It blows my mind that this is such an important concept that is so rarely emphasized. This is literally what divides people into "musically-inclined" and "non-musically inclined" and it's a thing that can be consciously developed, like a muscle.

@Grillar

7 жыл бұрын

parasti0 i wish i could upvote this comment 101 times

@ApplepieFTW

7 жыл бұрын

Have a +

@dashiellv

7 жыл бұрын

I have a hard time ignoring the music that flows in my mind. I don't have an ear-worm problem, though. I can switch to another tune.

@Nils3OWN

6 жыл бұрын

I have never been able to audiate anything and I'm still in the 1% of people who play music. I'm no professional by any means, just a casual player for now, but it's really not a skill that you need in order to be good at music. It could definitely help you remember pieces more easily though, and help you write new music.

@eutytoalba

4 жыл бұрын

I've seriously never even felt like buying MP3-player devices, because my musical memory since childhood is so good, but I still can't play any instruments, despite trying every now and again. 😢 But I actually think maybe it's because my stronger sense of visual arts gets in the way and not only audiates music, but converts it all into mental visualizations of geometry. 🤔 So when I heard the saying by Goethe, "Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music," it really hit home in a completely literal sense.... 🤔 Ah well. The instrument I've been struggling with for years is guitar, but a friend who is an old pro is going to show me an introduction to drums.... If drums lend better to hard and measured geometric visualization, maybe I'll actually have better luck with that instrument. 🤔 ....beats becoming like the verteces in a 3D-model of a song...... 🤔 Oh, and for that specific reason--------I kind of wonder if growing up using Imperial Feet, Inches, and eighths-of-Inches as one's everyday measurements instead of the Metric System in base-10 might actually give people a slight advantage in the study and practice of rhythm if or when they take up music? 🤔🤔🤔 In whole, just a VERY fascinating subject!! And, given my normal artistic skillsets, I think the whole idea of Afantasia is tragically horrific. How the heck would somebody function like that??!!! Could they even ever be capable of performing craft and visual design work?!! 😦

Is it healthy to audiate a roaring crowd after i finish playing guitar in my bedroom?

@hamiltonmays4256

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. In your bedroom, that's the only way you'll ever hear it.

@EadsJasper

7 жыл бұрын

:P

@eutytoalba

4 жыл бұрын

@@hamiltonmays4256 {cue mental audience laugh-track} 🤣

@hamiltonmays4256

4 жыл бұрын

@@eutytoalba XD

@JoeFermaint

4 жыл бұрын

self-encouragement

*grabs imaginary bass*

@nahblue

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, the skill of bassiation

@lance4842

5 жыл бұрын

*aah... same, plugs imaginary cord in imaginary amp*

You might call these bass lessons but really theyre very useful for any aspiring musician.

@AgeofJP

7 жыл бұрын

I coul actually do this my whole life as I remember...downside I have very bad visual imagination and I think almost only in words. It really shattered me when I realized that most people think differently than I on such a fundamental base.

@cerevor

7 жыл бұрын

Or for anyone interested in learning and philosophy (ontology and epistemology) in general. I haven't seen anyone else casually talk so well about them.

@azzans

7 жыл бұрын

He actually has said that he just says they're bass lessons so he can use his cool intro.

@aceofacez10

7 жыл бұрын

I have a keyboard and a guitar, no bass and I still love his videos lol

@carouselambra4427

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, at the "grab your bass" part, I grabbed my guitar.

i too audiate 'the lick', more than I'd like to admit

it would be hillarious to listen to a band but instead of hearing their instruments you hear what they're audiating/thinking Like the the pianist is screaming like hal galper, the bassist loops THE lick endlessly and quietly in the background is the drummer, murmuring "pass the gooddamn butter" over and over again

@ConnorR.mp3

6 жыл бұрын

this is the best comment i have ever read give this man an award

@officialrohinmusic

4 жыл бұрын

HAHA, brilliant comment!

