HOW TO LEARN YOUR SCALES 10x FASTER (and WAY more useable)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- In this lesson I'm going to show you how to learn your scales 10x faster...
In fact, I'm going to show you 5 specific tricks to help you start visualising your scales over the entire neck - in an easy and systematic way.
Now, don't get me wrong... I know you might be thinking "scales... boring!"... but bear with me...
When it comes to understanding harmony in a much deeper way they're a HUGE piece of the puzzle, and if you ignore that, you're doing your bass playing and musicianship a crazy disservice.
Plus... if you learn them and start using them in the correct way (which I'm going to show you how to in this new lesson!)...
They can be transformative!
As always, see you in the shed...
Scott :)
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Scott, I'm a drummer and I'll tell ya, I've got a whole new appreciation for you guys... So much so, I went and bought a bass...
Thanks a lot Scott.. it's way more then take a year classes of bass.. please never erase this video.. i am on it 🔥🔥🔥
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No wayyy! Welcome to the family!
Same here
Bass & drums BFF!!!
I love how this 10 minute video has given me months of material to practice.
Love Billy Sheehan. Thank you Scott for mentioning him in this video. As an LA (local 47) Trombonist (mostly Jazz) I have been fortunate to have gigged with some great bassists (Carol Kaye, Brian Bromnerg etc) and went to school with Jay Anderson. As well as many bassists that are lesser known but extremely talented musicians. I want to thank you Scott as you have kept the "spark" alive in all of your lessons. After a stroke at 59 years old I basically had to start learning to play over again. Sort of like Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill again. My bass studies fom you Roy Vogt Billy sheehan ) has kept me going. Thanks again. Hope someday to meet you and thank you in person. Take care And keep the faith ! Rick
Billy Sheehan is the man, loved him for years. As much as he shreds, hes all about the groove. Really nice guy as well and very humble. He actually replied to a message I sent him. I'll keep it forever
NZ Bassist I’ll try to message him :DDD
He replied to me as well! Cool to hear that wasn't a one off
He replied to me as well, complimented me on the paint job I did on my attitude. As with you, I'll keep that message forever
Great tips! Just thought that I'd add that while scales are all good and well, the MOST important thing to learn in my opinion is arpeggios. I say this from 20+ years of playing music on and off, having played a variety of instruments, having played in various bands, having written and recorded a lot of my own music, and ultimately having embraced the bass guitar as the instrument I'm most passionate about.
# 1 - Arpeggios are actually fun to play! By combining different arpeggios you actually make music as you practice, rather than just doing boring scale exercises. Thus, you stay more motivated.
# 2 - Learning arpeggios on bass is the equivalent of knowing every existing chord on guitar. Minors, majors, diminished, augmented, 7ths, 1st inversions, 2nd inversions, different types of fingering, different patterns, and understanding how they all correlate together. Once you learn all these patterns in one key, you automatically know them in every key. Music is made up of chords, not scales. Thus, it's much more practical.
# 3 - Once you've mastered arpeggios you'll know which extra notes fit in when needed, even if you've never formally studied scales. In other words, by becoming proficient with arpeggios you'll understand scales - but by being proficient with scales you won't understand arpeggios.
Scott has a great vid on arpeggios as well.
Dan Avi sed "... *combining different arpeggios you actually make music as you practice, rather than just doing boring scale exercises* ."
MUSIC being the take-home.
^ ^, This is immensley powerful and can cut years off ones' odyssey on the way to bass god.
I have a video clip of Jaco P. ~uncharistically thoughful~ when asked what he'd suggest first/foremost to ANY bassist wanting to break out of he mold...he was quiet...and then said `I'd say definitely learn and play melody `.
This is why, in the YTbe series I"m almost ready to spring on the world, I call what you're referring to: "ExerSongs". Those ol' boring scales, we don't call 'exercises' [your Mind-Body is quick to experience N.N.B Syndrome., 'neural net boredom'] ! Instead refer to them as..."Practice Routines". N.N. will lo-v-v-e you.
And hey, very astute of you !
