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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Bassline_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Bassline (disambiguation)">Bassline (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Bass part" redirects here. For the vocal part, see <a href="/wiki/SATB" title="SATB">SATB</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the EDM style, see <a href="/wiki/Bassline_(music_genre)" title="Bassline (music genre)">bassline (music genre)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Victor_Wooten_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Victor_Wooten_2.jpg/220px-Victor_Wooten_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Victor_Wooten_2.jpg/330px-Victor_Wooten_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Victor_Wooten_2.jpg/440px-Victor_Wooten_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Victor_Wooten" title="Victor Wooten">Victor Wooten</a> soloing on the electric bass guitar</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Bass line" redirects here. For the marching band section, see <a href="/wiki/Bass_line_(drumline)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass line (drumline)">Bass line (drumline)</a>.</div> <p><b>Bassline</b> (also known as a <b>bass line</b> or <b>bass part</b>) is the term used in many styles of <a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">music</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music">dub</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, for the low-pitched <a href="/wiki/Part_(music)" title="Part (music)">instrumental part</a> or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">rhythm section</a> instrument such as the <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">electric bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tuba</a> or keyboard (<a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond organ</a>, electric organ, or <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizer</a>). </p><p>In unaccompanied solo performance, basslines may simply be played in the lower <a href="/wiki/Register_(music)" title="Register (music)">register</a> of any instrument while <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melody</a> and/or further <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> is provided in the middle or upper register. In solo music for piano and pipe organ, these instruments have an excellent lower register that can be used to play a deep bassline. On organs, the bass line is typically played using the <a href="/wiki/Pedal_keyboard" title="Pedal keyboard">pedal keyboard</a> and massive 16' and 32' bass pipes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Riffs_and_grooves">Riffs and grooves</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Riffs and grooves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Basslines in <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">popular music</a> often use <a href="/wiki/Ostinato#Riff" title="Ostinato">"riffs"</a> or "<a href="/wiki/Groove_(music)" title="Groove (music)">grooves</a>", which are usually simple, appealing musical motifs or phrases that are repeated, with variation, throughout the song. "The bass differs from other voices because of the particular role it plays in supporting and defining harmonic motion. It does so at levels ranging from immediate, chord-by-chord events to the larger harmonic organization of a [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] entire work."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bassline riffs usually (but not always) emphasize the chord tones of each chord (usually the root note, the third note, or the fifth note), which helps to define a song's key. Basslines align or <a href="/wiki/Syncopation" title="Syncopation">syncopate</a> with the drums. Other rhythm instruments join in to create a more interesting rhythmic variations. The type of rhythmic pulse used in basslines varies widely in different types of music. In <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a> jazz and <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a>, basslines are often created from a continuous sequence of quarter notes in a mostly scalar, stepwise or arpeggio-based part called a "<a href="#Walking_bass">walking bass</a> line". In <a href="/wiki/Latin_music_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin music (genre)">Latin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salsa_music" title="Salsa music">salsa music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">jazz fusion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronica" title="Electronica">electronica</a>, and some types of <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metal_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Metal music">metal</a>, basslines may be very rhythmically complex and <a href="/wiki/Syncopation" title="Syncopation">syncopated</a>. In bluegrass and traditional country music, basslines often emphasize the root and fifth of each chord. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg/200px-Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg/300px-Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg/400px-Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006311_021_Musiker_mit_einem_Kontrabass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>A German double bass section in 1952. The player to the left is using a German bow.</figcaption></figure> <p>Though basslines may be played by many different types of <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">instruments</a> and in a broad musical <a href="/wiki/Range_(music)" title="Range (music)">range</a>, they are generally played on <a href="/wiki/Bass_(instrument)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass (instrument)">bass instruments</a> and in the range roughly at least an <a href="/wiki/Octave" title="Octave">octave</a> and a half below <a href="/wiki/Middle_C" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle C">middle C</a> (roughly the range of the <a href="/wiki/Bass_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass clef">bass clef</a>). In <a href="/wiki/European_classical_music" class="mw-redirect" title="European classical music">classical music</a> such as string quartets and symphonies, basslines play the same harmonic and rhythmic role; however, they are usually referred to as the "bass voice" or the "bass part". