What i love so much about myung's playing is that he never noodles or meanders,despite playing in a band known for flashy instrumentation,he knows when to hold things back
29:32 - 33:14 kills me every time. Of all the music I've listened to (which is a lot being a sound engineer and lecturer), this piece is probably one of the simplest, purest and awesomest soft triggers.
+Dalton Coste He might, but what I think is that he really talks honestly regardless of what the other people say. So, you can't really get that out in public because people are complete idiots.
As an aspiring and beginning bass student, I am almost obsessed with learning to play like John Myung. I realize I have a lot of work ahead of me but so worth it.
Even after 18 years playing, John Myung does not stop to impress me. Even if I can play most of his work with Dream Theater, it never ceases to amaze me how creative and beautifully crafted his bass lines are. You got a good role model for your musical journey.
@Martin Doll No problem, it's Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. In other words, it describes the feeling of being calm and serene based on a trigger. In our case, John Myung's voice has an ASMR quality...it's soft and soothing/calming! And I personally agree lol 😄
This video and JM are the reason I got my first 6 string bass when I was 14 years old and I still have it today, one of my very favorite instruments. Feels really nostalgic watching this today..
31:41 Whoa, that moment when the random groove you've been jammin on for 2 minutes suddenly turns into the "Awake Jam"/ intro to John Petrucci's Rock Discipline video. Nice!
Personally I admire this tone. I'm pretty close to it myself, but I think the pinnacle of his sound was on the score DVD. Unbelievable; fat, a little dirty, plenty of punch, midrange and highs in the right places, the absolute perfect bass tone.
He uses some light distortion as his baseline tone too. When playing fingerstyle in a metal band you have two options really. Either go for an Opeth Blackwater Park mix and have the bass be all boomy and fat or go for some top end distortion to cut through the mix
I really wish he'd come out with a solo album. Free Port Jam was epic and really showed off his skills. DT needs to take a break so that can happen and so JP can get his damn second solo album out
When i hear people say that,,, I tell them that it’s two different instruments. if you want to play bass, you better be able to walk up on a stage and play any song and it doesn’t matter if you heard it or not… that’s the difference. Guitar doesn’t follow the bottom.
@@FirstLast-cd6vv That's not the point... When you get to the more advanced stuff, bass is definitely not an easy instrument to play. Any fool with functioning arms can pickup a bass and play the root notes to a pop song, but not many people who haven't dedicated years and years of practice on bass can play the stuff that John Myung plays.
How many bassists does it take to change a lightbulb?..... only one... John Myung... but you wouldn't have him waste his time on such petty things. "I'll get that for you John. Keep ripping on that bass."
I have the first tapping part stuck in my head, beautiful....I realize after 've been playing for 20 years that 3 beautiful and simple notes have more impact than 30 useless and without spirit notes. excuse my bad english.
1998AD - "it's time for Pattern 5" 2037AD - "It's time for Pattern 109354.4" 2038AD - "Now that we've made sure that our intonation is acceptable, let's start our warm-up." 68578AD - "Thank-you for watching Bassing Into Infinity. For the *full* video, please subscribe."
I can't be the only one blown away at how detail oriented this video proves him to be. It's almost a shame, he clearly is the one member of the band (other than LaBrie, who doesn't really count) that isn't in it for the sake of playing really fast over the actual music composition.
Anda sangat hebat tapi juga rendah hati.. saya kagum dg anda john myung. Permainan anda sangat berkarakter sebagai suhunya master bass dunia dan permainan bass anda juga sangat cocok ngeklik dengan mike portnoy drummer... Sangat bagus.
if you are asking what if john myung plays guitar the answer is yes, because he needs to know what chords will play before he play the notes of bass so if john myung knows how to play guitar he can jam with petrucci
There's something sort of funny to me that half of this video is him playing stuff you could learn pretty much anywhere and over non-Dream Theater sounding backing tracks and progressions. Wish he would have covered more things that are distinctive to his style, like his three finger technique, or even just some Dream Theater riffs.
but what most people don't know about john is that he is only aloud to speak a certain amount within a year so after this he didn't talk for a while & the wife was very upset so she has band him from doing any more instructional dvds lol
@Will Steckman Opinions on tone are purely subjective - one man's trash is yet another's treasure. Making a blanket statement such as "this is awful" negates any other person's opinion about matters [including John's]. There are more opinions than yours, Will. Anyone who is interested, John has one of these Tung 6 strings for sale at Bass Central in Florida.
