Dan, don't worry about people telling you that you teach too fast- you're one of the best at simultaneously teaching/explaining both theory and application to "actual" music plus all the little details in between- I learn so much from each of your clips, including the shorts. I'm certain the majority of us appreciate you're teaching style and youtube personna- keep doing what you do brother.
a “secret” for any newbie bass players: if you start studying by transcribing a bass line through a patterns/shapes system (and not through a pentagram or a tab system) you will find out that the entire bass line of a track (especially in funk music) is simply a patterns/shapes sequence, so you don’t need to know the music theory/notes/scales to play a bass (you need to know music theory to know what you are playing of course…)
I got away with just using shapes for longer than I care to admit. I don't have a photographic memory so it was a while before I figured out a way to visualize the actual notes on the fretboard.
Yeah but then you aren't actually learning to play, you're just memorizing this one particular song. I have songs memorized on Piano, but I don't know how to play piano. If break down the theory of a song you'll understand song as you learn what chords are actually being outlined in each bar, how the song was written, the chord progression of the song, and neat little relationships between intervals. For instance, just last night I learned that a 1 - minor 6 relationship is a major 3rd if you play it backwards
@@skylee5029I told “if you are a newbie”…I am not agaist learning theory but I suggest to start from practice and arriving at theory… exactly the contrary path of the usual…
You're really a terrific instructor, Dan : showing different techniques while explaining the why's and wherefores. Where were you when i started in 1974?...lol
A thought I had during the part of this video where you're showing how to use octaves is that it's pretty easy to find a dominant 7th from an octave. It's just two frets lower. Getting comfortable with that idea makes it easy to understand your scale backwards, by starting at the octave.
Thanks for affirming the use of the pinkie. I've often felt less than because I default to the pinky for most 2 fret stretches due to my very average sized hands.
Thank you for that! As an elderly bass clarinetist playing in community bands - there is often no b/c part, and if there is one it's a boring "oom-pah" one - I've had to invent a role for the instrument and improvise my own lines. These ideas and examples are a big help!
Excellent easy to play and useful patterns ! That high octave makes a good quick contrasting sound. Very nice. I am using visual diagonal patterns to find notes. For example, the octave of any note is down three strings diagonally. From the G string, the octave is up diagonally 4 strings. Makes finding them easy.
Thanks for demonstrating the different bass playable pattern shapes that we can use in our playing. Your explanation is straight to the point and easy to understand plus the practical advices that goes with the demo. We will definitely learn some good bass techniques just by watching your channel.
Wow! Such a great video, thank you so much! This unlocked something in my brain. I'm still learning bass and I'm right in this phase where I need to piece these shapes together in my basslines. And I really love the inclusion of soulness and funkyness!! Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot Dan , with this video you opened me a whole new world!! Being a beginner bassist sometimes I'm struggling to find "good" notes, well this video just did the trick! Cheers😅
People are always happy with my bass playing as long as i hit the 1 and feature the key so the singer is comfortable. Yeah - the 6th - get some side eye sometimes, or a raised eyebrow and nod - that lets me know guitarist and/or vox have some jazz or such in their bag
Great lesson Dan, thanks very much. I remember stumbling across your channel when I first got my bass and wondering if id ever understand the theory element but in time its proven to be a really useful way for me to learn, as others have said, keep doing you. 👍🏽
Great instructional video. You are not going too fast at all Dude, as you said, press pause as you cannot just sit there for 10 minutes for people to play it out; Plus you also have play speed control on UA-cam. Again a Great instructional video. Well spoken and not filled with music jargon that can frighten off learners and long playing guitarists like myself who has recently acquired a lovely 70s Jazz and now I'm now playing bass more than guitar in my studio, and actually I write more on bass as it gives me a greater perspective of the song from the bottom up. Thank You 👍
Hi Dan, just to say thank you. I've been around in other bass channels but I found yours really interesting and easy to folow. plus, the downloads are just great
Thanks for the clear, simple explanation of what is a 4th or a 5th. I am still rather ignorant of theory after 15 years of playing. But that turned on the light bulb somehow and I'ma at least learn the the rest of this vid.
