"Scale tones" is too systematic for me. Just random notes and constant modulations please! (Also, someone should write something/solo over that first 'bad' bassline. Could be fun.)
The guys who have the weirdest look on their faces while they play are usually the guys who can come up with the most beautiful noise a human can possibly hear
because they are fully concentrating on the music and nothing else. every time i realise that i'm making a weird face while practicing, i'm happy because it means that i'm in the zone and i'm just focussed on practice.
That's one of the best guides for walking bass I've heard in my 45 years of experience - keep it linear and use patterns for non-linear stuff. Thank you maestro McBride!❤❤❤🎵🎶☕️☕️☕️☕️
Awesome, love it. But whoever did the text subtitles, it's "bassline" not "baseline." Bassline as in bass. This is music, not baseball! 😅 Sorry to be the grammar police !
Christian McBride continuing to be one of the wisest and best bass players around, that interview he did with MonoNeon was one of the best i’ve ever seen
It's truly a pleasure listening to the tone coming from that instrument while I am being taught at the same time. You have a mastered an art sir, and I thank you for sharing.
A good bassist is usually the most intellectual person in the group as well as the best musically informed. Also, the most underrated one by any audience.
i remember a saying that one of the main keys to playing bass is to also just make sure you have the root notes on beat one at least 80% of the time. or really just outlining the chord if you can break it up and use inversions and extensions, cool, but a lot of people only use the bass as to be able to know where they are in the form
outstanding. step together so the baseline is connected and the move together and keep the bass line connected. though remember linear means very very similar incremental in mathematics. exponential is the squared cubed gains mathematical functions get larger from. Example - stairs in a house are linear. Plankton blooming in a lake or ocean are exponential. Cell growth of a growing body are exponential. excellent video dude.
I hate shorts, but this one at least led me to a really solid channel. I'm a percussionist (doop word for drummer who can play piano and harp) but this... great.
Great tips. Despite being very different from baroque/gallant classical music, these rules for voice leading in jazz bass are still very much the same (e.g. linearity is the best, and if you do large jumps, it should be followed by stepwise motion in the opposite direction). Unless outlining triads lol. Very cool to see these principles applied in a completely different context and still work. It really seems like smooth voice leading is one of the few universalities our ears like in music
When listening to jazz I always listen first to what's going on with the bass. A good bass line holds everything together and makes it all fall into place in the most sensical of ways. Bass players seem to have the most situational awareness in an ensemble.
Nice playing - sounds a bit like Phillip Bowler. Dorthan's walk (RRK) is my favorite jazz tune for life - folks, go listen to it. The song is different, same style though.
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That harmonised slide ❤
It was an octave
@@garretflowers6803 prove it
@@garretflowers6803 it was maj 3rd, f+a
@@garretflowers6803 you need to work on your aural skills
I got chills
I'm suddenly in love with his voice
He sounds like Admiral Anderson from mass effect
@@michaelanthony5859 💀💀
I know me too, bro’s voice IS the bass
Gay
@@sarcastaball What made you think that the person is a man?
Bass lines that make sense - in one minute!
I liked the first one better
@@maspesasmasperras5554 😢
It is great to hear a bass player who really knows what he's doing. Pure pleasure.
Master walking before slapping the hell out of that bass. Solid groove.
C'mom, man, octave leaps and random scale tones are my jam😂
You walk like a penguin /lh
@@nanamacapagal8342 Omg, that is hilarious!
"Scale tones" is too systematic for me. Just random notes and constant modulations please!
(Also, someone should write something/solo over that first 'bad' bassline. Could be fun.)
I think he’s just saying for a walking bassline, avoid huge jumps. There’s nothing wrong with basslines that have a big range
I usually walk with my legs, but I'll keep this in mind
Bro that 8th note swing hit me in my soul.
I wasn't sure it was swing. It was too quick.
@@damhood2033 yeah more like a kinda slow grace note
When you listen closely to the percussion of the string hits Christian sounds like a spot on metronome at times.
Your mom sounds like a spot on metronome at times
@@richardpictures Your mom sounds like a broken metronome
@@richardpictures 😂😂😂😂
@@richardpictures his mom must be very talented then.
but that wouldn't be the woman's talent, she'd just be the instrument
The guys who have the weirdest look on their faces while they play are usually the guys who can come up with the most beautiful noise a human can possibly hear
friendly fire
because they are fully concentrating on the music and nothing else. every time i realise that i'm making a weird face while practicing, i'm happy because it means that i'm in the zone and i'm just focussed on practice.
@@salty_3k506 same, the only problem is when someone is recording
Because they’re listening.
We usually do the weird face if we make mistakes.
"That's how u do it CJ"
That bass sounds killer.
I love how man's gets the automatic happy face when he begins playing it shows how much he loves his instrument
All ya had to do was follow the damn bass line CJ
Lol
Now, this is a man who walks the bass like a master.
That's one of the best guides for walking bass I've heard in my 45 years of experience - keep it linear and use patterns for non-linear stuff. Thank you maestro McBride!❤❤❤🎵🎶☕️☕️☕️☕️
That's why it's called walking not jumping. Nice groove Brother :)
them 8th notes got to my SOUL😭anyway this man needs to narrate a whole book on basslines on audible bc THAT VOICE
Awesome, love it. But whoever did the text subtitles, it's "bassline" not "baseline." Bassline as in bass. This is music, not baseball! 😅 Sorry to be the grammar police !
