How To Be A Better Improviser ft. Victor Wooten

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  • @metatrontumultum1860
    @metatrontumultum1860 2 роки тому +820

    This is the real shit that actually makes you a better musician.

  • @RobBeatdownBrown
    @RobBeatdownBrown 2 роки тому +2147

    This is some of the most practically brilliant and encouraging teaching you'll ever see out here on the UA-cams. Shout out to Victor Wooten, man 🏆

    • @danielgrohl6971
      @danielgrohl6971 2 роки тому +11

      Victor is a great player and a great teacher. Once we find the groove of a song we have all 12 notes to play, and if a wrong note comes under our fingers we can play it, and make it all right. Just think if this sort of thing could work out with the women who claim bad chemistry, and we could then go on and dance the night away..

    • @mathewreed818
      @mathewreed818 2 роки тому +4

      Love me some Vic and some Beatdown. I’m not surprised that you share a similar thought process to Vic. Much love

    • @nilsbaierl3449
      @nilsbaierl3449 2 роки тому +3

      Thats soo true🤍 it reminded me of Bob Ross

    • @mr.joshua6818
      @mr.joshua6818 2 роки тому +7

      Just being a half note off at any time really got me.

    • @TheSeeking2know
      @TheSeeking2know 2 роки тому +8

      Abs the funny thing is this is also a life lesson at the same time! A way to see the world in a healthy evolving way.

  • @dontworryaboutit1996
    @dontworryaboutit1996 2 роки тому +571

    As a veteran guitar player of 15+ years ,who just recently started playing bass for a band, I can confidently say that this one video has changed my entire perspective of how I look at the fret board. This man is a national treasure.

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 2 роки тому +25

      welcome to the wonderful world of getting yelled at by drummers for being "too wooten "

    • @RonCarterBassist
      @RonCarterBassist Рік тому +4

      I wish you the best in your bass-playing journey.

    • @charan7363
      @charan7363 Рік тому +3

      I'm on the same journey as yours.. 12 years of guitar playing and started playing bass for a band since 8 months

    • @dontworryaboutit1996
      @dontworryaboutit1996 Рік тому +3

      @@charan7363 basically the exact same journey!

    • @kavonbakowski8358
      @kavonbakowski8358 Рік тому +3

      Man, I've been playing for almost 25 years and I wish I could consider myself a veteran guitar player

  • @dsanringser628
    @dsanringser628 2 роки тому +261

    “Your body says this is good and your brain agrees”😂 this is probably the best bass video I’ve seen to date

    • @JacksterDude12
      @JacksterDude12 2 роки тому +14

      As a wise man once said, "Free your mind, and your ass will follow"

    • @thebournefutility8302
      @thebournefutility8302 Рік тому +1

      Sounds like something Karl Pilkington would say

  • @STMVO
    @STMVO 2 роки тому +906

    Victor needs a teaching channel. So good.

    • @josephtyler1486
      @josephtyler1486 2 роки тому +26

      I believe victor would prefer a “showing” channel not a teaching channel

    • @davidhull6536
      @davidhull6536 2 роки тому +19

      His channel is analog...he has a music camp in Tennessee.

    • @jimmyneilson6145
      @jimmyneilson6145 2 роки тому +18

      Musical Bob Ross

    • @davidjairala69
      @davidjairala69 2 роки тому +3

      Idk if the world is ready

    • @KrackDaddy
      @KrackDaddy 2 роки тому +15

      He doesn't need it . we do.

  • @robgriffis4696
    @robgriffis4696 2 роки тому +999

    Vic is the Bob Ross of music.
    We don't have wrong notes, just happy accidents.

    • @cathridge
      @cathridge 2 роки тому +6

      Great observation. 💯

    • @TheSeeking2know
      @TheSeeking2know 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly!!!

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 2 роки тому +14

      and the root note has some little friends over here in the fill
      yes ... I can feel him channeling BoB

    • @leofont6026
      @leofont6026 Рік тому

      FR!

    • @canman87
      @canman87 Рік тому +12

      Happy accidentals* 😉

  • @thebrunoserge
    @thebrunoserge 2 роки тому +217

    Did Wooten just demonstrate that if you play all the wrong notes with absolute confidence, people won't doubt your playing and assume you're just a genius? Dear God that's brilliant

    • @mattlauerrstuff
      @mattlauerrstuff Рік тому +10

      Real improv

    • @cloacal_kissing
      @cloacal_kissing Рік тому +20

      And skill. If you play them confidently and skillfully. It's absolutely how it works. Music is all manipulating people's brains to make their bodies move around.

