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Da Bombshelter - Funky Bass and Beyond
Добавлен 15 апр 2023
What makes the world a better place? The Groove, baby. The Feel. The Vibe. That's what the Bombshelter is all about. Bass players around the world, we love ya. Funky cats around the world, this your place!
Stop the Negative Self Talk! Zen Practice Tips for Beginner (and advanced) Bassists
I know this was (sometimes still is) a big issue for me; harsh self judgement while playing my bass. I felt so much pressure to be great. It's fine to want to be great, just don't it get in the way of the moment.
Practicing with a mental "need" or "expectation" can set you back and kill your enjoyment of discovering the instrument and your unique voice.
I used to put so much pressure on myself when practicing that I think it help me back a little. Such a silly approach.
Yes, strive for excellence, but don't expect it to come and within any specific time frame.
In this video I give a very simple, functional, meditative exercise you can add to your routine that will help you stay in momen...
Practicing with a mental "need" or "expectation" can set you back and kill your enjoyment of discovering the instrument and your unique voice.
I used to put so much pressure on myself when practicing that I think it help me back a little. Such a silly approach.
Yes, strive for excellence, but don't expect it to come and within any specific time frame.
In this video I give a very simple, functional, meditative exercise you can add to your routine that will help you stay in momen...
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Master the bass fretboard - Playing Chords Across the Whole Neck
Просмотров 50528 дней назад
Free up your bass lines by stretching chords across two strings and expand your working fretboard knowledge. This exercise has become a favorite of mine; stretching chords (arpeggios to be more precise) across two strings and across two, to three, octaves. That's why I call it the "2 String Method" This video we just look at the Minor & chord (Root, minor 3rd, 5th, flat 7th) from F-7 and how we...
Pentatonic Creativity on the Bass: Practice Guide for Beginners
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I've been having a blast rediscovering pentatonic scales and trying to think and hear "pentatonically" ( I think I just made that word up). Major and Minor pentatonic scales can be used in various ways and you can get pretty creative with them. Here are some practice ideas for you to start building melodies and bass with pentatonic scales. Take them slow and see what you come up with. Also, her...
How to Use Major Pentatonic Scales for Soul/R&B Bass lines
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Let's look at how groovy we can get with two major pentatonic scales, Cmaj to Fmaj, used in one of my favorite R&B/Soul classics, "I'll Take You There" by the Staple Singers. The studio group on this cut are none other than the great Muscle Shoals session players and if you don't know this tune, check it out! Get yourself comfy with different shapes to the Maj Pentatonic and then move around th...
Do this to enjoy practicing scales on the bass!
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Learning and practicing scales is an essential aspect to being a well rounded bass player. You do need to be diligent with with getting positions and intonation, but you can start to make scales sound more musical and inspiring. Here's just one way to dial in your fretboard knowledge, scale and chord knowledge, and overall musicality (and hopefully have a little fun doing it!) Let me know what ...
Warm ups for part time bass players
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I’m a part time player these days. I run a martial arts school and have two very busy athletic boys who take up most of my time, but I still play out once in a while with some heavy players. Often, a gig will “sneak up” on me and I don’t feel warmed up. These simple exercises help me get my hands and ears dialed in and warmed up.
Learn your scales on 2 strings - play like Jaco Pastorius
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Practicing chords and scales this way will greatly open your perspective on your fretboard, not to mention strengthen your hands and improve your intonation!
Chromatic Finger Exercise For Beginning Bass Player
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This is for beginning bassists to develop finger and hand strength as well as dexterity. These are simply chromatic exercises you can do as a warm up before working scales and chords. This is also a great way to get your hands used to this "box" position or "4 fret" position, which you will find very useful in your playing.
Really insightful, thanks a lot. Such a simple and useful approach🎉
🎯Great Bassist, Content and Teacher,...just wish the Audio was louder. 🎯
Thank you for the kind words! Yes, I'm wrestling with the AV process. Which aspect of the audio is not loud enough, the bass or the voice? Or both?
