Funny Story! PLUS Exploring The Bossa Nova Bass Line /// Scott's Bass Lessons

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As you'll hear in this lesson, there's a good reason why I want you to learn the fundamentals of playing the bossa nova. I got myself into a sticky situation in the past, and I want to save you the same embarrassment. You'll have to watch the lesson to find out what happened!
The bossa nova is one of the most popular and widely used of the latin style bass lines, so if you're looking to work as a professional bass player getting this into your tool bag is a must. It's also a great way of learning and practicing your chord tones/arpeggios but in a more musical way than just running up and down the fingerboard. Because the bossa nova is of a medium tempo, it will give you time to actually think about your note choice and fretboard visualisation, something that can be tough within faster tempo's.
Once you've worked through the lesson I recommend that you look beyond the bossa nova and research other latin styles of music. As the rhythm's used within within this genre of music can be so syncopated, for a bassist there is is a lot learn from this... and it can be a lot of fun too!
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@devinebass 10 жыл бұрын

Funny Story! PLUS Exploring The Bossa Nova Bass Line /// Scott's Bass Lessons Heads Ups guys... I've just released a brand new lesson... There's a super funny story in this one for you! You can download the FREE backing track HERE: bit.ly/1gSZ4CE

@monteiro_ai 10 жыл бұрын

Great lesson man. I'm from Brazil, and I can say you really got the hang of it, but the fact that you mentioned it as just a latin rhythm, confuses me. I hope I'm not being too annoying, but I missed some kind of artist reference. Musicians like Moacir Santos, Tom Jobim, João Gilberto, Vinicius de Moraes, Chico Buarque, Baden Powell, Toquinho, Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra and many others, really have a role setting the basis for the style. Another detail that I think you didnt mention is the accent on the second note of the bass drum. Originally Bossa Nova is played on 2/4 or 2/2, with emphasis on the second tempo, that came from Samba, another native rhythm from Brazil. That being said, as a old timer subscriber I'm really pleased with your lessons. I believe you do it better than anyone I've seen on the youtube. Cheers! =)

@lucaswilleford1408 10 жыл бұрын

I've been watching these forms while. Not only for myself but for my students. I have come to see that arpeggios are a big deal and that's 90%ish of the basics of being a good bassist. I hope everyone realizes that!

@LerikCuritiba 10 жыл бұрын

And you guys are invited to hear the first bossa album ever! Cheers from Brazil! João Gilberto - Chega De Saudade (Álbum Completo 1959) [Full Album]

@brianacton4419 10 жыл бұрын

The production on your lessons keeps getting better and better. (And more concise too..;-) Keep up the good work! Love the bossa!

@Elsinnnn 10 жыл бұрын

I'm from Brazil, and we have a lot of Bossa Nova here. Your lesson is very nice, and was very interesting to me, even me being brazilian. Thanks for your great job.

@rogerlaro 6 жыл бұрын

Super helpful. Thank you! Great balance in your lessons by making it practical and fun at the same time.

@christiankurtboutot5658 5 жыл бұрын

I may play in a jazz quartet and they play blue bossa...I knew the basic rythm root and fifth but not what you call explandation (really appropriate term...thanks) ..it is fantastic and gives many degrees of colours to the song without "covering" it by playing too many notes...thank you Scott for your videos, your humility, your sense of pedagogy, your humanity... Greetings from a french parisian suburbs bass player and chromatic harmonistite...have a Nice day...thanks again. Why do you play with a glove (as Étienne M'Bappe ) ? I love feel the strings on my fingers and i do not understand...

@CrapAt0ItsBest 10 жыл бұрын

I love playing walking bass lines ever since I watched your lesson on it. I can't wait to jump on this.

@craigscot3048 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Scott. This will get me out of my bossa-rut! Good, comprehensive lesson.

@alfredbellanti3755 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you giving your knowledge Scott.

@samrobalo9461 10 жыл бұрын

Merci Scott! Un grand bonjour de FRANCE !! Thank you for this great channel

@kakapameilangi7896 6 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE THE BEST I have been learning from you for a long time and noticing greaaat improvements in my playing that has done a lot bro !! Thanks man

@mihaimalaescuofficial 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this! the lines are simple, but the way you explain is so cool...

@splukoes 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your lessons are really giving me new purpose and direction.

@bassmann4112 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, again some nice harmonic progressions in this backing track - I really enjoy playing along to it on the bass. Thanks!"

@daverejected 10 жыл бұрын

You are such an outstanding teacher my friend. Thank you.

@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF 10 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Scott! Greetings from Brazil!

@Fluffy2772 10 жыл бұрын

I'm working on Girl from Ipanema right now! Cool that you happened to post this.

@NGH99999 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson. Thanks, Scott.

