This is one of the BEST jazz bass lessons in the history of youtube.

I want you to know that, @7:58 change my life. As a bass amateur with lots of dexterity from years of finger picking on a guitar, I always felt like I couldn't understand this. You explaining it (the ornaments) being on the other string entirely made all the difference in the world. My technique is forever changed!

@francoismarchand5461

6 жыл бұрын

Same here. I finally learned something new, important and which totally changes my playing, from a youtube video about bass. Not like those countless guys rehashing the same pseudo savoir-faire.

@arthurmee

6 жыл бұрын

Me too.

This is an extraordinarily under-viewed lesson. This information is so crucial to good bass playing and so poorly explained or completely left out in so many other lessons.

@Monkeygroover

4 жыл бұрын

yes idd, when I heard a cassette recording a day after a gig I played back in the days, I noticed I played burps all over the place. I kinda only used them to transition from one note to another in certain circumstances, like when changing string on the same fret.

"...how to Liven up the groove.....with Dead notes....."

@bethrider9

5 жыл бұрын

Džiugas Jasukaitis can you show me how to play the Nashville shift .

I was eating at a small NJ Italian restaurant with live music in the late 70's... One guy on Fender Jazz bass and the other guy on Fender Roads ..with a electronic drum machine.. Both guys in Tuxedos.. The bass player spent the entire evening in intense jazz bass runs with non-stop "burps" between every other note... I'll never forget , this guy had an Ampeg SVT with 8x10 cab turned up a bit loud in this small restaurant.. Every time the bass note "burped" the forks were jumping on the table.. I thought it was the coolest thing ever...1 hour of note "burps'...My father was getting annoyed with the volume as well as the restaurant owner was trying to yell over the bass to have him turn down but to no avail....After a few glasses of wine the whole thing became even funnier and I couldn't stop laughing..now the bass player starring at me pissed that I am laughing at him... When I went home I picked up my bass and tried to mimic this "burping" technique.. I always liked it... I just now see in this video how I can improve this technique and play it better...Many Thanks..

@wolfcomposer4853

6 жыл бұрын

love this story :-)

@LearnBassWithAri

6 жыл бұрын

:D That is hilarious!

@yourface3154

6 жыл бұрын

Wine, pussy.

I'm gonna use this lesson in reverse. Play completely legato for a while to remove default "burps" and bad habits! Thanks as always for a great lesson!

@LearnBassWithAri

7 жыл бұрын

great strategy! All the best and thanks for watching!

Love the distinction between tertiary and binary muting duration, never thought of it that way-quarter notes really swing hard! Thank you Ariane, excellent lesson!

Thanks for concisely demonstrating how to teach on KZread. Probably the most instructive video I've found. I might respectfully suggest you consider briefly playing on screen at the beginning to help wet the appetite, and round out the tone a bit to move toward an upright sound.

Excellent lesson. Just what I was looking for. Thank you Ariane

I have played bass for several decades and got burnt out watching bass all the video ego teachers out there, but recently stumbled onto yours and will say besides having excellent theory and technique, you are an incredible communicator and teacher explaining technique! You have an infectious personality and excellent in explaining lesson points! Keep those strings moving unless of course you're burping or muting strings!

What a great great musician - thanks for making the effort to share your knowledge.

Just got hip to you and I must say, Great Info and awesome delivery! Nicely done!

You are an excellent teacher!

I've been a bassist for forty two years and I just learned something wonderful and valuable (I also learned that I already do some of this stuff!). Thank you, Ari.

You are a fine teacher...I picked all this up by just playing for years...without any technical lessons....I have tons to learn....if I just sit down an now learn some techniques...it will improve my playing... scales scales scales...my weak point...

Ariane; Take it from a drummer...you are the Ace of Bass! Keep smiling love!

Best explanation of swing feel. Many other instructors haven't been able to explain it

Amazing lesson

Thank You for sharing!

Woooooo go ari this video puts so much importance on articulation and groove and I appreciate it immensely!

I just bought my first 5-string for a contemporary worship gig that has some low stuff. Cool idea to brace your thumb on the B string. I've been playing 4 string so long, I get the wrong string on occasion. Thanks. CP

Really clear lesson

Nice! Another thing I do is to play the notes up on the frett board to get the upright sound. Thank you! Love your fingerings for Spain as well! Cheers.

