'wrong' notes and correcting mistakes from Victor Wooten's "groove workshop"

[VegasPoker]

great philosophy on it!

[andreastrato]

maybe the best lesson ever

[Dandaphne80]

Amazing player, amazing person.

[moritzpgkatz]

Miles Davis once said, "It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong."

[Mange01]

@moritzpgkatz Wise said. I'm gonna explore these "wrong" notes on my guitar now.

[speirszitu]

Best musical video in Youtube, that's for sure.

I'm mostly a drummer, but i like play guitar as hobby, and i find this amazing!

[JRabba1995]

genius.

[massiveemptythoughts]

Awesome.

Although i reckon it's more 'trasforming' than 'correcting' the notes.. but this shiz gets deep too easily :p

[iga123s]

Music God!

[Falonefal]

It's nice when you figured this out before having seen this video, but even when I see this video now, it made me smile and laugh because Victor is an absolute genius, and my theory was confirmed.

To all the musicians in the world: Don't be afraid to just try out whatever you want, you have that thing in your hands, you do whatever you want with it! Your friend playing the E chord on his guitar? Fuck him, you play in G and then return it to the E, play with your audience AND your instrument.

[MatsLundgren1]

ok i get it..thanks

[EmmanuelObi]

"ahh, i get it"

[BreakerTigro]

0:48 even asians needs Victor Wooten's explanations,

[MrBCRMBST]

This man is the Yoda of the bass :D

[ProgJimmy]

I couldn't stop smiling while seeing that... I can't find the words to describe how much he helped me with that vdeo....!

[InuSama95]

Who's dick did those six lucky bassists have to suck to get the chance to be a part of this?

[doufupanda]

Holy god. What a lesson.

[ManfromCERN]

This video reminds me of Bluffers Guide to Playing Jazz...

[stuckinabottleofbeer]

the way he talks and makes his sound come directly in the heart, gafe me goosbumps.

[tstlz10]

this shit is gold, best bass video ive seen

[lowfiwhiteguy]

Mind = blown

[GreenishV]

thanks for the tip

[imarocknrolljunkie]

this guy just breathes deep musical awesomeness

[IDTheBand]

They all have extended range basses, and Vic's playing a 4 string.. What a boss.

[9winters5]

Mind fucked.  Hard. 0_0

[TimAyro]

Why do they all have beautiful basses?!

[Jont93]

the funny thing is that he starts talking when the bass player starts grooving

he speaks together with the groove

[ten8goa]

savannahsean What u said was absolutely accurate. I never wouldda thought of that

[jeroid8]

bought this DVD, and was surprised to see my bass tutor in it, very informative

[23hooey]

if u hit the wrong note just slide to the right one common sense

[1fetoch1ful]

amazing

[Fredrockroll]

So basically... you're fooling everybody up.

nice, i'll try that

[LiberalDeathMachine]

Victor Wooten, you've just helped me become better

[savannahsean]

This was the most informative two minutes and forty six seconds of my musical life. Worth more than all the lessons I've ever taken.

[michal23pl]

actually this is my trick whatever i do in normal life. you have to make the people believe it something good even you did something wrong ;)

[burrito1331]

this is church for bass players and victor is the preacher

[RombusEvilBones]

holy shit O_O

[MvoIII]

I had the pleasure of meeting this man, and I truly felt I was in the presence of greatness. What a great musician, and an inspiration to many!

[DarkAssassin2259]

In all honesty, I knew this beforehand because I've been learning music basically my whole life since I played violin and then guitar. But, the way he puts it makes a lot of sense to whoever doesn't get it and I really appreciate that. This guy is awesome and I aspire to be like him one day. make me want to pick up my bass and start playing...but my finger hurts from an ingrown fingernail (the index of all of them), so it's gonna take awhile.

