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People fail to mention the Genius of Bernard Edwards (R.I.P.) - he was a Monster-player, along with: Nile Rodgers & Tony Thompson (R.I.P.). Chic were like the Led Zeppelin of R&B. 3 Super Talented musicians. oNe LovE from NYC
@@megavega4 Belga bass is great at this too, he's been around for a few years too. The great thing about THIS demo is you get the key and the notes too.
Sorry, but nobody plays exactly like Bernard Edwards. He had the bass lines down solid. With that being said, this video is a good practice session that is better than others out there.
This is one of the most difficult basslines of all time, so thanks very much for your help on this and for taking the time out to break this down. Much appreciated.
Bernard Edwards was sick, an absolute icon on 4 strings. He was funk, rock, pop, blues, jazz, everything, all in one player. There will never be another like him, ever.
I've had the privilege of meeting and having several decent discussions with Nile Rodgers through various music events during my career. Nile was very much in awe of Bernard and what he was able to do with the bass, he recounted numerous times finding himself on stage just geeking out on what Bernard was doing on the bass and realizing after he missed his cue that he was forgetting to play because he was caught up in what Bernard was doing. I think Nile himself had the best ever description of this bass track, he was giving a master class at a music conference in Europe and talking about this song, he asked "Are there any bass players in the room?" and after waiting a moment for acknowledgements from the guests he continued " well, then you guys know, that shit's impossible to play right?"
Thank you Carl for your recounting of those talks. We (worldwide B.Edwards devotees) are in dire need of more of such personal insights from Nile Rodgers about his buddy bass player. Do you have any info, any, about how Bernard recorded his bass ? Amped, miked, direct in, effects ? Usual number of takes, re-takes, corrections, ... ? Rhythm section recorded together, or everyone separate ? I have been lucky to hear several Chic studio isolated bass tracks. It sounds all very sparse, natural, played very cleanly, rather soft attack, note damping more by lifting the left hand than muting with the right hand fingers. The magic starts to happen when the other instruments are mixed in. Did he ever overreach, technique-wise, esp. chucking parts ? Or was it always spot on ? Regarding his bass sound: on the later albums (from Real People on), I still wonder (after 40 yrs) if that was still the MM Stingray, but recorded using different effects/settings. The sound is more bloated & fuller, more hifi-like (deep lows, high highs). In retrospect, in a short period from +/- '78 to '81-'82 huge changes happened in sound and recording quality of pop music in general. I still wonder if his changed bass sound was an evolution in line with the new effect devices etc. that became available in studios (thinking aural enhancers). So the result of a new setup, EQ settings, mixing effects, ... Any info you could share about that would be tremendously insightful !
Usually I get bored watching bass line fingerings, techniques and timings but this gentleman took the time to not rush and carefully show and analyze. He also said the he did not learn this overnight, showing that he had to take some time to analyze and work on it, we sometimes feel that instructors "Immediately" get it. Thank you for sharing and taking the time, always wanted to play this line and now I can !
What's with the thumbs down ?? This is a great breakdown of a very difficult Bass pattern, well explained too, Thank you Dan Hawkins for giving your time on this song.
No problem! Thanks for watching. It's no big deal - if you get thumbs down it means quite a few people have watched. I'm very grateful for all the views and cool people who watch my videos (I get a lot of nice comments like yours so thanks).
As Dan says - two great players. Don't worry if you're not at their level after 3 months, CJ - I never will be but I've had fun and some great experiences at the "adequate" standard.
Well done Bro! Bernard would be so proud to know that someone has taken the time to learn to emulate what he referred to as “Chuking”. He was the greatest Bassist of all time. I have been playing for over 30 years and still cannot play it like he did! Thank you for the explanation. I will give it a try!
This is exactly how you should teach someone this particular technique. Clean, well-timed, nuanced right hand playing and left hand muting. Very cool pre-EB Stingray also.
Dan, you're a great teacher. Very clear and well explained. I learnt to play this finger style, then by double thumbing (hard), but your technique is more authentic.
@@OnlineBassCourses Ha! Not saying I'm that great at it. I've been playing Frontline by Chuckii Booker, so that helped. Great tune - both MonoNeon and Alissia covered it, as you may well know. I had to adapt my hand position for Everybody Dance though. I have to double thumb on the end of the neck to keep accurate at speed. Thinking about it, if you're still taking suggestions for bass lines, I'd be interested to see your take on Frontline.
