwest record mikes time playing is delightfully inventivehis lines are clear, hip, and agile. Mike downes winds of change cd album at cd universe. Stumbled across his blog this past year and found it really cool to compare different players answers to his questions.
More information can be found on his website mikedownes. Jazz is one of those few styles that expands and goes past the average intermediate phase. Jazz bass line book, paperback book, bass, and thousands more titles. The jazz bass line book by mike downes, 978395480, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
The body atlas by crocker, mark and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. By explaining the basics of intervals, chords, and scales the author builds a framework for understanding bass line patterns. The jazz bass line book by mike downes is excellent. Monday friday 9am 5pm est saturday 9am 4pm est closed sunday prices are subject to change. Mike moved to toronto in 1990, where he now lives with his wife and young daughter. The jazz bass line book by mike downes method book sheet. The book is written in standard notation with chord symbols. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and. Little black songbook the who 9781780385648 paperback 2012. This is also the best treatment of playing in 2 that ive seen in a book. Covers rightleft hand playing techniques, bass lines walking, modal, jazz rock, latin, etc. This bass ace is incapable of letting you down midwest record mike s time playing is delightfully inventivehis lines are clear, hip, and agile. Nemokamas pristatymas i musu atsiemimo punkta arba perkant nuo 26. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Mike is the author of the jazz bass line book published by advance music of germany. For example, he covers stuff like over the bar line phrasing, ballad playing, 34 walking, and broken bass lines think scott lafaro with bill evans.
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The jazz bass line book advance music paperback 1 sept. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable javascript. Downes has appeared on juno awardwinning and nominated recordings, including his own ripple effect, which won a 2014 juno award for traditional jazz album of the year, and root structure, which won the 2018 juno award for jazz album of the year. Hexatonics inside improvisation series vol 7 jerry bergonzi. The jazz bass line book is a comprehensive approach to the construction of improvised bass lines. Hes the bass instructor at humber college in toronto.
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