Greg, i am a true beginner on the bass and after 3months searching for sites to help me learn, you have been the best with your instructions and tabs to practice. thanks a million!!!!!!
The Maytals 5446 bass line was originally played three years earlier (1967) in Rocksteady. It was called "Everybody rude now" by Keith McCarthy at Studio One by Coxsone Dodd.
Thanks so much! To pay back: ska is actually the original sound of modern Jamaican styles. It is has a very interesting history (which mix with the independence, the politics, the social reality...) and it's the "father" of reggae (although the "son" became more famous) and the less known (but not worse) rocksteady. You can check it yourself: most of the most popular reggae artists (like "toots and the maytals" that u mentioned, but also Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, to mentioned probably the most famous 2) had been ska musicians. To follow with the example, you can look for "hooligans" by "The wailers", a not very reggae title, jaja. Little payment for the class, but i hope it helps you to discover a bit more, like you helped us ;)
Hey thanks for all that information. It's a great help as I explore more of the history of Ska and Reggae. Since making the lesson I have found out I didn't quite have my history correct and that Rocksteady happened after Ska and was the transition between Ska and Reggae. I'm glad you liked the lesson and thanks again for your help.
Glad someone said it! I'm Caribbean (St Vincent, but born in England.) 🙂 My favourite genres are goth rock, melodic death metal, thrash, heavy metal, K-pop, ska/old reggae and rock n roll. I used to exclusively listen to punk rock as a child (I was rebellious and still am in many ways) but when I was 16, I first heard War Pigs by Black Sabbath and fell in love with heavy metal. Then I found Cryptopsy, Dark Tranquillity, Bolt Thrower and Cradle of Filth. That stuff later got me into Epica, Darkwell and Tristania, Children of Bodom, Equilibrium, Amon Amarth, Eisregen... And many other German (death) metal/rock bands, because I had started learning German at that time. I also started listening to German ska, which sounds amazing. Wellensittichsalat is a great example of some German ska. They only did one live show then disbanded, though. Anyway, I could talk about music all day, so I'll try to restrain myself now. 😂
@@alvaroperezmoral7849 Goth rock came later in my 20s after several years of sticking to punk rock like Green Day, Misfits, The Ramones and The Clash. I found Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Joy Division, then got into The Velvet Underground and Sisters of Mercy. Then had the random K-pop phase that never ended. And today, I appreciate all kinds of music, but still like melodeath and goth rock the most. ❤
Really awesome playing along with you n the improvement im making just going back to this video n others. Thank you again Greg your Bass playing is smoking good n smooth.
This is great! I have listened to Ska a fair amount but playing in mostly blues and R&B bands I never had a chance to play it. Potentially auditioning for ska/reggae band and needed an introduction and found it here. Lots of fun and a great lesson. Thanks!
John Deal thanks for your comment and really glad you got some use out of the lesson. I hadn’t played much Ska at all before researching for this lesson and was surprised at the quality and variety of the bass lines. Really fun to play too! Hope your audition goes well.
Hi Margherita, I'm so glad that you like the video lesson. Ska is so satisfying to play on the bass isn't it. You might also like this lesson, which helps you to construct your own Ska bass lines. This will improve your skAills even more!! ua-cam.com/video/NVp-oc4ajIc/v-deo.html
Great lesson on so many levels (as always) particularly like showing the use of scale runs and major and minor arpeggios in songs. Thank you Greg. One particular song that has come to mind in the Reggae style is UB40s cover of Red Red Wine.
I never realised until making this lesson, how good Ska bass lines are for learning to use scales and arpeggios. There are some really inventive Ska lines. As for Red Red Wine - that’s one of my favourites. Definitely on the list. I’m going to have to start making 2 videos a week!
Thank you - We definitely seem to have a similar taste in music! Another song that I’ve just learned that is not to difficult ( I say that because if I can play it it can’t be too difficult) but has a Reggae feel is Paul Simon’s “Mother and Child Reunion”. I might not be right on this but I think it was recorded in Jamaica with Jimmy Cliff’s backing group and that while there was instructed on the differences between reggae, ska and bluebeat.
Hi Keith, if you mean the B's, you can play them on the 7th fret of the E string or the 2nd fret of the A string. That's the limitations of TAB - there are a couple of positions in which to play this (both are fine) but I only have the option to write one position on the TAB. Notation leaves it up to you to decide where to play it!
@@GregsBassShed OK, just that you noted on the TAB not the one that you were playing, the one you played looked smoother. I need to pay attention to your positioning and less to TAB. Thanks for your reply.
@@CornishCockney sometime I write the Tab and then change my mind about the positioning by the time I make the video! I generally try to make sure the Tab and video tie up better nowadays though! Sometimes the position in which you play something or whether you use open strings or not is down to player’s preference so bear that in mind when looking at Tab. Cheers for pointing it out though.