    • @BlueLou974
      @BlueLou974 Рік тому +5

      let's Feel the rythm deeply and everything got its right place.

    • @timpeterson175
      @timpeterson175 5 місяців тому

      Omar Rodriguez Lopez enters the chat ❤

    • @Funkyskunk01
      @Funkyskunk01 Місяць тому

      It sounds like politics and politicians. Yup, pretty confident they’re all just closet musicians

  • @msp633
    @msp633 Рік тому +123

    I'm a guitarist who's been playing for 40 goddamned years, and it's rare that I run across a teacher who's informative, entertaining, gracious, smart and funky as Sir Wooten. He's taught me more here than probably a good 25 guitar teaching vids have. This guy is the bomb

    • @Mr.Batsu12
      @Mr.Batsu12 4 місяці тому +3

      I'm the same way. I started playing in the mid 80s. I studied classical and jazz guitar and also took music theory lessons in college. I've played since my very early teens and it was only a few years ago in my late 40s that I heard Victor Wooten say the simple fact: No matter what note you play when soloing, it's never more than a half step away from being in key.
      That blew my mind and I went from having trouble trying to find the key of a song I wanted to solo over to just being able to play without having a clue what the key of the song is in a second or two. I've studied music in the past, how come I never realized this very simple fact myself? LOL Victor Wooten is an amazing educator and my #1 suggestion to watch for anybody on any instrument. Not just for bass players.

  • @HitWaveMusic
    @HitWaveMusic 2 роки тому +1777

    Victor Wooten... destroying everything you've ever learned about music theory in 15 minutes.

    • @leofont6026
      @leofont6026 2 роки тому +37

      he's not wrong tho

    • @paulclemens6733
      @paulclemens6733 2 роки тому +9

      HONESTLY

    • @zacglasgow
      @zacglasgow 2 роки тому +17

      VW the living legend and modern philosopher.

    • @dispersemedia
      @dispersemedia 2 роки тому +68

      Not destroying but rephrasing it.

    • @AndreasOxholm
      @AndreasOxholm 2 роки тому +9

      Destroys but also builds you back up 😅😁

  • @davidanelson1
    @davidanelson1 2 роки тому +380

    this man is a genius. and what a great lesson: having to do it "right" is the biggest anxiety-inducer that ruins learning improvisation and forces you onto well-traveled (boring) paths.

    • @TheSeeking2know
      @TheSeeking2know 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah!
      It really is a lesson for living.

    • @bazingacurta2567
      @bazingacurta2567 2 роки тому

      Truly a genius.

    • @danilopolar6476
      @danilopolar6476 2 роки тому +1

      That's really true, and that's the thing with me until now, i fell so pressured to no play the wrong note that I miss more than I would

    • @7777Lace
      @7777Lace 2 роки тому

      Very good explanation

  • @crankystinkleton4284
    @crankystinkleton4284 Рік тому +128

    I've been playing bass for over 30 years, and I tell ya, whenever I see Victor Wooten giving advice, I click immediately. I always come away with a big ol' smile on my face, and somehow absorb a whole bunch of knowledge that makes me go "Wait. I never even *thought* of that!" Much love.

    • @panchoverde5078
      @panchoverde5078 9 місяців тому

      And you've never used a capo to change keys, but you listen to this man and continue to call yourself a bassist?

    • @jpined14
      @jpined14 6 місяців тому +5

      @@panchoverde5078Let’s hear your recordings so you can show Vic how it’s really done.

    • @panchoverde5078
      @panchoverde5078 6 місяців тому

      @@jpined14 dude, Victor will literally tell you it's ok to hit the wrong notes and play out of key. He's a loser bassist.

  • @ajibolaoshunnuga8441
    @ajibolaoshunnuga8441 Рік тому +446

    “Even though the note is technically wrong, the brain will accept it if you add rhythm to it. You paid for every note, use them all.”
    I’ll never forget those words.

    • @patrickmurphy9186
      @patrickmurphy9186 Рік тому +5

      Reminds me of Thelonious Monks’ approach to the piano.