@MisantropoFilantropo 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, man! I can't tell you how much I love bossa nova. It is a fantastic style. It is how to use minor scales to create a sound atmosfere not so sad, but instead, vitalistic, beautifull and pleasant. The magic of the little things. Maybe a little melancholic, but so emotional and vital. When I hear some bossa, it take me away to a better world ever. Just as an extra, one of the first bossa nova songs (composed by Caetano Veloso) is called "desafinado" which means "out of tune" in portuguese and spanish just because the use of those augmented chords that you say were not so usual when Caetano did that and someone said that the guitar should be sightly out of tune. However, with this I will probably have a lots of fun. Thank you very much. :)

@mathowlett 10 жыл бұрын

That was great Scott. Learned something new and opened up a whole new area for me to get lost in :)

@stilljazzed 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Scott!! Thank you!

@musashi_kun 10 жыл бұрын

Great lesson! Cheers from Brazil! :D

@cherylmuradas7711 10 жыл бұрын

Super cool Scott!!! Love Bossa! TY :)

@luigilebeau 9 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to try play bass just cause your videos. Thank, Scott, for a guitar man and future bass man too. PS.: like a good brazilian, I just love bossa nova.

@hungrswom 10 жыл бұрын

thank you for your share and lesson, it's very useful

@bluenote335 5 жыл бұрын

What you finally presented at the dinner table at the end was delicious!

@zacjacob2775 9 жыл бұрын

Lol, I love how the first thing jazz musicians ask each other is "do you know where you are right now?"

@Majstersztyk121 10 жыл бұрын

Wow... You made latin so simple for me! :) Thanks man!!

@mikesaganor 10 жыл бұрын

Once again great stuff.Thank you/

@ew8525 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@shlingero 10 жыл бұрын

tnx Scott!! great lesson!!

@kalletheowner Жыл бұрын

Man i really loved this one

@JackTurnbullBass 10 жыл бұрын

Nice.. Would love to see some advanced Latin stuff with Tumbao variations etc!

@tiago.mussolini 10 жыл бұрын

Great lesson ! You make it look so easy.. haha

@aaronwebb7855 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing tone.

@wrightlight 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Good stuff buddy!

@jesuscolonmusic 10 жыл бұрын

Scott! I feel like the bass volume could be raised a bit more. I can barely hear the bass because it's competing with your voice!

@stevenscott9983 10 жыл бұрын

Nice lesson.

@tommyfender1968 10 жыл бұрын

Damn you Scott... You and your perfect tone! Sorry, that was the jealousy talking. I'll get there one day. You hit the proverbial nail ob the head though, I get locked in on the first and some of the poitions of the fretboard. I find it so hard to play in the upper frets (basically, anything above the 7th fret becomes out of my comfort zone.

@devinebass 10 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Tommy! :)

@ricktate8090 10 жыл бұрын

Scott, I have been watching your videos for a few years now and all students that I work with I recommend your courses. You are very good at what you do and I really like how you relate your experiences and funny stories that a lot of have had happen to us. As a professional I am continuously learning and striving for excellence and your program it perfect for my needs. Thank your or what you are doing it is adding value way beyond what you may think. Great job and If you are ever in Nashville Tennessee I sure would like to meet you. Thanks, Rick TAte

@frankmayer7960 10 жыл бұрын

Ricky don't loose that number, it's the only one you own.....!

@Smudgie 10 жыл бұрын

Rikki don`t lose that number at 4:57

@guyvelvet1980 5 жыл бұрын

Scott is a boss

@MariuszBoruta 10 жыл бұрын

great lesson Scott !

@devinebass 10 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mariusz :)

@MariuszBoruta 10 жыл бұрын

it's so helpful ! and well explained ! and funny as usual ..see You on the other sit(d)e ;)

@alfredbellanti3755 5 жыл бұрын

Good story. I have found myself in similar situations.

@J-Cardozo 7 жыл бұрын

What lessons should i watch to understand what you mean with the chord progressions

@pietermrichard932 3 жыл бұрын

Your free videos are crazy....So what more about your paid lessons💣mind eplosion

@lancecamposano3633 8 жыл бұрын

What's the title of the intro ? I wanna hear the full version of it :)

@melakmi 10 жыл бұрын

Cool beans, you seem to know the stuff you're talking about. Respects for that. However, what the deuce is going on with that glove thingy?

@acprado67 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Scott, unless you´re soloing, there´s no necessity of playing arpeggios when playing Bossa Nova. The basic line is to play as long as possible the root and the fift, using some ghost notes, similar to the samba style. The less notes you play, the better the results, cause Bossa is a "calm" way of playing samba

@wackaman 10 жыл бұрын

Useful and funny. Thank you Scott!!

@archiewright5056 10 жыл бұрын

I can't find the backing track, just a big circle...

