5 Bernard Edwards Basslines (and how to play them)
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- My 5 favourite 'Nard basslines! Tabs, tracks and isolated bass available on my Patreon: / huwfoster
Thanks to Nick "Twister" Owen for all his help in the making of this video!
0:00 Intro
1:38 Everybody Dance
2:11 ED Demo
3:43 ED Tutorial
9:07 I Want Your Love
9:32 IWYL Demo
11:14 IWYL Tutorial
16:24 Thinking of You
16:42 ToY Demo
17:41 ToY Tutorial
21:57 We Are Family
22:30 WAF Demo
24:12 WAF Tutorial
28:34 My Forbidden Lover
28:51 MFL Demo
30:39 MFL Tutorial
36:32 Outro
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Bernard would tap you on the shoulder and would say ' You got It"
Beautiful tribute to one of my favorite bass players.
I learned a lot. Well done !
Thank you.
You have done some major work here, l have spent so many hours trying to get it right, and I didn't 😅! I haven't seen anybody of YT coming remotely close to your accuracy and seriousness! I wish you were around 10 years ago, people don't understand how much it takes to play this lines accurate!! You're from now on my nr 1 bassite!! Thanks!!
You are fantastic man. Unbelievable 😢
shit still resonates today as strong as when it came out. thanks for the vid, great selection, guest and tutorials
edwards, even as revered as he is, is still underrated
:discoclap:
Re "saying so much with so little" and "I Want Your Love" -- as a rank beginner starting to grapple with this, I feel lucky that while there are other bass lines I like a lot ("Love Hangover", "Don't Leave Me This Way", "To Be Real", etc), my favorite happens to be within basic reach. I say basic, because hitting the notes is one thing, getting Edwards' tone is another. Thanks for the in-depth coverage of my favorite bass track.
Great breakdowns. One of my favorite Chic tunes is Sao Paulo. Another awesome bass line is Savoire Faire. Thanks for the vid
Having spent countless hours listening to Bernard Edwards' playing...this is great. Cool hat too.
So clear. Right pace and no waffle. The way you through in a few references to keys and scales makes that interesting. I'm off to search the rest of your stuff. Well done.
Bernard Edwards is amazing, I love every single bass line he’s played. ✌️😙
He was phenomenal!!
@@sandrasanders706 Bless him, I’d love it if he was still alive. ✌️😁
Hey Huw, I think you have mastered who to me is one of the all time great rythm bassist. Incredible work. Bernard Edwards IS THE reason I picked up this instrument and while I can't even get close on most of these bass lines, they give me a challenge to strive for. Thank you for sharing some of his secrets. Great work Mate.
Very nice stuff!! 👌👌👌
Absolutely loved this video, your infectious enthusiasm for the bass playing was fantastic
Thanks, mr. Foster!
Great video. Thank you! And thanks for bringing attention to the music of CHIC - the Parthenon of Rock n Roll.
Bernard is one of my favorite Bassists. You do a great job transcribing his lines. 🫵🏼 Great job. I Subscribed 👍🏼
Huw, your love for Bernard's lines shines through. Great choices and well played. This might have to leap ahead on my practice pile.
Thanks so much! He really is one of my favourite bassists of all time, and the funny thing is that the realisation happened gradually. Maybe it’s because I play ‘We Are Family’ most weekends, and never get bored!
Bernard is my FAVE! Him and Nile wearing those BLU blockers on mtv was my entire childhood! Thanx Stu!
You the man! 💯
Youre Caucasian bass brother Tbzl Foshzl, Charlotte NC
Great series, had a lot of fun listening to you play :D Thanks for doing this!
LOVE this!!! Beautifully done mate ❤ 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼
Your videos are always so good bro ❤ loved it
Man!! This is an awesome video!!! Great content!!
Excellent content and playing as always! 👍🏾🙏🏿
Well researched, exceptional playing. Top work, Huw!
So great. Thank you so much for this! And you nailed the tone.
If you're taking requests for similar segments, my vote is Leon Sylvers III!
Excellent video thanks Huw 👌🔥
This is so well done and such an incredible resource for bass players, especially those that love funk. One of my favorite Bernard basslines is Sao Paulo. So amazing and tricky to perfect.
Your videos are gold!
Superb job.
Excellent breakdown of these amazing basslines and also great selection. It's really hard to pick just a few amongst Bernard's masterful basslines, but I would have selected the same.
My Forbidden Lover is particularly amazing and challenging. The fills are so incredibly funky and tasteful!
Even the apparently simplest basslines Bernard created have little details and such great touch that actually replicating the groove is not easy, but you did it so well!
Best explanation of the chucking technique that I have found to date. Subscribed and have been practicing this for hours :). Thanks!
Just came across your channel. Love the fact that you are nailing down all my bass heroes that provided me fun and inspiration during the 80s when I started learning bass. You have a new fellow bass player who supports you via patreon. Thank you for passing on the excitement of playing bass!
Appreciate the kind words, and thanks for signing up!
I was struggling with the chucking technique. Not so much how to do it, but it just wouldn’t sound right. Too aggressive with my nails. But then when you mentioned it was palm muted I did that and the tone was nailed straight away. Thanks!!!
Very cool, as always.👍
Thanks Eugene!
you got it. accurate as hell. Edward was genius!
Cracking vid Huw thanks man.
Thanks!
Great great breakdown. Many thanks!
Bruv, you nailed these
OMG learn something new everyday God bless these originators and trendsetters.
Excellent Video, top to bottom. Thank You!
