The only 5 scales you'll EVER need to learn

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  • @emanuelvalencia92
    @emanuelvalencia92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    one of the multiple personalities of the guy from split teaching us how to play bass

    • @808Mark
      @808Mark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @GromloSlomlo
      @GromloSlomlo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This comment slaps

    • @dannydirt5D
      @dannydirt5D 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @outcognito_2398
      @outcognito_2398 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Are you scales making sense?? Etcetera??”🤣🤣🤣

    • @aurelioig
      @aurelioig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Felipera_
    @Felipera_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1106

    Here is a quick cheat sheet for those coming back to the video to learn/memorize one of the scales:
    0:27 - 0 - The Fallopian Flat Niners
    3:37 - 1 - The Diatonic Major Scale
    8:25 - 2 - The Diminished Scale
    9:36 - 3 - The Harmonic Minor Scale
    10:55 - 4 - The Melodic Minor Scale
    12:00 - 5 - The Whole Tone Scale

  • @jeffworden531
    @jeffworden531 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Alright folks. Scott has explained the glove before. It is because he has a disorder known as focal dystonia, in which the neural network begins to mesh together and causes involuntary contractions of a muscle or group of muscles. Scott wears the gloves as a remedy. In my mind, it is amazing he is such a good bassist, despite the disorder. My wife has it too, along with MS. It can be really debilitating. Thanks for the inspiration Scott, as well as the fun instruction. Keep shedding! I will def check out the fallopian flat nine. ha ha!

  • @tobygouche6243
    @tobygouche6243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Played bass a lot in my youth - then life began (university, career, wife, kids the whole deal) 30 years later - thanks for giving me the confidence to pick it up again.

    • @caloidoideo
      @caloidoideo ปีที่แล้ว

      same here (just 20 years instead 30 but same spirit ;) hope you did it!

    • @omagodosgraves
      @omagodosgraves ปีที่แล้ว

      How are you nowadays

  • @jgarzo
    @jgarzo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    I’m trying to learn how TO PLAY THE BASS ANS I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THIS GUY IS TALKING ABOUT. all I know is that he was in New York days before.

    • @kanahasegawa5072
      @kanahasegawa5072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      jose garcia start somewhere more basic like chromatic scale or major scale its like the do re mi shit

    • @amaliajonsdottir7481
      @amaliajonsdottir7481 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Oh yeah, bookmark the video, go back and check every week. you'll find that you understand more and more every time, it's quite fun. Good luck with your bass playing!

    • @kerdum
      @kerdum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Start learning Primus right away. That's how i started. Been playing for 25 years.

    • @raincloud5259
      @raincloud5259 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      😂😂 glad I'm not only one who get the feels haahha

    • @vincent080888
      @vincent080888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This isn't very beginner. Keep searching for something that works for you. Scott is a legend though so keep this video and it will blow your mind in a few weeks/months/years. May you be blessed with the patience of a monk.

  • @wreckoningday
    @wreckoningday 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very important lesson here! I was fortunate enough to study w Dave LaRue for a while and he showed me this EXACT same lesson. The 3 positions of the major scale changed a lot and opened up a world of freedom for me. This makes me want to play. Great lesson Scott!

  • @scottpensack2272
    @scottpensack2272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Scott, you are awesome! Been teaching guitar and bass for years....I'm an old goat......I tell my students very much the same thing, Plus I always say, there are no rules.....if you like a note that's not in the scale, and you like it.........PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much....you have a gift and a light about you.....keep on making those videos!

  • @tylerwalker5055
    @tylerwalker5055 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm a drummer looking to dabble in bass as a way to understand my primary counterpart in the rythm section. You are absolutely incredible and very knowledgeable. Thank you. My god bro well done

    • @Utkarsh_A
      @Utkarsh_A ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I too am a drummer who started to play bass about 6 months ago. You will be blown away by how you will find some thing soooo easy to understand on a bass because of your prior knowledge about rhythm. Another interesting thing was that so many of the songs that I jammed to on drums, I now realize how much I was subconsciously listening to the bass line and if I try (emphasis on try) to jam to those same songs on the bass, my brain kinda knows where to go, I don't have to the technical skills to get there yet. But interesting nonetheless

  • @SzymonRochSeroka
    @SzymonRochSeroka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    after 5 minutes of listening I have enough things to practice for a month... Scott you're a genious :)

  • @alexanderjosephross
    @alexanderjosephross 7 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    The five scales:
    Diatonic major
    Diminished
    Harmonic minor
    Melodic minor
    Whole tone

    • @jpbuxade843
      @jpbuxade843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Alex Parer Spoilers dude!

