Piano Songs with Walking Bass
857 songs — Walking bass — left hand moves in steady quarter notes through the chord tones and passing notes — is the defining bass pattern of jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie. Tricky to play, instantly cool.
How walking bass works
Walking bass: LH plays a steady stream of quarter notes (one per beat) that outline the harmony — typically chord root → 3rd → 5th → chromatic passing tone → next chord root. Mostly stepwise motion.
Goldfinger
Shirley Bassey
Hello
Adele
Heroes
David Bowie
Hop Hippity Hop
The Wiggles
Hymn For The Weekend
Coldplay
Imagine It Was Us
Vance Joy
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Tommie Connor
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Traditional
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Wizzard
James Bond Theme
Monty Norman
Largo (from Xerxes)
George Frideric Handel
Lean On Me
Bill Withers
Licence To Kill
Gladys Knight
Life On Mars?
David Bowie
Little Me
Little Mix
Living Doll
Cliff Richard
Loco In Acapulco
Four Tops
Lonely This Christmas
Mud
May Song (Op. 52, No. 4)
Robert Schumann
Moon River
Henry Mancini
Mr Jones
Counting Crows
Mrs Knife and Mr Fork
The Wiggles
Pavane
Gabriel Fauré
Ring, Ring
ABBA
Sarabande In D Minor
George Frideric Handel
See, Amid The Winter's Snow
Traditional
Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat (from 'Guys and Dolls')
Frank Loesser
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding
S.O.S.
ABBA
S.O.S.
ABBA
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
Strong
One Direction
Sweet Home Chicago
Robert Johnson
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Theme from 'Organ Symphony'
Camille Saint-Saëns
The Show Must Go On
Queen
WHERE COULD I GO
Elvis Presley
Where Do I Begin (theme from Love Story)
Francis Lai
Who Do You Think You Are?
Spice Girls
Work From Home
Fifth Harmony
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Frequently asked questions
- What is walking bass piano?
- Walking bass is a left-hand technique where you play a continuous stream of quarter notes that "walk" between chord changes. Defining sound of jazz, blues, swing, and boogie-woogie.
- Is walking bass hard?
- Yes — it's one of the more advanced bass patterns. Requires hand independence (LH does its own walking line while RH plays melody/chords) and knowledge of scale + chord theory to construct walking lines.
- What songs use walking bass?
- Most jazz standards, blues progressions, and many soul/funk tracks. Browse the list for examples — mostly medium and hard difficulty.