3 Huge Fret Marker Tips For Bass Beginners

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
  • THIS WEEK we're looking at fret markers and how they can REALLY help with navigating the fretboard. Beginner Bass Players often have no clue as to what the fret markers represent. Why would you if nobody told you?
    Soooo, I'm going to give you 3 HUGE tips for using fret markers. The first tip might be fairly obvious but tips 2 and 3 could make a MASSIVE difference to your playing and the way you play bass!
    Enjoy!
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  • @talkingbasslessons
    @talkingbasslessons  7 років тому +10

    Hi everyone! Let me know which tip helped the most in the comments.

    • @jimmypge
      @jimmypge 7 років тому +3

      TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons
      I really like the strategy for learning notes across the fretboard. It's a solid foundation to start from that really covers everything nicely!

    • @christianramirez2883
      @christianramirez2883 7 років тому +1

      TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons i already have one

    • @cheryldee9240
      @cheryldee9240 7 років тому +2

      Absolutely! Love you Mark!

    • @monicanyondo6341
      @monicanyondo6341 6 років тому +1

      TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons

    • @sbumkansi
      @sbumkansi 2 місяці тому

      You are the best

  • @roughcutretrospect7235
    @roughcutretrospect7235 4 місяці тому +2

    Haven't played bass in 19 years, buying one again tomorrow, this inspired me. THANK YOU.

  • @dorothybollinger3061
    @dorothybollinger3061 7 років тому +36

    Very helpful, as always. I'm a 63 yr old female who has just taken up bass in March since my dream of learning guitar didn't work out thanks to arthritic fingers! Thanks to your program, I'm playing in my church Praise Band already and jamming with friends! Thank you for this program!

    • @rekindled3624
      @rekindled3624 7 років тому +6

      Dorothy Bollinger Good luck on your journey!

    • @DearDrDoom
      @DearDrDoom 3 роки тому

      hell yeah! hope you're still going strong

    • @arthouston7361
      @arthouston7361 Рік тому

      If my math is correct, you would’ve graduated from high school in 1973 or thereabouts, which means that you grew up listening to one of the best female bass players ever… named Carol Kaye. She and some other musicians made up a studio band called “the wrecking crew” which were heard as backing instrumentalists on dozens and dozens of hits singles throughout the 60s. In fact, if you’re from Philadelphia, you’re old enough to have heard me on the radio, lol!

  • @SUPATRUKA
    @SUPATRUKA 4 роки тому +6

    This has to be the best bass teacher on UA-cam. Others have forgotten how to go back to the fundamentals.

  • @jovinobunny
    @jovinobunny 7 років тому +9

    All these years of playing, and I've never seen this "friendly note" scale. So cool! Thanks, Mark.

  • @toddpichler8578
    @toddpichler8578 7 років тому +5

    Hey Mark, thanks so much for this tip. Much of the information available makes assumptions about some "common knowledge". As a totally new bass player (absolutely no guitar exposure at all) I have found it difficult to mentally track some of the available help. I really appreciate your efforts in breaking the entry level barriers for folks like me with tips like this. FYI, I also enjoy watching you break down the more advanced topics even though I can't follow them (yet).

  • @bigdazz8636
    @bigdazz8636 4 роки тому +4

    Boom! The penny drops! I get how the fret board works now.
    Three days I've had a bass, I've never played any instrument before and this makes complete sense to me.
    Cheers 🍻🤩👍

  • @SaprinaTV
    @SaprinaTV 4 роки тому +3

    I've been watching different videos and this is the only one that helped me understand how the fretboard works!

  • @Ryandgeorgi
    @Ryandgeorgi 7 років тому +4

    Best bass teacher on UA-cam, hands down

  • @ronaldkavanagh7983
    @ronaldkavanagh7983 Рік тому +1

    Hi Mark, I so enjoy your very informative bass tutorials, they give an novice like me an insight into the required building blocks of becoming a bass player.
    I look forward to many more of your lessons.
    Many thanks.
    Ronnie.

  • @francomorganti6041
    @francomorganti6041 5 років тому +3

    This is exactly what I was looking for as an absolute beginner: the basics everybody else take for granted or way too obvious. I need more of this kind of fundamental tips. Thank you!

  • @becausehimbad
    @becausehimbad 7 років тому +20

    I absolutely love your channel, and the website. I've been playing guitar and bass for nearly 25 years (casually) and I've never really been able to progress past a certain standard - I've pretty much been playing at the same level for over a decade - but your videos have really encouraged me to push myself and the results are amazing. Thanks a lot Mark :)

    • @talkingbasslessons
      @talkingbasslessons  7 років тому +14

      Thanks a lot Jake. It means a lot to hear cool stuff like this!!

    • @gregsonnathan4783
      @gregsonnathan4783 6 років тому +2

      I can attest to that. His videos greatly improved my playing after been stuck in a rut forever. Great stuff

  • @larryc1872
    @larryc1872 7 років тому +2

    Just started taking up the bass after a somewhat aimless study of guitar for about two years. I have a difficult time with rote memorization and have never learned the fretboard. This makes it so much easier! Thanks!

  • @gudeladaneswararao2575
    @gudeladaneswararao2575 Рік тому

    Practicing daily helps me a lot

  • @GeorgeEI7KO
    @GeorgeEI7KO 6 років тому +3

    Brilliant! I want to learn more than just Tab. This was excellent. Thank you Mark!

