I'm convinced that you can play slap on just about any instrument and make it sound amazing. We need to hear slap banjo or slap dulcimer next.

@CharlesBerthoud

Жыл бұрын

Slap trumpet could be interesting...

@billygildark4565

Жыл бұрын

Second for slap banjo

@nathancrossen2224

Жыл бұрын

Slap a theremin.

@lilscruffyofficial

Жыл бұрын

@@CharlesBerthoudsounds like you already had that in mind 🤔

@BibleU777

Жыл бұрын

@@CharlesBerthoud As a former trumpet player.... there certainly were times we wanted to slap the trombones in concert band... ;-)

Wow, you’re right Charles. Slap 6-string-short-scale-piccolo-bass does sound weirdly FUNKY! And jazzy…!

@nukewurld

Жыл бұрын

Wait a damn minute 🤣

@Grarder

Жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment! 🤣

@planktonblack7674

Жыл бұрын

lol

@davidgooss2400

Жыл бұрын

Should have been the title 😂

Charles isn't just a bassist, he's a pure musician.

@Evert850

Жыл бұрын

Yes and it blows my mind as an absolute polar opposite of a musician.

@averyhorton3614

Жыл бұрын

He is a Master of Music. Not to mention, he seems like a nice guy, too.

@BGP_yt

Ай бұрын

As we should all strive for

One thing I've noticed is that, no matter how busy and technical your playing gets, it's always cleanly-executed and highly, HIGHLY melodic. I know you're a bassist almost full-time, but I for one would LOVE to see you have a slap guitar/slap bass/piano trio video. That'd be...amazing.

@iancrone2906

Жыл бұрын

Just a normal piano? May as well go for a slap piano...

Not even full-time guitarists have the guts to post videos with this clean of a tone, well done sir!

@Arcticun

Жыл бұрын

It's likely cleaned up a bit in post, but it's still a great tone and he's remarkably talented.

@aaizner847

Жыл бұрын

Lots of shredders are doing that these days. Clean guitar tone is the new "thing" in prog/instrumetal. Ibanez even put out a Tim Henson signature nylon string acoustic-electric guitar. Where have you been? :)

@aaizner847

Жыл бұрын

@Inconclusive What makes you say that it's cleaned up?

@Discrimination_is_not_a_right

Жыл бұрын

Brandon Acker would like a word with you.

@aaizner847

Жыл бұрын

@@cedarhsu gotcha, thx.

Bass and guitar absolutely have their place in the slap world. Both have unique approaches to achieve the same results. Always a fantastic watch!

@Kily9

Жыл бұрын

Polyphia - great example of that.

@karioa2346

Жыл бұрын

Always enjoy the positivity you spread around the many music channels on KZread, hope you're having a wonderful day yourself!

@2good4name

Жыл бұрын

Look at Regi Wooten's slap battles vs Victor. Guitar vs Bass, weird stuff but fun.

@jessiev7383

Жыл бұрын

@@Kily9 and John 5

@aaizner847

Жыл бұрын

@@Kily9 Polyphia - the most recent example of that. Reggie Wooten has been playing slap guitar for literally decades.

Apart from technical abilities, what makes Charles more alluring is his melodic approach. What a musician!

@TheDiamondBladeHD

Жыл бұрын

The exact reason why i also love ichika compared to a lot of other modern guitarists. Tim henson and generally polyphia have ridiculous technique, but their songs are not easy to listen to because of their techniques. Ichikas music is very soothing, complicated, yet very easy to follow

0:45 this part is so beautiful, i love those eighth notes into that chord, he builds up tension and resolves it so nicely

@crosslink1493

Жыл бұрын

Ditto. That really caught my ear, had to go back and check it out a second time.

@lewy219

Жыл бұрын

Best part indeed

I’ll never understand how he can come up and play these pieces but I’ll always be here to listen to em

@dickfitzwell523

Жыл бұрын

My guess is weed. Lots of weed.

@juansalvadorcabezosesparci7421

Жыл бұрын

@@dickfitzwell523 I'd say practise. But fair enough

@green82929

Жыл бұрын

@@dickfitzwell523 Ima have to hop on this 😭 I feelin so uncreative lately

@BeatMyMeatSkeetSkeet

Жыл бұрын

Practice learning plenty of songs from different genres and also keep an eye on how certain musicians play their instruments, you might find a technique that works right for you.

@whophead6837

Жыл бұрын

Ide say he's listen to a life time of different music with his ears and practice. Some people listen to music differently than other people, and his brain has absorbed a little bit of everything I imagine.

If you made me listen to this for the first time with my eyes closed, I could've sworn it was Ichika. A bassist playing the guitar on this level this nonchalantly is mind-blowing.

