there is , of course , a good reason for it ... the harmonics on both guitar and bass strings offer the same sub and super iterations the DIFFERENCE is the starting point and relative volume / intensity take a breath ... lower notes offer more audible overtones at a louder frequency due to the energy in the oscillations of the string ... mass to energy conversion and to reinforce the "! loveley " they start an octave lower so contain a subwoofer element more powerful than the cheesewire of a guitar and they are more massive so generate more electricity in the pickup because of physics big thick bass string whopping around versus the relatively shy vibrations of a guitar string ... energy transfer to air movement via electromagnetism ... bigger moter more power ... air movement to ear drum ...ear drum to brain ... brain to youtube ...
Wow this lesson is sooo cool. I remember that after I discovered harmonics on bass, I got into overtone singing right after. The harmonic series is like the mother of music.
Been practicing both bass and tuba (as well as a bit of trombone) during the shutdown and stumbled upon recording of Dave Bargeron who played trombone and tuba in Jaco's band. Apparently, he also a part of several jazz tuba bands, which is really motivating me to pair up bass and tuba in recordings where having some high harmonics may lead to some interesting timbres, lol
Just subscribed been playing bass since I was sixteen. I’m now 31 with a one year old baby girl, who keeps trying to rip myself bass off me and I’m trying to learn more so i can let her get much better than me and your videos are good for me to get more out of my bass. Cheers
I mean... I don't even have my bass yet, played guitar almost 15 years now, but you just let your thumb brush the string during a stroke, or for plucking, use two fingers "pinched" together- letting the second one to just brush the string. I just hold my picks real low(I use curvy grip picks just for this) and when I want to pinch, just tilt my pick til my thumb caresses the string and BOOM: pinch harmonic. :) I have my RG350 tuned to G standard which has a .062 6th string and it works with it, so I believe this should also work on bass. :)
Love this Scott! In 2018 I returned to my music after a 38 year hiatus!! I started out with 6-string guitar, but I'm in love with the Bass. Thanks for video dude.
this is the kind of stuff why i love your channel. always something useful, regardless of skill level. john myung described bass harmonics as a separate instrument within your bass... this is definitely making the list.
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!.. Sorry, I had too. I am sure I am not the only one. If you do not know the line, it is from an American Western, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart. Scott, love all the Bass info. I just got my first Bass Guitar a week ago. I am still working on the basics, fingers, scales etc. But I have more time to watch all of this good theory as I practice my basic skills. Thanks so much to you and your team. Your fret hand and finger fluidity is remarkable. You, just warming up your fingers, is music to our ears. Good music.
for me its all the groupings around 4-5 frets up from an open note and thus 16-17 an octave up (or pinch style past the fingerboard 😃), and knowing what note it creates... It's a great spot(s) for noodly improv to incorporate them into a lick!
Thanks for the video Scott, Player's Path is really great, a couple of years ago I got a lifetime subscription to your page but I really didn't use it until now, because on top of learning the system is fun to follow up.
Hey Scott. Amazing lesson. Reminded me of some Squarepusher stuff, which I’m sure he snagged from Jaco. Have you checked him out? He literally shreds. He’s in the UK too. Check out a track called “The Coat Hanger” or “Male Pill Part 13”
also while in C major you can use the 4th fret harmonic on the G string with the 7th fret harmonic on the A string, G on th D string, and C on the E string, for a beautiful Cmaj7 voicing
Funny thing now i can see some parts of your vidéos inside other videos since you made publicity of your channel, congratulations for taking your school project to the next level !
@Scott... thank you so much for this lesson. There’s much in here to distill, and much that’s new to me as well. An amazing coincidence... I’ve been listening to a lot of Jaco’s works (and Weather Report) this past week. Portrait of Tracy... I’m addicted to. This is a great article from this year, in his memory... www.guitarworld.com/features/jaco-pastorius-in-appreciation One request... on a future video, please consider covering false harmonics. Natural harmonics a great start, of course. 😉 Cheers Sir!
That's great lesson harmonic, thanks Scott!!! It's really helpful for me to learning the harmonics... Do we need any effect to make a great harmonics? Thank you...
Elisa Belinda bright/new strings, and using the bridge pickup can help. The particular bass can also be a factor, though technique and practice are where to focus. Best wishes.
Just saying, I wouldn’t do that weird editing thing that was done when you showed pino paladini playing the harmonics, buecause you showed in context for like half a second and then you replayed just the harmonics 50 times which kinda negated the pint of showing it in context.
If you did a full portrait of Tracy tutorial I would love you. There’s multiple tutorials for the first riff, but there’s no good ones that cover more of the song
This lesson is really amazing and very usefull. Thanks Scott for open the world of harmonics to all the non educated (musically meaning) fools like me.
