@TheElectromagnet AC/DC Will be studied in 100 years time, but JB won't be. The reason why this music is studied today is the same reason why AC/DC will be studied: it's good music. It's just people's different opinion and likes or dislikes on each genre of music or piece. You saying it doesn't have any soul in it is your opinion. I'm 15 and I still study The Beatles in my GCSE course work, and I love it. It's more down to opinion than anything else.
Jeff, you are perfectly up front about this being a work in progress. As a professional musician and college music teacher, I am duly impressed with your technique and interpretation of one of my favorite pieces for cello or classical guitar (I studied it decades ago). I look forward to hearing a second version when you feel it has ripened. I wonder whether a slightly slower tempo might lend itself to greater clarity--the bass give a dense sound. Again, it is wonderful and inspiring. Bravo.
Really great to see you transcribe all the classical music for electric bass! The intonation is bit suspect though. I'm glad you did this on fretless however.
@baconskull Having a lined/dotted fretless ain't cheating. It simply means that the user is not playing to look different, unique or cool but he is play to sound different, unique or cool. What is the point in making things harder when there are other easier ways to it.
Good grief, man! It's hard enough to intonate properly on a four-string fretless. You have some serious ambition to play a seven, and this piece to boot. Nice job!
I play classical pieces on bass as well, but have never attempted this song. I think you have just given me the inspiration, thanks and good work ! That probably took some time to learn I bet.
I'm sorry, but that's extremely sloppy. All over the place. Bass sounds really cheap, too. Kind of sounds to me like the bass was too much for you to handle and some of the notes just didn't come out clean. No judging you on that at all, because a 7 string bass just isn't very comfortable. And as someone else stated, there was nothing emotional here or anything dynamic, just straight, note for note, boring after 60 seconds lines. All I can commend here was that you memorized the notes.
@zilch1823 Maybe I'm twice as good or don't play at all, but that is irrelevant because this is about the video here. I think his Bumblebee is excellent.
Is that Alice cooper? Wow , what a bass. It looks like it's too much to handle. Not perfect but damn nice. I know your fingers are prolly still hurting after that rendition.
ow man, you need improve your interpretation. there is no dinamic here, you need to do the crescendo, and etc. you nee to focus the disonance, realease the consonances, and make it more legato. Also, dont make accents in wrongs places, this is barroc style, you always need to think about the beats . but you have a good technick, i would recomend you to listen to barroc cellos playing this.
Attempting this on a fretless bass is like trying to knife the president with a shank, but damn you did good, I can barely play this on my classical, you rock.
@slapa7fretless Your right. Any douchebag that dousn't like it... How about you do it better, or shut up. The people that don't like this probably don't even play an instrument.
most of you dissin this guy have probable never played of have even seen a seven string fretless bass i own i bought it a year ago and there not that easy to play so cut the man a break he did a great job if you think he didnt pick that instrument up and try to play it p.s. ERB's kick ass
people who say technique is not soul need to open their mind, first of all to each his own, secondly to have the willpower to practice and escape the boundaries set by others requires a big amount of "soul" precision is everything and a punk bassist, funk, metal, jazz, whatever bassist, for example, is just as good as a technical bassist and as good as any other musician who feels music as an artistic escape
@Marilola75 exactly, and more over, before you can put soul into your instrument, you gotta have at least some technique, without it you can't even play.
@Marilola75 exactly, and more over, before you can put soul into your instrument, you gotta have at least some technique, without it you can't even play. And who says that Bach didn't had soul? That guy is an inspiration where pretty much all our music came from. He was way ahead for his time in music. As well as Hayden, Mozart and a lot more historical composers. They started the musical revolution what we still enjoy today. And I don't tell this because I'm the bassist of a Death Metal band.
@Marilola75 I agree. And the bottom line is that while this type of music may not exude "soul" this crap is centuries old and is still being studied and played by people today. Nobody will playing "black and yellow" , Justin Bieber, or heck even AC/DC 100 years from now.
@Marilola75 If you ask me, the people who tend to get upset with some involved, technical bass playing are uptight guitar players that don't want a bass player to steal their thunder. I've never understood what "soulful playing" really meant. When I play I'm very soulful and my hands are all over the place. To each their own, indeed.
Well, at least he played all the notes. Too bad the articulation, volume, and phrasing were all hit or miss. Definitely listening to his fingers playing the instrument much more than the music.
