3 Pentatonic Workouts Every Bass Player Needs (Crazy Simple) 

Couldn’t have said it better!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Hes been buying black musicians patreons and putting out new "soulful" content 😅

@janekgwizdala IMHO Janek has taken all the history and language of my favourite players and made it his own and is open and giving with his time and knowledge. My favourite soloist on bass of all time out of so many great players are Janek, Evan Marien, Jimmy Johnson, John Patitucci and perhaps my favourite favourite Skuli Sverrisson, also the amazing jazz guitarist John Stowell, his use of melodic and harmonic minor harmony and phrasing are phenomenal. Skuli is so unique in language and his playing blow my mind. I’ve transcribed every solo I can find on record and it’s amazing. Obviously I sound nothing like him but his language, time, tone and other worldly technique are a massive influence. Janek’s use of effects and layer multiple loops and creating soundscapes are huge I love this so much but also his compositions and new trio kills. I transcribed that amazing intro in to 13 Fathoms what a fabulous piece.

Would be interested in a fingerstyle interpretation of a Primus song!

Nylon Tape Wound flats. An old set of D'Addario's I've had on this bass for about 15 years.

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Nylon tape wound flats. I think these are an old set of D’Addarios

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The best thing I've found with anything related to fingering and technique, is to try as many versions as possible. We're all so different that there really isn't a "right" way to do it. You need to discover as many versions as you can come up with, and then pick the one that feels the most natural to you. I've never been a fan of including fingerings, or of people learning things with a visual aid like RU-vid. As amazing as it is to have access to all this material, it does your ear and your creativity a great disservice. When you could only hear something on a record, you had no idea what the player was doing, and had to come up with a solution that fit your own playing. That caused you to assimilate the vocabulary, but to immediately have an original take on the technical approach. Of course, sometimes you would end up doing the same thing as the original just because there might be very few ways to play something. But often, I would figure something out, then go see that player live, and they would be doing it nothing like I was. Sometimes I would see a new option and give it a try, but for the most part I ended up sticking with what I'd originally come up with just from listening to the records, because that's what worked best for me.

Which book is that? Sounds interesting.

@@jamesscullion3034 Joe Hubbard's "Functional Harmonic Concepts", it's incredibly good. I have two of his other books as well, "Chord Tone Mastery" and "Fingers of Fury", which are also great. He runs sales during the year, so you can get 30 to 50% off at times.

@@jamesscullion3034 I just saw this, the book is "Functional harmonic concepts" by Joe Hubbard. It's a bit 'dry', but there's no filler, I've learned so much from it and I'm not ever 30% through it.

janekgwizdala.com/store/p/pentatonics

The backing tracks you hear in this video are included with the book. I created them using drum samples and playing the harmony on piano/keyboard.

@@janekgwizdala thank you always

They will be back in stock in about 6 days...

Yes, all the exercises are also in TAB.

Everything you hear in this video was recorded totally clean. I used a tiny bit of compression in the box when I was mixing it, but that was only for context with the play alongs. It really doesn't affect the natural sound of the bass at all.

@@janekgwizdala Thanks for the reply! I'm thinking the key factor would be flat/round strings... I've never used flat ones but I'm going to give it a try

I think there are two left in stock for shipping in the US right now: janekgwizdala.com/store/p/bass-players-guide-to-sigh-reading-author-signed-limited-print-run

The deeper explanation of the harmony, like I mentioned in the video, is in the book.

@@janekgwizdala I'll look for your books prefer ebook

Brought your book@@janekgwizdala

Tape wound flats that haven’t been changed for about 15 years.

Thanks for the reply! I’m putting flats on one of my p-basses. I just need to pick a set and try them out 🤷🏾‍♂️ I’m going to grab a physical book. I was a guitar player who converted to bass. Your videos have really helped my technique and progress. We appreciate you 🙏🏾 If you’re ever close to Greenville, SC, I’m coming to ya 👍🏾

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pd6VaQsTZBQ.htmlsi=aCA9fRiZo_nQ7dbe had some issues last week… 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@janekgwizdala Missed this one, sorry to hear that 😔

No idea what you mean.

@@slimbeaux every book is available in digital format: janekgwizdala.com/store/ebooks You download a pdf and you can import it into any program like forscore.

@@janekgwizdala Cool, I found them. Put the Warm Up book in the cart. You did a short (1.04 min) video on first 10 minutes of the day. Which book goes with that one? It has some very beautiful intervals in it?

