BERNARD HARRIS "AMAZING GRACE"

[awfulguitarplucker]

a mix between Dwayne Dlophin,Hendrix,MArcus MIller,and Victor Wooten

with an hint of Jeff Schmidt

Pure Class

[jmitchell159]

That muhfuckers got soul. Mad soul.

[artstone535]

Blown away at the sheer beauty of this piece and the talent of Bernard! I found him while watching him accompany a young Joe Robinson guitarist from Australia. Bernard is truly a one of a kind bass player! He spreads his love through his music!

Play on my friend...

[bjfonville]

he used to go to Upper Room COGIC, he used to play for us, but now he is a recording artist. he came last sunday, and played a sermonic selection.

he's so good that it sounds like an eletrick guitar

[rickmandrums4]

I met this dude once. He's left handed and plays a right handed bass upside down. He's a straight beast!!!!

[guitarslim1989]

He's making that bass sound like an electric guitar!

[ddwilkins]

@guitarslim1989 piccolo bass strings.

[cmac501]

beautiful ... breaks the rules, because he and that makes anything is possible

[jsimzj]

Four string left handed bass player who makes his own effects without a pedal! That's all I gotta say!

[shaqnemo]

tenor bass?

[pervy9111]

how does he do that? its a bass guitar yet it sounds like an acoustic :s

[diamondbass11]

@pervy9111 he has special strings on it....i met him in person and played his bass haha. theyre an octave higher and called piccolo strings

[pervy9111]

@diamondbass11 ahh ok i see, thats really cool. and man you must've been lucky to meet him.

one last thing i want to know...his whole playing...only very gently can you hear the melody of "amazing grace" there's alot of stuff he's doing which is like loads of different notes and stuff. (not that it sounds bad) why do you see alot of players do this? isit just personal preference? or does or are they actually trying to play the song? (sorry if this sounds stupid...)

[pervy9111]

@pervy9111 (im learning how to play electric guitar and just want to get a feel of why many musicians do these kind of things)

[dannybrickwell]

@pervy9111 It's a great way to play songs you love, and be creative at the same time. Sometimes not even that! Sometimes people really love the chord progression of a song, so they just steal it, and use it for their own musical sensibilities. That's one of the beautiful things about music: There's so much freedom to hear everything in so many different ways!

[diamondbass11]

@pervy9111 well...alot of players use the melody as roots to their own "rendition" of it...sometimes it sucks but sometimes it sounds pretty good like this and Victor Wooten's...and for alot of those added notes, they just do it for spicing it up and sometimes showing off haha. thats all its for.

[sanjaii]

@diamondbass11

ahhh thanks for that man. I knew there had to be abit of showing off involved somewhere lol. Have you got any vids of u playing?

[diamondbass11]

@sanjaii hahaha nah. i should, but i just dont have time with school and stuff...

[clewi1091]

very well done but i was wondering......it sounds like an acoustic guitar.....why not just play guitar? beautiful playing though.

[metalmaniac767]

@clewi1091 Because he is a bass player

[forrestswimmer]

Piccolo strings. Those things are awesome. I hung out with him at camp electric. He's an awesome guy. I just bought some of those strings from him. They are going to sound great.

[CPhT2002]

love this guy, always have.... even before he made it big. went to high school with him... just saw him at our 20th year reunion... this guy is truly amazing in his work, and a wonderful person.

[txbluebonnet]

Saw Bernard at the Extraordinary Women conference here in Austin, TX, March 12th and March 13th (2010). Amazing and anointed doesn't even reach half of his capabilities. He is truly blessed and it was a true blessing to get to hear this man play!

[chazyt]

cna't get enough of this clip!!! 2.19-2.32 is aaaaaaaaahhh!!! magnificent! lol

[chazyt]

brilliant brillliant!!!!! beautiful

[JoshHBruhh]

Saw you at Hickory Grove Baptist today. You're amazing dude.

[unlimitedlovex3]

credit song? anyone?

[cjtoota1]

I wonder what tuning he used for this song???