Great lesson on shapes Dan. I like the way you do these video with very useful content. Glad you were able to slip in a bit of Bernard Edwards. Have you done any videos on Paul McCartney?
I have the same bass…there are persons saying that it’s a boring bass because it has always the same sound…it’s true that it has a sound only but it’s so unique and so versatile that you can play basically almost any kind of styles!
Dude, I never really understood how much you actually know what youre talking about!! You're like a real-live working, gigging/recording bass player, WHO'DA THUNK?!! Heh heh, no offense, in fact, I'm totally impressed - you actually -ROCK-, Dan. Carry on Maestro, I sit at your feet, waiting and willing to learn... P.S. Thanks for this lesson, very powerful.
Work out your budget and then I’d recommend going to a shop so that you can see and feel the bass. Bottom line is there are amazing cheap choices these days! Don’t overthink it but do make sure the bass is set up well. Anything will be fine if that’s the case.
Great video 👍. For me a real trip down memory lane - learning things like the riff from the theme music of The New Avengers (Purdy was such a crush! 😍).
On a 5 string do you like 34 scale or a 35 scale. People make a mistake on getting a 34 scale thinking it plays the same as a 35 scale. Whats your choice of scale on a 5 string?
If you will play in drop A or A standard in a professional way, 35" is a no brainer. For standard tuning 34" can work, Warwick and MM have a good B string at 34", so do many customs. I had one 35" bass, it takes time to get used to it and it can be a bit difficult to play on frets 1-4, but it's easier to play higher up.
it’s very simple: I choose a bass, and I have the scale that that bass has…you can be sure that I will NOT choose a bass model depending on the scale lenght (for example, I have a 5 strings Stingray with normal 34 scale and it’s amazing)
@@luigi.zanini As I've wrote up, if you're playing downtuned, scale length is very important. Fanned fret and 35" basses are popular in metal for a reason. I wanted to play Cradle of Filth on my Sire V7V 5 string and it sounded like garbage, A string wasn't defined.
Personally, I have one 34 (MusicMan StingRay 5) and one 34.5. I like them both and don’t really bother thinking too deeply about that stuff. If it sounds good and feels good to me, I’m in!
@@OnlineBassCourses Yup, absolutely! A bass has to jump in your lap, cuddle up and beg you to take it home with you. Apart from that, I don't really care if it's MonoNeon's Hasbro Lite-Brite bass!
That's beautiful, I like the line of "Crazy little thing called love" by QUEEN, played on D scale A string. I like that sweet move of tones up to be repeated again on G scale on D string. You give lesson easy way to be understood, I do learn from you like these beautiful lines. I play lines to Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Temptation, James Brown and now I will add some lines from QEEN. Please, keep up the great work.
Hello from Florida! Dan, I watch your videos more than any other bass lesson videos on UA-cam. It's so beneficial to watch your years of knowledge you share, and it excits me like a little kid to go and try it on my bass afterward. I appreciate your time, effort, and willingness to share your knowledge because it helps not only me but many others out of ruts that we occasionally get it. Please continue teaching, and thanks again! 🙏
I’m blown away: this is incredibly generous support that really helps me create lessons! Thanks so much. Please send me a direct message (dan@onlinebasscourses.com) and we can discuss me making a video lesson with something you want. Thanks again! 🙏🙏
Hi I'm a Pilipino citizens learning how to play bass guitar but I don't have a guitar, I don't have enough money to buy, I'm asking for your help to buy a bass guitar
I’d love to be able to help out. Maybe one day but, unfortunately, I don’t have the resources right now. What I will say is that you can get a bass for really cheap these days. Not a great one but it’s fine to start with. You may need to save for a while but you can do it! Good luck.
great lesson.... in the octave section, you describe playing notes of a g natural minor but in your example play the flat 6th (harmonic minor),.question. is my ear correct ?
