This is the real shit that actually makes you a better musician.

@itaiitai100

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@AndreasOxholm

2 жыл бұрын

Word! Perspective

@gustavofonseca1083

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, this is a before and after in my life

@jamesedwards7844

2 ай бұрын

Punk musicians agreed, it's hard to get it wrong.Thanks for giving half of the formula away.

@MrWhiteamin

Ай бұрын

V

Vic is the Bob Ross of music. We don't have wrong notes, just happy accidents.

@cathridge

2 жыл бұрын

Great observation. 💯

@TheSeeking2know

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

@EvilSean62

2 жыл бұрын

and the root note has some little friends over here in the fill yes ... I can feel him channeling BoB

@leofont6026

Жыл бұрын

FR!

@canman87

Жыл бұрын

Happy accidentals* 😉

As a veteran guitar player of 15+ years ,who just recently started playing bass for a band, I can confidently say that this one video has changed my entire perspective of how I look at the fret board. This man is a national treasure.

@EvilSean62

2 жыл бұрын

welcome to the wonderful world of getting yelled at by drummers for being "too wooten "

@RonCarterBassist

Жыл бұрын

I wish you the best in your bass-playing journey.

@charan7363

Жыл бұрын

I'm on the same journey as yours.. 12 years of guitar playing and started playing bass for a band since 8 months

@dontworryaboutit1996

Жыл бұрын

@@charan7363 basically the exact same journey!

@kavonbakowski8358

Жыл бұрын

Man, I've been playing for almost 25 years and I wish I could consider myself a veteran guitar player

Did Wooten just demonstrate that if you play all the wrong notes with absolute confidence, people won't doubt your playing and assume you're just a genius? Dear God that's brilliant

@mattlauerrstuff

Жыл бұрын

Real improv

@cloacal_kissing

Жыл бұрын

And skill. If you play them confidently and skillfully. It's absolutely how it works. Music is all manipulating people's brains to make their bodies move around.

@BlueLou974

Жыл бұрын

let's Feel the rythm deeply and everything got its right place.

@timpeterson175

6 ай бұрын

Omar Rodriguez Lopez enters the chat ❤

@Funkyskunk01

Ай бұрын

It sounds like politics and politicians. Yup, pretty confident they’re all just closet musicians

This is some of the most practically brilliant and encouraging teaching you'll ever see out here on the KZreads. Shout out to Victor Wooten, man 🏆

@danielgrohl6971

2 жыл бұрын

Victor is a great player and a great teacher. Once we find the groove of a song we have all 12 notes to play, and if a wrong note comes under our fingers we can play it, and make it all right. Just think if this sort of thing could work out with the women who claim bad chemistry, and we could then go on and dance the night away..

@mathewreed818

2 жыл бұрын

Love me some Vic and some Beatdown. I’m not surprised that you share a similar thought process to Vic. Much love

@nilsbaierl3449

2 жыл бұрын

Thats soo true🤍 it reminded me of Bob Ross

@mr.joshua6818

2 жыл бұрын

Just being a half note off at any time really got me.

@TheSeeking2know

2 жыл бұрын

Abs the funny thing is this is also a life lesson at the same time! A way to see the world in a healthy evolving way.

Victor Wooten... destroying everything you've ever learned about music theory in 15 minutes.

@leofont6026

2 жыл бұрын

he's not wrong tho

@paulclemens6733

2 жыл бұрын

HONESTLY

@zacglasgow

2 жыл бұрын

VW the living legend and modern philosopher.

@dispersemedia

2 жыл бұрын

Not destroying but rephrasing it.

@AndreasOxholm

2 жыл бұрын

Destroys but also builds you back up 😅😁

“Your body says this is good and your brain agrees”😂 this is probably the best bass video I’ve seen to date

@JacksterDude12

2 жыл бұрын

As a wise man once said, "Free your mind, and your ass will follow"

@thebournefutility8302

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like something Karl Pilkington would say

“Even though the note is technically wrong, the brain will accept it if you add rhythm to it. You paid for every note, use them all.” I’ll never forget those words.