  • @reddigitsglobalproductions8387
    @reddigitsglobalproductions8387 2 роки тому

    This is really helpful. I’m a Bass player in my local church and I must confess your tutorials have helped me a whole lot to play better now.
    Thanks and do keep it up. 👍🏻

  • @kenmare16
    @kenmare16 5 років тому

    Tip 3 for me. Really appreciate your progressive approach to teaching: starting at most fundamental level, breaking instruction into easily understood segments, and moving on to greater complexity when the student is ready. As others have said, best bass and music teacher on UA-cam, Very professional.

  • @j.taires5889
    @j.taires5889 Рік тому

    awesome, lvd playing the pattern ~ thank you Mark!

  • @goodlifebetterkarma2195
    @goodlifebetterkarma2195 5 років тому +1

    OMG Thank you! Tip THREE is what Ive been searching for!

  • @2TallShaw
    @2TallShaw 5 років тому +1

    I’m learning and this is a tremendous help. Thanks so much for this. I will just practice this for a while and maybe I’ll get the hang of this.

  • @snapshot79
    @snapshot79 2 роки тому

    I love the tip with the natural notes on the fret markers 👍!

  • @cjtuba1
    @cjtuba1 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks so much Mark. I never knew what the markers were exactly for. Awesome! Chris, Staffordshire. Ibanez SR665NTF in Ash.

  • @cousineddie7898
    @cousineddie7898 2 роки тому

    Anyone recognize that bass guitar? I can't see the head stamp well enough, nice looking instrument. Thanks for the great lesson Mark!

  • @scottvalencour4837
    @scottvalencour4837 10 місяців тому

    Very cool! Thanks

  • @bulelanisimelane2603
    @bulelanisimelane2603 Рік тому

    very helpful

  • @not_carolinee
    @not_carolinee 7 років тому

    Thanks for all the tips. I think your tips really clicks compared to others.

  • @dry509
    @dry509 7 років тому +1

    Excellent. Number 3.

  • @gudeladaneswararao2575
    @gudeladaneswararao2575 Рік тому

    Very nice sir

  • @justinleroy7531
    @justinleroy7531 4 роки тому +2

    I have 20 frets

  • @MrRentgould
    @MrRentgould 6 років тому

    Amazingly informative and helpful.

  • @danielbarba84
    @danielbarba84 7 років тому +1

    Nice tips thanks 👍

  • @MrVeegeez
    @MrVeegeez 7 років тому +1

    Awesome stuff
    Also wondering if you'll go any deeper into music theory? I finished you're music theory section and am wondering if you'll go over some other things like foreign scales and such.

  • @innocentoctave
    @innocentoctave 7 років тому

    I think Tip 3 is likely to be the most useful. As you say, it simplifies the task of learning note positions below fret 12 by creating a sort of scaffolding of known notes around the unknown notes. Another advantage of this method is that it gets the beginner moving around the instrument from the beginning, rather than sticking in one hand position.

  • @andrealeighwhitney
    @andrealeighwhitney 5 років тому

    BIG BIG HELP. THANKS

  • @MM-we5qb
    @MM-we5qb 5 років тому

    Really helpful, thanks!

  • @richardrichard5409
    @richardrichard5409 2 роки тому

    Wish I'd known this when I first started😊😎

  • @timedriverable
    @timedriverable 7 років тому

    Great job!

  • @JohnMiller-yr6bs
    @JohnMiller-yr6bs 7 років тому

    I always wandered what. The inlay dots were for thanks for information .

  • @paulsmith8405
    @paulsmith8405 6 років тому

    really helpful, thank you !! :)

  • @abrahambenites2185
    @abrahambenites2185 4 роки тому

    Tantos años preguntándome cuál era la lógica de los marcadores... buen tip!

  • @PUREpopcornskage42
    @PUREpopcornskage42 7 років тому

    Hi Mark I have a lil' question.
    Since I don't own a bass with bindings on the neck, and was recently made aware of the choice for a new bass.
    What are bass bindings on the neck useful for? Tone, feeling or just for looks?

  • @Aviromero
    @Aviromero 7 років тому +1

    Can you use the same learning technique on an acoustic?

    • @rekindled3624
      @rekindled3624 7 років тому

      Avi Romero Yes, you can directly transpose most things to an acoustic, unless you're referring to an upright

  • @urfanaltn6492
    @urfanaltn6492 Рік тому

    alt yazılı olsa çok iyi olurdu 😊

  • @latebloomee
    @latebloomee 7 років тому

    great lesson
    I would like to know circle
    koło kwintowe in my language
    google translate told me Round the corner
    and I hope You would do more lessons with roud the circle...
    more hash tags and why
    more bmols...
    you have tallent to do lessons
    and paciance
    be solid as a rock and patient as a brick....

  • @OlettaLiano
    @OlettaLiano 7 років тому

    Good tip for beginners. However, I never liked fret markers so I ordered my bass without them.

  • @marshwetland3808
    @marshwetland3808 11 місяців тому

    Teach us how to play your channel intro lick, Mark. :)

    • @talkingbasslessons
      @talkingbasslessons  11 місяців тому

      Already did many years ago. Just search for Talkingbass Intro Lick

    • @marshwetland3808
      @marshwetland3808 11 місяців тому

      @@talkingbasslessons Thanks, Mark!

  • @dry509
    @dry509 7 років тому

    How do you get the tone you have in this video?

  • @doxx2427
    @doxx2427 7 років тому +2

    how ironic. . . "the 12th fret is the *odd* one out"... 1:50

  • @selfactualizer2099
    @selfactualizer2099 7 місяців тому

    please,
    please,
    stop putting cheek makeup on lol

  • @enockappiah3061
    @enockappiah3061 5 років тому

    U are too fast in the talking

    • @torough
      @torough 5 років тому

      Enock Appiah you can try and reduce the speed of the video, I hope that helps