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Building Melodic Bass Lines

Building melodic bass lines by Katie Thiroux

In this video, our jazz bass specialist Katie Thiroux takes us through some awesome tips for playing more interesting, melodic bass lines. If you're in a rut with your bass lines and playing the same thing every time, this video is for you! Katie talks about octave switching, playing different degrees of the scale and more to elevate your playing. In less then 10 minutes, she will have you improvising bass lines like you never have before.

If you're a fan of Katie's lessons and want to learn more, please check out her full-length course on the fundamentals of jazz bass, From Beginner to Bandstand. Or, her course for advancing jazz bassists, Bandstand and Beyond.

TIMECODES

00:00 Introduction
00:45 Switching octaves
02:49 Playing roots, thirds and sevenths
06:15 Demonstration

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