Real Bass Lessons 97 - Funk Fills

[@Murdo2112]

Sad that you're gone, Jim. Still coming back to your lessons, all these years later. You left us all a great legacy.

[@charlieburns1385]

Wow he passed? What a blessing he was!

[@Murdo2112]

@@charlieburns1385 Will be 2 years in February. Sorely missed.

[@adrianswift8924]

@@Murdo2112 Such a wonderful teacher. I wish I had discovered Jim many years ago.

[@oscareduardoangulo2250]

Oh My God all the great players are leaving the building

[@arnlmndza]

Saddened to hear about Jim.

[@stevendawson2331]

Jim had such an infectious joy - his laughter after playing a nice sweet fill is heartwarming.

[@shanephillips4069]

I am unbelievably angry that my KZbin algorithm did not recommend this channel like years ago!!! I would be so much further than I am now with this genre of fantastic!! But seriously, I love your approach to showing funk and all its glory!!

[@raktimparashar]

There is no Bass Instructor like you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We are forever in debt. 🙏

[@bassplayer1966]

Jim, you're looking down at us still watching YOUR vids! The afterlife is VERY REAL!!

[@AmatriceBand]

Thanks buddy. This is what a bass player should know the best.solid time and groove. Have seen so many bass players that don't have these solid skills but have crazy non-practical slap and fast solo phrases that hardly can be used on any gig. solid foundation is a must for a reliable bass player. thanks again.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome.

[@arthurmee]

Yeah . . Weather Report. I'm a big fan. Love your lessons Jim. Thank you very much.

[@jeffreysandone]

this is easily one of my favorite lessons! thanks jim!

[@Fedenyszen]

Just killer! One of the best vocabulary lessons I've found online. Thank You! Justin... Merrimac, MASS

[@realbasslessons9356]

hey fendenyszen, I am just getting back around to my many communications. The high praise you offer is greatly appreciated. Which fill did you like the best?

[@quantumechanical]

Thank you for all the wisdom sensei.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome.

[@afrodiameter]

Great lesson Jim! I especially love the diminished fills; it gave me a whole bunch of ideas. Thanks so much!

[@royalfree123r4]

Thanks Jim excelente work!!!! Your bass Is on fire

[@JuanEBianchin]

Brilliant!! And very well explained! Thank you!!!

[@sport2481]

Miss you Jim. I'm sure you are groovin away in a band upstairs!

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Wow amazing thanks for sharing Jim much appreciated best wishes to you. Cheers

[@sergemartinez5843]

Love it,Thanks I grew up listening to Motown.👍👍👍

[@jameshouchin5086]

As always great lesson, 100% musical. Had to push my morning practice back so I could jam along. Thank you!

[@Kevinsueiro]

thanks a lot ! I love this kind of effortless groove, helps me a lot !

[@realbasslessons9356]

Glad you like it. :)

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

Nice licks! I like that they are outside the general 'funk tonality' of minor pentatonic. Thanks!

[@evolusean13]

I learned so much. Thank you very much for your knowledge. Keep it coming!

[@realbasslessons9356]

Glad you are learning.

[@oscareduardoangulo2250]

I already have a couple of days playing this groove, it is so hipnótic and the song from Weather Report is killer. Beautiful Lesson, greetings from Tijuana.

[@mattyb3671]

Thanks, Jim. These really open up my mind. You're a very pleasant dude. :)

[@realbasslessons9356]

Matty, Glad they helped.

[@sambagenie]

Jim great lesson as always, thanks for all your help.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. :)

[@jasonadams3922]

Another Home Run! Keep 'm coming! NL Canada

[@martinheath5947]

So great! Superb note choices Thank you

[@realbasslessons9356]

Glad you like em Martin. ;)

[@ronwhite6180]

Awesome! I have always loved this Alphonso Johnson bass line from one of my favorite groups. I plan practice this lesson over and over. Thanks for sharing this.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome.

[@heidiedelman6840]

Love this. I have been looking at your books. I think I need some. I really like your no nonsense videos.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks, Yes, I am serious about bass education.

