Victor's metronome demo

[4to5to6]

Awesome "feeling" in everything Victor plays! Straight from the heart!

 

[tenortoad]

Excellent find! I think I'm gonna put in a long day of practice tomorrow, and discover just how off my timing is...!

...it's Wooten 'the man' that impresses me the most. There just doesn't seem to be even a hint of diva in him even though he has to know that the vast majority of the bass playing world is just gaga over what he can do.

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His humility is actually his biggest influence over me. He's actually said in interviews that the better he gets, the better the next generation gets, and that's a big part of why he practices and teaches. That would pretty much command respect from anyone.

 

[Thank You Leo]

Great piece - thank you for sharing. One of the other things that impressed me while watching this video is the economy of motion of his left and right hand.

 

[Vincent P]

Fantastic lesson. Thanks for the link. I own one of these Korg's will put it to better use.

 

[ZonGuy]

Victor Wooten is a scholar and a gentleman who has been so generous in sharing his gifts.

This video is a gift to all players, but especially to those that feel they don't need a metronome. Victor brings the credibility.

 

[Anonymatt]

but especially to those that feel they don't need a metronome.

Yeah, it's not immediately obvious that there's more to using a metronome than "Okay, now I'm gonna make sure I'm playing this stuff straight...click-click-click-click..."

Like, I've experienced the fact that it's difficult to play with a slow metronome, but I don't think it occurred to me to chase that feeling at the time. Usually, I really do go into hot pursuit when I find something awkward.

 

[Thunder_Fingers]

Oh man, I realy dislike his music, but for some reason I keep buying his instructional stuff! hehe..

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Oddly enough I don't like most of the fast stuff he plays - simple grooves like demonstrated here with tasty runs - is so much more interesting - the thing is I think Victor is still maturing musically and coming into his own - I only think the music from him will continue improve. Nice is example of less is more.

 

[jwbassman]

Cool video, thanks for the link.

 

[MikeBass]

Very cool!

 

[SteveC]

Nice find. Everyone needs to work with a metronome - it's amazing how "off" your time can be - even great players as he demonstrates.

I am not a huge fan of his triple thumb thump, harmonic filled stuff - to each their own - but I REALLY like to listen to him groove, walk, etc. - the "normal" stuff we can all do at some level.

 

[gdthomas]

Bad part about watching that is I am at work and now I want to try it out.

 

[megadan]

Great video, but better yet, it has transcriptions for everything he plays!
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Awesome!

 

[SteveC]

Great video, but better yet, it has transcriptions for everything he plays!
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Awesome!

I was hoping no one noticed. Guess there will be a lot of G major jams going on soon...

 

[megadan]

His walking stuff was just noodling obviously. I liked what he played in the beginning, though.

 

[Graham Heaney]

man! he gets great tone even when he's just clapping...
guess it really is all in the fingers!

 

[projectMalamute]

His walking stuff was just noodling obviously. I liked what he played in the beginning, though.

Sounds like a pretty straightforward 12 bar blues to me.

 

[HaVIC5]

That last exercise is something I've messed with before, although not with 5 versus 4, but 3 versus 4 (a little easier). Get a pulse of triplets against a metronome, and then walk using that pulse. I'll try the 5v4 thing, though, looks fun!

 

[Matt Dean]

That's pretty cool! I love to hear Victor play relatively simple lines and not just shredding. He sure knows how to swing... now I gotta go home and try some of this out.

 

[Stumbo]

His walking stuff was just noodling obviously.

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Sounds like a pretty straightforward 12 bar blues to me.

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