How to Play Donna Lee Like Jaco (with the RIGHT ARTICULATION)

[@johndarcey]

Are you actually watching TV while you were playing? I’ve never seen anyone make this look so easy. Beautifully played, Sir. Nice one.

[@tonysteele2735]

I've watched videos on this and faked my way through fingerings for months. You break down the chords, feel and ideas so effortlessly. It has given me new life and motivation to feel comfortable playing this tune. Excellent job - you're such a sensible teacher. Keep up the awesome work

[@cdub3506]

It’s not often I come across a bass player that blows my mind. Lots of great technicians out there with no feel. You on the other hand have insane feel and technique. I was fortunate enough to study with the late Joel DiBartolo and he was a player that had incredible feel and technique . You approach to the bass was what he subscribed to. So I in turn subscribed to your channel.

[@DoctorPlanBe]

calm simple uncluttered and totally on it. thank you, ur great.

[@Chef316]

Thank you for spending time to explain technique instead of doing like one guys do and just shred through he song to show they can play it. Got yourself a new subscriber here.

[@musicboy2003]

My Christmas present to myself is to finally learn Donna Lee. This video and your insight will be a great help. Thanks for what you are doing and I hope every bass player who is benefiting from your teaching will find a way to support your channel. If we each do even a little, it will all add up and enable you to keep doing this! Thank you!

[@gazell3s]

Fantastic insights, thanks!

[@foxybrown2]

This is the best Tutorial i have seen on this Song.👍🏽

[@rubensleite9384]

My brother, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. Light and Peace on your way.

[@rillloudmother]

Oh man, Donna Lee has been on my list for a minute... Thanks, Anthony!!

[@JoshBabin]

Excellent video, man. First video I've seen that focuses on HOW to play the notes, rather than just what the notes are. Awesome job

[@mr.t382]

Anthony you have such great feel and expression - dexterity...and your sound is amazing. I have been playing bass for many years. Just recently started working on Donna Lee...omg. It’s a real workout! Even slow . Thank you for sharing these amazing vids. Sooo inspiring. Looks/sounds like that neck must be pretty flat and a super low action???? Thank you!!

[@patbassman8251]

Great thanks for the advice , I have tried many times over the years to play this Tune from a Jaco bass book and gave up after a while , I think its because it sounds so alien and the note are not usual choices.

[@FedericoMalamanBass]

Great!

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Thank you Federico! We should do a video together :D haha

[@victorimanpandiwidjaja1600]

you're so amazing bass player. Thanks for sharing knowledge

[@mattfoley6082]

Anthony, I love your attention to detail. You obviously have excellent ears. So I am curious: do you have perfect pitch?

[@michaelidowu1930]

Nicely executed..... Well done ✌️

[@bbass8198]

Amazing bassist

[@bassface12348]

Great breakdown Anthony!

[@yggdrasil9039]

Love the original solo after the intro

[@basscubs]

Great stuff, Anthony. Now that we are quarantined up, I buckled down, and finally learned this. Using the transcription book by, Sean Malone, and this video, I was able to find some fingerings that suited me. It is still hard to follow you're speed, Bird's for that matter, but the muscle memory is there. Frustrating, but very rewarding to nail.

[@AlexandrePanta]

Amazing !

[@Chef316]

Great job!

[@crow3043]

Thank you for the help and the tips, i gonna to study this music by today end try to have the articulation in firts place then speed!

[@lucinari]

Thanks!

[@dmpsie_]

thnx man you are a real g

[@ssplintergirl]

This is the Chops Song. You got this, and you're on your way.

[@brad42948]

Great attention to detail - but why the overdrive?

[@urmero67]

Great choices as far as strings used for certain notes. no open string for low A note on 5th bar? (Bb-7) Don't like to abuse open strings but this one seems to help with flow of notes

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

If you can Control open strings yeah sure. I prefer this way specially at faster speeds

[@misselucange]

Thanx a lot. I played without pulling off. Playing all the notes like.. a dumb. Your explanation is easy and smart.