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instruments">Instruments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most popular musical ensembles include an instrument capable of playing bass notes. In the 1890s, a <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tuba</a> was often used. From the 1920s to the 1940s, most popular music groups used the <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a> as the bass instrument. Starting in the 1950s, the <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass guitar</a> began to replace the double bass in most types of popular music, such as rock and roll, blues, and folk. The bass guitar was easier to transport and, given that it uses magnetic pickups, easier to amplify to loud stage volumes without the risk of <a href="/wiki/Audio_feedback" title="Audio feedback">audio feedback</a>, a common problem with the amplified double bass. By the 1970s and 1980s, the electric bass was used in most rock bands and <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">jazz fusion</a> groups. The double bass was still used in some types of popular music that recreated styles from the 1940s and 1950s such as <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> (especially swing and <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a>), traditional 1950s <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>. </p><p>In some popular music bands, keyboard instruments are used to play the bass line. In <a href="/wiki/Organ_trio" title="Organ trio">organ trios</a>, for example, a <a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond organ</a> player performs the basslines using the organ's <a href="/wiki/Pedal_keyboard" title="Pedal keyboard">pedal keyboard</a>. In some types of popular music, such as <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip-hop">hip-hop</a> or <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house music</a>, the bass lines are played using <a href="/wiki/Bass_synthesizer" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass synthesizer">bass synthesizers</a>, sequencers, or electro-acoustically modeled samples of basslines. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TB303_Front_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/TB303_Front_View.jpg/330px-TB303_Front_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/TB303_Front_View.jpg/495px-TB303_Front_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/TB303_Front_View.jpg/660px-TB303_Front_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1254" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption>TB-303 front panel</figcaption></figure> <p>Basslines are important in many forms of <a href="/wiki/Dance_music" title="Dance music">dance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Electro_(music)" title="Electro (music)">electro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dubstep" title="Dubstep">dubstep</a>, and most forms of <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trance_music" title="Trance music">trance</a>. In these genres, basslines are almost always performed on <a href="/wiki/Synthesizers" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthesizers">synthesizers</a>, either physical, such as the <a href="/wiki/Minimoog" title="Minimoog">Minimoog</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Roland_TB-303" title="Roland TB-303">Roland TB-303</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Softsynth" class="mw-redirect" title="Softsynth">virtual</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Sytrus" title="Sytrus">Sytrus</a> and <a href="/wiki/ZynAddSubFX" title="ZynAddSubFX">ZynAddSubFX</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip-hop</a>, producer <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rubin" title="Rick Rubin">Rick Rubin</a> popularized the technique of creating basslines by lengthening the bass drum decay of the <a href="/wiki/Roland_TR-808" title="Roland TR-808">TR-808</a> drum machine and tuning it to different pitches.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chinese_orchestra" title="Chinese orchestra">Chinese orchestras</a> use the zhōng ruǎn (中阮) and dà ruǎn (大阮) for creating basslines. Other, less common bass instruments are the lā ruǎn (拉阮), dī yīn gé hú (低音革胡), and da dī hú (大低胡) developed during the 1930s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Russian <a href="/wiki/Balalaika" title="Balalaika">balalaika</a> orchestra use bass balalaika and contrabass balalaika. </p><p>Australia's indigenous music and some <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">World music</a> that is influenced by Australian music uses <a href="/wiki/Didjeridus" class="mw-redirect" title="Didjeridus">didjeridus</a> for basslines.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_music">Classical music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Classical music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png/300px-BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png/450px-BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png/600px-BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.png 2x" data-file-width="1528" data-file-height="277" /></a><figcaption>The opening of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, third movement is often used as an orchestral excerpt during bass <a href="/wiki/Audition" title="Audition">auditions</a>. <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/e\/e9\/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid\/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid/BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">Play</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid" title="File:BeethovenSymphonyNo5Mvt3Opening.