    • @h80np39
      @h80np39 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Alex Parer aaaand no need to learn the natural minor scale. seriously.

    • @PondScumRecords1994
      @PondScumRecords1994 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Aeolian is natural minor. That's covered in the Diatonic Major. Start wherever you want it's all the same pattern.

    • @Methar39
      @Methar39 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ever heard of altered scale ?

    • @JimmyDSausDE
      @JimmyDSausDE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the natural minor scale is the aeolian mode of the major scale which he includes in the video..

  • @figeon
    @figeon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    Seriously?? No Dyxflargian quarter-augminished B# mode scale???

    • @MediHusky
      @MediHusky 7 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      *a u g m i n i s h e d*

    • @swissarmyknight4306
      @swissarmyknight4306 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      D I G M E N T E D

    • @settratheimperishable4093
      @settratheimperishable4093 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      And the bauhoopian florp scale is also really nice if you combine it with the drooshed d scale

    • @wckdtrb
      @wckdtrb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      With an augmented Pi and a diminished ego?

    • @turnipsociety706
      @turnipsociety706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      in 8-tone temperament, it's actually equivalent to a califragilian polish manor 3 sharp; quite practical really when jammasturbating

  • @fleshTH
    @fleshTH 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy crap... That 1st tip just blew my mind. Playing the major with all fingers.... That has got to be the best thing i've ever heard.

  • @Pensivata
    @Pensivata 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Actually, this is not what I was taught when I had to suddenly switch from playing R&B to Jazz - to fill the shoes of the bass player who had left town. "Its not too difficult to hang with the jazz changes" I was told "you only have to learn the following 5 scales and then you can play practically any jazz standard. Thus I was told, in order of frequency of use, to learn;
    Diatonic major (Cmaj7)
    Dominant minor (Cm7 - i.e. natural 6, flat 7)
    Dominant Major (C7 i.e. major 3, flat 7)
    Cm7b5
    C7b9 (Dominant Diminished) i.e. the dominant scale starting with a half step?
    ..and then the whole tone (ok, so that's six scales)
    But it seems from Scott's video, that some of the above are "just modes" - so I don't know if when, all those years ago, I've been learning scales in the wrong priority.
    However, in terms of "surviving the gig" - they got me through fine, and I even grew over time (at least in terms of proficiency within those scales) - and perhaps some overall musicality, I'd like to think.
    But what I'd like to really know is - what is wrong with above the approach?. Even after all this time, I am still completely baffled as to which scales are the most useful.

  • @nathanhercules7108
    @nathanhercules7108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m a drummer who’s trying to learn the bass just for something new so I got super hyped when I saw Siros Vaziri in the background

  • @Sindig0
    @Sindig0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    6:30 - My brain just made an audible 'click' noise. This is exactly why I've been stuck on the applications of the major scale for what seems like an age. Now to rush home from work and get some shedding done.

  • @nervdamage4532
    @nervdamage4532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so satisfying to see how little clearance your head next to those support beams as you walk around. any taller and youd be bonking all day.

  • @PEACE-nu4wj
    @PEACE-nu4wj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your teaching on scales is amazing! Yes I used to be very disciplined in my younger years practising my scales up and down the fretboard. However although my little fingers were agile enough and someone once described me as having fingers like a demented spider! I was only young and kind of missed the point. Now I am little older I have calmed down, and I cringe thinking back. But yes scales are so important and it really is something I want to learn and to brush up on. I am very familiar with major and minor scales, and some things, but I am keen to learn more. Just to loosen me up a little. Not so I can play all the notes, but so I am more confident and not just left hanging when I am trying to figure something out. Something I learned young was a very wise musician taught me that the notes you don't play are just as important as the ones you don't. I love these bass lessons, Scott is an awesome bass player and teacher. He's teaching basic musical principles, or things you would learn on any musical instrument be it piano, violin or whatever. This is bass line stuff-no pun intended of course LOL !

  • @steviedebarge77
    @steviedebarge77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Scott is the absolute greatest teacher ever!!! I play for a living and turn to Scott often

  • @charliefoxtrotthe3rd335
    @charliefoxtrotthe3rd335 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I got super frustrated with this subject and told my teacher I am done. In desperation, he said forget all that crap and learn this: The minor and major pentatonic scales for each key. That is it. So I did. When I am in E, I know which scales are in minor and major. Same with A or C or any of them. Once I had that down cold, *THEN* we began to slowly pour more stuff on top. When I would get stumped, he would stop, back up and just keep going over what I did know, adding a few twist to the basics. I tell you, that is not a bad way to go. Sure, it may take a little longer, but what does that matter?