This one is a Tung bass, he had one around the Awake tour era. I heard only like 100 were ever made, and for that reason they're very hard to find. I saw one on eBay a few years ago but no clue where to get one now.
So say for the C major 7th chord patterns, he is playing C E G B In multiple positions and accentuating the Root to octave, 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 3-octave, 3-5... Etc, etc but along with minor 7th, dominant 7th and diminished 7th chords. Is that right?
there' s a saying in French, " La parole est d'argent; le silence est d'or". sure, the gentleman doesn't talk a lot, but dont lose your time searching for some articles about him talking trash. i believe there are none.
If you want to be a better electric bass player you should also listen to upright bass players as NielsHenning Ørsted Pedersen. Its playing helped me to get a better sound.
SUPERB TUTOR, Hey wait let me GRAB ME BASS OUTTA THE LIVIN ROOM.. hold on i can rewind this what's the rush... not to forget Geddy Lee haha love it spoilt for choice!
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What i love so much about myung's playing is that he never noodles or meanders,despite playing in a band known for flashy instrumentation,he knows when to hold things back
Intro 0:06
Tuning 1:44
Major 7th Pattern 1 3:40
Major 7th Pattern 2 4:20
Major 7th Pattern 3 5:00
Major 7th Pattern 4 5:40
Major 7th Pattern 5 6:21
Major 7th Pattern 6 7:02
Major 7th Pattern 7 7:44
Major 7th Pattern 8 8:25
Major 7th Pattern 9 9:04
Major 7th Pattern 10 9:45
Major 7th Pattern 11 10:25
Major 7th Pattern 12 11:05
Major 7th Pattern 13 11:45
Major 7th Pattern 14 12:26
Minor 7th Pattern 1 13:10
Minor 7th Pattern 2 13:50
Minor 7th Pattern 3 14:29
Minor 7th Pattern 4 15:08
Minor 7th Pattern 5 15:46
(6, 7, and 8 are missing)
Minor 7th Pattern 9 16:25
Minor 7th Pattern 10 17:05
Minor 7th Pattern 11 17:43
Minor 7th Pattern 12 18:27
Minor 7th Pattern 13 19:08
Minor 7th Pattern 14 19:47
Dominant 7th Pattern 1 20:55
Dominant 7th Pattern 2 21:33
Dominant 7th Pattern 3 22:11
Dominant 7th Pattern 4 22:51
Diminished 7th Pattern 1 23:32
Diminished 7th Pattern 2 24:10
Diminished 7th Pattern 3 24:49
Diminished 7th Pattern 4 25:30
Application of all that 26:22
Solar Groove 29:32
Backward Modal Approach Root 34:08
Backward Modal Approach 2nd 35:43
Backward Modal Approach 3rd 36:12
Backward Modal Approach 4th 36:50
Backward Modal Approach 5th 37:09
Backward Modal Approach 6th 37:22
Backward Modal Approach 7th 37:44
Harmonic Positions 39:19
Harmonic Bass Groove 41:25
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream 42:22
A Change of Seasons 43:11
Trills 44:18
Diminished 7th Finger Strength Exercise 45:52
Pentatonic Finger Technique Exercise 46:39
Tapping Solo 48:17
Chord Tapping 49:39
Free Port Jam 51:06
BONUS:
At the end, at the end 29:22
Bass solo within a bass solo 48:11
John Myung sign-off 55:02
Not every hero wears cape
I will be coming back to this for years won't I
me too
41:29 Sweep harmonics on a bass guitar is absolutely insane
His tone sounds like the smoothest Piano I've ever heard...
29:32 - 33:14 kills me every time. Of all the music I've listened to (which is a lot being a sound engineer and lecturer), this piece is probably one of the simplest, purest and awesomest soft triggers.
