Expand your bass fretboard with Major triads

[dtrocks05]

love the hofner ! i do agree triads open up the fretboard in a big way ! thanks so much for the post

[Fl3tch3rb0y]

@Marlow...In playing the inversions, would that be classed as playing modes ie in this case ionian phrygian and mixolydian? or am I looking at it all wrong?

Thanks in advance

[gabe940]

@Fl3tch3rb0y An inversion means you play the same chord, but with the first note moved. For example: a G chord is G-B-D etc... 1st inversion of that is B-D-G etc... 2nd inversion is D-G-B etc.

[henry14000]

I dont really understand the inversion. For the major scale youd start at the root and go to the 5th but for the inversion you start on the 3rd (treat the 3rd as the root?)

[chillerized]

There's a real nice calmness to your explanations, keeps things simple in my head. I like it

[Laras94]

sounds similar to up-right bass!!

[pickupthebass1]

how bout a little jazz around on that double behind you!

cheers

[Era72Official]

Nice Violin

[Dramodus]

"always practice when your practicing" I have to remember that an stop kidding around

[cambit]

Anyone notice this is like the american national anthem?

[korgrandi]

Thanks MarloweDK. Explained very well.

[BASSMASTA264]

That siren at the beginning made this so sweet. It reminded me of some sort of Motown tune. Very well done.

[Corai12]

How come you have all this basses available?

[MarloweDK]

@Corai12 I like basses:-)

[Corai12]

@MarloweDK Ohh, ok,I thought you worked for a big school or something. You gotta write your collection with pictures for us fans sometime. I hope we can meet someday! Many hugs!

[GtheJAR]

@MarloweDK bass fetish:O xD

[youenjoy00myself]

Also,I totally agree that knowing your triads/arpeggios on the fretboard is a huge help. I learned that by playing Beatles basslines, McCartney has some great triad-based basslines.

[youenjoy00myself]

Sign of a great bassist: Can play with a metronome. I hate people who say a metronome inhibits your ability to play in the pocket. Your playing with the metronome in this video has a really nice feel/groove.

[HaloTroisODST]

Is that a bass or an electric cello?? very nice!!

[nikeleggio]

@HaloTroisODST It's a bass, I got one not to long ago and they are REALLY annoying, I wouldn't recommend getting one because they are too uncomfortable and don't even have that good of a tone. You can't slap on it either. Paul Mccartney used one but then later switched to a rickenbacker which is a MUCH better instrument in my opinion.

[PringDaddyPring]

5:51 best tip I've ever heard: "always practice when you practice" ... couldn't have said it better myself!

[PennybagDarrell]

nice jay turser i have one toobut i have th 54 p bass copy

[martinmelon]

i have the same bass! its really no where near a good bass! but i like the tone! to be honest its just a cheaper version of a hofner but with a cooler tone! this bass is also bloody uncomfortable but easy to move around the fretboard! :)

[overdriven77]

that thing is one of the ugliest nice sounding basses.

[thefreementalprog]

Marlowe man gratz on all ur videos posted on youtube. U really inspired and helped me allot on my jurney for knowledge on "handling" the bass. Ur really a great teacher.

I wish u all the best and take care!

Btw i like ur basses! ;-)

[Giank3day]

I really like the sound of this bass

[Longboardersrule12]

is that an actual hofner or just a replica?

[Clarisimo03]

cumbia!!!!!!!

[Orangemongoose1]

*you

[Orangemongoose1]

Hey Marlowe, are you French? My friend's dad is from France and he sounds just like you'll

[eigenbroetler321]

I'm a guitar playing looking to expand my bass skills, and I've been looking at different short scale hollow and semi hollow bases. I really like this look and heard that Tursers have great value for such a cheap price. Your playing was very smooth during that intro! Thanks for the vid.

[21reyvillanueva]

this lesson is easier to learn compared to tetrachord technique. I would like to discover how can we apply this lesson to tetrachord, have you already discovered it?

[MarloweDK]

@21reyvillanueva You can use the same principles for tetrachords (4 note scale fragments). See my tetrachord examples too - search my videos

[asddan]

Great video

[aryehbarson]

One of my teacher's didn't want me to learn patterns; I guess he thought it was less melodic. But this lesson really makes it easy to start manuevering up and down the neck. Thanks, MDK!

[Flyelskeren]

For en kul bass du har fått deg! Hvordan er den å spille i forhold til f.eks. Fender Jazz?

