In 20 min you have given me probably 6 month of hard work . I'm really grateful as you give directions and goals to our practice. grazie mille Alessandro

As a new bassist with so little time to practice, this will be a lesson that can give me solid structure to practice time. Thank you.

A fun, non-jazz example of a drop to a lower minor third is the repeating bassline on Stevie Wonder’s “ I Wish”!

Super helpful. Great summary and exercises. Thank you.

Best walking lesson on YT !

Playing walking bass is an art form, so please take it seriously...at the end of all your precious and illuminating advices and informations you gave us in this vid, this is the most relevant. "continuous improvisation" they used to call it in the '70ies, and that's the name of the game!

Dude. Thanks! I'm merely trying to program a walking bassline, it's exactly as complicated as I thought it was - but with your stern guiding will, which barely belies such genuine passion, you have shown me the way and I'm enthusiastic about approaching it now!

Your tone is spot on - nice authority , punchy and round . Thank you

easily the best lesson on walking i've ever seen on youtube. concise, practical, and good examples.

@iainctduncan

9 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Paul, thank you so much for your support and great work. Your videos are incredibly well done, helpful, and appreciated. Wishing you good health and joy.

This is so helpful :) by far best vid of KZread.

this may be the best instrumental tutorial ive ever seen. you cover so much in just 20 minutes, enough to allow you to play a decent walking bass on just about anything if you apply everything here!

You sir are a great teacher and anyone who is lucky enough to have you as a teacher is very blessed. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Wow! So much to unpack here. I think it will take me 6 months to work through this. Great video Paul. Thanks for laying it all out for us mortals!

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Paul!

Great video! Concise and clear. And I love the Piggly Wiggly shirt!

Fantastic lesson bro.

This is the best walking bass lesson i have seen till date! thanks man, really dig all your lessons :)

I’ve been a big fan for awhile and enjoy all your content! This and the other walking line lessons have come at a perfect time for my next gig. It’s been a minute since I walked hard lol. Thank you!🤘🏼🍻

What an incredible lesson. Thank you!!!

Your videos are terrific! Thx so much!

Another superb lesson. I hope you’re well. Many thanks.

Great teaching. On point. Great job. Thanks

Another great video man! Many thanks.

this is amazing, thank you!

Thank u, super inspiring and interesting mindset to the bass

This is tremendous!! Thankyou!!…Time to practice! ”know your options”

wonderfull video thanks a lot !! It's good to hear "It's not just quarter notes"

Love channel, thanks for sharing your knowledge mate 🙏

Great videos always sir, awesome intro

Just started following your channel. These tutorials are so excellent! Lots to work on! Thanks!

Awesome! The shed awaits!

wow, thank you so much!

Super leçon. Et 16 leçons en une seule ! Bonnes idées, bonnes explications, bons exemples, merci merci !

This is such a helpful video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I helps so much!

@pdbass

3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thank you for the lesson, I don't teacher in my city, it's complicated be motivated. Thank you for everything ❤️ I'll never let the bass down...

Thank you so much for your guidance, PT! Superb delivery with invaluable information. You are always an inspiration 🙏🏻

@pdbass

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Joe!!

Thanks for the vid! The "Know your options" bit at the end cracked me up lol.

@pdbass

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

i wish i seen you 4yrs ago THANKS. THIS HELPS

This channel rocks 🪨!

You are amazing! Thanks a lot

You have excllent videos and are a fantanstic musician thank you !

it's good to watch this right before going to a jazz band rehearsal :)

your videos are great! also, lovin' the piggly wiggly drip.

Thank you

I hope your channell is growing. You provide the real stuff…

Such fine bass

This is an amazing lesson. You are a phenomenal teacher, I wish I lived in your area so I could be your student :o

@patrickpeterson2174

Жыл бұрын

I live in Nebraska 😢. Do I wish I lived in Pittsburgh!

Dont forget the root note is often "forgotten" by the pianoplayer and or the guitarist - they the root note to the bass player

This is like drum rudiments for bass

God that was sick

I love the thorough content! Extremely helpful. Just one question, to me its sounds like an F# at 15:34 and 15:41, I was wondering if the underlying chord was different than I expected, or if it was intended to be natural.

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

Yes-those both occur during a ‘D7’ chord. F# is the third there. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏽

@nicholasgrayam768

2 жыл бұрын

@@pdbass I should have watched your lesson #6 first, it’s all there! I’m learning so much

Great stuff. Many thanks. How do you mean to play a drop in minor from the root (F) to the b3 (Ab) and walk up chromatically to the 5th (C)? Would you play F Ab Bb B C?