    • @979Andy
      @979Andy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s interesting. You should make some videos and teach them how you were taught.

    • @tonexv
      @tonexv 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly my thoughts! Just nail down the pentatonic scales and you'll be good.

    • @eyeofbass
      @eyeofbass 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Spot-on. You have the proper mindset and attitude. You’re also fortunate to have a teacher that senses how to teach.

    • @pcartisan2721
      @pcartisan2721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd - obviously Scott is stepping in to a level above where you are currently at. When I first started, I had The Who and Kiss for inspiration. I pressed and plucked the strings as I listened to a song (on a cassette tape or album), one small segment or step at a time.
      I learned by ear.
      Instructors are Great, but I never had the money to pay for one.
      So, as Scott has said before, Practice Actual Songs.
      For me, understanding the Nashville Number system and how it applies to the major key was a major step in my knowledge.
      This video just takes all of the possible variations of scales and simplifies it to make it easier. Oh sure, the major scale is where everyone should start, but Go Have Fun and rock out to something easy like AC/DC’s Hells Bells. Or, another song you like that is mostly root notes. If you don’t have a sense of accomplishment one in awhile, all the scale study in the world is going to make you want to quit.
      Cheers. And HAVE FUN!

  • @LunchboxDOTinc
    @LunchboxDOTinc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    i lost it at fallopian flat nine.... you can end the video there, nothing can beat that.... i'm done!

    • @TheMrAshley2010
      @TheMrAshley2010 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +

    • @AlexoGable
      @AlexoGable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Right!? Hahah... Just remember in a pinch, G sus Saves! Can I get an
      A-men(or Scale)!!?? Yeah bad music puns on my part hah.
      I'm sure there's some even worse music pun to throw in with "Sin" Waves, as far as music / Sound theory goes,... G Sus & the Tones of Atonement!!!

    • @agropsychonaut
      @agropsychonaut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A Fallopian flat nine is the same as a Kevorkian Flat-Line

    • @AlexoGable
      @AlexoGable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude, I'm dieing laughing, Seriously No pun intended Hah

    • @kickassguitars3011
      @kickassguitars3011 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      AAAAAhhhhhh!!!!

  • @peixecobain
    @peixecobain 7 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Starts at 2:40

  • @flyingisland7583
    @flyingisland7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I started playing bass 15 years ago I bought the only bass lesson book in my city music stores. Recommended by a seller. 50 pages about how to create a bass line, based on 20 pages of music theory, the rest a few partitions of the tracks and backing tracks from the cd included in the book. ALL THIS SCALES THEORY was so well explained in only 4 pages. I still have this book. My only bass book

  • @MrDarcyman
    @MrDarcyman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the whole tone is in the octatonic scale as well. I like to think of octatonic as oscillating between the whole tone scales, almost making its unrooted vibe even more destructive and awesome than the normal whole tone. Both are great and so much fun to throw into songs.

  • @marcellusstrykegl3936
    @marcellusstrykegl3936 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never too old to learn something new. Many thanks.
    From a thankful Yank.

  • @LunchboxDOTinc
    @LunchboxDOTinc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    my god man, the idea of a major from the 3 finger starting points just blew my faceballs, right off, i've played for 23 years, and professionally for the last 18, i'd consider myself an accomplished bassist, but have never sat down and learnt all the modes and all, i'm what i've always thought of, and explained myself as a "Shapes" player. No matter what i'm playing at any given time i think about "shapes" where my walks and riffs go is based on shapes that work within the given scale, i won't necessarily be actively thinking about what scale or key, but rather which particular notes fit within what needs to be played, and the positions they fall into, and thus the shapes that i have at my disposal to play with....
    learning each and every mode and scale has always been tedious for me, i've spent my time there, i've learnt all there is, but i've never been able to absorb the information too well, but the idea of learrning say the major scale from 3 starting points, resounds strongly with me... fits in with my "shapes" ideology, and best of all it's simple, makes sense, and is extremely easy to comprehend....
    i've been watching your youtube clips for quite a while now, but i'll be if i'm not going to sign up to the academy just for introducing me to that mindset!! brilliant!

    • @paultraynorbsc627
      @paultraynorbsc627 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LunchboxDOTinc excellent comment's cheers

    • @Sindig0
      @Sindig0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just left a comment saying, basically the same thing. This is such a great piece of advice. And I'm stuck at work with no bass near me!!!

    • @LunchboxDOTinc
      @LunchboxDOTinc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      haha i immediately grabbed mine and even in hand, it just makes so much sense...

