A bit of theory: The Major scale for bass: Explained.

[iFelix24]

thanx alot man this was really helpful!!!!  btw this was me 10:23 hahaha

[AlexCountsJams]

You're great man! Thanks for all the help!

[Dmanlamius76]

@AlexCountsJams No problem!

[kickboxer1243]

I would sincerely like to thank you for ALL your help. Recently I performed at a show and as a solo, I put together a song that i learned from you (I did your intro to bass tapping riff and bass exercise one as an intro) as a tribute to a fallen friend. Don't worry I gave you full credit. And together, those two created a beautiful song. It meant a lot to me. Thank you again for being my teacher. Mad respect. -Nick

[Dmanlamius76]

@kickboxer1243 It's good to hear my teachings are being put to good use, Nick. All the best, and keep on keeping on! :)

[kenopanishad]

The Pinkys gota be in the Plan :D Thanks for taking the time mate!!

[evanperez1]

Hey I'm a drummer of 9 years who recently picked up bass. I'm so relieved I took a music theory class before so I have a basic understanding of what you are talking about so I feel I am picking up on things a lot faster. Thanks for the lessons, I can tell bass and I are gonna have a good relationship already haha.

[Dmanlamius76]

@evanperez1 Yea, you'll find things easier with tour drumming background :)

[lapijaable]

Hey dude, I'm from Peru and I'm 14, I watch all your videos and surprisingly I understand a lot of what you are saying, but I don't understand at 12:51 -I guess that's the correct time- when you mention like... -blur- six -blur- seven, octave. I hope you can understand me becouse I don't really find the words to explain myself.

[Dmanlamius76]

@lapijaable Hello, there! Ok, in that whole part I say "Major sixth, major seventh, Octave" So, the scale altogether goes: Root, major second, major third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, major sixth, major seventh, octave. These are called intervals (basically just a way of knowing where the notes are, and giving them a name) Hope it helps! :)

[umsomethingclever]

Great vid brother!

[garyberlin]

Hey boss, thanks for the video mate.

[juskickit]

Great video! Huge Help

[MySaviours]

Thanks man, using your lesson tree thing, really helpful. I've been playing a while actually (i'm a teenager), had a few lessons but been using tabs etc, so this is actually a nice step forward and I'm improving more than I thought I would! Cheers man, great stuff.

[greenyness]

wow your such a good teacher! i havent even got my bass yet and im starting to understand it already!

[fran123100]

I hate theory, but this is really clear, your a really good teacher, Thank you :)

[Dmanlamius76]

@fran123100 No problem :)

[btmoore70]

Really great lessons for me. I kinda feel like I'm listening to the Geico commercial very cool. I have a bad Texas accent, so it's all good :) No offense.

Thanks for posting.

[Dmanlamius76]

@btmoore70 No problem! Glad you've enjoyed them :)

[Fedepeaceandlove46]

ehy man!

I'm from italy, and i don't speak very good english...

but i want to ask you:

if i connect a bass in a guitar amp, the bass threatens to ruin????

thans so much!

[Dmanlamius76]

@Fedepeaceandlove46 Yes, the low tones of the Bass can cause guitar amps damage. But...if you keep the amp very low, and not turn it up too much, it won't be a problem :)

[Fedepeaceandlove46]

@Dmanlamius76 I keep the bass low, or the volume???

[Dmanlamius76]

@Fedepeaceandlove46 The volume :)

[Fedepeaceandlove46]

@Dmanlamius76 thank you so much!

can i ask your friend on you tube, so could i ask you when i need???

[Fjorden96]

I was at the rock school 2 hours ago, and one of the bass teachers tried to explain this for me...It took me 1 hour to get it in head, even he was explaining in Norwegian (witch is my language) and then I come here and watch your video and understands MORE, that really means youre a fantastic teacher!!

[gmlasam]

including a tab to easily see what you are doing would have been much helpful.

[Stevenissoswell]

Oh man, your an amazing teacher! I understood and hung on to everything you said. Thank you so much!

