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Beginning /Intermediate Bluegrass Bass, Taught by Mark Schatz

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This "instructional" video is a perfect example of the old adage that just because someone is good at something it doesn't mean they can teach it. Schatz rambles on, does fancy things on the bass, spends almost NO time actually showing HOW a first-time BEGINNER bass player can do this. And that's sort of the whole point of a BEGINNING BLUEGRASS BASS video, I'd think.

Schatz natters on and on without offering any exercises or specific direction that someone who was NOT classically trained can use.

For reference, I learned using The Murphy Method Bluegrass Bass video. [...]. This got me up and running and confident fast. I was hoping the Schatz video would help me move to the next level, and if I really try, I think I'll get SOMETHING out of it. But a "beginning" lesson shouldn't be so vague.

If you want to spend two hours watching Mark Schatz tell you how he plays, without him actually showing you how YOU can play how he plays, then I'm sure you'll find this video just wonderful. But if you really do want to learn to play bluegrass bass and you are a TRUE beginner, go to MURPHY. It's dated and silly at points, but you WILL finish being able to play bluegrass bass at least.

This video is a little old but still very instructional. Mark Schatz played with Nickel Creek prior to their breakup and he is a very accomplished player in many genres.

I have used several video and books for many different instruments, and this is the worst thought out instructional video I have ever seen. It is basically Schatz rambling on without any real plan. He goes through things so quickly and disorganized that you can't follow it. And since there is no book there nothing to go back to except trying to find the spot in the video again. I found this incredibly frustrating. After this one, I don't think I will ever buy an instructional video without a book to go along with it. I feel like I have been had on this. Definitely not worth the big price tag.