@pdbass

4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly how I would do it! Thanks so much for checking out my vid.

This is great, ok back to the basement

Just a note to add about passing tones. If you’re playing with others, you probably should keep the passing tone diatonic to the key. If not, the “out” passing tone will clash with chordal instruments

i know gear isn't everything, but what strings do you have on your bass? it sounds superb, especially those low notes on the E string

@pdbass

3 жыл бұрын

I use Thomastik Spirocore Weichs. I know a lot of people prefer Mittels, but I prefer the Weich gauge. They're a little more flexible and cut through better on this bass. Thanks for watching!

@ianaldridge227

3 жыл бұрын

pdbass man I have spiro weichs on my bass right now and I wish it sounded like yours 😭

Hi, just got a question, what you mean when you say "half position" at 15:09 ? Your job is incredible, greetings from Colombia :D

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

Half position is the first one on the upright bass. First finger at F/Bb/Eb/Ab. Lowest place to play on the instrument. Thanks for watching!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

U have such a warm fat tone. Who made the instrument? What strings do you use???

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. ‘72 Pollmann, Spirocore Weich gauge.

Hi from France. what would you recommend to work on modal walking bass line?

@pdbass

3 жыл бұрын

Scales--if you're dealing with modes. Remember, though, that scales are not chords. Modes are easy. Nothing is wrong. Knowing chords means knowing which notes belong and which notes don't.

If I were to play a song like Stella by Starlight where the feel is half, how would I create this smooth bassline with passing tones but also using chord tones on 1 and 3?

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

I will try to answer this in a comment: you can walk anything, any changes if you find neighboring chord tones. 2 & 4 should lead to 1 & 3. Dig? This is not the only approach. Passing tones are only one of many options. Don’t forget scales, arpeggios, repeated notes, substitutions, etc. Sit down and write a chorus (or 3). It will help you slow down the process and understand creating a line better.

Are there some mistakes on the sheet music in this video, or I am completely crazy?

Hi I am Very new to the double bass and.some have given me a bass for free.how much would it be for your videos or Dvd.so I can learn slowly.. I only want to learn jazz not play the Electronic bass just the upright.and I do have book on Raybrown and one call the upright jazz master book it's uellow

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry I don’t have any of my videos on DVD! They will stay up on KZread, though.

Not EVERY.SINGLE.CHANGE needs a leading tone... stepwise motion is just fine. When you have two chords per measure, with a leading tone, regardless of downword or upward (though downward is less problematic) you are reducing the IMPACT of the leading tone. Who cares when they are in the key of F and hear an E to F notes resolving a leading tone of a C7-Fmaj7 when EVERY OTHER CHORD ALSO GETS A LEADING TONE... not to mention in the case of two chords per measure, literally half of the notes end up being "leading tones" ruining the impact of the leading tones when we actually want to hear them... That is one of the legitimate reasons why so many musicians "hate jazz", because so many people misuse the beautiful technique to emphasize EVERY CHORD when so many of them end up just being alterations of the harmonic rhythm or passing chords in a progression and DON'T need to be emphasized like they're an authentic cadence or with tendancy tones. I can hear it in my head now: "Jazz IS stupid, just play the right notes!" If the tendancy tone NATURALLY EXISTS within the altered degrees (or unaltered) then absolutely use it, but if you're playing the third of a Bb chord moving to the root of the F chord that SAME measure a couple notes away, you DO NOT need to play E natural when the F7 has the Eb in the chord AND the tune has Eb in the key... just play the Eb, otherwise you're emphasizing the tonal center as the harmony of F MAJOR (which is fine if that's what you want, but when you do it for EVERY CHORD, you have removed ANY TONAL CENTER and made everything just sound "do ti do ti do ti do" until nobody cares when you actually do use a REAL LEADING TONE to return back to the I or vi.

What is “half position”? Is it 124 fingering, where one finger per fret is full positioning?

@pdbass

Жыл бұрын

Half position only applies to string bass or cello, not bass guitar.

@TheRflynn

Жыл бұрын

@@pdbass thanks

Every time I see someone pick up the double bass I just know that I won't be able to hear anything they're playing...

Dwayne the Walk Johnson

@pdbass

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

can u use bass tablature? t's simple to understanding.

Man, you look bored.