What a great video. I've been playing bass for almost 19 years, and I never had any formal training. I'm getting to a point in my life where, I'm really starting to get seriously in tune with the nuances of playing music correctly, or at least following some type of form. I never realized understood what made a note a 7th or a 5th, until right this very second. That wasn't even what you were teaching, but the way in which you were explaining your lesson, made it unmistakable to understand what you were saying. I've really been watching your videos and enjoying them, and think I'm going to take my first formal 'music lesson' on your website. Thanks again.
I so enjoy your style of teaching, your gentle, inclusive and reality based demeanor is more of what this world needs. Superb work. I will watch everything you release.
Yes Scott is a awesome teacher I love watching, him myself I've been playing for over 30 years by ear and now I'm learning a lot from him about reading music. He's a great teacher. From Alphonso in the ATL.
Thanks for all you've done for the bass players of the world over the years Scott! Excellent lesson and by the way, the F bass is definitely your best sounding bass so far.
So... I'm a guitarist and quite the theory nerd if I do say so myself of 20 years, and I continually learn things by watching this guy's awesome bass videos. Totally subscribed. This guy fucking rocks. Thank you Scott!!!!!!!
Chords on Bass is one of my Favorite Topics. I mess with this all the time. And for you all wondering about the plucking hand, Just use your thumb to pluck the Root Note either on the E, or A string, And then use your Index and Middle Fingers to pluck the D and G strings for your Color Notes. If you have a 5-String with a Low B, you can use that as a Root Note as well. And if you have a 6-String Bass with a High C, then you have an extra Color Note. And you would just use your Ring Finger of the Plucking Hand on the C String. That's my Formula anyway. Hope this Helps.
Great lesson again! Although I'm a music (bass) teacher myself, I get good ideas from these great lessons of Scott. Thank you! This time on one chord I would like to share my idea. I'm usually using the same shape for m7b5 as I'm using for m7 (the one Scott just showed), if its tonal function is either the VII of major or II of minor, because in those cases the ear is able to imagine the sound of flat 5th. (Cm7b5 = Cm7 = C, Eb, Bb.) If its tonal function is something else, for example II to IV in major, I prefer the one shown here. (Cm7b5 = C, Gb and Bb.) Example 1: in Bb minor | Cm7b5 | F7 | Bbm My choice for fingering Cm7b5 would be: C, Eb, Bb Example 2: in F major | Cm7b5 | F7 | BbMaj7 My choice for fingering Cm7b5 would be: C, Gb, Bb This is just a question of taste. One loves daughter, the other one loves mother. I'm not telling which one I love... ;)
4 года назад
Hi Tapani...you just put some hot sauce in this tutorial...very good !!...this is a call for a taco...jeeejejejej :)
I saw a video of yours a couple of days back and I immediately wanted to be a bass player , I got a 5 string Ibanez Ibanez and a fender rumble 50 the same day even with my tight budget and I’ve been watching your videos since. I just wanna learn how to play like you cos you make it look so easy and fun playing that seamlessly. I hope I can play like you one day or even better play with you one day. You’ve inspired me get on a bass in just a day and am hoping am gonna get all the help I need to be a good bass player from you. Thanks now and thanks in advance.. 🙏🏾
Very interesting. I'm self-taught and have had a little bit of general music theory instruction in college, which I've used to work some simple chord and double-stops. Root+5th, root+5th+octave, 5th below+root+3rd, root +10th (octave 3rd). I typically use them to fill in space or at the end of a tune. These shapes you show are all very new to me, especially with the 7th in them. I'm going to have to take some time and learn these, several sound quite nice.
Hey there......greetings from Germany Thanx a lot for that fine and well teached lesson Scott. My deepest appreciaton. All chords avaiable in between a very small spot on our basses up from the 5th fret. What an overwhelming thought to be able to play in this massive microtechnical hand/fingerchanging. After all it seem to be the art of a craftsman to be able to deliver the right things, right in time......... wish u all well 🌬🎸💖🙏
Been playing (6 string) guitar since middle school. I’m 26yrs old.. anyway I am a new BASS convert and wow😂😂 those bottom 2 string thumping up against my body is nothing short of euphoria😍 like wow I can barely hear it but I can FEEEEEL that shit💗
4 года назад+1
Wooooow Scott...you just clear up my thoughts on these chords. You have explain it the correct or the easy way ti understand it....thank you very much..wow !! yahoooooooooo !! I was asking my self why we us the bassist need to learn chords ? we don't play chords, we play low notes, but with this class, wow.. you made me understand the reason....thank you again sCOTT !!