[@stuart8663]

Sensational: You, sir, are the amBASSador of Bass!!!!

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks for the compliment . ;)

[@royalfree123r4]

Thanks Jim nice work!!!! Your bass Is on fire

[@realbasslessons9356]

:)

[@olymoon2008]

Oh Man.. When I got at 7:32 I could not stop smiling, it's so smart and musical... Thank you very much for this lesson.

[@happynowadays]

I saw it - it was good to see

[@bagigas7166]

Great lesson! This channel makes me practise again and I'm very happy for that! Thank you so much :)

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are quite welcome. Thats good!

[@charlieburns1385]

Love your teaching Thanks much!!

[@hansdewit3114]

Awesome! Again! Really like the way You seem to enjoy every bit of playing', works contagious...

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks, I do love the bass. :)

[@JSJohnston]

So fun, well done, thank you!

[@reekreeker3375]

Such a great, positive guy. Wonderful lesson. Thank You.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. :)

[@stevenjanelli3177]

You, sir, are wonderful. The most unintimidating presentation. You truly make it fun! Thank you

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. :)

[@orwedon]

Real groove and NO SLAP!! Excellent. This is real bass playing, not finger gymnastics.

[@paraboasta]

Great lesson! I really enjoy your way of explaining. Very clear. Thanks

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks. Glad you like it. :)

[@combatnonsense3882]

Amazing. You really expand my vocabulary. Thanks for that awesome lesson. Eres el rey.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks, You are welcome. Glad they help. :)

[@MrBombom25]

That's very good, once again thank you for sharing sir👍

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. Glad you like.

[@isaacserna5908]

I’m reporting this video for the excessive funk content. Seriously, this lesson is FIRE.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Ha, that's a funny statement ;)

[@deadgoose1]

Thank you very much for the great content!

[@realbasslessons9356]

you are welcome

[@mwobbe66]

Miss him a ton.

[@tomgiles1484]

8:42 The "Bass Enjoyment Face (BEF)." Nice lesson, man!

[@fredoaksmusicheavyonthebas6010]

Thank you so much. Those few minutes helped me unbelievably!

[@stephenleslie9282]

Thank man I love that groove

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. Me tooooo! :)

[@igorotbass]

Wow..why in the world i just found this lessons. Great!

[@realbasslessons9356]

Glad you are here now.

[@gOnzodoOm]

крутой дядька,крутое видео!

[@basst1an]

I love you sir!

[@gillessamson2355]

hi, very very thank's tou from France for too lesson !!!!!

[@gearfacts]

That was great!

[@pierrepeyronnet6800]

Thanks...sound top funky👌👌👌😁 top groove. Very fun to practice

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. Glad you enjoy it.

[@f.herumusu8341]

What a nice and pleasant teacher you are. A rare gift when it comes to grove and melodies on the bass. You're not just a good player but a great person, Sir. PS.: I am about the same age as you and did some work as a session musician.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks for the kind words. :) Cool, do you still play?

[@melonmusk684]

amazing lesson!

[@gnalter]

i learned so much from this! thank you so much

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are SO welcome. :)

[@brandonread6956]

Got the idea!! Great lesson. Thanks

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome.

[@worstenbroodzor]

Excellent lesson! Funky shirt aswell

[@marcusparnell2403]

I’ve been getting back into bass playing over the last 9 months after a 20 year absence. In that time I’ve watched hundreds of KZbin videos and all have been helpful but none compare to yours. Your teaching style, tone and approach make for the best lessons. Thank you so much. My new favourite channel.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks for the compliment.

[@marcusparnell2403]

Got to listening to the original version of 'Cucumber Slumber' yesterday - It sounded pretty good but I've got to say I much prefer your tone to the original! Superb stuff - more like this please :)

[@realbasslessons9356]

That's a big compliment. :)

[@farmerlister3863]

I have to agree. Everybody is "teaching basics" but no one really is. This channel is super helpful.

