Thanks for posting this and breaking it down! Your videos are getting easier to comprehend and it's clear you're spending a lot more time on making them.
John Paul Jones and all my favorite Bass Player’s of all times in the 60s 70s and even the 80s what an innovator, Bass Player keyboard, piano mandolin guitar, 12 string guitar, amazing studio artist.
I'm now 64 years old, and for the past 20 years I've been playing it wrong,as in I've not been playing the open e. In my defense we didn't have the internet back then 😊 or great teachers like yourself.
I agree it helps tremendously when you have a teacher like Mark to go over the fundamentals and then cover those fine details that we tend to overlook. Like finger position! 😂. I’m 47 and Ive only been playing for a few years but Marks lessons along with the Tabs and other RU-vid channels have been a tremendous help in my learning process. We all want to play like J.P.J but then we wake up and realize we are mere mortals. Now back to practicing. 😅
👍Interesting Mark. I play that little bit different; when moving up in half steps, instead of playing Mixolydian scales, I kind of outline the minor seven chord without the third and emphasis on the root note, and then when I get to the C, I do the same thing you do, oddly enough lol .. so, I don’t know, I never thought it sounded bad. Nobody complains, I just chalk it up to my style😉. The artists don’t even copy themselves exactly most times when they play live, so I don’t think it’s a crime if I don’t sweat over it. Also, I don’t try to hit the extra root notes between 1&2 or 3&4, since it’s cleaner sounding to me, and easier for me, so I let the guitar do it and just keep the steady beats.👨🏻
@@bethlehemeisenhour5807 I actually started on drums, but switched to bass because a really good band I wanted to join needed a bass player. I took one lesson. I went and talked to the guy about taking lessons and he told me to bring an album with whatever song I wanted to learn on it. So I did. He sat and figured out the song and showed me how to play it. So I thought, "Hey, I can do that." And that was my first and last lesson. 🤣 I have to say, it was well worth the $5 I paid him.
Great video, but the A scale is actually a major scale, not mixolydian. He plays the A major scale twice, then the next two scales are both mixolydian. There are videos with the original bass boosted and if you slow down the playback it becomes clear that the A scale is a regular A major scale. I have been working on this line for quite some time, and even when playing it by myself it just sounds correct to play major then mixolydian. Otherwise, fantastic lesson. Thank you.
Infectious Grooves did a version of this that starts out with just bass, played slap/pop style by Robert Trujillo. It's 118 bpm. I have a hard enough time trying to play it at the original tempo. 😅
I love this song and I’ve always wanted to learn how to play it. I think this will be a great challenge to practice and learn, even if I never sound as good as J.P.J. I still want play this song from start to finish. It would be great if you could cover some Thin Lizzy songs in some of your lessons. There are so many to choose from but if you only cover one then please hit “The Boys are Back in Town”. I’ve been trying to play that song for months and it makes my head and my hands hurt. I’m afraid that I’m going to disturb Phil’s spirt with my awful butchering of an amazing classic rock anthem.
I’ve played those “damn scales” for over two years and never seem to be able to play them consistently. I’ve tried everything except the suggestion of start out by playing just one segment of one scale and so on. I’ll see if that helps. Thanks.
That low E isn't played every single time in the main riff Its hardly played at all in the song and only played with finesse and for effect ~ coloring the main riff😮
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I must have played this song over 100 times in a band way back in the 70's (yeah, I'm old and it's been ages) but I had to pause about 2 minutes in, grab my bass and see how I played it. Made me feel good, even after all these years, to know I've been playing it with the exact finger pattern you described. Thanks for letting me know I've been doing it right all these years. 😁
Absolutely! Really shows the influence they got from Blues artists. In some old interviews they often said they always thought of themselves as more R&B than rock.
The Lemon Song is a great bassline, but it isn't particularly difficult to play. Hard to memorise, because almost every phrase is different, but there aren't any real technical challenges. I would agree that this section of the Immigrant Song is the hardest JPJ line to play. Others mentioned below, like Black Dog and Ramble On are pieces of cake by comparison (at least with my fingers)😀
QUESTION: I’m not a distortion on bass kind of guy, but I do like the tone you’re getting here. What is getting you this distortion? Thank you Mark. You are the best.
Love this lesson, I’ve been trying to work this song out for over a year and I still stumble a lot. Another song I would love to see a video for is “The boys are back in town” by Thin Lizzy. Phil Lynott inspired me to pick the bass up in the first place and I would like to master that song as a tribute to the late great “Rocker” himself.
Hello Mark Best channel and thanks for all the lessons and info but. . . It sounds like your slightly out of tune, especially your D string which sounds slightly flat. All the best
I've listened to the isolated bass track using Moises and during the verses with Robert Plant's "Viking" wail, Jone's play the F# then the octave. However, when Plant is sining he plays F# to a minor 3rd which is a. Subtle but powerful difference.
Thanks, man!i was always the guitar player and singer doing this song but was always so glad I wasn’t the bass player for this! Lol Anyway, I have this Taylor Mini Bass and thought it would be nice to tackle this. Jesus! I’ve got it slow so… Lol But thanks again!
O.M.G! I love you channel. Your methode of explaining everything is so inspirational. It is exactly peaces like this I need. Relatives easy, but impressive to hear. Since I picked up the bass at a advanced age, my fingers are stiff and need some stretching. The good thing is, I have all the time in the world. Thank you so much!😁
Once again the brilliant Mr. Smith comes to the rescue of all of us who have humbled ourselves; confessed our need for help but then asked for it. Thank you Mark...for your skill; effective teaching style and generosity of time in teaching us 'dullards'
I've always thought this was picked. Is it? I TRY to play it with a pick, but ... yes .... will have a go with fingers. So I can' NOT play it two different ways!
There aren't many live performance videos available but I've seen him play this song both ways. I use fingers or a pick depending on the song but for me, this one is definitely fingers.
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