Paul Mc Cartney teaches bass

The Bass Master himself teaches a little of his playing technique in this fair use excerpt from a promo vid for his latest album (you can buy the full video at I think it s interesting because of the closeups showing his fingering style. Also interesting I think is even though it s very simple root notes, he still slips in little flourishes to give it some shape, like at 00:51 where he goes C F D (instead of straight CD), and how he slides down from FE at 01:07 keeping the string open instead of muffled like the rest. The most interesting part though I think is his discussion at 02:27 of how he was tempted to put in fiddly bits at the one part jumping up an octave and why you might do that if you re feeling I guess that s what musicianship is all about, when to do things like that and when to show restraint (he didn t do it in the final mix).