This week we released one of the tools created under our Custom Tool Program: the Jazz Walking Bass Tool.
Developed in collaboration with Austrian jazz composer and arranger Reini Schmölzer, this tool lets you generate walking bass lines directly from a given chord chart.
This is especially useful when presenting demos of your arrangements with a solid lower foundation. In many cases, the bass staff is intentionally left unwritten—free for the performer to interpret live—so having a reliable generated line can make a big difference when sharing your work.
“The Jazz walking bass plug-in generates nice and convenient bass lines, is a real time-saver for workflow and is very helpful to bounce audio demos directly from Sibelius.
I highly recommend this plug-in especially to jazz arrangers who write a lot of walking bass lines over chord changes in their arrangements and compositions.”
— Reini P. Schmölzer
Creating automatic bass lines
Using the tool is straightforward:
Select a passage that con
tains the corresponding chords, launch the Automatic Jazz Walking Bass tool, and press the Stomp button.
The tool will then generate an idiomatic walking bass line based on standard patterns—giving you a quick, musical result that fits naturally within your arrangement.
What’s your next Sibelius extension?
Are you dealing with a task that’s stealing your time—whether small or complex? Or do you have an idea for a tool that could streamline your notation workflow?
Let me know. Your idea could become the next tool we build.
