Bass In 60 Seconds : Arpeggios

[mattehISme]

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[cuc333]

Great lesson! I have only one question about it.

What is the diffrence between minor third and "standard" third?

Thank you

[SpawnofHastur]

@cuc333 A major third is 4 semitones. A minor third is 3 semitones.

A minor third is the third note of the minor scale, OR, the third note of the major scale that's been flattened one semitone.

[Destruction3402]

Those arpeggios sounds awesome to tap/hammer-on.

The minor is a bit hard to pull of fast, but I guess with a bit of practicing I will increase my speed.

[buddybeaver]

Ive really gotten alot out of your lessons. what type of bass are you using?

[CoolBear777]

@buddybeaver That's a cheapie Carlo Robelli from Sam Ash! I like the tone of it. I got it from a student of mine. One of my treasures.

[garmot17]

i cant do the bar using my pinkieeeeeeee :(

[CoolBear777]

@garmot17 Work that pinkie! LOL

[METALLMAN1000]

Hey man can you break down the concept of an Arpegio, its confusion me and im play scales like dorian , and all a bunch of others... so if you can please tell how to play arpegios and how to start with them that would be awsome

[CoolBear777]

@METALLMAN1000 An arpeggio is a chord or set of scale tone intervals played one at a time. Start with the root of a scale. Skip every other and you've got an arpeggio. That's the simplified explanation. It can get pretty hairy! LOL

[METALLMAN1000]

@CoolBear777 thnks man your the coolest cat in town bro awesome

[jstraiton66]

I really get a lot out of your lessons so thanks for posting them. Your videos got me fired up to learn the arpeggios, no small task. I have a question, if I'm playing a I-ii-IV-vi progression should I use the major arpeggio for the 1st& 4th and the minor arpeggio for the 2nd & 6th? Is that how aprpeggios should be applied?

[CoolBear777]

@jstraiton66 Absolutely correct! That is one way to do it. My playing is a mix of linear, static, and arpeggio. Notes are going in all directions. I have fun that way. Breaks things up a bit. :) Thank you for watching! Take care.

[flearis]

Hellow Joe,

Thanks for your lesson! I just started learning arpeggio's and I was wondering why you should know how to play them? What is the purpose?

[CoolBear777]

@flearis Thank you for watching! I use arpeggios to break up linear playing. I think you get a better feel for the chords of the song when you play this way. It's not the only way, just another way.

[drummerguy1888]

Who cares how he pronounces it, at give him some respect for teaching people like myself vital information to get better at my instrument.. Thank you Joe

[CoolBear777]

@drummerguy1888 Thanks, man!

[SteveArpo]

All the best Joe - and thanks!

[emonb0077]

hey bro.. i just started to practice scales ... can you tell me what Arpeggios are use for ?

[neothomist1275]

"can you tell me what Arpeggios are use for?"

Arpeggios outline chords. An applied arpeggio can be the simple bassline of a song such as "16 Candles" or a more sophisticated walking bassline in jazz.

Even if a bassist is mostly staying on the root of a chord, he should still know the other notes in that chord.

[CoolBear777]

@emonb0077 I use them as a way of coming up with interesting bass lines. I try not to let my lines become to "scalar". I don't want them to sound like I've digested the scale manual. I mix them up with whatever the rhythm happens to be. Thanks for watching!

[CoolBear777]

No such thing as perfect. I like that. Keeps the drive going. If things were perfect, where do we go from there? LOL

[CoolBear777]

Thank you. Keep at it. Repetition is the mother of skill. All the best!

[DanyNicola]

AARGH DAMN THE "I" IN ARPEGGIO IS SILENT!

-An Italian bassist

[CoolBear777]

So what you're saying is that it should be pronounced : arrrpezzho? I want to pronounce it correctly. I don't like to do things wrong. Please help me

[DanyNicola]

Arp-eh-joe

[CoolBear777]

Hello, Dany! I can still hear the "I" when I say "joe". There is almost no avoiding it. If I say it fast enough it kind of goes away. I'll do better. :)

[DanyNicola]

Good :D sorry for being annoying

[bigblue1212009]

Ummm it's pronounced with the "I" you want that

Ar-pej-io

(At least that's how I've heard it EVERYWHERE I've ever been to for clinics, etc. ESPECIALLY in the classical music world for Sax)

[heyimhobo]

ma questi mica sanno parlare in italiano. sono americani no? Che t'aspettavi un miracolo?

[DanyNicola]

M'aspettavo un minimo di attenzione nella pronuncia di un vocabolo straniero...soprattutto se questo vocabolo rientra in una mia attività/professione... questo qui si spaccia per musicista e sicuramente non è nemmeno malaccio, ma almeno la cortesia di pronunciare correttamente una parola così frequente in musica! Non è tanto difficile

[heyimhobo]

purtroppo quasi (se non tutti) i musicisti non italiani la pronunciano come gli americani cioe con l enfasi sulla i dato che sono noti per la loro abilita di contorcere una lingua per il loro piacimento!

[darzak]

Joe... May I ask, what can I do with theese Arpeggios? and why are they so special?

[SpawnofHastur]

I use them as the basis of my solos and basslines in a jazz context.

Because they're chord tones, you can move to pretty much any note in an arpeggio to resolve a dissonant sound.

By adding in colour tones that aren't in the arpeggio by ear and feel (I don't really do much with scales) I can get pretty much any style or feel I want while always being able to resolve to a nice sound.

I more or less ignore scales in favour of arpeggios and experience from playing over chords. But that's just me

[CoolBear777]

Very well said. I agree to a point. I play fragments of scales so as not to sound "linear" or machine-like. I like to outline all of the tones in a key - even some that are a bit outside. Arpeggios are a great tool to cover a lot of ground on the fretboard and to make use of the instrument's unique colors.

[nemakur]

easy but very helpful

[vampirezm]

thx man all your videos help though i have trouble with the finger independence exersice lol

[k3v1n4t0r]

thanks a lot coolbear777 for your vids are really heplful :D

[CoolBear777]

I'm so glad I can help. Makes me feel good. Take care.

[mlbassguitarist]

ur videos really help thx

[CoolBear777]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[BoyBetterBox]

your the man coolbear, thanks for teaching me bass

[CoolBear777]

Thank you so much! Take care.

[dkmandk]

gay

[CoolBear777]

Is it my shirt?

[NovyDT]

He just is too small to play arpeggios ;) you have nice shirt :)

[letterbekmen]

what kinda bass do U have?

[CoolBear777]

That one there is a Carlo Robelli cheapie that I got for $100. I think it sounds pretty good. My new vids will have my Ibanez Jazz copy. Later on...

[0redthunder0]

I think its amazing how you can make such a "cheapish" bass (if you get me!) Sound so clean and good!

[Muffinz525]

fuck u jerk

[CoolBear777]

What's with you?

[Muffinz525]

LOL sorry it wasnt ment to you, Coolbear777. It was ment to dkmandk. Sorry :)

[CoolBear777]

My apologies! Didn't mean to get so defensive.