Jeff Berlin is the daddest of all the bassists.

That's brave of Alex to expose his learning process to us and make it our learning process, too. Jeff Berlin is phenomenal, as always.

Fascinating, Jeff gets such a lot of flak in the bass press for his opinions on music education. However, his detractors should watch this lesson which is a text book example of how to teach, delivered with great generosity and sensitivity.

I wish I had seen this video 10 years ago. Jeff is a great teacher and should not receive the flak that he gets from the bass and academic community. He's a great teacher

Jeffs like that dearest uncle that gave u your first baseball!

I'm 41, didn't understand what he meant for years, but in the past few months the academic vs performance is making a lot of sense. I realize that I don't know my basics well and just learning to play chord tones is a challenge but also making a difference. He would always speak out against metronomes, but look at what he's saying here- if you're trying to play through chord tones and not sure yet, leave "playing in time" out to get the right notes and absorb, then when you go to play in time you'll be able to do it because you're not hunting for notes. As for any personality stuff with Jeff, I know from recent interviews that he has gone through a lot of therapy in the past few years to work some things out that were driving the way he viewed things and then interacted with others. He's obviously made some changes to his life and the lessons he's been posting are incredible. I would love to study with him.

Jeff is a great teacher he was building that boy without cutting him down very clear in his teaching master at work

That was like a year's worth of good musical stuff in an hour. Brilliant!

What a teacher, he totally improved his playing in ten minutes

Wonderful!! Jeff is such a great teacher and player as well. Such an asset to the musical community.

I can't say enough good things about Jeff Berlin- great musician, great bassist, and great music educator.

I happen to stumble on this video and it turns out I know this kid. His dad was in my band for a while as my drummer. Alex is a great kid and turning into one hell of musician. Sammy must be proud

Nice! I'll be Alex is killing it now! Thanks for sharing!

Jeff Berlin is an incredible Bass Professor

Jeff Has the patient of a saint, a colossal musician and an outstanding human being. I could go on with the hyperbole but I'll end with this. After many attempts at attempting to read music, I can now successfully read Bass clef at an acceptable pace and i now understand music more than I ever did because of this man. I Thank you, Mr. Berlin.

I really love how Mr Berlin makes a point about dividing the concept of artistic performance vs perfect academical performance. You can't be artistic about something you are just learning. You shouldn't even try until you master the basics of what you are learning.. Wish I had heard it simple and plain like that long ago!!

What a great teacher Jeff is. I learned a lot from this video for sure.

I LOVE that sound of two harmonics just slightly offset from each other! Something about it is just beautiful and expressive, to me.

I don't even play bass (drummer) and I could sit in on Jeff's lessons all day.

14:09 - "You notice when we talk, I rarely, or you rarely or any of us all day long have said anything that we didn't know already?"

Jeff Berlin is Composer !!! Pros Bass player!!! and Teacher!!! i Loved his album Bill Bruford!!!

How cool to watch this.

wow, i watched it as a saxophone player. I really like the way he teaches. It is really good for all instrument players

hi greetings from rio de janeiro. thank you do much for the video. i'm a professional drummer and stated bass lessons few months ago and your videos are a big help💚👏👏👏👏

What a fantastic teacher.

Excellent Jeff! (and Alex) Such superb a bassist; you are even so the educator! Loved your music since I met you in '81 at CU Denver! Wish I lived where I could see you again! Cheers!

I wish I knew this stuff when I was much younger. Im a couple of years younger than Jeff and Read about him in Rolling Stone as a great player but never really heard him until a few years ago out of curiosity. I love how he teaches music and not simply how to pluck the bass. When I started out it was playing the blues scale and mostly sticking to the root and 5th and octave and playing some approach notes. Playing chord tones or arpeggios was something I was not familiar with. Understanding harmony opens up a whole new vista for bass players.

Wow, I'm a guitarist but I just learned some interesting stuff I can apply to my guitar playing. Jeff is amazing.

Brilliant Teacher, and seems like an amazing person as well...

I'm glad I watched this. Once I understood what Jeff means by "Perfect" (academically correct) as opposed to artistic I saw his point. His desire for the student to learn all the chord tones first and then every single note is right on target. I was surprised to see him be so lighthearted and humorous. Good job, Mr. Berlin.

love jeff berlin's teaching style. great lesson--student did a great job.

Amazing! Great ... this is fantastic! The arpeggios are big musical tool for improvise. Thanks Mister Jeff. Congratulations for this master class FREE!

Phenomenal lesson!