@Bass.Player 10 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a Steely Dan tune! (root/fifth Dm)

@devinebass 10 жыл бұрын

You gotta love "The Dan" ;)

@willietango 9 жыл бұрын

Scott's Bass Lessons ..but that's an admitted steal from Song For My Father-Silver

@Xcorgi 10 жыл бұрын

I can't really see the print on the headstock of your Fender-like bass. I was just wondering, what brand of bass do you play. You have a great tone. Also, thanks for showing so many different styles and genres for real world bass music to play in band situations. It's really enlightening to see someone do something on bass besides slap and pop. Sure it can be entertaining but slap and pop is what finger tapping is on guitar. People can only listen to so much of it then they ask; so, can you play any actual songs on that thing?

@EvertAlbers 10 жыл бұрын

BTW nice speaker you have there.

@nmssis 10 жыл бұрын

in this style of bossa, would it be wrong to incorporate dead notes?

@ComaPopis325 10 жыл бұрын

I have fingers very small, is difficult play bass like you? what can I do?

@TheGrooveRoom_Gabz 10 жыл бұрын

How does playing with the glove affect your left hand technique and tone?

@devinebass 10 жыл бұрын

It's just a medical thing... it doesn't really effect the tone at all. Thanks for watching man! :)

@J-Cardozo 6 жыл бұрын

6:30 what musical theory subject teach this

@serranojavier99 10 жыл бұрын

What's the intro song!?!?!

@kakamannss 2 жыл бұрын

what are those gloves called?

@lorrianelump4508 10 жыл бұрын

Hi scott, really learning alot as a beginner, my problem is I see what your playing, and the scale you call out, just can't hear your bass when you play...think you can turn it up some...Thank yoy,

@gabrielwag 10 жыл бұрын

Try using headphones.

@tomvanlieshout524 10 жыл бұрын

The audio from his video is fine. Try using better (external) speakers, or even better: headphones. Most laptop/tablet speakers aren't very good in playing some of the lower range tones.

@IberianInteractive 10 жыл бұрын

why the glove though?

@ahmed1987m 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott's for let me steal your wonderful ideas ... :))

@kevsfernandez03 10 жыл бұрын

I cant register my email on your website :(

@azzurres1 10 жыл бұрын

So playing bass is playing scales like on the guitar.. you have just to follow the rythm a bit more, right?

@yurismir1 10 жыл бұрын

And you don't play chords. You play the notes separately.

@KrakkersBB 8 жыл бұрын

So does that mean Dio - Holy Diver is based around a Bossa?

@hilarytoussaint3359 2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEVER EVER BETTER EXPLAINED BY ANYONE, TO DATE. THE FUNNY STORY OF EVERY : " WANT- TO- BE- A- BAD- ASS- PLAYER OF WHATEVER INSTRUMENT" . REALITY HITS IN AND IT SUCKS. BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE INSTANT FIX :" DUM BU DUM " THE VITAL LIFE PULSE OF MUSIC AND OF LIFE ITSELF. ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂 RHYTHMICAL IMPROV POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEWLY FOUND KNOWLEDGE.🎆🎆🎆🏅🏆🏆🏆🎖

@fortun8diamond 2 жыл бұрын

without the bass, I can't tell what is the ON-BEAT beats.

@kmallayev 5 жыл бұрын

"...make sure you know all the notes all over your neck..." )))) Maaaaaaaan, come on! ))))

@bergeracstrat 10 жыл бұрын

Can't get the backing track, even after signing in

@devinebass 10 жыл бұрын

Hey Dennis... I totally forgot to upload the backing track... yikes!... gimme an hour and I'll get it uploaded for ya ;)

@bergeracstrat 10 жыл бұрын

Scott's Bass Lessons Cheers mate..........I like it in the shed.

@raduruncanu8037 10 жыл бұрын

The bass is not loud enough, really. Thanks!

@arieswaters Жыл бұрын

What is up with his glove wearing?

@devinebass Жыл бұрын

Thanks for enquiring about the gloves Scott uses. Unfortunately he has to use them as he suffers from a neurological condition called 'Focal Dystonia'. So... before you run out and buy a pair of black gloves - save yourself the money. If he didn't have to use the gloves he definitely wouldn't be using them. If you do have a similar condition - they are simply tight, thin woolen gloves that you can find in most camping stores or on Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/EDZ-Merino-Wool-Gloves-Red/dp/B009S4QJOA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1375953899&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=woollen+gloves+merino+redl Hope that helps.

@JavierScheuermannMusic 10 жыл бұрын

Around 14:40 I jizzed

@danigutierrez349 4 жыл бұрын

Feller, un segundito por favor. Se puede saber qué hace con un solo guante? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rp-Cjbx5zruvkqc.html

@mullciber8109 4 жыл бұрын

Dm G7 C7 Ad7

@exvitat4797 10 жыл бұрын

i broke my midle finger......

@babukitty2 10 жыл бұрын

Funny story. I got my ass kicked on this lesson.

@moiragorman5 6 жыл бұрын

I think you are a very good teacher, but I think you chat too much (e.g. how long you go on about the conversation with the other players). I'm just waiting for you to get on with the lesson..Do listen to it to see if you get my point. Thanks very much.