    • @Sindig0
      @Sindig0 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roll on 5 o'clock. :)

    • @xlaythe
      @xlaythe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm sorry to be rude, but I have no idea how you could have been playing bass for 23 years without having explored this concept.

  • @HillBassplayer
    @HillBassplayer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Scott, like most teachers, you talk more than you teach. Cofusing, and I've been playing for 30yrs....I can't imagine how a beginner feels.

  • @hansjurgengempp381
    @hansjurgengempp381 7 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    i like your videos, but.......(for the first 2 minutes)
    you explain everything very well, play a short lick with the scale you are talking about, and then wooooooow - you accelerate to speed ​​of light, so that young bassplayer like me (58) suddenly get the feeling that it is better to put the bassguitar into the oven to have a nice and warm winter-evening instead of playing bassguitar.

    • @MattTheLizard
      @MattTheLizard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You just described his paid lessons, perfectly.

    • @chironjo
      @chironjo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's freaking hilarious. Lmao

    • @alixfaghel616
      @alixfaghel616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He shows the scales. The rest is practice, practice, practice by yourself.

    • @richartsguido8714
      @richartsguido8714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you know, there is a "pause" button on youtube? ;-)

    • @fraggan753
      @fraggan753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you can also lower the speed in the video options

  • @vincentm614
    @vincentm614 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find Scotts bass lessons easily understandable and he bridges the gap between what a begginer can grasp to more advanced playing. His site helped me umderstand the diatonic chords in the major scale and that alone opened up alot regarding how chords work. I can now play a song and have an idea what type of chord to play based on scale degree. It does not seem hard at all but then again Ive been playing a long time. Lol

  • @paoarceo
    @paoarceo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You should do a whole session on that Fallopian flat 9

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The bass player in The Tubes uses it .......

  • @AKLowEnd
    @AKLowEnd 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another home run lesson! Just watched it twice. Probably come back and watch it some more. lol BASS ALL DAY!!! Thnx again Scott!

  • @Mr.M1STER
    @Mr.M1STER 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I was learning bass back in the day my teacher told me one day "oh the scales are important, here they are" and he handed me a sheet of scales to learn. I had no interest in them at the time because I was young and all I wanted to do was learn songs. I wish I had really learned the scales well and I could play anything now if I did. I can play songs now no problem but I would struggle if I had to improvise over a piece of music or if I was asked to play a song in a different key.

    • @gohjohan
      @gohjohan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Playing the song in a different key is easy because the scale is movable. So you will be playing the same stuff over different frets. Yeah, I can't improvise too. I just play around the root notes when asked to improvise.

  • @orbz9401
    @orbz9401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your insight Scott!

  • @ocayaro
    @ocayaro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Play the video at x0.5 speed. Then Scott sounds drunk but you learn more because at x1 he moves too fast.

    • @Sindig0
      @Sindig0 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      good tip and yeah, he sounds like me on a late friday shed session :)

    • @siblingspeter1409
      @siblingspeter1409 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      how is this done?

    • @SomeDude.1117
      @SomeDude.1117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@siblingspeter1409 In the video window, go to Settings > Speed > 0.5.

    • @danteuccello9550
      @danteuccello9550 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maaan

    • @renewabean7168
      @renewabean7168 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brilliant. I'm in tears !

  • @dickeyblues3011
    @dickeyblues3011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man you sound just like Jaco. very impressive and a great teacher!!!!!

  • @NoChrReq
    @NoChrReq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    skip to 3:30

  • @zombiesateourchannel
    @zombiesateourchannel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not a bass player. I just love listening to him moving around notes to place focus on some ideas.

  • @Mr.HYd3
    @Mr.HYd3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I see you fell in love with nylon strings, are they so great? What's the brand?

    • @lejganzn
      @lejganzn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      i want to know too :(

  • @Dobro_Sha
    @Dobro_Sha 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing your love with us! Big ups from Poland. GR8

  • @zarlodious1
    @zarlodious1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    You are truly an awesome guy, thanks for the laughs and the knowledge.

  • @ericbrock5957
    @ericbrock5957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit!!! Playing for 20+ years learning the same scale in 3 positions... doing it just blew my fucking mind open.. dam sir!!! THANKYOU!!
    What a tip!!!

  • @DJVoyagerXue
    @DJVoyagerXue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    OMG it is Moby and Michael Stipe ;)

  • @conallm
    @conallm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been playing electric bass for nearly 20 years... albeit badly, Literally a mahoosive Eureka moment at 5:57. Thanks for the guidance.

