Thank you Kyle, both for the lesson and the pedagogy … I am a 75 year old retired adult educator who struggles with improvisation on my electric bass. I particularly like the way you referred to and used the way we acquire language to introduce improvisation, it makes so much sense. (I taught myself Mandarin using a similar approach). It is strange, but too many educators repeat the way they were taught or what they learnt in their teacher training, instead of investigating, reading, experimenting and adapting to their students specific needs and using the insights of Piaget and childhood learning when appropriate.
@@michaelturk9625 appreciate the kind words very much, and really glad you took something from this! It's been an approach I've been tweaking and working out for years. It's been very successful for my middle/high school students and I hope it helps you!
I was actually playing along, and I tried to do something more complex but I messed up and immediately he said "keep it simple and crisp" and I got so embarrassed LMAO 😂 I love these lessons!
Where can we get that backing track. Also, thank you for this lesson. I've been playing about 2 years, mostly learning blues grooves and slowly working my way through Ed Friedland's Walking Bass book and somewhere along the way I realized that, if I'm not playing a box pattern or walking the bass (I can do roots, fifths, octaves and chromatic notes for now)I'm completely lost as to holding a decent groove or improvising. This video couldn't have come at a better time.
This is such a good lesson. I’ve been learning bass for a month now and thinking about writing my own basslines. This seems like a good starting point to learn. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. Will keep practicing your method until I’m fluent in it and hopefully it’ll help me come up with some interesting basslines. Cheers!
@@amberr3130 it absolutely translates to bass lines. Glad it will help you on your journey, looking forward to hearing about it along the way, let me know!
That approach is awsome, thank you so much. And beyond improvising, it applies to any bass line in general. We don't deliver notes, we deliver rhythm and feel, brilliant.
Wow, so much clarity, and like you say, you got to feel something, and the fraseing must be in the pockets.. thank you, I'm so happy I found your channel.😀 PS: I am one of those long-time bass players that with your help will remedy this blind spot...❤
Great stuff. I wish more teachers with decouples skills like this as I think it is much more productive to start this way and then integrate afterwards.
Very much appreciated. You're right, I think there is an unneeded "mystique" around improvising...it just takes a simple approach to get it rolling! Thanks again!
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT I really meant it. I have played (guitar, sax, drums, bass, etc.) for years, sort of, a little bit... You know. Enough to get by. But, I never could just "play" anything. I was always tied to the sheet music. The things you have shared with us so far have really opened things up a lot for me, and made making music what I have always wished it could be. I'm really enjoying your channel. And, I love it when you leave in your mistakes. The funny images with writing you use to punctuate those moments are also very funny. But, seeing the mistake, and seeing how you "notice" it yourself, is very instructional in its own way. Again, thanks for putting the time into making these videos. Jamming with my wife (as good on the drums as you are on the bass) has become a real pleasure.
Hi Kyle, great presentation of your teaching concept, I totally agree with you...Bravo....I'm a bass player too and when I start showing a student to improvise also with limiting notes and approach it in a rhythmical way...we often tend to begin on beat '1'....so one rule could be to begin in every position inside the bar except beat 1...or staying on the same rhythmic pattern and shift it through the bar in 8th- or 16th-steps to and fro...the aim is teaching music and not patterns. Thanx for your authentic and positive way to teach...Regards from Germany👋
@@wobamusic yes, that's a great thing to concentrate on. A couple other things you can have your students do: have them do 3 bar phrases and varying amounts of rest between (1 bar, 2 bars)...have them "pass up the first idea" that comes to their head, and play the next one...all kinds of fun, interesting parameters that can get students thinking about space and phrasing. Cheers!
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT thanks for quick response...a last idea of me...ich you have a longer chord progression (e.g. A section of Autumn Leaves or first eight bars of All The Things You Are)...improvise in the 1st bar, the 3rd, 5th, etc. and make rests in the 2nd, 4th, 6th...etc....then vice versa...👋 all the best
thank you dude, ive been studying the greats (mostly bird and sonny rollins) and i was able to improvise with all the right notes, i learned all about how they use their notes... but even with the right notes, it never really sounded right, i realised now that rhythm articulation is the thing that ive been missing. of course both are equally important and without good notes and phrasing rhythm and articulation is not that useful and vice versa
@@yyoshman absolutely man, it's great to have the notes, but you gotta deliver them...to me all the greats (cannonball Adderley is my personal favorite) sounded "witty," like they were delivering a perfect joke...timing, confidence...anyway, thanks for checking out the content and all the best to ya!