Thanks for such a rich and instructive music lesson.

JEFF BERLIN IS A COMPLETE BOSS!! PHENOM!!

Thank you Jeff and Alex! It's a interesting video! Studio jams are great! Good job! Bye from Italy!

Haha Mr Berlin is a great teacher, such a passion. And a superb bass player. I wonder why my bass teacher didn't like him ^^

Jeff berlin is so inspiring

This is how music education should be.👍

Great lesson. Would love to study with him one day.

I watch his vids all damn day

Jeff, you are an incredible teacher.

Great lesson!! I'd love to attend his Player's School of Music. One day One day.....

what a cool teacher. Very helpful and so much knowledge!

Jeff comes across as very accessible. Chill dude.

I learned a lot with jeff berlin's book on arpeggios and chords

Thanks for sharing this insightful educational experience with Jeff Berlin and the young bass guitarist Alex Talarico.

After watching the Adam Neely chat and this, I get an idea of where Jeff is coming from, I'm an ignorant rock player who wants to be a rounded musician and Jeff's approach is really speaking to me now, where I had doubts through my own lack of knowledge and media noise. I also like how he says at one pont that the lesson is all things we all ready know of. Great video, a privilege to see a great teacher and a great student hard at work.

Fascinating!

Jeff is a very fine teacher👏🏾

Thank you Jeff

Excellent lesson! I think I finally got his point about education

great lesson, incredible difference in the chord tone solo! thank you for sharing.

Actually a great bass lesson!!!

Fantastic mentor and student! Great video.

Jeffs bass sounds great!!!

best spent 30 minutes since i remember... THANKS!!!

JEFF THE MAN!!!!

The thing about tuning with harmonics is that if you intonation is off then it won't work. Most people do not know how to intonate their Bass or Guitar.

The relation tips are invaluable!

thank you for this great lesson!

just marvellous

Amazing!!

Daddy Jeff's right foot is a built in Metronome. Please lemme have it.

awesome lesson

That Rithmic bass sounds like cream running down polished glass, beautiful.

Great lesson and content!

Great Bass Player

Great lesson

The only reason I know about Jeff at all is because a fellow Frank Zappa fan mentioned that he auditioned for Frank. No offense to Zappa's final bass player from 1981 to 1988, but I really think that Jeff would have done a much better job. Incidentally, too, I prefer the 1980s sort of tone Jeff has before as in that 50 minute or so VHS 📼 rip here in KZfaq to this tone. At any rate fascinating and I feel I'm actually learning and not just watching someone show off when Jeff teaches.

Brilliant!

Sweet!

15:53 Over and over.

Just a curious observation about cultural differences. The last name Talarico in my country have a curious and dangerous meaning. Talarico in Brazil means the man who covets other men's women. rs

I live 5 miles from Frankfort. How is it I don't know this guy?

Jeff I want Lessons...I live in Clearwater, Fl....do you give lessons there?

16:15 Please tell us the chords he's writing down.

5:39

Jeff doesn't believe in the use of a metronome because he is one!! Monster time.

Can you please provide that walking bass clef? Please....

Jeff is one of my favorite bass players of all time. I have to say I disagree with how he was directing this kid to adhere to letting the notes ring longer and avoiding the more percussive staccato sound (yes it's a more traditional jazz style). That should be a matter of preference for any musician based on what hey feel they are trying to convey with their instrument.

Is he related to Stephen Talarico ?

can i learn bass with Jeff Berlin as teacher?

It seems like the instruments are so different. 4 vs 6 string. I'm a fiver. Idk what it all means or what really works for what. But it seems goofy. Also, get outta first position unless you're...reading, ok they're reading, but I think his fluidity would be improved up the neck a bit.

I thoght the student was playing through a Chorus pedal at first.

God, only bass nerds assembled here 😅

Can anyone identify the students bass?

Jeff is nuts but he is awesome

Holy crap I had to fast forward through all of the tuning!!

is her related to Steven Talarico

I think that only comete mistakes, who tries something New.

this is a little tim n eric-ish lol

Cambiar las cuerdas una vez por semana como Jeff puede dañar vuestro bolsillo. No lo hagáis en casa.

great. post the chords!

16:51 lol

Buy a tuner!

God, I hate the sound of finger style bass soloing...

Haha Mr Berlin is a great teacher, such a passion. And a superb bass player. I wonder why my bass teacher didn't like him ^^

Thank you Jeff and Alex! It's a interesting video! Studio jams are great! Good job! Bye from Italy!