[@ashtoffen]

Isn't a B at 5:57 ? Bb it's wrong for me.

[@amosdoue9966]

I love your tutorials, and I only work in the last few days. Your videos are perfect for beginners, they help me to make melodious phrasing. But I have a small concern, I do not know if it is in a precise range that you made them? And even if it is the case, I can not determine it to reproduce it in all the other ranges? Thank you for understanding me and kindly answer me! Cordially!

[@Spagsonbass]

Dude, your playing is outstanding and inspires me greatly!! Love your videos. I'm curious what rig you're running through to record.. Your tone is very unique to me. Very much a j-bass tone but it's got a very pillowy kind of attack.

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Thanks Nick! It's just a DI out from my markbass amp into Logic Pro. No compression or anything, just reverb/delay depending on what I'm playing. I guess majority of the tone is coming from my lightened touch. I HATE digging in for no reason. In this context, the touch is extremely delicate but it tends to vary based on the style and sound I'm going for :)

[@stevebadachmusic]

there's a pretty good clip of Jaco playing it live. You can see a lot of his finger work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5m6doyjic6LkM0 EDIT: I have also heard Jaco say he practiced the tune for 8 years before recording it.

[@samspade1957]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@disisowen]

insane bro

[@hubertried19]

Hey Anthony! Aren't you missing an import bit in jacos phrasing: Jaco is not really "swinging" the melody: For me it is closer to straight 8th notes (many times not always) than a triplet swing feel... I just figured that this is a big difference to the original.

[@ChudLife]

I found this video in 2019.... 3 three of practice later and I can finally keep up. lmao

[@InTheGrooove]

Flats or RW?

[@isaacn3538]

Awesome videos man, What camera do you use by the way?

[@jeffreylopez8317]

Thank you

[@mercadodelmundomoderno918]

Hi .. the two notes that are before the chromaticism where jaco makes a glissando are wrong .. check those two notes

[@DanGulinobass]

Amazing work as usual my man. Just an observation though, my ear seems to hear a C instead of a Bb on that slide to F you do and moving down from that Fmin 7 arpeggio. Thoughts?

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Dan Gulino you mean the Db?

[@DanGulinobass]

@@AnthonyMuthurajah sorry ,didn't explain myself well haha! At min 5:53 you play a Bb and I've always played a C until now 🙈

[@balakatun6984]

Great Anthony! Also, spotted a nice "The Lick" at 1:00 :)

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

You've got some good ears haha. I was wondering who'd notice "the lick"

[@creepfighter4536]

Spotted "the lick" also lol

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Damn! Well, at least I didn't play it straight up :P Didn't even realize that's what I went for until afterwards lmao

[@pzooka]

Anthony Muthurajah man who gives a shit how you played the famously infamous luck haha. You’re an amazing bass player man!

[@saier6574]

OMG! Your touch. This is the closest to Jaco I have heard so far.

[@binface9]

Good call on that A 9:31. I've been playing it wrong

[@binface9]

I disagree with the position that the articulation should be separated from the swing. I see the the swing as part of the articulation and a defining characteristic of Jaco's version that it swings so hard in spite of the high tempo.

[@bghurley53]

With respect, I just listened to Bird and Miles at half speed, I believe they play an A natural in both directions

[@atelier3985]

Frighteningly good.. The notes are precise and clear even at that tempo. not an easy task by any means. Thanks.....

[@atelier3985]

Can you do the same lesson [ in duration ] for Teen Town ? . The finer points [ right articulation ] will help a great deal. Thanks.

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

You read my mind. That's what I have in mind for a lesson in the near future ;)

[@Chef316]

Wish I could I could take some one on one lessons from you

[@IntoTheBass]

Thank you for this great lesson, "Grand Bass Master" Anthony Muthurajah!

[@igorapolinario9234]

Top! Obrigado por compartilhar!!!