Can u do a lesson on stuff that can be heard amongst the shrill noise of your band playing. I like harmonics but I might as well be playing nothing sometimes. I can't even heat that shit from right in front of my amp. Advice?
Also Tapped Harmonics are awesome. Billy Sheehan does that a lot. And also if you are stuck in a rut, try using a capo on your bass. And a capo is grate for transforming some slap lines and some chordal playing as well.
Hi Scott. I'm a guitarrist that plays on Drop C# but intend to buy a 7 and then an 8 string guitar. I bought a 5 String Bass. Wich note i let on Low B with my Drop C# tunning? Thanks!
Buenas Scott, me encantaría que pongas en todos tus vídeos los subtítulos en español ( en lo posible español latino ) para poder entender más todo lo que das en este canal, muchas veces solo miro y no aplico nada por la dificulta con el idioma, gracias por tus vídeos desde ya
I subscribed to the website three days ago for one month and it was ok at first. But it’s been two days now that it seems broken down. The page keeps charging again and again and again but nothing never happens. Am I the only one?
Bass guitar natural harmonics sound beautiful, so rich in tone. Even more beautiful than guitar ones, I must admit. :3
As a guitar player myself, totally agree with you
nice n thick
there is , of course , a good reason for it ... the harmonics on both guitar and bass strings offer the same sub and super iterations
the DIFFERENCE is the starting point and relative volume / intensity
take a breath ...
lower notes offer more audible overtones at a louder frequency due to the energy in the oscillations of the string ... mass to energy conversion and to reinforce the "! loveley " they start an octave lower so contain a subwoofer element more powerful than the cheesewire of a guitar and they are more massive so generate more electricity in the pickup because of physics
big thick bass string whopping around versus the relatively shy vibrations of a guitar string ... energy transfer to air movement via electromagnetism ... bigger moter more power ... air movement to ear drum ...ear drum to brain ... brain to youtube ...
Yeah. They just sound so much thicker, if that makes sense.
Wow this lesson is sooo cool. I remember that after I discovered harmonics on bass, I got into overtone singing right after. The harmonic series is like the mother of music.
Doing harmonics on flute was key to opening up my tone.
Been practicing both bass and tuba (as well as a bit of trombone) during the shutdown and stumbled upon recording of Dave Bargeron who played trombone and tuba in Jaco's band. Apparently, he also a part of several jazz tuba bands, which is really motivating me to pair up bass and tuba in recordings where having some high harmonics may lead to some interesting timbres, lol
Just subscribed been playing bass since I was sixteen. I’m now 31 with a one year old baby girl, who keeps trying to rip myself bass off me and I’m trying to learn more so i can let her get much better than me and your videos are good for me to get more out of my bass. Cheers
That bass is beautiful, and it sounds AWESOME.
Harmonics are absolutely my favorite technique on bass, thank you so much for this video! Learned so many cool tricks!
God I have learned so much for free from this man🙏🙏🙏
I'd love to see a tutorial on Artifical harmonics (pinch harmonics)
MrMasongray the better term is “false harmonics” because pinch is really just a guitar technique with a pick, but, yeah, I agree with your request.
me too!! the same question for Scott !
@@HiImSeanIPlayBass u can do it with your fingers if you litteraly pinch the string
I mean... I don't even have my bass yet, played guitar almost 15 years now, but you just let your thumb brush the string during a stroke, or for plucking, use two fingers "pinched" together- letting the second one to just brush the string. I just hold my picks real low(I use curvy grip picks just for this) and when I want to pinch, just tilt my pick til my thumb caresses the string and BOOM: pinch harmonic. :) I have my RG350 tuned to G standard which has a .062 6th string and it works with it, so I believe this should also work on bass. :)
I can attest to the players path route. It has brought me to a level of playing and understanding my bass that I thought I would never have.
Love this Scott! In 2018 I returned to my music after a 38 year hiatus!! I started out with 6-string guitar, but I'm in love with the Bass. Thanks for video dude.
Harmonics have been such a mystery to me for years playing bass. Glad to have found this video, it explains them so well!!!
👍👍👍
!! ¬ !!
a second camera view angled to how i would look at the fret board
2:30 "Dial it on to that bridge pickup"
*sad p-bass noises*
Pino: hold my fretless Stingray...
Yeah you're right brother
Happy pj-bass noises
Yeah, get yourself a better bass
@@Skelterbane69 a better bass? p basses are fine, just not for harmonics tbh
this is the kind of stuff why i love your channel.
always something useful, regardless of skill level.
john myung described bass harmonics as a separate instrument within your bass...
this is definitely making the list.
