How to Play the Intro to "Recorda-Me" on Upright Bass

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00:00 Intro - performing the song intro
02:22 Welcome and overview
04:00 Bars 1-4
05:29 Bars 5-10
10:23 Complete line under tempo
11:35 closing thoughts

[@user-uj9wo8ht6s]

太棒了，台灣的bass students need you!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

非常感谢！ 1999年我有幸来到台北。我爱台湾！

[@MusicEducationwiththeMan]

Thank you, Mister Rybicki! I saw you with Jason Heath about a month or so ago. Now I will give your videos a go!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for watching and I hope that the other videos will be helpful!

[@giopietrantonio6843]

Thank you ❤

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

With pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@slateman118]

Very cool intro, what's interesting is in the 4th bar of the original, the bassline goes to A on the third beat. However, in almost every other version Joe Henderson recorded ("No Me Esqueca" from "In Pursuit of Blackness", "Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse, various live recordings on KZbin, etc.) the bassline goes to G on that beat.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Oh wow! How strange! Thank you for bringing that up!

[@georgianamurray802]

Thank you! Really appreciate the tips on fingering options!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

You're welcome! Thanks for the request!

[@davetuttle9701]

Thank you sir!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

You bet!

[@davetuttle9701]

@@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki It's a great lesson! I like the shift for the C to Bb. It's simple but opened up ideas for other shifts. Keep up the great work!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

@davetuttle9701 nice! And thanks!

[@BassSouthwest]

great

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks!

[@marcinstokowski7848]

Great idea, thank you!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@peterdalby8019]

You da man! Thanks, ❤

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

You’re welcome!

[@MrDanilop45]

I didn’t know this song, I am preparing a list of version of this. Seems really nice. Thank you.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you!

[@thomasbrinkley7191]

Just butchered this intro the other night. I’m here as penance 😅

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

@thomasbrinkley7191 LOL welcome to the butcher shop. We are all experts at butcher-y

[@vilohdi7189]

Well, I started playing the video and wasn’t visually watching and noticed a big difference. I thought I was hearing the thud of medium spirocores and caught me off guard. Then I noticed the scroll. Matt, tell us about this bass and setup with strings. I’m truly intrigued as this is a very different sound from the “old school” that you seem to prefer.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Good ears - yeah, totally right. I sold my Upton a couple weeks ago and got this hybrid Shen - the size and shape is easier to manage, though the Upton sounded excellent. And yes these are Spiro mediums! I’ve come full circle from where I started 30 years ago haha. But sincerely, I’m not sure if I will Keep them on - I’m still figuring out the right strings for this bass. One thing of course is that they bow like a dream…an interesting phenomenon to me is that so far I’m feeling like the result is the opposite of expected. Usually the sound you hear as the player is not as good as out in front. But hearing these recorded, I’m noticing that like the sound under my ears better than what’s in front. Thanks for noticing, watching, and asking!

[@RobertMoss-sv2ob]

This is Great. One on my favorite performances is Joe Comfort on Sarah Vaughan's "when lights are low". I've probably listened to it hundreds of times but I am not skilled enough to transcribe the whole piece, have you done anything with this?

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Ooh I don’t know this one! I’m gonna check it out ASAP!