@@OnlineBassCourses the other elephant in the room is obviously Dance Dance Dance, which I personally find harder than Everybody Dance, as it’s so relentless. I’m trying it with your chucking approach. Are you comfortable playing it?
I love Bernard's chucking technique. If you're wondering why he doesn't just use a pick this song gives the explanation - there's some traditional plucking too. Good video Dan, I've subscribed! Even though I've been playing for many years, there's always something to learn...
Great upload Dan, thanks for this. Bernard's fingers would often bleed by the end of a gig, had some unusual finger plucking techniques even when playing 'normally'.....one reason it's soooooo tough to replicate his tone. Also, played slightly off beat too. A unique player. 😎
Just. Wow. Both Bernard, of course, and yourself! I'd heard about Bernard using a picking technique (and making his hands bleed in the process) but I've never seen it explained before, so thanks!
What a superb lesson, thanks so much Dan.. I've just bought myself a bass after promising myself one for the last forty years. Even though my preferred music is rock in all its forms, I've always admired Bernards playing since I first heard Chic in the '70s and really bought the bass so I could learn some of his lines. Thanks again.
Excellent job ! Back in the disco era, I used to play that line all with my fingers. While fingers were flying and hitting all notes, it never sounded quite right. It wasn't staccato enough. I believe you nailed it. Thanks !
I now see that I was playing this ALL wrong! I thought for a moment that Mr. Edwards was simply from another planet. I still have my suspicions. Great job with the transcript! If this isn't it, it's damn close! Cheers to you, and R.I.P., Bernard.
That sounded great Dan,if that's not exactly as recorded it's as close as can be.I have fooled with that "pickless plucking" for years, though I never took it seriously.I figured anyone else would just use a pick.Doh! Wrong again,but live and learn.
How about perhaps Rio, Hungry like the wolf, Save it for the morning after or This is Planet Earth.Anything by Duran Duran.John Taylor is such a monster who has it all,taste, chops and tone.
I think the point is: see what's out there and then use what you want. You don't have to play what others play, you can have your own unique style. I quite like this style of 'picking'. But I also like the traditional way. Do what you like!
Fantastic! I have a MM Stingray 77 and its really difficult to see people with this mellow tone with these basses but, for me, thats the most beautiful bass tone ever! That trebly sound its not what this bass does. Congrats for the lesson and technic as well!
‘Nard’ made those bass lines swing! That’s why I loved his playing! Everybody Dance, and Dance, Dance, Dance is a perfect example of his dexterity and syncopation. Wanna get those lines grooving? Get a drum machine and START PRACTICING!!😌🎶👍🏾
Incredible how you broke that riff down Dan, awesome job. Not sure I'll tackle that one but I do love playing ghost notes & that style you mentioned reminds me a lot of what the Commodores used to do too. Thanks again, great vid man 👍
Great video - thank you. One question - for the upstrokes on the chucking, which part of your finger/thumb hits the string? It's first finger fingernail on the down but not sure if the up is the thumbnail or the tip of the finger.
I think that both ways work and it’s a case of finding what feels more normal to you. I’m not at my bass now so I can’t actually tell you what I do! Probably more tip of finger but I’d have to check…
Thanks so much for this. I'd gotten a bit stuck with trying to play it fingerstyle (as recommended by Rockschool Grade 6)! I can play grade 8 pieces but just couldn't get this up to speed. Your interpretation seems more authentic and makes so much more sense!
Excellent presentation Dan. Thanks for showing this "front on", as it shows the actual notes as well as demonstrating the "chucking" technique too. Many thanks.
Hello, I tell you again !! This is the most exciting bass lesson for years... I’m practising again and again... It’s not an easy and natural thing yet.. But soon I’ll be spreading chucking ... bye bye my beloved nail !!! 😀😀😀 thanks a lot mate. This is my top one lesson on UA-cam !!!!
Very, very nice breakdown. Back in the early 80s, I would play no-pick-pick and - especially on alternate technique - cuticles would bleed all over the place. I borrowed a friend's bass and - a heavy metaller - he loved the gore I left on his strings. A Musicman picked is a great, practically unique tone. Listen to Pedro Aznar "Mientes" (encuentro en el estudio version) where he begins with plectrum, solos on fingers and returns to the riff but on fingers. The plectrum section with that bright humbucker wins it for me.