! ! In addition, at 03:26, not THIS ^ ^ page...but here folks >> ua-cam.com/video/gqIVab46KV8/v-deo.html
Just stumbled on it *after* my abv post. Wow & LOL.
(Is there an echo ?)
Next...once you can make it thru a solid go-round, go back and learn to SING it while playing it. AND get it *DOWN COLD* [so you can talk to your significant other while...well, not singing, but playing it thru flawlessly]. & if you have to slow it down to do this, so what! Instead, just be thinking abt how many minds you'll blow when you speed it up again.
This general technique hugely helps collapse the "delay factor in advancing quickly" btw.
The way I see it, learn your major scale inside out and understand why it and its degrees exist, and then learn all your arpeggios as "removals." For example, if you know your C Major up and down two octaves and all around the fret board, and then one day you say "Ok, so for a maj 7 arpeggio I need to do 1 3 5 ^7," and you learn how to shred that in the same context, and then dom 7, then min 7, then dom b7 etc., and then your modes, you will be a way better player. I call it "arpeggio by removal."
It will make a lot more sense than just learning all those things independently from one another.
your absolutely Right about Arpeggios but scott would rather bore us with scale exercises
I never thought to play a scale in one shape and go back up the scale using a different shape, that kind of blew my mind. Theoretically, it makes absolute sense and it'll definitely help me with my playing. Thank you so much for this lesson!
I saw Billy Sheehan with the Winery Dogs. Hearing him and Portnoy play together was.. something else.
Sons of Apollo ...
I grew up watching Billy Sheehan with his first band...Talas...
Portnoy's complaint!
Billy is a freak of nature. Beast! Monster of the low / high end of that bass.
💯💯💯
Most of mr.Sheehan haters are yelling - "his shredding a lot! That's not what a real bass player should do" or " I hate his tone!".
Billy Sheehan can really do those thing you calling - real bassist work - in much better way then most good solid bass players can. He can record a session in one take, with the tone that fits a song and it will be perfect, and it will be way much interesting than you could expect from a good solid bassist.
Urich jr People who complain about how some people have excelled at an instrument,and found their own style are annoying,lol.
Bass playing doesn't get much more real than when Billy Sheehan is playing. The haters are just jealous, as is usually the case.
i`m gonna be hated for this. but in my opinion victor wooten shreds way more when he goes on that double thumb trip than billy
Scotty: worry, worry, worry....best bass man on YT ever! Don't leave us and I mean it.
The note E can mean something just by itself. I love the lowest F note, how deep it sounds and vibrates, and the tension on that fret. Sometimes i just hit that single note and let it sustain and listen. Sound comes before melody, physics in music comes before mathematics.
I love this, so nicely said. I only just recently have begun viewing music and playing bass in this way. It really has reignited that true passion for the instrument and creating.
Everyone's commenting on Billy Sheehan for some reason so can I just voice my appreciation for how awesome that jazz bass looks and sounds! Good lesson
Hey...also a drummer, got a bass 2 weeks ago, and practice daily...I've jammed a few times, and people said I've improved...learning from you tube videos is a great teacher...
I saw Billy Sheehan with The Winery Dogs in Columbus, OH in November of 2013. Wow, what an amazing show! Mr. Sheehan is phenomenal, and I find it hard to describe how fast he can play. From my experience, seeing him on UA-cam is one thing, but being in the second row and watching him play those amazing baselines was almost a magical experience. It is one of the top 5 concerts of my life, and I am truly grateful that I got see him live once in my lifetime. Thank you Scott for all that you do, and thank you for another wonderful lesson. I'm off to the shed.
Billy is one of most humble genuine and generous people I have ever spent time with. As for his playing, he is beyond compare in my eyes. Thanks for the videos Scott always a great watch and so informative.
I've been following Billy for years seen him many times. .
Nicest guy in the world and always goes out of his way to speak to his fans.
God bless Billy and Scott thank you for doing what you guys do.
I watched a 10 minute video , got weeks worth practicing from it ... best bass lesson channel in the world!
Billy is the man! Not only can he play but I love his sound. I even bought his bass peddle. LOVE it!
Sheehan is an incredible bass player. He can really make his bass scream with harmonics. You could consider including him in one of you vids.
