The EASIEST Trick to Fixing Your Intonation

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0:00-0:27 Intro
0:27-2:05 How to (Really) Practice Intonation
2:05-3:10 Where To Get The Exercise
3:10-6:26 Why Scales Don’t Work For Intonation
6:26-7:26 Playing Melodies In Tune
7:26-8:58 Exercise on the A String (Yikes)
8:58-10:11 Open Strings!
10:11-10:51 Join The Hang

[@tomdbass1]

Use a drone and bow long tones in various positions at various note lengths. Strive to not play patterns. For an additional challenge, amplify the bass. If your playing is clean and in tune through an amp using a bow, you’re really in tune.

[@coledavismusic]

Great advice!! Strongly agree 🙏🏻💪🏻

[@nicholascarroll7239]

Your teaching is always killer, but you've really upped your game with your productions. Especially recording your bass. Sounds awesome!

[@richardfianko1340]

I am really enjoying the lesson

[@roblegg3983]

Great stuff, and Love the T-shirt. I play DB tuned in 5ths like a cello and know that Etudes have dramatically improved my intonation. What your doing here and also playing a variety of etudes is where it's at.

[@UccelloProject]

Go Cole! Great stuff as always!

[@shawnmarko7131]

Digging the thumb postion book. Need to work through your videos, great stuff!

[@lislearnitalianwithsongs]

That’s a great exercise!
Grazie!

[@Oleg_Borscht_Lover]

Great idea btw! Wish you good luck

[@coledavismusic]

Thank you!

[@okafindo5362]

let’s goo!!!! new exercises!!!!

[@coledavismusic]

woohoo!

[@avalingfou9515]

How do you feel about tape on the bass

[@poetmoth]

would you ever consider doing a video on sight reading practice?

[@coledavismusic]

Oh this is a great idea, maybe next week’s video ;)

[@tomdbass1]

Definitely a great idea!

[@Gangster_Club3]

Cuando veo tus videos en YT puedo traducirlos , en patreon hay esa posibilidad? Puedo leer en inglés pero escucharlo me cuesta mucho mas .

[@coledavismusic]

Yes, you can translate and use different languages on Patreon! Thanks for watching and please let me know if you would like some help with that

[@primat13]

Very cool ! I can’t remember the title of the theme you played around 6.30 ?

[@primat13]

In a sentimental mood 😊

[@DovidM]

It is often very hard for a bass student to accept that their intonation is off. They know how to play scales but they haven’t checked their intonation against open strings or harmonics.

[@Shoehornish]

So the fingering is meant to be from 1 (or open string) on the low pedal note to either 2 or 4, in a somewhat random way? Like, are you meant to use a different fingering everytime you play through the exercise?

[@coledavismusic]

The fingering isn't meant to be specific! No matter what fingering you use your intonation will improve, given that it's a difficult exercise and it's hard to pull the notes out of thin air

[@alejandrocanett749]

Improvise on a scale during a warmup? As in improvise fingerings for the scale around the bass or just improv based on a scale?

[@joaot8253]

I practice improvising over scales on both ways. For example, if I want to improve my Dorian and Lydian intonations and improvisation, I put on a backing track of lets say Dm, that goes around some cliche changes, I then improvise in D Dorian and F Lyd, G Dorian and Db LydDom or ADomDim to force myself some differentpaths and phrases. Once I play something I really enjoyed, I try to play it again, now focusing on technique, fingerings and different expressions I can achieve. Or challenge myself, in the same example: improvise but never play the tonic or every bar must have at least 1 triplet or smth

[@coledavismusic]

Both! Any kind of improvising on a scale is helpful

[@sat.chid.ananda]

Me a saxophonist w no bass: mhmm, yeah, cool.

[@coledavismusic]

Ha! Sorry about that 💁‍♂

[@quezquez3084]

FIRST! Love your videos, but didn't have time to see this one yet...

[@coledavismusic]

Thanks! I appreciate that 😊