Ive been playing bass for around 20 years and because Ive got a good ear, Ive got away with it, but every now and then I get found out. Ive been lazy learning all the notes especially D and G string (Play 5 string) So I thought I would have a looksie around youtube and settled on this guy to help me sort out my notes!!!! This guy has the patience of Job, and makes it simple for us guys and gals. Thankyou, I am subscribed and will look forward to more material.
Thank you for these CZcams lessons, Mark! I am 54 and just started playing bass guitar for my church worship team. I have a musical background in vocal and instrumental, but never a stringed instrument, even though my dad's instruments were in my house as a child. You are a great teacher, because people have various amounts of musical background, and you are teaching everyone at the same time! Impressive!
finally bass lessons online! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! glad someone finally did it instead of just showing me what they can do trying to call it a "lesson". ( notices its lesson 28. goes to find lesson 1. (^.^) )
Wow man. Your a very good teacher. Just watched this & I learned a lot for a beginner who didn't know nothing of the notes. Thanks to you I know more than I did. Keep up the good work!
Picked up my bass today and this is my first ever lesson... I've watched it about four times already, playing along and whilst I'm way off from being perfect, I've definitely made progress and learnt something. Cheers mate. 🍺😁👍
Thank you for the video. I just bought a bass guitar and after many searches, came across your videos. I am super stoked. It feels like I am holding an extension of myself. Let’s hope after much practice I can show my respect for this guitar! You have a really awesome teaching style. I appreciate you.
Seen many videos so far, and subscribed, but landed on this one, and this gentleman is the most patient instructor ever. He plays fast to demonstrate, and slow for all learners. Best instruction online Learned a lot, even though I've played guitar for years. Helps anyone learning the first four strings, regardless of instrument.
Thanks Mark..Awesome I've watched this video twice this evening and has helped me more than a lot of other videos that I've watched thank you. I'm a fresh bass player
Just picked up my son’s bass and have gone through a couple of your lessons. They’re really fantastic and easy to follow. I’ve learnt so much already and want to carry on. Very engaging lessons and you don’t go too fast for me….😊
hi I do love your videos Iam trying to teach myself do to a injury to my hand I could no longer play the trombone , but I have a acoustic bass sitting around and I seam to have no problem in handling the neck look forward to learning more.
I just picked up playing the bass just last week. I've played viola and cello back in middle school and high school. So when I was looking up how to play the bass on here all I was seeing were number tabs and even though they r pretty easy to follow I wanted notes to read. So this is so helpful and I can start properly understanding my instrument now. Thank u 💞
thank you this is helping me a whole lot. I had trouble learning on guitar, but the way you explained the fret markers gave me a lot of confidence in memorizing. I messed up a few times, but im grasping it :)
So Glad I found this channel, I'm 61, been playing Bass since 14 yrs Old and NEVER had the Patience to read Music, My High School Band teacher was SO Frustrated with Me But STILL Let Me Play in the Stage and Jazz Band because I Played Better than the other 2 guys that Read Music and can play Anything Just by Hearing it, I can play Upright And Electric and the only notes I know on the Bass is B, E, A, D and G, Played by Ear my Whole Life, maybe I'll have the Patience to Learn Now in My Old Age. @ TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons
I would like to sincerely express my gratitude to you. I have finally found a teaching method that will ACTUALLY assist me in learning to play this bass. Awesome!!!
how many years been trying to figure out this fretboard for the bass.and in 25 minutes your video helped me to figured it out..good practice's to use to find my way..thanks
I am watching your videos cuz the leader of the worship team is thinking he might have me as a "Floater" musician on the team going back and fourth on Bass and i havent played in a long time but just recently bought a Cheap bass fourstring and it is very descent sounding from glarry music only like $124.00 that comes with carying case a cable and a nylong carry case and a fourty watt amp. On stage i will be plugging in a direct box though I want to thank talking bass for this refresher of the bass and want to be less mechanical and more natural with the timing like i am on piano and keyboards. So Im going through all of your content ! Ty soo much for taking me back to the BASSICS! no pun intended lol .;^} Hope there isn't a Puntax !
