Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bass Line Formulas, Vol. 3
Even More Ways to Master Walking Blues: Quarter-Note Groove, Guide-Tone Craft, and Ear Training
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Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
Brad Carlton breaks down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
Brad Carlton breaks down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
What you'll learn
- Create logical flow in solos without reinventing every measure
- Flip guide tones to create variation in bass lines
- Construct two-bar bass line patterns using common tones
- Understand the relationship between musical phrasing and spoken language syntax
- Build four-bar phrases using question-answer structure
Release date: 12/01/2025 • 1h 38m runtime
Sample lessons
8 1 3 5
Lesson & Demonstration
What's included
19 lessons • 1 charts
100 Walking Blues Bass Line Formulas Vol. 3
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
8 1 3 5
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
8 1 b3 3
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
8 1 6 5
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
8 1 5 6
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
8 3 5 6
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
8 b3 3 6
Guitar Lab: 100 Walking Blues Bassline Formulas, Vol. 3 picks up where the last volume left off, expanding your walking-bass vocabulary into new styles and sounds. You’ll learn how to adapt your lines to rockabilly, blues, jazz, swing, and even classic cowboy songs you can play around the campfire.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
I'll break down the core principles behind creative bassline construction—fingerings, melodic design, harmonic implication, and inner relationships across the fretboard. You’ll see how these same ideas can shape expressive single-note lines, helping your grooves move beyond simple accompaniment into real musical storytelling.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper command of tone, feel, and melodic flow, along with a toolkit of formulas that work in any style. So grab your guitar, lock into the groove, and let’s play some blues bassline formulas.
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