Master the ENTIRE fingerboard with just ONE SCALE

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  • Опубліковано 18 січ 2018
  • If I was to tell you that there's ONE scale you can use to play over major chords... minor chords... half diminished chords... get bluesy sounds from... and WAY more... I'm guessing you'd think it's impossible, right?... just ONE scale?!
    The good news is... it's absolutely possible!
    There is ONE simple scale (that you most likely already know to a certain extent!) that you can use over multiple chords... the gag is, you probably just don't know to do it yet.
    This is "The Godfather" of scales!
    In this lesson you're going to learn:
    - What the NUMBER 1, most important scale is that you should be focusing on right now
    - How to apply that one scale over multiple chords - without even changing the pattern
    - How to learn this scale over the ENTIRE fingerboard with just 3 patterns
    - And WAY more...
    As always, see you in the shed...
    Scott :)
    PS. If you enjoy this lesson... make sure to check out my "Harmonic Layering Scales and Arpeggios" course within the SBL membership. It's over 10 hours long and is the most comprehensive and step by step course specifically for bass players that has ever been created...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 323

  • @donbox710
    @donbox710 Рік тому +7

    I’m sooooo looking forward to the tutorial on the fallopian flat 9 scale.
    I seem to recall it from my very earliest memories, but that was nearly a lifetime ago.

  • @mileswilliams4807
    @mileswilliams4807 4 роки тому +14

    When I was 12 my grandfather gave me a bass. He was a jazz guitarist and lived until he was 89 and had played since he was 5. The first thing he taught me was the major scale. He said that's the most important scale I'll ever learn. He was definitely right.

  • @creaksbass8953
    @creaksbass8953 6 років тому +63

    Ive been playin bass for 14 years.the last few months ive been watchin all your videos and its changed my whole approach towards the instrument.cheers from waterford Ireland

    • @JamesDavis-ps6yy
      @JamesDavis-ps6yy 6 років тому +1

      creaks bass89 same here. He just blew my mind playing the ionian major over each relevant chord

    • @jonzyquiltbag9317
      @jonzyquiltbag9317 4 роки тому +1

      I agree 👍
      Watching his videos has made me a far better player in just a few months. I'm fairly accomplished on the bass but I'm not nearly at this level of playing yet and watching his techniques for getting around the fretboard at the speed he does has made me a better player from the moment I started watching him.

    • @geoffrichards3131
      @geoffrichards3131 4 роки тому +3

      Yep same over there too. Got me even more motivated too!!! Seeing him enjoying what he does makes it fun as well.

  • @cole6122
    @cole6122 Рік тому +6

    Been playing bass for about 3 years and I have all of the music theory down, but I could never memorize all of the notes on the fretboard past the first 5 frets. This and the 4+2 technique are so, so helpful!

  • @ElectricBoogaloo007
    @ElectricBoogaloo007 6 років тому +131

    The fallopian b9 is totally tubular.

    • @fudgesauce
      @fudgesauce 6 років тому +22

      Please, don't egg him on.

    • @jessetyrrell5599
      @jessetyrrell5599 6 років тому +10

      fudgesauce a months hard work down the drain in a bloody week.

    • @jjhassy
      @jjhassy 5 років тому +1

      @@jessetyrrell5599 OMFG

    • @zenguitar65
      @zenguitar65 5 років тому +4

      My swimmers..I mean fingers keep getting stuck in the fallopian shape...

    • @mabrams8740
      @mabrams8740 4 роки тому

      Lol

  • @Brookzplayzmuzic
    @Brookzplayzmuzic 6 років тому +84

    You are by far the best bass teacher on you tube mate! Cheers🍻

    • @denisblack9897
      @denisblack9897 3 роки тому +4

      check out BassBuzz, he's very good too

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 6 років тому +309

    "But I'm not some sort of evil genius." I don't know, you're bald and have a Brit accent, you definitely fit the profile.

