30 Minute Bass Music Theory Masterclass: From Confusion to Clarity
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- There's so much you can do on bass guitar when you understand some music theory! Learn a lifetime's worth of lessons in under 30 minutes in this bass guitar tutorial...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:20 Theory primer - scale to triad to arpeggio to pentatonic to chord
06:41 Diatonic harmony & modes
11:20 Making music with theory!
14:27 CHEAT SHEET - Learn this!!!
15:27 Using triads (reggae example)
17:16 Using pentatonic scales
20:25 Making chord progressions
22:24 "Complex" scales
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Thanks so much and keep up the great playing!
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He is my favorite instructor. Knows how to explain in simple form and slowly build and get a little more difficult.
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Teacher with the right motive, students to learn. Thank you.
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Ok - I will say it "Everyone just Hit like & subscribe" - this was explained so clear & easily digestible. Phenomenal job. People give this man his Credit. oNe LovE from NYC
Thank you, Michael.
Thanks Dan, I've learned more from your two videos about music theory than from hundreds videos watched before. You should get much more subscribers and recognition.
I’m happy you got something from those videos! 🙏🙏
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Dan, I'm in my 2nd year on my bass journey and you have helped me so much. Let me say, this is an awesome video. I'm sure I'll be watching this one several times in the next couple years, so much great information. Thank you so much!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching my videos!
I would like to add to the vast amounts of praise here. This is the best but also easy to understand explanation of all of this I've ever heard. Makes so much more sense. Thank you for doing this.
Thanks for sharing!
Dan, I am a fan of your videos generally, but this has to be one of your absolute best. A beginner could study this for a year and learn a huge amount of music. Cheers, man-thanks for the great stuff you do.
So true!
Agreed, this is gold for me
That means a lot - thanks very much. 🙏🙏
Same for me !
Brilliant, pure gold😎
Brilliant stuff. It's great how he pulls out bits and pieces of theory from the whole to give you some quick tools to utilize.
Love these videos. Dan you simplify music theory for us beginners so well.
Glad you like them!
You have proven, that music theory is our friend. Thanks for keeping me busy for my lifetime with this :)
Glad you enjoy it!
Awesome video, I'm pausing and playing with what you're explaining so I can really understand it. I'm actually learning, thanks a ton!!
Glad it helped!
Information overload for me as a beginner but based on the comments and your instruction I guess I need to keep coming back to this lesson.
That’s the beauty of a video lesson (and pause/rewind)!
Another outstanding lesson that is clearly presented, contains very valuable concepts with actual musical application examples, and is easy to understand!!! This is a very structured practice session. Thank you, Dan!
You're very welcome!
By far the best lesson i got in 20 years of playing :D
High praise indeed - thanks very much!
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Hi Dan, I hope you’re doing well. I want to thank you so much for this extremely comprehensive lesson. I enjoy and learn from all your videos. This video though is so beneficial because you breakdown scales, triads, arpeggios, modes, pentatonics and, chords. I watch this video repeatedly over and over. It helps me understand theory so much better. Thank you so very much fellow bass player!!!😃
You're very welcome! I’m really happy it’s helping you.
Brilliant, this is gold for newbies and old sweats alike
Bookmarked this. I love theory and the "science" of it. I've played multiple instruments and am now learning bass guitar and guitar, and the HOW, WHEN, and WHERE of things always adds to my enjoyment. Thank you for sharing!
I’m the same - love it!
Wow, dominating all this will elevate my playing enormously. Knowing the theory takes some time but executing it (being more difficult) will take a little longer. Time + lots of practice! One day! Great class 👏🏼
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Absolute Gold.
Brilliant all-in-one lession ❤
Amazing, brill lesson, thanks Dan
Dan, this is one of your best videos yet! I knew much of this info, but something about how you turned the "cold" theory into music really made something click for me. Much appreciated as always!
Glad it was helpful!
