3 FRETBOARD SECRETS That Will Change Your LIFE

[@MarkHooson]

The major/minor/half diminished thing is the best bass hack I've ever heard.

[@mrbungle7586]

It's not a hack. Everyone's looking for the hack or short cut instead of using their head.

[@garethwilliams5213]

I memorised major minor minor major 7th minor diminished major but for some reason it never occurred to me that the majors and the minors both form that L shape starting from the major root and the relative minor root. I feel like a fool.

[@FrKyleSanders]

@@garethwilliams5213Dude I’m right there with ya. Knew it but don’t see the connection.

[@fenderjazzbrian]

It's a much better way to visualize it than how I was originally taught.

[@imitatefirst]

Confession, time here… I’m not a bass player, I am a guitarist… But I snuck in here, and really really enjoyed this lesson! Thank you very much!

[@asnek2448]

you're not alone :)

[@FireMrshlBill]

Been playing guitar since 2000, but picked up bass back in may. I'd definitely recommend grabbing a bass and playing around on it even if you don't plan on really playing bass long term. I've really enjoyed it, definitely gives you that spark like you had when you first starting learning guitar. And, to be honest, I was always just a play by ear type of player, never really settled down and learned music theory. So using being new to bass as an opportunity to tackle that and translate it back to guitar.

[@amandamarinovich6164]

We got a skinny stringer over here!! Jk

[@amandamarinovich6164]

🤯 awesome, thanks Scott!

[@imitatefirst]

@@harrysutton8998 so, having played guitar for many years, I picked up the bass. Guess what!? It’s a totally different instrument, then the guitar… Yes, it looks the same but just because your guitar player doesn’t mean you’re a bass player I found that out quickly enough there is a real art, playing bass, and it hasn’t come naturally to me like I thought it might because I had already learned guitar…

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I'm a ukulele spy in the house of bass. And I listened to Scotty last week, and have been practicing in the different parts of the neck. I made a chart and gave it to my piano teacher, and he is stoked for me. But not as much as I am. You really are a great teacher, merci.

[@JT96708]

That’s ok. I’m a bass player and I watch Paul Davids all the time.

[@luccote2581]

I have played the bass, guitar and piano for years. This 3 shape exercise is brilliant to any beginner and even advanced musician. I applaud you for your imagination. Great method. Thank you.

[@devinebass]

👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@mallenge]

A shout to everyone out there, like me, who watched the whole class closely, and don’t even have a bass to follow it! Just watch it because Scott teaching is soothing and it’s so fun to watch. Thanks, man!

[@michaelroche4559]

Love this video! I’ve been playing bass for 40 years, and I still learn new things from Scott.

[@matttttt8272]

Honestly the info about how to find which chords are which from a major scale is possibly the most helpful thing I have ever seen! Been playing over twenty years and can’t believe this exists! Nice one mate thanks!!!

[@devinebass]

Glad that you've found this helpful!! 👍👍👍

[@seanstoltz6957]

The 1, 4, and 5 are major, the rest are minor except for the half dim. 7… and the triad exercise is gonna be insanely helpful… thank you.

[@muitosabao]

Yeah, to me the first tip is an overkill. Both in Major and Minor scales, 1 4 and 5 are the Major and Minor chords respectively, the rest are the Minor and Major Chords respectively, expect the 7th which is dim in Major, and the 2nd is dim in Minor. In summary: Major: 1 4 5 are major. 7th is dim Minor: 1 4 5 are minor, 2th is dim

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

Man, I’ve known all this stuff for years but I still love watching these you might always learn a new angle of looking at things. Scott is such a great teacher, all you young bass players need to realize how fkn lucky you are to have amazing resources like this these days for learning, with such great passionate teachers like Scott. Wish we had stuff like this back when I was first learning.

[@MsPBJTime]

I do feel lucky as a new bass player. And I'm old as dirt.