[darastewart15]

its tuned to the register of a piccolo bass(E, A, D, G) with the bottom E sounding the same as 7th fret on Standard A string.

Some artists tune higher than this and by listening to this im considering the possiblilty that he has used a second tuning a 4th higher again, A, D, G, C.

this is only possible with special stings of a lower guage, if you are interested d'addario make sets for 4strings but im yet to find a 5sting set...

hope this helped :)

[diamondbass11]

@cjtoota1 piccolo strings. i hung with him at camp electric and he uses piccolo strings. theyre an octave higher than normal strings but still E, A, D, G

[rrsound]

Wow! saw you at RevGen in New Jersey with B.Reith and you blew our minds! This video just confirms your talent and your amazing feel. stay blessed!

[TheMotiveFallacy]

Piccolo bass is so tasty.

[prettybassdoll]

Awesome and annointed.

[imixers]

iv'e never seen such great violining, this guy is great!

[Maxmasterbass]

Nunca escuche algo tan bonito.... hermoso!!

[bassmanvic]

Hey man bernard harris,is one of the best gospel bass players around,it's just that for some reason he need more of his dvd's to be seen.,but I have one of his cd's not a bad one ,wish it was more on it.but hey he do play like tisdale.Peace !!!!

[cfx5000]

no, no no

[Sonny2319]

You def aint a musician.

[Sonny2319]

Dont ever compare him to victor wooten. big mistake not even close but hes great though compare him to wayman tisdale.

[holytiamat777]

Fuck you. I like this guy more.

[ingenjoe1]

dont mean brag... but im a classicaly trained musician,,, and this interpretation is so tasteful,well played and downright beutiful.... i don't understand how there isnt more of him aroung

[chappahx]

simply exceptional

[LucasDBC]

I get dizzy just by watching him play the bass upside down man!!! lol

[flavius4god]

amazing!!!!:i don't know who's better:he or Victor Wooten

[mrallpurpose]

It's tuned up as a tenor bass...A D G C

A la Victor Wooten and others...

[holytiamat777]

this is definitely a bass with piccolo strings.

[cjtoota1]

k. figured that

[Crainey45]

how ia he getting that sound from the bass thats just sick he is a freak of nature

[mikesheldon15859]

awesome

[DeezNuggets13]

Straight up nasty, sick, awesome, ridiculous, he gotta it goin on.

[hbarton42]

awesome 10*

[DUBXXX]

is this tuned too an octave higher e a d g?

[geosh78]

yes, it's a piccolo bass

[PetePapilpere]

sososo soulful.

[johndenniskerry]

boss of a bassman bro keep on playing for lord.

[sbyrd1978]

very nice! I feel the grace!

[redaxe4]

Bravo!

[LoveCheer]

Amazing!

[dozhan]

simply awesome

[aprensm]

rate me 1-10

I need a man 2 treat me like a queen Br

[MakeupByLadyJae]

See what the Lord has done!

(AKA Ladybug-Raleigh)

[plainwain]

AWESOME dude just AWESOME!

[lucasoshea]

Wow, this solo tells a story my friends, just ridiculously good! 5 stars!

[snusansmammut]

The song playing in the credits, is that the same song? If not what is it called?

[oooowwwwdddd]

Playing an up side down Fender, left-handed like Jimi Hendrix. WOW!

Amazing!

[blackops752]

brother michael

I haven't been there yet. But I know I just heard some of heavens music.

[peavey334]

Raleigh, NC Upper Room Doc

[plainwain]

Yeah he was the creator for your 1st Theme song "Put God First". I still hear that in my spirit. You guys have a new theme music but the same words.

[bassist4dalord]

o wow this is absolutley mind blowing! i have never seen anything so great! God has truly blessed him with a talent and he uses it in God's name. Great vid!!

[KurtSandford]

Fantastic

[ibanezbasSR400]

great ;o

[Thurmanww]

Sounding good dude. Hope we can work together again soon.

[nicoledv2001]

awesome!

[saxmanrh]

great bass playing!

[jrjew]

wassup dude. all is well. still nice. God Bless