DON'T Walk Like This 🚷

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Christian McBride shows you how NOT to walk……..and HOW to walk.

[@OpenStudioJazz]

Unlock a FREE full bassline lesson from Christian McBride at ShowMeTheBassline.com

[@btat16]

That harmonised slide ❤

[@garretflowers6803]

It was an octave

[@sarcastaball]

​@@garretflowers6803 prove it

[@alexanderbayramov2626]

​@@garretflowers6803 it was maj 3rd, f+a

[@chrispham6599]

​@@garretflowers6803 you need to work on your aural skills

[@bolillo5013]

I got chills

[@fergomar10]

I'm suddenly in love with his voice

[@michaelanthony5859]

He sounds like Admiral Anderson from mass effect

[@james737er]

@@michaelanthony5859 💀💀

[@Dont_talk_to_me1]

I know me too, bro’s voice IS the bass

[@sarcastaball]

Gay

[@JumalaPlays]

​@@sarcastaball What made you think that the person is a man?

[@5geezers]

Bass lines that make sense - in one minute!

[@maspesasmasperras5554]

I liked the first one better

[@oco.1896]

​@@maspesasmasperras5554 😢

[@nemo227]

It is great to hear a bass player who really knows what he's doing. Pure pleasure.

[@frankwashley]

Master walking before slapping the hell out of that bass. Solid groove.

[@Hornfancy]

C'mom, man, octave leaps and random scale tones are my jam😂

[@nanamacapagal8342]

You walk like a penguin /lh

[@Hornfancy]

@@nanamacapagal8342 Omg, that is hilarious!

[@klop4228]

"Scale tones" is too systematic for me. Just random notes and constant modulations please! (Also, someone should write something/solo over that first 'bad' bassline. Could be fun.)

[@AustinInc.]

I think he’s just saying for a walking bassline, avoid huge jumps. There’s nothing wrong with basslines that have a big range

[@AliceYobby]

on some sun ra shit for real

[@sonofacarpenter1145]

Bro that 8th note swing hit me in my soul.

[@damhood2033]

I wasn't sure it was swing. It was too quick.

[@beniciounfiltered7861]

@@damhood2033 yeah more like a kinda slow grace note

[@klaus8456]

When you listen closely to the percussion of the string hits Christian sounds like a spot on metronome at times.

[@richardpictures]

Your mom sounds like a spot on metronome at times

[@klaus8456]

@@richardpictures Your mom sounds like a broken metronome

[@7Blink2]

​@@richardpictures 😂😂😂😂

[@MCLemonyfresh]

@@richardpictures his mom must be very talented then.

[@gobuns2]

but that wouldn't be the woman's talent, she'd just be the instrument

[@jackdawson5490]

I usually walk with my legs, but I'll keep this in mind

[@luppyfake6022]

The guys who have the weirdest look on their faces while they play are usually the guys who can come up with the most beautiful noise a human can possibly hear

[@queenoncrack]

friendly fire

[@salty_3k506]

because they are fully concentrating on the music and nothing else. every time i realise that i'm making a weird face while practicing, i'm happy because it means that i'm in the zone and i'm just focussed on practice.

[@luppyfake6022]

​@@salty_3k506 same, the only problem is when someone is recording

[@Hexspa]

Because they’re listening.

[@donaldthompson7766]

We usually do the weird face if we make mistakes.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

That bass sounds killer.

[@collrath8882]

"That's how u do it CJ"

[@josephmurphy417]

I love how man's gets the automatic happy face when he begins playing it shows how much he loves his instrument

[@SamBrockmann]

Now, this is a man who walks the bass like a master.

[@ChopBassMan]

That's one of the best guides for walking bass I've heard in my 45 years of experience - keep it linear and use patterns for non-linear stuff. Thank you maestro McBride!❤❤❤🎵🎶☕️☕️☕️☕️

[@drewdickens5774]

All ya had to do was follow the damn bass line CJ

[@gabrielfagundes2180]

Lol

[@akirahrenee7166]

OMGGGG I LISTEN TO HIM EVERY SUNDAY ON WCLK...Never seen his face but recognized his voice IMMEDIATELY. Christian McBride 😊

[@TheHellspawned]

yiiikes man. his walking just makes me cry happy tears : (

[@jayzz212]

them 8th notes got to my SOUL😭anyway this man needs to narrate a whole book on basslines on audible bc THAT VOICE

[@rlittlefield2691]

Exactly, the job of the bass is to bring things together.

