decided to make this 720p given that it's an unwritten rule that every single video of victor wooten is from 2010 and is 480p

@TwoMoreThan4042

7 ай бұрын

This is a very unappreciated joke

@peonerovv1770

7 ай бұрын

This is a very appreciated joke

@justinware8789

7 ай бұрын

I just wish you included the slow intro

@isomatic

7 ай бұрын

😂

@joshuaabalos4336

7 ай бұрын

watch on 144p and see

Two things: 1) You have to see the full performance of this. There's such a slow build up to this point, and then he takes it even further after this clip. It's a master class in arrangement, playing techniques, and how to extend an instrument beyond expectations. 2) Victor is as good a teacher as he is a bass player, and that's saying a lot. Look up some of the videos of him just talking. He can distill some really complex ideas into powerful lessons. He's an all-around brilliant guy.

@Benisuber1

7 ай бұрын

One of my favorite things I've heard from Vic was "A 'wrong' note is only a half step away from a 'right' note" in the context of not worrying about playing wrong notes just use those as chromatic/passing tones to add some color and flow.

@ripleyhrgiger4669

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. There are virtuosos that can explain complex techniques very well and are also WILLING to share how they practice and aren't ashamed to admit that they also struggle with ideas and concepts too. JoJo Mayer is one great example of this. His lectures and lessons are hypnotic to watch just like his drumming. Victor is a really good public speaker.

Those bass harmonics are so satisfying.

Never thought I'd say this about bass playing, but insane harmony!!

@tubadude07

7 ай бұрын

Victor Wooten is a master at this

@bioni76

4 ай бұрын

You should listen to more Bass then ;)

@nomannic1

4 ай бұрын

@@bioni76 I play bass 🤣 but I'll never say no to listening to more music!!

God I love Victor Wooten he did a tiny tour of the UK about ten years ago and I managed to see him in Liverpool. Took my dad who was always a bit sniffy about super technical musicians. He had a great time.

I’ve seen Victor Wooten in concert. He brings so much joy and makes it look so effortless. He’s truly on a different plane as a human being.

@cooldebt

7 ай бұрын

💯 His concerts are full of positivity, love and joy. Such a huge talent only eclipsed by his gracious humility.

I never knew you could slide a harmonic like that

@MattHawkenMusic

6 ай бұрын

Víctor Wooten does not obey the laws of physics. The laws of physics obey Victor Wooten.

I give this a WooTEN OUT OF TEN

@mattlogan1

7 ай бұрын

Woo!

One of the greatest musicians alive

@AncientDragonMusic

7 ай бұрын

no, THE BEST Bassist alive

I've watched and seen a ton of videos of Victor Wooten playing his version of Amazing Grace, but I've never seen or noticed a slide on a harmonic before like at 0:41. That's insane!

Bro he is so good, Victor Wooten for me always in the podium of the best bassist ever

I'll never forget seeing Wooten 20 years ago when during his solo jam piece, he breaks out Flight of the Bumblebee. It was wild. When the rest of the band came back out for the next number, Bela stops at the mic to go "Somebody's been practicinggg."

The reverb in this space is fantastic. Fits wooten's performance so well.

I once was lost... but now am found... 🎶

About DAMN TIME we got the man the myth the legend featured here

Everytime i think I'm decent at bass, i watch Victor and then i'm like, yeah i ain't shit 😂

It doesn’t get much better than Wooten, man

This guy has such an unparallel vibe

I remember watching Vic play this on a Flecktones DVD over and over. I tried to learn it but never did. I teared up seeing this again 20+ years later.

Wow hitting those harmonics constantly perfectly beautiful Love this thank you

Thank you @GeorgeCollier, this makes me want to play & learn.

this is so yummy

Most groovy bass solo

Amazing and graceful!

i met him when i was thirteen and he played in jackson hole, wyoming. my dad had gotten me front row tickets. he was incredibly sweet and told me to never stop playing music.

Victor Wooten is insane, that bass is basically part of his body, at this point im not even surprised by what he can do. He just wills his bass into doing what he wants

Wow. Amazing grace on a bass. Now I have seen everything. Amazing playing.

Victor Wooten, man. This dude just on that other level. He is that guy!

One of my favorite performances by one of my all time favorite artists.

So relaxing

Victor Wooten blows my mind. I wish you transcribed the accelerando riff later on in this video 🙏 he starts grooving on top of his groove!

great stuff, so satisfying

Amazing bass!

So gratious! ♥️

We love you Victor!!!

I want more Victor is a Bass Legend

Everyone is born to do something. Every once in a while, someone figures out what they were born to do.

Thank you for bringing more attention to Victor. He is arguably the greatest bassist of all time, yet still niche.

Wooten is INSANE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I would love to hear Peg by Steely Dan with this exact arrangement from him. Pure musicianship and virtuosity on another realm.

Gotta love that funky bass!

Just found out he's playing at a nearby Jazz Festival later this year. Naturally, I bought tickets.

Victor Wooten is absolute GOAT Saw him live with his brothers earlier this year! What an amazing experience ❤

Victor Wooten be given dat bass the gigglies.

Victor Goaten

Amazing grace indeed!

The nostalgia is real. Burnt a CD with this on it way back when, good times.