Thanks, Dave! b6 is in the harmonic minor and natural minor. The harmonic minor is basically a natural minor with a Major 7th interval instead of minor 7.
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Dan, don't worry about people telling you that you teach too fast- you're one of the best at simultaneously teaching/explaining both theory and application to "actual" music plus all the little details in between- I learn so much from each of your clips, including the shorts. I'm certain the majority of us appreciate you're teaching style and youtube personna- keep doing what you do brother.
Couldn’t agree more 😎
Absolutely!
Thanks - really appreciate that!
Totally agreed - Dan is the Best teacher on UA-cam by far and the books are great too.
Totally agree. Besides, its a video, if we don't pick something up first time we can replay it!
a “secret” for any newbie bass players: if you start studying by transcribing a bass line through a patterns/shapes system (and not through a pentagram or a tab system) you will find out that the entire bass line of a track (especially in funk music) is simply a patterns/shapes sequence, so you don’t need to know the music theory/notes/scales to play a bass (you need to know music theory to know what you are playing of course…)
I got away with just using shapes for longer than I care to admit. I don't have a photographic memory so it was a while before I figured out a way to visualize the actual notes on the fretboard.
@@unclemick-synths yes, of course I took for granted that the player has to have a good photo visual memory...
Yeah but then you aren't actually learning to play, you're just memorizing this one particular song. I have songs memorized on Piano, but I don't know how to play piano.
If break down the theory of a song you'll understand song as you learn what chords are actually being outlined in each bar, how the song was written, the chord progression of the song, and neat little relationships between intervals.
For instance, just last night I learned that a 1 - minor 6 relationship is a major 3rd if you play it backwards
@@skylee5029I told “if you are a newbie”…I am not agaist learning theory but I suggest to start from practice and arriving at theory…
exactly the contrary path of the usual…
Ah yes, the only way to get transcriptions- summon them from the devil himself
I'm playing bass since 1999. I use many of those pattern cause they feel right. Learning they are actually a thing, is great. Thx for your work.
You're really a terrific instructor, Dan : showing different techniques while explaining the why's and wherefores. Where were you when i started in 1974?...lol
I was 7 years from existence. 😂 Thanks very much. 🙏
A thought I had during the part of this video where you're showing how to use octaves is that it's pretty easy to find a dominant 7th from an octave. It's just two frets lower. Getting comfortable with that idea makes it easy to understand your scale backwards, by starting at the octave.
Absolutely - that’s a great thing to know. And lots of other intervals are also a fixed position away.
Thanks for affirming the use of the pinkie. I've often felt less than because I default to the pinky for most 2 fret stretches due to my very average sized hands.
Thank you for that! As an elderly bass clarinetist playing in community bands - there is often no b/c part, and if there is one it's a boring "oom-pah" one - I've had to invent a role for the instrument and improvise my own lines. These ideas and examples are a big help!
Glad to hear it’s opening up your creativity!
As someone who has recently learned his major/minor scales, this is extremely useful and so much easier to digest. Thank you.
Excellent easy to play and useful patterns ! That high octave makes a good quick contrasting sound. Very nice. I am using visual diagonal patterns to find notes. For example, the octave of any note is down three strings diagonally. From the G string, the octave is up diagonally 4 strings. Makes finding them easy.
Thanks for demonstrating the different bass playable pattern shapes that we can use in our playing. Your explanation is straight to the point and easy to understand plus the practical advices that goes with the demo. We will definitely learn some good bass techniques just by watching your channel.
Glad you think so. Thanks so much and I hope you learn a lot. 🙏
Looking forward to the motown course!
And you make good analysis to the move and between notes, that's great.