Probably software generated
Grammar police, arrest this man he talks in math
Thanks for pointing it out. Maybe they were out playing BASSBall...
yiiikes man. his walking just makes me cry happy tears : (
I've been watching this for 20 minutes. Love it
The last two notes🥶❤️🔥
Love this. Tone is awesome and timing is impeccable. We are drummers with strings. It's fun telling new bass players about this
OMGGGG I LISTEN TO HIM EVERY SUNDAY ON WCLK...Never seen his face but recognized his voice IMMEDIATELY. Christian McBride 😊
That man’s voice is a bassline
Exactly, the job of the bass is to bring things together.
That was genuinely beautiful, even though it was just a bass line.
"repetition legitimizes" Adam Neely
My exact thoughts
The tone, the time, the notes. The perfect bass player. Wish I could play with him some day
you're heaven my man!! I can listen to this over and over again. beautiful, thnx
That tone is glorious
My man. You have an amazing voice.
Ough that slide at the end made my heart melt🤤
bruh this my first time putting a face to the voice i'm a long time npr listener
Thank You, Maestro!
Christian McBride continuing to be one of the wisest and best bass players around, that interview he did with MonoNeon was one of the best i’ve ever seen
Mate...that last few bars brought a biiig smile to my face. Thanks for making such great music.
It's truly a pleasure listening to the tone coming from that instrument while I am being taught at the same time.
You have a mastered an art sir, and I thank you for sharing.
I replayed this twice just to hear his voice. That man could teach me anything.
I fucking love this instrument, huge respect for you guys
A lot like species counterpoint in a sense
or you could see it as fairly strict bebop phrasing at half the speed of the soloist
@@reubennb2859 ok but I can also compare it to one of the rules in species counterpoint regarding leaps
@@daybrink1267 that's true!
I'm a saxophonist but I have so much respect for bassists. Without them, the band just isn't complete.
Love those ghost notes. Not too many, not too few, but just right. Goldilocks ghost notes. Sweet.
I do not play an upright bass. I never will play or have the opportunity or budget to play an upright bass. But this is a great lesson.
A good bassist is usually the
most intellectual person in the group as well as the best musically informed.
Also, the most underrated one by any audience.
This guy is the truth
That’s beautiful! 😊
Great style!
Litterally like listening to a metronome. Awesome playing
Thats why its called walking! Not running, not jumping across the fretboard, we slowly walk up it. Lots of people try to run when they try to walk.
Thanks for the tip👍
this is the kind of guy that pops into my mind when I imagine a jazz musician
Great intonation!
Everyone in the comments try to evade the fact that the hat is doing half the work
i remember a saying that one of the main keys to playing bass is to also just make sure you have the root notes on beat one at least 80% of the time. or really just outlining the chord
if you can break it up and use inversions and extensions, cool, but a lot of people only use the bass as to be able to know where they are in the form
His speaking voice has an amazing timbre =^)
Omg I remember this guy he hosts a radio station my dad and I love.
Keep amazing! It is very good
Nothing better for a song than a walking bass line, in my opinion. It’s also my favorite thing on guitar. This dudes a legend
Amazing shifting
outstanding. step together so the baseline is connected and the move together and keep the bass line connected. though remember linear means very very similar incremental in mathematics. exponential is the squared cubed gains mathematical functions get larger from. Example - stairs in a house are linear. Plankton blooming in a lake or ocean are exponential. Cell growth of a growing body are exponential. excellent video dude.
This most helpful video I’ve ever seen I’ve been trying to get better at improvisation.
Man y'all contrabass players are something else truly, all of y'all are talented to the bone marrow
That bass sounds killer as well as his playing
Excellent explanation, sir!
Deep respect, Maestro!
I hate shorts, but this one at least led me to a really solid channel. I'm a percussionist (doop word for drummer who can play piano and harp) but this... great.
So many classic McBride licks in there
double bass is such a cool instrument, I play the saxophone but I've always loved and appreciated a good baseline
Beautiful explanation brother. Love this type of content and I've subscribed.
Really great!!!
But the beginning of that first bassline was fire, with that high note
I like the disjunct line 😂
0:19 When Steve starts drawing a clue in Blue's Clues
That’s awesome bro
Great tips. Despite being very different from baroque/gallant classical music, these rules for voice leading in jazz bass are still very much the same (e.g. linearity is the best, and if you do large jumps, it should be followed by stepwise motion in the opposite direction). Unless outlining triads lol.
Very cool to see these principles applied in a completely different context and still work.
It really seems like smooth voice leading is one of the few universalities our ears like in music
Hey bro , that pretty bassline dude ... of way that speak here in Brazil ...
Que baixo fodaaaaa...
You sound so smooth!
That’s insane brother
Nice! Good stuff! Love the voice! Very smooth. Kinda sounds like Keith David, the kegend! 😁👍🏻
Sounded amazing
Learned something today thank you
Thats some hard swing
this is useful for pianists as well
Every time he talks it’s on beat and it’s satisfying asl makes it sound fire
No better person to learn from than the one and only Christian McBride 🎶
For once a short style video that i like on my recommends 😆
When listening to jazz I always listen first to what's going on with the bass. A good bass line holds everything together and makes it all fall into place in the most sensical of ways. Bass players seem to have the most situational awareness in an ensemble.
Goddamn bro is fire 🔥🔥
Jazz is life
So smooth
Nice playing - sounds a bit like Phillip Bowler. Dorthan's walk (RRK) is my favorite jazz tune for life - folks, go listen to it. The song is different, same style though.
Nice!
Brilliant.
I have a fretless guitar to finish up, it's got a new neck minus all the stripes now. I'm taking notes.
Very good
Thank God I just picked up bass. How can I get lessons, brotha?
That ending made me smile. With a setup that clean, you gotta hit the unison at the end. Bu bada bum, BAH!
Man's Groovy
Our all state band got to play with him. Very very very good player!