[@TheCarbunkleofTruth]

Love this. Tone is awesome and timing is impeccable. We are drummers with strings. It's fun telling new bass players about this

[@Ilaysax]

The tone, the time, the notes. The perfect bass player. Wish I could play with him some day

[@tenbroeck1958]

I've been watching this for 20 minutes. Love it

[@gf.ferreira]

"repetition legitimizes" Adam Neely

[@KillerSkullX]

My exact thoughts

[@JeremySnchz]

The last two notes🥶❤️‍🔥

[@kenkinnally6144]

Awesome, love it. But whoever did the text subtitles, it's "bassline" not "baseline." Bassline as in bass. This is music, not baseball! 😅 Sorry to be the grammar police !

[@shadowwolf3486]

Probably software generated

[@ithan0404]

Grammar police, arrest this man he talks in math

[@frankwashley]

Thanks for pointing it out. Maybe they were out playing BASSBall...

[@alexz4738]

That man’s voice is a bassline

[@matttondr9282]

That was genuinely beautiful, even though it was just a bass line.

[@ashento6011]

That's why it's called walking not jumping. Nice groove Brother :)

[@harrisonwhite107]

Ough that slide at the end made my heart melt🤤

[@Cantbuyathrill]

A good bassist is usually the most intellectual person in the group as well as the best musically informed. Also, the most underrated one by any audience.

[@curtis7225]

That tone is glorious

[@tyelerhiggins300]

My man. You have an amazing voice.

[@C2Ac]

I fucking love this instrument, huge respect for you guys

[@samseltoter560]

I'm a saxophonist but I have so much respect for bassists. Without them, the band just isn't complete.

[@kvboven]

you're heaven my man!! I can listen to this over and over again. beautiful, thnx

[@calebbasile2219]

Nothing better for a song than a walking bass line, in my opinion. It’s also my favorite thing on guitar. This dudes a legend

[@HardBloodNelza]

I do not play an upright bass. I never will play or have the opportunity or budget to play an upright bass. But this is a great lesson.

[@painengineer]

Thats why its called walking! Not running, not jumping across the fretboard, we slowly walk up it. Lots of people try to run when they try to walk.

[@Takeabowson1986]

Mate...that last few bars brought a biiig smile to my face. Thanks for making such great music.

[@GUmbolyaa5112]

double bass is such a cool instrument, I play the saxophone but I've always loved and appreciated a good baseline

[@daybrink1267]

A lot like species counterpoint in a sense

[@reubennb2859]

or you could see it as fairly strict bebop phrasing at half the speed of the soloist

[@daybrink1267]

@@reubennb2859 ok but I can also compare it to one of the rules in species counterpoint regarding leaps

[@reubennb2859]

@@daybrink1267 that's true!

[@nyfaniloandrianjafy8171]

I replayed this twice just to hear his voice. That man could teach me anything.

[@fenderfetish]

His speaking voice has an amazing timbre =^)

[@tristansage1326]

bruh this my first time putting a face to the voice i'm a long time npr listener

[@structlightning]

i remember a saying that one of the main keys to playing bass is to also just make sure you have the root notes on beat one at least 80% of the time. or really just outlining the chord if you can break it up and use inversions and extensions, cool, but a lot of people only use the bass as to be able to know where they are in the form

[@tomf6021]

Thank You, Maestro!

[@Chicken-1923]

Man y'all contrabass players are something else truly, all of y'all are talented to the bone marrow

[@kendipietro6855]

It's truly a pleasure listening to the tone coming from that instrument while I am being taught at the same time. You have a mastered an art sir, and I thank you for sharing.

[@Poemsguitar]

Love those ghost notes. Not too many, not too few, but just right. Goldilocks ghost notes. Sweet.

[@bolillo5013]

That bass sounds killer as well as his playing

[@JackRafferty]

Thanks for the tip👍

[@RosemonPilot]

That’s beautiful! 😊

[@user-lf5vv8tn1d]

I hate shorts, but this one at least led me to a really solid channel. I'm a percussionist (doop word for drummer who can play piano and harp) but this... great.