@nunolance23

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, very Ichika like!! Beautiful stuff

@Xirrious

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same

@TheDiamondBladeHD

Жыл бұрын

There's something with playing piano as the first instrument. Both ichika and charles did that. And both actually started out on bass. Ichika started playing guitar when he was 15 i think while charles stayed with bass

@zackglickert4495

Жыл бұрын

you’re right it is very ichika-esque

Need a full version of this Song ! This is just phantastic

Sounds like something Ichika Nito would write if he was asked to play some funk

Charles can pick up any instrument and play it with mastery😂😭❤️

@CharlesBerthoud

Жыл бұрын

Not a flute... no idea how people play those things 🤣

@ZouheirHamzaoui

Жыл бұрын

@@CharlesBerthoud let us see that

@chriseegee-man6918

Жыл бұрын

And flamboyantly

@SubifyouLikeCapybaras

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea how to play the flute either. I can’t even make a sound 😂

@mezz_bass

Жыл бұрын

@@CharlesBerthoud yeah how can you slap a flute? If you can't slap it, its useless...

Damn, that is a funky ass groove! 🤟🔥

To pluck on a bass with as much umph as you do and then go pluck so delicately on a guitar is the real kicker here. The control the fella has.

If it has strings, I'm thinking this dude has a fair chance of being able to play it, and play it well. He is a picture of what a musical gift and a ton of practice can do.

Now we just need a bass line to make this complete

@jacobpattinson

Жыл бұрын

and some drums

@BassicAustinSludge

Жыл бұрын

Plus more bass

@nomnom112

Жыл бұрын

He's a pretty good guitarist, but I wonder if this guy can play bass.

God this is so sick, I’d love to hear something like this in a full band setting

@TsunamiHige

Жыл бұрын

Polyphia

@luismacara8467

Жыл бұрын

@@TsunamiHige this is like polyphia but with better taste

Please do a full length of this. It's very pleasant.

Literally one of the best musicians alive today on the planet today.

Wow, this man is right up there with the best of them! He's one of the few, solo artists I could actually listen to.

@aidenmeyerbasschannel

Жыл бұрын

should check out Japanese guitarist Miyavi. He is known for his guitar slapping

One of the best overall musicians IMO

@SubifyouLikeCapybaras

Жыл бұрын

True

No one has put that much work on its instrument on the whole planet. Blissful genius.

That last chord was awesome.

Love you , Charles. Everything you do is magical. 😄

An album made by you where everything is written, played, and produced by you, I’d buy it.

It's scary how clean this is.

Charles, you are a once in a generation instrumentalist and we all feel lucky to be alive at the same time as you

@AnyaKittyMeow

Жыл бұрын

what part of your body should i massage?

That 6-string short-scaled piccolo bass sounds nice!

i genuinely want this as a full song

The clarity is absolutely mind-blowing. The melodies are so fantastic and rich, technical ability out of this world. I could listen to this all day long and never get bored one second. It's almost a shame that you're not a guitarist cause holy do I wanna hear more of this!

Not sure how so much creativity & musicianship can be packed into a one-minute arrangement... but there it is!

This is just pure insanity. You're legit the best bass player I know

That was amazing Charles! Very funky, musical, technical, all at once. Please keep slapping the guitar!

We need a full album!

Listen, I’m a guitar player but I prefer bass more in most situations, but this is unironicly the best vid you have ever made

That is absolutely amazing, one man band with a single instrument.

I know I’ll never be as good as you, but you definitely make me inspired to get better. I’ve improved so much on guitar in just the past few months, but I’ve got a long way to go to be able to compose anything like this. You’re my favorite KZread Virtuoso. Keep up the good work!

Technique and display of talent aside , it's just great on the ears , very nice 😎

Funky and very smooth 💫

You better post a video with a funkalicious bass track playing over this

You've been at it again, I see. Bravo, Charles! Very nice indeed.

I'm glad 6 string piccolo basses are becoming one of your interests!

You're obviously a marvelous guitarist. Bravi!

All these amazing little jams! Makes one wonder where you pull all this inspiration from. Keep up the great work!

Amazing as usual Charles, you just keep setting your bar higher!

This dude from another planet..Charles has an unreachable thirst ..so he gotta do it while he has the time ..because everything much change

That was really beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

funky as hell

You're an absolute machine mate! It would be amazing to see what you could do with one of those hybrid guitars, the ones with like 3 bass strings and 5 guitar strings and the separate bass/guitar pickups

This sounds wonderful, Tomo Fujita would be proud of you, Charles. 😁

That double-stop tapping is 🤌🏼 mwah!

Mesmerising as ever Charles - your technique is utterly impecable. Almost magical fingering there... Blown away (again)

Not only the best bass player on the planet, but easily one of the best guitarists too !