[comchef35]

ahh nice. i took music theory in school and i am so happy you are applying it to the bass, which i am now learning. much appreciated

[Adderok]

so ive been looking at scales for a while now and i was wondering when your not using just one string how do you know which string and fret to start on for the root? i mean i understand finding the root on the e string, but are their certain places on the other strings and frets where you can only start that certain scale from? also how do you figure out new patterns for scales?

[dudewhatthehellman]

Cheers! So helpful!

[1NovemberMoon1]

"big bass, little bass" lol

[bumblebassify]

Thank you very much! I spent a ton of time searching youtube and internet for something helpful but they were all crap, but this was really really good! thanks a lot! :)

[MrMightyRaven]

you are great man..you are a great teacher...:)

[Juroral]

Great stuff man, really helpful. Thanks! :)

[howtoplaybassgood]

That's a super cool video!

[BrokenSodaMachine]

So what video do I watch after this? There seems to be no chronological order..

[TheSmoothCriminal]

@BrokenSodaMachine Go to his website he has a lesson plan that puts the videos in order.

[armorfly]

nice bass mate

[GodsJewel601]

Thanks so much for the breakdown.....I totally have a clearer understanding as to whats going on now!! You are an awesome teacher! Should try some online lessons if you arent doing it already!! I would totally pay!!!! Bless You!

[mikenessa2008]

AWESOME... now i can really pretend that i know what i'm doing on stage : ) thanx dude!!!

[wheresurmummy]

Please please please do a Minor lesson! I've been trying to grasp the meaning behind scales for so long and you created sweet clarity for me! But now I want to understand the Minor also. Also thanks for the upload, it's greatly appreciated.

[myke336]

Mate, I gotta say, this video has really helped me out, watched it a long time ago and got accustomed to the basic scales, I'm now able to utilize the major and minor pentatonic scales and can do improvisation....some what. All I can say is I really appreciate what your doing, the great thing about your videos is that it's literally impossible not to take away beneficial knowledge from your videos. Because you explain it so well, It's impossible to take your vids with a grain of salt. Cheers!!!

[midge2112]

thanks so much! I know this must be killing you to break it down for beginners... but man you're a great teacher and we really appreciate it!

[Dmanlamius76]

@midge2112 Your thanks are enough :)

[searayus1]

Very good. Very helpful. I'm just starting and you explain things well, and you have a great attitude! I'll be back...

[hoipiepeloiification]

It's a D#, what did I win now!

[hoipiepeloiification]

A lot of talking brother for what you have to tell

and wrong fingerings too!!

I think you yourself are just 1 lesson ahead, hahaha...

[LunaEvangelyne]

Thanks so much, exactly what I was looking for!!! :)

[pinkpop91764]

good video, i get it :)

[nolliesk816]

where exactly did you get a chart with all that on it? i would like one haha

[emidiemaku]

This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you!

Your videos are great for beginners, definitely subscribing! :D

[faviokamikaze]

thanks i needed this, i just suscribe

[MegaBassPlayer97Gr]

so helpful!

[RoR0RoRoR0RoR0R0]

Thankyou sir.

[Dmanlamius76]

@liamthegolfinggod I'm glad it's helped you my friend :)

[tirachina]

Thanks for the lessons.

Hope to see more of basic lessons for ppl like me who just started to learn.

[JoetheDrummer15]

Expert Village's got nothin on this

[Gmsvid]

awesome video dude... i just watched 5 min and feel like i grasp this so much better ty

[tabbrown0512]

Absolutely excellent video, my Friend. Great, patient, encouraging, and thorough.

I just subscribe to your videos. i look forward to more of them.

Thanks.

[Dmanlamius76]

@tabbrown0512 No problem my friend. Glad you have got something positive out of it :)

[reanzioneo3]

thanks man, now i know what major scale is, this lesson can help bassist all over the world, i know ur good in character and  difinitely a musician bcoz of this video. thank a lot more power and god bless.

[Dmanlamius76]

@reanzioneo3 Glad you got something positive out of it :)

[nuker110]

You are GOD. That is all

[TRJBASS]

is the 6th note of the scale always the minor scale mode (aeolian ) ?

[notyourname1]

the world needs more bassists.......