    • @bayareablues2255
      @bayareablues2255 6 років тому +10

      Helium Road - THAT was funny!

    • @jimfaris
      @jimfaris 6 років тому +26

      and the glove thing.. yup... evil genius

    • @thomaspick4123
      @thomaspick4123 6 років тому +3

      I thought he makes extra cash on the side doing finger checks of prostrates. Soft = good. Hard like a walnut = prostate cancer, no good. See, extra money, but touching the strings later can deposit feces chunks and it smells.

    • @jolasingh
      @jolasingh 6 років тому +9

      WTF did i just read haha

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 6 років тому

      Scott, you wouldn't happen to drive a Jaguar, would you?

  • @fredherfst8148
    @fredherfst8148 5 років тому +7

    My role as bass player is to make my bandmates feel comfortable. Be there when I need to be there, fills and grace notes when not. These lessons are superb and have given me new challenges. Thanks Scott.

  • @alexzaslavsky2570
    @alexzaslavsky2570 4 роки тому +4

    Watched this a year ago, one of the most impactful videos I've ever watched. But watching it today, I have finally understood to link the positions together to walk around the fingerboard. Brilliant.

  • @ryangebo7220
    @ryangebo7220 4 роки тому +4

    Dang. The part you did with the chords and playing the modes over just connected it all together for me. I'm not sure why no one has done this before! Thanks mate.

    • @melbournecrosbie
      @melbournecrosbie 3 роки тому

      Exactly. And to hear Scott play the notes over the chord, while explaining it, well that's brilliant. Of course Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' is also essential listening. Put the two together and bingo! Now I get modes.

  • @glugblub7524
    @glugblub7524 3 роки тому +2

    i was just looking for the next step and here it is

  • @RSTI191
    @RSTI191 6 років тому

    I've been playing for 40 yrs.
    Always something to learn with your videos.
    Great stuff - as always..
    Cheers..

  • @saxafish
    @saxafish 6 років тому +1

    Great video. Two critiques as a music educator: 1. Back in college I personally hated learning different modes because no prof ever gave me context as to why. Now all my lesson plans start with asking WHY, then coming up with a concrete example of how my students would be able to apply on the fly--an objective. 2. I'm a visual learner. The better you become at a musical instrument, the more likely someone is to tune you out when you're basically just jamming out. It helps to incorporate visual cues or sheet music during the explaination. Of course this would take more video editing than you may be willing to do. Either way, great video and very important lesson for theory and building muscle memory.

  • @TheBassTroll
    @TheBassTroll 6 років тому +1

    I think one of the most important songs for beginning musicians to learn is "Do, Re, Mi" from "The Sound of Music" (even if all they do is learn to sing it) because of all the scales, modes, arpeggios, and harmonies used with the major scale. I always recommend learning the major scale in C, which will help them out when later explaining accidentals.

  • @matthewmitchell5617
    @matthewmitchell5617 4 роки тому +3

    Been practicing this for the few days and this is really starting to open the fretboard to me. Thank you so much for sharing this technique!

  • @AugustineMotiar
    @AugustineMotiar 5 років тому +7

    Theory First, scales next, a ton of Blues, Jazz and Funk albums, 10 years of spare time, ibuprofen ( for finger/ wrist swelling and cramps) = evil bass playing genius.

  • @drissschaillee281
    @drissschaillee281 3 роки тому +3

    In love with your bass tone. especially with the higher-octaver, gives me some Michael League's vibes. thank you for your video master.

  • @ayzee12
    @ayzee12 5 років тому

    Agreed with Brooks. Your lessons are the best!!

  • @tonbassman1075
    @tonbassman1075 6 років тому

    Scott, you're a very fine teacher. I love watching your lessons. Super! Keep up the good work!

  • @VinnieLeeStudio
    @VinnieLeeStudio 6 років тому +1

    This is amazing! I used it on guitars, works great, just shift one fret higher once you reach the B string.

