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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

Everyone knows Victor Wooten is a great bass player. And if that was ALL he was, that would be enough. But Victor Wooten is also a great thinker about the bass guitar and how to approach it. That thinking has infused his whole approach to learning the bass himself, and now you can share in some of that thinking and apply it on your own bass playing journey. A quick caveat though - if you're looking for a succession of 'How To' exercises to master specific aspects of bass playing or techniques you won't find them here. Victor takes the approach of making you THINK about how you are going to approach something, and do some of the work yourself. That won't appeal to the 'I Want It Now' type of person - but for those who are serious in their desire to get better there is enough material in this DVD to keep you busy for the rest of your bass playing Journey. And you'll learn more by coming up with your own specific exercises to implement the ideas Victor Wooten talks about. And

Posted by Paul Wolfe from on 02/01/2010
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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

Don't let the Master Class classification fool you. If you're thinking of taking up any instrument and know virtually nothing about music, watch this video first! This video was a complete reawakening to me of what I'm trying to do learning music. If you're reading this you probably, as I do, consider Victor Wooten among the top five living bass players. I hoped simply to watch the self analysis of a master performer. This video is vastly more than that. Wooten starts out with defining music as a form of communication and then asks, "How did you first learn to communicate?" He looks at the remarkable success rate of humans learning to speak a first language and compares it to the frustration for most people of approaching music classes. Do we ask a baby to recite the alphabet before we teach them their first words? Wooten asks the participants what notes are in a G minor key? He proceeds to play a bass solo in G minor using only notes NOT in G minor. Then he plays one in the G minor sc

Posted by Patrick King from Exeter on 02/01/2010
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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

There are many aspects of musicianship that "go without saying". We don't talk about them, so growth occurs slowly (if at all). We can flounder for decades without ever becoming great players, never questioning why. Victor and Anthony break these elements of music down in a very logical manner, allowing us as musicians to take a sober look at what we actually know and don't know. This can be a very shocking reality check, but it's also very inspiring. The content is best suited for good bass players who want to grow into great bass players, but it is also applicable to beginning and intermediate bass players, and to musicians in general. Some exercises are strictly for bass players, but this video teaches music as a whole. You won't learn how to play the VWB's funk-infused jazz from this series of lessons, but you will learn something more valuable -- how to make whatever you do more musical. Victor's approach to learning music is unusual, but it's not radical. He does

Posted by Todd Flanders "- ToddF" from Detroit on 02/01/2010
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