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!.. Sorry, I had too. I am sure I am not the only one. If you do not know the line, it is from an American Western, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart. Scott, love all the Bass info. I just got my first Bass Guitar a week ago. I am still working on the basics, fingers, scales etc. But I have more time to watch all of this good theory as I practice my basic skills. Thanks so much to you and your team. Your fret hand and finger fluidity is remarkable. You, just warming up your fingers, is music to our ears. Good music.
🧡🧡🧡
The Nobel Prize folks need to come up with an award for bass music illumination just for you Scott....every year.
Nice to see a Sadowsky in the mix.
Scott was suposed to be giving away that bass some time ago. He announced a winner for that bass. What´s wrong here?
@@rubenprietomoreno7831 His multiple spamming of his warez is just about enough for me to un sub.
Your such a gifted talented instructor
for me its all the groupings around 4-5 frets up from an open note and thus 16-17 an octave up (or pinch style past the fingerboard 😃), and knowing what note it creates... It's a great spot(s) for noodly improv to incorporate them into a lick!
I have licks where I end a lick on an interval, then tap the octave harmonics before dropping to the next lick
Scott yer the shit man from my beginnings on bass up until now you have guided me along the way and I just wanna say thanks.
Sorry, Scott, I didn’t heard a word you said. I was mesmerized by that incredible watch.
Been waiting for this material for a really long time, thanks Scott!!
Love being part of this great gang! Good stuff as always Scott!
Very cool Scott. Thank you for breaking down the chords.
Could you do more ”Bassists you should know” videos? I dont really care who you make a video about but id love to see that kind of videos.
You guys are masters, thanks for such an amazing class again!
My college bass teacher and I worked on that exact chord from Jaco
Thanks for the video Scott, Player's Path is really great, a couple of years ago I got a lifetime subscription to your page but I really didn't use it until now, because on top of learning the system is fun to follow up.
Hey,Scott! I’ m a guitar player but I love your channel! And it’s getting better and better!
That was a great lesson Scott! Thank you
Great Great Great .
thank you Scott
Scott I'm from Canada, I learned a lot from u. Thank u so so much buddy.
Scott, you should do a video essay on Geddy Lee. My #1 bassist. Just seems like he should have one for being the goat
In what way is he the goat
Hey Scott. Amazing lesson. Reminded me of some Squarepusher stuff, which I’m sure he snagged from Jaco. Have you checked him out? He literally shreds. He’s in the UK too. Check out a track called “The Coat Hanger” or “Male Pill Part 13”
also while in C major you can use the 4th fret harmonic on the G string with the 7th fret harmonic on the A string, G on th D string, and C on the E string, for a beautiful Cmaj7 voicing
Very interesting... Thanks Scott
Good stuff as always
Thankyou for this, I’ve been trying to incorporate this stuff for ages
Great lesson, thanks Scott. Now off to incorporate that in my latest song....
I love the Players Path a lot. Great to enhance my reading skills. Thanks Scott and Co ;-)
SUPER cool lesson!
Funny thing now i can see some parts of your vidéos inside other videos since you made publicity of your channel, congratulations for taking your school project to the next level !
This.
This is the video i was waiting for.
Players path is awesome! I’m level 6. Working on philly right now. :)
@Scott... thank you so much for this lesson. There’s much in here to distill, and much that’s new to me as well.
An amazing coincidence... I’ve been listening to a lot of Jaco’s works (and Weather Report) this past week. Portrait of Tracy... I’m addicted to. This is a great article from this year, in his memory...
www.guitarworld.com/features/jaco-pastorius-in-appreciation
One request... on a future video, please consider covering false harmonics. Natural harmonics a great start, of course. 😉
Cheers Sir!
With active electronics, you can basically pull out harmonics anywhere on the fretboard bc of the output boost
Can we take a second to enjoy that c minor run Scott smashed out? Tidy
That's great lesson harmonic, thanks Scott!!! It's really helpful for me to learning the harmonics... Do we need any effect to make a great harmonics? Thank you...
Wonderful lesson! Thank you
You don't really need one, but a compressor can make the harmonics louder
Elisa Belinda bright/new strings, and using the bridge pickup can help. The particular bass can also be a factor, though technique and practice are where to focus. Best wishes.
Chorus pedal
watching this at nearly 12 at night and im here like, interesting, could be useful, need to learn more theory
That is a SICK bass
Great video, thanks.
Btw there are additional interesting shapes you can do
Just saying, I wouldn’t do that weird editing thing that was done when you showed pino paladini playing the harmonics, buecause you showed in context for like half a second and then you replayed just the harmonics 50 times which kinda negated the pint of showing it in context.
The new intro is fire 🔥
I think Scott has absorbed a bit of Davie504 in the editing department.
Not just Scott but there are loads of people on youtube using Davie504 aditing ideas.