[@mihailmilev9909]

9 1 9d 6d

[@HuscleShoals]

Mr D sorry if I missed this in a previous video, but have you explored Mick Goodrick's book The Advancing Guitarist? His lessons all apply to bass, especially learning single string modes, and especially all 48 triads.

[@big..pablo.]

I got the fretboard accelerator course, it’s good, def recommend. explained in a way that is making it all click so quickly its rlly fun

[@joggingjim]

A very bold statement but it was no BS. This really did open the matrix for me in away nothing else has, regarding the fretboard in decades. And yes, I think this really has changed my life! Very many thanks for your inspiring teaching.

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@MARLONdaman]

Awesome lesson that coincides well with learning your fretboard notes and scales!

[@lucariboni5006]

Hi Scott, I'm a guitar player but since few years I'm learning even bass , and drums, and your lessons are very important and clear, I'm Italian and sometimes I don't understand every words, but all is clear, thanks❤

[@Kique67]

Scott just made it simple, wonderful teaching and techniques 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jerodbarbee1821]

Scott in the exercise using the three triad forms but only on the first five frets, when you sped up i could hear what you meant when you said that this is how we make grooves! Such an a-ha! Moment for me. Thanks so much man you rock

[@steveL..]

Great lesson! Thank you

[@Fenderbassplayer]

That is a great lesson. I have kind of known about this in a instinctive way but it's nice to know the details.

[@devinebass]

👍👍👍

[@Outbound1219]

Great lesson Scott, wish I could take your course if for anything to support all the work you do for us but unfortunately at this time I am not able to afford the class with the health expenses my family is dealing with at the moment, I really appreciate all the work you do for the bass community

[@shodapad07]

God bless you and your family, my fellow bassist ❤

[@philbrook6855]

Brilliant, just absolutely brilliant! It's rocket fuel for learning to navigate the fretboard (btw this applies to guitar as well). Thanks Scott!

[@devinebass]

👍👍👍

[@andreachavez2117]

SO HELPFUL. Thanks. I've signed up for the Ultimate pack and have looked over "how to practice" already. Technique and fretboard daily..... This is my first SMART goal. Get those triads down pat in all their forms up the fretboard. I"ll start at the money end...and work up to the dusty end. :-) Thanks again....

[@lheggestad]

Funny, I was practicing these triads and using the chords of the key trick just yesterday, and here's this video today - like I'm on a mind wave-length with SBL, lol. I used the key chords trick to find a borrowed chord, the bVII borrowed from the parallel minor key, to use in the major key chord progression. It was tricky.

[@lheggestad]

But, now I understand why the major chords in a minor key are called bIII, bVI, and bVIII - they're a half-step below the minor chords in the major key.

[@lheggestad]

Actually, the bVII is a half step below the minor flat 5 (diminished). So confusing.

[@geekboss3201]

Thank you so much dude might have to watch this many times as i get it but INFORMATION overload

[@georgemeads8019]

Hello Scott, I hope all is well with you and your family! I am 61 years old, and I’ve never owned a base… However, I am thinking about purchasing a used Jackson JS3 for under $250 (usd), or should I spend the money on a Sire V3 (new) instead of used JS3? I will upgrade to a better bass after I’ve progressed a bit. Thank you for your time and I enjoy your content!

[@devinebass]

Hey! Either of those basses are good options for a first instrument, what's more important is that the instrument is properly set up! You can take it to a good tech to do this or you can check out our own videos on how to set your bass up! Whichever one you go for, Enjoy and have fun!!

[@itwasnt3369]

This was brilliant and extremely useful. Thanks. On a side note. Going through the triads through the circle of fifths backward is almost the same chords and melody to the children's song, 'Windmill In Old Amsterdam'. 😁

[@stanwellback]

I thought I was alone in noticing that! 😅

[@itwasnt3369]

@@stanwellback I'll bet there ends up a few of us eventually. 🤣

[@losriosprofundos2113]

Excellent video. You get to the point quickly and stay on it.

[@ericstrauch3215]

Thanka for the "light bulb" moments Scott! Definitely helps with learning the fretboard too. Thanks mate! Cheers!