Thanks very much! Well said. I've learned over the years with students that simplifying improvising with strict parameters is by far the most effective way to get people confident and coming up with coherent lines (whether they be solos, fills, or bass lines). Thanks for watching!
Somehow, I sort of "knew" that it couldn't be just, "makin' stuff up on the spot," but could not truly articulate that idea. I thought it had something to do with knowing a lot of chunks (words), but not totally. Thanks!
Fantastic lesson! Where can I go from here? Would love it if you turned this into a series. This is the fastest improv progress I have made from any lesson. Thanks Kyle.🤓
@@DrKidPop hell yeah! Love to hear that, thank you for watching and jamming along! Yes, this will be a series. Hoping to film part 2 this weekend, next week the latest.
@@zlykalafior Great question. Choose backing tracks that (for now) stay in one key, and have simple chord changes that can be played over with one pentatonic scale. In general, Motown, funk, and blues backing tracks are a good go-to. They generally have a good tempo that's not dragging, but also slow enough to work on ideas. I'll link some that can get you started...
Great way to describe the art of improvisation! To me it's like squeezing the juice out of a lemon, if that makes sense... Squeezing the notes out and making them juicy.
@@buzzdev thanks! Here's the track on RUclips. I went to this dudes website and paid for it. He sells em for a couple bucks each! ruclips.net/video/FirB0vQ-FJA/видео.htmlsi=4c9Shkf8W4J6T-Fa
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT wow. I just listened to that track. That is a knowledge resource on it’s own! That walking bass and also that jazzy organ. His channel contains many other tracks. Many many thanxs Kyle!
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Bro, when you said you limited yourself to two notes, my mind was blown! I didnt even notice!
@@planet_b1ue hahaha!... glad to hear it because it proves the theory that it's all about the rhythm and the phrasing!
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Thank you Kyle, both for the lesson and the pedagogy … I am a 75 year old retired adult educator who struggles with improvisation on my electric bass.
I particularly like the way you referred to and used the way we acquire language to introduce improvisation, it makes so much sense. (I taught myself Mandarin using a similar approach).
It is strange, but too many educators repeat the way they were taught or what they learnt in their teacher training, instead of investigating, reading, experimenting and adapting to their students specific needs and using the insights of Piaget and childhood learning when appropriate.
@@michaelturk9625 appreciate the kind words very much, and really glad you took something from this! It's been an approach I've been tweaking and working out for years. It's been very successful for my middle/high school students and I hope it helps you!
I was actually playing along, and I tried to do something more complex but I messed up and immediately he said "keep it simple and crisp" and I got so embarrassed LMAO 😂 I love these lessons!
@@beenis08 hahaha! I caught you slippin man! ;-p. Glad you enjoyed thanks for watching!
I was doing it in my head for now but did the same thing at the same spot
This video is packed with facts! Music is a language!
@@bassbuffricky hellllll yes it is...and why not learn it like one!
Excellent job, man. You are doing great, and I am learning a lot.
Hell yeah, that feels really good to hear, thank you
One of the best Bass teachers on RUclips! Btw when we getting that walking bass lesson?
Hmmm... interesting you say that...keep your eyes peeled sometime late next week 👀👀👀
Where can we get that backing track. Also, thank you for this lesson. I've been playing about 2 years, mostly learning blues grooves and slowly working my way through Ed Friedland's Walking Bass book and somewhere along the way I realized that, if I'm not playing a box pattern or walking the bass (I can do roots, fifths, octaves and chromatic notes for now)I'm completely lost as to holding a decent groove or improvising. This video couldn't have come at a better time.
im not a bassist but this works with guitars too. im subbed
This is such a good lesson. I’ve been learning bass for a month now and thinking about writing my own basslines. This seems like a good starting point to learn. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. Will keep practicing your method until I’m fluent in it and hopefully it’ll help me come up with some interesting basslines. Cheers!
@@amberr3130 it absolutely translates to bass lines. Glad it will help you on your journey, looking forward to hearing about it along the way, let me know!
