I’ve been playing bass for almost two years without knowing any music theory. After watching this tutorial, I felt the excitement that I felt back when I first picked up the instrument. Finally, theory is starting to CLICK! Can’t wait to binge-watch the rest of these beginner videos. You, sir, are an excellent teacher! Patient and clear.

Mr. Brown, your elocution goes beyond words, tone and style to include how you seamlessly integrated the physical movements of your hand and bass to deliver an outstanding presentation. Seriously.

Has to be the best and straight forward explanation of the pentatonic sale. Thanks!

Your "rant" was not a rant at all, but a beautifully stated explanation. As for the lesson, I loved it! I am truly a beginner with experience. I taught myself guitar in junior high school. I played tenor sax in high school band. I picked up a base in a church years ago because they did not have a base player. Again, self taught, off of what I knew from other stuff. Funny story. The associate pastor (sound board guy) handed me a tape to listen to. He hit play. After two or three measures, I told him to stop it. "I get it." He smiled. Talk about the busiest bass in the west! I slowed it down immediately. Amazing how simply hearing your BEGINNER self for a second or two is more than enough. LOL I am taking the time now to really learn it all from scratch. The ideas of music theory are not over my head, but I never understood how to really "work" with any of it. I love the way you teach.

A great intro this scale. After 50 years of playing drums, my knees are shot and I'm now moving to bass. Your videos are helping a lot!

I just bought a bass, I'm 56, my goal is notbto be as good as you but to do this for me. I am glad I found you. Thank you.

Self taught with a bit of knowledge but stuck ?well these patterns take you up another step ,showing that 1 finger per fret in exercise is great, alternative ways of playing scales is also vital and this is a real learning process not only for beginners but self taught guys like myself who missed a few steps while learning .guys like you and J.Stinnet give you great fundamentals while moving over fretboard.❤❤

I played on a church worship team for about 10 years. Stopped playing for about 20 years. Just getting back into playing again. Love the scales lessons. Lots of stuff here I never learned the first time through. Very grateful for the lessons. Currently jamming on a fretless 6 string

As someone who's been playing for years and years these type of videos are really amazing to refresh the memory, sometimes the most simple stuff can be the most complicated to master (feel and etc.), anyways much appreciated! =)

This is the lesson no one taught me when I was starting out. Glad to see you cover it!

The calmness of that rant was a lesson itself

Thank you for NOT using excessive hand gestures since we are following your fingers for learning reasons. Thanks again!

This is an amazing way to see the pentatonic scale outside of the five shapes that gets you across most of the fretboard. Thank you Rich!

Excellent explanation, also your calm approach is very helpful. Compliments, greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

I have been playing the bass for two weeeks,this is really inspiring,thanks Mr.Brown.

I really love the way you teach the theory at the same time as the patterns and fingering. As a newish bassist who is just getting to grips with music beyond learning songs from tab, you are really helping me develop. And the mellow vibe is almost ASMR 🙂

You're not only a fantastic bass player but also a great teacher..perfect combo!!Thanx a lot for helping me(us) Sir!

Thanks Rich. have always been a 'by-ear' player. felt I was being lazy but then found theory off-putting. You manage to bridge both in a way that I get! Thanks (from the UK).

Hey Rich, Thank you for addressing that phishing scam. It's a shame that people waste their creative energies on such things. Thank you also for an illuminating lesson on pentatonic scales. It is always good to go back to the basics. You are never too advanced to neglect the ABCs. For my part, it's where I live. Peace and love.

Rich, as a beginner I've watch many video's and they just confused what little gray matter I have left in my 71 year old brain. After watching this video I have to say - EXCELLENT! - I understood everything. I especially like that you say the dot or fret number and note. I'll be back for more. Thank you very much. -Vince-

Perhaps you should consider a Masterclass. You have excellent teaching skills.

Thanks for the lesson, it was very nicely explained

Thank you, Rich for this informative lesson. I'm an old boomer who is trying to pick up what I abandoned 40 years ago. I found the lesson easy to follow. I look forward to climbing the neck of my short-scale using this.