    • @YGotoloco
      @YGotoloco Рік тому

      I chalenge you to use the right note, but in different tempo.

  • @WaltherSuk
    @WaltherSuk Рік тому +27

    This man is very kind and humble. As a beginner you feel encouraged, instead of blown away.

  • @garythebard
    @garythebard 2 роки тому +145

    The way Victor breaks it down is masterful. But he's absolutely right, took me 10+ years to realize - it's not what you play, but how you play. I learned theory first, which was very helpful. But rhythm and dynamics - that came with time.

  • @lucasfogaca555
    @lucasfogaca555 2 роки тому +81

    "So it sounds more like i'm moving, but it's really the chords moving around me"
    Bro, no way to deny it: at the side of being an awesome teacher, this man is also a poet!

    • @Sjahko_
      @Sjahko_ 10 місяців тому +3

      Yeah with everything he says. We're improvising every moment of every day. I am a professional at this. I felt that so hard.

  • @limo-swine6537
    @limo-swine6537 2 роки тому +17

    I started playing without learning any music theory. Then I learnt music theory and it felt like a cage, trying to play what is "right". Then I listened to jazz and realised that there are no "wrong" notes. Just how you play them.

  • @pb200sxgmail8
    @pb200sxgmail8 2 роки тому +95

    He played all 12 notes in the scale and it sounded better than anything I ever thought of playing. Thanks Dr. Wooten.....

  • @bluemachaquer7383
    @bluemachaquer7383 2 роки тому +43

    Probably the best bass teacher ever.

  • @davidvitale9338
    @davidvitale9338 Рік тому +17

    When a person of the skill set of Victor Wooten can explain a topic that not only explains, but enables and removes the paralytic of fear from the topic, you know he doesn't just have mastery of the topic, but has the spirit of a teacher and a human being that wants us all to gain mastery as well. That takes take skill, heart and maturity.

    • @Sjahko_
      @Sjahko_ 10 місяців тому +1

      AMEN

  • @worstghosthunting3466
    @worstghosthunting3466 2 роки тому +11

    You know, why is it that Victor is just comforting in general? If I have an anxiety attack I could just listen along with him and try to play on my bass. Is that just me?

  • @arthuraguirrejr.9500
    @arthuraguirrejr.9500 2 роки тому +65

    I really appreciate that you show a lot of this with only one finger on the fretboard. It helps guide whats actually happening

    • @andrewsickler8466
      @andrewsickler8466 2 роки тому +9

      Sticking with one finger also shows the power of simple experimentation rather than the need for more complex technique. So many music teachers start students off with exercises with all fingers, but music doesn’t require that many a lot of the time!

  • @joecro1453
    @joecro1453 2 роки тому +8

    Where has this been my whole life

  • @iseya3400
    @iseya3400 Рік тому +80

    I am a pianist who strictly goes along with the notes available to me in a key. But currently I am learning bass so I got here, and OH MAN was this so refreshing! Started doing improvs on bass with feel and rhythm only, and for the first time in my life have I allowed myself to finally let loose. Amazing stuff, God bless

    • @kane6529
      @kane6529 Рік тому +6

      Just know the same applies to your piano. Nothing stopping you from playing non diatonic notes on piano either

    • @LionAndALamb
      @LionAndALamb 9 місяців тому +2

      It's a weird phenomenon how we can get stuck in rigid thinking on our primary instrument, then we mess around with a new instrument for a couple of months and all kinds of new pathways open up.

    • @josephdiaz2182
      @josephdiaz2182 6 місяців тому +1

      @@LionAndALamb lol true

  • @Bvinent626
    @Bvinent626 2 роки тому +32

    This video is just amazing.
    "You pay for every note. Use them all". I'll take that to heart. Thanks Mr Wooten.

  • @nyfaniloandrianjafy8171
    @nyfaniloandrianjafy8171 2 роки тому +23

    More than 10 years ago, I wanted to play bass because of this man. Today, I'm still learning from him.

    • @dogonamission
      @dogonamission Рік тому +2

      me too still learning 25 years later

  • @mknacho4187
    @mknacho4187 2 роки тому +57

    What makes Victor such an incredible musician for me is not his bass playing, but the humble philosophy he puts into practice that many other virtuosos lack. What a legend!!