[zghvbn1]

Hi ,great tutorial I've learnt sooo much !! ,I have a Question please.,my freinds and I are writing our own songs but we/I'm having trouble creating a bass line often the guitar and bass are sounding the same ,is there a formular for making the bass line maybe? e.g if we play- 4/4 Am- C- and F on guitar what would be a good bass ? thanks for your help

[bhp103]

finally someone explained scales so that I could understand. Thank you so much I stopped trying a long time ago with my bass. Now I am going to use all your vids. Thanks man.

[Dmanlamius76]

@bhp103 No problem :)

[water353600]

English man rocks!!!!!

[zydomason]

really helpful, thanks

[AzNxDrEaDfUl]

I feel retarded on this vid cause I couldn't understand a thing >.< and I really want to learn bass!! the first beginners lesson actually made me happy cause it was such a simple riff even a guy like me could do it =D but thanks ill watch it 6 more times.

[Dmanlamius76]

@AzNxDrEaDfUl You're not retarded. Sometimes, it just takes time. If you're still having problems, join my forums as there are a lot of people there that had the same problem, and people that will be able to explain it as well as me :)

[007lc]

Thanks bass scales are so much easier to learn then scales on the trumpet/euphonium. ;p

[nicolelai01]

this helped a lot.thx

[santanaClause]

wow.... this seriously helped a lot!! thanks man!!

[wudulikeapuup]

love you videos man , only one thing wrong with them . i had a justin beiber ad before it started ¬.¬ :P

[Dmanlamius76]

@wudulikeapuup WTF?! Really!?  That aint cool!

[mudjoanna]

@wudulikeapuup hahah, that sucks :D

[colinstitch]

Brilliant teaching style mate,i've been playing music for around 10 years and up until now i've never been able to grasp theory unless it's put in lehmanns terms.This video has helped a lot.Looking for that minor scale tuition as promised.

top marks

[weedybix]

just bught a base the other day! this was a huge help thanks man!

[dFav3]

very helpful mate! nice vid!

[N11Ckk123472]

Thanks man, I've watched all of your videos, except this one and learned a lot. I know all of your funk lines, and all of the songs you taught on your videos . You are a great teacher, but i had a couple questions, and this video filled in most, if not all of the gaps. Thanks a lot.

[Dmanlamius76]

@N11Ckk123472 No problem buddy! I'm glad you've been getting something positive out of my videos, and continue to do so in the future :)

[helpogrin]

Thank you for contributing! I finally understand the Major scale.. I was so afraid of it before. Now I don't know why I was scared at all, you made it make sense! and the cool accent helps too yeah. ;)

[changetheoscar]

great stuff mate!

[saligari666]

nice practice thanx teacher!!!!

[coorskegstander]

Where is the chart?

[ALEX00031]

@coorskegstander You can figure it out since he told you the shape.

[coorskegstander]

@ALEX00031 thanks

[TheMelonEATER]

these are excellent lessons man, iv'e just started to try and use the internet to teach me and i don't even have my own bass yet (im stuck with my sisters acoustic guitr for now) but your lessons still help alot :)

[ruaridouglas]

Cheers bro, always watch your lessons and take on what you say, I am gradually getting there. Technique is everything after all! Keep them coming!

[TheSmooshster]

You're an incredible teacher. I'm trying to teach myself how to play, but some things are just best learned from someone. I like how your video's are easy to understand. Hope to see more videos from you.

[coydcoy]

If it helps for the fingering try to keep one finger per fret for the major scale it will help with your speed and to stretch your fingers nice vid man :)

[ETizzleful]

i enjoy you talking and all but i have a horrible memory if i don't keep doing something over and over until i get it. i don't want to try and dictate your teaching but next time could you just show what you're teaching and then talk about it? that would be much appreciated. thank you for reading this :)

ET

[VenomLady1]

I can't find your blog of the bass chart on the link :/

[oohRy]

You talked alot man but you were very convincing in keeping me watching. I'm glad I did! Thanks for the great lesson!