  • @markmartinloyola
    @markmartinloyola 4 роки тому

    F and Bb are playable on the first fret as follows: F maj E string 1,3 A string 0,1,3 Dstring 0, 2,3 /// Bbmajor same fingerings just starting on the A string! Great for beginner public school jazz band bass players. Thanks for the video!

  • @andycadzow1953
    @andycadzow1953 6 років тому

    Allrighty...... i have bee practicing scales like a diva over the past few months.......and I picked up on the shape linking this time....something I kinda missed before from your earlier tutorial on this subject........I have to say folks ...the scale "thang" is wicked ...and has improved my versatility across the fingerboard in epic proportions.....thanks maestro Scott

  • @bayareablues2255
    @bayareablues2255 6 років тому +2

    Thanks, Scott! I found this trick out on my own a while ago (where were you then! :-) ). Whatever scale I choose to play, I reference it to the Major scale and think in terms of intervals - so for Mixolydian I flat the 7th, for Dorian I flat the 3rd and 7th, for the natural minor I flat the 3rd, 6th and 7th, and for the Pentatonic I just leave out what's appropriate. This really helped me find where the scale intervals are on the fretboard. And it works well in the other direction. I had a teacher that told me to think of guitar solos in rock and blues in terms of the Pentatonic, but add other notes depending on the chord. Knowing the Major scale intervals really helped me figure that out.

  • @nicahans9366
    @nicahans9366 4 роки тому

    Best lesson ever! Thank you for helping me comprehend by making it simple and approachable. You're a really gifted teacher

  • @rcmakingtracks18
    @rcmakingtracks18 4 роки тому +2

    Hi Scott, thanks so much for all your amazing video lessons. You rock.

  • @mimakake
    @mimakake 6 років тому +4

    funny, I always use those patherns without thinking about it.
    But now I understand what I do. :)
    Love your lessons,
    beginners and experienced players learn a lot from your video's.
    Many thanks. ;)

  • @ZinsWorld
    @ZinsWorld 6 років тому

    So nice to see you posting bro. I'm vlogging in thailand right now and don't have my bass.... getting this notification of your new video makes me miss my bass so much. I enjoy all your videos so much.

  • @scottarena6808
    @scottarena6808 6 років тому

    All these videos are great. Such a big help you are to all us players, Scott. Thanks for helping us. God Bless you!

  • @ronwright4684
    @ronwright4684 6 років тому +3

    Lifetime academy member. Best thing I ever did to improve my bass playing.

  • @eaglebauer944
    @eaglebauer944 4 роки тому +9

    6:35 that's me all the time.

  • @mutwkilahmed6494
    @mutwkilahmed6494 5 років тому

    That’s helping me so much to make see what i miss for years
    Thanks scott

  • @jolasingh
    @jolasingh 6 років тому

    I loved the lesson. Thanks Scott! And the high mass bridge in that OW bass is pure art! Man it looks like titanium or some alien material

  • @SoLSaintGermz
    @SoLSaintGermz 6 років тому +1

    This was a great lesson Sir.

  • @jfmax2000
    @jfmax2000 5 років тому

    Just Great Lesson Vids Scott !!!!

  • @daveboyle140
    @daveboyle140 4 роки тому

    Literally just been playing 1st finger figure for all my life.... nice one dude, will try nail these other shapes.

  • @eliasfigueroa3324
    @eliasfigueroa3324 5 років тому

    Thank you so much. Ill do this for both practice and warm up before sessions.

  • @Bassesplyr
    @Bassesplyr 2 роки тому

    literally, MIND BLOWN!

  • @RainchildAdventures
    @RainchildAdventures 4 роки тому +3

    1 month C major. Yez bozz! On it.

  • @samcockrell
    @samcockrell 4 роки тому

    I loved what you did with the C major scale awesome Scott

  • @TBAGZPROUT
    @TBAGZPROUT 6 місяців тому

    thank you so much for all this knowledge!!!

