Master the ENTIRE bass neck with only 3 SIMPLE exercises
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2020
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The pentatonic scale is awesome.
It’s the easiest way to learn how to improvise and there isn’t a bass player on earth that doesn’t use it, BUT… Do you ever feel like you’re playing the same things over and over?
In today’s lesson I’m going to show you some of my best pentatonic scale exercises to help you master the ENTIRE bass neck, so you can break free from the same old shapes that you’ve probably been using for way too long.
In this lesson you’re going to learn:
- Extended pentatonic scales.
- My five essential pentatonic shapes.
- All about two string groupings.
- And why you should be focusing on them.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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I'm a self taught player, I've been playing for many years but I don't know that much on the theory side. I found this really interesting and helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's appreciated more than you realise.
Jay Zed's Guide to Things n Stuff how many years? Because I’m a self taught player also and it’s kinda tuff
hi, I'm a self-taught too so I have a lot of problems with improving my techniques, can you guys helo me?
@@emmander594 lol here's one that should keep you busy for the next couple years, if you can Master it you will be one of only a few. I learned this from Steve Harris I think. It's easiest to start out on OneNote. Right hand picking hand. It goes like this. Pointer finger, middle finger, ring finger, back to middle finger, repeat. If you get good at it you can do it in any order you want based on the sound you want to produce. Each finger sounds different. And you'll be faster than anybody who plays with a pick.
@@marcs4091 I'm self taught to and picked up a weird habit that I still play with today. Unless I need speed I play with my right hand using thumb, pointer, middle, and ring with each getting their own string. This way my other strings are constantly muted. If I need speed then I go with the standard two pointer and middle. I might try to incorporate the technique you have shown. That seems tricky but yeah over time would become second nature.
@@jbelcher74 yeah its definitely a little tricky. Now that I think about it I lead with my ring finger. You can start out going ring , middle, ponter, repeat Like the typical Steve Harris galloping bass line. I'm also pretty much self-taught for the most part. I think I started playing in 1990. I still got it, but it definitely gets harder the older I get. The only thing I ever really learned was the modes, the seven tone major scale. Never even really bothered with the Pentatonix. In college from time to time I would jam out with some of the school band geeks. They're always kind of dumbfounded how I could pull out of thin air somewhat complex melodies and play them over what they were playing, not knowing 1/100 of what they knew musically. The seven tone major scale was my secret weapon. Another piece of advice I would give to other bass players is, there really is no right way to play the instrument. Back in the day I heard an interview with Victor Wooten back when he used to play like he was a wizard. He said something to the extent of, as good as he is, he can let his two year old daughter play his bass and she can produce sounds out of the bass that he could never produce just by banging on it.
Printed it out and gave it a try. The 2-string groupings really show what's happening. I wish I'd had this under my fingers 40 years ago!
Don't know how U bn playin the last 40 yrs. but whatever U do Don't overthink it & don't lose Ur Feel. U never Wana sound like ur doing exercises
I can't find where to print these?
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Thank you. In high school (mid-1960's) I added cello preparing for being a music major. The method my teacher used was "Finger Patterns."
I learned the 5 pentatonic shapes maybe a two years ago. The hard part with them is connecting them together and moving between them. Once you do that, as long as you are fairly familiar with your intervals & major scale shapes, it all connects up nice and simply. Along the way, I also added chord tones. My next major feat will be modes. These exercises def. help someone like me.
That lesson was my “A-Hah” lesson! Thanks so much!
Just realized it's like playing Tetris on bass. All the shapes fit into each other, there is no tone of any shape crossing into the one before. Maybe this is super obvious to everyone, but this helped me a lot...
It's when you start recognizing those patterns, that you make progress. I have yet to learn a lot, but I am confident it will feel natural to me at some point.
Look for CAGED system. This is a goldmine, not just for pentatonics, but for chords too
OMG I thought I was the only one with that "visual" tetris-idea of remembering it! 😍👾
You have me looking Up Tetris
TYVM for that old visual! LOL. Been many a yr ( okay=decades hehe) since I stood at a Tetris game! Your right. Good visual!!
A great (mostly) pentatonic scale workout is the break in "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder. Starts at "B" on the "E" string up to "D#" on the "G" string and back down to "F#" on the "E" string.
Great bass on that song. A real workout.
I’ve been playing guitar for more than 40 years. I’ve been playing bass like a guitar player for about 8 years. I love your instructional videos. I am beginning to play bass like a bass player now. Thank you!
Though I'm a hack bassist at best, my ex bassist, taught me the major blues scales, minor blues scales, "walking" the chord (playing the notes making up the chord), & playing octaves (when unable to figure out a tasty groove). He said almost all the songs use those scales (I call them the blues scales Major & minor, he didnt). He's actually a fabulous bassist. I found his advice was priceless, & after messing around with the scales, I figured out all kinds of tunes. Any way, that's what I learned. I like your lessons as well, but a "close up" of the shapes would be helpful, for old guys like me. I'm a guitarist of 50+ yrs, fake it on piano & bass, & can program a drum machine with the best of them. Just found you this afternoon. Cheers!