@@BrooksysBassCorner I'd love to but we recently (ish) moved to Singapore due to my wife's job! If you're ever in the area do let me know. Hopefully, I can visit the UK again in the not too distant future. A beer would be great then!
Many thanks, Mauro. I’m not quite there yet but maybe one day! Practice this regularly and build your technique and timing up and you will be able to do it. Good luck. 🙏
I like your approach. Can you find time to do any or all of these Bernard Edwards bass lines - Good Times, Freak Out, I Want Your Love ? You seem to get how subtle he was, and how he moved around the groove; some notes are played slightly in front of the beat and some behind. When other people play his lines, they almost always miss this, and it sounds flat and ordinary. Thank you for posting this video.
I was gonna say "You're using a pick?! Not Epicc" but then I was like "WHAT! He used a pick, without using a pick!" Thank you man, I'll be practicing this
Fantastic lesson! I'm working on really capturing the way Bernard played on the record..... It sounds like he used flatwounds, can anyone confirm this?
The general understanding is that he always played flatwounds on his Stingray, because they were factory-fitted and he saw no need to replace them with anything else. It became his hallmark tone, as evidenced by the albums C'est Chique ('78) and Risqué ('79). But contrary to general thinking, the original of this song on the album Chic ('77) is probably not played on a Music Man Stingray, but on a Jazz Bass with flats. (I wish N.Rodgers could confirm this somehow) This is an extra complicating factor, because on a JB, when swinging the hand around the position that he does on several playback videos, and by this teacher, you are very close to the neck pickup volume knob. But it's not impossible, see my own video from a while back ua-cam.com/video/NwRFxG-gI1k/v-deo.html
When you do the walk back up (Ab-A-Bb) is there any particular reason why you change position to use the first string (5th-6th fret) instead of using the open A string to Bb (1st-2nd fret)?
Hi Richie. Not really...I played this only for a few days before recording so that's what I went for at the time. You absolutely can play it the way you suggest. There's often more than one way to play something on bass so go for it if it works...
@@OnlineBassCourses Nice! I really dig the sound. I got some TI jazz flats on the StingRay and, I must say, I really dig it! (I've bought and sold so many because I always feel like StingRay is one of those basses that sounds great in OTHER people's hands. I can never get the sound in my head. But the flats are a new endeavor) Just discovered your channel and I really dig it, man. I've subscribed.
@@OnlineBassCourses p.s. my dad was one of the trumpet players in Chic post-Bernard Edwards era. So while I never got to meet the legend, I have gotten to meet Nile, which was pretty friggin' epic and definitely part of what made me want to also pursue a career in music! FUNK ON!
I have gig next month i joined this one band they want play this song all of the band memberts have been playing their instruments like 10 years and i have 1.5 year and i have to learn i cannot play it with the right tempo using fingerstyle slap doesnt sound good and this is my only option hope i learn it from ur video
Dan, It bothered me a bit when you said Bernard Edward probably looked across the recording studio and saw what Nile Rodgers was doing he is doing and it was influenced by him. Bernard was the back bone of Chic, he played that style from their earliest songs, it was natural to him, that's why his bass playing was so special. Nile actually said Bernard inspired him to play this funk style that he plays. Nile mastered the technique and they both are legends, and for the best music partnership in history.
It was just a throwaway comment based on a theory formed in a millisecond. I wouldn't give it too much thought! Bernard was -and remains- one of the greatest bass players of all time.
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People fail to mention the Genius of Bernard Edwards (R.I.P.) - he was a Monster-player, along with: Nile Rodgers & Tony Thompson (R.I.P.). Chic were like the Led Zeppelin of R&B. 3 Super Talented musicians. oNe LovE from NYC
Well said 🎸 M. C.
(RIP) B.E.
Led Zeppelin of Disco mate
Fail to mention Bernard Edwards? He's a widely respected as a brilliant bassist, even non-musicians can hear his talent!
Finally, someone playing exactly how Bernard did. No pick!!! Well done sir
+S Green thanks very much. Took me a week of lots of practice to get it!!
Finally? My video has been up for 11 years.
megavega4 your video is awesome - great job!
@@megavega4 Belga bass is great at this too, he's been around for a few years too. The great thing about THIS demo is you get the key and the notes too.
