I love musicians and singers❤

Thanks for posting this video of Bobby Blue Bland. He is the greatest bass player of all time.

Sounds great! What did you use to record it?🙏

In college in the 70s we had a week of clinics, concerts and hanging on a bus and at off campus parties with Don Menza, Alan Broadbent, Ed Soph and Rufus. Man, Rufus would stare at me while we were playing and he'd be laying down the most incredible shit and yelling at me, "Look at me, look at me!" He'd explain later that he wanted to make sure that we, as the anchor of the band, were hooked up together as one. We tend to get away from that communication and live in our own little bubble. I'm glad I came across this. It reminded me of that week. On the Sunday they came in, Ed and Rufus were absolutely merciless with me. That night I considered leaving school. By Saturday, they had rebuilt me completely and changed my entire outlook on music and who I was personally. Ed and I remained in touch and he invited me to come and crash a couple of Aebersold clinics he was doing. Rufus was at one of them and he greeted me as if I was his long lost son. Man, these guys are the greatest music educators on the planet.

Extremely informative....TY Master Bassist Ron Carter!! More of him n his teaching pls!!

Bass princess

Bpm’s should be set by the harmonic balance of the bass players jiggling arse.

There aren’t 20 choices in the first measure. There are 5^4=625 choices in the first measure. Or if distinct, 5!=120 choices.

"So it doesn't have to be loud to feel good." MESSAGE!

I don't know who this "Ron" guy is but could we get someone who knows what they're talking about?

so essentially: if you’re having to squeeze really hard no matter what, maybe take your axe to a tech to see if it needs some TLC from a pro.

Very good lesson-on quite an instrument. When the sound comes through on KZbin it’s saying something. Of course you come through everywhere, Maestro!

His tone on those scales.

Love it.

Good Job Paul. Can you describe your dots on fingerboard? ALL the best!

Thank you mr Chad

A LEGEND, just It.

put it this way, Mr. RC maestro your baseline could stand A melody itself your example was so lyrical when I was playing I always listen to what the bass player was doing, but the other problem is a lot of people don't know the court structure or tones relative to the key signatures major buyer that sort of stuff or they couldn't feel what the song was. Lady of them too that's why it is so important to do court structure and changes and have the ability to hear it.

What a gem of a video!! The Maestro continues to bless us

What is that extra bit next to the tuning pegs of the bass?

I love Maestro Ron, but if you look at the chord tones he was referring in his book, these are the fundamental chord tones. eg: F chord is FAC. However, when he plays his chorus, he is using more than the fundamental chord tones, like the 6ths or the 2nds. Those 'extra' notes are not printed in the book at all and he only said you should 'connect the dots' using those fundamental chord tones. So what he's doing is not consistenet with what he's saying.

This is great advice! Paul is the best.

Ron Carter on Red Clay baby!

Subbed! Mahalo!

I am not a musician, but I can listen to this gentleman all day

From Ferndale to the world.

You are a big genius Ron...(Beautiful)

The highlight of the last 5 years of youtube watching!

The Master - Through my own study I've realised that there are 24 ways of playing 4 chord tones over a single chord using, as Ron does here, quarter notes. if we include the octave above, ie 5 note choices then there are 120 ways of navigating a single chord....

Ty

Like Gil Scott-Heron said, “Brother Ron gets it on with a bassline so strong, the sound seems to glow in the dark!”

🙏🙏🫵🫵

In one measure you get 20 choices, but more impressively they yield 625 possibilities. Combined with the second measure, there are 390,625 possibilities. When i try it for 12 measures, my calculator reads 3.5527136788005009293556213378906e+33, in or 3,552,713,678,800,500,929,355,621,337,890,600 (3.5 decillion) if i am interpreting this correctly.

LEGEND. And one of the kindest men you'll ever meet.

awesome

Rufus, my band teacher back in 1977 gave me a book you wrote, The Evolving Bassist. I played through that book more than a couple of times. I am grateful for your book, it was instrumental in my development. Thank you.

Thank you Sir -

Great Musician with great sound!

I love the way he's casually rockin' those cuff links. #everydaycool #casualcool

That's when you know you're a respected master. ...........You have someone, "holding", your instrument while you're giving instruction and you just move over and they know to subtly move out of the way.

Still sharp as a Tack! Bravo, Sir Ron! Wow.

I’ve been a fan of Ron Carter since I first heard the 1971 album: California Concert @ The Hollywood Palladium featuring Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson. I still cherish that record. Thank you, Ron Carter, what an incredible career you have had! 🙏

Thank you! ❤

Thanks so much. This and a good set-up.

Need that jacket

Bassically 😊

When I hear the name "Carter" I think bass. Been a fan/follower since the 70s

Bless you sir !

Applause

Real cool! Ron was one of my favorite bass players.