 So what's up guys, welcome to another episode of Bass Lady Quick One. Today I want to talk about passing notes. You know there is no big deal about passing notes. In some of my best teaching lessons, I've been talking about how to add passing notes to the main chord progression you are going. Now passing notes simply means notes that surround the main chord progression you are playing to any song. Okay that is what passing note is. Did you get that? Now note that surround the main chord progression you are playing. It can be funk, groove. It can be reggae song, it can be praise song, it can be worship song. It surrounds the main chord progression you are actually going to play on that song. They are just, they are by the side, the corner, they are just waiting. Now this is a typical example of what I mean. I'm going to use the groove I just finished playing to explain the passing note to you. The groove is on key D and the progression of the groove is... That is the key progression of that groove. The progression of that groove I've created is one, four, two, five, one. Now the passing notes are not far from the main chord progression you are playing to. You're playing. They are not far. They are still the notes of the D major scale. The progression of the groove is brought out from the D major scale. And my first progression is one. My second progression is four. My third progression is two. And my fourth progression is five. Then back to my one. That is it. So I'm doing D, one, three, two. Now I've noticed that I add in passing notes. Now the same, the passing note is still the note of the D major scale. You know, those notes I did not touch, that is what I'm using to serve as passing notes to the main, main chord progression I'm playing. Okay? So on my one, I can do this going to my one. I can do seven, one, three, seven is my passing notes to my one, three is my passing notes to my four, one is my passing notes to my two, or I can do flat two to my two. Then I'm going to my five. I can do four, five, or I can do flat five, five. So when you play to any song you come across, you should ease off. Like you should be free to just take some move, take some, yeah, take some move to the chord progression you're going, you know, it's simple to create passing notes. Your targeted chord progression, what am I going to do? Going to this chord progression, what am I going to, now you think of those things as you play. Oh, I'm going to four. Three is always close to my four. You know, now if I want to start to add more colors to the groove, what do I look out for? I look out for those passing notes that are closer to the progression I'm going, does it? So I'm playing the groove again, let me add those passing notes that are closer to each of the chord progression I'm going to, I will play. My first chord progression is one, so I'm going to my one, I can do this, I'm going to my four, I can do, I'm going to my two, I can do, I'm going to my five, I can do, that's it. So let's go again. See, how colorful this is sounding, that is it, that is everything about passing notes. So you won't just be doing them and you are afraid passing notes always break the stiffness in you. Like it's, it's want to make you to enjoy what you're doing on the bass guitar. Yes, that is what passing note is. They are not the one who help you to express yourself on the bass, playing music generally. Then for you to just be, okay, try something. They give you access to express yourself. They give you confidence to just enjoy what you're doing. That is passing notes, okay? So I'm grooving to that funk beat, I'm doing this. Now with the ghost note accompanying those passing notes, that makes it sound so lovely and wonderful, okay? Now you'll feel your groove with the ghost notes accompanying those passing notes. Now you're hearing this. Okay so that's the passing note I'm talking about. So easy to achieve, okay? It sounds better that way than you just blocking your notes one after the other. Basically this is passing notes for you. So any genre of song you find yourself, any song you want to play, try as much as possible to make use of passing notes. They help you sound more mature on the bass and they help you sound more fuller. They help you to express yourself. They help you to tell the world you know what you're doing on the bass. So that's passing notes. So I believe henceforth you will begin to add colors to your playing. You will begin to apply passing notes to your playing, okay? Any song you come across express yourself making use of passing notes. First of all what you should look out for, any song you come across, look out for the key. Immediately you've gotten your key, look out for the progression. What is the body of the song? The progression is the pillar. So look out for the pillar of the song. Just like what we did on the groove is just your one, okay? My first progression is one, second progression is four, you're going to two, you're going to five. This is the pillar. Immediately you've gotten your progression. Start thinking of how to color the progression. Start thinking of how to add passing notes in between the chord changes, because everything I did here was to add passing notes in between the chord changes. And the passing notes are not too far from themselves, from the chord, from the main chord progression you're going. The passing notes are not too far. So I'm going to my one, I'm going to my four, I'm going to my two, I'm going to my fifth, my five I did. That is it. And I can also think of passing notes of descending, like descending format, because what I was doing is like high sending. So I can also think of how to just kind of invert it the other way around, you know. So I'm going to my one, I can do. What is it? I think I enjoyed this. The descending kind of reading, I'm, I'm bringing out. I think I enjoyed that. Five, four, three, two, six, five, okay. Don't forget to include those ghost notes underneath, you know, to accompany the whole groove, you know, to make the groove come alive, to make the groove, your notes, your movement sounds lovely. Okay. So this is everything I want to show you about passing notes. Hope you enjoy this lesson. And also guys, if you're new to this channel, do not forget to hit that subscribe button before you leave. Do not forget to turn on the notification there. You know, I upload videos every week. Okay. You cannot afford to miss any, any, you know, yeah. Hit the subscribe button and stay tuned. 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