Sorry, but nobody plays exactly like Bernard Edwards. He had the bass lines down solid. With that being said, this video is a good practice session that is better than others out there.
This is one of the most difficult basslines of all time, so thanks very much for your help on this and for taking the time out to break this down. Much appreciated.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Probably more intermediate level imo
Bernard Edwards was sick, an absolute icon on 4 strings. He was funk, rock, pop, blues, jazz, everything, all in one player. There will never be another like him, ever.
I never get sick of this song, videos about this song or videos about Bernard Edwards techniques.
I've had the privilege of meeting and having several decent discussions with Nile Rodgers through various music events during my career. Nile was very much in awe of Bernard and what he was able to do with the bass, he recounted numerous times finding himself on stage just geeking out on what Bernard was doing on the bass and realizing after he missed his cue that he was forgetting to play because he was caught up in what Bernard was doing. I think Nile himself had the best ever description of this bass track, he was giving a master class at a music conference in Europe and talking about this song, he asked "Are there any bass players in the room?" and after waiting a moment for acknowledgements from the guests he continued " well, then you guys know, that shit's impossible to play right?"
Amazing story! Incredible players; both of them.
Thank you Carl for your recounting of those talks. We (worldwide B.Edwards devotees) are in dire need of more of such personal insights from Nile Rodgers about his buddy bass player.
Do you have any info, any, about how Bernard recorded his bass ? Amped, miked, direct in, effects ? Usual number of takes, re-takes, corrections, ... ? Rhythm section recorded together, or everyone separate ?
I have been lucky to hear several Chic studio isolated bass tracks. It sounds all very sparse, natural, played very cleanly, rather soft attack, note damping more by lifting the left hand than muting with the right hand fingers. The magic starts to happen when the other instruments are mixed in. Did he ever overreach, technique-wise, esp. chucking parts ? Or was it always spot on ?
Regarding his bass sound: on the later albums (from Real People on), I still wonder (after 40 yrs) if that was still the MM Stingray, but recorded using different effects/settings. The sound is more bloated & fuller, more hifi-like (deep lows, high highs). In retrospect, in a short period from +/- '78 to '81-'82 huge changes happened in sound and recording quality of pop music in general. I still wonder if his changed bass sound was an evolution in line with the new effect devices etc. that became available in studios (thinking aural enhancers). So the result of a new setup, EQ settings, mixing effects, ...
Any info you could share about that would be tremendously insightful !
Usually I get bored watching bass line fingerings, techniques and timings but this gentleman took the time to not rush and carefully show and analyze. He also said the he did not learn this overnight, showing that he had to take some time to analyze and work on it, we sometimes feel that instructors "Immediately" get it. Thank you for sharing and taking the time, always wanted to play this line and now I can !
That's great that you can now. Nice one!
What's with the thumbs down ?? This is a great breakdown of a very difficult Bass pattern, well explained too, Thank you Dan Hawkins for giving your time on this song.
No problem! Thanks for watching. It's no big deal - if you get thumbs down it means quite a few people have watched. I'm very grateful for all the views and cool people who watch my videos (I get a lot of nice comments like yours so thanks).
Delighted to discover your channel today. No hard sell, no " you MUST do this , you CAN'T do that, just calm clear quality teaching.
Thanks very much - glad you found me! Subscribe for more of the same… 👍🙏
Honestly I love you and your website thanks for all the good valuable information
Thanks so much! 🙏👍
Great job! I'm a Bernard Edwards fanatic :)
+Todd Hamby thanks Todd and me too!
MAGNIFICENT 🥰🥰 I'm a new bassist and I love Edwards and Jamerson!!!!
You have impeccable taste! Two of the greatest. Welcome to the world of bass; it’s a wonderful place to be.
As Dan says - two great players. Don't worry if you're not at their level after 3 months, CJ - I never will be but I've had fun and some great experiences at the "adequate" standard.
@@dizzyonaball4623 One day 😏👍
Well done Bro! Bernard would be so proud to know that someone has taken the time to learn to emulate what he referred to as “Chuking”. He was the greatest Bassist of all time. I have been playing for over 30 years and still cannot play it like he did! Thank you for the explanation. I will give it a try!
Thanks Buck! He was an absolute master and I still learn from him to this day. Thanks for watching.
