할 레오나드에서 출판한 재즈 베이스의 종합 교본입니다.
저자 Matthew Rybicki 는 정통 재즈 스타일에서 자신만의 워킹 베이스 라인과 임프로바이즈 솔로를 만드는데 꼭 필요한 지식들을 소개하고 있습니다.
예제들의 모범 연주 음원이 온라인으로 제공되며 Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Scott LaFaro를 포함한 많은 재즈 베이스의 전설적인 연주자들의 스타일로 연주하는 방법들이 수록되어 있습니다.
워킹의 기본, 코드와 스케일, 블루스, 리듬 변화, 스트링 레이킹(raking), 솔로, 테크닉, 코드 치환, 페달 포인트와 오스티나토 등의 다양한 내용들이 오선 악보와 베이스 타브악보로 동시에 실려 있습니다.


- Contents -

INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED “JAZZ”?

CHAPTER 1
Living in Harmony: Intervals&Chords
Technique Tune-Up: Getting a Sound
Changes Are Inevitable: Introduction to Chord Progressions
Bass Accompaniment: Role Call
Preparing to Solo: Major and Pentatonic Scales
All Ears on You: Introduction to Soloing

CHAPTER 2
Living in Harmony: Major. Minor, and Dominant Seventh Chords
Technique Tune-Up: Fingering Strategies
Changes Are Inevitable: The All-Important ii-V-I Progression
Bass Accompaniment: The Two-Feel
Preparing to Solo: Minor Scales
All Ears on You: Creating Melodies of Your Own

CHAPTER 3
Living in Harmony: Chord Extensions
Technique Tune-Up: Swing Time
Changes Are Inevitable: The I-vi-ii-V Progression
Bass Accompaniment: Walking Bass Lines
Preparing to Solo: Modes
All Ears on You, Part 1: Connecting Notes
All Ears on You, Part 2: Chord Scales

CHAPTER 4
Living in Harmony: Major and Minor 6ths and Suspended Chords
Technique Tune-Up:Skipping
Changes Are Inevitable: The Blues Progression
Bass Accompaniment: The Shape of Lines to Come
Preparing to Solo: The Blues Scale
All Ears on You: Composition in Real Time

CHAPTER 5
Living in Harmony. The ♭9th and ♭13th
Technique Tune-Up: String Raking and Triplet Drops
Changes Are Inevitable: The Minor Blues
Bass Accompaniment: The Ostinato
Preparing to Solo: Scales for the ♭9th and ♭13th
All Ears on You: Telling a Story

CHAPTER 6
Living in Harmony: The #9th and #11th
Technique Tune-Up: Emulating the Human Voice
Changes Are Inevitable: "Bird" Blues
Bass Accompaniment: Chord Substitution
Preparing to Solo: Scales for the #9th and #11th
All Ears on You: The Right Notes in the Right Places

CHAPTER 7
Living in Harmony: Diminished and Half-Diminished Chords
Technique Tune-Up: Playing with the Bow
Changes Are Inevitable:Diminished Chord Applications
Bass Accompaniment: Ballad Basics
Preparing to Solo: Scales for Diminished and Half-Diminished Chords
All Ears on You: Making the Changes

CHAPTER 8
Living in Harmony: The #5th and ♭5th
Technique Tune-Up: Thumb Position
Changes Are Inevitable: The Cycle-of-4ths Progression
Bass Accompaniment: The Jazz Waltz
Preparing to Solo: The Altered and Whole-Tone Scale
All Ears on You: lmprovising with Alterations

CHAPTER 9
Living in Harmony: Compound Chords
Technique Tune-Up: Two-Finger Technique
Changes Are Inevitable: Rhythm Changes
Bass Accompaniment: Speed Walking
Preparing to Solo: Bebop Scales
All Ears on You: Heighten Your Mobility

CHAPTER 10
Living in Harmony: Hybrid Chords
Technique Tune-Up: Beat Manipulation
Changes Are Inevitable: Modal Progressions
Bass Accompaniment: Pedal Point
Preparing to Solo: Conventional Chord Scales for Unconventional Chords
All Ears on You: Upper-Structure Triads

EPILOGUE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR