Bassists: You Need to Practice Rhythm Changes

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

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  • @LetzBeaFranque
    @LetzBeaFranque 6 лет назад +165

    Her intonation is impeccable.

    • @deldia
      @deldia 4 года назад +2

      @@lubormrazek5545 haha brutal

    • @tedl7538
      @tedl7538 3 года назад +6

      @@lubormrazek5545
      Actually, there's not much little buzzing, and what does exist is in fact desirable as a very human, expressive by-product of playing the instrument.

    • @lubormrazek5545
      @lubormrazek5545 3 года назад

      @@tedl7538 ok, I just don't know what is @LetzBeaFranque talking about (moreover I just realized that I am sure whether impeccable is positive or negative)

    • @twylabrooks8263
      @twylabrooks8263 2 года назад

      That's our job as bass players , in time and in tune ...😎

    • @mtp4430
      @mtp4430 2 года назад +1

      @@lubormrazek5545 What your obviously unsure about is how to structure a grammatically correct sentence.

  • @wyc7tjmf794
    @wyc7tjmf794 7 лет назад +120

    I love her voice and the way she talks. That's the definition of being classy, lol.

    • @aryotaheri7421
      @aryotaheri7421 7 лет назад +9

      or being Australian =)

    • @cliverichards6282
      @cliverichards6282 7 лет назад +3

      A Sheila !!!

    • @tomd3098
      @tomd3098 6 лет назад +5

      And a jazz double bassist, amirite? *holds hand up for high five*

  • @Jedmanuel91
    @Jedmanuel91 7 лет назад +37

    I love her voice! Such a great instructor.

  • @carlquance2542
    @carlquance2542 2 года назад +3

    Nikki Parrott... a gem in the jazz world. 🥰

  • @waynematthews8165
    @waynematthews8165 2 года назад +4

    Superb intonation, lush tone, bags of swing and such a soothing voice!

  •  7 лет назад +69

    She is Walkodile Dundee

  • @tomd3098
    @tomd3098 6 лет назад +10

    Nice use of what I like to call rhythmic "trips" mostly using the opening strings. Your bass makes a bloody gorgeous sound too - sumptuous tone.

  • @oamadave
    @oamadave Год назад +1

    I had the pleasure of playing for you in a clinic at u Miami about 12 yrs ago, and after mentioning Pitter Panther Patter you said you would love to hear it :) It was such a joy, though I so wanted to play with you!! Thank you Nicki for that memory I will always cherish🙂

  • @JFXPals
    @JFXPals 6 лет назад +14

    It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!!! Thanks for the video.

  • @naufaladen2401
    @naufaladen2401 6 лет назад +8

    I love this page. Their instructor is really great and inspiring.

  • @danielpinto2939
    @danielpinto2939 4 года назад +4

    One of the best music teachers ever

  • @davewallace1209
    @davewallace1209 3 года назад +1

    I was watching you play with the sound off. The swing is still flowing out of you, visually. It is a most interesting experience, and enjoyable. Reminds me of watching Larry Gales on TV. You could feel the time just by watching his left hand.

  • @konoharf
    @konoharf 5 лет назад +5

    Musicians at the Lincoln Center are some of the finest out there!

  • @chumleyshaver7942
    @chumleyshaver7942 3 года назад +1

    @ 1:57 "Basic 32 baaaas, rhythm changes." Love you Nicki!

  • @Jeegug
    @Jeegug 6 лет назад +6

    bass and voice both are great!

  • @cupurro
    @cupurro 6 лет назад +2

    LOVE THE WAY YOU TALK LOVE THE WAY YOU WALK, LOVE THE WAY YOU LOOK....TO SAY THE LEAST YOU ARE THE MOST

  • @jyun7360
    @jyun7360 2 года назад

    She's so elegant, and well play, cheers.

  • @thyeconomy
    @thyeconomy 3 года назад

    Takes me back to my music school days. Walk it.

  • @Brett.Williams365
    @Brett.Williams365 Год назад

    Thank you. Walking bass sounds so good.

  • @Jkaterchannel
    @Jkaterchannel 6 лет назад +5

    Man! I have no words for how delightful this video is.

  • @ChanceC5
    @ChanceC5 5 лет назад +3

    I love this. It was absolutely delightful.

  • @johnmcfall2911
    @johnmcfall2911 6 лет назад +4

    absolutely superb! thanks for doing these videos nicki......you're an inspiration! x

  • @StrazzieB47
    @StrazzieB47 6 лет назад +31

    Damn. This makes me sad I gave up the Double Bass

    • @JazzAcademy
      @JazzAcademy  6 лет назад +57

      Never too late to pick up the bass again!

    • @jacekr2655
      @jacekr2655 4 года назад +4

      It's never too late to resume your studies. Get back with it!

    • @pecahndasmu
      @pecahndasmu 3 года назад +1

      Get back bro. That is what I did

  • @adamdixon6326
    @adamdixon6326 Год назад

    Wow I've been playing bass for yeeears and wanted to take a jab at the.big boy and watch the likes of John patitucci and struggled to grasp the theory of walking rhythms and chord or key changing Vocabulary or phrasing and she.just busted that door down for me. Thank you for the lesson mad'dam

  • @ulrichjackisch7637
    @ulrichjackisch7637 3 года назад

    gidday nicky Nicky, from Newcastle, in OS

  • @mateushabermann4400
    @mateushabermann4400 5 лет назад +3

    Instrumento fantástico

  • @tedl7538
    @tedl7538 3 года назад

    Yay, Nikki, great explanations, great playing!

  • @thegreattrun
    @thegreattrun 7 лет назад +30

    I am in love.

    • @arthurmee
      @arthurmee 7 лет назад +3

      Good for you.

    • @nickyelovich3872
      @nickyelovich3872 6 лет назад +4

      thegreattrun
      Don't be creepy

    • @nickg.3757
      @nickg.3757 6 лет назад

      I hear you, and I understand

    • @tonsilcrafted
      @tonsilcrafted 5 лет назад

      queue

    • @clintjones9848
      @clintjones9848 3 года назад

      I'm not in love, but you can tell how nice of a woman she is. I like how calm and intelligent she is, but she's being herself at the same time. It's kind of unique in this day, everyone's some sort of spaz or dumbass.

  • @kirbonite
    @kirbonite 6 лет назад +1

    YES PLEASE

  • @whodaman5
    @whodaman5 Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @nestormakhno5902
    @nestormakhno5902 5 лет назад +1

    ¡¡¡ Genial, bravo y gracias Nicki !!!

  • @trnglsmusic8113
    @trnglsmusic8113 7 лет назад +23

    Great tone! What brand of strings does she use?

  • @Shikatadayoto
    @Shikatadayoto 5 лет назад +1

    so nice!!

  • @JavierTijuana
    @JavierTijuana 7 лет назад +2

    Lovely!

  • @tltate
    @tltate 7 лет назад +4

    Awesome!

  • @ShinJeeseob
    @ShinJeeseob 4 года назад

    Lovely lesson by so lovely lady

  • @twylabrooks8263
    @twylabrooks8263 2 года назад

    Nice job overall, you can play...

  • @tmbs1139
    @tmbs1139 7 лет назад +1

    Bebop loves rhythm changes

  • @cemalyucel
    @cemalyucel 5 лет назад +1

    master...

  • @iamalpharius9483
    @iamalpharius9483 4 года назад +4

    I play fretless bass guitar. Have for over 30 years.....and my intonation with fret lines isnt as good as hers with NOTHING.
    .
    I quit.

  • @hahabass
    @hahabass 2 года назад

    Damn! Nikki is a badass! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @suonatoreincognito1057
    @suonatoreincognito1057 3 года назад

    Molto brava

  • @mcknight8225
    @mcknight8225 7 лет назад +1

    need more videos

  • @scottyhughes9179
    @scottyhughes9179 6 лет назад

    very nice.

  • @Hi-xs7wm
    @Hi-xs7wm 6 лет назад +1

    Great !

  • @ambasalmomin8903
    @ambasalmomin8903 6 лет назад +2

    Hi...is it easier for bassiest to catch up double bass both in classiscal and Jazz.

    • @olliteirikko
      @olliteirikko 3 года назад +1

      Easier than what? Nah.. Life is hard. But that doesn't help. Just play and stop whining.

  • @leroyosbourne3808
    @leroyosbourne3808 3 года назад

    Nicki Just gained another fan. Cest moi :-)

  • @licuricicostel30
    @licuricicostel30 3 года назад

    Bas impeccable woe

  • @jazzbassix2814
    @jazzbassix2814 2 года назад +2

    You don't have a problem playing unprepared major thirds (i.e. C to E-natural over Cm7)?

    • @stefairc4992
      @stefairc4992 2 года назад +1

      The E natural over Cm7 is ok because the next chord is going to F7, so it's just an approach tone. Sounds fine and is used all the time.

    • @embodiedconducting
      @embodiedconducting 2 года назад

      @@stefairc4992 We can agree to disagree.

    • @stefairc4992
      @stefairc4992 2 года назад +3

      @@embodiedconducting It's ok to disagree, but if you check out the great Paul Chambers, he plays it too. Take a look at a transcription to him playing Oleo with Miles Davis and you will find him play E natural over Cm7 as a passing tone to F7. If it's good enough for Mr. PC, it's good enough for me.

  • @nicholasscott9672
    @nicholasscott9672 7 лет назад +1

    nice

  • @daddywhatchucookin2924
    @daddywhatchucookin2924 6 лет назад +1

    HOW DO YOU PLAY THAT IN TUNE!?!?

    • @bustabass9025
      @bustabass9025 5 лет назад +1

      The same way you do anything well...commitment and practice, practice, practice. Oh, did I mention practice,😆

  • @nyambe
    @nyambe 6 лет назад

    wow

  • @ColtraneTaylor
    @ColtraneTaylor 4 года назад

    How does she manage to sound sophisticated when people probably call her Ms. Parrot?

  • @MusicTeacherGuyNorristown
    @MusicTeacherGuyNorristown 4 года назад

    That's not a knife... THAT'S a knife!

  • @anniephan688
    @anniephan688 7 лет назад +1

    i want to be you

  • @leoparcoeur
    @leoparcoeur 3 года назад

    Oh god no! I'm in love again!

  • @alexandergallant6444
    @alexandergallant6444 5 лет назад +2

    Talk to me Jazzy bassist

  • @cnrbsmth
    @cnrbsmth 5 лет назад

    Did she drop a beat around 2.30?

    • @sean_on_bass
      @sean_on_bass 4 года назад

      She did not drop a beat, just walked through the changes a little less deliberately in that little section.

    • @intrepidpooch
      @intrepidpooch 3 года назад

      No she didn't.

  • @AlexSosaBolivia
    @AlexSosaBolivia 6 лет назад +4

    Yes but no mention of being able to hear the changes. If you can’t tell the difference between a B and an F, or can’t discern a maj7 from min7, you’re dead in the water..

  • @archibaldelkin6541
    @archibaldelkin6541 5 лет назад +1

    Imagine if she and Dave Holland had a baby...

    • @bustabass9025
      @bustabass9025 5 лет назад

      Yeah, it would have ten fingers on each hand, to play twice the number of chord changes! [Laffin'😁]

  • @donaldbarnat
    @donaldbarnat 7 лет назад

    You Bad Ass.

  • @bryanholden6855
    @bryanholden6855 7 лет назад +13

    This video answers nothing. "Why I need to practice rhythm changes?" I heard a sweet bass line to a 1-6-2-5 but I heard nothing about "why". And what is meant by "rhythm changes" anyway? Cha-cha is a rhythm. Waltz is a rhythm. I didn't hear any rhythm changes - it was a basic 4 all the way. And where exactly? Didn't hear anything about that either. A waste of 3'20.

    • @Murdo2112
      @Murdo2112 7 лет назад +87

      To be honest, I don't think you're ready for this video.

    • @bryanholden6855
      @bryanholden6855 7 лет назад +4

      Thanks for your opinion - very helpful.I don't think you are ready for a thoughtful discussion.

    • @Murdo2112
      @Murdo2112 7 лет назад +27

      Ah, you think you deserve thoughtful discussion.
      Of course.

    • @bryanholden6855
      @bryanholden6855 7 лет назад +2

      Alright - let's just stop this pointless potshotting right here. How about you explain to me what rhythm means in the context of this video. And while you are at it, perhaps you can point to an exact time in the video where she actually tells us why we need to practice these rhythm changes. Let me quote you the description for this video - " reminds you why you need to practice rhythm changes and where you might encounter them in performances". I haven't even begun to question the part about where you might encounter them yet. IMO - for a professional educator this video falls woefully short - but I am willing to apologize and retract my assertion if you are able to show me how I am wrong.

    • @Murdo2112
      @Murdo2112 7 лет назад +71

      Alright.
      "Rhythm Changes", in the context of jazz, is the standard terminology for a particular chord sequence, based on (but not exactly like) the Gershwin song "I Got Rhythm", as she clearly states in the first minute of the video.
      To cut and paste from JazzStandards,com
      Songs employing Rhythm changes became a common staple at jam
      sessions, and are today still an essential part of jazz repertoire. The
      chord progression is a “must-know” for any aspiring jazz player.
      Rhythm changes are almost always played in the key of Bb (Gershwin’s
      original key). As played by contemporary musicians, the chord structure
      is more or less as shown here:
      Bb:I│V of II│II│V│I│V of II│II│V│
      ║Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7│Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7│
      --
      I│V of IV│IV│IVm6│I│V of II│II│V│
      │Bb│Bb7│Eb│Ebm6│Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7║
      --
      I│V of II│II│V│I│V of II│II│V│
      ║Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7│Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7│
      --
      I│V of IV│IV│IVm6│I│V│I║
      Bb│Bb7│Eb│Ebm6│Bb6│F7│Bb6║
      -
      G:V│- C:V│-│
      ║D7│D7│G7│G7│
      -
      F:V│- Bb:V│-│
      │C7│C7│F7│F7║
      -
      Bb:I│V of II│II│V│I│V of II│II│V│
      ║Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7│Bb6│G7b9│Cm7│F7│
      --
      I│V of IV│IV│IVm6│I│V│-I│
      │Bb│Bb7│Eb│Ebm6│Bb6│F7│-Bb6║
      -
      The chord sequence may be broken down this way:
      Measures 1-2 and 3-4: These are two 2-bar turnarounds. m.5: The I chord is made dominant, turning it into a V of IV. m.6: Resolution to IV, followed by IVm6. mm.7-8: Another turnaround, setting up the second A section. mm.9-16: This is the second A section, an exact repeat of the first A except for the I V I cadence in mm. 15-16. mm.16-24:
      Circle of dominants, two bars per chord. Each dominant chord resolves
      into the next, leading to mm. 23-24, which is the V of the original key,
      setting up the last A section. mm.25-32: An exact repeat of the second A section.
      That is what any jazz musician understands when they hear the term "Rhythm Changes".
      This video clearly shows what "Rhythm Changes" is, what it sounds like, covers how it tends to be used, as well as telling you that you really need to understand and practice these changes, in different tempos and keys, as they will crop up, literally thousands of times throughout your playing life.
      Now you come along, not only unaware of what the term means, but apparently unable (or unwilling to pay enough attention) to learn what the term means from this video, and then complain that you didn't learn anything.
      It's like someone who knows nothing about blues, watching a video entitled "How to play 12 bar blues" and then complaining that they were in a studio the whole time and didn't play in a single bar room, let alone 12.
      So, what I am saying is, if you gained nothing from this video, it's probably due to the fact that your current knowledge of jazz provides an insufficient foundation upon which this video can build: hence "you're not ready".
      This isn't a failing, by any means.
      No one knows what "Rhythm Changes" means in this context until they're told.
      I once thought, as you did, that it referred to changes in the rhythm of the song.
      You can't be blamed for this.
      What you can be blamed for is skimming over the video and then bleating like a child about how little you learned from it, when, really, it couldn't have been clearer.
      All in all, you really should be looking at more beginner level videos on jazz, until videos like this (not that this is what you'd call "advanced") mean more to you.
      I hope that helps.
      Apologies if I come across as a little condescending, but I have little patience for people who, in the loudest, most aggressive way, demand to have their hand held quite so firmly as you seem to.
      If you're not, in fact, such a snivelling brat, then well done, but that's how you come across.