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.
UPTOWN FUNK
Mark Ronson
WE ARE GOLDEN
Mika
WHERE IT'S AT
Beck
WILLIN'
Little Feat
WRITE YOUR STORY
Francesca Battistelli
BEAUTIFUL
Shawn McDonald
CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION
Tommy James & The Shondells
Dancing On My Own
Calum Scott
DIAMONDS AND PEARLS
Prince
EASY
Rascal Flatts feat. Natasha Bedingfield
EVERY MORNING
Sugar Ray
EVERYTHING
Michael Buble
FEELS LIKE TODAY
Rascal Flatts
FIFTEEN
Taylor Swift
FRECKLES
Natasha Bedingfield
GIANT
Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man
HELLO WORLD
Lady A
HONEY BEE
Blake Shelton
I DON'T FEEL LIKE LOVING YOU TODAY
Gretchen Wilson
I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT
Whitney Houston
I NEVER LOVED A MAN
Aretha Franklin
JOY TO THE WORLD
Nicholas Jonas
Kiss From A Rose
Seal
NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART
Mark Ronson
OVER AGAIN
One Direction
Paradise
Coldplay
PARADISE
Coldplay
SANTERIA
Sublime
SEPTEMBER
Daughtry
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
P!nk
TOGETHER AGAIN
Janet Jackson
WOULD YOU GO WITH ME
Josh Turner
BUILDING A MYSTERY
Sarah McLachlan
COME TO THE TABLE
Sidewalk Prophets
DOPE
Lady Gaga
EASTSIDE
benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid
Hummingbird
Leon Russell
I DON'T DANCE
High School Musical 2
I NEED YOUR LOVIN'
Teena Marie
JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
The Black Eyed Peas
KISS ME
Ed Sheeran
LAY IT ON ME
Vance Joy
LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS
Jazmine Sullivan
MUST BE NICE
Lyfe Jennings
POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME
Def Leppard
TELLING THE WORLD
Taio Cruz
THE CHRISTIANS AND THE PAGANS
Dar Williams
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
Glee Cast
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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.