I was only playing root and fifth, you change the whole thing thank you so much
My dude, your videos are awesome
Glad you like them! Thank you.
Superb lesson as usual Dan. 👏
Wow! Such a great video, thank you so much! This unlocked something in my brain. I'm still learning bass and I'm right in this phase where I need to piece these shapes together in my basslines. And I really love the inclusion of soulness and funkyness!! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
I really like the way you teach and demonstrate
Thank you!
Thanks a lot Dan , with this video you opened me a whole new world!! Being a beginner bassist sometimes I'm struggling to find "good" notes, well this video just did the trick! Cheers😅
Glad it helped!
Music Man 4 Life !
👊
People are always happy with my bass playing as long as i hit the 1 and feature the key so the singer is comfortable.
Yeah - the 6th - get some side eye sometimes, or a raised eyebrow and nod - that lets me know guitarist and/or vox have some jazz or such in their bag
Brilliant tuition brilliantly conveyed 👍
🙏🙏
Great Bass lines for some great songs. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
My pleasure!
Crazy little thing called love, there's no slid up on that part, great show good tips
Great lesson Dan, thanks very much. I remember stumbling across your channel when I first got my bass and wondering if id ever understand the theory element but in time its proven to be a really useful way for me to learn, as others have said, keep doing you. 👍🏽
That’s great to know - thanks and keep up the work!
Simply…. Good stuff. Thanks!
Awesome video, brother, as always😊
fabulous really opens up your playing
You have no idea how I'm looking forward to going back to bass after years on guitar. No more pesky B string to compensate for 🤗
Unless, of course, you play a 5 string - but our B makes sense, lol
Great instructional video. You are not going too fast at all Dude, as you said, press pause as you cannot just sit there for 10 minutes for people to play it out; Plus you also have play speed control on UA-cam.
Again a Great instructional video. Well spoken and not filled with music jargon that can frighten off learners and long playing guitarists like myself who has recently acquired a lovely 70s Jazz and now I'm now playing bass more than guitar in my studio, and actually I write more on bass as it gives me a greater perspective of the song from the bottom up. Thank You 👍
Thanks very much. 🙏
Thanks for the great lesson Dan. You teaching method really helps me use the shapes, scales etc. that I know in real time !🎸👍🏻😁
Thank you! They’re a lot of fun to play aren’t they.
Hi Dan, just to say thank you. I've been around in other bass channels but I found yours really interesting and easy to folow. plus, the downloads are just great
It’s my pleasure, Fernando. Thanks very much for taking the time to comment! Means a lot.
Dan your content is so good, you are the only reason I use UA-cam. thank you so much for all your hard work!
Thanks so much!
And.....its bass o'clock. Cheers Dan
Also, I i really appreciate this lesson. Provided some really useful information. Thanks.
Love it! Thanks!!
I like instantly recognized the pattern on the thumbnail for major scales, pretty happy since I've only been playing base for some time now
Thanks a lot! Great lesson, TOP👍
Thanks for the clear, simple explanation of what is a 4th or a 5th. I am still rather ignorant of theory after 15 years of playing. But that turned on the light bulb somehow and I'ma at least learn the the rest of this vid.
That’s great to know. It’s not that hard once you get into it!
Great lesson on shapes Dan. I like the way you do these video with very useful content. Glad you were able to slip in a bit of Bernard Edwards. Have you done any videos on Paul McCartney?
Thanks! I haven’t and must remedy that soon…
Dan you could make reading the phone book sound funky. Thanks for all your generous offerings.
😂 thanks
superb lesson. exactly what I need
Отлич😅ный урок, классный скат! 👍 👍 👍Дэн, расскажи про свои гитары и оборудование! Это будет круто! 👍
Thanks! I will one day…
Hi Dan, love your work. Any possibility to have a discount coupon for you courses?
Thanks very much! I might be doing one later in the year but message me now and I’ll see what I can do.