@patrickmurphy9186

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Thelonious Monks’ approach to the piano.

@YGotoloco

Жыл бұрын

I chalenge you to use the right note, but in different tempo.

Victor needs a teaching channel. So good.

@josephtyler1486

2 жыл бұрын

I believe victor would prefer a “showing” channel not a teaching channel

@davidhull6536

2 жыл бұрын

His channel is analog...he has a music camp in Tennessee.

@jimmyneilson6145

2 жыл бұрын

Musical Bob Ross

@davidjairala69

2 жыл бұрын

Idk if the world is ready

@KrackDaddy

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't need it . we do.

I'm a guitarist who's been playing for 40 goddamned years, and it's rare that I run across a teacher who's informative, entertaining, gracious, smart and funky as Sir Wooten. He's taught me more here than probably a good 25 guitar teaching vids have. This guy is the bomb

@Mr.Batsu12

4 ай бұрын

I'm the same way. I started playing in the mid 80s. I studied classical and jazz guitar and also took music theory lessons in college. I've played since my very early teens and it was only a few years ago in my late 40s that I heard Victor Wooten say the simple fact: No matter what note you play when soloing, it's never more than a half step away from being in key. That blew my mind and I went from having trouble trying to find the key of a song I wanted to solo over to just being able to play without having a clue what the key of the song is in a second or two. I've studied music in the past, how come I never realized this very simple fact myself? LOL Victor Wooten is an amazing educator and my #1 suggestion to watch for anybody on any instrument. Not just for bass players.

I've been playing bass for over 30 years, and I tell ya, whenever I see Victor Wooten giving advice, I click immediately. I always come away with a big ol' smile on my face, and somehow absorb a whole bunch of knowledge that makes me go "Wait. I never even *thought* of that!" Much love.

@panchoverde5078

10 ай бұрын

And you've never used a capo to change keys, but you listen to this man and continue to call yourself a bassist?

@jpined14

6 ай бұрын

@@panchoverde5078Let’s hear your recordings so you can show Vic how it’s really done.

@panchoverde5078

6 ай бұрын

@@jpined14 dude, Victor will literally tell you it's ok to hit the wrong notes and play out of key. He's a loser bassist.

"So it sounds more like i'm moving, but it's really the chords moving around me" Bro, no way to deny it: at the side of being an awesome teacher, this man is also a poet!

@Sjahko_

10 ай бұрын

Yeah with everything he says. We're improvising every moment of every day. I am a professional at this. I felt that so hard.

this man is a genius. and what a great lesson: having to do it "right" is the biggest anxiety-inducer that ruins learning improvisation and forces you onto well-traveled (boring) paths.

@TheSeeking2know

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! It really is a lesson for living.

@bazingacurta2567

2 жыл бұрын

Truly a genius.

@danilopolar6476

2 жыл бұрын

That's really true, and that's the thing with me until now, i fell so pressured to no play the wrong note that I miss more than I would

@7777Lace

2 жыл бұрын

Very good explanation

He played all 12 notes in the scale and it sounded better than anything I ever thought of playing. Thanks Dr. Wooten.....

This man is very kind and humble. As a beginner you feel encouraged, instead of blown away.

I started playing without learning any music theory. Then I learnt music theory and it felt like a cage, trying to play what is "right". Then I listened to jazz and realised that there are no "wrong" notes. Just how you play them.

The way Victor breaks it down is masterful. But he's absolutely right, took me 10+ years to realize - it's not what you play, but how you play. I learned theory first, which was very helpful. But rhythm and dynamics - that came with time.

Probably the best bass teacher ever.

When a person of the skill set of Victor Wooten can explain a topic that not only explains, but enables and removes the paralytic of fear from the topic, you know he doesn't just have mastery of the topic, but has the spirit of a teacher and a human being that wants us all to gain mastery as well. That takes take skill, heart and maturity.