[Dynaverse]

learned allot .......... more plz :)

[cyberdems]

super stuff, thanks

[devonsucks]

miss my turser basses, had two.

[pharoahscurse]

this help release a block in my practice routine... thank you marlowe

[overheadz]

Marlowe ... could you kindly make a short video showing how you make your videos, how do you get such a nice sound on youtube especially when you are playing along songs or Chords.

[daniva]

thanks, this help a lot for ear training and fretboard learning

[MrGrinch23]

9:23 - inversions "Taps"

[maliciousfix]

Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou in three days of watching your videos my playing has gone to a whole new level thankyou for sharing your gift with us

[rocklee325]

2 people can't play bass

[tnc07232008]

Is that jay turser bass a short scale and are you using flat wound strings...great vid btw.

[tbcass]

@rafamine1995 Yes, all the academic descriptions will only confuse you. After reading about modes and being totally confused I finally figured out on my own how simple they really are.

[tbcass]

@rafamine1995 From the root of any major scale, I'll use the C major scale because it has no sharps or flats (CDEFGABC). Go up to the 6th note (A). Start at A and play all the notes of the C scale but from A to A (ABCDEFGA) and you have A minor (Aeolian mode). Now pick D to D (DEFGABCD). Bingo you have D Dorian. For the rest E=Phrygian, F=Lydian, G=Mixolydian , B=Locrian.

[tbcass]

@rafamine1995 That's the way I learned as well. BTW, did you know that the minor scale is a mode of the major scale? That all the modes are based on major scales? If you know all the major scales then learning the modes is easy.

[RageicaNiels]

practicing the major and minor triads over the circle of fifths was the best advise in the history of bass lessons! :D

[murdockqotsa]

Damn. I knew the first fingering of the triad. And all the other stuff I kind of knew in the back of my head, like I could sort of start seeing the patterns. But when it's just spelled out for you by an excellent teacher (such as yourself) it's a real revelation. I instantly got more comfortable with playing the major scale all across the fretboard. Freaking awesome.

[shameigene]

hi master, MarloweDK thanks for your video... so many bassist here in philippines view your video and im the one of them.. thanks you for sharing your knowledge to others... godbess and more power

[UnstoppableChaos]

I love ur basses!

[mrbassman25]

Hi Marlowe.... any chance of getting a video showcasing all ur basses?

i'd love to see your collection and maybe a few thoughts on your favorites.

[Crodon]

I wonder where the emergency services went at the start :)

[WestEighteenth]

Amazing ability to lay down a deep groove using only three notes. Never disappoints!

[bigtypan]

the beatle bass is the lightest bass i ever used ~_~

[MrGrinch23]

This lesson has launched me to a new plateau in my playing! Thanks! I still have to master it, but I never knew how to link the triads that I already know to expand my fretboard.

Again, thanks! They say that when the student is ready, the teacher appears, and this vid was right on time...

[dbeater1]

hey Marlowe ..very in depth.. i find your videos are not only for beginners, they also jog older players out of bad habits ..ha ha ..really helps to revisit earlier lessons to continue to progress as a bassist..thanks.

[SergiusBG]

Así se hace Marlowe. I love your lessons!!!

Kind regards.

[Rodwill18]

i just made it 100 likes...

[Xiuxiu1121]

I like the sirens at the start....

[Dkbass0]

Wow this really helped me! I'm trying to learn scales all over the neck for a month now, but I seem to always forget them. First learning where the triads is way easier and when you know the places of the triads, you're also able to find the other notes.

Thank you!

[Antiks72]

With a bass like that, you should play some Beatles.

[eliopetteroni]

@Antiks72 I have the same type of BG and has a very huge scale

to adjust tone levels.

[DDejon]

This is a very good instructional video.

[tim0391]

Hey man. Nice exercise. What do you think of the violin bass? Was thinking of making a purchase!1

[eccho13]

MY FAVORITE BASS!!!!!! =D

[brunocoelhobass]

Awesome phrasing and sound. Great!

[WeirdHeadshot]

wow i love that bass

[ruaridouglas]

Great lesson, really helpful! WIll be practicing these solid now, want to get a really smooth and light technique. Almost got that "L311 Em pentatonic bass fills over Am7" haha

[06wraightm]

looks like a hoffner?

[Fucho]

I love that viola bass

[Pudsy440]

Cool little bouncy toned bass ... good lesson too!