*The lick*

@ElMoShApPiNeSs

7 жыл бұрын

Do do do da doo do do

@omgnowairly

7 жыл бұрын

@1:17 priceless :-)

@TimACroninMusic

7 жыл бұрын

Yaassssss!

@ohwhen7775

7 жыл бұрын

And it's always the last three notes, literally the most essential part of that whole phrase, if you've ever listened to Robert Glasper's music you'll hear why/how it can be literally only 3 notes.

A-dam Ne-elys Bass Lesso-o-on

@dmitrynikolaev5743

7 жыл бұрын

BASS

@estoniaman

6 жыл бұрын

Less Bassoons

@joshuavadas

4 ай бұрын

Yes I did, in fact, audiate the licc whilst reading this... 😂

I recall reading an interview with Stanley Clarke in Bass Player magazine probably 25 years ago. He described how he can get in a place where he loses all sense of playing bass -- he is "inside" the music and it is as if someone else is playing exactly what he wants to hear. He said those "lost in the music" moments are even better than sex. The interviewer asked, how often do you find that place? Clarke said, Oh, every day.

@eutytoalba

4 жыл бұрын

Having that kind of concentration in a multitude of different artforms like a true idyllic "Rainnasance man" would probably leave someone wondering WTH is everyone else obsessed with sex for?? LOL!!

5:09 I thought I was the only person in the world that thinks of partial differential equations while playing

I was about to say "I can audiate but I can't visualize because I have Aphantasia!" and then you went into it. What's funny is, when I found out about Aphantasia I found it hard to believe people could have images in their heads. But then I read something that mentioned the audiation and I realized I could totally do that. If I can imagine a sound, why is it so difficult imagine others could do it with pictures? So yea, that's a real thing, what the heck.

im going to fail my chemistry test. but at least i can audiate.

@walterhisenbergwhite6868

3 жыл бұрын

Gsuskrisppy good luck

Adam you said in one of your live streams that you were trying to cut back on your 'meme' inclusions. And now you give us the lick and Bon Jovi, this is slowly turning into a meme channel. and I love it.

@JacobH93

7 жыл бұрын

Harmonicas Idle Honestly, the memes probably make things easier to remember. The teachers I remember the most from were all the quirky/funny ones. Definitely not a bad thing either way though!

I remember put LP's "given up", muting the volume, ring the whole song in my head, and just before the song end, I volume up to see if it's my head and the song are in sync. Good old days

la Dada Dada Da, boo da You just audiated that didn't you?

@Vojife

6 жыл бұрын

No, there's no notes.

@avischetlin

4 жыл бұрын

Liccc

@nauka7565

4 жыл бұрын

BEDU BEDU BEDU BEDU BAAAAAA!!!

These videos are so amazingly informative, this is not just a damn bass lesson. These are music lectures that are worth thousands of dollars, thanks a lot for uploading them for free dude

Everyone knows that the greatest bassline to ever be recorded is the Seinfeld theme.

@Kntrytnt

7 жыл бұрын

I would have gone with the "Mountain Song" bass solo

@sadbuttrue319

7 жыл бұрын

*Greatest anime theme

@CaptnMorshu

7 жыл бұрын

Ironically enough, it was actually recorded on a synth

@federicodaneri1854

7 жыл бұрын

+Kntrytnt That's an amazing song!

@RingwoodLive

7 жыл бұрын

More like a sampler with slap samples loaded in it.

Adam, you may not read this but if you do. This video alone has changed my ability to play and has alone made me more enthusiastic about playing. The connection between my imagination to my instrument was close to non-existent who would've guessed simply audiating would make such a huge difference. This is why I'm subscribed to you as a patron.

The lick is all I'm able to ever audiate.

I find it very easy to imagine music and very hard to recreate what I am imagining. When I go to my guitar to try to work out what I'm imagining or even try to sing it I often end up with an imperfect version of what I was imagining. The original inspiration dissipates and the simplified version is all that is left.

@Kntrytnt

7 жыл бұрын

Hmm, maybe try to write down the perfect version without playing or singing it, than once it's down, try to play it.