Thanks for the tips! I will most definitely attempt trying them first chance I get. Yours... is the most intricate lesson I've seen on Bernard's style. Past fascinating; more inspirational! I'm going to try it! 🎸 ✌️
Awesome video ! Thank you ! His basslines are very very nice.
I have to learn the chucking or chunking technique.
First time viewing your channel. Wow - this is excellent! Subscribed and I'll definitely be checking out all your videos 🤩
Fantastic video - thanks a lot!
Your amazing
Nice work RIP Bernard Edwards
Thanks a lot! Great work
Thanks foster
Excellent, vous êtes un super bassiste, bravo.
Merci beaucoup!
As a GUITAR PLAYER...(and sometime bass player), "Nard's" bass lines were the anthem to my youth.
I first heard Chic, and very soon after Sister Sledge, in 1977...and I was HOOKED! 😳
YOUR playing...is the NEAREST I've ever heard to getting BE's style and tone DEAD RIGHT!
Amazing "chucking"...😊
And...WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAYMAN (Shergold?) FROM?! 🤔
They are rare as hens teeth now.
I remember when the first came out!
Thanks for the kind words!
I got the Hayman from someone on the Basschat forum. They had bought it off someone who rescued the original, replacing the bowed neck with a Shergold one. So technically it’s a Hayman and a Shergold!
Very nice. Many thanks
Nailed that feel like a boss👍
BOOM!
love this! bookmarked
Huw, you rock! Could you think about doing a similar segment on Mark Adams of Slave? That would be awesome!
Never seen the technique on the 1st song before, thank you. I believe a new callus is in my near future. Also never seen a Hayman before, sounds great !
Bernard used the chucking technique a few times - I believe you can hear it on ‘I’m Coming Out’ by Diana Ross as well. It takes some getting used to, but really fun! Let me know how you get on.
I personally would have swapped out “Everybody Dance” with “Dance, Dance, Dance” although comparable in some regards the complexity with playing those octaves at that speed in “Dance, Dance, Dance” would have been more worthy of your time IMHO.
Great work showing the world the awesome talent that was BE.
I agree with the comments below: really beautifully done!
Awesome awesome awesome 👏
Greg video Huw. The amount of talking is perfect.
Haha, thanks Cesar!
Subscribed! What is that first bass you’re using ? Everything on your video is perfect. That’s what I strive for as well. Cheers.
Thanks! It’s a Hayman 40-40.
Hey, how could I miss your videos? Very nice! Btw, was your stingray strung with flats during this video? Monster tone! Cheers from Italy
Thanks! Both basses are strung with the same flats - Ernie Ball Group III
HI and thank you for this lesson , the more hard for me is ,Everybody Dance
You, me and everyone else! What a roast.
😁@@HuwFoster sure !
Yooo I'm super impressed by ur sense of time and groove, is there any specific exercise u did to get it so good or is it just playing to tons of records/recording yourself/playing with other musicians?
Nothing specific, but a lot of what you mentioned, particularly focusing on note length, attack, ghost notes and so on.
@@HuwFoster hmmm okay great thanks, the funky adventures continue then
That was excellent. How did you figure out how to do the chucking technique?
Years ago I saw a quick tutorial on UA-cam, maybe this one? ua-cam.com/video/RnBJWwK4kks/v-deo.htmlsi=SXL50sVUJXCSeMJG
Could you add Good Times
Very nice video as usual , to be near of Bernard Sound which strings size & brand is good to use & they are Flat Wound ? I know that the secret is in the hand & fingers for sure but ? What should I go for ?
The strings I mention in the video are good for getting the Bernard sound IMO. Ernie Ball Group III.
@@HuwFoster thank you so much you videos are amazing 👍🙏🙏🙏
The bass you are playing is a special bass you manufactured yourself ? or I can find one similar & where ? Or what is the nearest sounding bass similar to Bernard old sound which bass you recommend I go for to buy ? Tk have similar sojnd style
The bass I’m using for most of the video is a Musicman Stingray. They’re not cheap though! There are cheaper brands as well - Sterling by Music Man is a licensed cheaper version, and you can still get second hand OLP basses which are a similar deal.
@@HuwFoster thank you so much
Huw does he use the chucking technique for the song my feet keep dancing?
In the verses? I think potentially yes. I can just about hear some ghost notes that would suggest so.
@@HuwFoster thank you.
For All You Chic / Prince Fans a Mashup / Remix Of This Classic Tune. With Prince On The Vocals. Enjoy!!!
ua-cam.com/video/qHnHr7r6yVA/v-deo.htmlsi=MtuOmsTZDGIGtuf0
Wow that thing you are playing is so weird :D
You didn't have to do a lot of talking. Just play the Basslines.
And you didn’t have to leave the comment, but here we are.
@@HuwFoster at the first line, stroke without a pick? is it your finger?
@@HuwFoster sassy.
Me personally, I play the Bass guitar myself. I like Bernard Edwards the bass player from Chic.And I was influenced by Bernard Edwards just to name a few.
Yes, the chucking technique is done with the finger. I explain in the video, but can outline it as follows: lightly put your thumb and finger together as if holding a pick (but with a bit of your fingertip poking out), then use the nail of your finger for downstrokes, and the fingertip for upstrokes.
dude you talk too much
Thanks for the comment. You can always skip straight to the playing - UA-cam breaks the video into chapters. Have a great day.
I think you don't talk too much, your analysis is very precious! I love Bernard's playing, I've dug it a lot and your content is awesome. So a massive thank you for this vid :)
Piss off