Great lesson, Mark. I am down with the musical alphabet but need to spend a fair bit of time on all the notes. Anyway you have an excellent, self-effacing approach. Thank you.
omg Mark im no longer a beginer BUT i wish iwas caching this lesson as the first Bass lesson in my life MOSTTTTT PERFECT FOR BEGINER im always love to learn from you cheers
oh my god this was so helpful! I feel like im in a classroom and your my teacher. I know basic theory from piano and guitar classes but i didnt know anything about bass. it took too many youtube searches to finally find a video that teaches bass guitar notes!
May I say you are a gifted human 🤓🤓 I am 46 years of age and am a lover of music and books 📚 . However I have struggled since childhood with dyslexic especially with the running order of the Alphabet ....which has stunted my playing ....A LOT .... ONTILL NOW 🤭🥺😊 after falling on you channel ...... I take my hat off to you sir , number one fan right here 😘
I am a musical composer /performer on keyboards , Guitar was my instrument in jr high and beggining of highschool so mainly played in second rythm using three finger fifths power chords with heavy metal type songs back then but picked up piano in 8th grade. Concrning sharps and flats If you are going by the circle of fifths they mostly call sharps but if you reverse the circle of fifths chart it becomes the circle of fourths which hit the flats before the sharps so think of the fourth circle a backwards circle of fifths! You can google Circle of fourths or youtube it also infer to circle of fifths is what most composers use to wrige progressions ....
Thanks for the help I am currently at the "see Jane run" stage of knowing my notes on the neck of my bass. I have been going over these videos like a 5 year old watching Barney or some other kids show.
Can you please make a new video with a 5 string? This video is perfect but for a newbie just learning on the 5 string not so much. I realize its just one more string. I have tried a 4 string for a couple weeks and was getting around this lesson(s). I loved it so much I've decided to go all in a bought a 5 string Ibanez so overwhelming compared to the 4.??? You are the best teacher or else I would've just moved on. Seriously you're very gifted in bass but your also very gifted in professional teaching above any I've seen. Simply brilliant professionalism!
Teacher, I just find your teaching on CZcams and it's excellent. However, can I have the second lesson please? I can't find the link that you mentioned at the end of the first lesson for the second lesson. Thank you so much for the first lesson. You make it so simple.
Is there a printed version of all the notes on the fretboard? I am using your information to teach myself due to my busy work schedule. So far I have learned alot. Thanks
I would like to have seen the notes represented on the bass staff with the bass clef and the note names over the top. Do you have any videos like that?
thks i learn something.specially the fret markers system.and you the only one so for far who explains the repeat note from fret 12 all the way to 24fret if i am not wrong(u have 24 frets).only thing i so get used to DO RE ME FA SOL LA SI DO(12345671 instead CDEFGABC.so i am having bit problem on that.any solution for that? thks
Hi, great video. I am just beginning bass lessons at a local music store. My teacher is a guitar player. Should I learn from an actual bass instructor or is a guitar player ok. Thanks.
Hi Mark , great video , I was wondering if it would be possible to highlight the note you are playing, I tend to get lost due not hearing you say the note or when I look back at my fretboard then back at the TV?
Thank you so much for this! Finally I'm beginning to understand things (never learned the theory before). It's somewhat confusing though that semitones are missing between some frets. What's the reason?
UPD: I see... It's just historical reasons. Technical debt, if you like. One cannot refactor the whole Western musical heritage and re-teach all the users at once.
2:46 How I memorized open strings, I say the Aussie phrase “G’day!” But spell it GDAE. And that’s the strings from bottom to top. If you need help remembering “G’day,” just pretend you’re saying hi to your bass because you’re likely just picking it up again.
Very nice videos, the only thing I would like to see is the right hand fingers area to observe the way you play the strings, in that space at least in this video is not possible to see, thanks
This guy's a genius teacher. You're a genius teacher, Mark!!!
Thanks Mark, I am 59 years old and your lessons are helping quite a bit-thanks a lot!