Chris Stanley isll
Nicely said Scott, regarding Billy Sheehan. And great fundamental lesson too.
I saw Billy in 1990 with Mr. Big... THREE TIMES! He's amazing. At one point he made eye contact with me during one of Paul's solos and pointed over to Paul as if to say, stop watching me, watch this guy! An experience I'll never forget. Thanks for sharing. I just discovered your channel (getting back into bass after more than 20 years away) I am inspired and energized. Thank you!
Again, Scotty nailed it at the end: your fuking note as a bass player comes into context with the underlying harmony. I love this man!!
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In context!?
In english please .
Billy Sheehan plays his arse off with his heavy rock acts. He's a Rocker. That's what it's about folks. It's big and bold and sometimes a little raw, but it's always a blast. Yes he is a legend.
Literally, just this video alone gave me a sense of progress on my bass playing where I had been feeling stuck for a very long time. Thank you so much.
Grew up in Buffalo NY watching Billy Sheehan in his first band Talas. Plays bass like a lead guitar. Sick musician!!
I really love the way you paying your bass
Billy Sheehan only outdoes his legendary bass playing, by how great of a human being he is, he really is an exceptionally nice guy.
Billy just has it all. Original sound, rad skills, great dynamics (when he is in the mood, lol) and most importantly, intensity like no other.
I don't like his stuff that much but that's just me. I like porridge.
Billy rocks and is a nice person to boot!
My love for Billy Sheehan stems partially from his playing but even more from his personality and openness in interviews and clinics. Always encouraging playfulness and oddities and really good at explaining what he's doing on a minute level which is a sure sign of mastery.
Cmajor... YOU'VE DONE IT ALLLLL, YOU'RE BROKEN EVERY CODE!!
I met Billy in1975 at a club in Buffalo. He was playing in a great band called "Tallas"! He was wearing platforms shoes that added another 6 inches to his already intimidating stature! And, he was warming up playing all the guitar linens from "Jeff Beck's" new record, "Wired"! Just incredible!!
I'm with you on Billy.
Billy is a living legend!
"Bass dude and dudette" (a a a/ab/g) what a rythm and a good start ;)
I'm a long time drummer that has begun a bass and guitar journey in the last year. This video reminds me just how much a novice I still am.
The struggle is channeling this type of discouraging realization into inspiration to continue down the path toward improvement.
Never heard of the guy. I’ll upload my own bass videos once I learn it better. I love my Ibanez sound gear 5 string. I love the bass. It’s so artistic and a great output for creativity. Thank you for all your videos on UA-cam. 😬🤙
This might be the best video out there about how to practice scales. Thanks !!!
I agree Scott. Billy is a great musician as a bass player for sure. If people are negative toward him all I can say is they are nothing but jealous. He has risen to the height he is at because he never gave up. This is all he has ever done and he has reached heights others will not due to them not sticking with it. Thank you Billy ...you are an inspiration to all young bass players as well as older ones like me. Also, thank you Scott for the excellent lesson and all you do to help educate all of us toward bass playing.
Scott, I am a long way from some of the pros you profile. But studying with you has made me confident to play in a lot of settings. This is a great lesson. I am a very satisfied lifetime member.
Billy Sheehan DOES rock!!! Always thought it, always loved wat he does!!!
Amen Scott!
Saw Rush and Mr.Big in concert ... Geddy and Billy did a thump off that was unreal. Billy was amazing, I thought Geddy took it just because I'm a huge Geddy fan 😊
I saw them as well, but didn't get to see Billy and Geddy have a duel, now that would be cool to see. I know that Billy is probably hands down way more efficient at technique and pyro technics, ( and he is not a fan of Geddy's flemenco technique) and Billy probably has a way better understanding of theory. But, Geddy just has this Geddy mojo. He developed his skills differentyl than Billy, he approached bass playing in the context of being a singer( try playing a few Rush tunes and singing it, I mean really try to play the correct bass line to say..'Vital Signs" and then sing it..good luck with that.") If you listen to Rush from about 'A Farewell to Kings" onward, you will hear how he changed, still so formidable, but really more tonally and harmonically brilliant. Oh then add in some keys and some foot pedal synths...but man, when to comes to tasty AND technical..Stanley and Victor..( we all know where Jaco is..he's got his own plane of existance..)
