Modern Bass Lessons from Jaco Pastorius

Youtube.com has several videos of Jaco Pastorius giving bass lessons from his instructional video.

Part 1: Melodies, reading, finger positions - Jaco discusses the importance of learning melodies for Bass Players, learning to read music




Part 2: Intonation, Scales, Arpeggios, Double Stops - Intonation on a fretless bass, finger positioning for scales and exercises, playing arpeggios on the bass, double stops




Part 3: Left hand techniques, Jamming, Right hand techniques - Jaco continues his lessons on left hand positioning, does some jamming, right hand positioning for plucking notes, double stops




Part 4: Patterns, Rhythm, False Harmonics - Playing different patterns for arpeggios and scales, playing solid rhythm, false harmonics




Part 5: False Harmonics, - Continues in false harmonicsw




Part 6: Split screen jamming, Continuum - Jaco does some old-school split screen jamming with himself, plays his classic Continuum. There is not much instruction here, just tons of great Jaco!




Part 7: Jaco's Musical Influences, Advice for new players - Jaco talks about the mainstream music that influenced him, provides his advice for new players (to keep an open mind and keep listening).




Part 8: Jam, part 1 - The beginning of a jam with Jaco, guitarist John Scofield, and drummer Kenwood Dennard, jamming on a blues progression




Part 9: Jam, part 2 - Second installment of the jam from the instructional video, performing The Chicken




Part 10: Jam, part 3 - Last installment of the jam, and end of the instructional video