I started on guitar and was taught to learn the modes along the E string only, going down in the boxes/patterns from low E to high E and back again, before moving onto the next box-shape, until you get past the 12th fret into the octave. Took me longer than I care to say to realise you could play the first 3 modes on the 6th string, then the next 4 on the 5th string. I knew the 4th pattern was lydian (say a C lydian) but no-one explained that the pattern I learned at fret 8 was already inside pattern 1 if you started on the 3rd fret C. I was young and just did I was told, but it took picking up a bass to make that suddenly crystalise in my head, and it made learning them so much easier. Yet I was taught the chord shapes on two strings, E & A, doing major, minor, minor on the E string, then Major, Major, Minor on the A string.🫣
my mode book never made it clear a lower case letter equates to the minor scale and upper case, major.
Finally, someone makes this make sense! Thanks a million Dan.
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This is so helpful! Thank you so much! Even tho I know the different topics of each bit for music theory (learn and heard about triads, modes, arpreggio), I feel like you tied it well together, and how it relates to each other, it was such a treat being able to piece it together now. 🙂↕️Tyy
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Thank you Dan
Perfect!!!!
Really good lesson done in a very well organized and sequential way, easy to understand and truely clears confusion! Thank you👍👍
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This is GOLD!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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If this seems overwhelming to you, just keep playing. I took a twenty year break from playing bass, and I didn’t bother to learn theory at that time. I played in a punk band, drummer told me to follow the kick, guitar player told me which fret the root of the riff was on, and we made songs, played gigs and had a blast. Now, I’m 46 and when I started playing again just two years ago, I was determined to learn theory and I’ve done the things recommended to me over the past two years, and now videos like this make sense. Point is, just keep going. Get a scale/mode chart, put it on your wall, play to backing tracks and use the notes that are in the songs key, and you will get this, it just takes time.
Getting back into it after about a 10 year break? I did understand some theory but never really how to apply it or make music with it. Did ok just winging it in a jam band... Trying to get good enough to keep up with and not bore a friend that is an incredibly technical drummer.
This is gold !!
Thank you !!
You're welcome!
Thanks Dan. There is indeed a lifetime's work in this lesson. Started with six strings at the age of 17 and now 37 and very happy with four and your lessons are extraordinary and feeling so smug to have grasped all the concepts. Will be playing these on my 83 roadster all weekend
Thanks so much - really happy you’re improving so much!
Well presented in an easy to understand/digest format. Dan, you've been a huge help in my bass playing. Appreciate your knowledge and laidback way of sharing your knowledge. Thank you!
Thanks very much!
I greatly appreciate this lesson, it's mind opening especially learning by ear and names. All in all everything is important about this lesson and o love the way you demonstrate the ideas.
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Hi Dan, i started playing after high school with some friends just learning metal and rock songs and never had any formal lessons, music theory or scales so your videos helped me alot. They would tell me just put your finger here lol Now im in my 50s and just bought a new bass and lesrning things i never knew and having fun with it. Thanks
Great that you’re having fun with it. Keep it up!
Very useful!
This is awesome
Your lessons are always very useful & helpful, you are by far the best bass teacher out there. Everything explained so decisively clear & easy . A improv bass riff you demonstrated sounded like “My girl” to my ears . Great job Dan
Pretty sure all he did was walk up the major pentatonic scale. Goes to show how just knowing a little bit of theory and applying it in musical ways can take you pretty far. Dan's lessons are quite invaluable and I thank him for that.
Thanks very much! Yes I use the My Girl intro a lot to highlight the sound of that scale.
I need a lot of practice but i get it now, i can hear what notes a simple song plays when and why
Excelente!
Dan! These videos are terrific! I have been playing for years and have learned something with all
Your stuff-you crush this
That’s fantastic to hear - thanks so much, Andrew. I’m really happy you’re getting something from my lessons!
This is sooo good! Thank you for this priceless info!
It’s my pleasure! 🙏🙏
Wow this is awesome man. You made very easy to understand and figure out. You took your time as to explaining it. Kept it simple. Thanks!
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Dan , im a fan of your bass lessons posts. Most are just good. But this one is the best for some beginners. Thank you, appetite it.
Many thanks for the comment and for watching. 🙏👍
Great lesson
thank you dan! this was a great starter for a mental map to help bridge the various concepts together. i've got the puzzle pieces, but i needed this overall picture.