@thescowlingschnauzer

7 жыл бұрын

I'm a self-taught guitarist. I have tried hard to learn to read music, but at this point anything I write down would be guesswork with zero accuracy.

@bulksquatthrust2554

7 жыл бұрын

I have the EXACT problem! I'll have full blown orchestral pieces I've made up running through my head all day and when I get home I can't even play a simple melody from it.

@thescowlingschnauzer

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly! At times I wish I could limit my imagination to my mechanical skill.

@sorcey6957

7 жыл бұрын

Unless you have perfect pitch or very well trained relative pitch it is hard and mostly just trial and error. What I do is pick out the first note of the melody in my head and then i just hit random keys on my instrument until I find the right one. Then I hear the second note in my head and try and get a rough idea of how far it is from the first note which will by easier or harder depending on your level of interval training. Them I just repeat until I get the melody down. I rarely get it right on the first try. Also chords are hard but after youve got the melody down you should be able to figure out the scale your in which will lower the possible harmonies/chords. Hope this helps.

Dear Adam ... I'm coming late to this post (6 yrs later!) but the clarity with which you explain audiation and its importance is just gold to me. Thank you thank you thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

1:20 I think of "the lick" all the time lmao.

Probably one of your best videos. Well put and entertaining.

It's awesome to watch your channel grow. It seems like each video has a higher view count than the last. You deserve nothing but success for your hard work and quality content!

Great advice! I'm a bit surprised I never really noticed anyone talk about it like that. I just stumbled upon this channel last week and watched a few videos. Liked them all very much, and this one is the icing on the cake. Also, thx for the links in the description!

I am so glad you chose to play bass at some point in the past. you have the best music channel on youtube, no bullshit intro you need to skip, no bullshit monologue until the concept or exercise is shown, just bass

Glad to see the channel growing my man. You really deserve it. Always quality. Peace.

0:34 I'm only this far into the vid. As a person who exists at the extreme deep end of hyperphantasia I'm sooo surprised to see someone talk about this, in general. Whoa! I didn't expect to come across this as I'm trying to learn bass 🤯. I'm hooked! Niiice.

lots of things that I told my students for decades, but You (again) nailed it and explained it much better than I could ! Thanks and go on like this, Adam! Great !

They say one's ability to explain concepts well is a result of great understanding. I can tell you're really damn smart with how articulate and insightful your videos are. I really appreciate them and always come out with a much more concrete understanding of things after watching them. You're dope!

this video made me cry. this is one of the best music channels on youtube

This, and the 'Bass for guitarists' (which is exactly why I am on KZread, trying to learn how to write bass lines for my guitar riffs) are amazing! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, very interesting.

Thanks for the video! Audiation is super important and this isn't stressed enough and hardly taught. I feel very strongly about singing to connect to your inner hearing and find it sad that most students find are very embarrassed to sing. Among many other uses, for me it's a way to access musical imagination and find ideas I didn't even know I have.

I DONT EVEN PLAY BASS AND I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL THANKS!

For me this has always been a part of my musical enjoyment, when I got interested in my music in my teens I was always thinking about my favorite music and then I started to arrange music in my head, imagine how a band track would sound on a solo piano or how would it sound if I added strings or a choir in the background and the from that I started to compose music in my head and this was before I knew any music theory.

Good video. Very good. Reminds me of a trumpet player/friend back in the sixties who said he heard music in his head ALL the time. He also wrote music and arranged. I saw him writing a part for me while everyone in the group waited for us to play the tune. He wrote notes the way most people would write a letter.

dude, got to say that your videos are opening my mind more and more. You explore music in a different way and I just love it. Thank you for making me inspired to play and compose. Greets from Brasil!

Dude! This is an awesome channel. Thanks Adam! You take some really complicated concepts and simplify them. Great stuff!

Adam you videos are making me spend more time learning music! Something I love. Thank you!

