#1 Tip for Walking Bass Lines - Christian McBride | 2 Minute Jazz

One of the keys to putting together a good bass line is making
sure they’re linear - meaning that they don’t jump around and
skip around a lot.


You don’t want to put together a walking bass line where you kind
of like 


— [whack, non-linear bass lines] —


I’ve actually heard some bass players do that. I really have.
It’s not good.


Keep you lines so they go just like this – up and down hill, up
and down hill.


If you want to break it up a little bit, make sure there’s a
pattern inside of what you’re doing so it makes some sense.


-- [non-whack, nice bass line} --


I’ll break it up a little bit.


-- [more nice walking lines] --


Even when I’m making the jump, I keep it linear from there.


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