Build Walking Basslines Like the Legends

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Learn how walking basslines actually work—through the lines of jazz legends—and build your own using a clear, simple system.

6-Week Small Group Workshop


Sundays beginning May 24


Limited to 8–10 players

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About the Course

Learn to create walking basslines through the blues by studying how legendary players build their lines and applying those ideas to your own playing.

In this 6-week LowEnd Lab course, you’ll work with focused excerpts from masters like Ray Brown, Percy Heath, and Sam Jones—analyzing how their lines move through harmony, time, and feel. These excerpts are used to develop your ear, understand the feel of great walking lines, and extract the concepts behind them.

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Each idea is immediately applied through a structured practice system, so you’re not just learning lines—you’re learning how to create them.

Built around the blues as a jazz form, this course allows you to focus deeply on time, note choice, and musical movement without the complexity of more advanced harmony.

By the end, you’ll be able to build walking basslines that feel connected, intentional, and grounded in the language of the legends—and understand a system for bassline construction that can be applied to any harmonic sequence.

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What You’ll Cover

• Build walking basslines through the blues using a clear system


• Learn how strong lines move through chord changes


• Improve time feel, groove, and forward motion


• Turn 4-bar ideas into full choruses


• Stop guessing and know how to build lines confidently


• Use a repeatable approach you can apply to many tunes

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What’s Included

• 6 weekly small-group sessions


• Downloadable transcription excerpts + full transcriptions


• Practice tracks for each week


• Course portal access


• Weekly materials released in advance for preparation


• Guided assignments using a structured practice system


• Bonus: 1 free month membership to The Bass Shed

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Schedule

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Sundays — 2:00 PM
Starts May 24
Enrollment closes May 17 — No walk-ins

6 weekly sessions in a small group setting.

Pricing & Enrollment

$160 — Full 6-Week Course

Less Than $27 per session

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$120 (Remote)

— Full 6-Week Course

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FAQ

    • Your instrument (bass guitar or double bass)

    • Cable, tuner

    • Notebook or device for notes

    Amplification is provided.

  • Suitable for players who may be newer to jazz but are not new to the instrument. You should have a basic understanding of your bass, scales, and rhythmic terminology.

  • Reading music is helpful, but not required. Materials are provided, and the focus is on playing, listening, and applying concepts.

  • Yes. Weekly materials are released in advance so you can prepare and develop your jazz improvisation skills between sessions.

  • Gated parking is available. On Sundays, access from Washington due to the Grand View farmers market.

  • Enrollment closes May 17. No walk-ins.
    All sales are final.

  • Gated parking is available. Grand View hosts a farmers market on Sundays, so please access the gated parking from Washington.

  • All enrollments are final. Due to limited class size, refunds are not available once your spot is reserved.

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