Your videos got the excitement of learning music come at me again. Best phrasing, I know. Also, the musical theory taught here is mind blowingly amazing, talking from a non-bass player perspective. Also, that integration of philosophy, epistemology and humanities. Had to calm down. First channel I'm following, ever. Everybody around me gets to hear me talk about music too much now ahah

I wish I could just hear things in different modes. That would be freaking crazy lol

For some time, I was thinking you stopped using the intro because of copyright issues. Glad to see the bassman's return :D About audiation, it was interesting to see a video on something I use all the time without thinking about it. For my band, pretty much every bassline I have ever written gets composed in my head and then I play it as opposed to what I have seen many musicians do, i.e. fiddling around with scale fragments, arpeggios, etc till they get something workable. When I hear a song, I am able to"hear" the bass and keys (I also do keys and other miscellaneous things from time to time) and what not in my head and then I just need to record it so that others can hear it too.

I really love all your lessons. I'm not a bass player, but you sure teach some pretty good lessons. Keep it coming :D

This shed some light on why I've been having trouble learning guitar. I'm thinking more about "I should put my finger here for this note" and less about audiating the music in my mind. Thanks for the perspective!

you make great videos, Mr Adam. thanks for the variety!

Really love your videos-lesson-blogs. You are very erudite/enlightening/articulate in your lessons + real-world examples. I come from a very mixed bag of semi-formal training +a ton of self-education: cellist (as kid + recently revived), Bassist, Electric/Acoustic guitarist/composer. I am lucky to have a been blessed w/ a good amount of instinct + natural creative intuition - not a virtuoso, by any means - on anything; just sort of competent in my own weird way, at my more mature age. Nice work!

Your lessons are being very, very helpful. I include your hints and exersizes into my practising routine and it works. Thank you Adam Neely

Something I do is trying to remember a song verse or chorus and divide each instruments in my head and add them one by one till I can hear the hole ensemble in my head. This guy made me realise that it’s freaking cool. Thanks a lot man!

This is an interesting and fascinating subject. I have music and imaginary melodies and notes in my head constantly, but I am almost completely unable to audiate a note that is so high up that my own voice would not be able to conceive it - or at least, any other singer I've heard either. Then, when I hear a male tenor sing an amazingly high note, it just blows my mind. Not only in awe, but in expanded imagination beyond my frame of fantasy. It is, quite literally, UN-believable for me. Much like the person you referred to talking about imagining a blue bouncing ball, if he would be able to do so for the first time in his life. It is amazing that the brain, or shall I say, MY brain, is so linked to the motor centra in imagining certain notes that, where the motor centra would fail in the task, so will the imaginary centra - before even trying it fully. But audiating the highest notes in a guitar solo all the way up in the highest notes on the guitar neck is not difficult for me as I've heard quite many guitarists do it. It has to do with what is physically possible for a human to achieve with the physical voice, not the pitch itself as the highest note on a guitar or a piano is quite possible for me to audiate. What is also interesting is that I play the drums and while I am quite skilled in doing so, there are passages that I'm not capable of playing because they are physically too challenging for me to play. What is interesting about this is that unlike the human singing voice, I have no problems creating, imagining and audiating these nonexistent difficult passages before attempting (and failing) to play them.

you have the catchiest intro music ever! please don't ever change it :)

I knew this already I came to see this after the video From guitar to bass But I knew that I'm born for this Thanks for the term man You're the next music master

One of the best lessons I've seen on youtube; great job.

As a musician I've never given audiation much thought. It’s something I’ve always done mentally, even before I wrote my own music, so it’s very interesting to hear the different perspectives. While it’s definitely been a very useful tool for creating, when I first started writing (especially on guitar) I often got frustrated becuase I didn’t have the skill to play what was in my head. I guess in the long run it helped me improve as a musician so it’s neat to think about. I’m a few years late to this video, but its just as enjoyable now in 2018. Keep up the good work, it’s fascinating and helpful stuff.