Bernard Edwards The King. R.I.P
This is exactly how you should teach someone this particular technique. Clean, well-timed, nuanced right hand playing and left hand muting. Very cool pre-EB Stingray also.
Thanks very much. 👍🙏
Dan, you're a great teacher. Very clear and well explained. I learnt to play this finger style, then by double thumbing (hard), but your technique is more authentic.
Thanks Chris. Wow - double thumbing this must be crazy hard!
@@OnlineBassCourses Ha! Not saying I'm that great at it. I've been playing Frontline by Chuckii Booker, so that helped. Great tune - both MonoNeon and Alissia covered it, as you may well know. I had to adapt my hand position for Everybody Dance though. I have to double thumb on the end of the neck to keep accurate at speed. Thinking about it, if you're still taking suggestions for bass lines, I'd be interested to see your take on Frontline.
I don’t actually know that one. I’ll check it out! The list is getting long and I’m well behind...
@@OnlineBassCourses here’s Alissia’s cover. Monster sound. 5 string Lakland ua-cam.com/video/6H7BR2GOr-8/v-deo.html
@@OnlineBassCourses the other elephant in the room is obviously Dance Dance Dance, which I personally find harder than Everybody Dance, as it’s so relentless. I’m trying it with your chucking approach. Are you comfortable playing it?
I love Bernard's chucking technique. If you're wondering why he doesn't just use a pick this song gives the explanation - there's some traditional plucking too. Good video Dan, I've subscribed! Even though I've been playing for many years, there's always something to learn...
Thanks, Bob! I feel exactly the same about learning.
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Old school bass forever miss you benard
Listen to any of the bass played by John Taylor (Duran Duran). He attributes 100% of his style and influence from Bernard.
Brilliantly explained and taught. Thanks!!
Thanks, Daragh! 👍🙏
Great upload Dan, thanks for this.
Bernard's fingers would often bleed by the end of a gig, had some unusual finger plucking techniques even when playing 'normally'.....one reason it's soooooo tough to replicate his tone. Also, played slightly off beat too.
A unique player. 😎
Absolutely unique.
Just. Wow. Both Bernard, of course, and yourself! I'd heard about Bernard using a picking technique (and making his hands bleed in the process) but I've never seen it explained before, so thanks!
Thanks very much! Its a cool technique.
What a superb lesson, thanks so much Dan.. I've just bought myself a bass after promising myself one for the last forty years. Even though my preferred music is rock in all its forms, I've always admired Bernards playing since I first heard Chic in the '70s and really bought the bass so I could learn some of his lines. Thanks again.
That's great that you've bought a bass! Welcome to the bass community. This is a tough bass line so make sure to learn some easier ones too...
@@OnlineBassCourses Thanks, yes easy ones first so I started with Rush's YYZ...backwards :)
Excellent job ! Back in the disco era, I used to play that line all with my fingers. While fingers were flying and hitting all notes, it never sounded quite right. It wasn't staccato enough. I believe you nailed it. Thanks !
Thanks!
I now see that I was playing this ALL wrong! I thought for a moment that Mr. Edwards was simply from another planet. I still have my suspicions. Great job with the transcript! If this isn't it, it's damn close! Cheers to you, and R.I.P., Bernard.
Thanks Ray. I think he was from another planet! This is as close as I could get it at the time... Keep up the playing!
I watched that same you tube clip. Never really realised how good that base line was till then. The solo is awesome
What other basslines do you want me to teach? Comment below!
That sounded great Dan,if that's not exactly as recorded it's as close as can be.I have fooled with that "pickless plucking" for years, though I never took it seriously.I figured anyone else would just use a pick.Doh! Wrong again,but live and learn.
How about perhaps Rio, Hungry like the wolf, Save it for the morning after or This is Planet Earth.Anything by Duran Duran.John Taylor is such a monster who has it all,taste, chops and tone.
He's amazing. They're all great bass lines and excellent suggestions. Thanks!
I think the point is: see what's out there and then use what you want. You don't have to play what others play, you can have your own unique style. I quite like this style of 'picking'. But I also like the traditional way. Do what you like!
I’d like to see how Planet Earth is played. Can’t be standard finger style or perhaps I’m just sloooow in my old age.
Fantastic! I have a MM Stingray 77 and its really difficult to see people with this mellow tone with these basses but, for me, thats the most beautiful bass tone ever! That trebly sound its not what this bass does. Congrats for the lesson and technic as well!