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, the bassline is always written out for the performers in <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestral</a> repertoire, the basslines are played by the <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double basses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cellos</a> in the <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string section</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Bassoon" title="Bassoon">bassoons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contrabassoon" title="Contrabassoon">contrabassoons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bass_clarinet" title="Bass clarinet">bass clarinets</a> in the woodwinds and by <a href="/wiki/Bass_trombone" title="Bass trombone">bass trombones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tubas</a> and a variety of other low brass instruments. In symphonies from the Classical period, a single bassline was often written for the cellos and basses; however, since the bass is a <a href="/wiki/Transposing_instrument" title="Transposing instrument">transposing instrument</a>, and it is notated an octave higher than it sounds, when cellos and basses play the same bassline, the line is performed in octaves, with the basses an octave below the cellos. By the end of the Classical period, with Beethoven's symphonies, cellos and double basses were often given separate parts. In general, the more complex passages and rapid note sequences are given to the cellos, while the basses play a simpler bassline. The <a href="/wiki/Timpani" title="Timpani">timpani</a> (or kettledrums) also play a role in orchestral basslines, albeit confined in 17th and early 18th century works to a few notes, often the tonic and the dominant below it. In a small number of symphonies, the <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a> is used to play basslines. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Chamber_music" title="Chamber music">chamber music</a>, the bassline is played by the cello in string quartets and the bassoon in wind chamber music. In some larger chamber music works, both a cello and a double bass are used to play the bassline. In a Baroque era (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600</span>–1750) piece accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Basso_continuo" title="Basso continuo">basso continuo</a>, the accompanying musicians would include a chordal instrument (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a> or <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lute</a>) and a number of bass instruments might perform the same bassline, such as the cello, <a href="/wiki/Viol" title="Viol">viol</a>, double bass, <a href="/wiki/Theorbo" title="Theorbo">theorbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(instrument)" title="Serpent (instrument)">serpent</a> (an early wind instrument), and, if an organist was present, the lower manual of the organ and the low-pitched <a href="/wiki/Pedal_keyboard" title="Pedal keyboard">pedal keyboard</a>. In 2000s-era performances of Baroque music, the basso continuo is typically performed by just two instruments: a chordal instrument and one bass instrument (often harpsichord and cello). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[The bass part is] the groundwork or foundation upon which all musical composition is to be erected.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Simpson_(musician)" title="Christopher Simpson (musician)">Christopher Simpson</a> 1667:19<sup id="cite_ref-Perlman_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perlman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[The bass part is] the base and foundation of the other parts, since one builds them upon it.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Charles Masson 1669:31<sup id="cite_ref-Perlman_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perlman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[The bass part is] the foundation of harmony.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Gioseffo_Zarlino" title="Gioseffo Zarlino">Gioseffo Zarlino</a> 1561:239, 1558:179<sup id="cite_ref-Perlman_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perlman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popular_music">Popular music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Popular music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many genres of modern <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional music</a> (ranging from <a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a> to blues) and popular music (ranging from rock and pop to reggae to funk), the bassline is generally played by an <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">electric bass</a> player. In <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychobilly" title="Psychobilly">psychobilly</a>, traditional blues and <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass music</a>, the bassline is played by a <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a> player. The bassline uses low notes that provide a rhythm while simultaneously setting out the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/Chord_progression" title="Chord progression">chord progression</a>. The bassline bridges the gap between the rhythmic part played by the drummer and the melodic lines played by the <a href="/wiki/Lead_guitar" title="Lead guitar">lead guitarist</a> and the chordal parts played by the <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title="Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitarist</a> and/or keyboard player. In most traditional and popular music styles, the bass player is expected to be able to <a href="/wiki/Musical_improvisation" title="Musical improvisation">improvise</a> a bassline which they base in the <a href="/wiki/Chord_progression" title="Chord progression">chord progression</a> of a song. When a bassist is playing a <a href="/wiki/Cover_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Cover song">cover song</a>, they may play the bassline that was originally used on the recording. A <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session bassist</a> playing in a music studio is expected to be able to read a bassline written in <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a>. Bass players also perform <a href="/wiki/Fill_(music)" title="Fill (music)">fills</a> in between the phrases of the vocal melody, and they may also perform <a href="/wiki/Bass_run" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass run">bass runs</a> or bass breaks, which are short solo sections. Rhythmic variations by the bass, such as the introduction of a syncopated figure can dramatically change the feel of a song, even for a simple groove. </p> <blockquote><p>"In any style, the bass's role in the <a href="/wiki/Groove_(popular_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Groove (popular music)">groove</a> is the same: to keep time and to outline the tonality. When developing bass lines, these two things should always be your goal"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[One] may view in it [(the bass part)] all the other parts in their original essence.