Victor Wooten - The Lesson (bass tab)

[@メガネ紳士-g2n]

早速弾いてみます！

[@yamezzy]

頑張って!

[@cranjismcbasketball919]

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[@helioking4523]

gosh, this is just pure gold! ive been trying to learn it by ear and its been absolutely horrendous. this helps soooo much!

[@RobertWadlow292]

LOL, ya good luck with that. I was also trying the same

[@ksfsms]

This is absolutely gorgeous, pure gold, man!! Been looking for it for years! As an average bass player I love this tune, but not been able to transcribe it myself, only was able to play simplified first loop and theme. Now I havr seen a light in a tunnel and a hope I ever can learn and play then whole tune, bar by bar at a time slowing down, note by note. God bless you and your family for ethernity, man! I really mean it! Thank you very much!

[@Alighieri018]

Bro you’re a king. I even emailed Victor Wootens manager and asked for it

[@helioking4523]

lol, did he reply?

[@Alighieri018]

@@helioking4523 no

[@helioking4523]

@@Alighieri018 Damn

[@Alighieri018]

@@helioking4523 I KNOW. Rude

[@magaman49]

@@Alighieri018 I mean, its not rude to not get a reply 🤷

[@BREAKocean]

Spent years looking for this god damn

[@RobertWadlow292]

Unreal bass line. Amazing. Thanks so much for posting this. It would be interesting to know the breakdown of the chords, like the music theory aspect of it (chords, scales, etc)

[@donald_pump]

YOO THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS LOOKING FOR THESE FOR A YEAAAR

[@sesclaytpoop8525]

👏👏👏👏 You are the hero we need but we don't deserve

[@naokitirou6888]

i looking for this tab, really thank you!!

[@MJTbreww]

Amazing job. Can’t wait to learn segments because I certainly wont be able to do the whole thing!

[@yamezzy]

Sounds good! Some of it is pretty ridiculous :)

[@fedeweder6068]

thank for posting this with the pdf file, really appreciate it

[@yamezzy]

No problem!

[@Kevin-km4ii]

Yamez you transcribed some Tom Misch stuff for me last year! I didn't know you had a youtube...it's awesome. Thanks for the content!

[@yamezzy]

Hey Kevin, cool to hear from you over here. Fiverr doesn't like people linking to other pages very much! Glad you like and if you have any other suggestions for tabs let me know :)

[@nastrix19]

You're the best!!! Thank you for sharing this!

[@kr0k0deilos]

you are a hero sir!

[@normanluismadrid422]

thank you so much for this transcription, been looking for so long since my ears arent that sharp

[@yamezzy]

Glad I could help!

[@manhhuynguyen879]

you are my hero now!

[@MsZortzi]

Wow, thank you soooooo much for sharing this with us

[@endersafonov4731]

Шикарно сделано! Продолжай в том же духе!

[@mocanush5]

Do you have this in .gpx format??

[@RobertWadlow292]

"Squeak? not sure what on earth he's doing here" LOL

[@simonrodriguezreyes3305]

Can you please upload this to songster? Great job on the transcription.

[@themoleking]

This is dope

[@jdujbrtiikndefhuuuvvh]

thanks so much very helpful

[@ChamisBass]

Can i get guitar pro file please

[@yamezzy]

Sure! Check the description, there's a link

[@harisfotopoulos9402]

Thanks so much for this!

[@eze4cuerdas]

Wow, que trabajo !

[@ShoesMagoo]

Bravo. Did you log the hours it took to work all of this out?

[@yamezzy]

Thanks! No sadly not.. though I think it was probably around 4-5 in total, wasn't so bad!

[@kylebrainpresents]

In bar 34, that 15 on the D string is almost impossible. It rings clear in the recording but in the live performance, he messes it up and it comes out muted. In the next bar, he uses his middle finger to help him bar the 15 which makes the 15 on the D easier. But barring the 15 with both fingers and fretting the 18 on the A with his ring finger is insane. I can barely do it with my pinky.

[@yamezzy]

Good research! Checking live versions is always good for a reality check vs a studio recording that might have been cleaned up. If there's anything I can add, rotating the barre finger slightly can flatten the edge and make it easier to apply pressure. Action is another factor, I don't know for sure but Vic might have quite low action/light touch which would help. And otherwise just practicing barring the 15 and playing all 4 strings to check for clarity. In addition it's not necessarily barre pressure that's the culprit but perhaps the finger playing the 18 sometimes touches/mutes the D string. So yeah a challenging bar for sure! There's also wrist position and angle of the bass neck which can make a difference

[@juliocesararteagapadilla6917]

2:38

[@samueldegroot8298]

How do you do that muted triplet thing?

[@yamezzy]

Which one?

[@samueldegroot8298]

@@yamezzy In the first bar at 0:17

[@yamezzy]

Ah right yeah. Well he doesn't seem to do that in any live vids I could find, so I can't double check but I'd guess it's either some kind of quick double pluck or even triple, flamenco style thing either on just the G string or across a few, like a quick thumb 1 2 across a muted ADG. the mutes sound kinda similar so it may be one string, so maybe I didn't write it quite right!

[@RobertWadlow292]

I thought I remember a technique for that is to kind of push the thumb around or "through" the string downwards and bring it up again

[@yamezzy]

Hi Robert, yes you're quite right! I didn't really say that very explicitly in my last comment, sounds like you're talking about Victor's double thumb technique thing. When I said some kind of quick double or triple pluck, that's what I was meaning - a roll of 'thumb down, thumb up, first finger' repeated on the muted G string, perhaps

[@necrokoop]

Niceee!!! Can you make the tabs for You cant hold no groove? :D

[@yamezzy]

Sure, I'll have a look at it!

[@necrokoop]

@@yamezzy Awsome! :D

[@magaman49]

@@necrokoop There are tons of tabs for that one around

[@jdujbrtiikndefhuuuvvh]

could u pls do master of puppets metallica slap bass cover

[@yamezzy]

I can have a look! Is there a particular version you mean?

[@jdujbrtiikndefhuuuvvh]

@@yamezzy yes! it is this one. thanks so much! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZS8g3eOg8qpmrc

[@DavidVargas-tq3ww]

Thanks n.n

[@randomcrusader5632]

Around 3:10 to like 3:40 I’m not sure is accurate, it sounds as if way more notes are played than shown

[@yamezzy]

You're right, I didn't write out that part note for note since he's improvising rhythmically over the same four chord shapes so it's open to the players discretion what they do at that point

[@randomcrusader5632]

@@yamezzy ah thanks sorry, I was just a little confused and not sure if I was hearing wrong

[@jacksterattacks8326]

Btw on that really high note he's doing a pinch harmonic with his thumb and index finger but I need more practice to say which fret he's on. Also great video thanks!

[@yamezzy]

Cool, thanks for the tip!

[@maya_gonzalez_m]

ayuda Victor Wooten es tan pro tan god y yo zzz