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UR RUSHIN IT MIKE

Awesome how theyre teaching applies to all music and not just bass.

Been waiting 40 years of playing guitar to get a lesson like this. Thank you sir.

Brilliant. He gives one of the clearest explanations of rhythmic subdivisions I've ever heard. I'm going to be using this one for both my piano and bass students...well done and thanks!

Love how the Camera was set up above Victor's bald spot, i've never noticed that before until today.

The rhythm yardstick is great. Anthony showed it to me in a lesson and it really helped me identify, and break out of, my rhythm "rut".

this applies to every instrument, even singing!

I love how understanding he is of everyone’s level of knowledge, always asking if they’re following and not rushing ahead.

Anthony is a great teacher. He’s given so much thought to how to illustrate these concepts. Good stuff AW!

This is a really great lesson, Anthony and Victor - You are awesome.

I bought this dvd online. I lost access to my account and I am buying it again. EVERY SECOND IS WORTH EVERY CENT YOU PAY FOR!

The simplest explanations are so often the best. Someone once said to me that if you can't explain something in simple terms, you don't really know it. This is a great example of that idea; dead easy to understand, but opens up so many doors.

As a guitarist. This is extremely useful to know. It helped me practice 16th easier.

I learned this years ago by programming midi drums in a DAW. I used REAPER. Everything is quantized and snapped to a grid which is determined by the time signature. Playing with snare hit placements, syncopation, and polyrythms. Didn't know at the time that I was teaching myself deep rhythmic concepts and developing a method for visualizing rhythm. Now it's hard to NOT see what I hear. it's like two separate tools became one. Cool lesson for people who haven't been exposed to this way if thinking though. Great video

This is (and always will be) one of the cornerstones in understanding rythm and teaching it, in my opinion. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Anthony!!!

I don't play bass, but I watched the whole workshop. These guys are incredible!

I've played bass in 6 years and after I watched Groove Workshop (this show), I said to myself: Uh, I've learned more in one hour then I've done in 6 years..

All those basses playing at once make it sound like one bass with heavy chorus. That's cool

Thank you Anthony, I've always known to do these things but never could explain it. I also can't read music, but i have 8 years under my belt of all felt out tunes :D

Thank you for this. Im appreciative of the way some people are able to break things down to where it's impossible to not understand. I know exactly what I need to practice as I don't have a good feel for 16th notes at all.

Excellent way of communicating time and subdivision. I'm using this from now on. Thanks for sharing!

"Not quite my tempo Mike"

wow.. i've been playing the guitar for 5 years and up to now... Im still struggling on how to understand the beats,, rhythms.. but these 9 min long video helped me understand it. Thank you Anthony.... :)

Great job Anthony, nicely broken down, clear and concise

This exercise is simple and nice leading to so many Grooves...Thanks to the professionals...!!

"...You just want to have an intellectual way to understand it..." Great method to visually conceptualize the physical placement of a note. This same method is really effective to conceptualize note duration as well, especially so when trying to understand syncopation and syncopated note value, and their placement for drummers (since our drum "notes" are essentially all attack and no sustain in comparison to other instruments like a horn, or in this case a bass, that can hold a note).

The bass/piano teacher I used to have would always spend a part of the lesson on rhythm. He'd jot out a bar of notes and rests on a sheet of paper and get me to tap out the rhythm on my knees. He got to using some really awkward time signatures too. I used to hate doing it, but it was so beneficial to my playing and music reading. He also got me into the book "Modern Reading Text in 4/4" which is full of pages of rhythms in the same vein to tap out. I used to take my kindle to the toilet with me and try to tap out a whole page without fucking up while doing my business. Highly recommend this book.

a philosopical understanding of what it is to be funky!!!

Yes!!! I was so happy to find rhythm as a ruler. It's awesome

i like this approach for breaking down the beat's subdivisions. very easy to understand and practice to!

Wow. I learned alot. I am going to watch this video very often.

yo this guys voice is smooth as butter

Brilliant. Nobody teaches time and rhythm well on KZfaq, and I love hearing people who aren't already experts in technique....makes it easier to understand and hear inaccuracies from correctness

Correct, time is time and it applies to all instruments

Great idea using the ruler method! I’m gonna have to use that teaching my students!

Maaan these kids are lucky to be there for this

Most excellent! Robbing you of teaching technique is of the highest honor, guy's.

hahahahahahahahaha somebody at the end is fucking up so bad

This is totally wonderful. Just don't forget to count at the same time.

I can usually just feel it but what a great lesson for visualizing never thought of it as a ruler

I'm a clarinet player and I suck at pulsing! Thanks for the video!

this is a cool exercise for people who cant feel and understand the accuracy of time. but its interesting to think that most people dont think of it this way. Being a drummer myself, this is just worked into my brain

It is a lot of fun to practice this AND it is a great step further. Thank you!