Seeing him perform this live in Norfolk was one of my favorite musical moments.

We love the legendary Victor Wooten!! He’s the original ‘real thing’ on the bass!

Love victor wooten. Dude is incredible. Him and Zach Smith from Pinback were my idols for when i played Bass.

Watching Victor play in 1990 literally 5 foot away from me at a Holiday Inn in downtown Rochester, NY was insane! Actually, seeing everyone in Bela Fleck and The Flecktones up close like that was awesome.

His rhythm is amazing

I've been playing guitar and bass for nearly 20 years and not once did I ever think I could slide a harmonic. My word.

Victor is a bad, bad man!!!!

@JeanV1986

7 ай бұрын

What?

@_arman_

7 ай бұрын

​@@JeanV1986bad means good ;)

Please transcribe the entire performance. Watching the original for the first time was a life changing experience as a bass player.

That’s a nice sounding sine wave

Victah has always been a witch and we love him for it ❤️

That's that funky chonky. That splish splash.

We gotta hear Wooten on Stomping Grounds

too good

Been a fan of Victor Wooten for over 20 years now.

Classic Wooten, baby!

SHEESH THAT'S GOOD

Mr. Wooten, you're a Bass God!

i see victor wooten - i approve! -fellow bassist

Cleanest natural harmonics, whew.

The bass master

Bass harmonics has never crossed my mind for some reason Lol

no way he just completed so many fast and consecutive harmonics so effortlessy

I love the groove at 0:01

And it's at this moment you realise that's Amazing grace

SLAPIN DAH BAAAASSSS

harder than a cheeto under the couch, this is actually insanely difficult to pull off

That's a pretty hardcore bald spot, no wonder he ears a hat all the time

harmoni yang sangat indah

Only Victor Wooten

what do you even call this style? i love the sound of this kind of groove. has a lot of a country element to it

sheeeeeeeeeeesh

Good

Wow

This guy basses

싸롸잇네

Victor the Great

Do a harmonic and a slide, it can't be better than this

Unbelievable. How is he getting the notes to sustain like that? Is it guitar set up or an effect from a pedal? Anyone? Or is he just that good?

I’ve never heard bass so airy

Jacoooooo❤

Hiya gang, where can I find the music for this?

He looks a bit like the actor, Nick Frost.

I love that your son repeated something that he said “It’s nice that you can play my music, but we don’t need another Victor Wooten in this world. Be yourself, make your own music.” As a parent, I love it when my kids say wise things. BTW, all your clips are great , as a trumpet playing bass player. Your right up my alley. Maybe find some old school Bill Chase. That’s music for the whole soul.

Wait. Harmonics on BASS? I'm pretty sure that's illegal.

what does "3.2" mean?

@tnasir2003

7 ай бұрын

The location of harmonics is based on fractions of the total strings length (halfway, a quarter, and eight, etc.), that's why you can play harmonics off the fingerboard anywhere on the length of the string. For the most part the harmonics do align well with where the frets are placed but some of the harmonics naturally exist elsewhere. The harmonic at "3.2" naturally exists in between the third and fourth fret, approximately a little past the third fret (where a 3.2 fret would hypothetically exist) and not right no top of the third fret, so that's why it's notated as 3.2 and not 3.

Cartman: Alright Token, give me a smooth bass line. Token: 😑

I guess nobody ever told him that a regular guitar has six strings and sounds better … poor guy got stuck as a bassist …

❤🧡💛💚💜🤎 This is true religion!!! My God!

How in the fuck do you slide a harmonic? (end of bar 24)

@SuperMusicStudios

7 ай бұрын

Play the harmonic, then press down, then slide! (I asked him that same question in 2009)

@michelvanbriemen3459

7 ай бұрын

I guess he catches the vibration of the string at the right spot fast enough for it to ring a different harmonic

@michaelcromwell3814

7 ай бұрын

As the people said above you play the harmonic then immediately press down and slide if you have a fretless instrument around its allot easier to practice and get the hang of.

@Yakushii

7 ай бұрын

@@SuperMusicStudios But the note goes up, as he slides up. But everyone knows with harmonics is higher than .

@ghislainbugnicourt3709

7 ай бұрын

@@Yakushii I think the idea is that when you play the harmonic on 5, and then press on 5, you can capture the frequency but it can be seen as an harmonic of this new string length. Instead of corresponding to oscillations repeating every fourth of the total string length, now the same oscillation length is a third of the remaining string length (obtain it by pressing on 5 and playing harmonic 12, it's the same frequency as harmonic 5 alone). So when you slide to 7, the frequency moves up accordingly and still corresponds to a third of the remaining length (like pressing 7 and harmonics on 14) although you have to avoid making the fundamental ring, no idea how. But the point is that the new frequency does not correspond to what you'd obtain by playing harmonic 7 alone because "a third of the remaining length" isn't the same length as "a third of the total string length" at all. To be precise, that note isn't even an harmonic of the total string length because you can't fit its oscillation length an integer number of times to fill the total length. If you want it instead, you can press 2 and play the harmonic on 7 (then it's the same frequency but now corresponds to a fourth of the remaining length).

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That's everything you want out of a bass solo, far too many great jazz songs are ruined by terrible meandering bass solo's. Take Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers as a prime example...