He was playing in the same register as the original. If her were to play it an octave lower, it would be too muddy. Sure, he could have lowered it a couple keys, but probably be playing in a key with lots of sharps. Bach is hard enough as it is! Give the guy props for even trying on bass.
Nice effort, and you obviously worked hard at learning this. My only question is ... why? The piece was written for a bowed instrument; it can sound good on an acoustic (classical) guitar, but on an electric bass it's impossible to play it as legato as it should be, or even close to it.
@dartagnan712 I'm curious what you mean by this. a fretless bass is probably as close as one can come to an upright acoustic cello without picking up a bow. I think the problem with this recording is wayyyy too much treble in the EQ. I also feel like he's playing it an octave too high
@mcblah True, with the fretless bass you can get a more legato sound than with a fretted instrument, but still it's a plucked instrument and it's going to sound more marcato than a cello. And he doesn't appear to make any use of slurs at all.
I think you're right about too much treble. There's a twangy tone that's unpleasant.
@dartagnan712 I just transcribed and coded this entire piece to be played on a 5V piezoelectric buzzer for my microcontroller interfacing course....after hearing it on that awful little thing, any instrument sounds fantastic.
@jackzon80 are you serious?.... WOW... LOL.... i hope you were joking. ..**stops loL** ...this IS music, maybe not the kind you can appreciate, but this IS music.
@Bassics85 I agree with jackzon, listen to the version of sinophysker he plays it with so mutch more feel to it, then you know what he meant with play music not only notes
@RYANN36 true, you can assert that in one much more feeling is displayed than the other, however the video description clearly says "it's not perfect" ... ;) ...that alone makes me understand that it is not played with as much feeling: who would play anything that in consciousness is not perfect, with so much feeling? i believe if Mr Jeff felt he had perfected the piece then he would had presented it with more passion, and it would have been more appealing.
@Bassics85 and who knows, me he simply wanted to present the song on this instrument and no more; maybe its just hes way; look at his other videos and you will better understand what i mean.(not saying he never shows feeling either.) PS: i am not fighting with you or Jackzon80, but simply putting my two cents ;) .
veeeeeeeeeery good play.i belive in slower speed would be sounded even beter.i didn't say that because i think you can't play in the speed that you played it.you have crazy skills and i enjoyed your play very much..in my ears would sound better slower but that's just a matter of taste its not about right or wrong
you know what, at least you did the work to understand the piece. people post stuff that they haven't even done the work to finish. this is, as you said, almost there so good on ya.
which strings do u use? I'm waiting for my 7 strings fretless and I think I'll get hard time to find the right strings, as it comes with the roundwounds
If you want mellow, go flatwounds. Halfwounds are a little brighter from what I've heard. However, I know for a fact that roundwounds will scratch the hell out of your fingerboard.
Dude, did you have to have that frickin' bass custom made? A fretless seven-string is completely unheard of! Awesome cover, I wish I was you! I've been playing for about eight months, and I'm already really good, but I don't think I'll ever be that. Any helpful tips?
@13Djvwood, alright, I'll try that. I actually worked on "Indians" by Anthrax for about a month and a half, and after that, I'm working on Steve Harris now. Though, that's super hard, and I am curious, how long have you been playing? Also, I'm quite curious to how long you would practice everyday and different techniques. Thanks. :)
@panteralover23 I've been playing multiples of instruments for about 3 to 4 years. I'm actually a guitarist and i have alot of friends that play bass and the techniques are similar. something fun to do to increase your playing skills is a 12 bar blues scale in Bb it sounds awesome on bass guitar as well guitar.
Wonderfully done, Jeff, as always. But your intonation tends to lean a bit toward the sharp side. Not badly by any means, and this is certainly not an easy piece to play, much less in perfect tune. Just an observation, love your work!
dear master jeff, your modesty knows no limits! neither your search of perfection! thanks for such nice work not only on this video but in all the ones you've uploaded.
Jeff, I've watched 3 of your clips and you are obviously a committed player who's spent many hours practicing... with a metronome. Now turn the metronome off and find the music beyond the notes please. Also, there are other instruments that do a better job of playing high notes... like the guitar. I am a bass player who got bored with bass lines. I've been playing more lapsteel & gt recently, however when I pick up the bass it gives me more perspective. Try it yourself. It helps a lot.
@jnsbuggy Jeff plays guitar in addition to bass. He also plays a 7 string fretted which has better high end than the fretless. One thing to remember, this is Bach. To be played properly Bach is played with great precision. After listening to far more than 3 videos by Jeff I believe your assessment of his playing is incorrect. Your criticism only makes you sound pretentious. The only criticism I have is he plays it a little too fast.