  • @fvcostanzo
    @fvcostanzo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The "fallopian flat 9!" LOL! :-D

  • @sleepanddestroy
    @sleepanddestroy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're actually teaching me how to play guitar. I was getting so frustrated but then I started watching this and it broke everything down for me four strings at a time

  • @idwtpmn6850
    @idwtpmn6850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    fallopian flat 9? what?

    • @mrwonderwaffles6634
      @mrwonderwaffles6634 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      ミハイル・エリック・ ニコデマス 'weebs suck' yeah its kinda like falafel sharp four, if you understand

    • @Stian9Tutorials
      @Stian9Tutorials 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I prefer the keborian half-sharp second as a substitute tbh

    • @owdpotter7597
      @owdpotter7597 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Too technical. It's felatio 69 every time for me.

    • @The25thBusShow
      @The25thBusShow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      69 is only good in felatio anyway

    • @idwtpmn6850
      @idwtpmn6850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      this got sexual all of a sudden...

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a very cool looking place there, good job!
    Great training for us too. Thank you so much, sir.

  • @andrewsmith2880
    @andrewsmith2880 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    What I find frustrating about theory: TOO MANY OPTIONS. Literally, every lesson, video, book etc. gives WAY too many ways to do every damn thing. I've been trying to find a way to learn theory without 8 different ways to do everything. Options are useful once you know what you're doing, but it all just ends up sounding like noise. "You can do it this way or you can do it that way and this way is just a modified version of that way." After banging my head against the wall learning the difference between a diminished minor and a phyerexian nigel I toss it all aside and just play. If there was a "simple" way to learn theory, I think I'd have found it by now, but I certainly haven't. I pick up bits and pieces here and there, but I find it cumbersome and hard to stick with for very long.

    • @MrAero164
      @MrAero164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Get the Hal Leonard bass method the complete edition. 🙂

    • @AP-bf9pe
      @AP-bf9pe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best comment here

    • @ThatGuy-y2c
      @ThatGuy-y2c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Unpopular opinion: Music theory is for academics and TH-camrs. Not to dismiss anyone or their area of expertise, but think about it. The Beatles didn’t spend a ton of time learning this stuff. Neither did Nirvana. If you want to learn theory, do it- but by all accounts it’s not much fun. Theory people turn the mystery and beauty of music into so many building blocks to be assembled, disassembled and endlessly analyzed. Music is an art, not a science, but music theory texts are compiled by people who study music rather than creating it. Also, it’s a good to remember that Music Theory is heavily biased towards western music; half-step, whole-step, major scale, etc. Indian music (for example) contains microtones between all of the western notes, and rhythms that don’t line up with “proper” theory, which strives to “educate” you on how music “ought” to sound, and what is “correct.” It’s all nonsense outside of the context of western music.
      If you have a feel for music, you have it. If not, no amount of memorizing scales will imbue you with that.

    • @johnshanebass
      @johnshanebass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ThatGuy-y2c The bands you cite (Beatles, Nirvana) were playing relatively simple music. You don't need much theory to play 4 chord songs. But, if you want to play complex music (jazz, classical, Zappa, etc..),....then the theory becomes very helpful.

    • @ThatGuy-y2c
      @ThatGuy-y2c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Foothilla No doubt. Simple music sells better always. Then again, I would challenge you to learn one of McCartney’s “relatively simple” bass lines before dismissing the Beatles. “Daytripper” or “Rain” should suffice.

  • @GregsBassShed
    @GregsBassShed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good lesson. These basics go a long way as a foundation for bass playing.

  • @pauliejay4161
    @pauliejay4161 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    OK, five scale:
    Diabolical Major
    Demolished
    Harmonica Minor
    Melodica Minor
    Halter Top
    OK, I'm set!

  • @marchogan4434
    @marchogan4434 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another way to think of the Melodic Minor scale is... it is a Major scale with a minor 3rd. Thanks Scott for these great videos

  • @wallyflint
    @wallyflint 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Scott: thanks for all of your wonderful videos!
    But there's one part that I didn't understand at all. At 6:09 you explain how you can cover the entire neck by using just those three fingerings. So you start with the first finger, then you go into the little finger position. But your little finger is not fretting the tonic C at that point. Instead it is fretting the note A at the 7th fret of the D string. And the subsequent little finger pattern that you play is not the same as the pattern you showed us earlier when you started with the little finger fretting the note C at the 8th fret of the E string.
    So I figure I must not be understanding something here, but I don't know what it is. Can somebody help me out?