"We need more people up in this..." to quote Dont be a meanace. Yeah, Im glad you touched upon the subject of chords, as you yourself have some beautiful and not to mention playable chords in your arsenal Scott. I will write out more chords that are actually usable as I progress in playing. In the meatime thanks for the free stuff !
Hey they turn the bass up! Excellent! I don't think I've ever heard the bass on one of your lessons before. Of course I'm really old I may have forgotten
Truly amazing video! I can read/play music so music theory is not a problem. That fact you put it all into a bass lesson for essentials is awesome. Thanks Scott!
Well done Scott, thanks. A quick note: The m7b5 chord is also called half diminished, the 5 is diminished but the 7 is unaltered. It's an easy jump from there to understanding fully diminished 7 chords.
I like, with the major 7 open voicing, I pluck the bass note with thumb and artificial harmonic with the 7 and 10. I use this at church in a half time feel section of everything that has breath! Nobody seems to notice.
Have you ever thought about doing a video that sucks? I mean, all of your videos are very informative, entertaining and high-quality. Doing one that sucks would add a little bit of variance. ;) Great stuff. I'm very happy to be a subscriber of yours.
These types of lesson always breakdown the how which is great but what about the when? Obviously you need to know the chord tones to play a bass line over the top but where might you actually play the chords as you are here? Some examples of different styles where this fits would be good.
Ben Thurley good point well made. Chords can sound great in sparse sections of songs or when the guitarist/keyboard is soloing. There is then a big space to fill.
I've been wondering this as well. Watching this video of his helped somewhat. So if you know the chord progression, you have the chords within each to play around with. ruclips.net/video/Ib8vGsLC6WE/видео.html
4 года назад
@@jaredarm I agree to ur point Jared...it means that Greg and Ben didn't really pay much of attention. sorry to say that, but scott's explanation was very elementally simple with out any other example. And maybe yes an example would have help if you didn't understood the use of the chords. exmaple : with my private teacher i've learn all about the mayor and minor chords. but i was asking my self, we the bassist we don't play chords, we play low notes. But with this explanation from scott, i realize the use of the chords on bass. Because it wasn't explain to me that easy and fast way. with this tutorial, it takes me to the next level of learning bass. No example needed !!....it was too clear !! Sorry Greg n Ben !
Great video, but just for more clarity when it comes to reading music sheets, I think you should have gone through all the different ways of writing the chords, like minor 7 can be written: Cm7 or C-7, C major could be : C^7 or CMaj7, And C°7 can be written C ° with a line across the circle. (Half diminished) And so on... But thanks Scott, great job!
Actually, Cº7 is a diminished triad with a diminished seventh. C with a line across the circle would be a diminished triad with a minor seventh, known as half-diminished chord.
This helped me learn some Primus lol groundhog's day has an A7 in it, and when he played the C7 here I recognized the feeling. Dom7's are the chords I identify most easily, everything else is a struggle
greetings, your videos are very interesting, you have a lot of pedagogy to show your videos, I'm from Ecuador and sometimes I find you follow the rhythm in what you exoplicas since it would be very helpful if your videos you put subtitles in Spanish, the contents of your videos I am very interested, but it would be easier if they had subtitles in Spanish, not only for me but there are many Spanish-speaking bass players who do not have much material to review here on RUclips
I love the work that you are putting into teaching everyone who want to learn more about bass guitar, Scott! I have a question that has been on my mind for some time, and I would appreciate it, if I could get a response from you, or anyone else! The question is about the string noise which appears when switching the position on the fretboard, such as the one heard on 00:25 (6) , 00:01 , 00:03, 00:06 and on many more places. Is it something that bass players should be bothered with, is there a way to stop such the sound, or is it completely normal? is it something that won't make a problem during the recording? Thanks so much for taking your time to read my comment!
Some people really like it in there, it can add a lot of humanity to an instrument, so it doesn't sound like a robot is playing. A couple times it seemed like an intentional rhythmic noise, like guitarists do sometimes. On the other hand, an acoustic guitar player usually doesn't want a squeaky scrape sound when switching between every chord. I feel like it's a give and take. In a recording, some of these "flaws" either aren't heard anymore when adding drums and other instruments, or it can add to the authenticity. I think it really depends on if you like it or not. Metallica taped down strings with masking tape to make sure there wasn't any extra noise when recording solos, which would never be done in a live show, so it's really up to you and what you like.