Oh a Bass from my Hometown :) I know Gerald and his Basses are great. Have Fun with your Marleaux Basses :)

excellent lesson on this technique, thank you.

@radiajessup293

6 жыл бұрын

Best explanation ever...thanks I will not only apply but.try to explain the tech. to my guitarist!! thanks

That's an excellent lesson. Thank you.

I heard a guy play an octave root (I think) as an eighth note burp. You could play that octave against any of the notes in the walk on that particular chord.

Uh... what? You just gave away this awesome lesson WITH TABS for free? Dang! I'm embarassed... For real, I LOVED this lesson! I can't help going back to the comprehensive practice idea and the very nice way you present the divisions... thanks a lot, professor!

@LearnBassWithAri

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great to hear! Find even more at arisbassblog.com!

Excellent lesson. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

You can still get Michael's book from him directly. He teaches at NYU.

I don't even play bass, but I find this fascinating

i am transposing these to guitar (cheating) and lowering in software. great lesson.

Wenn auch neben der Sache: Ari's Outfit, Top und Brillenfassung, passen perfekt zum Marleaux Bass.

10 thumbs down?... I don't get it... this lesson is great!

I randomly found this video. I bought the book immediately after.

How cool are you? Thank you for an awesome lesson. You sure have groove a well as teaching skills. Thank you.

brilliant thank you

really enjoyed thanks so much

You missed an left hand "burp" that can be used when the principal note is an open string. Just as one can pull off to a note one could also hammer on to the "burped" note. Plus another exercise one could try is to cascade which beat of the bar gets the burp. In other words, bar one the burp is on beat one, bar two the burb in on beat two etc. It's kind of akin to removing metronome clicks as you play to make sure your time is solid.

@brettmarlar4154

6 жыл бұрын

P.S. THAT is a gorgous Bass!!! I just wish my multi-scale bass had that gorgeous blue finish!

@moo3992

6 жыл бұрын

Brett Marlar nice suggestions!

@LearnBassWithAri

6 жыл бұрын

No attempt to be complete in a video like this, there are many more options, including triplets and many others. I like that metronome removing business, too, randomly or at certain spots, and yes, come up with your own variations on where to place burps etc, that's always great!

@aportman58

6 жыл бұрын

That's what she did two different times demonstrating how to use on each division of the measure!

may i offer you a bicarbonate of soda? 😂😂 subscribed.

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power

6 жыл бұрын

such a pleasure to watch you play and teach.

Ive been seeing these wraps on the first fret on many player's basses now. Could you please explain exactly what this is (a mute im guessing) and where i can get one

Oh man I think that broke my brain. But it's an amazing lesson.

I play by ear self taught. My strong point is getting different sounds through mechanical effects.

Is that a modulus bass?it sure looks like Gerry Dorsch’s neck design? I ask, because I can sort of see the “1000 ladies” paint job? All my basses are from him, most are neck through.

@LearnBassWithAri

Жыл бұрын

It's a Marleaux Consat by Gerald Marleaux :)

to the point! Awesome!

good stuff

Man you have it in spades,you go girl!

How can i write grooved out metal riffs with a bassist Thats a jazzz bassist?

Ari, did you intentionally learn (practice) this sometime or is it more something that you automatically picked up and now analyzed - with the underlying question: Why does one bassist groove and the other doesn't?

@LearnBassWithAri

6 жыл бұрын

Isolating helps you master the more complex things. Many times we are overly focused on the right notes. But phrasing, feel, making it groove is at least equally important! We also often cheat ourselves by using burps or other embellishments to get to the right notes. That I think is more limiting than having all the choices under our nails as possibilities. By reducing our options and placing rhythmic variations on various pre-determined beats of the bar we open our ears to the feel more. Yes, practiced it, analyzed it and been teaching it with much success for many years. My own teacher Wolf Wein taught it to me many years ago. You can apply that principle to anything - beats of the bar or note choices (place the fifth on every second beat for example) or dynamics or range of the notes etc etc etc. The more you think about the options the more you will eventually have under your fingers!

It is very important to not play skips (not "burps" ) too much. That is true on upright, but ESPECIALLY on electric, where overuse becomes annoying very quickly.