You know Charles is awesome when he can make a guitar sound good

Strong Intervals - Touch and Go album vibes in this one!

I would do anything to be able to play like that um, you know, except practice 6 to 8 hours a day for years on end. Thank you for doing that for us.

Wait, Charles is also the Best guitarist in the world? Now I'm 100% sure that he has the infinity stones somewhere in his possession.

lovely! the part starting round 0:32 reminded me of ichika nito

Woaaah, your guitar playing is amazing bro!

Waiting for "When a bassist slaps a piano"

Особенно поражает аккуратность исполнения! Прям огонь!

I could listen to a whole album of that right there. Who knew slap guitar sounded soooo good

Charles your by far my all time favorite musician and inspiration. Thank you brother!

You have way too few subscribers. ☹️ You're a poly-instrumentalist, dammit, with a fertile musical mind! So many people are missing out on what you offer.

@thedankknight8333

Жыл бұрын

@markusarubuche😂😂😂 3 subs

@aesop2733

Жыл бұрын

Too few? He's basically a new channel still. He's had a ton of growth and he's at the point where he has so many subs that it's nearly impossible for him not to branch out away from KZread in some form or another. That's the way it should be. It's easy to forget how big those numbers are when you see bigger numbers all the time but 1.5 million is a lot. Even 100,000.. concert tickets, merch, physical and digital album sales. That could be millions and millions of dollars 👍 I hope he's so successful he never has to show his face on KZread again. He's that good

Ok man! That's enough with these guitars!... You should finaly play slap on a double bass!!!! That would be a real thing!!)

This is amazing guitar playing and a beautiful heartfelt song. Would kill to buy this

Charles Berthoud: The Slap Trumpet is VERY jazzy. i will wait for this

That’s awesome! your so talented that you can even slap a guitar.

@SubifyouLikeCapybaras

Жыл бұрын

First comment let’s go!

@thegodofpez

Жыл бұрын

@@SubifyouLikeCapybaras Commenting on your own comment? LOLOLOL 💀

@SubifyouLikeCapybaras

Жыл бұрын

Liking your own comment lol

@thegodofpez

Жыл бұрын

@@SubifyouLikeCapybaras You’re a sad, sad man. Lonely as HELL! 🤣🤣🤣

@SubifyouLikeCapybaras

Жыл бұрын

@@thegodofpez bro why do toxic

It sickens me that people like 4 chord Sheeran is a multimillionaire making garbage music every month, yet true talents like Charles are not even heard of outside of YT.

@notlightbeam4889

Жыл бұрын

Real bruh, but Ed Sheeran aint bad. I'd say 90% of the new pop songs late 2022 till now

Man you are just phenomenonal artist, i love your creativity and melodic approach, insane skills gota say

The silence you hear after is the sound of guitarists closing their cases and scurrying away in shame.

I really need this complete song, with about 3 minutes, so I can listen to it thousands and thousands of times

Looking forward to the full Slapharmonic Orchestra video.

Yet more proof that bassists make better guitarists, than guitarists make bassists

Eargasmic! Now, a 1-hour long video loop of this masterpiece would be just right.

Love it...That's so melodic

That sounded incredible! Please slap more instruments!

I love the mix of funky bass and sharp sounding guitar in this song. love it!

Those hands are faster than summer break 🤯

I wouldn't be surprised to see Charles playing the saxophone. Man is an orchestra. And how well it plays.

You're just an amazing guitarist, string gauge and scale be damned!

For some reason, these beautiful sounds triggered a mashup of numerous anime in my head. Thanks!

This sounds like the outro to a feel good slice of life anime and I'm here for it.

love it charles, so funky

absolutely sublime... just straight up ear candy

I know its 2 weeks old, but I still can't get enough of this 1 minute lick of this beautiful song.

The ring on his hand is a remote control, he is a robot

I love this melody 🥰

Beautiful playing, Charles!

This soulds almosl like Ichika Nito. Awesome playing!

Hold my beer... so I can grab another one and watch this sick slap video again!

honestly this probly one ofmy new favorite songs i mean it gets you into that fonkey mood

You are very agile and talented. Great work..

looks like Charles is literally gonna slap anything. This gave me so many ichika vibes!

This is awesome, really well done man. Thanks for all the great tunes over the years, it's much appreciated.

Felt like you were channeling Nito himself for a moment there, amazing work!

That's the way to livin up any hotel room

This bassist is better than 90% of guitarists

Doesn't matter the video. You always impress with your ability to play multiple style instruments, utilizing multiple techniques, and sometimes also with unique setups. Like the whammy bar on the bass. I never would have thought about that but you made it seem effortless to play on top of the fact it gave such a interesting texture to the music.