Bass Soloing Lesson - Scale Discovery with Scott Devine (L#77)

[@devinebass]

Bass Players!... if you wanna shake up your bass playing check this lesson out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4mcpaGXbq6Hm5Y

[@joeyjuniorjunior]

+Scott's Bass Lessons does your hoodie say Salford Uni??

[@kubicki1]

30plus years playing and was feeling in a rut, this lesson was just what I needed to think outside of my norm. Thank you Scott, I will be subscribing and looking forward to learning more from you....

[@DividedWeFall666]

I have been watching scotts videos for a few weeks now, learning something new everyday, I have been playing bass for 10 years and watching these just makes me feel like I'm re learning the whole instrument. Watching these has re kindled my passion for bass and is driving me to become the bass player I could never be going down the road I am, thank scott for sharing your knowledge and making me fall in love with playing bass again

[@revdfunk]

Possibly the most important single bass lesson on KZbin. Cheers Scott!!

[@glerchblobs]

Its just as important what you dont play as what you do. you have to feel the music. I've never lost this and felt it straight away. Great lesson Scott.

[@nietaki]

This is the best lesson on positions for playing scales I've seen yet! Knowing the patterns for when the root note is under your first, second and fourth fingers is gives you only three easily distinguishable patterns you can with use all over the fretboard. Over time, once you have them memorized well you can expand them to get all the "missing" positions.

[@meinemoehre]

I have now watched a number of your lessons and I am deeply impressed!! Six weeks ago I had my first contact with a bass guitar and I can already feel where this is leading. Bits and pieces every day. :) Thank you Scott and the internet.

[@PatGBass]

Scott, each of your lesson is a pleasure and an endless source of knowledge for people like me. You're the most didactic bass teacher I know.

[@butlerbMMO]

Scott, you sir are the man! I've been watching your videos for the past few days now and I cannot tell you how much better I've gotten at the bass just by watching your videos! This video alone has allowed me to easily grasp the different scales on the fretboard. I have abit of a learning disability and for me, this was very easy to grasp. Thanks man for all that you do. I'm getting better because of you!

[@devinebass]

I've got a hand/nerve condition called Focal Dystonia - so essentially it hasn't got anything to do with the sound. Thanks for watching man! Scott

[@joecheese2787]

Mr. Devine, you are an inspiration to watch. After several years of not playing and trying to pick it up again, I've been in a musical plateau so to speak. I've been watching your lessons and have learned so much through them. Thank-you and keep up the great work!

[@m.edwardburton6247]

The last two minutes are, I think, the most important part of the entire video. His mentioning that one will remember patterns i.e. scales i.e. intervals and positions MUCH better if they're turned into "music" is simply brilliant! He's absolutely right. And it makes practicing a whole lot more fun and interesting as well. You're doing great Scott. Thanks a million! M

[@WoodenChicken1]

I just sat with my mouth open watching this. Clearly I have a lot of work to do, and practice will start to get real interesting if I can actually master this lesson. I give you a lot of respect for your amazing teaching abilities, and I don't say that often. Thanks for the help

[@YoavRginal]

How can anyone dislike this??? A true master, just giving away stuff that took him years to discover. THANK YOU!!!

[@SciFiArtman]

I'm quite impressed with your teaching approach! Feels like a fast-track to understanding, not just playing the notes, but understanding how they feel within the key! This will lead to "writing" bass lines with real meaning to you and your ear and heart. I love it!

[@okturus]

Lotta hack bassists and bass instructors out there. Scott, by contrast, is the real deal man. He's like my older brother. Like a mentor. Always having my back. I appreciate what you do Scott and I tell every musician I know about you. Peace.

[@bomaryniuk3639]

I am pro drummer for like 20+ years and teacher. I play bass only for fun as a hobby. The lesson is amazingly pleasant, extremely simple and few orders of magnitude move valuable than those you get for bucks on Amazon. Scott not just shows how to play it best, not just explains it simply, but also inspires you to the level you just drop everything, grab your bass and start experimenting.

[@Rahman1234321]

THE BEST BASS GUITAR LESSON EVER ON THE INTERNET!

[@ftwoodycocks]

I've been playing bass & lead guitar professionally for years by ear. I know music theory from playing trumpet all through school, but never applied it to guitar. I've watched so many of Scott's videos while playing the bass AND was inspired enough to keep practicing. No other teacher explained theory on the fretboard to me as well as Scott has! This lesson especially was very insightful. I feel like I've finally reached that "next level"! I've been stuck so many years. Thank you Scott!