I've been playing guitar for about 3 years, and I wonder how it's possible to play with a fretless instrument, and to make it sound in tune ! But you're doing it well, so you've got all my congratulations... You rock !
@TheDragonOfMetal I play fretless. All I can say is it takes a lot of practice and a good ear while paying close attention to what you are playing. Playing fretless made me a better fretted player because accuracy in fingering gives you a better tone on a fretted instrument.
@tbcass For sure it needs a very good ear, (I never played fretless, actually I began playing guitar for about 3 years, and maybe one day I'll play a fretless guitar one day, i hope) ...I think it's really difficult to put the finger at the exact position so I sounds in tune... I've got a question for you... on a fretless instrument, do you have less sustain than on a fretted instrument ? Because the skin of the finger should mute the strings a little bit... Am I wrong ?
@TheDragonOfMetal Fretless has less sustain in the high end. When you pluck any stringed instrument there is an apparent increase in the high end because the bass dies off after the initial pluck faster than the higher end. In a fretted instrument this results in a sort of twang low to high. On a fretless the high end dies off shortly after the bass resulting in that distinctive "muah" fretless sound, low, high, low. The sustain at the low end is pretty equal.
playing fretless is very difficult to do since you don't have the frets to guide you; you have to have the pure knowledge of where each note sounds perfect pitch. luckily he has the dots. Also, without frets, the strings doesn't have the solid bar on which to resonate.
@TheElectromagnet AC/DC Will be studied in 100 years time, but JB won't be. The reason why this music is studied today is the same reason why AC/DC will be studied: it's good music. It's just people's different opinion and likes or dislikes on each genre of music or piece. You saying it doesn't have any soul in it is your opinion. I'm 15 and I still study The Beatles in my GCSE course work, and I love it. It's more down to opinion than anything else.
XxgeekmisterxX 12 hours ago
Jeff, you are perfectly up front about this being a work in progress. As a professional musician and college music teacher, I am duly impressed with your technique and interpretation of one of my favorite pieces for cello or classical guitar (I studied it decades ago). I look forward to hearing a second version when you feel it has ripened. I wonder whether a slightly slower tempo might lend itself to greater clarity--the bass give a dense sound. Again, it is wonderful and inspiring. Bravo.
dinnerstein 1 week ago
beautiful, but i prefere to play it more slowly, dynamically ;) but as always, you are some kind of a mentor
SoundsUzed 2 months ago
Great playing, but not used to this type of clean sound coming from a bass. Sounds almost like a synth to me.
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Awesome ! Check out my version of Prelude on 6 string Bass on my Channel ! Thanks
EmbryonicIncubation 4 months ago
"This doesn't have soul" is just another way to say "I suck too much to play this" :D
KaBonkful 5 months ago 9
you donk kick ass, you destroy its existance from this space-time, really dude you rock lol! cheers!
alonescool 5 months ago
awesome, bach's prelude from the cello suite. really dude. awesome
vanburikwouter 5 months ago
Really great to see you transcribe all the classical music for electric bass! The intonation is bit suspect though. I'm glad you did this on fretless however.
kajalill5th 6 months ago 2
He just took a shit on any bassline I have ever played or make up in my life.
trouble1macker202 6 months ago
Would be vastly improved by rubato. Don't get me wrong - this is way better than I was ever able to play it on a cello - but it could be even better.
Impass3 7 months ago
unfuckin believable!
its fretlessssss!!! OMG!
StephaneGrappelli 7 months ago
This guy plays like a robot.
JaySyrinx 8 months ago in playlist Bass
freetless sweet
3NOV 8 months ago
mastering the classics on any instrument is difficult. fine job.
iamgrommie 8 months ago 2
NICE keep going mannnnnnnnnnn.....
wwpttn 8 months ago in playlist Bass
wtf jeff!!
use your middle finger too!
ars9magna6opera 9 months ago 2
Added to my 'guitar gods' playlist.
Tydyd1 10 months ago
i really like when you play the fretless, your a talented musician and i really enjoy your videos
KStreetmafia 11 months ago
Any one see that episode of Family Guy where Stewie and Brian get clones? This sounds like Bitch Brian singing Bach.