Am I the only bass player that detests that guy’s channel
@@caleblightfoot6397 even tho the memes can get annoying, his playing is still really good and I enjoy it
@@caleblightfoot6397 yes :p
it's not just davie but also borrowing from Adam Neely's lick intro (only Scott switches it up thank god)
When using the major 3rd and the #11 one could say that your doing a Lydiany sound.😜🤣😂
Cool stuff Scott I've been trying to get efficient with sliding harmonics on fretless
The greatest sound! Tricky but worth it.
@@joarnold448 he has some interesting videos, but it's so over produced
Love that Sadowsky !
A whammy bar tremlow bridge and natural harmonics on bass guitar
If you did a full portrait of Tracy tutorial I would love you. There’s multiple tutorials for the first riff, but there’s no good ones that cover more of the song
Great stuff! What kind of compression is going on there Scott? Pedal or amp?
This lesson is really amazing and very usefull. Thanks Scott for open the world of harmonics to all the non educated (musically meaning) fools like me.
Wow I like so much your comment greetings from Africa Uganda
Scott- Any plans for the meta-verse? AI lessons in my home space?
Great page but since I see and hear you everytime I try to watch a video there is no need to stay subscribed lol
O, Scott, thanks YOU!!!
Awesome, love harmonics on bass, thank you
thanks scott^^
Nice one, Sir.
Love it 😎👍🏻
Love that you showed the master of harmonics right at the beginning of the clip.
First time I've actually seen someone say "Bob's your uncle" lol. Nice vid, man.
excellent
Can u do a lesson on stuff that can be heard amongst the shrill noise of your band playing. I like harmonics but I might as well be playing nothing sometimes. I can't even heat that shit from right in front of my amp. Advice?
I like. You do well. Great spirit, you are.
Also Tapped Harmonics are awesome. Billy Sheehan does that a lot. And also if you are stuck in a rut, try using a capo on your bass. And a capo is grate for transforming some slap lines and some chordal playing as well.
What happened, new favorite gear Trickfish now? ;-) Did you play the Trickfish amps on your Vanderkley cabs?
have you ever monitored your intro tune on big studio speakers ? this is shaking the town
Hi Scott. I'm a guitarrist that plays on Drop C# but intend to buy a 7 and then an 8 string guitar. I bought a 5 String Bass. Wich note i let on Low B with my Drop C# tunning? Thanks!
Hey Scott big fan here 😁 👌👌👌
Cheers, Bibek :)
You look like one of the personalities from split and it's fucking with me lol. good stuff!
Buenas Scott, me encantaría que pongas en todos tus vídeos los subtítulos en español ( en lo posible español latino ) para poder entender más todo lo que das en este canal, muchas veces solo miro y no aplico nada por la dificulta con el idioma, gracias por tus vídeos desde ya
Ya somos dos
God Jaco
the best bass teacher in youtube, ---- > Scott
Who is the guy in the beginning of the video?
Also, 4th and 9th harmonics are the same. :D Great trick to play YYZ ;)
But 4ths and 9ths aren’t even the same pitches...
0:45 I laughed so hard, why xD
We could use some links to the examples you're using.
Fantástico, muito bom , viva o baixo .
no hablo portugues, pero entendi tu comentario :D
Yo Scott! namaskar sir!
Never seen anyone play with a glove like that. I'm assuming it serves a purpose right? Perhaps less slide noise and consistent dry fingers?
He has a neurological condition with his hand and the glove helps with that
How do you get the harmonics to sound so clean?
I subscribed to the website three days ago for one month and it was ok at first. But it’s been two days now that it seems broken down. The page keeps charging again and again and again but nothing never happens. Am I the only one?
where to get that glove ? I need one.. I play just an hour and new strings are not new anymore..
Hol up. Phil Mann didnt include these shapes on the harmonics course.
Make a video: "open strings possibilities in every key"
that first one sounds like a dominant b10 sound to me
Scott was suposed to be giving away that bass some time ago. He announced a winner for that bass. What´s wrong here?
I think he explained elsewhere that the winner was left handed, so they found him a left-handed Sadowsky instead.
as jaco said...don't follow the shapes. learn what and where the notes are, you'll be able to do so much more with harmonics!
almost the whole chromatic scale is there, except for e-flat and b-flat
Great Video!
What is the name of the song at 3:00?
Louis Litt it’s “who do you think I was” from John Mayer
Skip to 1.40
Dreams of Discontent by Billy Sheehan off of his Cosmic Troubadour album has some great harmonic intro that would be a great one to do!!
"Ohhh, so nice". "Oooooh". "Woohh, it's really, really nice".
Anybody out there willing to seduce Scott now knows how to :D