@@matthewhennessey5967 Thank you so much for the reply, it was really interesting to read about the information you have given there! I've really enjoyed it...taping the strings certainly isn't something that would be done in a live show, I just can't seem to find a way to stop that sound from happening. But it's definitely making it seem more human.
@@alos2160 I know Scott isn't doing this in the video, but maybe mute the strings with your picking hand. It seems he gets those squeaks when he lifts his left hand off the strings to move somewhere else. Hopefully that will actually help, instead of me giving fun facts.
@@matthewhennessey5967 Thanks so much for answering, actually I've almost lost hope that anyone would answer after such a long time so it really did make me smile! As for your suggestion, muting strings with a picking hand is incredibly important for a good and clean sound, otherwise the strings would ring...( On example when you play the thinnest string on the bass 4 or 5 stringed, it's G by default, then the thickest string on 4 string bass by default setting - E would ring as well, but if you use your plucking hand then it won't ring, and the sound will be beautiful and clean. That's something that I've worked on a lot, and it has had tremendous impact on my playing! But that squeaky noise is actually the sound that comes from the surface of the skin, gloves, or anything just moving over the strings...and it's impossible to mute that with a plucking hand like that as far as I'm aware of...and it's really strange since if you try to move the position of the left fretting hand somewhere else, by lifting fingers in order to avoid squeaking noise..then the strings would ring, and create a real mess. The thing that I've found that helps to some level is to pretty much turn off the gain option on my bass settings, so squeaky noise is less noticeable, as long as the sound is not too loud... And the second thing is a little bit interesting, something that I've been experimenting a little bit, however it contradicts what I've said earlier slightly..since it does involve a plucking hand...basically when you want to switch position, if you lift all of your left hand fingers, and use your plucking hand to mute all of the strings..that can work, but at the same time, it seems to be useful only during breaks, and such, because at other times it's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to continue playing smoothly after using plucking hand for that... I do hope that we get more opinions and tips on that, and once again thanks so much for replying here and sharing your suggestions and interesting information, it's greatly appreciated!
for the initial explanation of C diminished (the little degree sign) it was G flat with b flat flat/A. The second time around during the open chord section it was explained as E flat A and C. is there a mistake or am i missing something. I see a 7 missing between the two, the notation above the little 0. maybe in a simple way. the first c diminished was C,Gflat,A, then later in the video it was presented as c diminished 7 C,E Flat, A
Thank you. This video convinced me that any hopes or dreams about one day learning some basic bass would be an utterly frustrating and humiliating waste of time and money.
"In under 15 mins" ... Tough job! Will have to review the video several times to really get it. Thankfully, I'm a SBL member and can get the full courses. ;-) Also, that's one good looking bass!
newbie here and i'm a bit confused! The last chord in closed position is: C°- C, Gb, A, and the last one in open position is Cº7 - C, A, Eb....why is that?
I completely understand you with the double flat notes. I've gotten 0 points for a chord in a music test, because I just form the chords on the piano in my head and didn't think about having to write Abb instead of G. What bass is that? I really like that wood grain on it. Sounds great too.
I think that's kind of stupid, since nobody actually uses Abb in music. What key is that in? It could be the b6 scale degree in the key of Cb, the b2 scale degree in the key of Gb or the b5 scale degree in the key of Db. And even then the transcriber might decide to just call it a G natural for the sake of simplicity. When you see a chord symbol like Bbdim7, it usually actually functions as an inversion of C#dim7, Edim7 or Gdim7, but for the sake of simplicity, the chord symbol says Bbdim7 because it's the same notes and the bass note is Bb. That looks simpler than saying Edim7/Bb, and both convey basically the same message. In other words, the transcriber is not actually asking you to play an Abb. Whether double flats should be used has a lot more to do with voice leading than anything else. So I think it's quite stupid that you would get 0 points when the chord was technically 100% correct. And I'm a theory teacher.
@@MaggaraMarine Yes, I agree. I don't remember the key, I think it was just a chord we were supposed to form without any context. I'm not even sure if my example notes were correct, I will see if I can find the test, it was about a year ago.
@@MaggaraMarine I couldn't find that particular test, but I did find one test where I got 0 of ten points for writing H (I live in Germany, B for you) as the b5 in Fm7b5 instead of Cb. If it was the Chord name, I could understand it having to fit in the scale, but I was just supposed to show that I know which notes that chord includes, which of course I did.