Time stamp appreciated.
He has a really calming voice.
I came here for this 41:25 AWESOME TUNE!
Yeah man. It's awesome!
this shit right here just convinced me to finally get a bass. damn!!!
What song is this?
@@omagodosgraves He made it just to show the potencial of harmonic content in a song. But there is no name...
After recording this they say he took a vow of silence
+Dalton Coste He might, but what I think is that he really talks honestly regardless of what the other people say. So, you can't really get that out in public because people are complete idiots.
I watched this video just to hear him talk, and of course show some skill
"I watched this video just to hear him talk" same here
I'm 51 and have never heard his voice until right .. now ..
When the master speaks, we listen
48:00 The bass solo within a bass solo!
bassception
The inception of a meme for the ages! 😍
As an aspiring and beginning bass student, I am almost obsessed with learning to play like John Myung. I realize I have a lot of work ahead of me but so worth it.
Chad words. I share your dream brother
Even after 18 years playing, John Myung does not stop to impress me. Even if I can play most of his work with Dream Theater, it never ceases to amaze me how creative and beautifully crafted his bass lines are. You got a good role model for your musical journey.
This dude voice has asmr triggers
@Martin Doll No problem, it's Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. In other words, it describes the feeling of being calm and serene based on a trigger. In our case, John Myung's voice has an ASMR quality...it's soft and soothing/calming!
And I personally agree lol 😄
If that's true for you, then you might be flaming
@@vasilias2230it has nothing to do with sex
I remember renting this video from my local music store 20 years ago. I remember being blown away from the beauty of his simplicity and tone.
yah dude i was like, WTF ill never be this good
one could not say this a better way!!
I still.own this vhs. Stu hamm's pop slap n tap is another great video as well. That was my first bass video
This man is my all time hero
Just pure talent unfiltered
Legend has it....he knocked this entire thing out in one take and was back in his car less than an hour later....BAM
Probably the coolest guy in the whole universe.
That open B will always remind me of anything John Myung . Just sounds so powerful
This video and JM are the reason I got my first 6 string bass when I was 14 years old and I still have it today, one of my very favorite instruments. Feels really nostalgic watching this today..
31:41 Whoa, that moment when the random groove you've been jammin on for 2 minutes suddenly turns into the "Awake Jam"/ intro to John Petrucci's Rock Discipline video. Nice!
Personally I admire this tone. I'm pretty close to it myself, but I think the pinnacle of his sound was on the score DVD. Unbelievable; fat, a little dirty, plenty of punch, midrange and highs in the right places, the absolute perfect bass tone.
True!
'Unbelievable; fat, a little dirty, plenty of punch, midrange and highs in the right places'
Like you mum.
It’s a Tung Wingbass. Unfortunately only 100 were ever made so obviously they’re incredibly rare but John owns at least 3 of them
I absolutely loved his tone from I&W and Awake times. Especially the latter. Tung basses were really good by they looks of it.
He uses some light distortion as his baseline tone too. When playing fingerstyle in a metal band you have two options really. Either go for an Opeth Blackwater Park mix and have the bass be all boomy and fat or go for some top end distortion to cut through the mix
He doesn't need to talk. He says all he needs to with his playing.
"la parole est d'argent; le silence est d'or" -unknown author...
@@NikkieRoxxx what does it mesmo?
@@omagodosgraves means " speakjng is silver; keeping still is gold"
I just love his bass tone in this video it's so much different than when he switched to Musicman
I really wish he'd come out with a solo album. Free Port Jam was epic and really showed off his skills. DT needs to take a break so that can happen and so JP can get his damn second solo album out
Thanks to the pandemics!
RIP to anyone who started learning the bass because it was "easier than guitar".
😆😆😆😆
A good guitar player can also play bass. The opposite is not as true.
@@FirstLast-cd6vv with a pick yes, but real bassists don't use a pick so really they have no fucking idea how to play bass...
When i hear people say that,,, I tell them that it’s two different instruments. if you want to play bass, you better be able to walk up on a stage and play any song and it doesn’t matter if you heard it or not… that’s the difference. Guitar doesn’t follow the bottom.
@@FirstLast-cd6vv That's not the point... When you get to the more advanced stuff, bass is definitely not an easy instrument to play. Any fool with functioning arms can pickup a bass and play the root notes to a pop song, but not many people who haven't dedicated years and years of practice on bass can play the stuff that John Myung plays.
When you own a four-string, and watch this video:
"Mom, can I buy a six-string bass?"
John Myung is the Chuck Norris of the bass world. He's so bad ass, just thinking of watching him play blows me away......🤘🏽
so whose the bruce lee of bass
@@theonlywaycandoit4282victor Wooten or jaco pastorius
the first tapping part is hypnotic, stuck in my head since 4 days.
How many bassists does it take to change a lightbulb?..... only one... John Myung... but you wouldn't have him waste his time on such petty things. "I'll get that for you John. Keep ripping on that bass."
I can listen to him talk all day.
How fucking good is that bass harmonics groove!? That’s some funky shit.
These exercises sound like a vaporwave song with the old school MIDI backing track.
John Myung penso il meglio bassista in assoluto dei nostri tempi invidio i suoi bassi e strumentazione 🤩😪😪
41:25 start to groove that i will never forget...
Hi everybody here in 2024?
If a bass player don't like this video.......there is wrong ? What a lesson he giving
Having trouble sleeping? Turn this video on, and lay down.
@americannovice americannovice Watch Bob Ross and let your eyes go. Easy.
I do
@@보미-l8e yea 😆😆
Actually I've been doing this past couple of weeks and no joke, it works amazingly
@@wetji1233 yea it does
His bass patterns in the beginning are making me fall asleep.
So hypnotic! The "Solar Groove" too. Puts me to sleep, and I mean that in the best possible way.
very good lesson to extend the 6 string vocabulary, and thank you for the music sheet:)
It's a masterpiece. Thank you John.
I have the first tapping part stuck in my head, beautiful....I realize after 've been playing for 20 years that 3 beautiful and simple notes have more impact than 30 useless and without spirit notes. excuse my bad english.
I agree...less is more. It's more important (for me), to lock in with the kick drum.
solar groove is super catchy ... loving it
based on Cry for freedom
Legend
One of the first DVDs I bought years ago ❤❤❤
50:59 ''i like to end with a MINDFUCKER jam that no one oculd ever do beside me. U got bless'' XD
the jam at the end is great, with those tappings that sound like chords, and the jazzfusion solos...man
51:22 *It is the same place and the same time where Mike Portnoy also made the Instructional Video*
MIZORAM - Mafaka Hnamte crossover
Such a beautiful solo at the end..
JM is LEGENDARY...
1998AD - "it's time for Pattern 5"
2037AD - "It's time for Pattern 109354.4"
2038AD - "Now that we've made sure that our intonation is acceptable, let's start our warm-up."
68578AD - "Thank-you for watching Bassing Into Infinity. For the *full* video, please subscribe."
welcome to my first (and my last) instructional video
Yea I wish he did more instructional videos 😢
WHO THE HELL CAN POSSIBLY DONT LIKE THIS
Speech: 100
Triple Esspresso originality: 100
Even though
Truth: 1000000
I can't be the only one blown away at how detail oriented this video proves him to be. It's almost a shame, he clearly is the one member of the band (other than LaBrie, who doesn't really count) that isn't in it for the sake of playing really fast over the actual music composition.
can definitely see the geddy lee influence.
I think if you were to look in his wardrobe you would find black everything lol
Portnoy showed exactly this on a vídeo lol
@@machrider3223 Do you know what video lol
Find one of those backstage DT videos where they show the wardrobe
The backward modal approach stuff is great. I’m learning six string bass and I think will come in handy!
well he is the only memeber of the band who has never recorded a back round vocal track or talked at a concert EVER
Kinda wish I still had a VHS player. I bought this a long time ago when I first got into Dream Theater. The guys is an absolute unit.