TJ Martin hey how much you improved!??
Ive been playing bass for around 20 years and because Ive got a good ear, Ive got away with it, but every now and then I get found out.
Ive been lazy learning all the notes especially D and G string (Play 5 string) So I thought I would have a looksie around youtube and settled on this guy to help me sort out my notes!!!!
This guy has the patience of Job, and makes it simple for us guys and gals.
Thankyou, I am subscribed and will look forward to more material.
Thank you for these CZcams lessons, Mark! I am 54 and just started playing bass guitar for my church worship team. I have a musical background in vocal and instrumental, but never a stringed instrument, even though my dad's instruments were in my house as a child. You are a great teacher, because people have various amounts of musical background, and you are teaching everyone at the same time! Impressive!
Just discovered this channel. Best bass channel on youtube......
finally bass lessons online! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
glad someone finally did it instead of just showing me what they can do trying to call it a "lesson".
( notices its lesson 28. goes to find lesson 1. (^.^) )
***** Glad i'm not the only one in that boat!
i've yet to have a tutor that hasn't spent half his time showing me how good they are on my time and money
Where's lesson one???
These exercises are so good for learning the notes! And you put them in such a slow-paced and interactive way, thank you so much!
Best bass guitar channel on CZcams.
Wow man. Your a very good teacher. Just watched this & I learned a lot for a beginner who didn't know nothing of the notes. Thanks to you I know more than I did. Keep up the good work!
* you're
*didn't know anything
Scott Misus omg stop correcting grammar fucking hell.
you are a real blessing!! thank you so much for this lesson.
Picked up my bass today and this is my first ever lesson...
I've watched it about four times already, playing along and whilst I'm way off from being perfect, I've definitely made progress and learnt something.
Cheers mate. 🍺😁👍
Thanks, Best learning bass channel on the internet. I do appreciate your time to teach with such understandable lessons.
Cheers dude, fantastic series so far. Will continue the series as soon as the bruising on my fingertips heals
Thanks a million for your lessons. I am 68 and just picked up the bass. New beginnings! Cheers from Brazil!!
Thank you for the video. I just bought a bass guitar and after many searches, came across your videos. I am super stoked. It feels like I am holding an extension of myself. Let’s hope after much practice I can show my respect for this guitar! You have a really awesome teaching style. I appreciate you.
You’re an incredible BassGuitar teacher!! Thank you very much!!! 👍🏿
Thank you so much for doing this. You are such a great teacher. I just picked bass up today a learn loads!
Seen many videos so far, and subscribed, but landed on this one, and this gentleman is the most patient instructor ever. He plays fast to demonstrate, and slow for all learners. Best instruction online Learned a lot, even though I've played guitar for years. Helps anyone learning the first four strings, regardless of instrument.
Thank you I enjoy these lessons actually learning.
Thanks Mark..Awesome I've watched this video twice this evening and has helped me more than a lot of other videos that I've watched thank you. I'm a fresh bass player
this is the coolest instructional video i have ever seen !!! these are legit lessons !!!
Great lesson !!!!!! Thank You for your time and sharing !
Just picked up my son’s bass and have gone through a couple of your lessons. They’re really fantastic and easy to follow. I’ve learnt so much already and want to carry on. Very engaging lessons and you don’t go too fast for me….😊
hi I do love your videos Iam trying to teach myself do to a injury to my hand I could no longer play the trombone , but I have a acoustic bass sitting around and I seam to have no problem in handling the neck look forward to learning more.