Hey Scott, can you do one on what to do with your thumb on the plucking hand? One of the things I'm trying to fix is that I always played with my thumb planted on the pick guard. Which isn't good because it allows open strings to ring & also inhibits facility & fluidity on the higher strings. I've noticed that when you pluck the higher strings, your thumb travels with your fingers.
Scott...I am new to the channel. Forgive my ignorance, but what is the Michael Jackson glove used for? Likely not a fashion statement. Protection from finger callouses? Dan, Nanaimo, BC
Maybe this is a bit controversial, but 2 of my favorite chords/arpeggios on bass can't be found in this video. In fact, are these even chords or am I just a madman? root-3rd-6th, root-4th-6th
Due respect of course Scott for all you have done to be where you are as a player & teacher. For me tho & sooo many other none musically literate muso's out there. all that by the way dropped in - off the cuff as a mere formality weird terminology - ( does my ed in instantly ! ) Dominant - sub dominant's - flattened diminished - Augmented bla bla . Sounds like all that inane bazar blithering terms sound l like they where proclaimed as musical terms buy a bunch of those Git's with surnames for 1st name's that outta be lobotimised on principe !
Hello, I don't get that major progression, I play guitar and I studied the major progression as: Major-minor-minor-major-major-minor-diminished.. Why do you add the 7th??
at @1:40 you say every note has a chord associated with them, and you go on to label underneath them what is what. What determines this? You said this is a must know but say you used a different scale how am i suppose to know what that pattern is?
Scott, and what do you think about the passing notes (9th, 11th, 13th) in flat and sharp? Do you realy think, that's NOT what gives it that extra something, too?
This is an awesome lesson. Does anyone know if the same system can be applied in minor keys except reverse? For instance, the i and iv are minor 7th chords, the II, III, and VI are major 7th chords, and then a major viii flat 5 and a dominant 7 for the v?
Literally just took 2 pages of notes... no guitar player or piano player could ever make this make sense. Now that I see it explained by BASS player, it's infuratingly simple.
Scott interviews so many bass legends almost forgetting he’s a legend himself. Never stop playing Scott, you’re one of my favorite bass players!
What a great video. I've been playing bass for almost 19 years, and I never had any formal training. I'm getting to a point in my life where, I'm really starting to get seriously in tune with the nuances of playing music correctly, or at least following some type of form. I never realized understood what made a note a 7th or a 5th, until right this very second. That wasn't even what you were teaching, but the way in which you were explaining your lesson, made it unmistakable to understand what you were saying. I've really been watching your videos and enjoying them, and think I'm going to take my first formal 'music lesson' on your website. Thanks again.
Lesson starts at 1:20
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This is awesome this lesson opens my eyes to a whole new world of bass playing
Seriously man
I so enjoy your style of teaching, your gentle, inclusive and reality based demeanor is more of what this world needs. Superb work. I will watch everything you release.
Yes Scott is a awesome teacher I love watching, him myself I've been playing for over 30 years by ear and now I'm learning a lot from him about reading music. He's a great teacher. From Alphonso in the ATL.
Scott, this is going to be a great way to spend my weekend, thanks.
Thanks for all you've done for the bass players of the world over the years Scott! Excellent lesson and by the way, the F bass is definitely your best sounding bass so far.
So... I'm a guitarist and quite the theory nerd if I do say so myself of 20 years, and I continually learn things by watching this guy's awesome bass videos. Totally subscribed. This guy fucking rocks. Thank you Scott!!!!!!!
Chords on Bass is one of my Favorite Topics.
I mess with this all the time. And for you all wondering about the plucking hand, Just use your thumb to pluck the Root Note either on the E, or A string, And then use your Index and Middle Fingers to pluck the D and G strings for your Color Notes. If you have a 5-String with a Low B, you can use that as a Root Note as well. And if you have a 6-String Bass with a High C, then you have an extra Color Note. And you would just use your Ring Finger of the Plucking Hand on the C String. That's my Formula anyway. Hope this Helps.
Great lesson again! Although I'm a music (bass) teacher myself, I get good ideas from these great lessons of Scott. Thank you! This time on one chord I would like to share my idea.