The coolest lesson ever. This gives an ocean of possibilities. Thank you Scott for such great Inspiration and structural precision layed out in no time!
Thank you Scott for breaking down your lesson so a bass playing senior citizen can follow and understand. Love U man💯😎
I first learned the major scale patterns, unknowing they were lined up in a grid, then I learned all major scales at one position of the neck, without learning the octaves, then I learned the pentatonic shapes, realizing they were in a grid. Then I learned intervals, then I learned the diatonic 7th arpeggios, then I learned that the major scale pattern could be put on top of the pentatonic grid, then I learned the melodic minor pattern as well on this grid. then I learned the regular arpeggios. yup. take lessons, kids. intervallic soloing I'm having my eye on now.
And then
@@yantheyam5622 lol
SOLD! This lesson is gold. I literally feel like playing through this lesson and practicing has taken my playing to another level. It sounds ridiculously cliche, but it has. Thank you! Oh, and I signed up to the academy for a year. Your lessons and material are with out a doubt top notch!
I'll be sure to use these exercises to practice up for my next cover. Thank you Scott!!
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6:37 for my routine
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I'm a lifelong bass player, always trying to learn more, you've unlocked a new tact for me with this lesson! Super stoked!
This is huge for me! I keep seeing you driving the entire neck and say to myself... Am I EVER going to get this? Thank you so much for breaking this down into bite-sized pieces. I'm hoping this is the springboard to understanding how to play the pentatonic scales on the other chords as well. Thank you SOOO much for this, Scott!
The base lesson itself is very useful... However the upside down graphic is not. Even if you're sitting in front of a baseplayer trying to learn what hes doing the notes do not turn upside down!!!
Love the 2 string groupingsfrom low to high and high to low. Makes the Pentatonic come across as a lot less "mechanical", if that makes sense. Great lesson. Thank You!
Yes! One of the best shifting exercises I've ever seen. To the shed!
Thanks Scott. I watched your older video about these patterns the other week and then started learning the finger patterns and theory from Ariane Cap's book only 6 days ago. This week's video has given me some new ways to practise connecting the various shapes. Thanks again.
Wow! I just found this channel and I am finding the dynamic charts superimposed directly below the closeup of the fretboard incredibly useful. So much easier to follow. Thank you. Subscribed.
That bass sounds GREAT!
Then try starting on the Low E and play it in a "three notes per string patern" and your there!!...that's the E minor pentatonic!!...play it assending right up to the high G (12th fret of the first string) and descending all the way back to the low E!!...pretty cool!!...
Thank you Scott another amazing lesson, loved it. The only thing you missed talking about but played it anyway was going up on one shape and coming back down on the adjacent shape. You played it but didn't mention that as a good exercise to do too. Other than that? Amazing. Good stuff!! So practical and useful. Tod
One (actually: 3) of your very best training-tips Scott! Thnx a bunch!
what are the others? Asking for a friend
Thanks Scott. A huge penny just dropped with this lesson. Cheers my man.
HALLELUJAH!!! I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT!!!
This lesson has helped me move on to another plateau in my playing...for others out there, spend a few days on this and you too will benefit from watching this video...
Thanks again Scott!
Another great lesson - a must have - Thanks Scott
Thank you Scott!! Was looking for some new exercises to play and this was great for my skill level (self-taught beginner of ~8 months)
The intro gets me all the time🔥🔥
Great content
So grateful for all your lessons. Thank you!
Very important bass lesson!
Thank you so much for the scale lesson Sir! This helps me a lot as a Bass player ❤👌
Just have to get it all clean and then work on speed. Fantastic lesson, Scott. Your Da Man!
Thanks Scott and SBL. Your video lessons online are really great and stimulate new ways of thinking and extending from present awareness.
☮️ & 💜 from Melbourne 🇦🇺
Thanks man. I was up at 4 this morning practicing this before work cos it sounds so great.
Thanks! This was great! I will be practicing this today.
That P bass is a great sounding bass.
Scott always brings it!
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Thanks for the tableture boxes
Exactly what I needed to see, thanks!
So glad you are on here doing what you do. Really enjoy watching, and learning from, your videos!
Hi Scott, you hit the sweetspot over here with this one!
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Scott you are such fun to listen to , makes it easy to learn from you.
Interesting vid. I own a Fender Rascal which I really enjoy for reasons of a high variety of tones, ease of play and portability. My Aerodyne sis my go to bass for gigging but have used my Rascal a few times with no issues at all.
Awesome Scott. Great exercises.
Watching this right before work. I can’t wait to get home and try these!
Scott you need to talk about your rig sometime I love your tone alot
Great Lesson Scott. As usual 👍🇳🇱🎸Many Thanks
Thank you Scott I will start to work on that ASAP
Your bass sound so clean!! What kind of bass is it, and what strings do you use?
its a fender custom shop reissue precision bass with the neck switched out. idk what strings he’s using
i learned a new pentatonic shape today, thanks man
just one?
