"If you make a mistake, play it three times and call it jazz" - Mingus.

“Even though the note is technically wrong, the brain will accept it if you add rhythm to it. You paid for every note, use them all.”

I’ll never forget those words.

This is the real shit that actually makes you a better musician.

I've been playing bass for over 30 years, and I tell ya, whenever I see Victor Wooten giving advice, I click immediately. I always come away with a big ol' smile on my face, and somehow absorb a whole bunch of knowledge that makes me go "Wait. I never even thought of that!" Much love.

Victor needs a teaching channel. So good.

I did not miss the note, I was creating tension to resolve with the next note!

Vic is the Bob Ross of music.

We don't have wrong notes, just happy accidents.

This man is very kind and humble. As a beginner you feel encouraged, instead of blown away.

As a veteran guitar player of 15+ years ,who just recently started playing bass for a band, I can confidently say that this one video has changed my entire perspective of how I look at the fret board. This man is a national treasure.

I'm a guitarist who's been playing for 40 goddamned years, and it's rare that I run across a teacher who's informative, entertaining, gracious, smart and funky as Sir Wooten. He's taught me more here than probably a good 25 guitar teaching vids have. This guy is the bomb

“Your body says this is good and your brain agrees”😂 this is probably the best bass video I’ve seen to date

4:30 “Look at what happens when you go from the wrong note to the right note”

James Bond happens

This is some of the most practically brilliant and encouraging teaching you'll ever see out here on the Youtubes. Shout out to Victor Wooten, man 🏆

Tension (Wrong note). Release (Right note). Thanks Victor. I like the addition of rhythm. Takes the bite out of a wrong note. Most teachers forget about this aspect.

Victor Wooten... destroying everything you've ever learned about music theory in 15 minutes.

I literally learnt improvisation thanks to this video. Watched it before bed, thought about it all night long, in the morning first thing I did was pick up that bass and started jamming to a blues beat. Never felt so much of a musician before. I would call this a miracle, my skill level skyrocketed immediately it's hard to believe

Did Wooten just demonstrate that if you play all the wrong notes with absolute confidence, people won't doubt your playing and assume you're just a genius? Dear God that's brilliant

When a person of the skill set of Victor Wooten can explain a topic that not only explains, but enables and removes the paralytic of fear from the topic, you know he doesn't just have mastery of the topic, but has the spirit of a teacher and a human being that wants us all to gain mastery as well.  That takes take skill, heart and maturity.

this man is a genius.  and what a great lesson: having to do it "right" is the biggest anxiety-inducer that ruins learning improvisation and forces you onto well-traveled (boring) paths.

He's playing the James Bond theme, "accidentally", at 4:32....