No thanks - there are a lot of people far more qualified to do rockabilly slap than me.

Upright bass is a little different since there aren't any 'frets'. However, you can still sort of use the same system, although most upright players, if they're reading, they're reading notation, not tabs.

No way Chris! That's hilarious! Sorry to interrupt your lunchtime lol. And I'm doing really well dude - hope you and the family are all doing well too.

lol - yeah

Please don't stalk me. Haha

@@BecomeABassist Don't worry. I'm not in the country. I just miss the free version of Geoguessr. I liked the video btw. Lots of good stuff!

Damn - that is some top-notch geoguessing @thecrossmethod6192. I'm impressed.

@@BecomeABassist Thanks. I think I have your building narrowed down to two. There are two next to each other that look similar and have the right kind of architecture. I've geogussed a few Vulf videos lately and then I saw your video and had a hunch about the city so I gave it a try.

Glad to hear you noticed the change @pedrove.8087

Perhaps I wasn't as clear as I could have been with that point @johnnyangel504. I wasn't suggesting that bassists shouldn't play with good timing or precision - I specifically say the opposite. I also say that playing with a metronome on all 4 beats is totally fine at the start. The point was that you don't want to become _reliant_ on the metronome (or drummer or anyone else in the band) as you get more experience. As a bassist, developing a solid sense of *internal* time is practically essential. That way, if there's some kind of breakdown in a song where it's just the bass - or if a song requires a bass intro that means playing alone - then you're not relying on anyone or anything else to give you to the time or feel. This is exactly the purpose of the famous Victor Wooten exercise where he plays with a drum machine for a while, then it drops out and comes back in. It's up to Victor (or whoever plays the exercise) to keep the time when the drums aren't playing. I hope this clarifies things a little.

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I don't think anyone ever let silly little things like 'facts' get in the way of a good old-fashioned conspiracy theory @vinol. lol

@@BecomeABassist Yessss, I watched the full video! I'm just saying that you couldn't even use the “Paul is dead” theory to justify his considerable improvement in bass because the dates didn't match... 🙌🙌

That's SUPER cool to hear @troysummerill3018. Thanks so much for letting me know.

Thanks so much @scottybaby8246 - that's really kind of you to say! I'm so glad the KZbin algorithm served me up to you :D

You can apply the exact same process. Jazz musicians will pretty universally talk about things in terms of the number system, although if you had any specific questions about it, I’d be happy to help you out.

@@BecomeABassist In a walking bass line there can be a lot of variation and it can become somewhat arbitrary, even if there are sections and the chords are repeated. This makes it difficult to learn.

@gingerbread-woman - Are you talking about learning specific walking bass lines? As in - transcribing the notes 1-by-1 as they appear on a recording? If so, that's not what this video is about; it's about learning the _songs_ and the structure behind them, which you can absolutely do if you're wanting to play songs that use walking bass. If you're talking about transcribing specific walking lines, then that's a different story, and in that case, I'd recommend these videos as a starting point: This video goes over the transcription process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXi7npWcjJKhhaM And this one will show you how to apply that to bass lines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGfdp5mijpyNbZI And if you want to create your own walking lines instead of transcribing them from recordings, this is a good place to start: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f57WqKChg5KslcU

No thanks - I don't really need any extra basses right now

I agree! When I hear the take on the ‘Naked’ album - which was recorded five days after the album version - the bass performance is a lot cleaner to my ear

That's great to hear Nancy - glad to know you're getting something out of them.

Likewise Dan 😃

I did not.

They're referring to notes within the chords that we're playing over. They're based on the scales that go with each chord. For example, if you're playing over a C major chord, it's often associated with the C major scale. If you number the notes of the C major scale, you get this: C - 1 (also called the 'root') D - 2 E - 3 F - 4 G - 5 A - 6 B - 7 So the 'root' of the C major is the C, and the 5th is the G. I do have some other lessons that go a bit more in-depth. One good one to check out would be this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHmloYabYs5onbM