Anda sangat hebat tapi juga rendah hati.. saya kagum dg anda john myung. Permainan anda sangat berkarakter sebagai suhunya master bass dunia dan permainan bass anda juga sangat cocok ngeklik dengan mike portnoy drummer... Sangat bagus.
33:20 that face you make when you know you’re the best bass player on earth
if you are asking what if john myung plays guitar the answer is yes, because he needs to know what chords will play before he play the notes of bass so if john myung knows how to play guitar he can jam with petrucci
I don't think so, I'm pretty sure he's a keyboard player and uses keys to figure out the chords
That Casio keyboard backing track tho
41:25 is insanely cool
Thanks for video and tab
YO DAWG, I HEARD YOU LIKE BASS SOLOS... SO WE PUT A BASS SOLO IN YOUR BASS SOLO SO YOU CAN BASS SOLO WHILE YOU BASS SOLO!
I half expected JM to open his mouth and have a narrator talk for him the whole time. These are the most words JM has ever said in his life x20
There's something sort of funny to me that half of this video is him playing stuff you could learn pretty much anywhere and over non-Dream Theater sounding backing tracks and progressions. Wish he would have covered more things that are distinctive to his style, like his three finger technique, or even just some Dream Theater riffs.
in an ironic twist of fate, john myung has a worse long island accent than most of the jewish housewives on his block
47:58 What you all came for
Thanks
🤣
Does anyone know of a way to get the actual book, the download is in such poor quality
My finger hurts by watching this
31:42 if you want to salivate and wonder if you'll ever be able achieve that type of sound on a bass.
but what most people don't know about john is that he is only aloud to speak a certain amount within a year so after this he didn't talk for a while & the wife was very upset so she has band him from doing any more instructional dvds lol
@Will Steckman Opinions on tone are purely subjective - one man's trash is yet another's treasure. Making a blanket statement such as "this is awful" negates any other person's opinion about matters [including John's]. There are more opinions than yours, Will.
Anyone who is interested, John has one of these Tung 6 strings for sale at Bass Central in Florida.
OH MY GOD DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF BASS THAT IS? BEAUTIFUL!
This one is a Tung bass, he had one around the Awake tour era. I heard only like 100 were ever made, and for that reason they're very hard to find. I saw one on eBay a few years ago but no clue where to get one now.
I am guitaris but still this OG stuff. JM got some Tony Levin (Crimson) vibes there. JM- legend.
JohnMyung is Cool!!!
So say for the C major 7th chord patterns, he is playing C E G B In multiple positions and accentuating the Root to octave, 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 3-octave, 3-5... Etc, etc but along with minor 7th, dominant 7th and diminished 7th chords. Is that right?
John Myung, Herman Li, and Chris GuanLao need to form a band.
Man Solar Groove is beautiful, I hope i can learn it!
That tapping part in the beginning is similar to Platypus' song "Yoko Againo" bassline.
It's rare to see him saying more than 7 words each 10 seconds.
there' s a saying in French, " La parole est d'argent; le silence est d'or". sure, the gentleman doesn't talk a lot, but dont lose your time searching for some articles about him talking trash. i believe there are none.
Isn't he a GENIUS?
28:45 to get to the good stuff.
If you want to be a better electric bass player you should also listen to upright bass players as NielsHenning Ørsted Pedersen. Its playing helped me to get a better sound.
51:04 and Pause it.
I'm pregnant
he knows his shit
Flawless technique.
That intro rif though!
SUPERB TUTOR,
Hey wait let me GRAB ME BASS OUTTA THE LIVIN ROOM..
hold on i can rewind this what's the rush...
not to forget Geddy Lee haha love it spoilt for choice!
His tone when soloing is very similar to Tetsuo Sakurai from casiopea, really cool.
I'm the 77,777th viewer of this video.
unintentional asmr
Just because they all have long hair doesn't mean they need to be in one band!
Well now Jordan's bald so yknow
For a beginner him having no fret dots was confusing to me over 20 yrs ago lol
Watched... just to hear him speak.
Really hard work!!! good stuff
THANK YOU so much for this :D
I opened this video only to listen to him talking...
😆😆😆
Best asmr