Billy is incredible! Your description of him is spot on. You can pick at this or that but overall he plays like no other bass player in the world.
Billy did a clinic in our local music store not too long ago, and yeah he rocks and has great tone (from small amps!) but what blew me away more than his playing was what a supremely nice and gracious guy he is. Just positive and encouraging and a pleasure to be around. PS his unique technique stems from his youth, using his bass to fill in the keyboard parts on cover songs because his band couldn't afford a keyboard or another member! Necessity, right? Cheers Scott!
Billy is beyond amazing! And if you see and hear him performing live, you will understand without question. Also he is a very nice and kind person
I grew up in Western New York (Buffalo/Niagara Falls) and remember 1986, my 7th grade music teacher turning me on to Billy Sheehan and Talas, and being bitten by the bass bug. It took some begging and pleading but by 9th grade I was annoying my neighbors with some low end LOVIN'! Thank You Billy, I am now in my 30th year of playing bass (if only my old neighbors could hear me now....)
Billy Sheehan is a beast, He sais one thing I will never forget, if you want to get better, "Just play the damn thing". I know WOW!!!
Billy Sheehan is a BASS GENIUS...he virtually has no limitations to do what he wants on bass. I have learned a lot from his techique. BILLY ROCKS DUDE!!!
Billy has a great command of the neck...love to watch him. Thanks for the vid Scott!
I have had a bass for years and never played it. I will now! Brilliant!
Billy was the first bass player I new by name. His play style was what aspired me to start playing bass more seriously. Learned the scale from one of his interviews :)
One of his best videos
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Showing love for Billy
And for Scott too
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Excellent vid. Billy is the man!!!
this is the ABSOLUTE MOST USEFUL bass lesson video EVER MADE.....
Sheehan is an absolute beast:) And, he's really a nice and personable cat:)
Billy Sheehan is a master Tone chaser. And is one of the few human that manage the instrument like he was born with it. ¡The man fucking rocks!
As soon as you gave the alphabet example, I knew I have to learn these.
just when I think, damn, is Scott just doing a clickbaity title and saying some stuff he's already said a bunch just to make another video, he surprises me with great tips and brand new stuff I haven't seen in his last videos, everytime I see one of his videos there ls so much to take away from it, love everything Scott, thanks for all the videos and great teachings
These videos are so helpful! Speaking of which, my 5 string Bass comes tomorrow!
Awesome video, it's so useful! Especially about context, thanks a lot!
Thank you, my master.
Billy Sheehan is incredible!!! I've seen him live 4 times. Twice with Mr. Big, sn DC twice with Steve Vai. The last time I saw him, he threw his towel that he used to dry his hands of sweat, and it landed right in my hands. I happened to also notice that there was also a bit of blood on it that had come from his taped up fingers on his right hand. It was my bass shammy until it fell out of my gig bag at a jam session. 🙁 I used to joke about one day cloning him from it.
Brett Marlar 😆🤣🤣🤣 If we see a weird bloodied hand clone, walking around in a daze playing wicked bass,we'll know,lol
you took his sweat and blooded rag on yah face and kept it??? dude!
are you HIV positive now?
Very useful video. Thanks Scott
Billy Sheehan is one of the reasons i play bass. The day i heard Derek Sherinian´s "Axis of Evil" in wich Billy played the bass, i got hooked! Yes, he can shred, and he can do it musically, not an easy task. Thanks for the video Scott, you are a monster Bassist and an excellent teacher!
I know I'm late but I love Billy Sheehan he is one of my biggest bass heros
billy kicks serious ass! most people know him for the shred (lets not forget he paired with steve vai in the 80s), but his work on mr big`s ballads is insane, such as his groove on niacin. and his tone! sounds like a bulldozer. he totally deserves more love
Like you said Scott, Billy Sheehan is already a legend in his own lifetime!!! Billy ROCKS!!!!