That’s great to hear!
Thanks Dan…you channel helps me out a ton!
Glad to hear it! 🙏🙏🙏
Great Lesson much meat so much information every time I listen more understanding comes about
thanks my friend.
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Nicely done!
Thanks!
Your lessons about major scale modes have opened my eyes and ears. Now, since I'm one level up I see more clearly... what I still don't know😂 However understanding natural minor scale modes seems to be an easy task to do, there are still two more minor scales to grasp.. How to master minor melodic and minor harmonic scale modes and which is more common or useful. Btw this video is a great summary for everything I know till now thanks to Your lessons. Thank You🙏🙏🙏
Thanks! They’re probably less used but the principles are exactly the same. Listen out for them in music.
Great lesson, thanks a lot! 🙌🏻
No worries!
Great lesson!
Thanks! 😃
Hi Dan, letting you know that I've had to create a separate playlist for just your lessons and demos.Congrats, you're the first!
Honoured!
I love your content! Have a great day!
Thank you! You too!
OMG that was amazing🤯 I think Im starting to get it now. Thank you so much ❤
That’s great - keep it up!
Fantastic lesson - thanks
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Thanks a bunch amigo. I appreciate you.
Got gifted a bass guitar 4 months ago and have become a pretty mediocre bass player by following your lessons! Still impressive to the roommates and myself how far I've progressed over the course of the Summer. Going to my first Jam night at the end of the month. Nervous but excited.
That’s awesome! Mediocre is good enough for now 😂 Have fun and keep it simple at the jam night. You’ll be great. 🙏👍👊
Dan: Thank you so much for this priceless lesson. Alot to learn, I will work on this daily. 2nd year student, looking for something to put it all together. Your lesson does that for me.
Great to hear, Mike - thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks for the support! 🙏🙏🙏
You earned my sub 👏. Thanks!
Thanks for subscribing!
This was so cool on many layers. I was on a SBY shift at work with my trusty LT & watched the whole vid. I found it very useful & that cam angle looking up from your right shows very nice fretboard action which is also very very helpful & the on screen Tabs are always a nice addition. Nice one Dan, thankyou sir 🙏👌😉
Thanks - that’s good to know!
Great Stuff!! And Your sting ray sounds amazing!😊
Thanks so much!
Great video!
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That was fantastic. Some really important dots were connected for me. Can I also say you have a very cool calm and relaxing teaching method. 😎
Thanks very much!
Very informative Dan.
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Best bass teacher 👍
Thanks! 😃
GReat stuff. 1 year in to learning bass, I've consumed hundreds of hours of SBL, BassBuzz, TalkingBAss, Luke'S etc all very valuable and helpful in my journey as a beginner, but something in/about your videos over the last month or so since I've subbed to you, has accelerated my understanding exponentially... actually maybe it'S just the last few weeks and perhaps the timing of my ability and understanding were also at the right point, I'm still a beginner so I cannot quite put my finger on what it is, but. thanks.
Thanks very much. I credit the fantastic educators you’ve been watching up to now! Keep up your learning. 🙏👍👊
just dug out my stingray 4 going to record some funk power pop. bit of a session with the EHX Qtron+ too : )
Bedankt
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Thank you Dan for the richness of your teaching.
I really appreciate when you give us exercises, exercises as it makes us progress.
Curious about what you called a Phrygien dominant etc..
Could you tell us a bit more about that ?
Thank you again
That’s good to know. Thanks. It’s the 5th mode of the harmonic minor scale and is used a lot in flamenco music. It sounds so cool!
You crystalized a big thing for me: What the pentatonic scale means - both major and minor. I had never thought about it that each is just the existing scale less the notes of the tritone. Makes sense as it's why these subsets of notes can be played over virtually everything and sound good. I will have to play with it but it is also interesting to take the modes less the tritone and what is left of the pentatonic - some are just the same but like the mixolydian or dorian... not sure what will come from but am going to play around with this!
It's also super cool how you explain how you are thinking when improvising... that for me is something I wonder about a lot when I see someone shredding is kind of 'whats going on in their heads right now'.... And also that some of this is just hours of practice... but knowing (I'm seeing it) that it does come together.
