Birdland cover

[milhouseable]

im sorry but this is total shit. i could do better and i dont even pay bass. im a drummer and im in my citys jazz band. the bass part was nothing like this. keep playing tho and you may get better

[perecuteur]

Excellent job !

[JacobsBassWorld]

:D as soon as i get these harmonics figured out i'd love to do this one!

my highschool jazz band did a rendition of this last year :)

i love the bass and the tone!

[ultimabass]

beautiful sound, brother

[DirectorDude1194]

what settings on ur bass and amp did u use? those harmonics sound great!

i can play them ok, but they don't sound as good

[Alex156]

Well, it's just a basic EQ shaped like this : ^ (the peak is on the med freqs) and using only the bridge pickup :)

[DirectorDude1194]

kewl thanks

[Flanning]

Why does everyone always ask for TAB? If you want to become better, ESPECIALLY at bass, you need to use your ear. Listen to it and figure it out.

[woohooworld45]

i use both and sheet music

[bassbiglik0]

Exsacly! I cant understand it lol... I think everyone should learn Motown songs by ear... that teaches you wher all the notes are what u can hear. also like jaco said learn as many melodys as poss. when u can scat ur awsomE

r.i.p Jaco and Joe x

[funnyduck]

i have always been too afraid to post this comment for myself. tabs are an easy cheat, a quick fix, but in the long run they damage your ability to play by ear. you're cool.

[bsidefunk]

I'm tryin' to learn to do False Harmonics as u do!

Nice job on it, not too good in the finger style and in the solo...

[BIgGuidojoe]

can u send me the tab to this

[PubliusDiamond]

Where did you get this tab from? I can't seem to find a perfect one. Learning it at the moment while I wait for my fretless jazz too be delivered!

[Alex156]

This is a pretty old vid... i don't play it this way anymore ;) i'll maybe make another version if i have enough time :)

[PubliusDiamond]

Cool. If you could tab it by any chance, that would be great. All the tabs on the internet don't have all the little 'Jacoisms' in them :P

[then00best]

nice tone dude

[Shredguitarist]

i personally like maynard fergusons version of this song ftw

[Shredguitarist]

i personally like maynard fergusons version of this song ftw

[cambo28]

dude how do you do that bit at 1:54. i know what the notes are and everything i just can't seem to play it.

[dbassboy94]

He has a fretless and he does a vibrato

[dimebag983]

Jaco played a 63 jazz that he pulled the frets out of. Good job.

[InvaderRen]

Jaco had 2 basses, a fretted and a fretless

he used the fretted on the recording, the pinch harmonics are diff. on a fretless

[bassplayerone]

It's not jaco's band fool

good playing anyways

[trane1994]

very nice!!!

[crownroyal1972]

a very good attempt, I could never come close to what you did, it was very impressive to listen to. I thought the intro was quite decent, been tryign to pick this on a 6 string guitar for fun.

[alecbass1]

how long have you been playing

[Alex156]

For less than 2years, atm. But i couldn't "train" hard since a year, bc of the university...

[gemster911]

love it!

birdland is such a great song and you've done really well

all i'd say would be for you to be careful not to rush around 2:50, I know it's difficult though...

[groovyw53]

i think jaco played it on a fender jazz fretted. also in a video here on youtube he's playing a fretted

[tapwna]

he played a 63' fender jazz but he took the frets out

[dbassboy94]

I took the frets out of my bass. Its real easy. Just get pliers and pull them out. Fill the holes in with putty "push hard" get a sanding block and then put an oil finish on it.

[scarab944]

Nice work on this. Don't mind the haters, I'm pretty sure that none of them is Jaco anyway. Thanks for posting this up!

[baselive7]

you are playing it wrong

[thedudeabidestoyou]

damn, youre pretty good, all you really need to do is make sure it all flows well and fits together

[clavdioo]

is it a fender jazz bass?

[Pewpshmear]

it was great, but the angle could have been better. i mostly saw the side of ur hand and ur cable. u shudve done all of jacos parts including the vocals.

[Alex156]

I'll do my best to correct that for the next videos then.

to drfib:

I didn't completely understand what you meant about my playing.I had a lack of feel while playing this song, you meant?

Don't forget too, it's why i always write 'my attempt to', because i don't pretend to play as good as the artists when i make covers like this one.

[drfib]

Man screw the sheet music. Just know the parts, which you already do, and play it with feel. Nobody wants to hear a replica. And watch the timing. Nice job 3 stars.

[Alex156]

Well , i'm sorry for my mistakes.You're right, i don't play this song from the sheet music, actually i don't own it.But i'm pretty interessed for the MIDI file actually; i played it from a guitar-pro transcription, maybe that's why i play wrong notes (at which moment, please?)

Thanks for the comments & critics! :)

[pickSweeds]

i really want the sheet or file for the melody at the beggining, if you have it i would like to have it , plase and thankyou

[DjNokia]

Very Good!!! and Thanks for the lesson (i'm gonna see every little movement!)

[Jackabeth]

is that a J bass

[maltebemily]

The first two time you play the intro riff with false harmonics playing the first octave of the B on the 3rd fret on G-string and so on. The 3rd and 4th time you play the intro with false harmonics on the first octave of the B in on the 15th fret.

And that's what is actually done in this video. Nice job! Timing of this song is very tricky.

[oohchili]

Wicked nice, but yes, one can hardly call Weather Report Jaco's band

[Superhalpo]

also i think is it not playd an octave higher the 2:13 so like c on the g string to a on the g string n then e on the d string to D on the a string or whats easyest

[Superhalpo]

nice job man what are the harmonic fretts?

[somethinfeirce]

man thats actually pretty good, but you just have to try to be a bit more smooth but othere than that everything is good and you harmonics sound great keep it up

[lactatingbillhonkey]

nice cover, good job

[fusionbassist1]

Dude Weather Report were n't his band at all.

[bassman462]

seriously.

were you playing this off of sheet music...i don't think you were because you'd be playing a lot more during some of those parts.

[DjNokia]

so.. do you have the ORIGINAL music sheet for this theme?? mmmmmmm....

[bassman462]

no I do not.

[groovyw53]

i have it