[zekky1000]

this guy is god

[bunnykingIII]

and weclicked the first the first video that came to our heads

and it just so happened to be

the best guy in the world

he was the best guy in the world

[jcheever37]

@bunnykingIII now wouldn't it be somethin if VW and JB and the D got together? lol

[bunnykingIII]

@jcheever37 that would be trully weird

[WoodsofWilmer]

I never looked at it that way. Wooten your the truth.

[MrFunjoWorld]

:3 truth is, i learned to play with ear , so im getting good inthis, can u please teache me more master :D

[jaco1458]

He is wonderful... the best!

[ido809]

the 3 dislikes are from victor, anthony and the uploader of this video that thinks he have to upload this video on HD

[Vagogus]

Bass level: GOD!

[BassmrDK]

I couldn't agree more with him <3

[malicant123]

I can't watch this video without tapping my foot off the floor or bobbing my head. That's what I call the work of a master.

[Markobass96]

0:48 hahahahaha....I did not expect that...

[renacuajo]

he teaches you how to correct your mistakes?!?! He's a mastermind!

[codia12]

thats crazy...by the time he got to the end of the lesson...that note sounded totally correct...

[Gundam222]

So this works with any scale/situation etc.?

[eROCtele]

1:18 on the far right, I thought that was Buster from 'arrested development'

[YummyShorty]

Im not a bass player but this like, woah

[RalasFurion]

This video has been removed by sopa

[PSXGAMER22]

I actually feel enlightened! This guy is absolutely amazing at teaching as well as playing :D

[Jamsessionroom1337]

Thank you mr wooten, never have i found a bass lesson more helpful for my guitar playing. :P

[Todd3233]

This guy... This guy :D

[sluggo12345]

just blew my mind haha

[1cruefan4life]

this definately just brought me to the next level of bass playing

[sandman1201]

this ... This is brilliant

[Rockyroopam]

haha great concept

[fubsie2]

Wowwwww... what a good teacher.

[RandomGuitarist7]

This is incredible ! :D

[xFrostiee]

This guy's a fucking genius!

[kibijit]

Victor is not only a fantastic musician, but he has a fantastic philosophy too.

[jwmorgan1880]

mother of god this guy is a freakin genious!!!!!

[imgame2121]

@jwmorgan1880

Dude yes, i know right?? Oh hey Wesley.

[PantsStanley]

@jwmorgan1880 I was gonna say something similar, but I'll just give your comment a thumbs up and totally agree.

[bread0666]

wow. i get it.

[TimmysHQ]

That's fucking it. I am buying this DVD.

[Gotyk994]

Guy at 2:09 , he would like a bit of Victor in his sandwitch

[msdogooder]

Great lesson

[cheeseman1127]

Wow this is incredible! Just made my day

[ChingInTheChang]

Two niggas on the bass jammin'........ what the fuck could be better?

[torontothegood]

i luv this dude!

[viewer127]

He wasn't playing a "wrong" note, he was just playing in the key of G Harmonic Minor. Which is basically identical to G Minor, but with a major 7th instead of the regular minor 7th. If you play the whole scale yourself, it sounds like a westerner's idea of generic "eastern" music. You can really let the major 7th hang for a while and let it build up tension before moving in either direction and resolving it, it's a cool scale.

[izzyalistair]

@viewer127 But a lost of people don't pay attention to more exotic scales, so to most people's ears...it sounds "wrong" but when explained it in a way that wouldn't require knowledge of those scales to understand.

[izzyalistair]

@izzyalistair *lot, excuse my typo lol

[viewer127]

@izzyalistair I think that has more to do with the fact he started on the major 7th right away than with people not being familiar with the scale. Starting on a 7th is almost always awkward sounding, regardless of what scale you're int. It also could be clashing with the groove being played in the background, depending on what notes are being played there.

[dejanbogdanovic]

Genije!

[watt85]

@rockahd91 it's a fodera! preeetty

[RockahD91]

What's the type of bass of the guy playing the background groove? ive rarely seen basses that BEAUTIFUL! very nice. and the information victor gives is just sooo welcome :D

[AllAboutMarkus]

i've watched the whole dvd in one sitting...3hours of my life put to excellent use!