Troubleshoot3R 11 months ago
now lets hear the rest of the Cello suites...
prinznevsky 11 months ago 3
This fretless has markers! You cheater! Haha Great Video :D
baconskull 11 months ago
@baconskull Having a lined/dotted fretless ain't cheating. It simply means that the user is not playing to look different, unique or cool but he is play to sound different, unique or cool. What is the point in making things harder when there are other easier ways to it.
ilovemysr505 10 months ago
7-string fretless bass. It was overkill at "7-string bass", but "fretless" is adding insult to injury.
Mindlabytinth 11 months ago
Good grief, man! It's hard enough to intonate properly on a four-string fretless. You have some serious ambition to play a seven, and this piece to boot. Nice job!
mjkobb 11 months ago
imagine if he played that whole thing rings out for the last chord....*hits wrong note* AL;SDJFAS FUCK
itsamystery94 11 months ago
Takes serious dedication dude
QCAssociates 11 months ago
I play classical pieces on bass as well, but have never attempted this song. I think you have just given me the inspiration, thanks and good work ! That probably took some time to learn I bet.
sniggity 11 months ago
Just so everyone knows, I have just burned my bass and am jumping up and down on the ashes.
125jlm 11 months ago 3
This is really Cool, please keep up with the Classical Stuff,
I have some onfo on a 16 String Bass if you are interested
mail me and I will share the scoop with ya.
ForeverResplendent 11 months ago
he's better than most guitarists lol
Incidious2 11 months ago
the hands are hypnotizing
corjoth 11 months ago
very impressive!!
TheRiddle0FSteel 11 months ago
very nice
addyr100 11 months ago
maybe cut the middlefinger off, then it's out of the way :D
madhippie17 11 months ago
I'm sorry, but that's extremely sloppy. All over the place. Bass sounds really cheap, too. Kind of sounds to me like the bass was too much for you to handle and some of the notes just didn't come out clean. No judging you on that at all, because a 7 string bass just isn't very comfortable. And as someone else stated, there was nothing emotional here or anything dynamic, just straight, note for note, boring after 60 seconds lines. All I can commend here was that you memorized the notes.
RebornThroughHate 11 months ago
@RebornThroughHate I'd like to see you come close.
zilch1823 11 months ago
@zilch1823 Maybe I'm twice as good or don't play at all, but that is irrelevant because this is about the video here. I think his Bumblebee is excellent.
RebornThroughHate 11 months ago
Is that Alice cooper? Wow , what a bass. It looks like it's too much to handle. Not perfect but damn nice. I know your fingers are prolly still hurting after that rendition.
XurbX 11 months ago
ow man, you need improve your interpretation. there is no dinamic here, you need to do the crescendo, and etc. you nee to focus the disonance, realease the consonances, and make it more legato. Also, dont make accents in wrongs places, this is barroc style, you always need to think about the beats . but you have a good technick, i would recomend you to listen to barroc cellos playing this.
leolinklima 11 months ago
@leolinklima Baroque*
weakling102 11 months ago
your tone is great. many of the "bass virtuosos" on youtube have problems with having too much finger noise etc.
pretzelbrow 1 year ago
bellissimo bass !!!
kebaosan185680 1 year ago
wow that was good
but i bet like 4 trees went into the making of that bass lol
MiddleEasternCafe 1 year ago
Technique is the bridge between the mind and the instrument. It allows your fingers to do what your mind hears.
In my opinion, soul is how well the final product (the music) reflects what the creative mind produces, assuming the musician has creativity.
rockin982 1 year ago
Thank you. What a beautiful instrument. And the playing, J.S. would be proud. I am proud. Thank you.
badback22 1 year ago
Attempting this on a fretless bass is like trying to knife the president with a shank, but damn you did good, I can barely play this on my classical, you rock.
hisheartofstone 1 year ago
excellent playing dude.
sasukeuchihalb 1 year ago
55 non bass player
dindglebeaver 1 year ago
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did you put and synth bass effect? sorry it sounds good but that "effect" mmm well...
iscarg 1 year ago
did you put and synth bass effect? sorry I sounds good but that "effect" mmm well...
iscarg 1 year ago
@iscarg its a fretless.
sasukeuchihalb 1 year ago
sorry but the tone could be cleaner.
loeher182 1 year ago
oh le ouf !!!
chrisprecision 1 year ago
I wouldn't be caught dead near a 7-string fretless bass. Good job.
antonio610 1 year ago
its my dream play this song one day one day
redentionful 1 year ago 2
:P damn this is beautiful
katara935 1 year ago
Inspiring.