[@devinebass]

No worries, glad they've helped you!!

[@shawnharkin822]

Scott - you're the best man, never give up on us!! :)

[@gabrieldelucca8423]

reeeeeeally nice, thanks!!

[@thomasachambers7318]

Wish I didn’t have to do a day job and could just play all days with all this! Great material :)

[@hewolf]

Holy Moly! Thanks Scott, that’s an incredible value lesson!

[@devinebass]

Cheers, glad you've found it useful!!

[@agglomarenteflegmanator7078]

Love your videos! Thanks! Learning piano. Relentless scales and formula patterns. RCM writes scales in 4/4, but with no bar lines. So,...how do you count (scales) groups of seven notes in 4/4? And,...why isn't 7/4 time more common, as we use it so often practicing scales? 1,2,3,4,1,2,3. 1,2,3,4,1,2,3....Thanks; David.

[@geoffhead111]

nice work man. just decided to watch a ut lesson a day, searched reddit for some good teachers, got your recommendation and im impressed. shall try that triad thing in the 3 hand positions tomorrow. no doubt you have similar exercises for ze minor, hdim and aug triads. and yes i do think a lot of bass players are supremely lazy with their instrument, you really need options. seriously i could get a more entertaining choon out of an expert triangle player than a hack guitarist. true. i once tried it. he had the devil's music going in him man, dat choon had riddim

[@AdamZuk1982]

Great lesson Scott :)! Thank You

[@ramonurchipia]

Great lesson Scott thanks!

[@devinebass]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@seanoxton5572]

This is a good lesson for those of us who are visual pattern type players. I would have got this a lot quicker when I was learning if someone showed me this.

[@gonufc]

I'm a guitarist with decent theory (degree) and have never thought of that little "trick" to knowing which chords are major or minor in a major key! I'll definitely be politely nicking this for lessons! That's a great little simple way to know what to play if you can't properly remember them. We've (Fretted string instruments) always had a bit of a cheat in terms of transposition and keys but that's one I hadn't thought of before. It's a brilliant one for confidence as well- not being scared of not remembering things in important moments.

[@1234drums]

Very clear and helpful, Sir ❤

[@fenderjazzbrian]

It's been 30 years since I last knew what is taught in Exercise 01 😆Finally tracked it down

[@xybervid]

It would be helpful for videos like this to mirror-image your video so that the direction matches the insets and learners (right handed like you) can mirror your movements. Gets confusing seeing your fingers move one way and the explanation inset in the opposite direction. Just a thought!

[@vegansynths7757]

Thanks for pointing this out. As a lefty, it made me even more confused. But Scott, even if you don’t change this, we are all super grateful for your amazing teaching skills & of course your playing skills! You inspired me at 48 years old to pick up the bass again and start over! Thanks again, Scott!

[@bassdaze]

played off and on last 20yrs... I watched your vids when you first started, wish i kept watching as i havent played in 8yrs... imagine how good id be if i followed oh well... picking up bass again, never to late

[@devinebass]

Never too late, welcome back to bass!!

[@xavierpenalvergrau6046]

Thank you Scott!

[@devinebass]

👍👍👍

[@jeremiascave6501]

Hi Scott, Thank you for this lesson, it's change my life hahaha 😂 Kidding aside, I've learn a lot and will apply this on my next bass playing👍

[@sambedingfield784]

As always, so freaking helpful! 👏🙌

[@devinebass]

Glad you've found it useful!!

[@Slamminbassplayer]

Super cool lesson. Great fresh insight into relative minor/major - and what it actually means. Great way of explaining it - I would have really appreciated this about 100 years ago when I was first learning it! I’m going to sign up for a course to see what else you got. Cheers, mate.

[@devinebass]

👍👍👍 glad you found this useful!!

[@bilward9186]

You can get a free trial membership to preview and participate in actual courses on the site.