I'm usually using the same shape for m7b5 as I'm using for m7 (the one Scott just showed), if its tonal function is either the VII of major or II of minor, because in those cases the ear is able to imagine the sound of flat 5th. (Cm7b5 = Cm7 = C, Eb, Bb.) If its tonal function is something else, for example II to IV in major, I prefer the one shown here. (Cm7b5 = C, Gb and Bb.)
Example 1: in Bb minor | Cm7b5 | F7 | Bbm
My choice for fingering Cm7b5 would be: C, Eb, Bb
Example 2: in F major | Cm7b5 | F7 | BbMaj7
My choice for fingering Cm7b5 would be: C, Gb, Bb
This is just a question of taste. One loves daughter, the other one loves mother. I'm not telling which one I love... ;)
Hi Tapani...you just put some hot sauce in this tutorial...very good !!...this is a call for a taco...jeeejejejej :)
I saw a video of yours a couple of days back and I immediately wanted to be a bass player , I got a 5 string Ibanez Ibanez and a fender rumble 50 the same day even with my tight budget and I’ve been watching your videos since. I just wanna learn how to play like you cos you make it look so easy and fun playing that seamlessly. I hope I can play like you one day or even better play with you one day. You’ve inspired me get on a bass in just a day and am hoping am gonna get all the help I need to be a good bass player from you. Thanks now and thanks in advance.. 🙏🏾
Very interesting. I'm self-taught and have had a little bit of general music theory instruction in college, which I've used to work some simple chord and double-stops. Root+5th, root+5th+octave, 5th below+root+3rd, root +10th (octave 3rd). I typically use them to fill in space or at the end of a tune. These shapes you show are all very new to me, especially with the 7th in them. I'm going to have to take some time and learn these, several sound quite nice.
Hey there......greetings from Germany
Thanx a lot for that fine and well teached lesson Scott. My deepest appreciaton. All chords avaiable in between a very small spot on our basses up from the 5th fret. What an overwhelming thought to be able to play in this massive microtechnical hand/fingerchanging. After all it seem to be the art of a craftsman to be able to deliver the right things, right in time.........
wish u all well 🌬🎸💖🙏
You are such a great teacher man. Thank you.
Appreciate that!!
Been playing (6 string) guitar since middle school. I’m 26yrs old.. anyway I am a new BASS convert and wow😂😂 those bottom 2 string thumping up against my body is nothing short of euphoria😍 like wow I can barely hear it but I can FEEEEEL that shit💗
Wooooow Scott...you just clear up my thoughts on these chords. You have explain it the correct or the easy way ti understand it....thank you very much..wow !!
yahoooooooooo !! I was asking my self why we us the bassist need to learn chords ? we don't play chords, we play low notes, but with this class, wow.. you made me understand the reason....thank you again sCOTT !!
As always, a great lesson! You're a fantastic educator, Scott, God bless you.
Your enthusiasm is infectious and your knowledge impressive and inspiring. This reminds me why I was right to choose the bass as my instrument.
Great lesson on bass chord forms.
Thank you Scott.
"We need more people up in this..." to quote Dont be a meanace. Yeah, Im glad you touched upon the subject of chords, as you yourself have some beautiful and not to mention playable chords in your arsenal Scott. I will write out more chords that are actually usable as I progress in playing. In the meatime thanks for the free stuff !
Hey they turn the bass up! Excellent! I don't think I've ever heard the bass on one of your lessons before. Of course I'm really old I may have forgotten
Really handy lesson. Chords can sound great on the bass if played in the correct register.
Truly amazing video! I can read/play music so music theory is not a problem. That fact you put it all into a bass lesson for essentials is awesome. Thanks Scott!
Very nice! One of the most if not the most intuitive, instructive video on Bass Chords ... many thanks!!!!
Thanks for this very informative video. Mabuhay!!! From the Philippines
Thanks so much Scott!!!
Ancient bass player here…still need to know this stuff!!!
6:02 "A chord is just an arpeggio with the notes played all at once"
Yes, I found that definition slightly curious, too...!
It’s usually the other way lol
My freaking hero. Thank you Scott. So much. For everything you do.
Awesome lesson, thanks Scott!
👍👍👍
With this beautiful Bass you can play chords wherever you want
😭that bass is sooooo beautiful..man!!😤
I hit a like for the "from zero to hero" line :) . I recommend the "playing chords on bass" course on SBL, it's really great and exhaustive!
Well done Scott, thanks. A quick note: The m7b5 chord is also called half diminished, the 5 is diminished but the 7 is unaltered. It's an easy jump from there to understanding fully diminished 7 chords.