Thank you Teacher! We are spreading feelings, not notes!
@@giacomoolivi my pleasure man!
That approach is awsome, thank you so much. And beyond improvising, it applies to any bass line in general. We don't deliver notes, we deliver rhythm and feel, brilliant.
@@andysmusikwelt1562 yep it's absolutely for writing bass lines too. It sounds corny, but improvising really is a mindset, not a "technique"
@@andysmusikwelt1562 thanks for watching!
Great simple teaching. Many thanks.
@@ronaldkavanagh7983 my pleasure brother!
Wow, so much clarity, and like you say, you got to feel something, and the fraseing must be in the pockets.. thank you, I'm so happy I found your channel.😀 PS: I am one of those long-time bass players that with your help will remedy this blind spot...❤
@@Flipit661 yes, in the pocket phrasing...that's everything! Let me know how your progress goes!
Awesome! It really made me feel like I was improvising! It sounded like music, and was fun to play!
@@gnbfilho awesome to hear, that was what I was hoping for. Thanks!
You made it simple, I’d like to simply say thank you
@@brillhartmusic8842 absolutely! My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Didn't knew Alan Wake was that good of a music teacher!! (Bad)jokes aside, I'm not a good improviser and that really helped me! Thank you!!
Man, your channel is damn good keep it up
Much appreciated man! More to come, cheers!
Oh Lord - give me the gift of improv!! Great Video
@@Secretary11 haha! Thanks for digging!
Great stuff. I wish more teachers with decouples skills like this as I think it is much more productive to start this way and then integrate afterwards.
Very much appreciated. You're right, I think there is an unneeded "mystique" around improvising...it just takes a simple approach to get it rolling! Thanks again!
Playing along with this video has been the most fun I think I've had on the bass. Again, thank you very much!
@@busker153 that's really heartening to hear man! Glad it was enjoyable, cheers!
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT I really meant it. I have played (guitar, sax, drums, bass, etc.) for years, sort of, a little bit... You know. Enough to get by. But, I never could just "play" anything. I was always tied to the sheet music.
The things you have shared with us so far have really opened things up a lot for me, and made making music what I have always wished it could be. I'm really enjoying your channel.
And, I love it when you leave in your mistakes. The funny images with writing you use to punctuate those moments are also very funny. But, seeing the mistake, and seeing how you "notice" it yourself, is very instructional in its own way.
Again, thanks for putting the time into making these videos. Jamming with my wife (as good on the drums as you are on the bass) has become a real pleasure.
Hi Kyle, great presentation of your teaching concept, I totally agree with you...Bravo....I'm a bass player too and when I start showing a student to improvise also with limiting notes and approach it in a rhythmical way...we often tend to begin on beat '1'....so one rule could be to begin in every position inside the bar except beat 1...or staying on the same rhythmic pattern and shift it through the bar in 8th- or 16th-steps to and fro...the aim is teaching music and not patterns. Thanx for your authentic and positive way to teach...Regards from Germany👋
@@wobamusic yes, that's a great thing to concentrate on. A couple other things you can have your students do: have them do 3 bar phrases and varying amounts of rest between (1 bar, 2 bars)...have them "pass up the first idea" that comes to their head, and play the next one...all kinds of fun, interesting parameters that can get students thinking about space and phrasing. Cheers!
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT thanks for quick response...a last idea of me...ich you have a longer chord progression (e.g. A section of Autumn Leaves or first eight bars of All The Things You Are)...improvise in the 1st bar, the 3rd, 5th, etc. and make rests in the 2nd, 4th, 6th...etc....then vice versa...👋 all the best
I’m jealous of the kids you teach. Love this!
@@AnnWheatcroft really nice of you to say, much appreciated
This was the most useful vid I stumbled upon today, ty ❤
Very nice to hear, much appreciated!
That was great! I was having fun playing along. Thanks bro.
Any time brother! Glad you enjoyed!
Great video / videos . Looking forward to more content . Lessons explained well and not too much information at a time . New sub for sure .
@@electrosausage so much appreciated! Looking forward to getting more stuff out there!
Great Lesson 🎶👍
very intresting perspective! Awesome! Thanks!
Fantastic as always! Thanks so much!