  • @Pk_Nangz
    @Pk_Nangz Годину тому

    This man is like the best teacher I’ve ever heard for music

  • @bealotcoolerifyoudid7217
    @bealotcoolerifyoudid7217 Рік тому +5

    'Oh G major that my key I gonna go dancing' you got me. Love your way of teaching man. Truly something else.

  • @menzasarma
    @menzasarma 2 роки тому +120

    It's not by accident that he's one of the best bass player ever. So inspiring. Please, make a monument to this man!

  • @floppytnarwal1641
    @floppytnarwal1641 Рік тому +6

    To really understand how good this is you just have to read the comment section. Not only does he make these lessons so easy to understand and interesting, he never comes across as pompous or condescending. You can see he loves to teach and pass on his knowledge as much as playing.

  • @nickdenardo6479
    @nickdenardo6479 2 роки тому +16

    I'm not nearly on this guy's level. I'm not even a bass player, but I know he would make me a better musician inside an hour. such a pleasure to listen to, watch, and learn from. thanks for taking the time, brother.

  • @TonyBiancoTonyBianco
    @TonyBiancoTonyBianco 11 місяців тому +2

    He’s the best teacher because he removes all the pressure of “getting it right” and brings focus to the groove and having fun while playing.

  • @danadane2501
    @danadane2501 2 роки тому +65

    Aside from being ( easily ) one of the absolute greatest bassist to ever walk the earth . He's by far the best teacher I've ever seen or heard . As it pertains to bass and music in general .

    • @amin4993
      @amin4993 2 роки тому +7

      It's amazing that he's as good a teacher as he is a player. Some people can't explain all this, and he is so likeable and I just want to hug him of showing me such cool stuff.

    • @mattaylor5627
      @mattaylor5627 2 роки тому +4

      Jaco Patorius had a rather unsuccessful term teaching at the University of Chicago. When asked how to get better his answer was "just watch tv". Victor is a top class teacher.

    • @danadane2501
      @danadane2501 2 роки тому

      @@mattaylor5627 From everything I've heard of Jaco. Number 1 was from Marcus Miller. Jaco seemed pretty insecure. Especially for how amazing he was as a bassist and songwriter. Hey everyone has their quirks but when it comes to teaching we're in full agreement Victor is the man flat out.

    • @danadane2501
      @danadane2501 2 роки тому +1

      @@amin4993 If I met him I'd just stand there and listen guaranteed i would learn something I'd never think of or find any where else. The man is a genius on the bass and explaining it just as well. How many incredible bassist can we say that about. Marcus Miller is incredible but when it comes to articulating the craft Victor is phenomenal!

    • @robertrowan3342
      @robertrowan3342 2 роки тому +1

      He's got such a warm, positive vibe. It makes you feel good just to hear him speak.

  • @kylergordon7745
    @kylergordon7745 2 роки тому +25

    3:10 blew my mind!! I'm currently focusing on making my own bass lines and this helped a tremendous amount 🤯

  • @drumswest
    @drumswest Рік тому +7

    "Wrong notes" create those wonderful tension/release moments that pretty much everyone loves but don't know why. Victor Wooten, great lesson sir! Any musician can benefit from this lesson. Playing to loops made me into such better musician. Exhaust your possibilities!

  • @realtonestar4342
    @realtonestar4342 7 місяців тому +9

    Love Victors approach to playing, and ive done this in the past subconsciously. Just slide up half step! Love it

  • @geraldgomez5258
    @geraldgomez5258 Рік тому +9

    It is very appropriate for Mr. Wootens bass to display the Yin and Yang! A perfect balance. Incorporating wrong and right notes together 👍 brilliant. This has taken away all fears of wrong notes for me 🎸

  • @maxprofane
    @maxprofane Рік тому +9

    Not only is he one of the best musicians of all time but also he is one of the best teachers ever. I didn't know before watching this. Such a treasure!