Not just a bass lesson channel but also teaches music in general. 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I'm a trumpet player and yet I've learned so much from your lessons and videos! You're earned a sub from me, and I will make sure to share your videos with my peers!

very very good information for anyone able to comprehend its meaning. I think this branches out beyond music to all art and creation. nice video adam, cheers

This is one of the best lessons I've ever seen

Just came across your channel. I'm a guitar player who has moved to bass (already saw the video). Just wanted to say your videos are extremely helpful! Your breakdown of techniques and theory make a lot of sense and I'm learning a lot from you. A huge thank you for what you're doing!

Amazing video as always Adam

Hey man your channel is totally ridiculous I love it. Lots of good info. I also liked the idea of taping up a guitar players fingers in one of your previous videos. outstanding.

Doooood! I’m new here but I have to give you huge kudos! You rock with education ,no ego, and lots of very smart tips for bass and MUSIC! Thank you !😊

Dude I just love your channel, I'm not a bassist but your lesson works for guitarist as well, and I guess other musicians. thank you!! and keep working.

Adam I love your videos! They are so informative and valuable.

Adam.... why does the lick never get old to me? It is just as funny every tine I hear it or quote it and I know you feel the same.

Very cool stuff Adam, keep it coming!

This may be the most important thing I have ever heard said aloud for making resonant music, thank you.

Thank you!! This is the word I have been looking for to explain this process: audiate! You have great lessons man, great job

Great video Adam! Following your videos all the way from Singapore! Looking forward to the next one (:

THANK YOU !!!!!! im so Grateful all that you do !

I really enjoy your videos.. so much knowledge, I feel increasingly inspired.. so thank you!

You SAVED my life today. I am the person who cant pick up a song by ear exactly or play the note when someone plays it. Recently i just grabbed few easy solos by ear Though its been 2 and a half year that i am playing guitar now. And someone told me that i am not musical cz i dont have a good ear or that i dont pick up anything faster. But the irony is i have made so many original songs of my own. I have written a song on my first chord practise. And wrote some riffs too. But after watching this video im satisfied that i am not so wrong and that this AUDIATION ear training is also important aprt from just hearing and playing. There is alot more than that Thank you so much

your videos are so interesting man. Love them!

Your videos are extremely helpful and entertaining.

got a notification about this video as I was reading a book on aphasias, prospagnosias and the like for my current degree. Very coincidental you would mention aphantasia! Grrreeeeeaaaat videos thanks for making them :)

This is how I learned to play. I heard it first, and I'd parrot it. Then I realized that there were a lot of songs that followed certain patterns. Sad thing is that I never learned to read music. I know a little of the basics, but for me, until those lines and dots sound like music in my head, it won't click. Now that I'm 42, and have been playing since I was 16, you'd think it would have clicked by now.

@parasti0

7 жыл бұрын

I don't think it'll ever just click. It's like reading. You learn the basics and then you just read a LOT. The difference is that text is much, much more prevalent, it's literally everywhere. Meanwhile, you have to go out of your way to find sheet music to read.

@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug

7 жыл бұрын

I also only play by ear, audiation is the only way I know how to play music. I don't understand how I'm supposed to play while reading sheet music, because I need to lean forward, squint and use a pencil or something to count the lines and gaps then count keys to know which key it is, without counting it's just a lot of dots to me dancing all over who knows how many lines (apparently it's 5, I think? but i can't count that many lines just by looking). I don't understand how I really could practice it, since I cannot play while holding the pencil and count lines. It's actually a bit of a problem with reading books as well, since the lines often are so tightly spaced, I sometimes need to use my finger to follow the line back to the beginning of the next line or I might restart reading the same line or skip a few lines and get really confused. But then I'm not trying to play the piano while reading a book, so my fingers are readily available...

this still makes me smile

I literally do this all the time to compose music. Interesting and insightful video, thank you Adam!