+Josete e Adriano Garcez that's very kind; thanks very much. I agree, it's such a beautiful tone...
Chucking , is what Bernard called it. Great job sir !!!!!
Thank you!
I don't get the thumbs down why 🤔
Great tutorial
Fella 👏
Bernard was exceptional.
Bernard n Tony are
Sadly very much. missed.
Thanks for watching. 👍
Edwards was a genius. Great lesson
He really was.
Bernard Edwards and Leon Sylvers had similar styles of playing bass and I love them both.
Tip: On the ascending Ab A Bb on the E string play an open A string each time (rather than E string 5th fret). Kinda neat and authentic too
Thanks for the tip Martin.
Never knew Bernard played it that way, I play it with my index, middle fingers using my nails to get that sound, great playing my man!
This is my best guess and I could very well be wrong. Thanks for watching!
Amazing lesson thanks
Thanks for watching. 🙏
‘Nard’ made those bass lines swing! That’s why I loved his playing! Everybody Dance, and Dance, Dance, Dance is a perfect example of his dexterity and syncopation. Wanna get those lines grooving? Get a drum machine and START PRACTICING!!😌🎶👍🏾
A brilliant tutorial on a bass classic ! great teaching and playing 👍
Thanks very much!
Incredible how you broke that riff down Dan, awesome job. Not sure I'll tackle that one but I do love playing ghost notes & that style you mentioned reminds me a lot of what the Commodores used to do too. Thanks again, great vid man 👍
Thanks so much - appreciate the comment!
Great video - thank you. One question - for the upstrokes on the chucking, which part of your finger/thumb hits the string? It's first finger fingernail on the down but not sure if the up is the thumbnail or the tip of the finger.
I think that both ways work and it’s a case of finding what feels more normal to you. I’m not at my bass now so I can’t actually tell you what I do! Probably more tip of finger but I’d have to check…
Thanks so much for this. I'd gotten a bit stuck with trying to play it fingerstyle (as recommended by Rockschool Grade 6)! I can play grade 8 pieces but just couldn't get this up to speed. Your interpretation seems more authentic and makes so much more sense!
Thanks for watching! All the great man’s technique; I’m just passing it on. Good luck with the grades.
Excellent presentation Dan. Thanks for showing this "front on", as it shows the actual notes as well as demonstrating the "chucking" technique too. Many thanks.
+the womble no problem. Thanks very much for watching and let me know if there are any other bass lines you’d like me to do the same with.
@@OnlineBassCourses I'll start thinking!
Hello, I tell you again !! This is the most exciting bass lesson for years... I’m practising again and again... It’s not an easy and natural thing yet.. But soon I’ll be spreading chucking ... bye bye my beloved nail !!! 😀😀😀 thanks a lot mate. This is my top one lesson on UA-cam !!!!
You're welcome! Glad you're getting something from it. 👍🙏
Nice cover of Bernard Edwards and his versatile bass playing.
Thanks very much!
Amazing class!
Very good lesson about a crazy bass line! By the way, I do think Bernard Edwards called this technique, "chucking." Great job, man! I subscribed.
Thanks! Great to have you onboard.
Very, very nice breakdown. Back in the early 80s, I would play no-pick-pick and - especially on alternate technique - cuticles would bleed all over the place. I borrowed a friend's bass and - a heavy metaller - he loved the gore I left on his strings.
A Musicman picked is a great, practically unique tone. Listen to Pedro Aznar "Mientes" (encuentro en el estudio version) where he begins with plectrum, solos on fingers and returns to the riff but on fingers. The plectrum section with that bright humbucker wins it for me.
I'll check that out. Thanks for the comment!
Really enjoying your channel. This is really well done, good work, sir! Nice one!
Thanks very much! An honour - I’ve watched quite a few of your excellent reviews, and read many of your articles down the years. Great work!
@@OnlineBassCourses Thank you, appreciate it. A beer or two when it is safe to do so?
@@BrooksysBassCorner I'd love to but we recently (ish) moved to Singapore due to my wife's job! If you're ever in the area do let me know. Hopefully, I can visit the UK again in the not too distant future. A beer would be great then!
@@OnlineBassCourses No problem, will keep you posted if I'm heading that way. Stay in touch!
How can something seemingly so simple...
Be SO HARD!
