The 5 Levels of Longview (For Bass)
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
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You think Longview is just a basic beginner bass riff… but there’s more to Mike Dirnt’s magic than meets the eye.
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Yep, we’re talkin’ about Longview, from Green Day’s 1994 Dookie album. Whether you call it punk rock or pop punk or power pop, we can all agree that Mike Dirnt kills it on the bass.
This is a super popular “beginner bass riff" that everyone wants to play on day one, but there are a bunch of ways you can go wrong. In this video I’ll walk you from level 1 - Noob level - to level 5 - Mike Dirnt beast level.
I bet you didn’t know these things about Longview:
* You can play it as a total n00b and survive a garage jam
* It’ll teach you a rhythmic concept important in jazz, blues, and other styles
* You need to hold a strategic piece of plastic to play it right
* Mike and Billie Joe did something super weird with their tuning before they recorded this album
* Dirnt copped some serious Peter Hook vibes in part of the riff
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What level can you make it to?
I learned it at level 4.5 lol. I didn't do the diads at the last measure; but I kinda simulated the sound of it by a quick slide/pickup note into the measure so that it *sounded* like I was picking the open and fretted note it turns out🙃 I could hear it, but my young, inexperienced brain didn't know what I was doing at the time, and we didn't have RUclips to watch Dirnt's hand XD
None yet😆I’m such a damn noob. I gotta get your course on disc when I get time
@@Emily_M81Same here. None of the tabs I found online had the “duh-Dirnt” feel of those notes, so I did hammer-ons from open strings. It’ll be great once I can play by ear, finally.
I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I was very disappointed that none of your levels included the lead in open D (or Db.) Before every opening E or the rhy. fig., doesn't he include an open D to work as a transition between the higher fretted note of the diads and the lower fretted note of the figure starting over?
i can only make the like button
Mike wrote the song while high on LSD and according to him the main riff of this song apparently was half of the full riff that he did while on LSD, but he couldn’t remember the other half so we got this riff instead.
That story is pure B.S. You remember EVERYTHING when you're tripping, all TOO vividly as a matter of fact.
@@jomamma1750Depends on what you're tripping on. Coleridge's Kublai Khan was supposedly the result of an opioid dream which he immediately sat down to write. He was interrupted and couldn't remember the end lines and had to make something up.
@s6g2k OK, you you're saying LSD is an Opioid?? Perhaps reassess your "thinking"?
@@jomamma1750 That's why I specified opioid. Does one only trip on LSD? Is that what you're saying?
@s6g2k Apparently you cannot differentiate between different classes of drugs and thereforr assume they have identical effects? Not the case, at all. Re-read my original statement, K.
very noble of josh to go through the painful procedure of installing LED lights inside his fingers to improve his teaching, the man is dedicated to his craft
I love the led on fingers
It helps🐸
He does great editing!
😂
When I Come Around and Longview were two of the first "real" bass lines I learned when I was first picking up bass. I used to sit in my room for hours playing Dookie track-by-track. Fun times!
Same here ❤
I think welcome to paradise is a really good bassline
Dirnt has some absolutely amazing basslines. "Stuck With Me" is one of my favorites to play
THANK YOU for finally bringing Mike Dirnt to Videos like that. I feel like he's such an underrated bass player in the genre, putting a song within a song with some basslines. If you read this and don't know what I'm talking about, listen to "welcome to paradise" or "J.A.R.".
OMG YES! i love the song JAR!
The Welcome to Paradise bass line is INSANE I get chills every time, and not just the solo but also when you hear it behind the guitar it’s so different from the guitar part but it fits so well
Your attention to details is on absolutely other level.
Every time I see one of your posts, I realize what a great instructor you are. 🎉
Thanks mate!
I thought 5 steps for such a simple bassline was excessive, but for total beginners this is actually a great way to learn how different sorts of basslines are constructed
As an experienced player, this was excellent Josh. Once again, it shows what a great teacher you are and a fantastic way to learn a song and progress. I loved the glowing fingers! So many channels become too advanced, I love how you are dedicated to newer bassists. Well done.
Hey Josh, I hope all is well. It's a great tutorial . What really got me was the high lighted fingering ,the first I've seen, and what an excellent visual component to add to this video.
I agree. I noticed that immediately. Nice distinctive feature Josh.
Love the glowing fingering. This is a huge next step in training!
I was waiting for you to make vidio about Mike Dirnt since I started playing bass. Thank you❤
Mike dirnt is such a cool and melodic bassist, every green day song has these little hidden bass lines that just an absolute joy to seek out and listen too! (a few of my favs are: JAR, Stuck with me, Minority)
Mike got high then write a walking jazz bass line and it into punk. What a G!
Thank you so much for your channel! I used to be a drummer and years ago I tried to learn the bass on my own but gave up. Because of your videos I got the bass out of storage again and for the last 10 days I have been practising about 2 hours a day and can't stop anymore. I have already learned so much from your videos in these few days, it blows my mind. In the next jam session I can hopefully already be a bit of a bass player :) THANK YOU!