Cheers Drew. That bass is my first bass (a cheap P-Bass copy) but with a new neck and pickups. It’s one of my favourites, even including my ‘boutique basses’. It has flatwound strings on it.
Malakai Messina hi, great that you have good ears, but there are PDFs with Standard Notation or Tab for all my video lessons. Click the link in the video description which is just underneath the video. You sometimes have to click the small arrow under the video on the right. The link will take you to a short form, fill out your email address & I will send it to you. Let me know if you are still having problems and I will give you more help. Thanks.
@@GregsBassShed You could do another video like that, here are my suggestions : Madness - Madness Sally Brown - Bad Manners Gangsters - The Specials My Girl Lollipop - Bad Manners Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
Interesting... Personally I think the more modern tunes I picked from The Clash, Skankin' Pickle and Madness have more of a Ska flavour than Reggae even though the original Police And Thieves is a reggae tune. I'd class Rudy, A Message To You as Ska/Rocksteady and 54-46 I suppose is on the cusp of Ska/Reggae. When did Ska end and Reggae start? Aren't the lines a little blurred and obviously Rocksteady is in the middle somewhere. But great idea to cover some early classic Ska. Got any suggestions of personal favourites from that era?
@@GregsBassShed Thanks for getting back to me. Yes the Clash and certainly the Madness song have more of a ska feel than reggae.. Rudy IMO is pure ska, although curiously enough it was released at the height of the rock steady era in 1967. Maybe it was recorded in 66. Ska lasted from 1960-66. Rock steady from 1966-68. Reggae from 1968 on. Yes, the lines are blurred, especially when ska was turning into rock steady . Not so much when rock steady was giving way to reggae. There the change in tempo marked a clean distinction. 54 46, Toots' jailhouse number and a VERY great song, is one of the earliest reggae songs in 1968. I've got a big ska article about to be published on a audiophile site. I link over 30 of the best classic JA ska songs. I'll send you the link to the article when it goes up. Thanks again. Really enjoy your vids. I'm not a musician but I'm sure your tabs are greatly appreciated by many.
@@GregsBassShed I'm actually looking for a job. This is just a side love. I already had an article on the top 15 punk albums published. And the owner of the site liked my writing so he gave me an opportunity to write more articles. Don't know if punk interests you but that link I can send you if you want. These are the first two articles I've had published. I once had a google plus channel where I talked about mostly punk, reggae, jazz and rock and I'm always leaving comments on other youtube music posts.
@@willieluncheonette5843 sounds great, I’d be interested in the Punk article as well. You can email me at: greg@gregsbassshed.com Good luck with getting a job in the future.
@@GregsBassShed Yep, they're one of my favorite band! They have a unique style of ska punk, great great band.. The bassline of My hair is so catchy and funny to play, classic! And great tutorial too, good job!
Greg, i am a true beginner on the bass and after 3months searching for sites to help me learn, you have been the best with your instructions and tabs to practice. thanks a million!!!!!!
Thanks so much 🙏 glad you are enjoying the channel. I’ve got a beginners course coming out next month so watch this space!
The Maytals 5446 bass line was originally played
three years earlier (1967) in Rocksteady. It was called "Everybody rude now" by Keith McCarthy
at Studio One by Coxsone Dodd.
Thanks for that info. Nice track - I checked it out!
Good trivia!
Perfect learning pace for an intermediate guitar player. Pretty much got em all as you went. Stoked to keep playing bass more.
Hey! Glad you enjoyed the lesson and it is aimed at beginner and intermediate players so glad it is hitting the spot!
Thanks so much!
To pay back: ska is actually the original sound of modern Jamaican styles. It is has a very interesting history (which mix with the independence, the politics, the social reality...) and it's the "father" of reggae (although the "son" became more famous) and the less known (but not worse) rocksteady.
You can check it yourself: most of the most popular reggae artists (like "toots and the maytals" that u mentioned, but also Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, to mentioned probably the most famous 2) had been ska musicians.
To follow with the example, you can look for "hooligans" by "The wailers", a not very reggae title, jaja.
Little payment for the class, but i hope it helps you to discover a bit more, like you helped us ;)
Hey thanks for all that information. It's a great help as I explore more of the history of Ska and Reggae.
Since making the lesson I have found out I didn't quite have my history correct and that Rocksteady happened after Ska and was the transition between Ska and Reggae.
I'm glad you liked the lesson and thanks again for your help.