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I am so grateful for this video! Thank you for your crystal-clear presentation.
Thanks, Matthew!
This video helped me understand the connection between these concepts so much more clearly! I just have one question. What pentatonic scale would you play over diminished chords? Thank you again for this gem!
Thanks! There kind of isn’t one for diminished or at least major or minor would clash. Over the vii chord, you could play minor pentatonic but move the fifth interval down a half step. That would fit.
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I'm a beginner bassist learning the basics. Trying to figure out where to start is quite daunting but I'm optimistic because I want this fluidity. It seems that I may have adult ADHD lol. As a beginner, what should I focus on the most? I love your channel ❣️ I'm learning so much! Thank you Dan 🤘🏼
Thanks! Hard to say but I’d suggest just building the habit of a daily practice routine (you can change up what you do - learning songs is a big one). Deliberate, consistent practice is the way forward.
I'd doubt the clarity part given the vernacular. He's still cool though. 🤔🙂
Still trying to work this one out… 🤔
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I have to confess that I never use it! I bought it to record guitars but don’t do much of that these days. It’s there for future use…
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Hi Dan! For the modes, im still trying to understand. which notes do you play when you play a mode in any key? im very familiar with the C Major modes but in other keys im confused.
like for a dorian in another key, how would i know if a key is a sharp or a flat?
It’s just the notes of that key. E.g. D Major modes all contain D E F# G A B C#. You must know all your major scale key signatures to understand the major scale modes (the circle of fifths helps with this - I have a lesson on my channel).
Has anyone ever called you Disco Dan ?. I don't know where I got this from, this just popped into my head.
They have now!
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Can you play all the modes in a single key? For example, if a key is in G, can I play any mode in G in the G scale or over a G chord instead of a G major scale?
You can technically play any of the G major scale modes over G but some of them will sound more ‘interesting’ than others due to the stability of some notes against the notes of the G chord. As ever, go with what sounds good to you.
Is that a refinished stingray?
Originally ‘78 but I think it was refinished, yes.
Is your bass guitar a sterling or Ernie Ball
Original 1978
How the hell can I hear the bass more , I'm using stems but when I hear reqular song it's harder + how do you remember what you hear to play on fret.
I use patterns, shapes, play the song a lot, and it generally gets easier with practice and experience. You could try an app called Moises if you like. It isolates the bass (and other instruments if you like).
Here’s a lesson that might help: czcams.com/video/CXFHmrshjvg/video.htmlsi=o5iITOfLxrSHSk0m
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How does this work in drop c?
The shapes will definitely change…
@@OnlineBassCourses would love to see a video on this. I can't find this subject matter anywhere.
@@darkenedskies9766 To be honest, I might not be the best person to make that video because I would just reach for a 5 string if I need those low notes. I've never used drop C!
@OnlineBassCourses fair enough. This subject matter is scarce on youtube. Especially for bass. I just read an article in talking bass and it seems the patterns will stay the same as far as scales in drop c except for the E string. That's tuned 2 steps down where the others are 1 step down. I still think you could make a good video on it one day
@@darkenedskies9766 Yes that's true. It's only one string that's being changed.
Bad guy 😂.... it means the opposite here in Nigeria 🇳🇬
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People don't need more music theory, they need ears to listen to music without prejudice. People need to know the difference between Michael Jackson and Classical chord progressions, the difference between Rock and Jazz fusion sometimes. I don't like how some people are allowed to cover people's songs on CZcams, I can't even upload anything copyrighted, it even detects copyrighted vocals somehow. Some people are allowed to do horrible inappropriate covers here, why ?. It's a weird situation online that is destroying our culture, extremely rapidly.
this is about 5 years beyond me. i can barely play eigth note runs on an open string
Don’t worry. Commit to a regular practice routine, learn this stuff slowly over time, and it’ll start to become clearer. Your technique will improve too. Good luck.
Can you suggest a "regular practice routine", please?
@@tysiudamasceno I have this lesson which might give you a few ideas: czcams.com/video/ZttQ8zrJNpM/video.html
Hey we don't use the word can't Sir