This was one of the songs who gave me more inspiration to become a Bass player (apprentice, but bass player =D ). My level here is 5. I love this song, so I spent a huge amount of time to make it sound right. Thanks for this video man
Wow, Josh unlocked the next level of teaching and got the "Glowing Fingers" pack!
blast from the past goddamn
This song is why I became a bass player! Awesome video dude
Before I start practicing on bass I always watch your precious videos.
2:04 Nice! adding in Plato's cave allegory...Helps reinforce the image of the bass as a thinking man's instrument.
I own quite a few basses but that Squire (same colour) has a special place in my heart. I play it a lot and I love seeing you using it here. Great lesson!
I cannot hear even the first few notes of the Love Will Tear Us Apart riff without shivers
I bought my first bass 3 weeks ago. Got it 2nd hand, it’s a Squier jazz bass 🥰loving the sound!
You’re a great tutor and I’ve been able to pick up a few basics from your channel 🥳 so thank you very much!
I’d really love to be able to play well one day
My first bass was a secondhand squier jazz bass too lol is yours red as well?
@@GeorgymonF mine is black and white 😁
@@Yoohooyooohoooo thats cool! I recommend that if you stick with it, and get better at playing, to invest in an expensive bass, your playing will feel so much smoother and it sounds sooooo good. I recently just bought a stingray from guitar center and its polished wood body with black pick guard, it looks so beautiful and sounds equally as good. I still love my squier though i just dont play it anywhere near as often ever since buying that one
@@GeorgymonF yes, I’ll keep practicing! Probably worth getting some lessons and/or signing up to Bass Buzz online.
Now I’ve started, I’m feeling that instant gratification want! Im watching all these amazing bassists and I’m just like “I want to play like that” 🤣
My first bass was the Squier jazz too. Mine was brand new but it was only $200 bucks the back in the day.
Lent it to my child for their high school guitar class and had to go buy myself a new bass because I never got it back.
And They also gave it a nickname - J Black
Amazing content! Could you please make this a series ? A video like this with rancid basslines would be amazing!
Matt Freeman rules!
@@BassBuzz I totally agree!!
Yes! A new Bass Buzz video! Let's goooooo
Great video Josh, this is perfect for beginners we all wanted to learn this but back in the day all we had was the CD to listen to, I actually had it on Cassette first lol, your edits are top notch as well!
I love this so frickin much no clue I was playing it so wrong for decades. Met him before he was so cool. Been a fan since I was like 10
Lighting up the fingers was awesome. Thanks for this.
Do I play bass? No. Did I watch this whole video? Yes.
I was born in Longview WA and this is the first I’ve heard of the song title’s origin, pretty cool. I learned this bass line the day it hit! I was 23 years old then…
Hey, Josh! Great video idea! I’d love to see more of these where you break down popular riffs from different levels. You have a series!!
Fanstastic video, thanks Josh - gonna grab my Bass now and give this a go! 🎉
Oh, crap. Now I want to learn the bass line to this "juvenile" song. LOL. Oh, Josh, you're my hero! 😂
reducing string tension by tuning down changes the sound. it adds more character and is chunkier. you hear more fretting noises. it actually sounds great on bass
I'm obsessed with this tune for some reason
"...Mike's moves to make more magnificently melodic MOTIFS"
There ya go
I really hope someday you make a similar video but for Lemmy from Motorhead! These types of videos are great!
9:23 Just let it RANG hahahahahhahaha gave me a chuckle
very awesome ! ...... love you for what you do !
Josh has become my bass Yoda… really enjoying your B2BA course!
I just saw 3 ads on my Microsoft page browser while surfing the net on my laptop.. you are popular 🎉
These videos are gold standard Josh. Definitely helps with the learning process and getting quick wins by playing along almost immediately at level 1 🤘
I reckon you've also got the best method for plugging the usual RUclips "like, subscribe", almost like a subliminal message for this and your B2B course except they make me laugh so I notice them 😎
Lemmy used F-C-G-D sharp tuning, to get that "Lemmy sound"🤘
You should definitely do a similar video on love will tear us apart.
The jazz guy cutaway made me laugh out loud! lol!
Josh another GOAT'd video.
Thanks Daniel!
New bassbuzz video= better day
The bassline that started it all for me
From when I first heard the song those swung notes were always the key that made the song for me. It just made it sound . .. sarcastic. Almost as if the bass is trying strut, but keeps stumbling or tripping at the "wrong" point.
Where is the 60s Noob Josh? we miss him.
i actually had no idea about the picking technique, thank you for noting that in here! also from what i hear mike does an open strum on the a then a string hammer on to the seventh fret.
I opened my laptop just to make the same comment, but I always thought it was an uppicked open D into the downpicked fretted 7th. Could be wrong, but I think that's how Guitar World tabbed it and it fits the picking pattern
Another great tutorial Josh! Very fun bass line
Good vid. There is more to this video than just learning a song. Nice.
