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I liked the LaScala and Sansamp best. That Busetto is tubby hey. I got used to the sound though. I play Yardbird Suite with a singer would it be best to dial down the bass movement?

Great lesson, Chris. I just started teaching as a temporary guitar instructor at a respected university here in my state. I'll use some of your methods. Greetings from Brazil.

So inspiring ! Many thanks.

great video.. interesting points made

Fantastic lesson here Chris! You mentioned that you know Rufus Reid and are a faculty member. About 30 some odd years ago I met a bassist named Michael Zisman who went on to study with Rufus and move to the east coast (I live on the west coast and we attended the College of San Mateo). Do you know Michael perhaps?

Thank you so much for making this video. As I reconsider how I've been holding and playing my bass for several decades, it is incredibly helpful to see the variety of ways that players hold their bass and why. I realize that this video was created 8 years ago, but viewing it now for the first time, I notice a couple of glaring oversights: 1) there are no short people, and 2) there are no women. It would be even more helpful to see how people with a bigger variety of body shapes and sizes hold the bass, and also very valuable to see greater representation is bassists, especially in gender.

Good to go, l am really leaning new things. Thank you

Thank you

Thanks Chris, this is very helpful..

Great series! I came back now for the third time to re-restart my jazz bass journey!

intelligent green shirt, showed back view....

Very inspiring and quality videos in this series. As a bassist but also clarinetist, I would be interested to know the references of the recording of the short extract 1:00 to 1:48 (not in the credits !) ? Thanks in Advance !

This is amazing , gret lesson

Tnx a lot.

Top!!!Obrigado!!

I think the best explanation I have seen for a beginner, thank you

Keys to the Kingdom with CF's WBL, Parts 1 and 2! Thank you!

This is by far the best video on walking bass I've found. I think systematically shedding this stuff is the golden ticket to functional jazz bass and creates about as solid a platform as one can expect for a lifetime of exploration.

Thanks very much for sharing this !

Well, that was one of the best hours I've spent on the internet in a long time. Thank you guys.

Thank you for all your classes!

Is the pdf still available?

Thank you!

Beautiful video. Intelligent discussion of the philosophy of double bass amplification and various examples that illustrate our options quite well. The Noble really does seem like a one of a kind piece of gear. One question though. The final example, which you describe as the most accurate representation of your gig sound (a mic ten feet away(skin), normalized quieter than the DI sound (skeleton) coming out of speakers) Sounds great. If you’re ten feet away. At larger venues, or for every audience member that is not right up on the stage, the level of the natural acoustic bass sound will decrease to nothing, such that people in the back of the club are truly hearing just the Noble. Are you using a microphone as well at your gigs, to remedy this, or is this just the reality of amplifying an acoustic instrument in larger room? 🙏

Grazie per questo generoso contributo...non è da tutti. Complimenti.

This is great, I am a slow and on the chalk board learner. The thumbnail was a place for professions while I was in school, I realize now thought the things were small, we were left to our own to 'realize' the rest school was pretty much first pisitions; 'meat and potates' need to know basics. Thank you very much. I'll be back for more.

Poor old Rufus' plucking technique comparison at the start of his segment was flawed. He was using the side of his finger to demonstrate his favoured technique and the tip of his finger to make the weaker sound. That's mostly what created the contrasting sounds, not his arm movements! lol

What amp are you using now? Still using the Phil Jones?

Excellent. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for the videos on Walking Bass .... I appreciate your hard work and generosity

I didn't get it until you brought in Wolverine in the skeleton and skin/skin and bones analogy. Thank you for this. You provided some value in my life today.

I notice that in every one of these examples, quarter notes are being played. Let me see sixteenth notes being played, or musical turns. You are very limited when using that one finger technique when playing melodies or when soloing. Ron Carter, for example: I love Ron, but I cannot watch him play. His fingers look as if they're tied together, as if he has arthritis. It's actually painful to look at.

Seriously, thankyou for creating this with care and clarity. It's what I needed to hear.

Love this 👀Thank you, answers so many questions. What's the name of this standard? Love this melody and the changes

Chris is a true master.

Hi Chris, thanks for this very inspiring video. One thing that I find somehow missing( not just in this video but in most bass "instruction" videos) is exemples or advice for shifting down from the higher register to the lower: most exemples are scales going up, few going down and in my own experience I have much more problems (intonation, relaxation)going down. What do you think? Bernard(From France)

this is 1/2 size double bass?

I knew bits and pieces of this before, but these two videos have presented all this in a very clear and organized way and included a number of light-bulb-going-off type of moments! Thanks so much!

Great video! I immediately play without left hand pain after following your instruction. Thank you, Chris!

Thank you!

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Feels like I’m trying to cut off the tip of my thumb can’t wait to get a thumb callus

I’m still watching, this is awesome

only 555 likes?🤯 this world is cursed thank you very much for these great lessons!

Thank you for this wonderful video !

what's the name of the performance song.?

The more I teach and look for ways to explain the mechanics of the left hand and arm the more I find myself discussing the physics of building bridges. Strength in lines, rounded fingers, bent knuckles or joints, stress and strains etc…..

That was so much fun and so enlightening! Thank you! It took me back to my days at IU and sitting in my jazz history class with David Baker. 50 years on and a ton of musical experiences later I can easily recognize all the parallels between the styles. And when you mention Ornithology I had to think of Messiaen and his use birdsongs. Thanks again!

This is truly an amazing and clear lesson, thank you so much

I also would like to mention that you’re the ONLY person who’s been able to explain walking bass note choice. Thank you so much, professor! You are gods gift to bass players