[@skyesanders8798]

Omg I remember this guy he hosts a radio station my dad and I love.

[@RealDrummerMotivatesYou]

Great style!

[@LSqre]

this is the kind of guy that pops into my mind when I imagine a jazz musician

[@RafaelFernandes-si7hy]

Hey bro , that pretty bassline dude ... of way that speak here in Brazil ... Que baixo fodaaaaa...

[@kevmac1230]

Great intonation!

[@WaterFudge69]

Amazing shifting

[@lucas_lel917]

0:19 When Steve starts drawing a clue in Blue's Clues

[@Cantbuyathrill]

When listening to jazz I always listen first to what's going on with the bass. A good bass line holds everything together and makes it all fall into place in the most sensical of ways. Bass players seem to have the most situational awareness in an ensemble.

[@ActionJotaPe]

Christian McBride continuing to be one of the wisest and best bass players around, that interview he did with MonoNeon was one of the best i’ve ever seen

[@dragolov]

Deep respect, Maestro!

[@henrycraighenson]

This guy is the truth

[@exoticmuffinman8467]

So many classic McBride licks in there

[@James_Trewin]

That was the coldest ending i’ve ever seen

[@tallmexican3208]

Every time he talks it’s on beat and it’s satisfying asl makes it sound fire

[@SoulKingBK]

This most helpful video I’ve ever seen I’ve been trying to get better at improvisation.

[@albertorielo6028]

Litterally like listening to a metronome. Awesome playing

[@tabor503]

But the beginning of that first bassline was fire, with that high note

[@willstout5988]

Great tips. Despite being very different from baroque/gallant classical music, these rules for voice leading in jazz bass are still very much the same (e.g. linearity is the best, and if you do large jumps, it should be followed by stepwise motion in the opposite direction). Unless outlining triads lol. Very cool to see these principles applied in a completely different context and still work. It really seems like smooth voice leading is one of the few universalities our ears like in music

[@NateSassoonMusic]

this is useful for pianists as well

[@optiTHOMAS]

Nice! Good stuff! Love the voice! Very smooth. Kinda sounds like Keith David, the kegend! 😁👍🏻

[@spencerj]

That ending made me smile. With a setup that clean, you gotta hit the unison at the end. Bu bada bum, BAH!

[@Drunin_Master]

Keep amazing! It is very good

[@jacksonrussellband]

Really great!!!

[@bbrucet3]

outstanding. step together so the baseline is connected and the move together and keep the bass line connected. though remember linear means very very similar incremental in mathematics. exponential is the squared cubed gains mathematical functions get larger from. Example - stairs in a house are linear. Plankton blooming in a lake or ocean are exponential. Cell growth of a growing body are exponential. excellent video dude.

[@fazlux1733]

That’s awesome bro

[@LasseTopMusic]

That’s insane brother

[@beez1717]

You sound so smooth!

[@aimilios439]

This man's an absolute unit, he makes the double look like a cello.

[@nen.user.3764]

Sounded amazing

[@Liquefaction]

Ah yes, the base. My fav instrument

[@leblille4146]

The baseline to measure all other instruments.

[@Ueoeae]

That attack is sooooo clean I love it

[@willemkrantz438]

So smooth

[@canadianguitarguru]

Beautiful explanation brother. Love this type of content and I've subscribed.

[@alicial4857]

Excellent explanation, sir!

[@jimhughes1070]

Beautiful🎉🎉🎉

[@garretflowers6803]

Linearity is an approach. What you were doing first is a good way to mix it up.

[@jomalomal]

i think the point still stands that if you want that walking bassline sound, linearity is a pretty important component of that

[@Larrymh07]

I remember he described himself as a funk bassist who plays jazz. I like that!

[@kevintownsend3840]

Learned something today thank you

[@HouseJawn]

For once a short style video that i like on my recommends 😆

[@sillypickle9662]

I could listen to this man talk and play for hours

[@88set]

Jazz is life

[@tomofield]

I like the disjunct line 😂

[@Severe_Metalholicism]

Who knew Big Smoke could play bass?

[@kanedgytheguy8105]

Thats some hard swing

[@NicolasGodon]

Everyone in the comments try to evade the fact that the hat is doing half the work

[@DoJ22]

Goddamn bro is fire 🔥🔥