love this guy's lessons and his website. Great lessons and great stuff available there...so generously shared! thnks so much Mark! :)
all of your lessons are very good....thanks for the knowledge
I just picked up playing the bass just last week. I've played viola and cello back in middle school and high school. So when I was looking up how to play the bass on here all I was seeing were number tabs and even though they r pretty easy to follow I wanted notes to read. So this is so helpful and I can start properly understanding my instrument now. Thank u 💞
thank you so much. you are a genious and a great teacher. God bless you
You are the best bass teacher Thath i ever had. Congratulations from Ecuador
thank you this is helping me a whole lot. I had trouble learning on guitar, but the way you explained the fret markers gave me a lot of confidence in memorizing. I messed up a few times, but im grasping it :)
So Glad I found this channel, I'm 61, been playing Bass since 14 yrs Old and NEVER had the Patience to read Music, My High School Band teacher was SO Frustrated with Me But STILL Let Me Play in the Stage and Jazz Band because I Played Better than the other 2 guys that Read Music and can play Anything Just by Hearing it, I can play Upright And Electric and the only notes I know on the Bass is B, E, A, D and G, Played by Ear my Whole Life, maybe I'll have the Patience to Learn Now in My Old Age. @ TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons
I would like to sincerely express my gratitude to you. I have finally found a teaching method that will ACTUALLY assist me in learning to play this bass. Awesome!!!
Been playing for 25 years, and this lesson taught me a lot! awesome stuff
You sir, are a brilliant teacher! Thank you!
Thanks. I just started learning bass, and this is super helpful in demystifying the fretboard.
Fantastic instructions and presentation!
Thank you for your excellent videos!
This helped me a lot thx !, I was really stressing on learning the notes and this helped a lot tbh
how many years been trying to figure out this fretboard for the bass.and in 25 minutes your video helped me to figured it out..good practice's to use to find my way..thanks
I like the way you teach. Very clear and precise. Thank you. I am an absolute beginner.
your videos are awesome I've learned so much in such a short time. thank you
This was amazingly helpful 12/10 would recommend
brilliant like ive been on the fender app for ages paying 10 a month and this 20mins has eclipsed all thanks
I started playing bass about seven years ago. I never thought about using the markers. Thanks, I’ll be using that one for sure!
Thank you I learnt a lot from this lesson. Many thanks.
I am watching your videos cuz the leader of the worship team is thinking he might have me as a "Floater" musician on the team going back and fourth on Bass and i havent played in a long time but just recently bought a Cheap bass fourstring and it is very descent sounding from glarry music only like $124.00 that comes with carying case a cable and a nylong carry case and a fourty watt amp. On stage i will be plugging in a direct box though
I want to thank talking bass for this refresher of the bass and want to be less mechanical and more natural with the timing like i am on piano and keyboards. So Im going through all of your content ! Ty soo much for taking me back to the BASSICS! no pun intended lol .;^} Hope there isn't a Puntax !
thank you so much. Great teaching method.
Bravissimo, uno dei migliori insegnanti su you tube. Grazie
Thank you so much. This video will improve my bass skills by a mile!
Great lesson, Mark. I am down with the musical alphabet but need to spend a fair bit of time on all the notes. Anyway you have an excellent, self-effacing approach. Thank you.
Superb easy and so informative. Thanks a ton for taking the time to make videos like this.
Thank you so much for this video it is really helpful.
Great lesson! Thanks.
Thank you so much for this Mark!
Mark, thanks and congrats - very helpful. I really like the non threatening sound of that metronome. Please give its make and model. TIA
This was really helpful for me. I know how to play stand up bass but i didnt know the meaning of the neck on the bass guitar. Thanks!!
omg Mark
im no longer a beginer BUT i wish iwas caching this lesson as the first Bass lesson in my life
MOSTTTTT PERFECT FOR BEGINER
im always love to learn from you
cheers
Thank you so much, this is so helpful
oh my god this was so helpful! I feel like im in a classroom and your my teacher. I know basic theory from piano and guitar classes but i didnt know anything about bass. it took too many youtube searches to finally find a video that teaches bass guitar notes!
*you're
Anything he says sticks to my head perfectly genius teacher
Great vid!! Thank you 🎸
mark u r amazing!!! thx for the lesson
thanks for the lesson!
I feel unfortunate not being his real life student. Such well-crafted lessons. Daily practice is sure to guarantee awesome results.
Thanks Mark. I was struggling with trying to memorize the notes. It didn't even dawn on me that the fret markers could help. Cheers,
great lesson for beginers,good job.
