Jazz Swing Piano Tutorial - Walking Bass & Comping
This is the sheet music companion for the following youtube tutorial:
Jazz Swing Piano Tutorial - Walking Bass & Comping
This jazz swing piano / keyboard tutorial walks through 23 steps of creating a swinging walking bass line and comping patterns.
We explore these through a 2-5-1-6 progression in Bb Major (Cm7-F7-BbMaj7-G7).
The beat never stops so you can always play along in the pocket!
The video is in 3 parts:
- Basslines - Building up to a walking 4s bassline
- 2. Chord Voicings - Root position, shells, A Voicings, B Voicings and Altered Chords
- 3. Comping Rhythms - 10 popular rhythms to get under your fingers
Play along, imitate or create your own ideas with my suggestions as inspiration - have fun!