@@TheBombshelterBassSpace-gj9tw Both. Thank you for accepting my feedback and thank you for your Value-added videos and content. - My Best to You!🙏✌🙏
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Hey man, thank you for the info and what you do i m a beginner bass player and this exercise is really good cus is true it helps you find the notes on the bass. And helps you move around up and down the bass. Thank you
Awesome! I'm glad this is helpful! I'm learning a ton myself. Keep on thumpin!
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Wat are the shapes
Great video!
The first 3 minutes are hardly for beginners!!
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i am 64 just started learning ,thankyou ,very clear and helpful tips.
Oh great! That's awesome and I'm glad you found this helpful. Let me know what other questions you have and I'll do my best to help!
Good lesson ,but turn your bass up a hair and lower your voice.its hard to hear low notes.thanks
😎 cool
Thanks for this. I'm a NOOB, only 3 months into learning the bass. I've normal sized hands too. I do a LOT of finger exercises!
Right on! Keep at it, it's worth it! Let me know how I can help.
Ooof !! Superb 👌 (how much of this is vocab and going with it Vs a prepped solo? - either way, damn 🙌)
Thank you! No pre planned notes here, just simple min pentatonic with some passing notes. I don't consider myself a soloist so when I get one I just try to "play the bass". Thanks again though 😎
Shot out to Seattle(Space Needle) Pike Place Market, Tacoma , Washington, Narrows Bridge, Spanaway, Washington etc former service member ( at that time Fort Lewis, Wa) beautiful area, oh yeah, let me mention Mount Rainier. Ok, now for the bass guitar good instruction and great advice on practicing bass getting the scales down, knowing what notes your playing, putting rhythm to it etc
That's excellent
This is REALLY helpful!
That's great to hear!
Sounds you are ready to play some samba 🎉
Wow your bass looks amazing
Alright but please show us the bass notes and how to play the rhythm too
One of challenges as a bass player is bridging the notes together
Hey my friend, how do you mean "bridging the notes together"?
Is there a way that you can show the notes you are describing greatly appreciate
Do you mean tab or transcribed?
This is priceless! You have a great teaching style!Appreciate you sharing the craft👍
Thank you brother!
Thank you, just what I needed🎸
That's great to hear!
Good stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great lesson.
Great concept channel. Needs more content...love the idea
Have you ever considered that perhaps you should not be stretching when you play two whole steps on the same string. Instead, consider when you’re playing the G major scale first three notes with fingers 1-2-4, that you’re actually not in 3rd position when you start; your hand is in fourth position (comfortable for fingers 2-4), with your first finger reaching back, not by stretching, but by straightening itself. Yes. Unhook the first finger. This even works for players with small hands, sometimes requiring a tiny shift. Check it out. It works for my students.
Hold on Before I start watching your AMAZING Point I played bass guitar for 38 years 20 consecutive and 18 part time. I came back to playing FULL time again Due to having Neck Surgery And purposely started at the BASSICS pun intended But yes. I started from the very basics. I use the basics for 1 to 2 hours Then I EXPLORE. It is so IMPORTANT to understand Your instrument I adjust it intone it Installed the bridge the nut Truss everything Beautiful Video Study the basics BUT EXPLORE and challenge yourself I’ll play scales all over my fretboard for 3 hours looking for pieces to my own puzzles
Just found you on YT, i think it would be great if you could add some tab so as to make it easier to learn the notes, i am a beginner by the way
Cool vibes, and ty for the advice ❤❤❤❤
Hey dude seems like a cool concept but unfortunately the mic isnt doing a great job of picking up your voice in this vid relative to the loudness of the bass. Theres also about an extra 2 whole minutes tacked onto the end with just a blackscreen but idk if that was intentional or not. The audio levels seemed perfectly fine in the Jaco vid you made which i also found cool and informative btw.
Ah dang! Thank you for pointing that out to me. I'm still trying to dial in the best way to do this shit. Not sure how I missed all that but again, I appreciate the feedback!
Very interesting, never looked at it this way. Thank you
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