Jaco just spoiled it for everyone else... no matter how amazing anyone is on bass there's always "yeah... that's good, but Jaco was better" gaaaahhhhhh!!!! Seriously though, thanks for this - brilliant video.

discovered Jaco last night while having my first jam with real musicians. I'm at the slightly better then Sid stage. Absolutely mind blowing

@dentray

Жыл бұрын

When the drummer doesn't stop at the end of a number and the bass continues on with him you can just hit one note fast and become your own Jaco, crowd loves it singer and guitarist not so much lol

Play for a bar, rest for a bar. Then two and two, four and four. That makes it easier to learn to step back from tension and progress is much quicker than only progressively speeding up.

@crw45able

Жыл бұрын

Like interval training!

Nothing easy about Jaco. So much respect for him as an innovative bass player.

Please teach more Jaco!!! Opus pocus was one I’ve always wanted to get down

@freewheelerscelloband3631

Жыл бұрын

Scotts Bass lessons also has Jaco stuff

Incredible lesson. Thank you, Mark.

Awesome lesson! Great breakdown of one of the all-time bass playing greats! He was awesome in the concert with Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny in the 1970s.

Another simple bass line that requires stamina is Stratus from Billy Cobhams album Spectrum

Opus Pocus is the piece off that album that has resonated with me 20 plus years now. To me, the pinnacle of modern fretless electric bass playing.

Very cool, as always.👍

Thank you for a really helpful lesson

Thanks for uploading!

May Jaco R.I.P. horrible ending for such a powerful bass playing musician. Definitely an excellent inspiration for powerful bass techniques.

Thanks, Mark.

Thanks Mark

Awesome lesson, thanks! I wish I could hit the like button twice

@Likeaforest

Жыл бұрын

לחצתי פעם אחת ...עכשיו זה 2 ;) 😉

wow good video Mark

Wow! thanks

That is really unbelievable.

Great video. Please do Rock You by Dirty Loops!

היי מארק . שוב תודה רבה . בזכות שהאנגלית שלך כל כך מושלמת, אני מצליחה ללמוד גם אנגלית וגם נגינה 😗 😁 😘 😚 ... דרישת שלום מישראל .

Fantastic lesson! Thank you Mark. Did you play the muted note with Finger 1, instead of raking down with Finger 2 in order to keep the same fingering each time around?

That sounds like the kind of bass line I'd hold my breath playing until I passed out, lol. Seems like a nightmare even to play for a short time

Crazy speed impresses me like juggling 11 balls does. "Wow," I say, "That looks super hard. Props for all the practice." But I think the riff structure is way cooler than the speed Jaco plays it at. I'll be stealing a bit of it for something more funky, chill & mobile.

@Likeaforest

Жыл бұрын

אל תשכח לשתף אותנו בהקלטות ... בהצלחה רבה

Je suis bon pour ressortir la fretless.

Unfortunately I'll be at work, there is any chance to watch it perhaps some other day? Grazie infinite

Somehow the material of this lesson and previous one are mixed in the talkingbass page

Sheesh. That's "easy" to play at 1/8th speed, pretty challenging at half speed, and 100% impossible (for me) any faster than that. Kinda reminds me of another track I've been working on, "Halo" by Porcupine Tree. Trying to follow Nick Beggs at full speed is a SERIOUS challenge. I'm at about 85%-90% full-speed after days and days of practice, and the difficulty of achieving that last 10% is far greater than the first 90%. I fall apart in seconds. It's so fast I feel certain the only way to really play it is to practice it so much that it's just pure muscle memory.

I was shocked when listening this riff

6:28 I rake my middle finger down from the G string to the D string then to the A string. So middle finger plays 3 notes in succession: D on G string, ghost note on D string, D on A string. Do you think your way is better or just different?

I can’t make it through "6/4 Jam"; I practice and practice it-listen to Jaco’s version-I’m way off. One day!

love you mark, best bass teacher on youtube

It's the A Minor run in 5's run that kills me.

Why does it sound like two basses being doubled? I mean there's a very bright, slightly driven, sound (almost like a guitar) but there's also a deep bass sound (more like a normal bass) behind it. Is that something to do with the pickups or amp settings?

sorry Mark but the tracks are not in the site

So many unanswered questions. Makes me wonder how psychotically he practised.

@talkingbasslessons

Жыл бұрын

Me or Jaco? I suspect Jaco practiced his ass off.

@DahcipheR

Жыл бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons Jaco! But don't sell yourself short there, Mark 🤣

Just a word of advice from a long term bass player. It’s ok not to like Jaco. Incredible acrobatics on the bass but can you really listen to his solo stuff more than one time through? Incredible player but his music does nothing for me. Now listen to Romantic Warrior and you can play it over and over…

@omg_wtf

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same bro. I use jaco's pieces as Etudes. Great study pieces. But that's where it ends for me

Why would you even want to play this? Sounds best at the slowest speed lol

@carlodave9

Жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean.

@talkingbasslessons

Жыл бұрын

Have you listened to the original?

GD you are really talking a lot for an actually not so difficult line. Are you charging p/h?