The Tiny Bit Of Theory That TOTALLY Changed How I Play Bass!

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This week we’re looking at an element of musical study that can totally change how you look at both playing and writing bass lines and music in general. It’ll change how you learn bass lines. It’ll allow you to play awesome fills and solos (in a melodic way). This is one of the most important ‘melodic’ bass lessons you’ll probably ever have.
We're going to look at how we add notes to those chord tones. Chord Tones are the most important thing you can learn as a bass player. But what about all the other notes! What about scales? What about chromatic notes?
Loads of bass lines make use of chromatic notes. This is where we need to have a system for adding all those cool, funky little notes into our riffs. So buckle up and get ready for a journey into some USEFUL music theory!!
This lesson is taken from module 5 of the new Ultimate Music Theory For Bass over at the Talkingbass website: bit.ly/3x3xc2S
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:49 The Sound Of Chord Tones
2:55 Bad Scale Notes
4:31 How To Use Non Chord Tones
6:48 Passing Notes
16:11 Neighbour Notes
18:32 Approach Notes
20:45 Enclosures
23:40 Bass Line Application
24:42 Passing Note Bass Line
26:06 Neighbour Note Bass Line
26:58 Approach Note Bass Line
27:35 Enclosure Bass Line

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@xiaokang8692 2 ай бұрын

I had no idea about naming convention but used to use those additional notes. Even if it seems to be simple, many listeners hear it as highly skilled playing.

@Liza_Aegis 3 ай бұрын

I wasn't saying a lot nice things about this dude in the past, but I gotta apollogize sincerely because he is actually pretty awesome the more I watch of him and I was not in the right to judge him for superficial reasons. I learned a lot from this guy and I was basically trashing him for nothing. I am deeply sorry for that! Great video, keep it on!

@patrickhagen563 3 ай бұрын

Way to go, that took a lot of courage.

@talkingbasslessons 3 ай бұрын

Don't actually recall seeing you trashing me. What was the main beef? I get a lot of people calling me names. But if you knew anything about my history and where I'm from, you'd very quickly realise I'm pretty immune to piss taking.

@NoChrReq 3 ай бұрын

He is around for so many years and I'm sort of sad that he fell behind Scott despite having more or less being around for the same amount of time. They even have very similar accents. I learned a lot from Mark in terms of lessons. Scott on the other hand went on to become a talkshow presenter, talking for a whole 15 minutes about nothing in each and every single one of his videos.

@talkingbasslessons 3 ай бұрын

@@NoChrReq Yes Scott and I have the same accent. We’re both from Leeds (although he’s originally from Carlisle) We have been friends since the mid 90s. We met at music college looong before KZfaq or Social Media. We’ll be going out drinking next weekend.

@NoChrReq 3 ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons nice to hear man, enjoy your drinks. Cheers 🍻

@Hazy_Tones Ай бұрын

this lesson was a musical life changer for me after 25 years of playing bass by trial and error. thank you!

@Tomtoms-tomtoms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a million for another really great lesson.. its like you switched on a light in my brain. Brilliant. 🙏☘️☘️☘️

@PotatoP000 3 ай бұрын

Here he is again... IT IS THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND... MARK FROM TALKING BASS (he should honestly be top 10 all time bassist)

@davidbalan6571 2 ай бұрын

The sounds of major and minor scales are instinctively recognisable in Melody's ' like ' Frere Jacques or " Twinkle Twinkle Little" Star

@SpeakerBuilder 3 ай бұрын

This is great. I have been focusing exclusively on playing around on the pentatonic notes for each chord, since they always include the chord tones, and also include two passing non-chord tone notes. This will help me begin to move away from exclusively playing pentatonics and focus instead of playing fewer notes and including these passing non-chord tone notes, thanks for this.

@tomgallagher4535 3 ай бұрын

Another fantastic lesson. Thanks Mark :

@leonardnovel 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing videos! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! ❤

@johnodell1346 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff again Mark, I now need to buy this lesson series to add to my collection of yours. Thanks for the years of guidance.

@bobbyt2788 3 ай бұрын

One of the mist useful well done lesson I have seen. Awesome.

@nichalausrook2397 3 ай бұрын

Nice, I'm definitely going to incorporate this into my playing and practice

@4unkb0y Ай бұрын

thanks for making these available, great stuff

@heidiedelman6840 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic, thanks!