<a href="/wiki/Thomas_Campion" title="Thomas Campion">Thomas Campion</a> 1967:327<sup id="cite_ref-Perlman_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perlman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Walking_bass">Walking bass</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Walking bass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Blues_shuffle" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues shuffle">Blues shuffle</a></div> <p>A <b>walking bass</b> is a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in <a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque music</a> (1600–1750) and 20th century <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while <a href="/wiki/Walking" title="Walking">walking</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walking basslines generally consist of <a href="/wiki/Syncopation" title="Syncopation">unsyncopated</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">notes</a> of equal value, usually <a href="/wiki/Quarter_note" title="Quarter note">quarter notes</a> (known in jazz as a "four feel"). Walking basslines use a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Musical_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical scale">scale</a> tones, <a href="/wiki/Arpeggio" title="Arpeggio">arpeggios</a>, chromatic runs, and <a href="/wiki/Passing_tone" class="mw-redirect" title="Passing tone">passing tones</a> to outline the <a href="/wiki/Chord_progression" title="Chord progression">chord progression</a> of a song or tune, often with a melodic shape that alternately rises and falls in pitch over several bars. To add variety to a walking bassline, bassists periodically interpolate various fills, such as playing scale or arpeggio fragments in swung eighth notes, plucking muted percussive grace notes (either one grace note or a "raked" sequence of two or three grace notes), or holding notes for two, three, or four beats. Some songs lend themselves to another type of variation: the <a href="/wiki/Pedal_point" title="Pedal point">pedal point</a>, in which the bassist holds or repeats a single note (often the tonic or the dominant) under the chord changes. </p><p>Walking basslines are usually performed on the <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">electric bass</a>, but they can also be performed using the low register of a <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond organ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tuba</a> or other instruments. They can also be sung, as is done by some a capella vocal groups. While walking bass lines are most commonly associated with jazz and blues, they are also used in <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ska" title="Ska">ska</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_music_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin music (genre)">Latin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, and many other genres.<sup id="cite_ref-Building_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Building-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples">Examples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walking bass in the <a href="/wiki/Pedal_keyboard" title="Pedal keyboard">pedal keyboard</a> part of Baroque organ music (J.S. Bach's <i><a href="/wiki/Nun_komm,_der_Heiden_Heiland" title="Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland">Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland</a></i>, BWV 659, from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Eighteen_Chorale_Preludes" title="Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes">Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes</a>): </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Excerpt-BWV659.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Excerpt-BWV659.png/700px-Excerpt-BWV659.png" decoding="async" width="700" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Excerpt-BWV659.png 1.5x" data-file-width="785" data-file-height="145" /></a></span> </p> <dl><dd><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/08\/Organ-BWV659.mid\/Organ-BWV659.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Organ-BWV659.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/Organ-BWV659.mid/Organ-BWV659.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">play</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Organ-BWV659.mid" title="File:Organ-BWV659.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></dd></dl><p> Other walking bass lines can be heard in the opening movements of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Haydn" title="Joseph Haydn">Joseph Haydn</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._22_(Haydn)" title="Symphony No. 22 (Haydn)">Symphony No. 22</a> (nicknamed "The Philosopher"), <a href="/wiki/Anton_Bruckner" title="Anton Bruckner">Anton Bruckner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Bruckner)" title="Symphony No. 5 (Bruckner)">Symphony No. 5</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Elgar" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Elgar)" title="Symphony No. 1 (Elgar)">Symphony No. 1</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="45" data-mwtitle="Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav/Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav/Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Haydn_Symphony_22_opening.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>Haydn Symphony 22 opening</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png/500px-Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png/750px-Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png/1000px-Haydn_Symphony_23_opening.png 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="568" /></a><figcaption>Haydn Symphony 22 opening</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="61" data-mwtitle="Bruckner_Symphony_No._5,_opening.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Bruckner_Symphony_No._5,_opening.wav"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Bruckner_Symphony_No._5%2C_opening.wav/Bruckner_Symphony_No._5%2C_opening.