Loving your lessons Mr Brown ive just bought a bass and amp last week then i found your site perfect timing, sorry to hear about scammers trying to steal your identify hope you get it resolved all the best and thanks for your lessons your a good methodical teacher, peace from aja64 from Glasgow, Scotland, UK

My brain absorbs your teaching like Sponge 🧽. I really appreciate it. God bless you bro.

Mr. Brown thank you. You just open the flood gates of my journey of playing the bass. It is very simple to understand. WOW!!!!

You have absolutely NO clue how much this video brought peace to me. I was about to stop practicing because these other videos are not THIS comprehensive and they don’t have the grace to teach that you have. I am so grateful to God for you. New subbie for life!

it would be helpful if you added diagrams showing the notes you're playing. its hard to tell from looking at your fingers

i feel like he's my dad so wholesome

Slowing it down for me was crucial. So glad you’re sharing your talent for playing and teaching.

I only started playing 3 months ago and your lessons have really helped me big time thank you

Brilliant, am just starting out on bass, late very late 🙂

Outstanding …. Thank you

Ive watched dozens of folks speaking to beginners and this is the first person to actually slow down to a beginners real understanding.

Man, you are so so much the best bass tutor on KZfaq. It’s like having you in my living room as my personal one-on-one tutor. PS: I make good coffee. Phil (absolute beginner - who you have encouraged my dream is possible) New Plymouth New Zealand ‘Down Under’ Much love

Great video!!!

Great teaching and love your relaxed, respectful regard for the learners. One thing, the volume on the instrument is very hard to hear in the lower registers.

Just discovered this channel. Love it! You're right -- I'm a drummer learning bass. It's great when there are lessons that mix beginner and higher skills so one is not overwhelmed, but can always pick up things above their level. Thanks for the lessons!

As a beginner, I learned A LOT from this video. Your teaching style is phenomenal and I look forward to learning a lot more from this channel. You've earned another subscriber, Mr. Brown!

Thanks

Thanks!

Can’t thank you enough for your lessons Rich, I have just picked up the bass after 20 years and have really enjoyed playing again through your lessons.

Thank you for your passion and patience to help ppl like me who need help from skilled professionals,I’m learning. Please give us more.

Rich, Love you man, I can feel your positive energy and your genuine vibration.. I'm absolutely sure that I am also speaking for your thousands of fans/subscribers... Keep up the good work and remember.. Good over Evil to those who are using your name for scams.. Blessings bro.

youre the #1 bossman

Great basic lesson. Picked up the bass in high school…then went overseas , college, kids, career and finally picked it up again at 50. Playing for two years now and love it. Just found you channel and gonna dive into some of you lessons. You seem to be a great teacher, very clear and concise. Thanks!

Outstanding..! Man that really hit home. It finally clicked. I picked it up quick in it's simplest form. I think I was over thinking.....again. Thank You SO MUCH..! You have a great teaching style. I'm an Ex-Keyboard guy and was trying to see the piano keys on a string fret board. Not easy and the pattern is like patterns we do for chord formations and Arpeggio's only now thanks to you I just learned one on a Fret Board. Oh Happy Day..!

That money thing is on MANY channels on KZfaq. It is a “New thing” on youtube now.

“I don’t even know what telegram is but I don’t like it already”💀

Hey Rich! So glad to have found your channel. Great to see an accomplished bass player laying out lessons with neither meaningless chatter nor unpleasant bass tone. You have a great delivery and you hit the foundational points that so many miss. Excellent work.

Amazing way of teaching, i played the piano for 10 years and picked up the bass for the last 10 months, your way of teaching is too good! Thank you.

you are a great teacher, man. ya do not intimidate, but uplift and clarify in a deep and at the same time elegantly simple way. i'll be here daily from now on. just wish i was in your town

Cool video Rich. Very well spoken, and explained. Unfortunatelly, KZfaq doesn´t give a damn about those data thrifting and abusing scumbags here. Trust me, i´ve reported thousands of those. Same goes for those investments bots!!

Rich I just found your channel. I have been playing guitar but I am brand new to bass. Your playing is great and the way you get information across to us whether a beginner or intermediate and beyond.