[@budsticky]

I've been playing over 20 years and have studied at Berklee so this stuff isn't really new to me, but I gotta say you have a great teaching style. Young guys and gals these days don't know how good they have it to have stuff like this so readily available to them. At the same time it can often stop them from learning how to read and transcribe. When I started learning reading and transcribing was the only way you had to learn new stuff. Great work my man.

[@wagsbass]

Your lessons are the most useful on KZbin. Scott you sir are the man.

[@Eng202]

Scott is always in the good mood, congratulations on your new band member!

[@devinebass]

It's a custom Overwater bass made in the U.K. It has a 33" scale neck and super tight string spacing - which is why the neck looks so slim. Glad you liked the lesson man! ez, Scott.

[@romeou4965]

By far the most essential lesson for players that want to break out of just playing chord roots!!! Thanks for the enlightenment Scott!! You are truly an effective teacher and master of the bass.

[@Vsko478]

I think you can't actually not like this guy, he's an amazing teacher, musiscian and so nice hahah it's amazing

[@annaraesound]

I completely love your teaching style. It's so accessible. Thank you for all the lessons you've put online.

[@devinebass]

It's a digidesign 003. Great to hear you're tuning into the lessons man! Scott.

[@adsinouterspace]

This cool cat is by far the best bass player teacher I've come across yet !

[@edjroush]

Scott, you're a great teacher. Really like how you relate the exercises to "making music".

[@misstakenband]

I've been through several beginner bass lessons on KZbin and this, by far, has helped the most! Scott, you are an incredible teacher that lays the right info out to learn quickly and then just go back and rehearse what I've learned... and I would like to Thank you because I appreciate it so very much! You are going to be my new best friend until I master this lesson and then I'll start looking into programs you offer. ;)

[@ppzappa]

I can't add anymore to what all these people have said already, just agree, suscribe immediately and simply say: ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!! Thank you very much, Scott.

[@djukah007]

You are the best Bass Teacher i ever watch and listen. Great explanation. May force be with you :) Greetings from Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

[@CharlesGreggo]

Wow, first position, second position, little finger position.... I am DEEP in the shed on this lesson! I'll be practicing my fingers off on this one! Thanks Scott!

[@ahmed1987m]

bast teacher on youtube !!!!!!!!!

[@haxanlord]

citizen of the world you mean 'basst'

[@adsinouterspace]

Clear/concise, easy to understand videos. Thank you so much for your time....

[@davidjonathan3854]

This is one of the BEST lessons I've watched .. from you or anyone! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[@bumbaluv]

Excellent lesson! Noticeable improvements in my playing have always come in peaks and valleys. Scott, your lessons always seem to help me out of the valley. Thank you man.

[@Bassnoodles]

You are "Bass GOD". Am learning so many concepts and ideas from your lessons and am getting better everyday. Thanks a million Scott. :) - Peace from India. :)

[@joecarvin]

These are by far the best bass lessons on line!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@johnmann5375]

an absolute MUST watch for "stuck in a rut" bass players like myself that copy baselines to play in a covers band. its helped with fills that make my bass playing more individual to me. ???? hope that makes sense lol thanks very much.

[@TheMusicRecordingNetwork]

Would love to know how well your playing is now after 6 years after this comment. Me???? I have watch this 1 video well over 50 times .... soo. As I wake up, it co es on. I could never ever solo and that will change NOW!!!...... lol

[@keepinit2gether1]

Super lessons. Many thanks to the best bass teacher I've ever found. Greetings from Canada.

[@misstakenband]

By the way... through experience, I've learned that the teacher can seriously impact your success or failure outcome. You have made me a success at this stage! YEAHOOO!

[@zennboogie5048]

Scott, these lessons are extremely helpful and your teaching style is very open and enlightening. I've learned way more by watching the few videos that I've watched then I have with bass books. Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@craigmmiller35]

At the risk of sounding like an old guy (I am) this type of knowledge is so valuable. I've been playing 6 string for some time and am now working on bass to round out my knowledge of rhythm and wished I would have put a lot more focus on learning the fret board early on. It makes learning the guitar (any type) so much easier. More instructors should emphasize these types of lessons early on - great job, any others like this in the library. I'm new so am just sorting through your collection.