BE was a genius! 😳🎸🎼👍
He really was!
Great tips. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome.
Rockschool Grade 6 Bass song! Shall I choose it as one of my three? Get Lucky was tough enough in Grade 5😂🎸🎼
Go for it! A bit (lot) of practice and you can do it no problem.
Great lesson bud. Masterpiece x
Thank you very much John.
@@OnlineBassCourses Youre welcome bud x
great lesson! what a great but unexplored technique. ill be shedding this for a while.
It's a very cool technique!
Gotta get out of my years old habit (although it's not that bad though) ...and try this version! 🎸
Brilliant! Really good lesson thank you :)
Thanks Joe!
Very well done. Subscribed 😊
Thanks so much!
What a useful analysis and explanation ! Thanks a lot for the video Dan.
No problem Vince! Thanks for watching.
Brilliant that you do much you explain😮the rhythm technique beautifully
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Your sound is so cool.
Can you please talk about your gear.
Thanks! Yes, I’ll do some more bass gear videos soon.
I love this!
You teach incredibly good. Really like your lessons❤️❤️❤️❤️
Robin koutakis that's very kind - thanks Robin...👍
absolutely a good teacher
Thanks, good job explaining & playing! You can also use Music Man bridge mutes to get Bernard Edwards sound if not comfortable with left hand muting.
Thanks - that’s a great tip.
Wow..Bringing BACK to Bass after so damned long! Thanks
Awesome breakdown! Can you also break down Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson) song Stomp? Thanks so much
Thanks! I’ll look into it.
Brilliant thanks Dan
Thanks for watching, Steve!
Thanks for sharing. Bernard Edwards was an exceptional bassist. How about a tutorial on the bass line of Level 42's Mr. Pink?
Thanks, Jason. Good suggestion! It’s a good one to do one day…I’ll put it on the list (I’d need to learn it properly first!).
Excellent stuff Sir !! Great leesson.
Your detractors can ram it.
You're very kind! Thank you. I'm very lucky to be part of the bass community - a wonderful bunch who I value greatly. Trolls will be trolls....
Dan I wanted to fulfill you, you're the only one who plays it practically the same as Bernard. My dream one day is to be able to do it like you.
Many thanks, Mauro. I’m not quite there yet but maybe one day! Practice this regularly and build your technique and timing up and you will be able to do it. Good luck. 🙏
But thank you for this great video and breaking it down, really awesome stuff.
Thank you!
Great lesson - thanks! I think I'll try improving my muting technique finger-style before I give this a go (and that's going to be a while yet!).
Thanks, Peter. That's a good idea! I have some muting lessons on my channel.
@@OnlineBassCourses I actually found your channel after hearing your work on Adam Buxton's podcast.
@@PeteCarlton ha! Small world. First time someone on UA-cam has found me through Adam Buxton.
Hey you gotta new fan. You're speaking to me. Great job
Thank you Rob!
Uou! great great great lesson, great teatcher, thanks a lot!
You’re far too kind - thanks very much!
Nice job!
Thanks!
you are an amazing instructor....
Very kind, Tim - thanks!
Monstrous bass line! Beautiful tutorial!
+Lorenzo Iacopi thanks very much!
This is how we study a bassline
Very cool thanks
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Brilliant playing...
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I like your approach. Can you find time to do any or all of these Bernard Edwards bass lines - Good Times, Freak Out, I Want Your Love ? You seem to get how subtle he was, and how he moved around the groove; some notes are played slightly in front of the beat and some behind. When other people play his lines, they almost always miss this, and it sounds flat and ordinary. Thank you for posting this video.
Thanks Mark. It is about time I did more Bernard lines so I'll do them soon!
Just remembered: Freak Out is already on my channel.
I was gonna say "You're using a pick?! Not Epicc" but then I was like "WHAT! He used a pick, without using a pick!"
Thank you man, I'll be practicing this
I know - he was a crazy bass genius!
Thank you so much for doing this. You are a great teacher and this has really helped me out
Nathan. I'm so glad to hear that. Thanks very much and keep up the playing!
Fantastic lesson! I'm working on really capturing the way Bernard played on the record..... It sounds like he used flatwounds, can anyone confirm this?
The general understanding is that he always played flatwounds on his Stingray, because they were factory-fitted and he saw no need to replace them with anything else.