  • @HEC9
    @HEC9 5 років тому +1

    FUNtastic! K.O!!!
    Thank you, Sir!!
    I did not buy my JBass yet...but...This was incredible.

  • @harmonytreeproductionllc.3910
    @harmonytreeproductionllc.3910 4 роки тому +2

    Great Lesson it opens a great pathway into fluid playing!!

  • @GaryBouch
    @GaryBouch 6 років тому

    Great insight into the not too complicated stuff (but on the edge of my skills). Thanks!!!!! Looking forward to having a go at this.

  • @antlockyer153
    @antlockyer153 6 років тому +7

    Thanks, got stuck in a rut. Now I'm going to spend a month with C Major

  • @ishmael_03
    @ishmael_03 5 років тому

    Great lesson. Thank you.

  • @dingohaus
    @dingohaus 4 роки тому

    Okay. That was incredibly helpful.

  • @TortlOdum
    @TortlOdum 3 роки тому

    omg ive had a bass for half a week now, and this just clicked! i am going to have this be my main exercise for the next month or so

  • @saksham1593
    @saksham1593 6 років тому

    You Give Your All To Teach Us Online Love From India❤️

  • @studiofiveone1962
    @studiofiveone1962 6 років тому

    Very nice Scott......very nice. Thanks for the vid.

  • @paulwilliam4702
    @paulwilliam4702 6 років тому +61

    The fallopian flat 9 xD LMAO

    • @dokgu
      @dokgu 6 років тому +3

      Yeah he got me giggling for like 12 times.

    • @kencarter7205
      @kencarter7205 4 роки тому

      I think my Fallopian flat 9 just dropped. I wonder if my doctor can tack this up for me?

  • @microrecording
    @microrecording 3 роки тому

    totally enlightening, thank you!

  • @splukoes
    @splukoes 6 років тому

    Thanks Scott.

  • @ronceilin424
    @ronceilin424 4 роки тому

    40 years of the five white note scales and I never made the connection. Very cool, thanks Scott.

  • @cutri2219
    @cutri2219 4 роки тому

    you have opened my eyes

  • @saksham1593
    @saksham1593 6 років тому

    Really Loved It Scott Sir 😊

  • @alvinys6691
    @alvinys6691 6 років тому

    Hi scott ! Love your videos :)

  • @charlessmyth
    @charlessmyth 6 років тому +36

    I just remembered: Victor Wooten recommends the "chromatic" scale :-)

    • @rikostronger6099
      @rikostronger6099 5 років тому +9

      The chromatic is the most important scale to learn!!

  • @MathiasShaw637
    @MathiasShaw637 6 років тому

    Even as a guitar player, bass has always mind blown me. I never understood why guitar players just upright shit on bass....Any chance we'll get to see you play a an upright bass? I just love that sound.

  • @thenobleandmightybeaver4411
    @thenobleandmightybeaver4411 3 роки тому

    This lesson just blew my brain.

  • @philbloomfield3173
    @philbloomfield3173 6 років тому

    Great video Scott. 👍

  • @dirkjanklijn9949
    @dirkjanklijn9949 3 роки тому

    This brings the fun into some practice sessions, not that I don't have fun practicing but it's nice to do something else sometimes.

  • @cancerrisk3081
    @cancerrisk3081 6 років тому

    Loving the new website, Scott

  • @isabelfuentesnar1
    @isabelfuentesnar1 5 років тому

    superb class

  • @Not-Named-Not
    @Not-Named-Not 4 роки тому

    Great idea! 🤘🤩🤘

  • @garyblakemore7236
    @garyblakemore7236 6 років тому

    Awesome content. Great job

  • @davew9477
    @davew9477 5 років тому

    This is so damn cool. Just really cool....and inspiring. Thanx

  • @thijsstruick
    @thijsstruick 6 років тому

    Hi Scott
    Nice lesson. Is there a workbook where I can find the exact positions and fingers that you described in this lesson. I am a member but I think it is not in the workbooks for the harmonic layering lessons.
    Thanks Thijs

  • @zak3086
    @zak3086 Рік тому

    I love you, Scott😊😊 thanks

  • @iliasliakos6692
    @iliasliakos6692 6 років тому

    great lesson m8!