May I say you are a gifted human 🤓🤓 I am 46 years of age and am a lover of music and books 📚 . However I have struggled since childhood with dyslexic especially with the running order of the Alphabet ....which has stunted my playing ....A LOT .... ONTILL NOW 🤭🥺😊 after falling on you channel ...... I take my hat off to you sir , number one fan right here 😘
Thank you mark from the Bahamas good job
I am a musical composer /performer on keyboards , Guitar was my instrument in jr high and beggining of highschool so mainly played in second rythm using three finger fifths power chords with heavy metal type songs back then but picked up piano in 8th grade. Concrning sharps and flats If you are going by the circle of fifths they mostly call sharps but if you reverse the circle of fifths chart it becomes the circle of fourths which hit the flats before the sharps so think of the fourth circle a backwards circle of fifths! You can google Circle of fourths or youtube it also infer to circle of fifths is what most composers use to wrige progressions ....
Thanks for the help I am currently at the "see Jane run" stage of knowing my notes on the neck of my bass.
I have been going over these videos like a 5 year old watching Barney or some other kids show.
Thank you Mark. 👍🏽👍🏽❤️
Nice! Thank you very much.
This is super,,,thanks very much.
You are a good teacher sir teach me how to hold the strings
Thanks man really appreciate it
Can you please make a new video with a 5 string? This video is perfect but for a newbie just learning on the 5 string not so much. I realize its just one more string. I have tried a 4 string for a couple weeks and was getting around this lesson(s). I loved it so much I've decided to go all in a bought a 5 string Ibanez so overwhelming compared to the 4.??? You are the best teacher or else I would've just moved on. Seriously you're very gifted in bass but your also very gifted in professional teaching above any I've seen. Simply brilliant professionalism!
Teacher, I just find your teaching on CZcams and it's excellent. However, can I have the second lesson please? I can't find the link that you mentioned at the end of the first lesson for the second lesson. Thank you so much for the first lesson. You make it so simple.
Is there a printed version of all the notes on the fretboard? I am using your information to teach myself due to my busy work schedule. So far I have learned alot. Thanks
Thanks mark I’m a beginner n u making my life easier
Great tutorial
Thank you sir!
thats great ,thanks a lot
How do we know which E it is generally between open E or the E of the A string when written?
Whichever sounds better to you or which is easier to reach.
I would like to have seen the notes represented on the bass staff with the bass clef and the note names over the top. Do you have any videos like that?
Thank you so much
thks i learn something.specially the fret markers system.and you the only one so for far who explains the repeat note from fret 12 all the way to 24fret if i am not wrong(u have 24 frets).only thing i so get used to DO RE ME FA SOL LA SI DO(12345671 instead CDEFGABC.so i am having bit problem on that.any solution for that? thks
thank you so much
Finally, a system that makes sense. Thanks.
love them notes
Hi, great video. I am just beginning bass lessons at a local music store. My teacher is a guitar player. Should I learn from an actual bass instructor or is a guitar player ok. Thanks.
Hi Mark , great video , I was wondering if it would be possible to highlight the note you are playing, I tend to get lost due not hearing you say the note or when I look back at my fretboard then back at the TV?
Thank you so much for this! Finally I'm beginning to understand things (never learned the theory before). It's somewhat confusing though that semitones are missing between some frets. What's the reason?
UPD: I see... It's just historical reasons. Technical debt, if you like. One cannot refactor the whole Western musical heritage and re-teach all the users at once.
Just thank you
Re-learning here. I should be a step closer after watching this video. Thanks. I am serious.
Can anybody tell me what kind of bass is he playing? it looks pretty sweet
thank you so much for the lesson it was very helpful
thank you :)
Great instruction! Where do I access the PDF?
2:46 How I memorized open strings, I say the Aussie phrase “G’day!” But spell it GDAE. And that’s the strings from bottom to top.
If you need help remembering “G’day,” just pretend you’re saying hi to your bass because you’re likely just picking it up again.
Very nice videos, the only thing I would like to see is the right hand fingers area to observe the way you play the strings, in that space at least in this video is not possible to see, thanks
Thanks