[Dmanlamius76]

@oohRy No problem :)

[Axident21]

Excellent explanation!! I personally found it easy to follow and figured out some easy patterns to help me remember the major scale notes without even picking up the bass guitar. Why is it called a perfect 4th and 5th as opposed to a major 4th or 5th though?

[Foofighter0007]

@Axident21 because those notes work with minor scales too

[Axident21]

Thanks! That makes good sense.

[911mapper]

Thanks this is good. You sound like my cousin from Weymouth, ha ha.

[mulchdiggums]

hi mate, superb video, thanks very much man.

[samsonites1]

thank you, very helpful indeed.

[boner59]

Thank mate as a 50yr old trying to learn .This helps a lot

[lowfreq65]

hi ya bloke

[6ftUnder92592]

its actually better to watch first and understand before gettin your bass out and trying to learn as you go.vyoure great teacher

[cnlnet]

What about drop tunings... C?

[asolitarynote]

For any note on your fourth (thickest) string that you would play, move it up 2 frets when playing in a dropped tuning. When in Drop C, all your strings are tuned down one whole step (2 frets), except your fourth which is tuned down two whole steps (4 frets).

[IllDespair]

Hey if i wanted to play the major scale on more than one string, how do i know when to move to the next string, is there a pattern? Do i just play the right notes in the same position or do i move to other strings based on the half / whole steps?

[mofonofo]

I think I'm just too used to guitar scales which are on all 6 strings which you just move down the fretboard, rather than with the bass major scale.

[mofonofo]

One question; why do you start on the 3rd string when you play the C major scale, but the 4th on the G major scale? Would you be able to play a G major scale starting on say the 10th fret 3rd string?

[mindgames238]

You could, its just a different octave of the same scale.

[alexakasloth]

Very helpful, thanks for making this vid :)

[kuroiheart]

thanks! its helpful

[lwcrulzzz]

Keep it up dude =D

[irocknj]

Really good stuff, good explanations-keep up the good work

[ICTDvideos]

great lesson !!!

i new all the notes just had trouble with major scale but this helped me pull it all together!!!

-Colin

-ICTD

[joniswolfman]

thanks for the lesson......... helps a lot...... i'm looking forward for mor bass vids

[dillydean]

haha i got told a had pianist fingers to! lol

[jabez36]

ITS D!!! nyahahahaha!!!

[DeadlyFixation]

thanks man, great job

theres nothing worse than a teacher that doesnt teach or explain the basics, but expects you to know them anyway.

thanks for making it easy for us :)

[joepic85]

great man.

Keep them coming.

[bsdaemon666]

Hey man, great video as always. I have a question: When you say, for example, play the major 3rd of G... how do you know -WHICH- G? There are many G notes on a bass fretboard...

Just something I've always wondered. Thanks again!

[jabez36]

dude its the same man in any G of the fretboard its gonna be the same.

hehehe

i think its B

good luck!!!

[bsdaemon666]

I wasn't referring to his question.

Either way, the G's are not all the same. Some will be a different pitch or whatever. The G on the 3rd fret of the E string is not going to be the ssame as the G on the 5th fret of the D string. My question is, when you say "play a G", how do you know which G the person means?

[Dmanlamius76]

Hello man! Ok, all G's are the same note, but played at a higher or lower pitch, as you say. The scale "pattern" stays the same all the time. So, if you want to play the G major, it's YOUR choice in preference in tone where you want to play it. Starting it on the third fret on the E string for example, is quite a low tone. Doing it on the 15th fret of the E will give you a higher tone. You play it exactly the same way...hit exactly the same notes...

[bsdaemon666]

Hey man thanks for the reply! I know it's all the same note, at a different pitch... but if your bandmate says "G", how do you know which he means? I mean I could play a G and he'd be like "no, not that one"... you see what I'm saying?

[Dmanlamius76]

Well, if he said that to you, it would be a bit unfair. You are the bass player, and you can choose where to play that G. Listen to the song. Don't forget, as bass players, we are there to "maintain the low". That means that we have to supply the low parts, whilst the guitar etc does the high. So it's typical to use the lowest notes when playing rock, etc (the third fret on the E string) But the option of playing a G higher is there for you if you would want it. Hope this makes sense

[bsdaemon666]

Yes that makes sense. I was really just asking if there is a special term or something for specifiying which G they're asking you to play. If there is not, then that still answers my question.