  • @Mr.Batsu12
    @Mr.Batsu12 4 місяці тому +4

    This video covers the best musical advice I ever learned. I don't even play bass, I'm a guitar player, but while watching a Victor Wooten video 8 or 9 years ago I heard this tip:
    "No matter what note you start to play on it's never more than a 1/2 step away from a note that is "in key" for what you are soloing over."
    If you play a note that's not in key you can easily do a half step bend up or slide down and you are now in key! If your first note was out of key you now know that the note above AND below it aRE in key. You have 2/7 of the notes in the key already figured out.
    For years I would try to figure out the key by playing up/down the neck on the 6th string trying to find the root. As soon as I learned this I could almost instantly start playing "in key" with any song - even before I figured out what key it was in.
    I just wish I heard this tip back in the mid 80s when I started playing guitar. It would have saved me so much trouble. LOL

  • @kenkinter6417
    @kenkinter6417 Рік тому +4

    Victor is the Chuck Norris of bass. He says a note isn't out of key, so now it isn’t. Thanks for this. Takes the pressure off.

    • @YourFearIsReal
      @YourFearIsReal 5 місяців тому

      Plus the odds are in your favor with hitting the "right" notes

  • @daveholly672
    @daveholly672 Рік тому +3

    I wish I had known this like 30 years ago. :)

  • @vasilvasilev8718
    @vasilvasilev8718 Рік тому +11

    It’s so nice to have Victor on your side ! Motivation is the key and the way he speaks is even more than motivating!
    It’s ❤

  • @yuyutsusharma6977
    @yuyutsusharma6977 Рік тому

    Thank you, we really needed these!!!

  • @anthonyvaldez-martinez4108
    @anthonyvaldez-martinez4108 2 роки тому

    Loved this. Thank you so much Victor!!

  • @billy8828
    @billy8828 2 роки тому +28

    This was the most helpful video by far I’ve ever watched of improvisation props to this guy

  • @stephenknapp108
    @stephenknapp108 4 місяці тому +5

    I've been playing bass for years, since I was 16, and I've always improvised a lot, just jamming, and always felt guilty because I know I play what some would call wrong notes in my bass runs. But on purpose. Not that anyone complained about my style of playing, but this is a lesson by Victor which actually makes me feel justified in what I've been doing. I've just never been able to explain it the way he does. Thanks Victor. I needed this.

    • @IAMREIKI
      @IAMREIKI 3 місяці тому +2

      Learning to PLAY is Fun . His book the Music Lesson is worth your time awesome read .

  • @OdoSendaidokai
    @OdoSendaidokai 7 місяців тому

    WOW so great. Thank you !! 🌻

  • @jameswatkins1524
    @jameswatkins1524 2 роки тому +6

    Pure genius, great teacher

  • @prestoncampbell8127
    @prestoncampbell8127 2 роки тому +4

    You can't help but love Victor Wooten

  • @Bassplayer2021
    @Bassplayer2021 2 роки тому

    thanks so much for taking alot of mystery out of improvisation and making it more available and fun!

  • @iamawake9847
    @iamawake9847 Рік тому

    amazing!...thank you Victor

  • @rdb9936
    @rdb9936 Рік тому +4

    This is brilliant! Simple concepts, but only simple because they’re explained by someone with such mastery!

  • @garyvanzyl7498
    @garyvanzyl7498 2 роки тому +6

    This man is The Boss!
    Love his vibe.
    👏👏👍🙏🎸🎸❤️😎

  • @niialloteyaddison
    @niialloteyaddison 2 роки тому

    Love this... thank you VW

  • @TerminallySerious
    @TerminallySerious 2 роки тому

    Just the medicine I needed! Thank you

  • @the6ig6adwolf
    @the6ig6adwolf Рік тому +3

    Not even a Bass player but I'll sit and listen to a master musician talk about his craft any day.

  • @skymooseft
    @skymooseft Рік тому +3

    One of the most common sense and useful music lessons on UA-cam.

  • @AlexAlexandrov
    @AlexAlexandrov Рік тому

    What a lovely soul, loved this

  • @oldmanpence4803
    @oldmanpence4803 2 роки тому

    Love this man, his music, and his attitude. Exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you.

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT Рік тому +3

    Man! I love him, he’s so cool. What a great masterclass. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @Morfarhagen
    @Morfarhagen 2 роки тому +16

    I always appreciate - AND LEARN - from Victors videos! As a mediocre- (minus) bassplayer I always find so much I can use to evolve when watching Victors videos. Great teacher! Really!

  • @hart.felt-
    @hart.felt- 2 роки тому +2

    this is by far the best youtube lesson i've ever seen. i love this man so much

  • @sjeffers
    @sjeffers 2 роки тому

    Amazing. Literally amazing.