7 isnt un altered its a flat 7
Thank you for always extending our practising horizons :D I love it
Scott is the best, what a guy!
You were going a little too fast for me, but after watching it 10 times in slow mo , it is starting to make sense.
I like, with the major 7 open voicing, I pluck the bass note with thumb and artificial harmonic with the 7 and 10. I use this at church in a half time feel section of everything that has breath! Nobody seems to notice.
Some really useful info here, this video was a good idea. Nice one, Scott, keep it up, loving the videos.
Thank you for this video, now I can play around with these chords.
Super lesson Scott! Very helpfull! Nice new bass you got there! Sounds absolutely stunning!
Great lesson again! Thank you.
Have you ever thought about doing a video that sucks? I mean, all of your videos are very informative, entertaining and high-quality. Doing one that sucks would add a little bit of variance. ;) Great stuff. I'm very happy to be a subscriber of yours.
Excellent Job, as always Scott!
These types of lesson always breakdown the how which is great but what about the when? Obviously you need to know the chord tones to play a bass line over the top but where might you actually play the chords as you are here? Some examples of different styles where this fits would be good.
Ben Thurley good point well made.
Chords can sound great in sparse sections of songs or when the guitarist/keyboard is soloing. There is then a big space to fill.
I've been wondering this as well. Watching this video of his helped somewhat. So if you know the chord progression, you have the chords within each to play around with.
ruclips.net/video/Ib8vGsLC6WE/видео.html
@@jaredarm I agree to ur point Jared...it means that Greg and Ben didn't really pay much of attention. sorry to say that, but scott's explanation was very elementally simple with out any other example. And maybe yes an example would have help if you didn't understood the use of the chords. exmaple : with my private teacher i've learn all about the mayor and minor chords. but i was asking my self, we the bassist we don't play chords, we play low notes. But with this explanation from scott, i realize the use of the chords on bass. Because it wasn't explain to me that easy and fast way. with this tutorial, it takes me to the next level of learning bass. No example needed !!....it was too clear !! Sorry Greg n Ben !
This video was very helpful. Keep up the great work!
I’ve been rewatching this over over and I can’t seem to get it, it’s really confusing for me😭
Love your approach. Side note: Please tell me about the glove on your left hand…
Awesome lesson Scott!!
Great content as always! Cheers Scott!
Great video, but just for more clarity when it comes to reading music sheets, I think you should have gone through all the different ways of writing the chords, like minor 7 can be written: Cm7 or C-7, C major could be : C^7 or CMaj7,
And C°7 can be written C ° with a line across the circle. (Half diminished)
And so on...
But thanks Scott, great job!
Actually, Cº7 is a diminished triad with a diminished seventh. C with a line across the circle would be a diminished triad with a minor seventh, known as half-diminished chord.
@@jorge.rubiales yes my bad, I always mix them up...
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@@brianplatts5198 yes or not
Lol sorry that was my son
This helped me learn some Primus lol groundhog's day has an A7 in it, and when he played the C7 here I recognized the feeling. Dom7's are the chords I identify most easily, everything else is a struggle
greetings, your videos are very interesting, you have a lot of pedagogy to show your videos, I'm from Ecuador and sometimes I find you follow the rhythm in what you exoplicas since it would be very helpful if your videos you put subtitles in Spanish, the contents of your videos I am very interested, but it would be easier if they had subtitles in Spanish, not only for me but there are many Spanish-speaking bass players who do not have much material to review here on RUclips
I see you have a bass from my friend George!🇨🇦
*Dude, good to see you without the gloves, looks like you're healing, bro. Also, great bass lesson. Keep up the good work!*
He has the glove on his left hand.
Oh, yup, you're right. I couldn't see it on my cell phone.
Nice opening improv jam! 😎
Thank you for this amazing work!
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Best!!! Very, very top! Thanks for your video!
I love the work that you are putting into teaching everyone who want to learn more about bass guitar, Scott!
I have a question that has been on my mind for some time, and I would appreciate it, if I could get a response from you, or anyone else!
The question is about the string noise which appears when switching the position on the fretboard, such as the one heard on 00:25 (6) , 00:01 , 00:03, 00:06 and on many more places.
Is it something that bass players should be bothered with, is there a way to stop such the sound, or is it completely normal? is it something that won't make a problem during the recording?
Thanks so much for taking your time to read my comment!
