[Bass Lesson] Jaco Pastorius - Modern Electric Bass - 5

[soultaker1083]

Did he start playing Waltz for Debby at 1:56? I would love to hear him do a solo version of that if so.

[mishima1974]

I heard a bit of Bach's chromatic fantasy.

[sigiriuk]

This guy is rubbish. If I want a soloist I'll listen to a horn player, not some dumb jazz bassist

[Minijaco4]

@sigiriuk We don't give a shit of wht you think. go hang urself.

[tbsxbassistx375]

@sigiriuk right now, go die. Now.

[Wahncynic]

@sigiriuk No, not rubbish, you got something wrong! pastorius is a legend, a musical genius....unlike you, the only thing you are good for is annoying people (who have some real knowledge in music) with your ridiculously stupid, ignorant crap. You are truly a clown, a waste of space, of life.

[Sparta729]

@sigiriuk And 3 months later, you STILL suck. Go and gain knowledge. Don't be so ignorant.

[criggs187]

@sigiriuk I think everyone on this channel is going to have to chip in and get you a set of computer speakers, because clearly you don't have any...

[arcmccun]

@sigiriuk i respect your opinion.. but jaco is/was an amazing musician. keep the negative comments to yourself. Otherwise learn to appreciate the bass and a world class bassist

[6ftUnder92592]

does jaco play with two fingers? just askin becasue most people play with three or a pick besides me and steve harris, and jaco?

[jryuwah]

@6ftUnder92592 Listen to his Bass solo on havona, He uses 20 fingers.

[mediatesilent]

@6ftUnder92592 he's playing with three occasionally. when youre playing chords or riding a bass note as he does in portrait, you play those bottom notes with the thumbs and arpeggio/melody with the 2 fingers

[6ftUnder92592]

Im learning this when i get a new bass string! such great advice.

[derrymadness]

2 dislikes. WTF? jealous crap bass players?

this man is a genius!!! RIP Jaco

[BASSMASTA264]

Time to go practice...

[eddynaco]

@BASSMASTA264 Yeah! go practice! someday you'll be like me. I'm so good that I just need to practice once a week!

[wardrobesaviour]

@eddynaco wanker

[rfwagnerjr]

Jaco, I can hear you, brother. I got my ears open for you. I'm gonna pull out the frets on my red Mexican Jazz just like you did. I bought a new P bass in 1980. fretless. natural. That instrument would be 30 years old this year. I know what you mean about muting the strings with the right hand, especially on a Jazz. Having both pick ups turned up acts as a humbucker.

[kgrew99]

1:55 Giant Steps

[kgrew99]

1:55 Giant Steps

[HendrixPrinceFlea89]

it's good to use your ring finger to play the strings, it takes some of the load off of your hook and middle fingers. Good bass players utilize three fingers.

[Lmid56]

@HendrixPrinceFlea89 and then there's jamerson who used just one.

[BulletWithYerName]

That run at 1:35 is badass.

[jjcantu86]

It's too bad Jaco died shortly after filming this. He was such a genius, but he made mistakes that ended up costing him his life (like drugs messing with the wrong bouncer with a blackbelt at the club...)

[bryandunnblues]

yea, are being Bi polar, and battling drepression, I guess he could have helped that right??

[jjcantu86]

True, but he was trying to learn to cope with it before alcohol. He got a lot worse after he introduced alcohol in the mix and people started to get away from him after that because he was "too unstable" for them or something along those lines

[gongorian]

I think from 1:57-2:04 he plays the changes from Giant Steps

[guitarstudent101]

you are correct sir

[droryG]

Lol, at 5:30 it looks like his bass has a whammy bar. Greatest bassist to ever live.

[joelcwaller]

that is his 1/4 inch cable

[03leigj]

it would seem that there are things even the great jaco, the god of bass, couldnt do, i bet he respected players who could utilize 3 and even 4 plucking fingers

[justinisboss]

yeah but at the same time...who the fuck needs to use three or four fingers? it would be cool but it doesn't make any difference for Jaco

[guitarstudent101]

its doesnt matter for jaco he could play just as fast with two

[ManifestPanda]

yeah, he'd probably love to jam with a bass player that tapped the fretboard or played with a pick, he was such a genre-bending genius that i doubt he would pass up any opporitunity to play with someone. it wasnt necassarily technique that jaco cared about, it was always about the music.

[younggunsdallas]

left hand.... lol!

[TheGreatTelbologist]

nobody fucks with jaco. nobody.

[irvingchareo]

@TheGreatTelbologist you're right dude always the best!!!

[myleftnutts]

@TheGreatTelbologist except Sadly bouncers!!!.

[wtoppdog]

but its just an illusion ... becus in actuality its only 2

[wtoppdog]

looks like 3 to me homie

[gilbraque111]

does he play with tree fingers ? or two ?

[TheOuterSpaceBassMan]

6:18 man jaco is a master on bass but how could he not mention that bow in the neck. jk jk.

[citizenfitz]

I love it when YouTube illiterates argue!

[steg111]

...is James Jamerson not a finger style bass player?

and that wasn't my point - my point is that there are a lot harder things to do on bass besides appropriately alternate your plucking fingers. that's all

[CommandAndCommentary]

well you can't really play the part properly if you didn't learn how to do it right, and trust me I have seen people who didn't learn how to do it right in the start and now have horrible times getting out of that happen in order to do some scales/runs right.

[Acidbiloba]

great!

[ianjccross]

The string is more taught at the bridge? No it's not, otherwise as a stringed instrument it wouldn't work. It FEELS more taught, but it isn't. Great Bassis, crap Physisist lol

[TheblackbirdsSC]

you are a crappy speller

[ianjccross]

Sorry, Taut

[nathan87]

Wrong. He's talking about when you *pull* the string. I've just worked it out to confirm it. For a constant lateral displacement, the tension in the string is greater the closer your finger to the end of the string. (As is the force exerted by the string on your finger).

OK, so maybe he didn't actually realise that was what he meant, but he's still right =p

[steg111]

"[alternating fingers] that alone is as hard as anything you'll have to do on the bass"

my foot

[z1chuckster]

the more I learn about Jaco`s technique,the more I grow ! Thanks Jaco !

[jbgsk]

good tip about playing in the back

[bassist101maty]

amazing, but 9 years learnin donna lee:S

[SquashedMan]

Part exaggeration and partly getting it perfect with the mutes I guess?

[mrkrauley]

Part of that 9 years was spent developing the modern electric bass technique to be able to play those intricate things.

[bassist101maty]

fair. lol, well those years definetly paid off :)

i love jaco :)

[soeffingwhat]

Nothing wrong with that, just proves that, though he was a great innovator on the Bass, he also took a while to learn certain things. Its called being Human, nothing wrong with that now is there!?

[Pastorius333]

@bassist101maty

Jaco meant that it took 9 years before he was at the level( as a bassist) he showed during the time he recorded it! As for "Donna Lee", he first started playing it less than two years before he recorded it for his debut-album in 1975, but he made demos of it in 1974 so he was probably playing it smoothly already then.

[jimbolene]

amazing