  • @bumfan
    @bumfan 2 роки тому +3

    Victor Wooten - more talent in one finger than most people have in their entire body. LOL! But seriously, if you've ever seen him in concert, he can't help but teach then, either. He's always engaging the audience and dropping little nuggets of genius into them. I've been lucky enough to see him twice (I don't exactly live in a hotbed for live jazz), and both times have arguably been my favorite concerts ever. I took my wife to see him last year, and she said that hands-down it was the best concert she had ever been to.

  • @kikomathsbass
    @kikomathsbass Рік тому +5

    Victor Wooten never disappoints. He puts this magic into everything he does

  • @janoskroba9698
    @janoskroba9698 2 роки тому

    So good, so wholesome. Just what i needed.

  • @reeu5five534
    @reeu5five534 Місяць тому

    ultimate lesson!!! thank you so much Vic.

  • @junee37
    @junee37 Рік тому +3

    This guy is a great example of a real Master ❤

  • @labete19
    @labete19 2 роки тому +3

    Literally the best video on improv I've ever seen. It's so simple you can teach it to a kiddo. Especially relating to the odds of hitting a "right note" and the idea that even if you hit a wroog note, so long as you do it with some sense of rhythm, it will sound good. Hence why we like chords that include #9s or #11, b13s etc.

  • @RocknRollkat
    @RocknRollkat Рік тому

    Excellent presentation, thank you !

  • @joannalewis5279
    @joannalewis5279 2 роки тому

    He always leaves me speachless

  • @gustavocruz4824
    @gustavocruz4824 Рік тому +3

    this was like talking to an old friend whom you forgot understands you. Same tribe brother. Excellent way to explain the infinite correlation between every single note without wrong or right just flow and see what shines. Thanks so much for this splash of facts mr wooten, i finally hear someone explaining how cool and beautiful dissonance could be. Rhythm is almost everything. I hope all players open this door

  • @shobiperera1981
    @shobiperera1981 2 роки тому +5

    Victor is the most humble, intelligent and and practical teacher of all time! And a musical genius with unbeleivable groove! Thank you for the music , maestro!

  • @banjomandan7199
    @banjomandan7199 2 роки тому

    I smiled all the way through this! What fun and wonderful revelations! Thank you!

  • @diogoferreira9039
    @diogoferreira9039 2 роки тому

    What a brilliant perspective! Thank you!

  • @cd0u50c9
    @cd0u50c9 2 роки тому +3

    Victor Wooten - every time he does a 10-15 minute clip for free for everyone to view on UA-cam you feel like you've been transformed in what you know and understand. Simply no one like him to put it in such simple understandable terms, and that proves his genius as a player and as a teacher.

  • @benlanglois6786
    @benlanglois6786 Рік тому +3

    I absolutely love Vic Wooten!! His playing AND teaching styles are so unique, he's found the way to make making mistakes encouraging! Absolutely wonderful human being all the way around!!!

  • @alemm.h9393
    @alemm.h9393 2 роки тому

    Thank you Victor

  • @travelerovlog1070
    @travelerovlog1070 2 роки тому

    brilliant! making complex things easy to understand. a real teacher of his craft.

  • @dajakaal
    @dajakaal 2 роки тому +3

    Awesome way to look at improvisation, I her a lot of musicians say "I can't improvise" Thanks Victor for the awesome knowledge and perspective, you inspire me to keep playing bass lol. Churr from NZ!

  • @batteryjuicy4231
    @batteryjuicy4231 Рік тому +3

    He's such a genius I bet if Victor Wootem sat down and composed music he'd be the Motzart of the 21st century

  • @0xtechno
    @0xtechno 10 місяців тому

    simply amazing

  • @cospittner3526
    @cospittner3526 2 роки тому

    Incredible class! Thank you!! Best explanation I've ever heard.

  • @lucy.elizabeth.c
    @lucy.elizabeth.c 2 роки тому +15

    Best 16 minutes of my entire life!! I’d never learnt so much before and in such a short time. This helped me sooo much as someone who struggles to compose/improvise!! Victor is an absolute LEGEND👏🏽

    • @marktaylor3290
      @marktaylor3290 2 роки тому +1

      It's been a month. How's the music going?