Some people really like it in there, it can add a lot of humanity to an instrument, so it doesn't sound like a robot is playing. A couple times it seemed like an intentional rhythmic noise, like guitarists do sometimes. On the other hand, an acoustic guitar player usually doesn't want a squeaky scrape sound when switching between every chord. I feel like it's a give and take. In a recording, some of these "flaws" either aren't heard anymore when adding drums and other instruments, or it can add to the authenticity. I think it really depends on if you like it or not. Metallica taped down strings with masking tape to make sure there wasn't any extra noise when recording solos, which would never be done in a live show, so it's really up to you and what you like.
@@matthewhennessey5967 Thank you so much for the reply, it was really interesting to read about the information you have given there! I've really enjoyed it...taping the strings certainly isn't something that would be done in a live show, I just can't seem to find a way to stop that sound from happening. But it's definitely making it seem more human.
@@alos2160 I know Scott isn't doing this in the video, but maybe mute the strings with your picking hand. It seems he gets those squeaks when he lifts his left hand off the strings to move somewhere else. Hopefully that will actually help, instead of me giving fun facts.
@@matthewhennessey5967 Thanks so much for answering, actually I've almost lost hope that anyone would answer after such a long time so it really did make me smile! As for your suggestion, muting strings with a picking hand is incredibly important for a good and clean sound, otherwise the strings would ring...( On example when you play the thinnest string on the bass 4 or 5 stringed, it's G by default, then the thickest string on 4 string bass by default setting - E would ring as well, but if you use your plucking hand then it won't ring, and the sound will be beautiful and clean. That's something that I've worked on a lot, and it has had tremendous impact on my playing!
But that squeaky noise is actually the sound that comes from the surface of the skin, gloves, or anything just moving over the strings...and it's impossible to mute that with a plucking hand like that as far as I'm aware of...and it's really strange since if you try to move the position of the left fretting hand somewhere else, by lifting fingers in order to avoid squeaking noise..then the strings would ring, and create a real mess.
The thing that I've found that helps to some level is to pretty much turn off the gain option on my bass settings, so squeaky noise is less noticeable, as long as the sound is not too loud...
And the second thing is a little bit interesting, something that I've been experimenting a little bit, however it contradicts what I've said earlier slightly..since it does involve a plucking hand...basically when you want to switch position, if you lift all of your left hand fingers, and use your plucking hand to mute all of the strings..that can work, but at the same time, it seems to be useful only during breaks, and such, because at other times it's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to continue playing smoothly after using plucking hand for that...
I do hope that we get more opinions and tips on that, and once again thanks so much for replying here and sharing your suggestions and interesting information, it's greatly appreciated!
for the initial explanation of C diminished (the little degree sign) it was G flat with b flat flat/A. The second time around during the open chord section it was explained as E flat A and C. is there a mistake or am i missing something. I see a 7 missing between the two, the notation above the little 0. maybe in a simple way. the first c diminished was C,Gflat,A, then later in the video it was presented as c diminished 7 C,E Flat, A
This is gold!
Thank you.
sound great as always! thanks!
You ever see Tony Grey do chords. Watching him play and hanging with him last night. Just beautiful! Great lesson here!
great tutorial
Love this one - thanks!!
Thank you. This video convinced me that any hopes or dreams about one day learning some basic bass would be an utterly frustrating and humiliating waste of time and money.
This is very helpful, thx!
"In under 15 mins" ... Tough job! Will have to review the video several times to really get it. Thankfully, I'm a SBL member and can get the full courses. ;-) Also, that's one good looking bass!
is it a chapmen?
Paul Badman - F Bass (Furlanetto) from Canada (a city one hour west of Toronto called Hamilton)
Thanks for the info!
Hey Scott you are a Killers !!!
Amazing! Thanks a lot
Hi, thanks for lessons! The free PDF file is no longer available. Can you re-upload please?
What a great video
newbie here and i'm a bit confused! The last chord in closed position is: C°- C, Gb, A, and the last one in open position is Cº7 - C, A, Eb....why is that?
Thank you
Thanks for watching! 🙌🏻🧡🔥
nice lesson dude....
Why do you wear a glove? Is the tone better? Is it for your fingers? Just curious, thanks
Captain Scott Saving the day again!
I completely understand you with the double flat notes. I've gotten 0 points for a chord in a music test, because I just form the chords on the piano in my head and didn't think about having to write Abb instead of G.
