Learn The Cycle Of Fourths In 20 Seconds (and improve your fretboard knowledge 1000%)

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This week we're taking a look at the cycle of fourths and how you can memorise it in around 20 to 30 seconds with this super fast hack!
The circle of fifths and fourths is an incredibly important part of music theory for beginners and all reading musicians learn both cycles when studying key signatures.
The cycle of fourths is also commonly used by musicians when learning scales, arpeggios and pretty much any exercise as a way of working through every chromatic key.
We're going to look at how you can learn the cycle of fourths FAST and then show you some great exercises that will improve your knowledge of the fretboard to an intuitive level.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 What is the cycle of 4ths
1:52 The 20 second Hack!
2:38 Major Scale Through The Cycle
4:30 Fretboard Learning Exercise
6:26 Applying The Cycle

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@waltersassano4294 11 ай бұрын

I love this exercise and it's a big part of the Chord Tone Essentials class on the website. Working the cycle on a single string was a HUGE improvement to finding notes on the fretboard.

@ShanonCole 11 ай бұрын

Chord Tones Essentials was an amazing course! It opened up so much for me. I will always be grateful for Mark.

@Mashbass1 11 ай бұрын

Random thought... you could also think of it as a standard tuning of a 5 string bass (B-E-A-D-G), first time with flats and then without :D

@walterneilson8119 11 ай бұрын

Great practice technique for learning the fret board

@81Treez 3 ай бұрын

This deserves more than a like and subscribe. Thank you.

@micktomazou 11 ай бұрын

Good lesson - I learned from it and I've been playing for about 20 years. Thanks Mark.

@waynemorrison5792 11 ай бұрын

This was great! Thanks!

@girmaybass68 11 ай бұрын

Excellent!!!

@SimulacronX 11 ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you. You are unstoppable.

@velvetgluv 4 ай бұрын

This was really helpful at just the right point in my learning process. Lightbulb moment! Maybe I should get your course :) I'm just realising for myself that it's not patterns but notes that I need to know to play confidently , and you have confirmed it.

@jeffswank8326 11 ай бұрын

Great workout routine..! Limber those digits..😁

@AndyReadGuitar 5 ай бұрын

oh my gosh I memorised this first time - thanks for this!!!!!

@ShanonCole 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark!💪🔥

@liamwilson42 11 ай бұрын

Great Tutorial

@nickruddle1528 Ай бұрын

Great!

@davidbalan6571 11 ай бұрын

One is found between the third and fourth scales degrees and the other between the seventh and eighth scales degrees.

@GuitarMooseMusic 11 ай бұрын

I played bass in my teens to late 20’s. Taught myself for the most part, my guitar playing friend needed a bass player. He showed me how to tune it and a few other minor things. Finding the notes on the fretboard or scales wasn’t a thing back then for me. It was learn songs, play shows and make a little money. I changed to guitar after not touching an instrument for about 20 years. I’m learning everything I can that I didn’t back then. I’m learning bass and guitar, I’m disabled and dirt poor so is their a cheap but good bass scales book you recommend?

@billball6503 11 ай бұрын

My recommendation would be a video that goes through all the modes in 2 octaves :)

@chriskepler5505 11 ай бұрын

Another way to practice the cycle of fourths is to go across the strings. Start with C on the 8th fret on your low E string. Using the first 12 frets do C’s, F’s, Bb’s, Eb’s Ab’s Db’s Gb’s, B, E, A D & G on each string and then come back down to the 8th fret on your low E string. Then do it on the next 12 frets, or as high on the neck as you have frets. I also like to do the cycle of fourths on each string starting with C at the 8th fret and move up a sting when I get the end of the cycle on each string. Once I’m done with the highest string I then do the same thing coming back down the strings. Then do it on the next 12 frets, or as high on the neck as you have frets. It has been recommended to also say the notes out loud as you go through the cycle. Having said that I don’t always do that, but always say the notes in my mind. Both ways above are normally how I practice the cycle of fourths and it has really helped learn the fretboard and get speed up doing it! NOTE: It doesn’t happen over night, LOL!

@talkingbasslessons 11 ай бұрын

That’s great. But did you watch the video? You’ve just described the exercise in the lesson.

@chriskepler5505 11 ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons Thanks for the comment, Mark. Yes, I did watch the video and just watched it again after your comment. You are correct, my second paragraph is what you were talking about in the lesson. However, I never heard you say, “Then do it on the next 12 frets, or as high on the neck as you have frets.” In the first paragraph I don’t recall you saying to do it how I said “Another way to practice the cycle of fourths is to go across the strings. Maybe I didn’t word it correctly for you to understand? Perhaps I should have said: Using the first 12 frets, play all single notes, start with C on the 8th fret on your low E string, then play C on the A string, C on the D string, C on the G string, then come back down through the strings doing all the C on each string back to the C on the 8th fret on the low E string. Next do all of the F’s as you just did the C’s then Bb’s, Eb’s, Ab’s, Db’s Gb’s, B’s, E’s, A’s, D’s, & G’s on each string and then come back down to the starting note on your low E string. Then do it on the next 12 frets, or as high on the neck as you have frets. If you did explain how I just did in the video, I am sorry and have missed it twice now. If you could show me the number on the video where you said this way of doing it I would appreciate knowing where that is at, thank you.

@korayem 11 ай бұрын

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@nicacrush 11 ай бұрын

Besides helping to memorize the fretboard how can you use the circle of fourths to improve your playing?

@talkingbasslessons 11 ай бұрын

The circle of fifths/fourths is an essential element of learning music. They are at the heart of key signatures and a LOT of chord progressions move cyclically (through the cycle of 4ths). Forget about improving your playing. Learn music rather than bass. The bass playing will improve as a bi product and you will have knowledge rather than basic motor skills.

@mattgibson6144 11 ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons Nice tip to concentrate on learning the music rather than the instrument. On thinking it makes perfect sense as your play will be less robotic as your skills increase, and knowing the music will inspire more creativity around the fretboard.

@cliffdickson 11 ай бұрын

The open strings and notes on the Bass are played out in the circle of 4ths.

@graemerobertson5160 11 ай бұрын

Nice you call it 4ths, many call it fifths which only applies if you go down in pitch.

@rbass7674 11 ай бұрын

I don't have 20 seconds. Is there something that will make me great in less time?

@4Hisglory68 11 ай бұрын

😂

@MaduroMan 11 ай бұрын

Sorry dude, I was already confused by the 2:30 minute mark. :(

@patrickgallagher4212 11 ай бұрын

f bead Go Catch Fish.... i always learned the whole thing as the circle 0f 5ths

@kahwigulum 11 ай бұрын

you played the circle of fourths there and it sounded like it belonged in rush or dream theater so i had fun with that and made a prog of my own kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpZ-Y8WY2KipqJc.html