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Bruckner_Symphony_No._5%2C_opening.wav/Bruckner_Symphony_No._5%2C_opening.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Bruckner_Symphony_No._5%2C_opening.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>Bruckner Symphony No. 5, opening</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruckner_Symphony_No._6,_opening.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bruckner_Symphony_No._6%2C_opening.png/500px-Bruckner_Symphony_No._6%2C_opening.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bruckner_Symphony_No._6%2C_opening.png/750px-Bruckner_Symphony_No._6%2C_opening.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bruckner_Symphony_No._6%2C_opening.png/1000px-Bruckner_Symphony_No._6%2C_opening.png 2x" data-file-width="1875" data-file-height="503" /></a><figcaption>Bruckner Symphony No. 5, opening</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="27" data-mwtitle="Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>Elgar Symphony No 1 opening</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png/500px-Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png/750px-Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png/1000px-Elgar_Symphony_No_1_opening.png 2x" data-file-width="1814" data-file-height="629" /></a><figcaption>Elgar Symphony No 1 opening</figcaption></figure> <p>Walking bass often alternates quarter notes: </p> <div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/d/p/dp2rhx09lm9li64tvuyq75081k3t3cl/dp2rhx09.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/d/p/dp2rhx09lm9li64tvuyq75081k3t3cl/dp2rhx09.png" width="439" height="63" alt="\relative c' \repeat volta 2{ c g c g c g b a g d' g, d' g, d' e d}" /></div> <dl><dd><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-3" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/74\/Walking_bass_I-V.mid\/Walking_bass_I-V.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Walking bass I-V.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/Walking_bass_I-V.mid/Walking_bass_I-V.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">play</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Walking_bass_I-V.mid" title="File:Walking bass I-V.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></dd></dl> <p>giving rise to the term. </p><p>Many <a href="/wiki/Boogie-woogie_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Boogie-woogie bass">boogie-woogie basslines</a> are walking bass lines: </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Typical boogie woogie walking bassline"><img alt="Typical boogie woogie walking bassline" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg/500px-%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg/750px-%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg/1000px-%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="231" /></a></span> </p> <dl><dd><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-4" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/00\/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.mid\/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Play in G"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"\"Texas & Pacific\" boogie woogie bass.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.mid/%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">Play in G</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Texas_%26_Pacific%22_boogie_woogie_bass.mid" title="File:"Texas & Pacific" boogie woogie bass.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> or <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-5" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/d\/da\/Twelve_bar_boogie-woogie_blues_in_C.mid\/Twelve_bar_boogie-woogie_blues_in_C.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"in C"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Twelve bar boogie-woogie blues in C.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/Twelve_bar_boogie-woogie_blues_in_C.mid/Twelve_bar_boogie-woogie_blues_in_C.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">in C</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Twelve_bar_boogie-woogie_blues_in_C.mid" title="File:Twelve bar boogie-woogie blues in C.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></dd></dl> <p>Walking bass often moves in stepwise (scalar) motion to successive <a href="/wiki/Root_(chord)" title="Root (chord)">chord roots</a>, such as often in <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>: </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Walking bass I-IV"><img alt="Walking bass I-IV" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG/400px-Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG" decoding="async" width="400" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG/600px-Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG/800px-Walking_bass_I-IV.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1087" data-file-height="136" /></a></span> </p> <dl><dd><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-6" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/9\/91\/Walking_bass_I-IV.mid\/Walking_bass_I-IV.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Walking bass I-IV.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/Walking_bass_I-IV.mid/Walking_bass_I-IV.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">Play</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Walking_bass_I-IV.mid" title="File:Walking bass I-IV.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></dd></dl> <p>In this example, the last two quarter notes of the second measure, D and E, "walk" up from the first quarter note in that measure, C, to the first note of the third measure, F (C and F are the roots of the chords in the first through second and third through fourth measures, respectively). </p><p>In both cases, "walking" refers both to the steady duple rhythm (one step after the other) and to the strong directional motion created;<sup id="cite_ref-Building_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Building-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the examples above, from C to F and back in the second, and from root to seventh and back in the first. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a> jazz, the walking bass has a stabilising effect, offsetting and providing a foil to the complexity of the improvised melodic lines, for example in <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a>’ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59aXJ8GvMYE">“Blue Seven”</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bass_run">Bass run</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bass run"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Fill_(music)" title="Fill (music)">Fill (music)</a></div> <p>A <b>bass run</b> (or "bass break") is a short <a href="/wiki/Instrumental_break" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrumental break">instrumental break</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fill_(music)" title="Fill (music)">fill</a> in which the <a href="/wiki/Bass_(instrument)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass (instrument)">bass instrument</a> (such as an <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">electric bass</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a>) or instruments (in the case of a marching band) and the bassline are given the forefront.<sup id="cite_ref-van_der_Merwe_1989_283_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-van_der_Merwe_1989_283-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bass part for a bass run often differs from the usual bass <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> style, in terms of the register, <a href="/wiki/Timbre" title="Timbre">timbre</a>, or melodic style that is used, or the number of notes per beat which are played. </p><p>A bass run may be composed by the performer or by an <a href="/wiki/Arranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Arranger">arranger</a> prior to a performance, or it may be <a href="/wiki/Improvisation" title="Improvisation">improvised</a> onstage by the performer using scales, arpeggios, and standard <a href="/wiki/Lick_(music)" title="Lick (music)">licks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riff" title="Riff">riffs</a>. In some cases, a bass run may incorporate a display of <a href="/wiki/Virtuoso" title="Virtuoso">virtuoso</a> techniques such as rapid passages or high notes. During a bass run, the main vocal or <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melody</a> line usually stops, and in some cases, the <a href="/wiki/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">percussion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a> may also stop. The technique originated in the <a href="/wiki/March_(music)" title="March (music)">marches</a> of the "<a href="/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">Sousa</a> school", though its resemblance to <a href="/wiki/Call_and_response_(music)" title="Call and response (music)">call and response</a> techniques familiar to <a href="/wiki/African-American_music" title="African-American music">African American musicians</a> indicates an earlier origin.<sup id="cite_ref-van_der_Merwe_1989_283_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-van_der_Merwe_1989_283-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electric_bass">Electric bass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electric bass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> song in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the electric bass, a bass run may consist of a rapid sequence of sixteenth notes in a higher register, or of a melodic <a href="/wiki/Riff" title="Riff">riff</a> played in a higher register. In some cases, the bassist will select a "brighter"-sounding pickup or increase the treble response of the instrument for a bass run, so that it will be easier to hear. </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_bass" title="Heavy metal bass">heavy metal</a> song where the bassist was ordinarily playing low notes without overdrive to accompany, for a solo, they may turn on a <a href="/wiki/Fuzz_bass" title="Fuzz bass">fuzz bass</a> pedal and use a <a href="/wiki/Wah_pedal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wah pedal">wah pedal</a> to create a more pronounced tone (an approach used by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Burton" title="Cliff Burton">Cliff Burton</a>), and then play an upper register riff or scale run. Some <a href="/wiki/Shred_guitar" title="Shred guitar">shred guitar</a>-style bassists may do two-handed <a href="/wiki/Tapping" title="Tapping">tapping</a> during a bass solo (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sheehan" title="Billy Sheehan">Billy Sheehan</a>). </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> song in which the bassline consists of notes plucked on the electric bass, a bass run may consist of several bars of percussive <a href="/wiki/Slap_and_pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Slap and pop">slapping and popping</a>. Bass solos and guitar solos are rare in pop. In the rare cases that instrumental solos occur in pop, they are often played by <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizer</a> or, in some bands, by <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a>. </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Electronic_dance_music" title="Electronic dance music">EDM</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dubstep" title="Dubstep">dubstep</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grime_(music_genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grime (music genre)">grime</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">related genres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Synthesiser_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthesiser bass">synthesiser bass</a> is used (along with <a href="/wiki/Bass_drum" title="Bass drum">kickdrums</a>). </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> song in which the bassline already consists of percussive slapping and popping, a bass run may consist of a virtuosic display of rapid slapping and popping techniques combined with techniques such as glissando, note-bending, and harmonics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Double_bass">Double bass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Double bass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a> tune in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the double bass in a scalar walking bass style, a bass run may consist of a bar of swung eighth notes played using a percussive slap bass style, in which the right hand strikes the strings against the fingerboard. </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a> tune in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the double bass in a scalar walking bass style, a bass run may consist of a descending chromatic scale played in a higher register. </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> tune in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the double bass on the root and fifth of each <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chord</a> on beats one and three (of a 4/4 tune), a bass run may consist of a walking bass line played for several bars. </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Psychobilly" title="Psychobilly">psychobilly</a> band, a bass solo will often consist of a virtuosic display of triple and quadruple slaps, creating a percussive, drum solo-like sound. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wind_bass">Wind bass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wind bass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a <a href="/wiki/Marching_band" title="Marching band">marching band</a>, a bass run may consist of a several bar unaccompanied passage composed for the tubas and sousaphones which displays either rapid passages of notes or higher-register techniques. In New Orleans jazz, the tuba may provide a walking bass line similar to that of the double bass. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ground_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground bass">Ground bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lament_bass" title="Lament bass">Lament bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">Drum and bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bassline_(music_genre)" title="Bassline (music genre)">Bassline (music genre)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 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class="citation news cs1">Leight, Elias (6 December 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/8-ways-the-808-drum-machine-changed-pop-music-w453714">"8 ways the 808 drum machine changed pop music"</a>. <i>Rolling Stone</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161207154255/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/8-ways-the-808-drum-machine-changed-pop-music-w453714">Archived</a> from the original on 7 December 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"fondamento dell'harmonica"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSanterre2001">Santerre 2001</a>, p. iv</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBuelow2004">Buelow 2004</a>, p. 40</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFriedland1995">Friedland 1995</a>, p. 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Building-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Building_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Building_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFriedland1995">Friedland 1995</a>, p. 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-van_der_Merwe_1989_283-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-van_der_Merwe_1989_283_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-van_der_Merwe_1989_283_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_der_Merwe1989">van der Merwe 1989</a>, p. 283</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassline&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuelow2004" class="citation cs2">Buelow, George J. (2004), <i>A history of baroque music</i>, Indiana University Press, p. 40, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-253-34365-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-253-34365-8"><bdi>0-253-34365-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+history+of+baroque+music&rft.pages=40&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-253-34365-8&rft.aulast=Buelow&rft.aufirst=George+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABassline" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFriedland1995" class="citation cs2">Friedland, Ed (1995), <i>Building Walking Bass Lines</i>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7935-4204-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7935-4204-9"><bdi>0-7935-4204-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Building+Walking+Bass+Lines&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-7935-4204-9&rft.aulast=Friedland&rft.aufirst=Ed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABassline" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvan_der_Merwe1989" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_der_Merwe_(musicologist)" title="Peter van der Merwe (musicologist)">van der Merwe, Peter</a> (1989), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/originsofpopular0000vand"><i>Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music</i></a></span>, Oxford University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-316121-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-316121-4"><bdi>0-19-316121-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Origins+of+the+Popular+Style%3A+The+Antecedents+of+Twentieth-Century+Popular+Music&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-19-316121-4&rft.aulast=van+der+Merwe&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foriginsofpopular0000vand&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABassline" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCadwallader1998" class="citation cs2">Cadwallader, Allen (1998), <i>Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach</i>, p. 45, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-510232-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-510232-0"><bdi>0-19-510232-0</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Analysis+of+Tonal+Music%3A+A+Schenkerian+Approach&rft.pages=45&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0-19-510232-0&rft.aulast=Cadwallader&rft.aufirst=Allen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABassline" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSanterre2001" class="citation cs2">Santerre, Joe (2001), <i>Slap Bass Lines</i>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-634-02144-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-634-02144-3"><bdi>0-634-02144-3</bdi></a></cite><span 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