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Interview: Victor Wooten - Zen and the Art of Playing to Infinity

Jon D'Auria

On Victor Wooten’s two new albums, "Words and Tones" and the instrumental "Swords and Stone," the reigning icon of bass technique continues to push the boundaries of support and virtuosity.
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Here Wooten demonstrates the harmonic technique heard on his new track “Sword and Stone,” where he uses a hair tie on the fretboard of his bass:

This clip from a clinic in Mechanicsville, Virginia, demonstrates Wooten’s tremendous grasp of melody, harmony, and rhythm:

In this clip from the 2010 NAMM show, Wooten plays his famous version of “Amazing Grace,” an arrangement he first unveiled with the Béla Fleck and the Flecktones:


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Nicolobo
on 12/23/2012 		What a wonderful musician, my God



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