[@keziahj]

The following is no cheat it is my desire to articulate my respect for what Scott is doing or trying to do: I am a studied bass player, who took a pretty long break due to work. I recently joined SBL and I have to say that it is superb - go for scott, he really knows what (!) and how (!!) to teach - and I can guarantee you this: This is a rare combo!! If you take his advices seriously, you will become a bass player! I am really thankful for what he does.

[@khwezi_bass]

Many may think that you're not the best bassist..but everyone would be insane if they don't believe your're one of the greatest teachers..God Bless you, Sir..

[@ankerstang1878]

Oh yes Scott Devine is one of the best.

[@MissShroomGaming]

You are honestly the best instrument teacher on KZbin, very helpful and inspiring!

[@pb-wb2rr]

Probably one of the best lessons you've ever posted. Good job.

[@darwinpico6785]

Man, you got a gift for teaching and a great vision of music!

[@ednaplate]

This is a fantastic lesson Scott. Thanks for all your hard work and enthusiasm, you make learning easy.

[@TheChiChannel]

I'm having a great time with your videos Scott Thanks. It's nice when things start coming together

[@aldobrezenti]

Very transparent and very inspiring lesson - as always. Thank you Scott for all your videos!

[@williampass4762]

so glad i found this, you are such a good teacher, we need more teachers like you in the world

[@rafaelmoreira2002]

Scott, you are my favorite teacher!

[@SheddysGaming]

10 years of playing off and on and I still don't understand scales.. He's done the very best at explaining it to me though in comparison with everyone else I've watched or talked to. I'm going to subscribe now. Thanks!

[@mr.c7340]

For now this is my FAVORITE video! Thanks Scott.. you are the bass hero

[@joerobot32]

I know a lot of the theory and techniques you explain in your videos, but I always watch them because your a fabulous player and teacher. Great technique and sound! You communicate these "new" ideas so well and always apply them musically. I'm a teacher too, and your videos help me to communicate ideas to my students. keep em coming!

[@andresmontero5164]

What a wonderful lesson! I'm learning to play bass. But my basses are under mainteance in this moment. I was reading something of musical theory, and with this lesson, I see the scales, the music and How to practice, how to learn, how to build up a great structure, from another perspective! Thank you very much from Colombia!

[@damidonk19]

thanks man u are one of the best bass teachers I could find online

[@salottin]

The man really feels the bass! You are an awesome teacher!!

[@olflatop]

This lesson is KILLER! Can't wait for the minor scales! Thanks Scott! :)

[@RapidAutoFire]

Yo, Scott! I have been a subscriber for a few weeks, now. Enjoying them immensely - even better is the fact that my playing is improving! Keep it coming, brother 'Low-Ender'!

[@MarkRyanGiles]

these video's are great. i work at a music store and ive been showing all my bass buddies these video's , keep up the good work , really enjoy it!!

[@katraal]

Scott, you my man just made me a monster! This video and the one about doubling the speed on the fingerboard! Thanks for all these videos that makes us bass players prouder to be what we are! :)

[@diskobiscut]

Love this, Scott! I recently picked up guitar to hone in on my bass technique. In today's lesson, we finished with the major scale and your lesson just clicked into place! The first position - starting with the 2nd finger, naturally moves to the pinky finger as a starting point on the next octave. This is excellent! Light-bulb moment. Thanks for posting, Scott.

[@ampedupsparky9456]

Getting back into bass playing. Best video to re-learn the most important scale and how to put it to great use. Thanks

[@seyzhirboy]

Thank you so much for the bass lessons Scott!!! They are very enjoyable and have really improved my playing! Cheers

[@mimilicius]

Thats a MVP bass leeson,that just open your mind to able play anything.Thanks Scott

[@eaglethirdeye]

Absolutely amazing lesson. Totally changed the way I looked at my playing.

[@brockr6795]

I always wanted to learn this, I had a teacher, but all he did was to teach me how to play some songs. This is absolutely perfect, thank you so much for making this video available here on youtube. I'm surely signing up for a membership on your website.

[@joeheape221]

This really helps you understand the relationships between each string - in any direction. It's really helped. Many thanks.

[@Noobsted]

Another great lesson Scott! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us, it has been super helpful!

