'So What' on fretless bass

The famous bass riff of 'So What' originally played by Paul Chambers on the famous Miles Davis record Kind of Blue.

I play along on my Rob Allen Mouse bass with a Hal Leonard minus one:
1) bass riff /theme
2) a walking bassline
3) solo
4) bass riff /theme
5) I play the theme on my Kala ukulele U bass, just for fun ;)

I decided to keep track of my own growth as a bass player by posting these type of videos. Any comments are welcome also playing opportunities around Amsterdam are welcome.

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[mikejohnston12345]

It is amazing how much the tapewounds on fretless sound like a double bass.

[FretlessMouse]

@mikejohnston12345 it's not only the tapewounds, The concept design of this bass is simply amazing.

[tp22clt]

Could u send me a video of you doing that in slow motion. I'm in a Jazz band, and im struggling with this song, I need to change the method of how I am playing this song.

[drazzellstarfish]

@Grilloale93

The tune is in D dorian with the alternate section in Eb. Harmonically it's famous for being built on a stack of fourths rather than thirds, so the main chord forms for the D section are Em11 and Dm11, same idea for the Eb section. All you need to know for improvising the bass is to stay modal with it.

The riff is just the dorian scale 2h5 6 7 1 2 1 (2m11 1m11) with a bit of variation. Behind the 11 chords you can play 1 and 5, obviously, but also 4 quite nicely.

[Grilloale93]

I need the sheets, where can i find them? nice playing and bass!

[tornmask1]

magnificent performance! x0)

[lakai958]

check out the Epiphone zenith. now thats a bass

[codyhansonbass]

What do you mean by a Hal Leonard minus one? Awesome playing. 

[sibwana]

wonderful!!



[pjmuck]

Fantastic playing and tone. Tell me, how does the Mouse compare tonally to the MB-2? Would an MB-2 capture this tone as well?

[JAZZ0DRUMMER]

I am wondering if you could tell me where I could get the back track to play along with..

thnx