toblakai 1 year ago
yup its not perfect... but i say, its hard to play a fretless. well done
i can only play one note on a fretless
gugegago 1 year ago
@slapa7fretless Your right. Any douchebag that dousn't like it... How about you do it better, or shut up. The people that don't like this probably don't even play an instrument.
holtshady 1 year ago
most of you dissin this guy have probable never played of have even seen a seven string fretless bass i own i bought it a year ago and there not that easy to play so cut the man a break he did a great job if you think he didnt pick that instrument up and try to play it p.s. ERB's kick ass
slapa7fretless 1 year ago
That's a monster bass my man! Nice playing techniques too!
pieterjanoddens 1 year ago
i prefere the real one
costas1OO 1 year ago
this must be the most dull performance of this piece ever
no dynamics whatsoever
im hearing open strings that shouldn't sound.
boooooring
lavendistesapo 1 year ago
@lavendistesapo
let me see you play it on a 7 string fretless.
iamismehellyeah 1 year ago
@lavendistesapo you don't even play bass or for that matter ANYTHING!!!!! you don't even have any uploads
bassmastah13 1 year ago
he swallowed all the notes... not good tbh
ScarletMagenta 1 year ago
You look a bit like Steve Harris - great bassist!
steam0austin 1 year ago
fantastic!!
kaynewest1995 1 year ago
people who say technique is not soul need to open their mind, first of all to each his own, secondly to have the willpower to practice and escape the boundaries set by others requires a big amount of "soul" precision is everything and a punk bassist, funk, metal, jazz, whatever bassist, for example, is just as good as a technical bassist and as good as any other musician who feels music as an artistic escape
Marilola75 1 year ago 41
@Marilola75 exactly, and more over, before you can put soul into your instrument, you gotta have at least some technique, without it you can't even play.
BeArtist1 1 year ago
@Marilola75 exactly, and more over, before you can put soul into your instrument, you gotta have at least some technique, without it you can't even play. And who says that Bach didn't had soul? That guy is an inspiration where pretty much all our music came from. He was way ahead for his time in music. As well as Hayden, Mozart and a lot more historical composers. They started the musical revolution what we still enjoy today. And I don't tell this because I'm the bassist of a Death Metal band.
BeArtist1 1 year ago
@Marilola75 I agree. And the bottom line is that while this type of music may not exude "soul" this crap is centuries old and is still being studied and played by people today. Nobody will playing "black and yellow" , Justin Bieber, or heck even AC/DC 100 years from now.
TheElectromagnet 11 months ago 25
@TheElectromagnet I think AC/DC will still be played 100 years from now.... I'm sure it will be. And I hate AC/DC.
xHITSWOMENx 8 months ago 3
@TheElectromagnet Don't underestimate the power of AC/DC!
ShortFingeredShreder 7 months ago
@TheElectromagnet Haha yeah because they will have much worse music to play! I like AC/DC though so im not saying thats not bad music:)
cph645 5 months ago
@TheElectromagnet
u never know what will be played in future what with all the stuff made now;
only thing guaranteed in life is sods law, so they probably will play bieber and forget stuff like this if present trends of lazyness etc continue.
tpvalley 4 months ago
@Marilola75 TECHNIQUE IS NOT SOUL!
mathal13 11 months ago
@mathal13 neither is bach so shut up
GFJDean35 11 months ago
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@mathal13 yeah well neither is bach so shut up
GFJDean35 11 months ago
@Marilola75 If you ask me, the people who tend to get upset with some involved, technical bass playing are uptight guitar players that don't want a bass player to steal their thunder. I've never understood what "soulful playing" really meant. When I play I'm very soulful and my hands are all over the place. To each their own, indeed.
neurotyrant 8 months ago
why everyone so negative this sounds great, AND AT LEAST HES NOT TAPPING IT!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! GOOD JOB MAN KEEP IT UP!!
dirtyshotya 1 year ago
She's beautiful but all this string make this bass ugly ..
lunatik75vnr 1 year ago
@lunatik75vnr haha tu es français, en anglais la basse n'est pas au féminin ;-) anyways...great video!
Imthedragonreborn 1 year ago
@Imthedragonreborn haha tu m'as eu :)
lunatik75vnr 1 year ago
Well, at least he played all the notes. Too bad the articulation, volume, and phrasing were all hit or miss. Definitely listening to his fingers playing the instrument much more than the music.