[@vooveks]

Aah, I was listening to that thinking ‘hang on, that sounds like Cucumber Slumber’ and bam! 😀 Great video, thanks. New subscriber here.

[@MelrickBogier]

I have been playing the bass for all of 4 months. I've been playing keys for almost 30 years and I know music theory. I've been trying to find an online teacher that challenges me but doesn't confuse me. Simple but not just "spoon-feed" me either. This lesson gave me everything I was looking for. Sir you are an amazing teacher and I am so glad that I found you. 30 days of quarantine will be spent on Real Bass Lessons!!!! I can't wait to see where I end up. NOTE: Once I figured out that the bass line was an arpeggio of a minor 7th chord a light bulb went off as far as the construction. Then I could move it around the fretboard at will. The power of the foundation of learning the chord shapes :-)

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks for the compliments Melrick. Glad you like it. I got lots a lessons, dig in. ;)

[@Barry101er]

The Master.

[@dos_mas_805]

Once again some of the best advise for us bassists, well, really any musician. 2:30 it's all about phrasing and what you don't play is sometimes just as impactful as what you do play. I'm paraphrasing of course, but thanks again for another great lesson!

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome.

[@ronaldmorrow1198]

Great teaching skills.....

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks :)

[@spookyofficial2913]

Awesome

[@rcimerman68]

boy, this is the lesson!

[@francispiper2777]

Thank you Jim not that its possible to pick your best lesson but this is a dandy.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome. I like this one too. ;)

[@billkarmetsky4003]

I need a drum machine like that. What is it? What's it cost? This guy opens with Weather Report's "Cucumber Slumber" by Miroslav Vitous. BTW I'm completely new to this channel. I, too, grew up with MoTown and was a working musician straight out of high school on electric bass whacking at it since 1966 as I recall. Now I'm this gentleman's age and am getting back to all my roots to re-learn the instrument, tunes, doing these lessons to re-work these aging chops. There's so much I never learned out God knows what. I bassist could get work for being a solid Blues and R&B player and I was up next to cats with Wayne Cochran and those clubs and that scene. But use it or lose it, you know? Not played with anyone in too many years. In light of this I come to this channel and some others to play down exercises and to get straight what I didn't all those years ago. This gentleman is a wonderful teacher of this instrument. Scott's Bass Lessons? Idiot stuff. You won't learn one single thing. Here? You learn it all simply, straight ahead. I'm saying this as a veteran of this instrument for over 50 years.

[@troyschulthies326]

Fire

[@mlodyc]

good stuff

[@bernhardschuler7640]

Thanks for sharing!

[@realbasslessons9356]

you are welcome

[@bibbub2873]

awesome lesson :)

[@realbasslessons9356]

Thanks, glad you like it.

[@manlypomeranian4261]

Funk is not old school it's just old but cool ❤

[@dancassidy7471]

That is so kool

[@johnniebwoy]

oh, yes!

[@realbasslessons9356]

Hey Funksters. I am about to publish two new books on "finger funk." The first book, "Finger Funk Bass" is complete and off to the printers. Book two, "Finger Funk Two" will be finished in a couple of days. Here is a link where you can advance order. Both books will ship by April 15th. www.stinnettmusicbookstore.com/stinnett_music_book_store/slap_%26_Tap_books.html

[@einard.helseth2534]

What kind of drumprogram do you use? Killer lesson by the way!!!

[@pauldomberger4530]

damn you are mr funk man :D

[@VictorELShelton]

Very good very ez

[@marcusparnell2403]

Superb funky lesson. Thanks so much. Are those tape wounds you have on the PBass? Love that tone.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Marcus, sorry for the delayed reply. Yes, the strings are Labella, black tape wound.

[@marcusparnell2403]

No worries, thanks for the info. Going to try those next!

[@rogerdshrubber6557]

Sweet tip. Sounds so bad ass. What’s the tempo ??? So grooving this. Love the lesson

[@sebastienperreault5387]

Hi Thx for the lessons Question: wich app are you using for drum assitant ?