    • @ayeupmeduck2
      @ayeupmeduck2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think his point was that if you are playing c maj and you get to the c on the 5th fret you can start again with the second finger position so c on 5th feet of 4th string then d on 7th and e on 9th. At that point you move to f on the 10th then you csn shift into the first finger pattern but pickup from the f do the fourth note then it f on the 10th g on the 12 th and a on the 14th. He’s just using different elements of each pattern in one scale. It’s not clear. He did rush that tbh.

    • @richardlavallee9106
      @richardlavallee9106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree. He goes way too fast. Nowhere can I find a diagram for starting with the first finger.

  • @greatkingrat
    @greatkingrat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have learnt my scales but I have never learnt the same scale using different finger positions. Brilliant!

  • @redgeoblaze3752
    @redgeoblaze3752 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    8 Minutes in the video
    "And the second scale type is . . ."

  • @karlaart6971
    @karlaart6971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Professor X

  • @paulbaeb8335
    @paulbaeb8335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you I’m a 55 year old beginner my biggest struggle is finding lessons in order so I can advance properly plus I’m really bad with computer would like to stay in touch

  • @Ebotronix
    @Ebotronix 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Scott!
    the melodic minor scale is a scale that was different up and down,
    up is c,d Eb,f g, a, b , c
    down is c ,Bb, Ab,g,f ,Eb,d, c.

  • @squidink2297
    @squidink2297 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    VERY NICE VIDEO SCOTT. YOU KINDA LOOK LIKE A MIME WITH THAT SHIRT AND GLOVES PLAYING BASS ON HIS BREAKTIME AND ITS AWESOME 😜😊

  • @jimbartlett1333
    @jimbartlett1333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent instructor! Inspirational demonstration! Clear and precise!

  • @Slaytounge
    @Slaytounge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still haven't seen a comment saying how he looks like he'd be James McAvoy's older brother.

  • @irvinggonzalez575
    @irvinggonzalez575 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that custom shop p bass. My favorite of all your basses

  • @Breylin5
    @Breylin5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you do a video next on the finger placing

  • @paulsmith6090
    @paulsmith6090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I signed up to do the fretboard challenge - have to say, by week 3 I'd made months of progress and felt so much more confident on bass. Scot is a world class teacher but ultimately - you got to do the work! So get off the fence, sign up, pick a course (I suggest the fretboard challenge to all beginner and intermediate players - it's high paced and high level, and you learn so so much!) .. and go for it! Or lose more time on TH-cam 👍

  • @sebastiansantana8299
    @sebastiansantana8299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    A pair of Johnny Sins are teaching me to slap the bASS. lmao

  • @Kenyaprince
    @Kenyaprince 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As I was corrected a while back, Oriental is furniture, Asian is a cultural reference. But keep up the good work. Learning a lot from your videos.

    • @NoQualmsTheArtist
      @NoQualmsTheArtist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mukarusa nya actually The Orient includes countries and regions like Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Asia is a much larger continent which also includes places like India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet and Nepal.

  • @markem9415
    @markem9415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Myxomatosis scale is way underrated.

  • @briancarter1897
    @briancarter1897 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great sense of humor adding to the lessons, love it!

  • @DailyDoseOfJulia
    @DailyDoseOfJulia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Scott’s out here teaching us beginners to say Radiohead songs and female anatomy as scales and I’m here for it

  • @bmwolfe2786
    @bmwolfe2786 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Duuuudeee, I've been using that fallopian scale joke since highschool!!! I never ever heard someone else say it, this is awesome!!! Scott you rule.

  • @collink7145
    @collink7145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    12:40 every time Link opens a chest in Ocarina of Time

  • @marawells969
    @marawells969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s all patterns for sure. I used the major scale heavily to master the chromatic harmonica. I realized the different diatonic modes were the same pattern but just starting on a different note in the pattern. For diatonic harmonica, we call the modes “positions”. First position for major, second position, third and fourth positions etc. Same harmonica, same notes just starting the on a different hole. Now I get to do it on a bass.

  • @D10P3T
    @D10P3T 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    ohhshit adam neely

  • @imwalkenhere2748
    @imwalkenhere2748 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Weathered 59’ precision runnin’ tape wounds?
    Oooooh! Just sounds so damn FRESH!

  • @BentConrod
    @BentConrod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm still trying to master the dyslexian scale.

  • @benhoffer5201
    @benhoffer5201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for explaining it in a way I can understand perfectly.

  • @skybluemarshall
    @skybluemarshall 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He failed to mentioned the Egomatic Triptonian Shredolydian Minor scale, but that's because he's a bass player. Every lead guitarist knows that scale.

  • @etkaul7682
    @etkaul7682 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Scott, Thank you for this straightforward video. I hope you and yours are safe and well!