INCREDIBLE ,, ITS SIMPLY AMAZING

Bought language of music after watching this, hope that’s the right course

Thanks for posting this, the full masterclass was up a year or so ago, there's a fabulous section where Victor makes a point about groove over note choice, priceless.

A way to blow your western centric music mind is to realize that the down beat doesn’t have to be counted as one. Like how language doesn’t necessarily has to be read from left to right. In a 4 beat groove we feel the downbeat as the beginning of the groove, (1) 2 3 4. But that is just one way of looking at it. There is no natural law that says it has to be the beginning, the downbeat can also notate the ‘end’ of a groove, 1 2 3 (4). Might seem trivial or just semantics but to me it has a completely different feel. Like how in reggae the downbeat is on 3, the middle of the loop, instead of the beginning.

watching the videos on the internet and practicing for 6 hours a day helped me to surpass my bass instructor in less than 6 months thanks Anthony! and i have no intentions of stopping anytime soon!

I've got that DVD! It's priceless!

Well, this was super helpful. Thanks so much Anthony and Victor!

Excellent method, I'm using it for my student.

I've always thought of rhythm in this concrete way, but this video is really helpful nonetheless and I'm sure this will be a great way to practice

Best part is the simplicity of the exercise. 2nd best part is Victor behind it all simply grooving to the beat as it plays 🤣🙏

Awesome! We need some more of this! It's like light coming out of a cracked door. I need to know what's behind!

why cant anyone teach guitar like this. this makes me want to go out an buy a bass and start learning that instrument.

Great lesson! Cheers my fellow bassists ❤❤❤

Very Nice !! Wow that's a great idea! 👍 Great invention!!

DON'T RUSH IT MIKE GODAMMIT!

SO good. Thank You!

This dude is a beast.

such an amazing teacher duo, they really should make more video lessons

that was amazing! im making a poster of that yardstick right now.

Jesus, Mike...

This Video is GOOOOOOOLD

Do it man, I did that myself and I'm enjoying soo much learning bass, if you have the money, go for it man, it's awesome.

I feel like the "a" is easier for me to feel, coming from a percussion background. a-1 2 a-3 4 gives it that heartbeat feel. I also think of the "&"s as the upbeat chuck in reggae guitar. Forget the "e"s tho. I still struggle

Hello Anthony, Hope you have plans on coming to Atlanta, GA in 2020 for a future clinic workshop! THANK you and to Victor also for your "teaches rhythm..." KZfaq! I just STRUGGLE trying to play in correct time "Got To Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye. Would you consider producing another KZfaq, Clinic, or offering Private Lessons solely for teaching "how" with Visuals to play in time (between the beats), just the first couple of minutes of this song? So many other Bass Guitarists on KZfaq are busy offering how to play Grooves & Patterns & Improvisations, but none seem concerned with connecting with their audience's real needs. Your "teaches rhythm..." KZfaq in my opinion, is the most VALUABLE LESSON I've seen since College back in the mid 70s. All the Best, and Hope to see you and Victor here in Atlanta soon !

This was awesome.its so clear now

Man is all music class like this? Seems really fun

Super lesson Man. Thanks keep them coming!

JESUS CHRIST MIKE.

Thanks, 👍 Best Lesson of rhythmic

Incredible lesson.

What an awesome and fun exercise.

What a great teacher

You are amazing instructor .. keep it up

Seeing some of these cats with $4000 instruments who can't hit the "a" of 1 is a bit of a bummer. At least they're trying to improve.

To me rythem is something your feel. I play guitar by ear and can't imagine doing it any other way.

So clean ❤️✊

Great lesson for any musician

A slap and pop turns this into a straight groove

Time of groove;yes!Good !!!!

Amazing...really connected with me

What an awesome lesson! Thanks man!

Im black so i can say this is funny. "Can i hear just kurt. Now erbody join in" 😆 had me dying. Im sorry that was funny

How am i just finding this now? I wish I could have been there. awesome lesson!

This is gorgeous

This is a great lesson I'm going to practice this tomorrow the Bass Rules!!!!

Thanks for the video, very interesting.

This is awesome.

im going to use this with my students from now on

Going to be bold here and say, if you call yourself a musician and you can’t do this, get that metronome going and get the hell into the woodshed until you can. Possibly the MOST important thing to practice for any instrument.

I know what you mean.His parradidle groove on the bass is interesting for drummers like me too.

@alpha1shadow ..It means that you're the bass messiah we've all been waiting for.

Use 1 time stick at 4/4 and another at a different time signature for groovy results.

Great lesson. I am a guitarist and I found it useful for rhithm work.

It's amazing how they can hear me playing those notes slightly early...

great lesson man. you taught this really well. great teacher!!

I had fun doing this❤️