It became his hallmark tone, as evidenced by the albums C'est Chique ('78) and Risqué ('79).
But contrary to general thinking, the original of this song on the album Chic ('77) is probably not played on a Music Man Stingray, but on a Jazz Bass with flats. (I wish N.Rodgers could confirm this somehow)
This is an extra complicating factor, because on a JB, when swinging the hand around the position that he does on several playback videos, and by this teacher, you are very close to the neck pickup volume knob. But it's not impossible, see my own video from a while back ua-cam.com/video/NwRFxG-gI1k/v-deo.html
Wow! Which song is it?
Everybody Dance. Chic.
Morning Dan isn’t it plucking originally just wonder but my ears might be cheating me. Love your lesions thanks for the music
Thanks very much! No, it’s chucking as per the video. 🙏
@@OnlineBassCourses awww I always wondered how can anyone have a fast fingers like him lol. Thanks Dan u are a star
@@boatsandbitsandbobs it’s actually possible to play with fingers too. Just a bit difficult!
@@OnlineBassCourses I bet u can do it. I probably never get to that level to even chuck it lol.
Fantastic!!
When you do the walk back up (Ab-A-Bb) is there any particular reason why you change position to use the first string (5th-6th fret) instead of using the open A string to Bb (1st-2nd fret)?
Hi Richie. Not really...I played this only for a few days before recording so that's what I went for at the time. You absolutely can play it the way you suggest. There's often more than one way to play something on bass so go for it if it works...
Man, you're good!
Thanks Kevin 🙏
Could you do the bass line in Bowies China Girl please
Great bass line! I'll put it on the list.
nice toneee 🔥🔥 it's a pre EB? right?
Thanks. Yes: 1978.
@@OnlineBassCourses Damn. Rare!
Are you rocking old stainless steel rounds on this? (I keep going between old SS rounds or flat wounds on my StingRay)
Yes I am. Elites Players 45-105
@@OnlineBassCourses Nice! I really dig the sound. I got some TI jazz flats on the StingRay and, I must say, I really dig it! (I've bought and sold so many because I always feel like StingRay is one of those basses that sounds great in OTHER people's hands. I can never get the sound in my head. But the flats are a new endeavor)
Just discovered your channel and I really dig it, man. I've subscribed.
@@OnlineBassCourses p.s. my dad was one of the trumpet players in Chic post-Bernard Edwards era. So while I never got to meet the legend, I have gotten to meet Nile, which was pretty friggin' epic and definitely part of what made me want to also pursue a career in music! FUNK ON!
@@groovinonfunk Thanks - I really appreciate that!
@@groovinonfunk That's so cool! What an inspirational thing to have happened.
Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Fantastic . Glide by pleasure or thinking of you which again is one Bernard’s finest pls.
+Michael Gilbey great suggestions! They’re on the list....
Online Bass Courses that’s great. I’ll look forward to it .
Awesome vid I hope to play as well you do one day.
Thanks very much for watching. If I can do this then you can too. Just keep practicing and you'll be able to play really well!
Very accurate insite . thank you . Mega stuff
+Robbie Sampson thank you!
nice video !
🙏 thanks
I have gig next month i joined this one band they want play this song all of the band memberts have been playing their instruments like 10 years and i have 1.5 year and i have to learn i cannot play it with the right tempo using fingerstyle slap doesnt sound good and this is my only option hope i learn it from ur video
Slightly unfair to put you in that position! Just do what you can even if you don't use the 'correct' technique. Good luck!
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Jakske JaJajAjaa I do it with the tip of my index finger.
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Awesome.
Dan, It bothered me a bit when you said Bernard Edward probably looked across the recording studio and saw what Nile Rodgers was doing he is doing and it was influenced by him.
Bernard was the back bone of Chic, he played that style from their earliest songs, it was natural to him, that's why his bass playing was so special. Nile actually said Bernard inspired him to play this funk style that he plays. Nile mastered the technique and they both are legends, and for the best music partnership in history.
It was just a throwaway comment based on a theory formed in a millisecond. I wouldn't give it too much thought! Bernard was -and remains- one of the greatest bass players of all time.
@@OnlineBassCourses I totally understand thanks for the reply Dan. I'm looking forward to more videos like this.
Niles Rodgers Netflix brought me here. The music of Chic was genius. 😷💯😎🙏. Thank you.
I’ll check that out. Thanks for watching!