@Sjahko_

10 ай бұрын

AMEN

What makes Victor such an incredible musician for me is not his bass playing, but the humble philosophy he puts into practice that many other virtuosos lack. What a legend!!

Where has this been my whole life

It's not by accident that he's one of the best bass player ever. So inspiring. Please, make a monument to this man!

I am a pianist who strictly goes along with the notes available to me in a key. But currently I am learning bass so I got here, and OH MAN was this so refreshing! Started doing improvs on bass with feel and rhythm only, and for the first time in my life have I allowed myself to finally let loose. Amazing stuff, God bless

@kane6529

Жыл бұрын

Just know the same applies to your piano. Nothing stopping you from playing non diatonic notes on piano either

@LionAndALamb

9 ай бұрын

It's a weird phenomenon how we can get stuck in rigid thinking on our primary instrument, then we mess around with a new instrument for a couple of months and all kinds of new pathways open up.

@josephdiaz2182

6 ай бұрын

@@LionAndALamb lol true

I wish I had known this like 30 years ago. :)

I really appreciate that you show a lot of this with only one finger on the fretboard. It helps guide whats actually happening

@andrewsickler8466

2 жыл бұрын

Sticking with one finger also shows the power of simple experimentation rather than the need for more complex technique. So many music teachers start students off with exercises with all fingers, but music doesn’t require that many a lot of the time!

You know, why is it that Victor is just comforting in general? If I have an anxiety attack I could just listen along with him and try to play on my bass. Is that just me?

This video is just amazing. "You pay for every note. Use them all". I'll take that to heart. Thanks Mr Wooten.

Victor is the Chuck Norris of bass. He says a note isn't out of key, so now it isn’t. Thanks for this. Takes the pressure off.

@YourFearIsReal

5 ай бұрын

Plus the odds are in your favor with hitting the "right" notes

More than 10 years ago, I wanted to play bass because of this man. Today, I'm still learning from him.

@dogonamission

Жыл бұрын

me too still learning 25 years later

Aside from being ( easily ) one of the absolute greatest bassist to ever walk the earth . He's by far the best teacher I've ever seen or heard . As it pertains to bass and music in general .

@amin4993

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that he's as good a teacher as he is a player. Some people can't explain all this, and he is so likeable and I just want to hug him of showing me such cool stuff.

@mattaylor5627

2 жыл бұрын

Jaco Patorius had a rather unsuccessful term teaching at the University of Chicago. When asked how to get better his answer was "just watch tv". Victor is a top class teacher.

@danadane2501

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattaylor5627 From everything I've heard of Jaco. Number 1 was from Marcus Miller. Jaco seemed pretty insecure. Especially for how amazing he was as a bassist and songwriter. Hey everyone has their quirks but when it comes to teaching we're in full agreement Victor is the man flat out.

@danadane2501

2 жыл бұрын

@@amin4993 If I met him I'd just stand there and listen guaranteed i would learn something I'd never think of or find any where else. The man is a genius on the bass and explaining it just as well. How many incredible bassist can we say that about. Marcus Miller is incredible but when it comes to articulating the craft Victor is phenomenal!

@robertrowan3342

2 жыл бұрын

He's got such a warm, positive vibe. It makes you feel good just to hear him speak.

I'm not nearly on this guy's level. I'm not even a bass player, but I know he would make me a better musician inside an hour. such a pleasure to listen to, watch, and learn from. thanks for taking the time, brother.

"Wrong notes" create those wonderful tension/release moments that pretty much everyone loves but don't know why. Victor Wooten, great lesson sir! Any musician can benefit from this lesson. Playing to loops made me into such better musician. Exhaust your possibilities!

3:10 blew my mind!! I'm currently focusing on making my own bass lines and this helped a tremendous amount 🤯

He's such a genius I bet if Victor Wootem sat down and composed music he'd be the Motzart of the 21st century

@WesleyWattley-xy4fg

4 ай бұрын

Mozart would be amazed 😅❤UK 🇬🇧

'Oh G major that my key I gonna go dancing' you got me. Love your way of teaching man. Truly something else.