[@TheDandanbass]

Top meu amigo obrigado por esse conteúdo

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

obrigado irmau! I hope that's correct portuguese hahaha

[@funkonrr8705]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@vneal9847]

Anthony whay amp are you using and how do you get that great sound ?

[@Chef316]

Part of his tone/sound is in his hands and technique

[@KingPorter]

Hey Great vid. In the beginning after you played the melody, were you playing Jaco's solo or just your own?? Also what advice can you give me about my soloing, or I should say rather my hearing. I play upright mostly but when I play electric I notice I always seem to play more BeBop style and I don't mind that but I would like to try a different sounding approach instead of always Bebop. I notice that those guys like Hadrien and Frederico play definitely jazz style but not Bebopish (not that they couldn't)... but it's more of a fluid movement rather than animated (don't know if I'm describing that right)

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Besides half the opening line, everything else is my own solo :) Quoting Jacos classic opening line for one bar and that's it. Well I have plenty of lessons where I talk about many things pertaining to the fluidity you're talking about. The bebop stuff is great but after a while its redundant on the electric bass. I would suggest lightening your touch and just aiming for regular melodies and steer away from the bop cliches. Hope that answers your question and also be sure to check out my other soloing related lessons ;)

[@KingPorter]

Anthony Muthurajah Thanks. Bebop stuff can definitely get be cliche . I check some of your earlier videos too..👍

[@manu-kj5hy]

Merci et Bonne Année 2019 !!!

[@jahalrecordsworkbin4963]

nice!

[@sjgc08]

Your playing ability and teaching style are great.

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Thank you Sean! Much appreciated :)

[@kentosuzuking]

Sound great as always! What strings are you using here? I saw you were using daddario’s but not anymore. Sounds like R.cocco to me. Also did you install any pickups, bridge or pegs into your squier bass? Thanks!

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

I've been using DR for the last year or so. Love them. No modifications besides the leo quan original badass bridge. pick ups are stock. No clue what the brand is actually lol

[@InTheGrooove]

Are these flats or tone turned down?

[@wtfusheeple5383]

subbed

[@gabrieltchoupa9367]

i lake you man big up thanks for all

[@handgunner1911]

you know jaco is smiling killer!!!

[@toddwarsing5929]

I dare the person who put the thumbs down to make a video playing it better than this. Great job Anthony!

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

haha! Thanks Todd. Cheers!

[@brodmitkase]

Man you make it look easy! And it’s not!

[@quantumbassguitarchannel1159]

🔥🔥................🛸

[@gregbrown391]

Thanks Anthony, if Jaco was still alive I'm sure he would have given you a BIG thumbs-up. BTW, many years ago I wrote a tribute to Jaco called "Bebop Pastorius" that I'd like to share with you. How can I contact you? Thanks once again for all the excellent tutorials.

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Thanks Greg! I did receive your email. If you have a sheet music or mp3, do email me at [e-mail] Cheers and thanks for the support!

[@gregbrown391]

Thanks Anthony, I emailed you the song. Much appreciated!

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Greg Brown Got your email. Traveling at the moment but I will check it out soon! Thanks

[@gssong7111]

You sound great, bro! Scott, janek, and Neely , et al could learn a thing or two!

[@kuyaferds8715]

Can't believe it's just a squire

[@violetweston3738]

4:14

[@violetweston3738]

4:20

[@violetweston3738]

5:32

[@gimmeagig]

Damn!!!

[@tomfrauenhofer6158]

✌️😎🤩🙏

[@lelionetougux]

When you slide to the F i want to have a small zip of cognac

[@sillyface8501]

The phrasing were off and the song was rushed, not to mention the mess ups. There's a reason why Jaco spent 12 years on this song. Watch Modern electric bass Jaco Pastorius. You will get the parts you messed up on and learn the techniques.

[@nacienlos70]

Lol. What a pretentious and stupid comment.

[@gianthills]

Try fretless

[@gravl1]

Folks, Jaco played this on a FRETLESS!