  • @hito6464
    @hito6464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Scott, how do you record the bass sound in your videos, it's so clear and 'on place', are you using separate mic for the cabinet?

    • @HAGOVElRomao
      @HAGOVElRomao 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hitoZ I need to figure this out! I can't see an extra mic and I can see the plug in the amp, so he's not going into a console, must have a great mic and an even greater acoustic

    • @caryjamhouse2620
      @caryjamhouse2620 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Line out from the amp. Switching back and forth from recording from the mic next to him and then when he stops talking and just plays, they are using the direct line from the amp in the video. Would be nice to have a team of techs to help you out haha

  • @videoschiche8367
    @videoschiche8367 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As usual, a very clever way to resume a topic, very clear explanations and good vibes coming from you, Scott! Thanks a lot, you made my day! ;-)

  • @bonarjames-oneill2483
    @bonarjames-oneill2483 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Myxomatosis

  • @KloZo10
    @KloZo10 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're awesome man, greetings from Poland :)

  • @imorokr
    @imorokr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I legit can't tell the difference in what he's playing when he says learn the scale for each finger. It looks like he plays the exact same thing 3 times then changes it and starts moving up and down the neck.

    • @ashmonkey2572
      @ashmonkey2572 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank god im not alone. Have you figured it out by now?

    • @markhardy9149
      @markhardy9149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was playing the scale using 3 different fingering. So using any of those 3 fingers you can start the scale pattern and when you're playing you don't have to stay fixed to one pattern. You can start on one and go to another. That's how you make use of playing anywhere on the bass.

    • @alixfaghel616
      @alixfaghel616 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      right ! SAME NOTES, but PLAYED DIFFERENTLY on the neck

  • @jasonlhidalgo2167
    @jasonlhidalgo2167 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got an american professional p bass on the way. Im 48 years old and have owned tons of basses. Going old school now. I hope it's a good one

  • @Minkah60
    @Minkah60 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Crazy Eyebrow Sync !!! Thanks for Sharing !!

  • @paulmyfinger
    @paulmyfinger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    how many people looked up the Fallopian mode?

    • @kokabel7821
      @kokabel7821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I prefer the "Fallopian Tube" amp.

    • @JanBidwell
      @JanBidwell 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't have to look it up....

    • @hughjass2612
      @hughjass2612 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      god damnit you tricked me

  • @gustavocardoso1712
    @gustavocardoso1712 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    not lost in the world anymore.THANK YOU!

  • @HAGOVElRomao
    @HAGOVElRomao 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    am I the only one wondering what happened to the crazy purple bass giveaway from last week?

    • @2dworlds880
      @2dworlds880 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alguien Asspero He'll usually post a video a few weeks after and near the end choose a winner.

  • @75arce
    @75arce 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good! I'm very happy now! When I play very fast dow and up to the scale, sound is like good a wave!

  • @WizardOfArc
    @WizardOfArc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Billy Sheehan, according to himself, only knows the major scale.

    • @bassmandozer6106
      @bassmandozer6106 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And as far as I'm concerned the best bass player in the world...

    • @santicruz4012
      @santicruz4012 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is an amazing bassist in rock music, but it is not the best in the world considering versatility. Check out Wojtek Pilichowski, now that guy makes Victor Wooten look like a rookie.

    • @fv1005
      @fv1005 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Azi Crawford damn!

    • @danzemacabre8899
      @danzemacabre8899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      when you get to that level,there is no best,it just becomes your personal preference

  • @joelspaulding5964
    @joelspaulding5964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For a moment, thought the bridge photo was a window.
    Great effect.
    Another great vid

  • @MayanPudding
    @MayanPudding 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:52 omg is that some toejam and earl i hear? :D

  • @Hugmir
    @Hugmir 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm quite indebted to you for these videos. I have come back to the instrument after a decade of separation, and your videos are pretty darn helpful with... well, as you say it - taking the things to a next level (even if my level progression is a very modest babystep one).
    Your videos are all the more valuable because of your direct, human approach, without some extra facade of professionalism or sterile and rigid teaching approach. You manage to be the opposite of intimidating, and that really does go a long way.

  • @kokabel7821
    @kokabel7821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Aren't the Ionian, Phrygian, Dorian etc not technically scales, but "modes" of the scale, I've never really called them scales I suppose, just because I think of those being the major minor etc.. and the modes being just modes of the actual scales.

    • @kokabel7821
      @kokabel7821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should listen to the whole video before commenting.
      "Ok, I'll try to in the future"

    • @gialafor
      @gialafor 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Koka Bel Yeah, I agree, but what if we have a modal song, for example written in Dorian? Then the Dorian Scale would be the starting point on the root. Is that a scale or a mode?