Thx Dan! Love the Music Man!
I have the same bass…there are persons saying that it’s a boring bass because it has always the same sound…it’s true that it has a sound only but it’s so unique and so versatile that you can play basically almost any kind of styles!
Hi Dan, what strings are you using here? Flatwounds?
These are old (ish) Elites Players (stainless steel) 44-105. They sound a bit like flats, especially with the treble rolled off.
❤ thank you for your lessons!
Glad you like them!
00:00 Intro
00:46 1. Octave
04:56 2. Major Pentatonic
07:31 3. Root - 4 - 5 - b7 - octave
10:55 4. Dominant 7th Arpeggio
12:02 5. Dominant 7th Arpeggio with chromatics
14:25 Playing all of them with backing track
16:13 Recap
17:33 Outro
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Dude, I never really understood how much you actually know what youre talking about!! You're like a real-live working, gigging/recording bass player, WHO'DA THUNK?!! Heh heh, no offense, in fact, I'm totally impressed - you actually -ROCK-, Dan. Carry on Maestro, I sit at your feet, waiting and willing to learn... P.S. Thanks for this lesson, very powerful.
😂 thank you. Yes, I’ve been lucky enough to earn my living through bass - only job I’ve ever had and I’m in it for the long run.
Thank you, Sir
cool vid!From what year uis that gorgeous bass?
Thanks! 1978.
Dan, what I see on the head is a fatfinger to reduce the dead spots effect on G string?
No. It’s the back of a TC Electronic Polytune.
Best bass channel & instructor on the planet! ☝️🎶🎸😊
Thanks! 😃
Great stuff 👍
Nice lesson reminds me of Carol Kay
Thanks for keeping it real Dan ❤
Thank you, you are great teacher!
Thank you! 😃
Thank you Dan, these bass patterns have helped me a lot!! 😀👍
Great to hear!
@@OnlineBassCourses Yes Dan, especially for my songs!! 👌😌
Hey buddy; for someone just starting to learn to play: what kind of bass would you recommend?
Work out your budget and then I’d recommend going to a shop so that you can see and feel the bass. Bottom line is there are amazing cheap choices these days! Don’t overthink it but do make sure the bass is set up well. Anything will be fine if that’s the case.
Great video 👍. For me a real trip down memory lane - learning things like the riff from the theme music of The New Avengers (Purdy was such a crush! 😍).
❤❤❤ That's great I
like it so much. .God blss you Dan. I like to learn from you.
Man nice bass tone!
Thank you!
Thanks! This is great stuff!
Excellent
Great class!
Another great video! Thanks
- That Stingray sounds great. How is the weight?
Thanks! Not sure exactly but not too heavy. It’s a 1978 so whatever weight they were!
That tone is 🔥
Love this!
Love this..
How can I understand how to play jazz bass guitar?
Learn lots of theory, listen to lots of jazz, figure out the bass lines and solos and learn loads of jazz.
Great video, thanks!
cool equiptment dude 👍what's that tube thing with the grill on it ?
Thanks! Jules Monique tube preamp.
Do u do in person lessons?
Where r u located?
Hi, Rodney. I don’t do in person or online lessons at the moment. Sorry.
On a 5 string do you like 34 scale or a 35 scale. People make a mistake on getting a 34 scale thinking it plays the same as a 35 scale. Whats your choice of scale on a 5 string?
If you will play in drop A or A standard in a professional way, 35" is a no brainer. For standard tuning 34" can work, Warwick and MM have a good B string at 34", so do many customs.
I had one 35" bass, it takes time to get used to it and it can be a bit difficult to play on frets 1-4, but it's easier to play higher up.
it’s very simple: I choose a bass, and I have the scale that that bass has…you can be sure that I will NOT choose a bass model depending on the scale lenght
(for example, I have a 5 strings Stingray with normal 34 scale and it’s amazing)
@@luigi.zanini As I've wrote up, if you're playing downtuned, scale length is very important. Fanned fret and 35" basses are popular in metal for a reason. I wanted to play Cradle of Filth on my Sire V7V 5 string and it sounded like garbage, A string wasn't defined.
