John Entwistle – Bass Guitar Master Class (Hot Licks)
In this Hot Licks tutorial series, The Who's legendary John Entwistle gives a personal bass lesson that covers fingering, licks, octave style, chords, hammer-ons, pull-offs, picking techniques, harmonics, soloing concepts, walking bass lines, string-bending and phrasing – all in the famous Entwistle style.
Videos
• Tuning (01:42) - John Entwistle & Arlen Roth discuss the bass tuning.
• Right Hand Technique (Ex. 1-2) (02:09) - John shows his right hand techmique. Exercises 1 and 2 in the PDF booklet.
• Right Hand Tapping (Ex. 3-6) (04:43) - In this video, John explains another right hand technique, tapping.
• Pulling Method (Ex. 7-8) (01:01) - John discusses how the pulling method right hand technique is used.
• Left Hand Technique (Ex. 9-10) (00:45) - In this video, John switches to the left hand and talks about his technique.
• Octaves (Ex. 11-16) (01:29) - In this video, John talks octaves.
• Fast Passages/Hammer-Ons (Ex. 17-20) (00:59) - John shows how to use hammer-ons with the left hand.
• Triplets (Ex. 21) (00:42) - John explores triplets.
• "Magic Bus"/Bo Diddley - John & Arlen (02:42) - In this video, John plays The Who song
• Picking Technique (Ex. 22-23) (02:00) - John talks about his picking technique.
• Damping Technique (Ex. 24) (02:55) - John discusses damping.
• Harmonics (Ex. 25-27) (02:33) - In this video, John tacles harmonics.
• Bending (Ex. 28) (01:39) - John talks about his use of bending.
• Pull-Off Technique (Ex. 29) (00:36) - In this video, John demonstrates the
• "Magic Bus" - Picking (Ex. 30) (01:25) - John shows how he picks on the song
• Playing in C with Slides (Ex. 31) (00:48) - John talks about how he prefers the key of C when using slides.
• Pentatonic Scales (Ex. 32) & Musical Pickups (Ex. 33) (04:17) - In this video, john discusseshis use of Pentatonic Scales nad pickups.
• Influences (01:17) - John shares his musical influences.
• Hammer-Ons & Triplets (02:01) - See how John plays trilets with the use of hammer-ons.
• Five Fingers & Pulling Up (01:06) - John shares how he sometimes uses all five fingers on this right hand.
• Shapes for Bass & Walking Bass Line (Ex. 34) (01:24) - John shows how he can shape the bass and make it walk.
• Dynamics (03:29) - John discusses dynamics.
• Chords & Creative Thinking (03:32) - In this video, John talks about chord positions.
• Musical Inspirations (Ex. 35) (02:06) - John talks about guitar players that inspired him.
• Conclusion & Song (04:42) - In this final video, Arlen and John sign off and play one last song.