Thanks Scott..🤓👍🎸🔊🎶
Billy rocks the bass like no other! He’s a MONSTER bass player!
Scott Billy rocks bro. I think hr is the most amazing bass player I have ever seen.
It seems as if every comment is about Billy Sheehan instead of the lesson. Thanks for this lesson. You're a great teacher.
I LOVE Billy Sheehan, Scott!!! Between you and guys like him I’ve improved ten-fold over the last several years. You should totally have him on!! Cheers!
I used to read all his articles in Guitar for the Practicing Musician, back in the 80's. Guys got chops and knowledge.
This is one of your best lessons. I've been playing a long time, but I get roadblocks in my thought process. You opened it up a little. I "get it" more now.
I love the way Billy plays, I love his sound, his style, his albums, and I love Scott's videos! Thanks from Brazil. =D
Great bass player and one of the coolest cats on the planet! Billy Sheeran is a hero. Well said, Scott.
Like that aggressive love, listening to Scott podcast and vids I always think he seems so kind I fear for his feelings.
7:45 "underneath some underlying harmony" You just broke geometry, mate! x'D
Great video, as always. Thanks a lot, Scott. Very helpful indeed.
I see the use, but pretty darn sure all this will SLOW down my scale learning considerably. So much more to practise!
Billy Sheehan is amazing! One of my favorite bass players and also such a humble guy.
So glad you're giving Billy some love. He's a beast.
That's such a valuable lesson packed with so much knowledge explained in a way that allows you to actually apply the information and organize all of those random scales into music. Thanks!
you are awesome!!!
billy, is unbelievable.
Scott your a good teacher. Good video.
Billy Sheehan ROCKS!!!! 🤘🤘🤘
His technique is unique and awesome
I've never been a big fan of Billy's music until recently (Sons of Apollo are freaking awesome), but I've always loved watching him play. He has a freakish level of talent. I saw him in Seattle a couple months ago, and I left with my tail between my legs. He's absolutely one of a kind.
You said it right man. Leave your own lick in coments. Keep up the good work. Billy developed his own style, he was shreding , before shreding :)
This might be my favorite video of yours. 🤙
Billy is a beast. Even though he makes my hands cry. Great video Scott, thanks man!
Scott's Bass Lessons is a great site. Loads of great videos and helpful people. That said, it is NOT for beginners. I've been a member for 6 weeks, and I probably should have checked out before my 30-day trial expired. My bad. But you definitely need a basic knowledge of notes, scales and arpeggios before signing up. If I had a nickle for every time Scott said "you already know what X is" I'd be, well, I'd have a few bucks. The assumptions in knowledge-level are maddening. I'll probably have to take private lessons and then return to the site. Also, agreed, Billy is awesome.
Some of these 10 minute videos present the beginning bass player with a months worth of material to practice... or more. Take small chunks of the information and work through it. At 2:52-2:59 Scott presents the basic C Major scale. 7 seconds of video content that is worth 2 weeks of practice for someone who is a total beginner. Take everything in VERY small chunks. It's all there, the content just goes by rather quickly.
First experience with billy was my first experience with bass.I was in in school suspension, locked in a tiny room for 8 hours. Foun a bass magazine in the stack.Read the entire thing like 3 times and it had billy on the cover. After school rushed home, did some research, and have been a fan ever since. He might of sparked my bass "bug"
Billy is awesome and a super cool cat, we don’t all have to play bass the same. Someday all bass players will wake up and explore.
Saw him with both versions of his original band Talas. The bar days were awesome.
It's funny how when you play the C major scale entirely on one string, I hear the mode associated with that string's root. Like playing C major on A, starting from A, all I hear is A minor (aeolian), and on low E I hear E phrygian. Which makes sense of course, it was just a hoot to suddenly hear this completely different tonality when I know it's all C major.
That fender is ❤️
Scott if you could get Billy to teach a course for your school would be awesome! And I hope you got your bass back.
some day people are going to look back at you like this .. your amazing
Billy Sheehan is a really nice guy, very accommodating. Been following him since I first hear 'Shy Boy' on a mix tape my brother and Buffalo, NY guitarist sent me when I picked up the bass.