[@devinebass]

Hey man, glad to help! Scott ;)

[@funkapuss]

Just a great lesson Scott. You made my day man. Thanks a lot, Tom

[@randalbrooks6892]

The lessons are phenomenal

[@jesserai]

been through about ten or so lessons of yours, this has been the most enjoyable for me for some reason! thank you so much!

[@dudeavon]

Hi Scott! Thank you so much for this lesson. This is exactly what I am struggling with, amazing! Cheers from Norway!

[@BassBaseBerlin]

Well ... I'm playing bass for 20 years and I was searching for some "hints" and lessons for "the next level". I found it in your video - thanks a lot! There are so much vids of guys showing their abilities ... but you hit me! I think in patterns ... but didn't recognise the "value" of the 1st+4th pattern. I was searching for other scales - didn't realise it's just in the "normal" major scale? How dumb ... thanks for opening my eyes. I'll come back after practicing! UR a great teacher! Stefan

[@danielap295]

This helped me understand how to move around the fretboard when soloing. Thank you so much.

[@timfine143]

Dude, you have no idea how helpful this is! Great playing, by they way.

[@UncleHappyHands]

music theory is starting to make a whole lot more sense than it did for me all thanks to you man.

[@DavidFaulconer]

Scott, Amazing lesson. Thank you!

[@jacq88rock]

Scotty - you're a great teacher!

[@leommsilva]

Nice lesson, mate. You have great talent to teach. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Brazil.

[@tbasshandyman7610]

fingeringing will always be different for me cause im missing 2 and a quarter. best teacher on youtube thank you Scott. i also most always start on a different note than the root for fun and experemint and mix it up. drums is key

[@Kantorounet]

I loved the backing track, really soothing stuff, it makes the practice so relaxing and natural !

[@playbassar]

My best lesson ever!! Thanks Scott

[@devinebass]

It depends whether you're soloing over that progression or not. It's all in the key of G major - so essentially you could use a G major scale over the entire thing and it would sound correct. But, it's nice to target certain chord tones etc to give a bit of variety too. As far as just playing a bass line... It depends... you don't have to start on the roots all the time, you can really mix things up which is why being a bass player is AWESOME lol! Thanks for watching man! Scott

[@devinebass]

They're individual single saddle units - so each string has its own separate bridge almost - does that make sense lol?! I have had strings rotate before - I get around it by kind of swizzling them around when I'm fitting them. Great to hear you're enjoying the lessons! Scott

[@cortJPS]

This is a great way to start to keyboard mastery. Do what he says and stay away from pentatonic unless you want to stuck there :) Thanks Scott :)

[@ulvatro]

For me one of your best lessons. Hope I'll spend enough time to learn this.

[@franciscomgg]

I really had that stucking scale problem! Great lesson! changed my playing absolutly! cheers from Portugal!

[@tinfoilsuit]

great instruction. teaching students to not concentrate on more notes, but rather relax and hear a melody and play the right notes. I like that you keep the backing track very simple. That allows plenty of time to develop ideas for a young player. Your series is great. I'm going to recommend my sax playing son have a go at the backing track. He's great off the page, but needs help developing an ear for creating melody of his own making.

[@TheOneshoe]

Really enjoy your lessons: very accessible to myself who has little or no theory going on. Im a hairs breadth away of getting the scale discovery exercise. Also the sound of your playing is really something special, and i dont mean amp settings more the whole package. Thanks

[@seguntoyin5720]

i really love and enjoy every bit of this lesson. God bless you sir

[@mrcodydang]

This is a great lesson because it just...it makes complete sense.

[@Gard0528]

Great Lesson Scott as always. Love some of your "bass faces". Right around 15:45 is great! Great stuff

[@danielcampbell6564]

Scott! Thank you so much for your lesson! I have had such a hard time with remembering the notes on the fret-board! It has been driving me NUTS. Now I see what your talking about! listen to the note, watch your hand, sing the note, and move through the first scale then the third then the second and mix it up! The backing track is the way to learn it! Just go slow and sing along and look at the fret board where the note's are coming from, then you can remember it! And it doesn't matter when you change keys the pattern will show where to go! Thank so much Clifford Campbell. of Helio Raie.

[@carterbibb6076]

Thank you so much, I haven't been able to make my bass lessons for a while because I've been too busy. And this is very helpful! Thanks so much!!

[@DavidD3266]

Love your tutorials !!! Thanks for your contribution to the world of music ! (especially us Bass players !)