[tbcass]

This is probably a good starting point for learning the neck. I actually did the opposite by learning the major scales all up and down the neck in every position and then started using triads after. It took a long time. This way is probably better and faster, learn the triads first and then learn the scales the triads are built off of after.

[MarloweDK]

@tbcass Thats what i found out too:-)

[tbcass]

@MarloweDK Yes. We learn from our mistakes don't we? You are doing a great service by sharing what you have learned the hard way. Jaco Pastorious showed it to me originally on his Modern Electric Bass DVD when he demonstrated using arpeggios to move up and down the neck. Of course he was no where as clear in his explanations as you are here. In fact he doesn't explain anything on the DVD. He just says "do this" :-) He wasn't much of a teacher.

[HiwaKaoru]

Marlowe, you're a great help. I've learned a lot from your "lessons". I'm not great, but I enjoy playing and you have a great sound with your riffs/fills and stuff (:

[knarisa]

What are some other basses besides the Hofner violin-style that has this kind of tone?

[MarloweDK]

@knarisa Generally shortscale hollow body basses has this kinda tone

[jmiclovesyou]

Hey brother, are you on twitter?

[knarisa]

Are there common "extra notes" that you play normally when playing like this?

[jmiclovesyou]

@knarisa The second and sixth scale degrees added to the those notes in the vid will make it into a major pentatonic scale, which is really powerful too

[MarloweDK]

@knarisa Yes the second and sixth scale degree which makes it a Major pentatonic scale as jmiclovesyou suggests

[AustinTeretto]

I love how that Bass guitar sounds like a doublebass. Supersexy. =) very useful little lesson. thanks!

[cyberdems]

awesome tutorial, great bass + great tone =)

[MrPunklive]

i want that bass

[then00best]

nice beatle bass

[victoraez]

Nice jay turser bass

i have the rogue one XD

[302861]

(Thank you!) About the circle of 5ths. Maybe a strange question. What skill, capacity or insight is gained by practicing this?

[jmiclovesyou]

@302861 you just learn how close specific keys relate to each other

[j3rdog]

so I can apply the same principles to minor chords I take it?

[MarloweDK]

@j3rdog Yes of course

[McPhale]

Hey! That's my bass!

[knarisa]

Your bass videos are the best on the net!! Thank you!

[vufido]

Have you tried the furch B40 Durango bass ?

[Wydenobody]

I love hofner basses, they look so cool... Great lesson, thanks!

[vomitbrown]

Awesome lesson! :D really helped.

And I love your danish-english accent :D so pwnage :D

[MrSilverado96]

Very helpful lesson! I do have a question though, are you ever going to do a lesson over the modes (i.e ionian, lydian, and so on)?

[MarloweDK]

@MrSilverado96 Yes Ill do the modes soon

[MazzazzK]

Thanks! This really helped out!

[casimsalabim]

good video!

the sound is amazing. imediately hear the beginning of "get back" in my head.

groetjes,

c.

[jimakosalala]

nice basse Thomas...i have a simmilar its Aria HF-5120 but i cant find any informations about it... do you know anything?

greetings from thessaloniki...

[bucket34]

Hi Thomas, thanks you for your videos once again. I was wondering if you could do another video on the double bass talking about and playing with the bow? I am thinking about taking up double bass, but mainly to play with the bow, and I am very interested to hear you talk a bit more about the bow, and show some of what you can do with the bow.

Cheers.

[MarloweDK]

@bucket34 I dont think you want me teaching you the bow;-) There are actually some great lessons here on youtube from classical players (they got that shit down)

[bucket34]

@MarloweDK Yeah there are some great lessons on here that I have been looking at. I am just interested in seeing your progression though, as you have recently started, and I'd like to know what level you are at after this length of time. I have a recording coming up in March that I could add a double bass part in to, but I'm not sure what level I'd be at in 4-5 months time. Only simple parts with a bow, but just to get that sound is what I'm after. Anyway, thanks again!

[MarloweDK]

@bucket34 You should post this question to a double bass video. Anyway, it all depends on how much you practice, ive generally practice 1 hour doublebass per day, and now ive played for 6 months.

[jhosejhose]

Thank you! Is that a real Höfner?



[MarloweDK]

@jhosejhose No its a "copy" by Jay Turser

[MellowDeFretwell]

Thank you so much Marlowe! I'm starting on triads today!