  • @Darkandi457
    @Darkandi457 5 років тому

    ty for ur effort and ur great work

  • @shirleydelasalas9762
    @shirleydelasalas9762 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much!

  • @lewislee6736
    @lewislee6736 6 років тому

    The 1st pattern goes straight across the fret board but patterns 2 and 3 move on the fret board so you have to watch and listen closely. You have to know where the notes are or carefully watch his fingers and not think you can play the pattern straight across the fret board like the pattern 1.

  • @arokgod
    @arokgod 3 роки тому

    Fantastic video !

  • @selavie2027
    @selavie2027 5 років тому

    Thank you, thank you thank you

  • @TheHulkHodn
    @TheHulkHodn 5 років тому

    geil! Danke Scott! :]

  • @saramirez64ify
    @saramirez64ify 5 років тому

    What stomp boxes are you using here. Love the sound!

  • @analytics8055
    @analytics8055 Рік тому

    Good stuff... Thx a lot!

  • @vcp93
    @vcp93 6 років тому +5

    ROFL!!! The "Fallopian flat 9"? You owe me a monitor, mine is now covered in coffee. ;)

    • @randomserb761
      @randomserb761 4 роки тому

      It's actually the Fallopian sh-flat 9!

  • @georgehowell9813
    @georgehowell9813 3 роки тому +1

    Whenever he put the freeze pedal on I felt like I was in a movie meeting God.

  • @jonathanwalegir7083
    @jonathanwalegir7083 3 роки тому

    very good information... thanks

  • @ernibert2012
    @ernibert2012 6 років тому

    super video , thx

  • @godguidanceandgardens2453
    @godguidanceandgardens2453 Рік тому

    I'm on Player's Path. Getting much better!

  • @alpinediversified8183
    @alpinediversified8183 6 років тому

    Genius!

  • @deldia
    @deldia 6 років тому

    That was a major surprise.

  • @bassboyj468
    @bassboyj468 4 роки тому

    Just a suggestion for basses, you should try out the Duff Mckagan Precision bass and the Duff Mckagan signature deluxe precision bass! Really cool basses!

  • @rafaelgomez1989
    @rafaelgomez1989 5 років тому

    Awesome !!!

  • @waynehingley6356
    @waynehingley6356 4 роки тому +1

    For pattern #2, I find it easier to walk up with: 1,3,4, 1,3,4,1,2. Then walk down with 2,1, 4,2,1, 4,2,1.

    • @MikeC-bc4xp
      @MikeC-bc4xp 4 роки тому

      It's all about finding what works best for you! Cheers, brother!

  • @zanebarronch2130
    @zanebarronch2130 6 років тому

    Hi Scott will this help me on playing with a widdle style and do you have any pointers on speeding up/ playing faster when your playing with a widdle style

  • @Pathadar
    @Pathadar 4 роки тому

    Great video thank you :)

  • @nellichoo
    @nellichoo 4 роки тому

    thanks sensei

  • @MELONenSURPRISE
    @MELONenSURPRISE 5 років тому

    good lesson

  • @kylehunter5217
    @kylehunter5217 6 років тому

    I’m new to bass (less than 24 hours into owning an Ibanez) so far this has been a pretty informative channel. One question though, and sorry if this has been answered before, why do you wear gloves when you play? Is there benefits to it or is it just like a personal thing?

  • @J_David_Worthington_III
    @J_David_Worthington_III 4 роки тому

    Great video Scotty! What bass were you using in this video? I want one! Love that color!