Not only is he one of the best musicians of all time but also he is one of the best teachers ever. I didn't know before watching this. Such a treasure!

To really understand how good this is you just have to read the comment section. Not only does he make these lessons so easy to understand and interesting, he never comes across as pompous or condescending. You can see he loves to teach and pass on his knowledge as much as playing.

Love Victors approach to playing, and ive done this in the past subconsciously. Just slide up half step! Love it

He’s the best teacher because he removes all the pressure of “getting it right” and brings focus to the groove and having fun while playing.

It is very appropriate for Mr. Wootens bass to display the Yin and Yang! A perfect balance. Incorporating wrong and right notes together 👍 brilliant. This has taken away all fears of wrong notes for me 🎸

This video covers the best musical advice I ever learned. I don't even play bass, I'm a guitar player, but while watching a Victor Wooten video 8 or 9 years ago I heard this tip: "No matter what note you start to play on it's never more than a 1/2 step away from a note that is "in key" for what you are soloing over." If you play a note that's not in key you can easily do a half step bend up or slide down and you are now in key! If your first note was out of key you now know that the note above AND below it aRE in key. You have 2/7 of the notes in the key already figured out. For years I would try to figure out the key by playing up/down the neck on the 6th string trying to find the root. As soon as I learned this I could almost instantly start playing "in key" with any song - even before I figured out what key it was in. I just wish I heard this tip back in the mid 80s when I started playing guitar. It would have saved me so much trouble. LOL

Not even a Bass player but I'll sit and listen to a master musician talk about his craft any day.

I've been playing bass for years, since I was 16, and I've always improvised a lot, just jamming, and always felt guilty because I know I play what some would call wrong notes in my bass runs. But on purpose. Not that anyone complained about my style of playing, but this is a lesson by Victor which actually makes me feel justified in what I've been doing. I've just never been able to explain it the way he does. Thanks Victor. I needed this.

@IAMREIKI

4 ай бұрын

Learning to PLAY is Fun . His book the Music Lesson is worth your time awesome read .

It’s so nice to have Victor on your side ! Motivation is the key and the way he speaks is even more than motivating! It’s ❤

This was the most helpful video by far I’ve ever watched of improvisation props to this guy

Victor Wooten - more talent in one finger than most people have in their entire body. LOL! But seriously, if you've ever seen him in concert, he can't help but teach then, either. He's always engaging the audience and dropping little nuggets of genius into them. I've been lucky enough to see him twice (I don't exactly live in a hotbed for live jazz), and both times have arguably been my favorite concerts ever. I took my wife to see him last year, and she said that hands-down it was the best concert she had ever been to.

what an amazing communicator.

VW is not just a musical genius. He is a life coach

Victor Wooten never disappoints. He puts this magic into everything he does

Victor Wooten - every time he does a 10-15 minute clip for free for everyone to view on KZread you feel like you've been transformed in what you know and understand. Simply no one like him to put it in such simple understandable terms, and that proves his genius as a player and as a teacher.

I have always struggled with fellow musicians who have this aversion or insecurity about improvisation. To me improvisation is the height of music ability, that is what I do it all for. I don’t just want to be a mindless robot that spews out whatever notes I’m ordered to reproduce, I want to make my own music, have my own voice. To produce music coming from your own mind on the spot in that moment is the height of musical performance, that is the true essence of making music in front of other people, to realize and experience music that has never been heard before and will never be heard again is the quintessential experience of music.

@i.bi.d8361

Жыл бұрын

I play along to a lot of jam tracks with my practice and some of them are long so good for improvising I record myself and when I listen to recordings I don't know how I played half of what I played I'm in the moment improvising rules!!

@LesterBrunt

Жыл бұрын

@@i.bi.d8361 Yes! It is pure magic, some moments it is like the music take holds of you, as if there really is something outside of you making the music, as if you are just another listener.