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egyptiansh1tstain 1 year ago
I want your bass
trifecteye 1 year ago
you got all the notes right, but it doesn't sound "music" enough..
tallbaldmonkey 1 year ago
He was playing in the same register as the original. If her were to play it an octave lower, it would be too muddy. Sure, he could have lowered it a couple keys, but probably be playing in a key with lots of sharps. Bach is hard enough as it is! Give the guy props for even trying on bass.
4321poiu 1 year ago
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Themethalmaster 1 year ago
great stuff dude!!
TheKingkerosin 1 year ago
you have the tehnique. But no soul.
Imag1nAruM 1 year ago
I'd like to see those 47 people who disliked this do better job.
bhothemetallhead 1 year ago
does it need to be so fast???? great off course tho i think it lacks of phatos.......
nusemnu1 1 year ago
sounds great man
medra1980 1 year ago
Nice effort, and you obviously worked hard at learning this. My only question is ... why? The piece was written for a bowed instrument; it can sound good on an acoustic (classical) guitar, but on an electric bass it's impossible to play it as legato as it should be, or even close to it.
dartagnan712 1 year ago
WHO CARES?! He can do whatever he wants.
ReignzOfBrainz 1 year ago
@dartagnan712 I'm curious what you mean by this. a fretless bass is probably as close as one can come to an upright acoustic cello without picking up a bow. I think the problem with this recording is wayyyy too much treble in the EQ. I also feel like he's playing it an octave too high
mcblah 1 year ago
@mcblah True, with the fretless bass you can get a more legato sound than with a fretted instrument, but still it's a plucked instrument and it's going to sound more marcato than a cello. And he doesn't appear to make any use of slurs at all.
I think you're right about too much treble. There's a twangy tone that's unpleasant.
dartagnan712 1 year ago
@dartagnan712 I just transcribed and coded this entire piece to be played on a 5V piezoelectric buzzer for my microcontroller interfacing course....after hearing it on that awful little thing, any instrument sounds fantastic.
mcblah 1 year ago
your damn dedicated to your bass long live to you :D
nykretus 1 year ago
YOU ONLY MUST MUTE THE OTHER STRINGS.THIS MAKE NOISE.
MY ENGLISH IS NO GOOD
SORRY
YOU PLAY VERY GOOD
nicolauh30 1 year ago
Bach is a bitch with the contrast and changes from dominate to diminished chords! Still love Bach, however
kc8ntp 1 year ago
capo !!!
TombaPunk 1 year ago
Why ?
A bass player...
xMirecourtx 1 year ago
You're flat a lot of the time. Play it slower too, let it breath, that'll help intonation too my guess is. Good work
DanielGillismusic 1 year ago
bach and baroque music i all about phrasing. One phrase ends, the other begins.
marazm1 1 year ago
This bass was originally built for Chuck Norris...but he failed and gave it to this guy
Lea310591 1 year ago
you fucks always have sumthin to say like u where better that this guy haha fuck u.. start uploading videos..
tobillos 1 year ago
please do some MUSIC not only notes!!!
jackzon80 1 year ago
@jackzon80 are you serious?.... WOW... LOL.... i hope you were joking. ..**stops loL** ...this IS music, maybe not the kind you can appreciate, but this IS music.
Bassics85 1 year ago
@Bassics85 I agree with jackzon, listen to the version of sinophysker he plays it with so mutch more feel to it, then you know what he meant with play music not only notes
RYANN36 1 year ago
@RYANN36 true, you can assert that in one much more feeling is displayed than the other, however the video description clearly says "it's not perfect" ... ;) ...that alone makes me understand that it is not played with as much feeling: who would play anything that in consciousness is not perfect, with so much feeling? i believe if Mr Jeff felt he had perfected the piece then he would had presented it with more passion, and it would have been more appealing.
Bassics85 1 year ago
@Bassics85 and who knows, me he simply wanted to present the song on this instrument and no more; maybe its just hes way; look at his other videos and you will better understand what i mean.(not saying he never shows feeling either.) PS: i am not fighting with you or Jackzon80, but simply putting my two cents ;) .
Bassics85 1 year ago
@jackzon80 Um, that's a piece from the unaccompanied cello suites. Notes ARE music -- unless of course you know something Bach didn't.
plangentmusic 1 year ago
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jackzon80 1 year ago
@plangentmusic listen to Misha Maisky playing Bach's suites,for example.
that is MUSIC.