Actually, there is yet another level --- the way Jeff Berlin plays it. He uses standard tuning but plays it in Eb -- holding the Eb at the 6th position on the A string as the pedal point. Pretty cool.
What you have shown is the easy "level 5" riff. I was hoping that you will show how to play the hard part but i did learned something from this one to.
I was talking to Billy Sheehan in Portland Oregon and he was reminiscing about being in the studio at the same time as Green Day and how they couldn't tune their own instruments so Paul Gilbert tuned them for Green Day.
Haha wow amazing, thanks for sharing!
That part at 3:11 made me laugh way too damn much, I love when youtubers find creative ways to say the thing
Always good vids BassBuzz!
well, because of this video i ended up learning lopsy lu rather than longview. sick
This bassline is awesome, thank you ❤❤❤❤
Great video! A video about Carlos D (Interpol) would be also interesting.
8:12 alone those lines kinda, the Skynyrd song Simple Man during the guitar solo has a cool bassline but you lose the low end so I asked my bassist to play the same thing an octave lower since I'm the only guitar player to keep that foundation and it works really well. It's sort of a combination of the cool one on the album and the regular part during the chorus. Gotta do what you gotta do!
this was 100% the first song i tried to learn when i got a bass a year ago and i also definitely used the "duh dirnt dirnt dirnt dirnt duh" method but i also started learning at level 5 so it took a couple days
Green day Getting the recognition it needed ❤
You know, man, I just have to say this. Been a subscriber for years and I love your channel. It's just great. Go you. Seriously.
This was one of the first songs I learned on the bass and that was actually courtesy of the September, 1994 edition of "Guitar World" which included guitar and bass tabs for the song. (I bought it for the Pink Floyd article) Back then we had to buy magazines to get music tabs and video game strats. #backinmyday #getoffmylawn
Jazz Bass Josh is my new favorite.
Not a Green Day-person but still interesting! Thx! Made it up to level 3 ✌️
good tutorial It's easy to catch up thanks a lot.
YESSSS BASSBUZZ
Spent a week learning it. Then nearly 30 years wishing I had the genius to write it.
This is an awesome video!
Imagine how many Green Day songs would be 1 semitone higher if Billie and Mike had a tuner.
Awesome Dirnt, dirnt, dirnt da dirnt
Danny
This is such a cool and great tutorial ! My inner teenager is so hyped: this must be one of the very first basslines I learned (with Teenage Lobotomy and Rock'n'roll Radio). I love especially the way you break the riff into pieces and also throw light on Mike Dirnt : such an underrated bassist who serves the song and add nice counter-melodies to it. Thank you Josh !!
Awesome thanks josh
Great video Josh, as usual. My question is where is the GEDDY LEE video???? Please do a deep dive into one of my ultimate influences.
Great video. Thanks for this.
holy shit josh is so cool
Swing eighths. Cool🐸🍺🔪🔥
Epic video my guy!
fantastic video
What are you playing at 9:32? I know I have heard it before.
I would absolutely love a video on a Suicide Machines bassline. Their bass players have historically written killer lines, as well as get a really crisp and clear sound out of their finger playing. I'm happy to throw out a list of tracks, tho I'm guessing you've heard of them.
You always get my cave-brain’d bass bone a ragin’!!! 🙋🏻♀️😏🤤💀
Thanks for being durnt best!!😂❤
Interesting video. As a person who doesn't play bass, I always wondered what the sound difference is between a picked note and a plucked note.
Could you make a similiar video on Boston's More than a Feeling?
MORE THAN A FEELIN
I lak dem bass geeterz. ❤ Whoo!! 🤸
I love that song, but I never thought I was able to sound *like* him; The moment I do you bet I'll play the shie out of it everywhere I go hahaha
i was always lazy and didnt do the swinging 8th note thing.... but did the open note at the end.... but considering i learned it by ear forever ago means i'm still giving myself some credit. lolz
Drive me up the wall watching you not hitting the open string until the 5th part of the bird.
I've been playing guitar for a while so playing this came easy to me but you killed me at the pick game, I've gotten so used to picking up and down consistently that Its so hard to change
I was raised on Davie504, "holy pick" is something I can not process :D
This is awesome and you make amazing video but I miss noob Josh
If you really want the correct tuning, set your tuner to 444hz. All of dookie and insomniac are slighter higher than true Eb standard
I can already play this song but watching this video kinda helps with writing my own basslines😅
I honestly never knew the bass was tuned down for this. I kept wondering how he played the lower string...
JOSH, the finger lighting is fab, excellent idea. It's often very hard to track what a player is doing -- esp if they're terrific at keeping their fingers close to the strings. Kudos!
I don’t know what it is, but that Eb tuned version of the All Right Now bass riff sounds REALLY good compared to the original
Yeah it was fun to play! Lopsy Lu felt super beefy too.