This man is like the best teacher I’ve ever heard for music

One of the most common sense and useful music lessons on KZread.

You can't help but love Victor Wooten

Thank you, we really needed these!!!

Loved this. Thank you so much Victor!!

I always appreciate - AND LEARN - from Victors videos! As a mediocre- (minus) bassplayer I always find so much I can use to evolve when watching Victors videos. Great teacher! Really!

This basically singelhandedly solved my greatest issue as a musician.

This man has consistently made better musicians out of all of us with just his wisdom and words.

"If you can walk, you have good rythm." Bruh this tutorial is not wheelchair accessible. Seriously tho, no bass tutorial ever made me smile this much, Victor is just such a nice man and a great teacher.

I'll cry the day I meet him and just say thank you:') there are lot of teachers and books stressing on scales, arpeggios, modes, theory, substitutions in a way that it is overwhelming and intimidating. But this is so reliving! DONT BE AFRAID TO IMPROVISE

@camf8372

2 жыл бұрын

I know right? We need more Victor Wootens out there.

@jcout25

2 жыл бұрын

@@camf8372 He's got brothers lol.

@camf8372

2 жыл бұрын

@@jcout25 I mean that as in we need more people that teach, like Victor or have the same style of teaching music like he does

Pure genius, great teacher

Thank you for this video! It is just what I needed. I wish I had found you sooner!

Mr. Wooten is a great teacher.

This is brilliant! Simple concepts, but only simple because they’re explained by someone with such mastery!

Man! I love him, he’s so cool. What a great masterclass. Thank you so much for sharing.

thanks so much for taking alot of mystery out of improvisation and making it more available and fun!

Good jamming with you, Victor. Your lessons are welcoming and kind.

This man is The Boss! Love his vibe. 👏👏👍🙏🎸🎸❤️😎

Literally the best video on improv I've ever seen. It's so simple you can teach it to a kiddo. Especially relating to the odds of hitting a "right note" and the idea that even if you hit a wroog note, so long as you do it with some sense of rhythm, it will sound good. Hence why we like chords that include #9s or #11, b13s etc.

I smiled all the way through this! What fun and wonderful revelations! Thank you!

Awesome way to look at improvisation, I her a lot of musicians say "I can't improvise" Thanks Victor for the awesome knowledge and perspective, you inspire me to keep playing bass lol. Churr from NZ!

This guy is a great example of a real Master ❤

Amazing! Thanks for all this knowledge! Wooten and Sam Ash together is a powerful combination.

Was so good! Great teacher !

this was like talking to an old friend whom you forgot understands you. Same tribe brother. Excellent way to explain the infinite correlation between every single note without wrong or right just flow and see what shines. Thanks so much for this splash of facts mr wooten, i finally hear someone explaining how cool and beautiful dissonance could be. Rhythm is almost everything. I hope all players open this door

Victor is the most humble, intelligent and and practical teacher of all time! And a musical genius with unbeleivable groove! Thank you for the music , maestro!

I've been playing for a while, and this video just blew my mind. Thanks master, glad I could see one of your concerts in my live.

Love this man, his music, and his attitude. Exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you.

I absolutely love Vic Wooten!! His playing AND teaching styles are so unique, he's found the way to make making mistakes encouraging! Absolutely wonderful human being all the way around!!!

I am honestly floored that we even have access to this. What an enjoyable experience! Thank you, Victor for sharing this incredible lesson with us!! 😊 🎶 💜

@WesleyWattley-xy4fg

4 ай бұрын

❤❤absolutely we salute you Mr Wooten UK 🇬🇧

This is the best improv tutorial I have seen. Love Victor's passion for music and his instructional style.

