Just finished Ryan's book about Bass players, and their styles of playing... Loved every page... Applying it to my practice sessions.. Thanks for sharing your talents with us...
Actually, the four major flat keys - F, Bb, Eb, Ab - become the easiest to play in a jazz context. For each of them, the open string of the root is the major 7th and the open string of the fifth is the major 3rd. The magic here is that horn players love these keys as they are the natural keys of those instruments, and these keys are also not difficult for keyboardists.
It's not just bass but guitar as well. There are lots of reasons that playing in the key that the instrument is tuned to has it's advantages and positives. Tune your guitar or bass to E flat or D and these "advantages" all come along for the ride. I put LaBella flats on my old 30" scale length Kay bass and those strings are very high tension even on a short scale bass so I tuned it to D standard rather than E and it just feels and sounds a lot nicer but of course you don't have the standard open low E and A but instead an open low D and a G. While it's comfortable mentally and easier to just always tune to E standard for guitar and bass there can be some interesting things about leaving that E tuning so many of us are automatically locked into. Scale length, tuning, and string gauge all interact to give a bass or a guitar the feel and sound it will have. Something to keep in mind as some players like Hendrix and Stevie Ray tuned to E flat most of the time and I would imagine their bass players did as well rather than having to struggle to shift everything a half step down and then sometimes be "out of notes" when you want that big open E flat or A flat.
Great lesson Wow, Ryan I love the versatility of the Bass so much to learn so never boring, by the way do you like Parliament funkadelics make my funk the P funk. Plenty outa sight bass work 😊😊😊 on the real, if you don't know 🤔 you better ask somebody 😁👍 love your channel ❤
I tried playing a 3/4 bass, but since I have a shoulder problem it didn't work out. But this helps for left hand piano technique. Actually, the key of C is not that easy since there are no landmarks. Chopin would start his students in the key of B, since it fits the hand so well.
Is there a reason why you don't recommend playing Em pentatonic in a FOUR-fret span? Just start with first finger on E (fret 7 of A-string) for the upward octave. Bonus is that the upward and downward octaves use basically the same shape.
I recommend doing it both ways and have quite a few lessons on here that reference the 4 fret span. That said, I did want to prioritize the 5 fret span shape for this particular video. I personally think the 5 fret span shape can be more useful when it comes to adding slides and articulation, something particularly fun and funky that can be harder to pull off with the 4 fret span shape.
Professional players at the top level can play anything in any key. That’s why there are so few of them and so many bedroom TH-camrs masterbating on E and A. Being a professional musician who works all the time requires a complete set of skills 99.9% don’t have. Shredding on bass isn’t one of them. Nobody will pay you to do that. You’ll only piss other musicians off. 50 years as a top session and touring player speaking here.
Just finished Ryan's book about Bass players, and their styles of playing...
Loved every page... Applying it to my practice sessions.. Thanks for sharing your talents with us...
That's awesome! Thank you!
Love it!! Thank you for all you do, Ryan!!
Great lesson, Thanks!
Nothing sounds better than the open E and the octave on the A string! That's rock, baby!
Really?
Actually, the four major flat keys - F, Bb, Eb, Ab - become the easiest to play in a jazz context. For each of them, the open string of the root is the major 7th and the open string of the fifth is the major 3rd. The magic here is that horn players love these keys as they are the natural keys of those instruments, and these keys are also not difficult for keyboardists.
Great video!
It's not just bass but guitar as well. There are lots of reasons that playing in the key that the instrument is tuned to has it's advantages and positives.
Tune your guitar or bass to E flat or D and these "advantages" all come along for the ride.
I put LaBella flats on my old 30" scale length Kay bass and those strings are very high tension even on a short scale bass so I tuned it to D standard rather than E and it just feels and sounds a lot nicer but of course you don't have the standard open low E and A but instead an open low D and a G.
While it's comfortable mentally and easier to just always tune to E standard for guitar and bass there can be some interesting things about leaving that E tuning so many of us are automatically locked into.
Scale length, tuning, and string gauge all interact to give a bass or a guitar the feel and sound it will have. Something to keep in mind as some players like Hendrix and Stevie Ray tuned to E flat most of the time and I would imagine their bass players did as well rather than having to struggle to shift everything a half step down and then sometimes be "out of notes" when you want that big open E flat or A flat.
It's just so easy event to jam with other people on electric guitar and yourself on bass opens a whole New world
Just great! Thanks for this.
Your tone is KILLER ….!🙂
Thank you!!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also last night was my younger brother birthday ❤😊
Gb is my favorite noodle key
Great lesson Wow, Ryan I love the versatility of the Bass so much to learn so never boring, by the way do you like Parliament funkadelics make my funk the P funk. Plenty outa sight bass work 😊😊😊 on the real, if you don't know 🤔 you better ask somebody 😁👍 love your channel ❤
I tried playing a 3/4 bass, but since I have a shoulder problem it didn't work out. But this helps for left hand piano technique. Actually, the key of C is not that easy since there are no landmarks. Chopin would start his students in the key of B, since it fits the hand so well.
Is there a reason why you don't recommend playing Em pentatonic in a FOUR-fret span? Just start with first finger on E (fret 7 of A-string) for the upward octave. Bonus is that the upward and downward octaves use basically the same shape.
I recommend doing it both ways and have quite a few lessons on here that reference the 4 fret span. That said, I did want to prioritize the 5 fret span shape for this particular video. I personally think the 5 fret span shape can be more useful when it comes to adding slides and articulation, something particularly fun and funky that can be harder to pull off with the 4 fret span shape.
Funky ❤
I love the look on their face when you tell them it's in e flat. They hate that😂
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when one hits the open E they'd best mean business! hahaha
9th fret of G string is also known as a wedgie.
Haha you said "G string"......Love E, for sure....
You talk to much.
Professional players at the top level can play anything in any key. That’s why there are so few of them and so many bedroom TH-camrs
masterbating on E and A. Being a professional musician who works all the time requires a complete set of skills 99.9% don’t have. Shredding on bass isn’t one of them. Nobody will pay you to do that. You’ll only piss other musicians off. 50 years as a top session and touring player speaking here.