Instead in this video we have ONLY notes.to call it music need something more ;)
with bass is more difficult to play CELLO suites,of course but you can.
sure better than this nice guy.
jackzon80 1 year ago
@jackzon80 I'm not saying this is the best version I ever heard, but he did a nice job and your comment was misleading.
plangentmusic 1 year ago
@plangentmusic there are no phrases, no breathing, no dinamics.
I repeat,there are only notes.
So it isn't a nice job.
As exercise is good, but it's far from music.
This is my opinion, of course.
jackzon80 1 year ago
id love to see you in the very early stages of learning this. the quality must differ. :L
kona6495 1 year ago
You know how to do it! Nice job!
WhenWorldsCollide91 1 year ago
Do you transpose everything by ear?
MiCkOwEnS7 1 year ago
Excellent!
Not perfect, you say.
As Segovia once commented on one of his efforts, "It will do"
tyke58 1 year ago
Nice hair! lol
FuckTaylor 1 year ago
Sounds weird lol
bobiee36 1 year ago
Why are there no frets?
boredom1000 1 year ago
@boredom1000
you're a huge moron.
disgustopated 1 year ago
@boredom1000 No, sir i believe the right question is why should there be frets. :)
rikkitimbo 1 year ago
@rikkitimbo Haha! So retards like me have an easier time finding out where to put their fingers!
CetwinBrothers 1 year ago
like you said for yourself .,. its not perfect. but keep on practicing this one...its such a nice piece.
hallunke26 1 year ago
Beautiful intonation, impressive! (And what a nice bass!)
dscarson1 1 year ago
Thats is a beautiful bass man,bad ass
SLAYERMETALLICA357 1 year ago 11
Really great! What is that bass you're playing?
ThePKeisari 1 year ago
veeeeeeeeeery good play.i belive in slower speed would be sounded even beter.i didn't say that because i think you can't play in the speed that you played it.you have crazy skills and i enjoyed your play very much..in my ears would sound better slower but that's just a matter of taste its not about right or wrong
hallugi 1 year ago
Excusez-moi, j'aimerais savoir ou on peut trouver la partition pour la bass ou le nom du bouquin s il vous plait?
birdsk83 1 year ago
@birdsk83 Bonjour tu parles francaise?
SuperClara47 1 year ago
@SuperClara47 Oui je viens du Quebec, plus precisement du coin de Montreal. Alors bonjour! Et oui toi aussi a ce que je vois!
birdsk83 1 year ago
Beautiful, buddy!
Arlekean 1 year ago
LMAO about the bass being made out of a whole tree. Dunno just struck a funny note! :D
Frizzied 1 year ago
BRAVO!!!
1milanmit 1 year ago
you know what, at least you did the work to understand the piece. people post stuff that they haven't even done the work to finish. this is, as you said, almost there so good on ya.
2stick5 1 year ago
mto bom
brukris16 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
not good enough........
jake6stinger 1 year ago
which strings do u use? I'm waiting for my 7 strings fretless and I think I'll get hard time to find the right strings, as it comes with the roundwounds
mystical999 1 year ago
@mystical999
If you want mellow, go flatwounds. Halfwounds are a little brighter from what I've heard. However, I know for a fact that roundwounds will scratch the hell out of your fingerboard.
imarealgamer 1 year ago
this guy is bass god... just see his other videos
ihatechoosename 1 year ago
Is that a Slap Bass? Very difficult to play and you are good Sr.
piontro 1 year ago
I appreciate Bass/Guitar players that are Clearly excellent on their instrument. Bravo
26bond 1 year ago
Dude, did you have to have that frickin' bass custom made? A fretless seven-string is completely unheard of! Awesome cover, I wish I was you! I've been playing for about eight months, and I'm already really good, but I don't think I'll ever be that. Any helpful tips?
panteralover23 1 year ago
@panteralover23 just find music that is slightly above your level work on it until you have the level mastered then keep going
13Djvwood 1 year ago
@13Djvwood, alright, I'll try that. I actually worked on "Indians" by Anthrax for about a month and a half, and after that, I'm working on Steve Harris now. Though, that's super hard, and I am curious, how long have you been playing? Also, I'm quite curious to how long you would practice everyday and different techniques. Thanks. :)
panteralover23 1 year ago
@panteralover23 I've been playing multiples of instruments for about 3 to 4 years. I'm actually a guitarist and i have alot of friends that play bass and the techniques are similar. something fun to do to increase your playing skills is a 12 bar blues scale in Bb it sounds awesome on bass guitar as well guitar.