@@davinchaffin6839 oh okay, i' m gonna fix it now then
Nice one, thanks Scott !
Scott, I really miss these 'instructional' type of videos...although I understand why you have changed the format. Don't get me wrong, I really like the new format of videos, but thanks for throwing in this one! BASS '):
Superb Scott. Thank you 🙏
Great lesson Scott. I picked up some new practice material.
Amazing video and great PDF file. I was taking screenshots and scribbling down notes until I remembered.. PDF!
Thanks Scott - Great content as always!
That effort wasn't wasted - those are the bits that will really stay with you.
I love this lesson, I love your shirt, and I love you Scott!! Thanks for everything!!
A lot of players will want to do this same exercise with pentatonic minor as well.
2nd that
Some players may realize that when learning these patterns they are simultaneously learning the minor ones as well. :)
These patterns in G are the same as G’s relative minor - Em.
I think it's the same shapes, but in the order 5 1 2 3 4.
That's cool, thank you Scott! Greetings from Austria :)
For those with extended range basses, think of it as two sets of three frets, followed by three sets of two frets. 👍
What a teacher! Thanks.
0:40 Nice cut scene! 🤣
I like it. I'll put in practice. Thanks Scott
Great approach
Thank you for this, helped me a lot!!!
Thank you!
This video gives me new idea of exercices, thx a lot!
The final run was something I learned a while ago on guitar and used it to help break out of the boxes and create lead ideas.
I learned it in Amin but with 2 notes on the low E starting at G then 3 notes on the next string, then 2 notes, then 3 etc. and now also use the same pattern for bass lines and ideas.
It's an awesome tool
Your instruction skills are impeccable
Great lesson! thank you for this.
Thank you so much...this is what ive been wanting to learn
Thank you very muchhhhh
Liked and subscribed already! This is so great... Thanks mate!
Awesome video just what I needed to expand my playing thanks
Hey Scottso, have you noticed too that shape 4 is shape 3 upside down and shape 5 is shape 2 upside down. Strange, huh? But very cool!
Thanks for another great lesson!
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Like chord inversions but for the pentatonic scale
@@tylerlennon9955 thank you, that's the word I was looking for..... inversions! I knew when I was writing, there was a word that would have saved me some typing but I just couldn't bring it to mind. I'll tell you man its true, when you get over 60, the mind is the first thing (you notice 😉 ) to go.
Thanks Tyler.
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Thanks a lot! Gonna be super useful
Love the jazz need more
I really appreciate what you are doing sir.
Good job. Wish i could afford your classes. Solid lessons all around. 😉👌
Hey Scott, what strings are those you're using? Sound like flats, but also brighter than the ones I've tried...
They might be D'Addario Chromes.
Can't answer for Scott, but you can try EB cobalt flats if you're looking for brighter tone. They're my choice.
The gloves also probably mute a bit.
Im sorry for butting in, after all, you did address your question to Scott. But if I may, Gabriel, I've been having great success with D'Addario XLR Half Rounds (ENR71). My Thunderbird is strung with Regular Light Gauge (.045 - .100) long scale strings I get old school motown tone to a snappier version of Geddy Lee's jazz bass sound. No way trebley like Marcus Miller for slapping, but I don't play that style of music with my T-bird anyway! Strictly pre - 1980s styles for that bass. And with a Boss M50B on the defretting setting and some careful eq-ing it sounds close enough to an upright bass for my needs. That said, I can dial in the opposite tones with the right settings I can get away with playing songs by YES. Not a true Rickenbacker sound, but a very close brighter, Chris Squire type tone.
Like a bass with P and J pickups to get "the best of both worlds" from one guitar (but not really 😉), so the half rounds are alike!
I hope this is info you can use, and please excuse my intrusion.
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I remember that when I was learning guitar forgot it playing bass thanks for the reminder
Very helpful 👍🏻thank you
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Great video .Thank you. I just ordered my first bass. I will start soon as it arrives.
Another reet good bite size lesson - thanks!
This has been very, very helpful to a self taugh player as myself. Thank you so much. Will subscribe!:)
this is so helpfull thank to you so much for this thanks sir
i want to thank you so much for your lessons..I recently bought a bass (the instrument I started on before focusing on guitar) and I'm getting good quick because of you...fortunately I already know scales and harmony..I have one question..why the glove on the left hand?
he has a condition where his hand shakes and having something touching it seems to stop the shaking im fairly sure its a neurological thing but dont quote me on iy
Thanks for the video. It helps alot. I downloaded it and I'm like, watching it frequently (every now and then) to memorize everything taught here. Thanks again👍
Hi Scott❤ you are an excellent teacher and keep up the good work 🎉
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Thanks Scott
Great video. I really like that bass, too. I usually don't like distressing but that looks very cool.
Hey Scott I'm one of pentatonic player it is my culture but this was question for long time for me you help me solve it 😉 is it the same with other majors as well thank you so much I will go register in your lesson on line I love how you teach. Much respect teacher
This is awesome. Thanks bud!
Thank you very much, sir👍
Great Scott Thanks so much!
Many thx
Good lesson ☺