Really appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching!
thank you dude, ive been studying the greats (mostly bird and sonny rollins) and i was able to improvise with all the right notes, i learned all about how they use their notes... but even with the right notes, it never really sounded right, i realised now that rhythm articulation is the thing that ive been missing. of course both are equally important and without good notes and phrasing rhythm and articulation is not that useful and vice versa
@@yyoshman absolutely man, it's great to have the notes, but you gotta deliver them...to me all the greats (cannonball Adderley is my personal favorite) sounded "witty," like they were delivering a perfect joke...timing, confidence...anyway, thanks for checking out the content and all the best to ya!
Great lesson. I'm all for it, as we are kind of taught a "cage" of improv. It has to be within some artificial constraints that we per-establish :)
Thanks very much! Well said. I've learned over the years with students that simplifying improvising with strict parameters is by far the most effective way to get people confident and coming up with coherent lines (whether they be solos, fills, or bass lines). Thanks for watching!
Somehow, I sort of "knew" that it couldn't be just, "makin' stuff up on the spot," but could not truly articulate that idea. I thought it had something to do with knowing a lot of chunks (words), but not totally. Thanks!
Very cool Kyle! Appreciation from France ;) Do you have a link to the background accompaniment?
Fantastic lesson! Where can I go from here? Would love it if you turned this into a series. This is the fastest improv progress I have made from any lesson. Thanks Kyle.🤓
@@DrKidPop hell yeah! Love to hear that, thank you for watching and jamming along! Yes, this will be a series. Hoping to film part 2 this weekend, next week the latest.
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT looking forward to it!
Excellent lesson. Sub’d!
@@stephenboutwell1012 thanks brother!
when was this when I was starting out!
@@shiaominglee I don't know but I'll keep pumping out content, hopefully you find it useful!
Thanks a lot, I had a lot of fun with this one!
Can you advise beginners on how to properly choose a backing track please? So it won't be too complex?
@@zlykalafior Great question. Choose backing tracks that (for now) stay in one key, and have simple chord changes that can be played over with one pentatonic scale. In general, Motown, funk, and blues backing tracks are a good go-to. They generally have a good tempo that's not dragging, but also slow enough to work on ideas. I'll link some that can get you started...
@@zlykalafior ruclips.net/video/lpsLl8OchLI/видео.htmlsi=RO062JGAkOdO6FwT
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@@KYLETEACHESBASSYTthank you! You’re THE man!
Great video. Really helpful
Excellent, really glad you found it useful!
Great way to describe the art of improvisation! To me it's like squeezing the juice out of a lemon, if that makes sense... Squeezing the notes out and making them juicy.
Yep...the best players get a lot of life out of only a few notes, and then when they start adding to it it takes it to a new level
That was awesome
@@beetlejuice4707 much appreciated!
🔥🔥🔥
Very well done. New sub.
Awesome. Thank you very much!
Thank you.
@@Jotanery having fun making these vids, so thank you too for watching
Superb!
@@horriefic much appreciated thanks for watching!
Did anyone see that black bear pass by in the back yard at 1:47 ?😱
@@Bassmith1 hahaha it's wild out here!
Great lesson! Thank you. What is that backing track please?
@@buzzdev thanks! Here's the track on RUclips. I went to this dudes website and paid for it. He sells em for a couple bucks each!
ruclips.net/video/FirB0vQ-FJA/видео.htmlsi=4c9Shkf8W4J6T-Fa
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT thank you very much Kyle!
@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT wow. I just listened to that track. That is a knowledge resource on it’s own! That walking bass and also that jazzy organ. His channel contains many other tracks. Many many thanxs Kyle!
awesome👍👍👏👏🙏🙏
@@hannovor many thanks, glad you dug it!
Brasileiro? Ótimo canal fella
@@MrZirip obrigado! Infelizmente não falo português mas minha família veio dos Açores para cá
Thanks
Absolutely!
since when does jake gyllenhaal give bass lessons
@@MRPiki-js4jg hahaha yeahhh you got me....I'm just here on RUclips killing time before I head out to film Zodiac 2 🤷♂️
THATS WHO HE REMINDED ME OF. I was mainly just thinking I liked his voice and look but yeah this is what felt familiar.
Too funny
💙
It actually sounded like a dozens of notes.
Two of your phrases not starting on one started in one.
*on
Fantastic video. New sub 👍
Very much appreciated!