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Walking Bass, Part 2 w/ Chuck Ervin
Wednesdays, 8:30-9:45 pm, beginning September 14
A follow-up to Introduction to Walking Bass, this class advances the concepts of using arpeggios, scale runs, and leading tones to create bass lines that are at once harmonically supportive and also creatively melodic on their own. These concepts are essential whether you’re playing country, folk, Hawaiian, honky tonk, traditional swing, Western swing, gypsy jazz, modern jazz, or any style that uses a walking bass line. We’ll discuss appropriate theory, and be prepared for lots of in-class playing.
Prerequisite: If you have taken Introduction to Walking Bass or feel comfortable playing 1-3-5 arpeggios in several keys, you are ready for this class, which is open to all bass instruments: upright, guitar bass, electric bass, and ukulele bass.
Is this class right for you? Feel free to contact the instructor at chuck.ervin@att.net.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
He has worked with many other Bay Area musicians, including Bobby Black, Joe Craven, Ed Johnson, Jinx Jones, Keith Little, Tony Marcus, Jim Nunally, Jeff Sanford, Julian Smedley, and Radim Zenkl. He has also performed as an actor and musician in numerous stage productions, including “Woody Guthrie’s American Song” at the Freight & Salvage.
He studied jazz bass with Glenn Richman, bassist for famed vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, and teaches bass at the Freight & Salvage, at music camps, and at his Oakland studio. Visit www.basschuck.com for more information. |
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Bassist Chuck Ervin performs swing music with the Sylvia Herold Ensemble, folk music with Euphonia, classic country with the Mike Stadler & Mary Gibbons Band, jazz and pop with guitarist Chris Grampp, and is an in-demand bassist in the Bay Area’s vibrant jazz and acoustic-music scenes.