[FlyingVSnow]

Yea, even tought I play guitar I still learned something. Where are all the guitar lesson from the pros?

[09thmsteam]

This was so worth watching

[SmoothCriimiinal]

dam he's great at speaking

[chieftanzzz]

Great advice ...Thanks

[MrRocknrollin]

I have watched this video 54,615 times.

[Casowsky]

ONE NOTE SONG

DO THE BENDY ONCE IN A WHILE

[gredangeo]

@Casowsky *i see what you did there* :)

[ThiefLeet]

As soon as the little metronome-beat gets in, Victor Wooten's starts talking accordingly to the rythm. Awesome.

[BigJarrhead777]

brain=exploded



[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

im high at mind=blown at 2:28

[Redrum1shot]

Can anybody tell me the chords Anthony is playing?

[mbvglider]

@Redrum1shot Gm7, Cm7, Dm7

[Redrum1shot]

@mbvglider Thanks, I'm a drummer. =D

[ramapranendra]

"I made a mistake, but I wasn't afraid of it"

[modernpsalmist]

tension and release, the key to jazz. pun intended? :)

[awfulguitarplucker]

@modernpsalmist QUITE,SIR

QUITE

[LipSilentAssassin]

This is such a great concept. Excellent video.

[Aljazhhh]

Omg this makes so much sense ... opened my eyes completley

[OoryanoO42]

Bam. Enlightenment.

[brennank69]

This and all the other workshop clips I have seen of Victor confirm to me that not only is he a great musician he is also a great teacher. A very clear interesting way of getting his concepts across and keeping the viewer focused.

[Ichliebegermany]

this guy is a fucking genius

[Michu01]

As a saxophone player this really change my perspective bout mistakes. It really works.

[jamirosmajicrocks]

I am a guitarist,, but i now understand what i do more because of wooten

[ShadowCrowX]

is that a slide-able capo Anthony is using, or is that just a hairband to mute any excess noise?

[RoccoDad84]

@ShadowCrowX hairband...they work great when tapping to clean up the ambient noises and buzzing

[Deenowze]

Genious!How to correct mistakes!Basses turned upside down for respect.

[michael3700]

best explaination of wrong-note usage ever!

[TheBasje1993]

Fucking genius!!

[robchuckrob]

1 person made the mistake and gave the vid a thumbs down, but the other 328 corrected his mistake.

[tHickman95]

I'm a drummer, and after seeing this, I do stuff like this all the time.

It's the same principal, just rythmically rather than melodically.

[RoccoDad84]

@tHickman95 rigth on...we had a drummer once who could not work through a mistake...he would hit on the wrong beat or miss a cymbol and would just stop playing rather than just keep going within the groove...fucked us all up...it is so important to be able to take a mistake on the fly and work it in

[saulimus]

@tHickman95 Haha, I do that all the time too.. :D It's just cooler to just keep on going like nothing happened...

[MitchTenderness]

There's like a million dollars worth of basses in that room. Victor is a gem.

[doublethumpbass89]

its amazing how us bassist think the same way....i was actually jamming out the other day with another bassist he was playing a E GROOVE...i remembered exactly what wooten said in this video..and it worked..i couldnt believe it..he isnt a man..he is a gift from god

[Abrash1965]

exactly that is why I hate fusion.. less ideas, more correction. absolutely uncool

[JumboStevo]

"We don't make mistakes, you know? We make happy accidents."

-Bob Ross

[cazzag]

nice lesson, long live the wooten xx :-)

[jasonsgroovemachine]

This is not just a bass guitar or a solo or a musical lesson... this is a life lesson. It's ok to make mistakes, don't be afraid of them.

[saxman1212]

that's not a wrong note, that's a blue note.

[kracker740]

1 person put down their bass after watching this video.

[Mwz92]

i was beating myself in amazement !