Thank you, your videos are AMAZING. Keep up the good work!

[Slipkyes]

well they have specific names but not really used cause in the end it's the same note. the open A string is called A3 on bass and A4 on guitar (aka A220 and A440 respectively), the 2nd fret in the G string is called A4 cause it's the same note AND pitch as the open A string in a guitar. They all have those names, I know them cause Guitar pro shows them when you choose tuning. Still, I don't think those names are really used when playing in a band as you say

[bsdaemon666]

Ah, great explanation. Much appreciated!

[Slipkyes]

no problem man glad you cleared that doubt you had

[yosvany2556]

@bsdaemon666 if this guy is a guitarist or a piano player then idk whats the problem, but he could be in a different key for example for a trumpet Concert Bb Which would be your normal Bb and his C so you might have to play a whole step under the notes hes asking you to play.

[bigevilentertainment]

THANKS MAN. VERY INFORMATIVE.

[redstarking]

Thanks alot Kris, you making everything so much easier to learn and this will help me out with learning more of this kinda stuff. Thanks again mate

[MageMayu]

Excellent lesson. I've been learning theory for a year, but you really helped clear some things up. Looking forward to more!

[dillydean]

very very very very helpfull thanks bro, i no ill be watching this many times again

[WoodenChicken1]

Thanks, that was helpful. I still don't really understand it, but someday......someday.....guess I'm just slow...lol

[Dmanlamius76]

Nah! It's a lot to take on at first...:)

[fabibass]

thanks for all your vids ! they are great !

[degrating]

this lesson was kind of long but i learned alot thx you

[Dmanlamius76]

Np. I've been meaning to do this video for a while. I knew it would end up long, but there's some really important stuff in it. Its out of the way now, so we can get back to the fun stuff, lol!

[Slawter187]

Thanks for the lesson man, it did kinda help, but what im stuck on is using these scales to actually improvising something that sounds good over a chord progression with these scales, im trying to learn to improvise guitar solos as well.

Can you please do a lesson on how we should learn how to improvise over guitar chord progressions, and how to apply these scales when doing so, please? I would really appreciate that =D.

[MasaTheSlayer]

Big thanks man! This was really usefull. I know something but stuff about thirds and fifths and so on was totally new and now i realised some stuff that other people have been speaking on their videos.

An di really hope that we are going to get more of this kinda stuff too. Thanks. =)

[TrooperCX]

he's not lying. if you practice scales on a daily basis, you'll see results in your performance and theory. it's "boring" but when you get into a jam and you want to branch out, knowing that scale gets you further

[quaz18]

music Theory is like rocket science to those who don't know it, but for those that do it's like pluming.

[TrooperCX]

lulz, nice analogies. I agree. scales though, even muscle and sound memory will be enuff for a player to take it to the next level.

[TrooperCX]

jolly good warm up

[Dmanlamius76]

He he :D

[CloudTalking]

wow nice video very long how did you get past the 10 min limit?

thanks very useful.

[Dmanlamius76]

Ah, it's because im a partner dude....:) Look out for 6 hour bass lessons in the future! Lets party. All on youtube....lol (Joke)

[SuperMaximo93]

Nice vid man! I knew some of that already, but I still learnt a lot! I really think you should do more theory lessons, you explain it well and I find it a lot more interesting than looking at a boring text tutorial on some random website (that's probably why I haven't been bothered to check out any scales other than major before you did this vid :P). Keep up the good work :D

[OAPMrTickle]

I have a pair of coal shovels for hands but long fingers too fortunately.

Thanks for this lesson, really helpful in learning where my notes are :-)

[iamdjcoldfuza]

Thnx man! this was really helpful, and it gave me somethin fun to do on my lazy monday :)

[Metalnor]

Thanks, needed something like this !

[Dmanlamius76]

Yea, I kinda figured a few of my online students did! Just a little bit of theory. I wont get too heavy with it...:)