BIG EARS: How to Hear Harmony on the Bass

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In this Bass Guided Practice session, Bob DeBoo uses his big ears to hear the harmony on the bass and teaches you how to do the same!
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[@elevenade]

Your name is NOT Bob DeBoo! What kind of jazz scatting name is this?! I gotta admit it‘s the first time I‘m actually jealous of one. Damn. Bob DeBoo… i had to pause the video on the first 5 secs and write this I‘m so riled up by it.

[@blow-by-blowtrumpet]

Following along on trumpet here. Brilliant ear training that really connects your ears to your theory and your fingers. Great for all instruments I'm sure.

[@anthonysilva5312]

Bruh! You gotta do an applied ear training course on Open Studio. Well done!!🇨🇦

[@daveshep]

This is a good one, Bob. The tracks you provided are long enough that there’s no way for us to memorize and know what’s coming up. Great ear training, great practice for being on a bandstand and keeping up by “faking it.”

[@bobdeboo8549]

thanks Dave for always bringing great comments and for watching. I'll do another one of these 'live' someday, mainly bc I miss the interaction with folks like yourself! Best, Bob

[@Flou_Music]

Thank for the lesson Bob! Cycle of 4th : Major and Minor Triads (2:50 and 3:48) Cycle of 4th : Dim and Aug Triads (6:55 and 7:55) 9:30 : Seventh Chords

[@gonnfishy2987]

Ear-mind-motor connection is so important.

[@motoama1610]

It's the best ear training for bassist.alotofthanks.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Piano Newbie here, and this was out of my pay grade...for now. But you've given me hints for how to use my left hand. Sounds of a one handed clap...LOL.

[@thomascordery7951]

Great lesson concepts and ear training challenges in this session. This would also work for other instruments. Good to hum along or calling out the note names too, depending on what someone's working on.

[@hospital1ty]

Guitarist here. This is incredibly helpful, thanks!

[@bobdeboo8549]

thanks for watching!

[@grantkoeller8911]

excellent ear training!!!!also use your bass guitar,(or regular guitar) and solo over it

[@marioguarini]

Wonderful lesson as always Bob Thank you so much

[@filipedecastro4718]

Intersting

[@bustabass9025]

Great tutorial Bob! A chops builder for sure my friend. 👍🏿

[@ivansultanoff6719]

Fantastic,thank you

[@bobdeboo8549]

thanks Ivan!

[@moesimson2118]

Wow what a fabulous teacher super clear and well described🎉

[@jimmyjazz78]

Great presentation!

[@mingusdingus3310]

Hi Bob, thank you for this great lesson. It starts very simple and gets really tricky very fast. Will be a lot of work, but will be worth it.

[@gilsonamaral4899]

Great lesson. I am a sax player, I will use this material to further develop my ear training

[@daveshep]

@Joe McLean, sorry I fell out of the live chat before I could respond to you. You asked about a good ear training app. I like EarMaster for iOS. It has a lot of good exercises for identifying harmony. It can nickel-and-dime you with in-app purchases, but the free version is a good place to start.

[@sacodonoel]

this is great conduction, thank you!

[@phaedrus6891]

What a great idea

[@jimbo3651]

Thank you Bob! This is so useful and definitely helpful for on the gig playing . Wish I had this years ago 😄

[@bobdeboo8549]

thanks Jim!

[@benmogerman8230]

Bob from st louis!

[@bobdeboo8549]

yes indeed!

[@ravishrestha9495]

Hi Bob

[@troybranch]

This is very good sir 👍👍👍

[@JohnWilson-ru7xd]

Superb Bob... really methodically put. Great tutorial.

[@bobdeboo8549]

Thank you John! Appreciate you watching and the comment. Happy Practicing!

[@chrishampton9972]

Great content Bob !

[@trashculture]

That is an insanely helpful exercise!!! Wow, thank you so much. Would it be possible to provide the iReal Pro files? So I could alter them and change the tempo and things. Thank you!

[@bobdeboo8549]

Sure. Send me an email at [e-mail], and thanks for the nice comment!

[@weedanwine]

this is awesome ear training! much needed as I'm trying to level up my ears

[@bobdeboo8549]

me too! always : )

[@cpaterso28]

Those are some BIG ears!!

[@bobdeboo8549]

LOL. right?!

[@andredecayres6286]

Thank you Bob! Always great practice tips. Obrigado

[@bobdeboo8549]

thanks!

[@lachainetranquille3792]

Merci pour tes vidéo. Je ne sais pas si tu as fait des éclaircissements sur les gamme conjointe ainsi que les triades conjointes. Sa sera toujours utile même pour un bassiste 😊 D'avance merci Filou

[@juanchis.investigadorsonoro]

This video is a gem! Thanks so much for this.

[@bobdeboo8549]

Thank you!

[@roland395]

Very good ....keep on doing it .....Five stars

[@bobdeboo8549]

thank you!

[@monz7951]

Awesome stuff Bob! Love your tone too

[@bobdeboo8549]

thanks a lot monz!

[@johnsavold]

Awesome...thanks

[@tobiasbuchdrucker4353]

Great lessons, thanks so much for your effort...but with the C diminished: shouldn't it be C-Bbb-Eb-Gb ? B isn't a note of a C diminished...

[@micheleisoni]

You're right about the chord. Here he's working with the two forms of the diminished scale where he's using the tone-semitone form of the scale for C°7 which has B in it, and the semitone-tone for Cm7b5 which has Bb.

[@moesimson2118]

Would to have a private lesson if your located in New York

[@reggaefan2700]

Isn't a Sus2 and a Sus4 chord also a triad?

[@oscarfusi5822]

beautiful sound, what strings do you use?

[@yordimartinez5178]

Está excelente este video pero no sé si alguien pudiera hacer un doblaje al español porque vale la pena esta información de la manera cómo lo explica y muchas personas no dominamos el inglés y no comprendemos la explicación. 😢😢😢😢

[@TheStarlitfuse]

I can't hear with you commenting at the same time, maybe use subtitles/footnotes.

[@andreadirollo7780]

C dim7: C Eb Gb Bbb ( not B natural)

[@bobdeboo8549]

The "7th" in a diminished 7th chord is often moved up to a 1/2 step below the root....therefore 'B' natural is actually a vrey common arpeggio note (instead of the 'A' natural/Bbb as you mentioned ,which is correct but an older sound)

[@andreadirollo7780]

Thanks for the clarification! I have seen this video recently and I have founded so interesting and musically. Thanks

[@ravishrestha9495]

Any tip for someone who is just starting on the upright

[@Daplin1]

Learn songs you enjoy then learn why you enjoy them. Then use that as the intro to your journey.

[@indieWellie]

focused practise on intonation: ideally playing up and down a scale starting from an open string. you can use a drone to help train your ears and your hands to the instrument. a good chunk of technique on the instrument is all about being in tune no matter how much you shift your hands around the fingerboard.

[@ravishrestha9495]

@@indieWellie Thank You.

[@monz7951]

Not trying to sell you anything lol but I'd suggest 1) get at least a few technique lessons with a teacher 2) follow Bob's great beginner course at open studio 3) both 4) try transcribing real lines from records by ear as early as you can

[@monz7951]

@@ravishrestha9495 'Discover double bass' also has nice lessons here on youtube or full courses on their website, if you can't start with a teacher. Good luck!

[@sambac2053]

Talking over examples makes it harder to hear. Identify then play or vice versa, not both at the same time.

[@bobdeboo8549]

That makes sense, yes. Will take note of that for future stuff. Thank you for your input!

[@sambac2053]

Thank you for responding