[@mr.t382]

Great lesson as usual!!’ So much funky grove! I love it. I know you have the strings muted but what flats do you use please? You just get the best sounds :))

[@realbasslessons9356]

Glad you like it. They are not flats. The strings are Labella Black Tape Wound.

[@mr.t382]

@@realbasslessons9356 amazing! Thanks :))

[@YAM123YAM123]

This is simply excellent! I learnt a lot. There are 2 great sounding fills that wasn't explained: The first is repeated throughout on the A string (e.g. 1:04, 1:14, 4:17, etc.) and the second is a walkup on the A string at 8:15. What are the notes that are being played? Thanks.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Mac, Please use your eyes and ears. I am sure you can figure it out. :) The BEST way to learn is just copy. Glad you like the lesson.

[@YAM123YAM123]

OK. I hear C#, C#, B, C# and A, B, C, C#. Are these correct? Thanks - great stuff!

[@alanstjohns]

Hi, what's that 'dampener' thing you have under the stings near the bridge? -Liverpool, UK

[@realbasslessons9356]

... a damping thing. Foam.

[@analogman9697]

Is the foam down at the bridge for harmonic damping?

[@1okanaganguy]

you love bass guitar

[@realbasslessons9356]

For sure.

[@JLeppert]

Hello Sir. Love your videos. Have you written any teaching material? I love in Alaska six month's a year. Internet isn't reliable.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Joseph, Thanks, glad you like them. Yes I have written and published 71 bass books over the last 40 years. :) . www.stinnettmusicbookstore.com/stinnett_music_book_store/SM_book_store.html

[@micktomazou]

Tonally fantastic - is there TAB available??

[@realbasslessons9356]

No, learn by watching and listening.

[@oniaiki]

What software are you using for the backing track? Is that a sequence, how you do that?

[@realbasslessons9356]

I created the track in Garage Band

[@phoenixnj13]

Sadly missed :(

[@candidoescuela5644]

Great lesson! Thanks a lot. Just a question: what key are you in?

[@realbasslessons9356]

What note am I playing at the start of ever other measure..... over and over?

[@candidoescuela5644]

Sorry if it was a silly question mate. I know it’s C#. But I just had the idea maybe you’re seeing that C# as second grade of the scale (Major scale). Or even a fifth, sixth or the root.

[@realbasslessons9356]

@@candidoescuela5644 All good bass lines a based on the Root of the chord, and in this song there is only one chord, C#7. Therefore the Key is C# major.

[@candidoescuela5644]

Thanks a lot!

[@danzick5694]

Love the lesson but still cant figure out what notes you are playing in the core riff. Please tab or tell me. your fingers are not easy to see.

[@dry509]

How do I learn this lick? Beginner here. Is it written down? Thanks.

[@realbasslessons9356]

Isolate the section that you want to learn, watch it over and over, and over some more. Get you bass out and copy. Written music not needed, watch and listen.

[@jd2616]

Please tell me What drum machine program is that?

[@realbasslessons9356]

It's my computer, Garage Band.

[@lordlollops1]

Agggh no matter how much I slow it down I can't get the main repeating lick! Anybody help me please

[@realbasslessons9356]

Repeat more. Guys are always "suggesting" to me how to make my videos easier for them to learn. I am aware of the challenges. I big part of my teaching is not spoon feeding. I can assure you ALL, I am teaching on purpose. :)

[@lordlollops1]

@@realbasslessons9356 Hey Jim thanks for the reply ! I will keep trying it's just those four notes after the one and octave, here goes:)

[@MrSparrowhawkj]

What's the foam for?

[@TheManofbass]

It helps deaden the strings a bit to give it a more thumpy sound. You can palm mute to get the same effect, but this makes it so you can pluck closer to the neck and use fingers instead of thumb

[@moayadabulela5865]

Can you please share what strings are you using?

[@semoush]

He sadly passed away 11 months ago

[@semoush]

Oh and he uses labella black tape wounds

[@happy_traveller_2045]

Is your bass a marcus miller?

[@realbasslessons9356]

NO. a Squire.

[@happy_traveller_2045]

@@realbasslessons9356 thanks man