@@slimbeaux you would have to drop a link to the video for me to check it out

@@janekgwizdala ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o4-OJIe3xDc.htmlsi=lvV0BdvtqN2oKzY1. Thank You Sir. I am Grateful

@@janekgwizdala ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o4-OJIe3xDc.htmlsi=2hkAw1121TO4sAMe

@@darkhierophant4301 care to explain?

Did you read the book? They're there. As they are in every book we make. Please consult the table of contents before writing a public comment on youtube in ALL CAPS.

1,000,000%. You only learn phrasing from being immersed in the music. Not from theory.

Send an email through my website at janekgwizdala.com and someone will take care of you right away with a link to the material.

Links are in the video description

Yes, the book comes with an entire suite of play alongs and videos.

This is one of the big issues with TAB in my opinion. There are lots of places to play the same notes on the bass, and for the most part, there’s no wrong way to do it. What I highly recommend is for people to listen more than they look. RU-vid can be an amazing resource, but when you have a close-up 4K picture of exactly what the hands are doing, your ear can get lazy. When I was learning all of this information for myself it came 99.9999% from recordings. The only visual I ever saw was at live shows. So my advice is to ignore the TAB. Literally forever. The sooner you put it behind you the faster you’ll become 10x’s the player just by improving your ear 20%.

@janekgwizdala I agree with that perspective 100 percent... with the exception of new players that find your content. They won't be 'there' yet. It takes time to develop your ear and it's not easy for some people. Myself included. I've still managed to glean more from you Channel than several others I follow....mainly around your intent and attitude. Thanks for that

It all depends on what you want out of the time you spend with the instrument. But if you want to maximize your potential, the most important thing is that you learn with your ears and not your eyes. Everyone is different of course, and to a hobby player who plays once a week and does this purely for entertainment, the parameters are completely different. I cater to every level and need by having notation, TAB, and of course the videos. But my most valuable piece of advice is stop learning with your eyes. That's the RU-vid era. When I was learning the bass, the only time I got to SEE something was the rare occasion when music I liked was on TV, or when I went to a show to see the player live. Only you can know what your commitment level to the process truly is. But if you have the time, I highly recommend not learning fingerings, positions, and shapes from a video, and doing as much work with your ear as possible.

Thank you for your advice and you are absolutely right. I will focus on learning with my ears, thanks for posting these videos. They make me want to practice. @@janekgwizdala

All the backing tracks come with the book. Links are in the description.

Boring. Does that make you feel better?

​​@@janekgwizdalaSo true. I'm just starting playing bass at the age of 42. I have been a audiophile since childhood and it helps to love music I guess:-) Bought a Ibanez Rb 650 and a Aria Rsb deluxe. The Ibanez is closer to my heart though. Love your videos, great stuff man. If you can recommend me something that really learns from the ground up, what would you have chosen if you were beginning to learn the instrument today. From your own books. Have a great day ❤

How about either watching the video and taking it for what it is? or, simply not watching? If you watched you would have found a balance of explanation and performance. I explained it to where an almost complete beginning could have understood it. That was the point of the video, to be inclusive to anyone that might happen across it. There is another way though: You could get in front of the camera and make the video you want to see. I've always found it strange when people are upset that the thing they clicked on, watched for free, and had no say in the production of, isn't to their liking. It's as absurd as me watching a Led Zeppelin video and commenting that it wasn't more like Genesis.

@@janekgwizdala I didn’t realize people actually troll a “free” instructional lesson. Blessings to you ,man keep going 💪🏿

I'm not expecting you to do anything. And you will certainly be disappointed a lot when you expect more from something that you had no hand in producing. The material is right there in the video, with even the sheet music and TAB being displayed on-screen. You can adapt all of the concepts I talk about to your own practice routine without spending a penny. Also, welcome to the internet. Yes, if you want the full value of 53 play alongs, and hours of video footage, you will have to part with $24.99. 30 years of experience, 6 months of work dedicated exclusively to writing and arranging the learning arc of the book, and then a week long recording and filming session to produce all the supplemental material? and on top of that spending several thousand dollars on a designer to create the book as you see it... I think that's worth slightly more than $24.99 if I'm honest. But you want it for free. Or should I say more of it for free? because I'm giving away some of it right here in the video. "c'mon" now...

@sexyeur Really? You expect to have everything handed to you for free? Watch the video, transcribe what he is doing (transcription being one of the most important skills in learning an instrument) and practice it! And when that’s not enough, yes, buy his book.

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@@JOSHUA-mt7fd that’s funny 😂

Thank God, what an idiot!@@JOSHUA-mt7fd