[metalballs2010]

Only Vic can make 'wrong' notes sounds beautiful

[enahcs]

He is a genius. I wish I had 1/4 of his talent.

[Dutronium]

Dude, your strings be buzzing.

[Parkinson9999]

222 likes, 0 dislikes, wow!

[enahcs]

@Parkinson9999 He's is an amazing talent, no doubt.

[mrbassman25]

one of the earliest things i learned on bass from an old blues player was "if you make a mistake and it's obvious to the listener, play it again second time round and people will think you ment it as long as you finish on a right note"

how very simullar this sounds :)

[blomsther]

videos watched with wooten explaining things:2

lessons in life learned: 2

[Cruzifer07]

My former violin teacher told me the exact same thing about correcting mistakes.

It's amazing cause it really works.

[chub4play]

That's how I play most of my runs...correcting mistakes after I made them

[camelspottergr]

@chub4play too many mistakes then?? :P

[Mariodupree]

I am so guilty of being scared of a "wrong note" but this has totally changed my perception of it ! Thanks Vic !

[funkbrother111]

Its so simple its amazing!

victor is a genius

[Jack458111]

I am very thankful for victor wooten. all the things ive learned from studying his music have become invaluable in my world of music.

[commando7144]

if ya screw up make them like it! genius.

[olflatop]

Wow, guess I'm a really great player then! hahaha :P

[FriendlyShadow1]

Victor plays a single note and it sounds better than my entire riffs. lol! This guy blows my mind, such an inspiration.

[bassman615]

Everyone should read his book, the music lesson.

[truthslap]

brilliant man, I never would have thought of it this way, this guy is a natural teacher, natural bass player, a natural all around.

[ATERIFA]

he speaks funk

[ShawnyMartin]

mind=blown.

[CAGED1702]

I think it was Miles who said: "When you hit a wrong note, play it again so that everybody thinks you did it on purpose" ;-)

Victor W. is a MASTER..!

[AndyKonecnyMusic]

Yes, Victor.... Everything you play sounds good. Even with that wrong note.

[tim988]

Hitting a wrong note and playning it like that is just like bending a string isnt it?

[S0NiCCCCC]

hes by far one of the few people who can make a wrong note sound right~

[GodHetfield]

it's so easy that's embarassing how simple music and life could be...

non si è mai più lontani di mezzo passo dalla nota giusta. :)

[cultofd]

ahhh.. i get it xD

[jimmyEADG]

wow. thats actually sooo cool. also those people are so lucky to be getting lessons off wooten. i wish there was a time when i could be surrounded by bass players and no one else and just grooving

[gatomjp]

He's a really good teacher!

[Vizillar2505]

I wonder how much all the basses in that room cost all together

[owenmcburns]

In jazz there's no such thing as a wrong note, just a poor choice

[HARDCORExWINNING]

is this supposed to be something we should be amazed about? because i usually correct myself the same way while playing guitar and i guess its kind of a basic thing?

[frogswallop]

'It's only a wrong note if it's followed by one.' - Miles Davis

[crguti]

@1:15 the guy with the white jacket... Is he the bass player of Paul Gilbert?

[marcelopearl]

wow!!!! ronaldinho know how to play bass!!!

[GAMEREVIEWERMAN]

is it weird that victor is the only one with a 4 string.

[Requeium]

@GAMEREVIEWERMAN well a 4 string can hit pretty much anything it needs to, he mastered it and thus, there's no need to change

[GAMEREVIEWERMAN]

@Requeium yes i know that but no else has a 4 string. i think goes to show that string count on a bass works best as four like a violin

[salokin1982]

cool

[StrawberryJungle]

This has been the saviour to my improvisational skills - or previous lack of, haha.

[vanix65]

@StrawberryJungle

I said the exact same thing when I saw this video!!!!

[draconer777]

its like socrates, with a bass!!

[Hardrck1450]

two gods making life with basses! awesome