@@GregsBassShed thanks to you for the class ;)
Glad someone said it! I'm Caribbean (St Vincent, but born in England.) 🙂 My favourite genres are goth rock, melodic death metal, thrash, heavy metal, K-pop, ska/old reggae and rock n roll. I used to exclusively listen to punk rock as a child (I was rebellious and still am in many ways) but when I was 16, I first heard War Pigs by Black Sabbath and fell in love with heavy metal. Then I found Cryptopsy, Dark Tranquillity, Bolt Thrower and Cradle of Filth. That stuff later got me into Epica, Darkwell and Tristania, Children of Bodom, Equilibrium, Amon Amarth, Eisregen... And many other German (death) metal/rock bands, because I had started learning German at that time. I also started listening to German ska, which sounds amazing. Wellensittichsalat is a great example of some German ska. They only did one live show then disbanded, though. Anyway, I could talk about music all day, so I'll try to restrain myself now. 😂
@@alvaroperezmoral7849 Goth rock came later in my 20s after several years of sticking to punk rock like Green Day, Misfits, The Ramones and The Clash. I found Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Joy Division, then got into The Velvet Underground and Sisters of Mercy. Then had the random K-pop phase that never ended. And today, I appreciate all kinds of music, but still like melodeath and goth rock the most. ❤
Really awesome playing along with you n the improvement im making just going back to this video n others.
Thank you again Greg your Bass playing is smoking good n smooth.
Really great that you are noticing improvements Billy. That’s the name of the game 👍
This is great! I have listened to Ska a fair amount but playing in mostly blues and R&B bands I never had a chance to play it. Potentially auditioning for ska/reggae band and needed an introduction and found it here. Lots of fun and a great lesson. Thanks!
John Deal thanks for your comment and really glad you got some use out of the lesson.
I hadn’t played much Ska at all before researching for this lesson and was surprised at the quality and variety of the bass lines. Really fun to play too!
Hope your audition goes well.
I'm a big fan of the ska genre, and I love playing it on bass. This lesson is very useful to improve my sk(a)ills! Thank you! :)
Hi Margherita, I'm so glad that you like the video lesson. Ska is so satisfying to play on the bass isn't it.
You might also like this lesson, which helps you to construct your own Ska bass lines. This will improve your skAills even more!!
ua-cam.com/video/NVp-oc4ajIc/v-deo.html
@@GregsBassShed COOL, thank you! 😃
Nice mix of tunes from different waves of ska.
Cheers, so many good ones to choose from!
Thank you G Man , awesome learning from you. You sound great too.
Cheers Billy, glad you like the lesson.
You’ve hit upon one of my nicknames by the way! 😀
Great lesson on so many levels (as always) particularly like showing the use of scale runs and major and minor arpeggios in songs.
Thank you Greg. One particular song that has come to mind in the Reggae style is UB40s cover of Red Red Wine.
I never realised until making this lesson, how good Ska bass lines are for learning to use scales and arpeggios. There are some really inventive Ska lines.
As for Red Red Wine - that’s one of my favourites. Definitely on the list. I’m going to have to start making 2 videos a week!
Thank you - We definitely seem to have a similar taste in music! Another song that I’ve just learned that is not to difficult ( I say that because if I can play it it can’t be too difficult) but has a Reggae feel is Paul Simon’s “Mother and Child Reunion”. I might not be right on this but I think it was recorded in Jamaica with Jimmy Cliff’s backing group and that while there was instructed on the differences between reggae, ska and bluebeat.
Purple Bass yep, we seem to like the same stuff!!
I don’t know that song by name, but I’ll have a listen as I might have heard it before. Thanks
Oh yes, just had a listen, I do know that song!
The Skattalites were an excellent Ska band.
These are great to practice my offbeat guitar playing with some actual bass behind it!
Great! Have fun with them.
I'm confused, only got as far as Rudy and the printed tab shows fret 7 but you don't go there on the video.
Hi Keith, if you mean the B's, you can play them on the 7th fret of the E string or the 2nd fret of the A string. That's the limitations of TAB - there are a couple of positions in which to play this (both are fine) but I only have the option to write one position on the TAB. Notation leaves it up to you to decide where to play it!
@@GregsBassShed OK, just that you noted on the TAB not the one that you were playing, the one you played looked smoother. I need to pay attention to your positioning and less to TAB. Thanks for your reply.
@@CornishCockney sometime I write the Tab and then change my mind about the positioning by the time I make the video! I generally try to make sure the Tab and video tie up better nowadays though!
Sometimes the position in which you play something or whether you use open strings or not is down to player’s preference so bear that in mind when looking at Tab. Cheers for pointing it out though.
Once step beyond is originally by Prince Buster but cant actually hear bass there xD
Cool, thanks for that 👍
That is so freaking cool Mr Gred
Thanks man!
Mille grazie. Grande, fantastico ... 1,000 thank yous, great/fantastic.
UnionReview thanks, glad you liked it 😊
thanks for the ska bass line tutorial
No worries. Glad you liked it.
Thanks gregarious
Cheers!
Nice one Greg
Great channel man, very informative 🤘
Thanks, yours is looking great too!