@user-kw4iu8ge2w 3 ай бұрын

Thanks......I will continue to learn from you 😊

@galenwolfe9183 3 ай бұрын

Nice job. You have an excellent style and convey the information very clearly. Thanks

@Dallasllama 3 ай бұрын

Wow. It’s like watching Inception! So much to digest. Thank you Mark. Really enjoying Vol 1 so far. I can’t help sneak peaking at vol 2! The Chord Tone Essentials course is a fantastic grounding for this course and has helped me find my place quickly with the guitarist in the band. Every lesson so far I’ve learned something I didn’t know, so don’t skip ahead.

@paulhopkins686 3 ай бұрын

This is golden ✨️

@1234drums 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Sir ❤❤❤❤

@johnvrabec9747 3 ай бұрын

This is some killer training! Simple techniques, but they really bring those patterns alive. Cheers!

@johnvrabec9747 3 ай бұрын

These exercises also assist in ear training, hearing and recognizing the technique being played.

@miguelalvarez5362 3 ай бұрын

like you man, i think you are very clever to teach and share

@willb1157 2 ай бұрын

I would much rather get my help here, from Mark. Scott is great, and I am pretty sure an all round nice guy. The 2 "methods" and the structures are different - As Mr. Gormsby (7 periods with Mr. Gormsby) would say: "And that's fine..." But for me, too much hard sell and not really the personal encouragement (one does need it) from SBL. Also I been playing for about 45 years. And I find Mark STILL surprises and TEACHES me the stuff I need, And WANT. I used to live in Carlisle. But my mum was born in Thorner near Leeds.

@willb1157 2 ай бұрын

What? None of you know 7 periods with Mr. Gormsby? Oh, what you've missed in life. .Bass.

@josephmurphy8097 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson. Thank you. Tell me what is the brand of your wide bass strap??

@thomasfioriglio 3 ай бұрын

Is that an Adam Clayton Jazz Bass I spy?? Wow, this was a lot of information. Maybe too much at first? I was hoping you would break down some of those bass lines a little slower. Maybe this could have been in two parts? Despite that, this was excellent, Mark! My band is getting ready to record, and now this is making me rethink my baselines, or at the very least, try some different ideas. Very well explained and I was able to follow along when I paused it and took a moment to figure out on my own where you were going with the bass lines (regarding the 3rd and 5th, etc.). The fact that I know that is thank to you and your lessons. So thanks.

@talkingbasslessons 3 ай бұрын

The jazz at the beginning is a 1982 Japanese Fender. Bought it on Ebay. Those 80s Japanese Fenders are really good. You might have seen the natural Precision I use sometimes. That's a Japanese '82 import too. As for the video, it's from the Theory course over at the website. All of the lesson material is provided with tracks. There are many hours of video that takes you waaaay beyond this but also builds up to this from absolute basics. The intervals and arpeggios I mention are all covered at length in the previous lessons, hence the lack of info on those areas and the speed at which I move. Course is on sale until Wednesday here: members.talkingbass.net/shop/

@thomasfioriglio 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark!

@fuadumarsalim618 2 ай бұрын

Gem!!!

@pgrvloik 3 ай бұрын

Great, as usual. What do you use to make your backing tracks? I'm struggling to find a software that produces decent guitar grooves.

@markbass354 3 ай бұрын

GOOD VIDEO MARK I HAVE THAT SAME BLUE BASS

@Pookiestud 3 ай бұрын

What kind is it?

@markbass354 3 ай бұрын

its fender its a good bass @@Pookiestud

@marshwetland3808 3 ай бұрын

@@markbass354 Fender?? Mark's bass in an Enfield. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5eTe6qqsuDch58.html

@marshwetland3808 3 ай бұрын

Does the new course (which this is a part of, right?) have lots of melodic lessons like this, or lessons where we can play along to learn not only the shapes but the sounds of these different melodic basics (or other skills)? Maybe that course would make a good birthday present for myself.

@talkingbasslessons 3 ай бұрын

It’s hard to categorise the course in that way. It’s soooo much more than just learning bass. It’s a music theory course taking you from the absolute basics all the way through to advanced jazz degree level. Yes there are melodic lessons like this one but they are a tiny part of the whole. The course is huge and covers a LOT of stuff.

@marshwetland3808 3 ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons But stuff I can do, not just theory in the brain, right? I've done too much of that. This exercise sounded so easy. When I tried it - quite challenging, probably lots easier on piano where I know the notes well as they are obvious on sight. Challenging, but not impossible, so perfect level. I did look at the syllabus on your site.

@marshwetland3808 3 ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons Sure, but it says theory you can use. That's what I want. I get lost in my head and need to be applying everything in a basic way, like this fantastic exercise you came up with. Pulling it all together under the fingers. Maybe I should take just part 2. I have Grade7 piano and a fair bit of theory.