Intervalic Bass Lines ‘The "intervalic" bass line is created from your knowledge of what notes make particular chords. ‘The rules are very simple: 1. Start the bass line on the root of the chord 2. Play one chord tone per beat until the last beat of the measure or chord 8. On the last beat, play a passing tone to the root of the next chord Lot's begin the examples with a basic 2-5-1 chord that you mastered in Lesson 1, pm @ cA oxGrd Pa te et Next, here is an example of F blues with an Intervalic style bass line. Scales and Bass Lines ‘The next kind of bassline is a "scale" style bass line. The rules are very similar to the interval style, however itis your knowledge of how scales interact with chords instead of actual chord notes that build the bassline. 4. Start on the root ofthe chord 2, Play a note of the scale that is related to the chord or tonality of the chords you are dealing ‘with untl the last beat of the chord 3. On the last beat of the chord, play @ passing tone to the root of the next chord ‘The fist examples another 2-5-1 chord pm o ca [pre ee ft ee The next example is F blues with a mix of Scale and Interval style bass lines. A good blend of both styles of walking bass lines is what you would normally play in jazz. There are two choruses in the midi file for this one. The second chorus is not printed out, but you can listen to it and hear some of the principles of walking a bass