    • @MrWhitey222
      @MrWhitey222 4 роки тому

      It's an Overwater P Series.

  • @richliddle2025
    @richliddle2025 5 років тому

    Scott where did you get the travel bass from in the background?

  • @sbdreamin
    @sbdreamin 6 років тому +19

    Scott, a question.. i'm one of your students at the Academy. When you are continuing that scale up and down the fretboard, are you consciously aware the names of the notes under each finger, or are you simply relying on relative positions and patterns? I'm working on scales and arpeggios.. and find myself being a bit lazy, and relying on the patterns, but i'm not always sure what note I am actually playing. Does that just come with time, practice and familiarity?? ALso you are doodling up and down that neck, obviously putting these patterns together, but I can't figure out what you are doing exactly... :( can you slow down and tell us how to determine where the patterns go together?

    • @Dagomonteiro
      @Dagomonteiro 6 років тому +1

      Great question. Is it about the shapes or the notes?

    • @hbn782
      @hbn782 6 років тому +2

      He explained that on a previous video.. he focuses on not playing the wrong notes.. some riffs are too fast, and it's almost impossible to think of notes all the time

    • @FrancoisDelacroix
      @FrancoisDelacroix 4 роки тому +2

      I'll make a point here: in the heat of the moment, you might not be thinking A D E G, etc. You may be using patters, shapes, cool things you've experimented, your whole toolkit. But if I ask you to show me an A, or a Db, or a whatever on the fretboard, you better know where it is. You can't not. :) Takes a week to learn if you do 15 mins a day. :)

    • @5150powder
      @5150powder 4 роки тому

      do you really think scott doesnt know what notes hes playing? really...??

    • @isabella-zx2dc
      @isabella-zx2dc 4 роки тому +1

      from what he describes at around 3:40, it sounds like he really relies on his visual memory of patterns. I think what is more important than note names is their harmonic importance. That is, thinking of your perfect 5ths, perfect 4ths, the color a third brings, the tension a 7th brings, that kind of stuff. So long as you know where to start in a given key and plug those patterns in, the rest is how important the voices of each note are.

  • @josephinecaruana4387
    @josephinecaruana4387 Рік тому

    What an amazing vidio knolage is power
    Bass is awesome thank you for your knowledge 💜

    • @devinebass
      @devinebass  Рік тому

      Thanks for checking out the video Josephine!

  • @TedMabbatt
    @TedMabbatt 6 років тому +58

    Love your stuff, but you always go so fast, it's really hard to keep up. You get excited, then start playing really fast. You lose me then and I give up. For instance, here, you start slow and show the 3 finger patterns, which I got. But then when you start showing how they are connected, you turn into Jaco Pastorius and are flying around the fretboard, which is when you lose me! SLOW DOWN MATE!!! You do this in every lesson, very frustrating.

    • @user-jb9ch2wb6x
      @user-jb9ch2wb6x 5 років тому +23

      Buddy i don't think we're supposed to mimic what he does when he "shows off" - i think it's more of an example of what you can do with these newly learned scales

    • @HotStuff12368
      @HotStuff12368 5 років тому

      Ify

    • @nateiverson8681
      @nateiverson8681 5 років тому +5

      Try adjusting the UA-cam playback speed if you're trying to pick something up

    • @hellobaby133
      @hellobaby133 4 роки тому +6

      Why don't you go to his website and pay for his actual lessons.

    • @jelmerthijsen
      @jelmerthijsen 4 роки тому +2

      @@nateiverson8681 people sound so drunk when you slow down the playback speed XD

  • @stoobydoo958
    @stoobydoo958 5 років тому

    Is there any guitar-ish LessonsAcademy u know, that works quite the same? Would be very interested!

  • @Devin-xe2iv
    @Devin-xe2iv 6 років тому

    great video

  • @christofjork8446
    @christofjork8446 4 роки тому +1

    I need this same tutorial for the minor scale.