    • @lucy.elizabeth.c
      @lucy.elizabeth.c 2 роки тому

      @@marktaylor3290 better than ever thanks, started learning Victor’s you can hold no groove!

  • @jessicasturgis5991
    @jessicasturgis5991 11 місяців тому +5

    I am honestly floored that we even have access to this. What an enjoyable experience! Thank you, Victor for sharing this incredible lesson with us!! 😊 🎶 💜

  • @ghionejoseph3302
    @ghionejoseph3302 Рік тому

    He's so right! Thank you Victor.

  • @matta5348
    @matta5348 Рік тому

    Such a generous teacher.

  • @adityarao5721
    @adityarao5721 2 роки тому +25

    I'll cry the day I meet him and just say thank you:') there are lot of teachers and books stressing on scales, arpeggios, modes, theory, substitutions in a way that it is overwhelming and intimidating. But this is so reliving! DONT BE AFRAID TO IMPROVISE

    • @camf8372
      @camf8372 2 роки тому +4

      I know right? We need more Victor Wootens out there.

    • @jcout25
      @jcout25 2 роки тому +3

      @@camf8372 He's got brothers lol.

    • @camf8372
      @camf8372 2 роки тому +2

      @@jcout25 I mean that as in we need more people that teach, like Victor or have the same style of teaching music like he does

  • @dumbohill42
    @dumbohill42 2 роки тому +4

    This basically singelhandedly solved my greatest issue as a musician.

  • @alfredwilliamnunoo6010
    @alfredwilliamnunoo6010 Рік тому

    This is liberating! Thank you Maestro

  • @edjefferson9175
    @edjefferson9175 2 роки тому +1

    Gratitude! So great to catch a glimpse of a master's perspective! Good teacher.

  • @Vito_Tuxedo
    @Vito_Tuxedo Рік тому +4

    This video is gold. It made me remember how I became a multi-instrumentalist. Discovering for myself the stuff Victor shows in this brilliant video explains exactly how the theory-ignorant drummer I was had the balls to get up in front of people and make music on guitar, bass, keys, and other instruments. At first, I was just jammin'. I barely knew any theory at all, and all I had going for me was my ear, my sense of rhythm, and my love of making music. It grew from there. If you have The Burn, you can do it. 😎

    • @Spookdookin
      @Spookdookin Рік тому

      I am also a drummer. My sense of rhythm has helped me very much when picking up other instruments.
      Gonna really put that to the test when I buy a violin this winter 🎻

    • @Vito_Tuxedo
      @Vito_Tuxedo Рік тому

      @@Spookdookin I thought fretless bass would be difficult because, you know...no frets. But it turned out to be no problem at all. Good luck with the violin!

  • @BassBaseBerlin
    @BassBaseBerlin 2 роки тому +3

    Great video! More than 20 years ago I just thought "Victor is a top slapping guy. But I'm not slapping, not my thing."
    But then I realised what a heartful great musician Victor is! Such a great grooving bass player and I love those videos, where he just starts with something really simple and _grooves heavenly_ ... even if he just uses one string, finger, whatever. _GROOVE and make the people FEEL_. Thank you with _respect and thankfulness_, best regards, Stefan

  • @waynefouche6129
    @waynefouche6129 2 роки тому

    Just love your teaching techniques Victor. What a patient legend

  • @monikab.6540
    @monikab.6540 Рік тому

    The best lesson on this ever. Thank you!

  • @Kabanchik04
    @Kabanchik04 2 роки тому +4

    Почему виктор вутен такой классный? Я аж расплакался от его таланта быть самым лучшим мотиватором, человеком и учителем

  • @highendgear1995
    @highendgear1995 2 роки тому +3

    Letting the chords move around him which allows him to move less is such a valuable tip to make fast chord changes more manageable.

  • @kouadiomianman548
    @kouadiomianman548 2 роки тому

    Enligthening ! Thanks so much Mr Wooten !

  • @MrHeliosoul
    @MrHeliosoul 2 роки тому

    Amazing! Thanks for all this knowledge! Wooten and Sam Ash together is a powerful combination.

  • @LLroomtempJ
    @LLroomtempJ 2 роки тому +4

    personally, I dance to the key of songs.
    also - i've been playing for 19 years and this lesson was tremendously helpful.
    also - may God help the audience at whatever open mic has to sit through somebody working out this chromatic lesson live😂😂😂