Been playing bass for about 20 years and this is a great video for all levels

How you keep your fingers so close together while doing it??? Im so confused i gotta spread my fingers all over the palce to reach the notes

I've been just kinda learning random things for a few months. Honestly, what I know feels very scattered. I want to start at the beginning again. Where's a good place to start?

I just bought a bass and this sooooo helpful, thank you!!!!

Mr Brown thanks for explaining so easily this pentatonic scale. I’ve been playing bass and this lesson will definitely help me a lot

I've run across a number of those Telegram comments, on various channels. Apparently, KZfaq is infested with scammers. 😒😒😒

that telegram scam is all over KZfaq. bass players...of all people should realize it's a scam. peace

Very useful lesson. Playing bass for a decade or so and it’s very easy to lose yourself in all the YT content there is out there. One screaming over the other totally get attention/clicks/subscribers. How nice it is when there is a channel with a quiet well-bespoke guy who explains things gs in a very easy understandable manner. Hands moving slow enough to follow (up) on. Giving tips on the use of the lesson in everyday settings. Many thanks Rich for sharing your tremendous knowledge with us!

Thank you Sir! I have been playing for a while with no “theory” to speak of. I use the number system mostly. You have taught me more in the first 5 minutes about the pentatonic scale that I can use right now than anything else I have seen. Just stumbled across your video but it will not be my last. Thank you for breaking it down for those of us who aren’t backed up with all the theory.

They're scams & are all over the place - we continue to report them 👍😊

Such a beautiful lesson! Though I am not a beginner, I watched to the end because I liked the way you linked major and minor and the way you resolve each scale is awesome harmony! Great lesson, thank you!

I'm an advanced beginner from Jamaica i play reggae and some pop,I'm so thankful for your time and kindness to us for these lessons I play by ear and feel so the way you teaches with time a patient I really appreciate you my brother please continue to give us these lessons.

youre literally the chillest person ever thank you so much for this lesson

Excellent instruction. I've been playing guitar for over 50 years. The pace and calm attention to detail is why I'm subscribing. Need bass knowledge for my interest in looping. Thanks

I've been playing bass for 5 years now, but I don't know many basic things, this is very useful tysm

Fantastic approach to pentatonic scales and to bass playing. Travelling at the moment and can't practice but I'll get on to it ASAP. Thank you so much for giving me hope. I've been struggling for months to find a good teacher on the Internet and I think I finally have. I'll be back... Thanks again M. Brown, great work. Keep it up.

Far out... I'm just beginning... I know absolutely nothing about music... I actually think that I've learned something from you... Thanks man...

Hi Dr Brown, I will be totally honest with you here, right now I am a one man band playing to backing tracks, I have been playing fender strat and tele and acoustic Takamine all my life, rhythm mostly, during Lockdown I decided to pick up the bass guitar, and it Litteraly drove me demented at how strange it felt in my hands, but after watching a few KZfaq videos, I play a lot of country and have been looking up videos mostly just showing this 1 4 5 chord sequence, I spent a whole week at this and last weekend I built up the courage to try this out in my live shows, so for the first hour there I was on stage playing bass 1 4 5 to my simple 3 chord country songs, sounded great I could really feel the bass in the room, but that was it , a lot of the teachings on youtube are thought starting on C root note and easy to then to play the 1 4 5, but then when a song is in A I'm lost, well I'm not as its just put your finger on the E string 5th fret play take it off play it open, but my god that can get so boring, yes it works but I guess it's a start to getting the feel of the bass and especially in front of a crowd I said what if there is actually a bass guitar player in the crowd watching me, so I put the bass back up on its stand and reverted back to my takamine and tele, But in that hour I had my bass in hand, it felt good, so I'm back on youtube now and I landed here on your channel and have watched this clip a few times and I know again it's C chord but it's how you explain moving it all up along the fretboard, you break it down and explain everything so clearly, some tutorials you can't even see what they are doing on the fretboard, it's all so just too rushed into, Scott Grove is where I started with this 1 4 5 Chord sequence and like I said it worked, but can get so boring, coming on here I have learned a lot already only to get it down and put into practice, I think you just made the bass more exciting for me to learn and to play, you have just gained a new subscriber here, sorry for going on here and boring everyone, just wanted to paint a picture of where I am with the bass guitar right now, stuck on just the 1, 4, 5, maybe I'm just too old at 55 to start learning the bass guitar 🤔😊

Outstanding. Simply outstanding. You're reaching people you will never know. Very grateful.