Just the medicine I needed! Thank you

Great video! More than 20 years ago I just thought "Victor is a top slapping guy. But I'm not slapping, not my thing." But then I realised what a heartful great musician Victor is! Such a great grooving bass player and I love those videos, where he just starts with something really simple and _grooves heavenly_ ... even if he just uses one string, finger, whatever. _GROOVE and make the people FEEL_. Thank you with _respect and thankfulness_, best regards, Stefan

Best 16 minutes of my entire life!! I’d never learnt so much before and in such a short time. This helped me sooo much as someone who struggles to compose/improvise!! Victor is an absolute LEGEND👏🏽

@marktaylor3290

2 жыл бұрын

It's been a month. How's the music going?

@lucy.elizabeth.c

2 жыл бұрын

@@marktaylor3290 better than ever thanks, started learning Victor’s you can hold no groove!

Thank you Victor, that was great, I really appreciate that information. Thats going right into my bass tool box.

Love this. It’s kinda like I already knew by instinct but didn’t know why. Thanks Vic!

This video is gold. It made me remember how I became a multi-instrumentalist. Discovering for myself the stuff Victor shows in this brilliant video explains exactly how the theory-ignorant drummer I was had the balls to get up in front of people and make music on guitar, bass, keys, and other instruments. At first, I was just jammin'. I barely knew any theory at all, and all I had going for me was my ear, my sense of rhythm, and my love of making music. It grew from there. If you have The Burn, you can do it. 😎

@Spookdookin

Жыл бұрын

I am also a drummer. My sense of rhythm has helped me very much when picking up other instruments. Gonna really put that to the test when I buy a violin this winter 🎻

@Vito_Tuxedo

Жыл бұрын

@@Spookdookin I thought fretless bass would be difficult because, you know...no frets. But it turned out to be no problem at all. Good luck with the violin!

personally, I dance to the key of songs. also - i've been playing for 19 years and this lesson was tremendously helpful. also - may God help the audience at whatever open mic has to sit through somebody working out this chromatic lesson live😂😂😂

brilliant! making complex things easy to understand. a real teacher of his craft.

Simple but precise explanation on improvisation. Fantastic!

Letting the chords move around him which allows him to move less is such a valuable tip to make fast chord changes more manageable.

Почему виктор вутен такой классный? Я аж расплакался от его таланта быть самым лучшим мотиватором, человеком и учителем

This is the most helpful video I’ve watched on KZread!

Wow! Think you so much for taking time out to drop this knowledge. You are to much!! Love it❤️

Back in college (geez, almost 50 years ago!) they needed a drummer for the improv class so I took it because I wanted to see what all the mystery was with the tonal instruments. The professor of this class talked about a lot of this same stuff. I remember the first day he played a simple solo over a G blues on the piano and the last note he played at the end of the first chorus was an Ab. As he cycled through the next chorus he just kept hammering the Ab as he talked making it feel like fingernails on a chalkboard. In the next chorus he demonstrated how to voice chordal extensions in a way that made that note suddenly correct. It was pretty cool as it was kind of a lesson in how to use altered chords (raising or lowering the 5 and 9) in ways that made the "wrong" note right. His point was basically to the rhythm section to keep their ears open and be team players by helping to bail out a soloist if they heard something land outside of the expected and to immediately adjust what they played to make the soloist's "mistake" into a whole new journey. He encouraged us to listen to recordings to hear this in the real world. We'd sit around listening to the great Miles Davis Quintet where much of what they were experimenting with was deliberately taking things out. Hearing the masterful ways that Hancock, Carter and Williams instantly shifted gears while Miles and Wayne (or George Coleman) would travel in and out to make perfect sense of it all. Using these kinds of approaches makes it so much more interesting than the sterile firing off modal or other scalar regurgitations. Sure, that stuff has its place but in the grand scheme of improvising it's more about creating in the moment without rules and restrictions and doing it collaboratively. Vic just laid the foundation for that right here.

@TheSeeking2know

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

Gratitude! So great to catch a glimpse of a master's perspective! Good teacher.

Incredible class! Thank you!! Best explanation I've ever heard.

Every second of this video was full of great lessons.

Thank you Victor for that mind opening bass lesson!