Chord Tone Soloing for Bass Guitar

Jazz bass soloing can be a challenging style of music to learn.

As bass soloists we are often more comfortable playing scales rather than the true building blocks of jazz solos; arpeggios… so it can be difficult for us to emulate and build authentic bebop language.

Chord Tone Soloing for Bass Guitar teaches you the fundamental approaches to jazz bass soloing. Learn how to solo over the 13 most essential chord progressions in jazz using Arpeggios, Substitutions and Chromatic Approaches.

Here’s What You Get…

• A Complete and Comprehensive Approach to Jazz Guitar Soloing so you quickly and easily learn how to play jazz bass

• 103 Pages that dissect the 13 Most Important Chord Sequences in Jazz so you learn how to naturally play with each one

• 14 Backing Tracks and over 80 Minutes of Audio so you can practice what you’ve been learning

• PLUS a free download of 124 Notated Audio Examples to help you become a master jazz bassist

Approach Jazz Bass the Right Way

Chord Tone Soloing for Bass Guitar helps you build an articulate jazz language around the most important sequences in jazz.

There are many different bebop chord progressions, but in essence they can be broken down into just thirteen simple structures.

Chord Tone Soloing for Bass Guitar teaches you to how to use Arpeggios, Extensions, Chromatic Ideas and Substitutions over each of these thirteen essential jazz sequences, and how to combine these building blocks into authentic, melodic solos.

Each progression is approached both logically and methodically to build articulate bass solos from the fundamental principles of jazz. By applying arpeggio-based techniques, and learning to decorate your solos with chromatic ideas, you will quickly learn how to ‘play the changes’ in a musical and creative way.

Learn to…

• Target Chord Changes with Arpeggios

• Add Richness and Colour with Arpeggio Extensions

• Form Interesting and Exciting Lines with Chromatic Approach Notes

• Use ‘Outside’ Substitutions to add Altered Tensions to your Playing

• Develop your Solos using Essential Rhythmic Concepts

PLUS learn how to ‘hit the changes’ by combining rich arpeggios with chromatic ideas. With this jazz concept you will quickly master the jazz bass guitar language.