I've been playing for years, but always struggle with the basics. This was very helpful thank you.

Literally just picked up the bass thats been sitting in the corner for years, re-stringed it yesterday, looked up bass tutorial and your channel came up, thank you very much, this was helpful and fun as hell :)

When you resolved down to the 8th fret C I heard myself say "OOOOOHHHHH!!"

Thank you so much for sharing your time and knowledge with us. Love the major to minor lessons.

Thank you so much for the lesson. I really appreciate you for taking the time to explain and teach the fundamental of playing the bass. Thank you

I have played bass for over fifty years. But I am walking awway with your style teaching. Fantastic!

Saw the video pop up because I am wanting to learn (finally) to play the bass. Subscribed because of the first couple minute "rant" about "scammers" portraying themselves as him. Honorable man and loved the information and lesson. The explanation is so clear to me because I learn best with patterns. Thank you so very much.

Thank you. Great, calm and measured instruction with no gimmicks. I’ve been playing the rhythm guitar for a long time and I got roped into playing the bass for a covers band. I’m really enjoying it. After about a year, I’m ready to move from just the root notes to learning new techniques from the masters. Although I knew the pentatonic scale before, this is very refreshing. Well done. Just off to get this well and truly down.

GREAT CHANNEL ! Love the lessons. I've been playing bass since 1980... hole in the wall bars, cover bands, tributes, semi-professionally, festival stages and just about everything in between but probably couldn't tell you what a major / minor / diminished scale should look like on the fretboard even though I probably know what it sounds like in my head. I too am a 'ear dictates where the fingers go' player but now can take it up a notch thanks to your knowledge sharing. Great stuff. I appreciate you.

Your teaching skills are of the highest level, thanks a bunch !!! Simple is great

Perfect timing on the video. Started learning Pentatonic Scales last week and this is the perfect exercise. Thanks man!

Thanks so Much Rich. I've been playing for 3 months. And getting better each day.

I'm an instrument teacher and love what you're doing here. Thanks for this. I'll follow and pass on. Patty

Comfortable to watch and learn, thank you very much!

I've been waiting for this video forever! Thank You Mr. Brown

I’m getting my first bass tomorrow. So glad I found you. Very clear instructions 🙏🙏

I am a guitar player who likes to add bass lines to looping, jumped on this for an into tutorial on bass lines because although i know my scales, i just don’t know what to play and they are always very basic in the root notes or maybe an octave. This lesson was amazing. Excellent instruction on connecting the fretboard. This would have helped on a six string years ago…thank you for this lesson! You have a new subscriber!

I am a beginner and I started taking lessons. But I think I got more out of this one lesson than 2 months of the private lessons I’ve taken. You have a new disciple Rich. Thank you.

Huge shoutout right there, somebody tried explaining the Penatonic scale to me on Bass from a guitarists' perspective and it overly complicated everything. Showing us that pattern made it so much clearer and actually helped me understand each scale and the connections to the octaves!

This is the kind of things that hardly anyone explains or demonstrates and the reason for it. Thank you.

Thank you for this, you've made it very simple to follow as a beginner, I've just joined the channel...ALOHA!

Thanks so much! Been playing a couple years and this is one of the best lessons I've seen yet. You're a great communicator.

This guy is a great teacher. Thank you!

Tks a lot Mr. Rich Brown….I’m beginner from the jungle in Brazil ….doing this slowly we can learn faster. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

YOUR one of the best teachers on u tube , you explain the theory in small bites (segments) wish you had a cd and a book i would buy it in a minute your explanation is clear ,and precise ,you sincerely want us to GET IT ! the message, and best of all you dont make us noobeys fill stupid thanks again im a beginner/beginner ...mh

After hitting the open A since you're in the key of C the open A would be the relative sixth and then you can transition first string first fret and repeat the shape in F then G as well since it is the four and fifth degree!

I'm a guitarist but aways wanted to learn Bass. I just started watching your free bass beginner guitar lessons and I came across this Pentatonic lesson. WOW! So clear man! Thank you.