2 Simple Exercises To Master The ENTIRE Fretboard

Practise these two exercises every day and within a few weeks you'll know the fretboard like the back of your hand! Get both the exercises in all 12 keys here: / charlesberthoud
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Roots and 5ths
1:52 Roots and 5ths Bassline
2:15 3rds
3:26 Triads Bassline
3:51 Triad Types
5:31 Exercise #1 - Diatonic Triads
7:06 Intro to 7th Chords
8:04 7th Chords Bassline
8:23 Types of 7th Chords
9:41 Exercise #2 - Diatonic 7th Chords
11:26 Outro

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Become a GRAND MASTER of your fretboard - get both the exercises in all 12 keys here: www.patreon.com/CharlesBerthoud

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Collab some time?

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

I'd love to see a collab with BassCamp and Jim Stinnett's student

[@Victinitotodilepro]

omg its charles hiiiii

[@HMan-zu6bf]

You two need to have a bass battle. Winner takes Danny Sapko.

[@8Phoenix8]

Add Casey Driessen in there. Violin Chop master with Your Epic Tap skills and maybe Davie504 for slap 👋 lmk what you think Charles 🎉this has been on my mind since the Violin Bass War :)

[@mowvu5380]

you silly goose

[@ngolinyirenda6421]

You referring to us as "your fellow bassists" is pure class, makes me feel warm inside !

[@chrisseibert7810]

that tone sounds so good

[@matthewwilson9749]

I love b5 (flat 5)chords. First encountered them in jazz.

[@miket8018]

Thank you for helping me learn music. A classically trained pro creating content for us out of love makes the world a better place.

[@TheLmaoGuylml]

Great exercises Charles, thank you for sharing

[@BassCampOfficial]

Thanks and you're welcome!!

[@szabihanzel1182]

Hey Charles! I always liked harmonics, but I not really quite get how should I use them in my basslines. Can you make a video about how can we use them?

[@hoompaloompaa]

Another useful vid charles. Thanks

[@baldsealion]

Incredible and simple, just the way I like it

[@Dyas777]

You are a great teacher.

[@beautifulinstrumentals2866]

You always do such a good job in the presentation of excellent information. I greatly appreciate you attention to avoiding the “uhmms, uhhhs,” etc. Thank you.

[@josephmusicshop]

Then learn the full modes in each key. Then learn them spanning multiple octaves at once. Add some walking bass in your downtime. And you'll be a monster in no time. Thanks Charles!

[@girmaybass68]

Subscribed to your 2nd channel, great new kind lesson I have not seen elsewhere!

[@EpicBassTime_]

Such a great and helpful KZbinr

[@BenjiBass]

Thabks so much, greay video

[@TBSSPILOTviews]

Great approach Charles! Love the exercises. I’m predominantly fretless, but these are great intonation/technique challenges also with the theory. Definitely incorporating it into practice! 😎🎸🎶🙏🏼

[@user-do7jm7yn1r]

Thank you man

[@xleon26x]

Thank you!

[@1234drums]

Thank you, Sir ❤❤❤❤

[@LadyEsco725]

Thank you for the video. It would be helpful in future videos if you could highlight which fingers you are fretting with as it can be difficult to tell at times. 😊

[@neilcarlonolasco1813]

Same. As a beginner, i find it hard to follow. Rip replay button 😅

[@stevenbrennon9284]

Charles need your expert opinion I've been taking bass lessons for over 1 and a half years have around 2000 dollars invested in lessons and equipment feel I may not be getting anywhere I have been told I should be playing in a band by now can only play with a pick want to make a go with playing the bass please give me some advice Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours and take care.

[@zuddie1921]

This guy is a master bassist musically intelligent if I may

[@BodaciousH]

Hey Charles! Random question: what’s your favorite instrument you DON’T play?

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Hmmm... I do love cello!

[@BodaciousH]

@@CharlesBerthoud thanks!

[@trevormacdonald5110]

If a bass is “tuned in fourths” why is one string lower a fifth

[@lynnmatsui]

They go up in fourths (E A D G) but the inverse of a fourth is a fifth so if you look at them from the high end each string goes down a fifth from the previous one.

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do you have a fender jazz bass. i love channel you inspired me to play bass

[@seanado5208]

"Without further ado" is the new "literally".

[@BaronBlackmore]

I wish the tab sheet wasn't in the area with the video playing controls - I can't see what notes are going on

[@inthepocketbass]

What software do you use to create your own sheet music? And additionally, does that same software come with the beat ruler?

[@DavidJohnson-pp4sy]

Another greater tutorial, Charles. Much appreciated. I see you use a barre with your little finger to play both the 5th note and the octave when playing the triads on the major keys. I'm afraid my pinky is still too weak to cover the A and D strings simultaneously (no problems with the D and G strings, though), so is it alright to just use the ring finger (on the 5th note) and the little finger (on the octave) instead? PS: Have you a tip for strengthening the pinky?

[@blakebass1]

I have been a bass instructor for many years, and I stress the importance of pinky 'barring' to all of my students. There are some simple exercises that will help the pinky improve it's strength and ability to barre. Do whatever you can to train your fretting pinky to keep it's normal bend at the main knuckle, while encouraging it to bend /flex in the reverse direction at the smaller (first) knuckle. You can practice this on the tabletop by flattening your entire hand on the table, then raise your main knuckles while keeping the fingerprints flat on the table. This will demonstrate the 'main' knuckles being bent normally, while the smaller knuckles will be gently bent 'backwards'. You can do this same exercise by pressing both hands together, like 'praying hands'. Keep your fingerprints firmly pressed together while bending at the main knuckle. This will really demonstrate the 'backward' flex you're looking to develop in the pinky. Lastly, try experimenting with different angles and hand positioning in your fretting hand to facilitate this backward pinky flex. Relax, and find out how to best get your pinky to cooperate with this flex, and in no time you will improve at being able to barre across the 5th and the octave. Cheers!

[@meticulouslytender8921]

00:15 Bass-ically yes.... BASS 😉

[@Theta_Beize]

I have tried to watch videos on chords and always been so confused about what they are talking about when they start throwing out fifths and thirds ;~;

[@Juasml]

I see these and I don't even play bass. Also, that bass is majestic and I want it

[@dvsmike]

Is triad the same as appregio?

[@elliotglaser1718]

You can arpeggiate up a triad. Arpeggio just means to play the notes of a chord sequentially by themselves, not at the same time as a chord.

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Hello

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kinda sounds like a final fantasy ambient track at the end

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He looks like charls brown.

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[@facelessman7733]

Or as Adam Neely would say, 18th century western European music theory.

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Вас смотрят в России! Спасибо за контент! 🇷🇺

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Guess I need a vocab lesson before this... Cause I understood none of this...

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first

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please restring the bass to your right xd

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MOST OF THE VIEWERS IN YOUR CHANNEL ARE PROBABLY PROFESSIONAL AND INTERMEDIATE SO I WILL WANT AND SUGGEST YOU TO SHARE THE TECHNIQUES AND THE SOUNDS YOU USE IN YOUR SONGS AND VIDEOS...

[@ErikBongers]

You forgot the absolute basics of music theory: when the teacher says to play the higher string, he means the string below. Seriously, avoid using words like higher and lower when you are talking about the fretboard.

[@DavidJohnson-pp4sy]

Nonsense. It's quite clear what is meant.

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