What bass is that? I really like that wood grain on it. Sounds great too.
It's an F Bass www.fbass.com/
@@joninawhitecoat Thanks.
I think that's kind of stupid, since nobody actually uses Abb in music. What key is that in? It could be the b6 scale degree in the key of Cb, the b2 scale degree in the key of Gb or the b5 scale degree in the key of Db. And even then the transcriber might decide to just call it a G natural for the sake of simplicity.
When you see a chord symbol like Bbdim7, it usually actually functions as an inversion of C#dim7, Edim7 or Gdim7, but for the sake of simplicity, the chord symbol says Bbdim7 because it's the same notes and the bass note is Bb. That looks simpler than saying Edim7/Bb, and both convey basically the same message. In other words, the transcriber is not actually asking you to play an Abb. Whether double flats should be used has a lot more to do with voice leading than anything else. So I think it's quite stupid that you would get 0 points when the chord was technically 100% correct. And I'm a theory teacher.
@@MaggaraMarine Yes, I agree. I don't remember the key, I think it was just a chord we were supposed to form without any context. I'm not even sure if my example notes were correct, I will see if I can find the test, it was about a year ago.
@@MaggaraMarine I couldn't find that particular test, but I did find one test where I got 0 of ten points for writing H (I live in Germany, B for you) as the b5 in Fm7b5 instead of Cb. If it was the Chord name, I could understand it having to fit in the scale, but I was just supposed to show that I know which notes that chord includes, which of course I did.
Hey Scott, can you do one on what to do with your thumb on the plucking hand? One of the things I'm trying to fix is that I always played with my thumb planted on the pick guard. Which isn't good because it allows open strings to ring & also inhibits facility & fluidity on the higher strings. I've noticed that when you pluck the higher strings, your thumb travels with your fingers.
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Thanks, man! Exactly the lesson I was wanting!
You should sign up for Scott;s bass accelerator course. He covers rest strokes and anchor points for the thumb in lesson 2.
Bliksem that helped me a lot, thanks Scott!
Scott...I am new to the channel. Forgive my ignorance, but what is the Michael Jackson glove used for? Likely not a fashion statement. Protection from finger callouses? Dan, Nanaimo, BC
Maybe this is a bit controversial, but 2 of my favorite chords/arpeggios on bass can't be found in this video. In fact, are these even chords or am I just a madman? root-3rd-6th, root-4th-6th
Due respect of course Scott for all you have done to be where you are as a player & teacher.
For me tho & sooo many other none musically literate muso's out there.
all that by the way dropped in - off the cuff as a mere formality weird terminology - ( does my ed in instantly ! )
Dominant - sub dominant's - flattened diminished - Augmented bla bla . Sounds like all that inane bazar blithering terms sound l like they where proclaimed as musical terms buy a bunch of those Git's with surnames for 1st name's that outta be lobotimised on principe !
Love your bass! Whats the model? Where can i get one? :)
What strings are played in these chords? What about if you use a pick instead of fingers?
Thanx from Poland Scott 🎵🎶💥
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Hello, I don't get that major progression, I play guitar and I studied the major progression as: Major-minor-minor-major-major-minor-diminished.. Why do you add the 7th??
Please subtitules in spanish please!!! God job scott, i like it!! But i don't understand much.
great Scott... applause ...
what bass is that?
Hey Scott, what model is that F bass of yours. I'm looking to purchase the same one.
at @1:40 you say every note has a chord associated with them, and you go on to label underneath them what is what. What determines this? You said this is a must know but say you used a different scale how am i suppose to know what that pattern is?
Scott, and what do you think about the passing notes (9th, 11th, 13th) in flat and sharp?
Do you realy think, that's NOT what gives it that extra something, too?
those are tensions and altered tensions, that's not our job as bassists to utilize those notes
This is an awesome lesson. Does anyone know if the same system can be applied in minor keys except reverse? For instance, the i and iv are minor 7th chords, the II, III, and VI are major 7th chords, and then a major viii flat 5 and a dominant 7 for the v?
im wondering if I should just buy my bass or rent it before buying, any advice?
Literally just took 2 pages of notes... no guitar player or piano player could ever make this make sense.
Now that I see it explained by BASS player, it's infuratingly simple.
so rich
thx for d effort.. appreciate
I studied jazz, turn each chord into a 4 note eg C major 7 CEGB Dm7 DFAC G7 GBDF add more like