13Djvwood 1 year ago
@13Djvwood, alright, I'll definitely use that! But, there's no way you got that good in four years, is there? If you did, then DAMN!
panteralover23 1 year ago
Wonderfully done, Jeff, as always. But your intonation tends to lean a bit toward the sharp side. Not badly by any means, and this is certainly not an easy piece to play, much less in perfect tune. Just an observation, love your work!
strongbadian4747 1 year ago
That was hardcore!
fullclip16117 1 year ago
i love the rawness of classical guitar and bass peices =] makes the piece to me
tburn66 1 year ago
You really love your bass realy?
You are a master.
nefisstoss 1 year ago
Great music. I hate Ron Wyden! Really inappropriate. Mike Beilstein
michaelbeilstein 1 year ago
damn thats sick!! props awesome instrument
don123420 1 year ago
wow
jradeps10 1 year ago
dear master jeff, your modesty knows no limits! neither your search of perfection! thanks for such nice work not only on this video but in all the ones you've uploaded.
canaleteroncador 1 year ago
liked it, but this guy really goes nuts on flight of the bumble bee
wingnutofcoolness 1 year ago 2
@wingnutofcoolness
its like youll be doomed if you play a bumble bee..
pergsify 1 year ago
Jeff, I've watched 3 of your clips and you are obviously a committed player who's spent many hours practicing... with a metronome. Now turn the metronome off and find the music beyond the notes please. Also, there are other instruments that do a better job of playing high notes... like the guitar. I am a bass player who got bored with bass lines. I've been playing more lapsteel & gt recently, however when I pick up the bass it gives me more perspective. Try it yourself. It helps a lot.
jnsbuggy 1 year ago
@jnsbuggy Jeff plays guitar in addition to bass. He also plays a 7 string fretted which has better high end than the fretless. One thing to remember, this is Bach. To be played properly Bach is played with great precision. After listening to far more than 3 videos by Jeff I believe your assessment of his playing is incorrect. Your criticism only makes you sound pretentious. The only criticism I have is he plays it a little too fast.
tbcass 1 year ago
You just barely crossed the "too fast" line. Theres not enough sustain on the notes, which I blame the tempo and the fact that its fretless.
Played very well though, save for a few pitch problems here and there.
xXmasterbasserXx 1 year ago
I've been playing guitar for about 3 years, and I wonder how it's possible to play with a fretless instrument, and to make it sound in tune ! But you're doing it well, so you've got all my congratulations... You rock !
TheDragonOfMetal 1 year ago
@TheDragonOfMetal Imagine the frets are there and play it like that.
Deathz0r94 1 year ago
@TheDragonOfMetal I play fretless. All I can say is it takes a lot of practice and a good ear while paying close attention to what you are playing. Playing fretless made me a better fretted player because accuracy in fingering gives you a better tone on a fretted instrument.
tbcass 1 year ago
@tbcass For sure it needs a very good ear, (I never played fretless, actually I began playing guitar for about 3 years, and maybe one day I'll play a fretless guitar one day, i hope) ...I think it's really difficult to put the finger at the exact position so I sounds in tune... I've got a question for you... on a fretless instrument, do you have less sustain than on a fretted instrument ? Because the skin of the finger should mute the strings a little bit... Am I wrong ?
TheDragonOfMetal 1 year ago
@TheDragonOfMetal Fretless has less sustain in the high end. When you pluck any stringed instrument there is an apparent increase in the high end because the bass dies off after the initial pluck faster than the higher end. In a fretted instrument this results in a sort of twang low to high. On a fretless the high end dies off shortly after the bass resulting in that distinctive "muah" fretless sound, low, high, low. The sustain at the low end is pretty equal.
tbcass 1 year ago
@tbcass Huh, ok, thank you for the information !
TheDragonOfMetal 1 year ago
great! just great!
nadikri 1 year ago
Super mooi. Thanks
Knurft22 1 year ago
soz but i realy don't like that bass
skate4life0123456 1 year ago
how many fucking bass you have???
Deathmetalfan69 1 year ago
playing fretless is very difficult to do since you don't have the frets to guide you; you have to have the pure knowledge of where each note sounds perfect pitch. luckily he has the dots. Also, without frets, the strings doesn't have the solid bar on which to resonate.
don't hate without proper knowledge of the thing.
MapleLeafAce 1 year ago
lil' bit slower, lil' bit clean would be perfect
keremgs7050 1 year ago