Cheers Greg, much appreciated 👍
Hallo, what kind of flatwounds you use. A Lot of Thanks
Ralf Hunger hi, I used Rotosound Monel Flatwound strings. The gauge on this bass is 45 to 105
i love it the riff 3 and 5, play amazing !!
Neftali Juan Herrera thanks! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. I had lots of fun making it!
Great vid, what’s your bass called?
Cheers Drew. That bass is my first bass (a cheap P-Bass copy) but with a new neck and pickups. It’s one of my favourites, even including my ‘boutique basses’. It has flatwound strings on it.
Many thanks, Greg.
Bob Eberlein no problem. Glad you like it.
Ska does not have reggae influences, reggae has ska influences. SKA CAME BEFORE REGGAE
Yes correct!
I can’t find the PDF for any of this nowhere good thing I got good ears. But what about the other people who need tabs?
Malakai Messina hi, great that you have good ears, but there are PDFs with Standard Notation or Tab for all my video lessons. Click the link in the video description which is just underneath the video. You sometimes have to click the small arrow under the video on the right. The link will take you to a short form, fill out your email address & I will send it to you. Let me know if you are still having problems and I will give you more help. Thanks.
he does say the notes though...
Madness - Madness Bassline? Can't find it anywhere and im a noob basser i can't figure it out myself.
What particular Madness bass lines are you after?
@@GregsBassShed They have a song called Madness. Nice video btw. Thanks for the fast answer.
@@solidkoala7073 ah the actual song Madness by Madness! I’m with you now. Get in touch on the website, I might be able to make up a chart for you.
@@GregsBassShed You could do another video like that, here are my suggestions :
Madness - Madness
Sally Brown - Bad Manners
Gangsters - The Specials
My Girl Lollipop - Bad Manners
Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
@@GregsBassShed I'm not paying or subbing for tabs m8.
Thanks dude 👌
Animator Ireenie no problem, glad you liked the video.
Perfect ❤️👏👏👏
Thank-you!
Thank you so much man
no problem, glad you like the lesson.
Why do you reference mostly reggae songs when talking about ska basslines. How bout some lessons on classic JA ska from 1960-65?
Interesting...
Personally I think the more modern tunes I picked from The Clash, Skankin' Pickle and Madness have more of a Ska flavour than Reggae even though the original Police And Thieves is a reggae tune.
I'd class Rudy, A Message To You as Ska/Rocksteady and 54-46 I suppose is on the cusp of Ska/Reggae.
When did Ska end and Reggae start? Aren't the lines a little blurred and obviously Rocksteady is in the middle somewhere.
But great idea to cover some early classic Ska. Got any suggestions of personal favourites from that era?
@@GregsBassShed Thanks for getting back to me. Yes the Clash and certainly the Madness song have more of a ska feel than reggae.. Rudy IMO is pure ska, although curiously enough it was released at the height of the rock steady era in 1967. Maybe it was recorded in 66. Ska lasted from 1960-66. Rock steady from 1966-68. Reggae from 1968 on. Yes, the lines are blurred, especially when ska was turning into rock steady . Not so much when rock steady was giving way to reggae. There the change in tempo marked a clean distinction. 54 46, Toots' jailhouse number and a VERY great song, is one of the earliest reggae songs in 1968.
I've got a big ska article about to be published on a audiophile site. I link over 30 of the best classic JA ska songs. I'll send you the link to the article when it goes up.
Thanks again. Really enjoy your vids. I'm not a musician but I'm sure your tabs are greatly appreciated by many.
@@willieluncheonette5843 thanks for all that information. I’d love to read that article when it’s out. So do you write for pleasure or for your job?
@@GregsBassShed I'm actually looking for a job. This is just a side love. I already had an article on the top 15 punk albums published. And the owner of the site liked my writing so he gave me an opportunity to write more articles. Don't know if punk interests you but that link I can send you if you want. These are the first two articles I've had published. I once had a google plus channel where I talked about mostly punk, reggae, jazz and rock and I'm always leaving comments on other youtube music posts.
@@willieluncheonette5843 sounds great, I’d be interested in the Punk article as well.
You can email me at:
greg@gregsbassshed.com
Good luck with getting a job in the future.
Skanking Pickle!
You into them?
@@GregsBassShed Yep, they're one of my favorite band! They have a unique style of ska punk, great great band.. The bassline of My hair is so catchy and funny to play, classic!
And great tutorial too, good job!
@@davidegnemmi9471 thanks, I like them too and My Hair I’d great fun to play! Glad you liked the lesson.
Sorry Greg
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What’s this, your current favourite Doug? 🤩
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😂 you are the first person to reference this on my channel, which is surprising as people have said this to me quite a few times before!
@@GregsBassShed i like pbass and movies thats all i can say