@charlescoleman6896

7 жыл бұрын

I apologize, call them whatever you want! Just don't overplay them!

7 жыл бұрын

Charles Coleman so it is. Use them wisely.

@metallsnubben

6 жыл бұрын

Her saying "burps" was also just because the email question didn't know what to call them and wrote it like that, in quote marks

@jvidechi

6 жыл бұрын

Less is more!

you love bass, this is clear, subbo

Hello Ariane! I think your video's are great and very helpful, so thank you. One question about this one: isn't it possible to do a video on how exactly to DO the burps? Technique-wise? Because I understand the lesson, but i have no clue how to actually do the burps. Thanks again.

@wolfcomposer4853

3 жыл бұрын

in essence you play a dead note (a muted note - left hand touches the string, but does not press down) on the string below the note on the beat you're playing (and let ring during the dead note). That's the approach Ariane shows here. Try slowing down the video and watch closely.

Você é ótima, tenho aprendido muito com você. Muito obrigado (thank´s)

your hat needs another tuning peg

@wolfcomposer4853

6 жыл бұрын

LOL. very astute observation!

Thanks !

You remind me of my 6th grade science teacher... fitting, lol.

You should play the Seinfeld theme in every one of your videos.

I do what I call a hammer on, which is first hitting a open string then a finger on a note. Is this what your talking about

@glenngrant4243

6 жыл бұрын

no, it is the opposite. she is sometimes using pull-offs, where you finger a note then pull it off to the open string. which she explains.

For a lot of drummers turned bassists this happens automatically.

As an Austrian-American of sorts myself, I thought I recognized an ever so slight accent. So, I did my homework, et voilà: arisbassblog.com/about/ Anscheinend habe ich doch ein gutes Ohr für sowas ;-) Danke fürs tolle Video. Weiter so!

@LearnBassWithAri

6 жыл бұрын

Bitte gerne. Servus :D

Ary, the pdfs are no more available...

@notreblecom

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that. Fixed!

@pierremarzin6716

5 жыл бұрын

@@notreblecom Thanks very much!

Ari, do you know Patrick Pfeiffer?

Sensacional! 😍😍😍

Am I only one that thinks walking jazz bass should only be played on upright? I mean nothing beats the feel, sound, and tone of an upright. But still great tips from No Treble.

@wolfcomposer4853

6 жыл бұрын

looks like you ain't got many supporters. Although, sadly, I know that you're not the only one. state it as a personal preference - leave out the "should" - and the need to fight a world that has gone the wrong way falls away. I studied upright and electric - I can walk on both. I like it on both. I make the choice depending on context. It's just different instruments, different nuances in sound. As for groove/feel I don't care if it's bass, piano or a synth - if it grooves it grooves.

@toddbrittain800

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. I also prefer those cats walking on B3 organ to generic walking on electric bass. Just swings much better IMO

Great lesson! Thank you! Your channel is "No Treble", yet your bas sound lacks any deep EQ; is that intentional?

Cause has get more n more showy and tho hes great he does allot of small jazz rhythms. Like lagato!!!!! Ahhhhhhh

Exceptional talent,... cute hat !! :)

Burping with taste ... OK, teacher! :D

I can't hear any differences. 😕

Hehe. 2:16 wasn't just an altered VI, it was f*cked up :) i.imgur.com/1AVMTdg.png

@DazzLightburn

6 жыл бұрын

seheyt 😂 now I know what to say when I fuck up a chord lol

@LearnBassWithAri

6 жыл бұрын

:D it's an altered chord alright, just voiced a little on the low side. Hey it's notreble, what can I say, haha.

At last the bass tone is without buzzing, even the intro changed to normal. And not even an aeon passed =)))

You got some mean piano chops too.

😍😍😍😍😍

What a lovely woman.

🤤

3:15

@nanthemusic_official

6 жыл бұрын

4:10

@nanthemusic_official

6 жыл бұрын

4:35

@nanthemusic_official

6 жыл бұрын

6:50

@nanthemusic_official

6 жыл бұрын

7:25

Maybe if you're going to talk about some weird new technique, show us the technique at the start of the video so we know if we want to keep watching. I got to six minutes in and you still haven't explained or demonstrated what a 'burp' is.

Electric bassist tend towards over 'burping' and it's really annoying. Too much flatulence!