    • @kokabel7821
      @kokabel7821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you have a CM Dorian mode of a song using the Dorian mode entirely, to me it is still the C Major scale, just the song is in the D Dorian mode of the C Maj scale. Semantics really is all it is. Mathematically it's kind of like the difference to me between a set and a sequence. Like in Major scales it is WWHWWWH, a mode will be the same pattern depending on where the Root note starts, but it is a set out of the sequence, like going to D Dorian on any major would be WHWWWHW. All the modes always follow the patterns of the scale they are based off of, just shifting the pattern based on the root note, unless I misunderstand something, I tend to be math oriented when thinking about such things I suppose. Nonetheless in the end still semantics I would say, so a silly thing for me to have said to begin with :P.

    • @xlaythe
      @xlaythe 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Koka Bel Are modes always the same pattern of whole and half steps though? If you do D dorian (from CM) it will be WHWWWHW. If you play a B dorian off of an A minor will it still be WHWWWHW (a static pattern) or will it be based off of the notes in your base scale (in this case HWWHWWW)?

    • @kokabel7821
      @kokabel7821 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      the easiest way for me to think of the modes is in a shifting pattern from Major scales CMaj is obv easy especially on Piano (the white notes), but regardless when you change the root note as in your case playing a B Dorian, the mode will progress in a static pattern still based off the pattern of the major scale. So yes, still WHWWWHW..It just helps me to remember pattern and explain easily to think CMaj because:
      W = Whole (Tone) H = Half (Semitone
      C - Ionian W,W,H,W,W,W,H
      D - Dorian Shift front to back 1 W,H,W,W,W,H,W
      E - Phrygian shift one from Dorian H,W,W,W,H,W,W
      F - Lydian 1 from Phrygian WWWHWWH
      G- Mixolydian 1 from Lydian WWHWWHW
      A - Aeolian 1 from Mixo WHWWHWW
      B - Locrian 1 from Aeolian HWWHWWW
      This video is great because really all of these are inconsequential in a way, if you master the scales he mentions because really they are all a mode of a scale. (When you bring in diminished that just tells you to flatten an half-step), but really if you know the Major scales well on your neck and the patterns even then you already can play each mode of one, better to concentrate on the Diatonic than the modes (since they are really just part of the whole).

  • @markusmuller2190
    @markusmuller2190 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best about scales I've ever learned... Thank you this is an useful christmas gift :-)

  • @moiragorman5
    @moiragorman5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Too much rabbit and flash playing for me.

  • @patrickreilly7256
    @patrickreilly7256 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to turn a frown upside-down? Look...!!! You have great presence. Teaching skills are excellent. The Michael Jackson glove, while necessary, can be a tremendous attribute. Just a little graphic magic and voila'! (My normal consultant fee is waived). Assign each finger a color that lights up when played. The effect will greatly enhance the student to see and comprehend your movement techniques. That guy that looks like you, looks bored... let him do the color graphics. I can't see which finger is playing. I'm just a beginner. 2 weeks in. Thanks.

  • @paul1833
    @paul1833 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    God only made a few perfect heads the rest he gave hair

    • @xrocklover94
      @xrocklover94 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, just turn off the cellphone...

  • @jarredgraffiti
    @jarredgraffiti 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your playing mate

  • @innocentjohn2300
    @innocentjohn2300 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Scott bass u are too fast when teaching is very hard for me to get tell us the notes thank you

    • @JanBidwell
      @JanBidwell 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Join the Academy. He gives you the sheet music and tabs in a download with backing tracks.

    • @Pensivata
      @Pensivata 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sorry, but that's sales talk.. how about giving something free as a taster first?

    • @sail5820
      @sail5820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just pause the vidéo or replay it, and then trust your ear ;)

    • @JanBidwell
      @JanBidwell 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm no sales person. I'm just a very novice student.

    • @johncapone7184
      @johncapone7184 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jan Bidwell what's the cost?

  • @sbhattacharjee3469
    @sbhattacharjee3469 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your teaching

  • @davidcataldo1222
    @davidcataldo1222 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What's with the glove?

    • @simonmiller6697
      @simonmiller6697 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      there is a whole video dedicated to "why I wear the glove"

    • @mohdfaridmohdhairulmajih4219
      @mohdfaridmohdhairulmajih4219 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simon Miller i like that video

    • @andresr7769
      @andresr7769 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonmiller6697 where ? I do not find it

    • @simonmiller6697
      @simonmiller6697 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andres R www.quora.com/Whats-the-reason-Scott-Devine-wears-gloves-when-he-plays