Personally, I have one 34 (MusicMan StingRay 5) and one 34.5. I like them both and don’t really bother thinking too deeply about that stuff. If it sounds good and feels good to me, I’m in!
@@OnlineBassCourses Yup, absolutely! A bass has to jump in your lap, cuddle up and beg you to take it home with you. Apart from that, I don't really care if it's MonoNeon's Hasbro Lite-Brite bass!
How about some two beat fills,,,,please !!
That's beautiful, I like the line of "Crazy little thing called love" by QUEEN, played on D scale A string. I like that sweet move of tones up to be repeated again on G scale on D string. You give lesson easy way to be understood, I do learn from you like these beautiful lines. I play lines to Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Temptation, James Brown and now I will add some lines from QEEN. Please, keep up the great work.
Thanks great teacher
🙏🙏🙏
I love your vintage Ibanez!! Thanks for doing these great videos!
My pleasure!
Thanks!
Hello from Florida! Dan, I watch your videos more than any other bass lesson videos on UA-cam. It's so beneficial to watch your years of knowledge you share, and it excits me like a little kid to go and try it on my bass afterward. I appreciate your time, effort, and willingness to share your knowledge because it helps not only me but many others out of ruts that we occasionally get it. Please continue teaching, and thanks again! 🙏
I’m blown away: this is incredibly generous support that really helps me create lessons! Thanks so much. Please send me a direct message (dan@onlinebasscourses.com) and we can discuss me making a video lesson with something you want. Thanks again! 🙏🙏
thank you!
Guitar players are so jealous that bass players don’t have to deal with the B string tuning anomaly so all your scales are the same everywhere.
joke's on you, I play a five string
Keep the flow ;) you are not going too fast
I gotta say you were born to be a teacher.
🙏
george porter kind of groove at the end lol
Thanks so much
Your location please
My pleasure! What, like GPS coordinates? 😂
Dan ignore the nay sayers they are just speed bumps on your teachings keep it up and I do enjoy and theory teachings are awesome 😎
Thanks, will do!
Please write tabs for this
It’s kind of made up on the spot plus it’s done now. Watch closely, I usually explain how to play what I’m playing. 👍🙏
1:33
Many Elvis songs use that slide pattern
Hi I'm a Pilipino citizens learning how to play bass guitar but I don't have a guitar, I don't have enough money to buy, I'm asking for your help to buy a bass guitar
I’d love to be able to help out. Maybe one day but, unfortunately, I don’t have the resources right now. What I will say is that you can get a bass for really cheap these days. Not a great one but it’s fine to start with. You may need to save for a while but you can do it! Good luck.
👍🎶👌🏻👌🏻
I’m so confused about scales and chords I have no idea
Don’t worry, they’re easy once you know how. Check this video out: ua-cam.com/video/dpJj_gnlTAc/v-deo.html
My fingers literally cannot physically reach just those two notes. What's wrong with me!!? Newby
Nothings wrong with you at all! Your technique will build up over time. Just stick to a solid practice routine.
Great example of meat n potatoes playing, this said from a herbivore 😅 btw, nice accent!
🥩🥔 thanks!
We can't understand your tech 😢😢😢😢
What do you want to know about my tech?
Solos 😂….es heißt Soli
Your going to fast..not kool
Most people can keep up. Sorry it’s too fast for you. 👍🙏
great lesson.... in the octave section, you describe playing notes of a g natural minor but in your example play the flat 6th (harmonic minor),.question. is my ear correct ?
Thanks, Dave! b6 is in the harmonic minor and natural minor. The harmonic minor is basically a natural minor with a Major 7th interval instead of minor 7.
Great lesson!
🙏🙏