"llögådoü"

Now if this only paid some bills.

@greaterustreettheatregroup396

6 жыл бұрын

SuperEddietv it by starts sounding good to other rhythm section players; using these techniques to create momentum, invert the pulse, push the groove, surprise etc. in a musically intelligent way. They get energized and like your playing. They look up and smile and start nodding their heads. Bills will start getting paid!! Trust that.

Why dont you just use a 4 string for this exercise,

t-shirt, glasses and bass in the same color....eh, woman :) great lesson as usual.

I gave the video a thumbs up but please don't refer to these things as 'burps' anymore. It sounds horrible. Thank you!

cute

why the arbitrary rule of 4 beats per bar? Creativity is thinking differently

@magicsofa

6 жыл бұрын

You said it yourself... it's arbitrary! But also, if you want to practice a specific technique, it helps to isolate it. If you are comfortable playing in any given time signature, transferring this technique to that count should be no problem.

I liked and found very interesting your lesson, but I also loved your earrings, perfectly working with glasses, the "young thug" beret and your will to show just an elegant shoulder, against a vulgar, in-yo-face cleavage. You are elegant.

I never took no advice from a girl before.

3:31 What you are calling "legato" is not a legato at all... Please don't use this kind of terms improperly, otherwise people willing to learn music might get confused

@wolfcomposer4853

6 жыл бұрын

from the dictionary: "in a smooth flowing manner, without breaks between notes". so what Ariane plays before 3:31 is very much legato. Maybe you're mixing the term up with slurred as when playing with a bow, which is sometimes imitated on bass or guitar by using hammer ons and pull offs.

@wolfcomposer4853

6 жыл бұрын

Yes maybe the original use in Italy, when applied to bowed instruments can be debated, but, darn it, there Ariane is playing electric bass and you try to apply upright bowing terminology to it. I studied upright as well - very close to Italy actually. The term legato makes good sense in this context. :Slurred" would be confusing. I'd maybe would use it for sliding or hammer ons/pull offs - but we already got these terms for that which adequately describe the desired sound. Good luck on your crusade against the now ubiquitous use of the term legato in the way presented here.

@jacopololli

6 жыл бұрын

I know... Mine is a lost cause, but i still think it doesn't hurt to rember this kind of things every now and then

over 3 minutes of talking before you played anything..cut the waffle a little!

ough, ough the lower strings are ringing so noticeably while you're playing. For example at 7:50. I had been considering your lesson before I heard this. Muting the strings while playing 5 or 6 strings is a basical issue. There are two common techinques how to do this. You don't use one.

@thirteenthandy

6 жыл бұрын

Konstantin Ksensow "This lady has forgotten more music theory than I can ever hope to know, quick, better come up with criticism to make myself feel better!" Her thumb trails down the B and E strings as she plays the higher strings, handling the muting. Got anything else to prop up your bruised ego?

@Adam-fy8bp

6 жыл бұрын

Konstantin Ksensow notice the floating thumb for muting. If you’re so great that you’d “consider” her lesson, why are you looking for KZread tutorials? Please be respectful, be the change you want to see in the world. I’m sure you’re a good person, perhaps having a bad day, we all have them, but that’s no excuse. How much did you pay for this lesson? Right, please glean from this what you can, as she intended when making this tutorial, or click on any other number of KZread’s entertaining videos that you may “consider”.

@konstantinksensow1488

6 жыл бұрын

Hello Adam. I'm not having a bad day and I'm not being personal or rude, but you are making it only worse by unraving this discussion and resisting the facts. It's not a big problem, so why do you feel so offended? It was a practical hint, and it was not adressed to you or Andy. Ariane can deside by herself, if she wants to make a notice of it or not. To the facts: the thumb is floating, but not muting and I don't want to explain it for the second time. Have a good day!

@Adam-fy8bp

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it was I who was having a bad day, however, your first message sounded elitist and condescending, there’s no need for that, in my opinion, you came here for her help, then felt “gracious” enough to “learn her good” about her technique. It wasn’t as much the message with which I took issue, but more so the package in which it was delivered. Have a great day, we both still have a lot to learn, I’ll do my best to learn from this

@mrpositronia

6 жыл бұрын

Not everything is for everyone. However, the majority of people appreciate this video for what it is, a great piece of education.

How dull