I recommend audiating the lick when paying for ice cream. Though seriously there needs to be a point made that when you ask the question about hearing the bass with a filter that this is conceptual processing, different than audiation. Audition is literately hearing it inside, not imagining what it would sound like. Audiation is immediate synthesis, not necessarily formulated around a pre-concieved question. I feel they are different skills. One is creating music in the mind, and noticing how it sounds, the other is imagining what something would sound like. This is why artists speak of listening while you play, that the sound is spontaneously heard as a possible direction, not necessarily formed out of the concept of a particular direction. one is a wandering discovery, created in the moment, the other is formed of some abstracted and re--processed memory mixed with other ideas. Audiation could mean hearing a possible sound one has never heard before and has no way of describing. While imagining a filtered bass is using a memory of an experience of hearing something similar to recreate the sense of what that would be like. For me, recreating the sense of a tone character is a different skill than audiation in terms of musical pitches. Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, does anyone else see what I mean? Is asking me to imagine the star spangled banner really the same thing as the music I hear when playing an instrument? I feel they are related but very different skills.

life's saving tips right here! Awesome material, thanks.

Dude! I cannot thank you enough for all the fascinating information/thoughts you share with us! I never heard of the "third sound" for example - really blew my mind there. I never paid much attention to it, though I expierienced it a few times.... I dismissed it as feedback or undertones

This video was a revelation to me. Audiation is something that came quite naturally to me. I have been able to easily do it for decades, ever since I was quite a small child. There is no time in my life I can remember that I couldn't do it. I started piano lessons at age three, and I could do it then. I never knew there was a name for it, or realized there are people who can't do it until watching this video. I guess I'm kind of like Blake Ross in this regard; I had no reason to suspect things were different for other people. I suppose none of us usually do when it comes to things like these. I think the concept of audiation goes a long way toward explaining something that has baffled me for quite a long time. When it comes to the memorization of music, the only problem I've ever had is in understanding why it is such a problem for some other people. Once I've listened to something a few times, I have it memorized. This is the way I always go about learning new tunes for the various bands I've played in over the years. Listen to the recording a few times, show up to the gig, play the tunes. I now think audiation is probably why memorization is so easy for me, and so difficult for others. I can get a tune "set" in my head, and then listen to it internally after that. As I said, before this I had no clue that others could not. Recently one of my bandmates wondered aloud what instrument played the solo in an old pop tune. I said "just a sec," stared off into space, and played the tune back in my head. When the solo came up, I listened for a couple more beats, and told him "Oh, it's a flute." He looked at me really strangely, now I think I know why. Please understand I am not bragging, or putting anyone else down. As I said, this ability came very naturally to me, with no real effort on my part at all, so there is really nothing to brag about. It was only after watching this video that I've realized just how lucky I have been in this regard.

Great explanation and research. I'm always looking forward to new content, keep it up!

I don't play an instrument or have any musical talent or training, but your lessons help me enjoy music more. Thanks very much and merry Christmas!

This is maybe my favorite video of yours

I've watched a load of Adam Neely videos, mostly because I love the theory, but I've just realised that's the first time I've ever seen him play a bass :)

This lesson just made several things click and don't even play bass. Thank you for all the inspiring content ^^

Dood, THANKS A LOT for your lessons! I'm not a bass player, I play guitar, and I'm not so good in English, but all of your videos are so clear, interesting and so useful! Thanks again!

Great video! Hal Galper is such an amazing instructor/speaker

Thanks for the concept...that’s what you do best!

That "Lydian on a Prayer" made me laugh so hard.

I'm "only" a guitarist, but I find these lessons very helpful/inspring. Thank you for your effort!

God bless you man....such a great insight 🙏🏽

Beautiful. Every musician should be made to follow this.

I look forward to your videos in my subscription box the most! And I'm subscribed to CGPGrey!

I've always heard amazing melodies in my head, and sometimes i even figure out how to play what i hear in my head. I'm glad i'm doin something right.

Thanks a thousand times for your lessons.

thank god i discovered your channel... it's full of interesting and useful information

I'm not a bassist, but even as a pianist, I find your videos really useful. :)

Thanks a lot for this. Its been something i "always tought" , and heard everywhere but never the core principle ^^

Thank God you said bass at the end this time. Never thought of it like that, next time I did any soloing I will scream what I play.