[@gashiiq2393]

I've never heard about it. Thank you very much again, Scott

[@johnduxiehughes]

Best bass lesson I’ve ever had. Thank you Scott 🙏🏻

[@josephcoriz1221]

Love ur videos, a little fast but m determined n trying to comprehend 😊 thank you

[@TheMusicRecordingNetwork]

The Best Lesson I never learned....wow

[@carll.negleyiii2414]

Wow thanks Scott

[@solal94]

super first secret is just super useful, I took a lot of notes. Let's go for the others secrets !

[@knucklesprayer]

Awesome lesson, apply also for guitar or other instruments like ukulele, get your triads done, change the world!

[@SurfandSand808]

Admittedly I was initially disappointed that this would be another diatonic chord video. Wow - I was wrong. Turned it into some great and useful exercises. Thanks for the free content!

[@devinebass]

Glad you've found it useful!!

[@dijonstreak]

HUGE help buddy !!..just happened to come on your KZbin Thumbnail....man what a HUGE eye ( Ear ) opener..really heplped me a LOT. very grateful will buy in your course AND Cannel. THANK YOU. SO. much. !!

[@deermeadowhomes]

Great lesson. Scott is the best.

[@JM-pu8pl]

i was forming a band 13 moths ago and we had a dilema haha was 3 guitar player and no bass so i jump on the bass for the band been complete to be fair i play by ear but i would love to know all of that good stuff and that little trick to find the notes its priceless thank u scott(y)

[@parismariano]

this is excellent! you really know how to get it across to us dislexically unschooled cats! long live SBL

[@jurakovtun6763]

Go down 4 frets, a-ha-ha! I love you Scott! 😂😂😂

[@bradami1234]

this really helped and a light switch just came on.. wish i had the cash to join and get more. But ill save to get there.. thanks scott.

[@AgustinDavidF]

Very helpful! thank you

[@HHGary]

Scott, have you ever created a video or any teaching materials on how to develop good time? That would be extraordinary helpful. For me personally, I always use a metronome when I practice, but I'm still always pushing the beat.

[@devinebass]

Yes! There are several courses over in the SBL academy that deal with developing and maintaining your time!

[@ORIGINALDaveB]

Great video! I understand the logic behind everything EXCEPT... why we did it using the circle of 4th's.

[@devinebass]

The circle means that we work in all 12 keys, it also means that we start using these ideas in some sort of harmonic motion!

[@ORIGINALDaveB]

Thanks Scott!

[@Dylfunkle]

I just found out that I *do* know music theory from noodling around on my guitars, but I didn't know the fancy words for the relationships, but this actually helped with some of that. Unfortunately I had to sell my bass to pay rent, but once I get back on my feet I'll be set to party. ^__^

[@andygeers]

Anyone else longing for him to just get on and play "Walk on the wild side"?! Feel like it's so recognisable in lots of those patterns he plays!

[@joshuabraz8551]

❤thank you bro, great stuff!

[@jimmaier3613]

Love this girl ❤

[@pablolachmann7044]

This is really helpfull and easy to practice

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@trailblazeratv6306]

Super cool, thanks

[@johnl.6930]

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks!

[@devinebass]

No problem! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@maurice7274]

Greatly helpful

[@strakashagnasty]

Very good cheats in this bringing the key theory points together.

[@robertvillegas7472]

That was great Scott!!🤙🏾👍🏾

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@Waldfrau2]

Great lesson! And I've just purchased the program "Fretboard accelerator". My christmas gift for myself 😍🎸🎵🎶🎵

[@GuyManley]

This has been the most helpful lesson yet.

[@glenj99]

13:11 Stanky man... Waiting to get off work so I can grab my bass and learn these tips!!

[@dashcamcreate1587]

Very nice. Good information about techniques.

[@adriandean6256]

Brill , Scott. Really helpfull

[@christophenervi1220]

Merci beaucoup 😊

[@mitcharney1]

? Is it 4 frets down or physically 3 frets down? Do you always count the root cord also?

[@haydenfletcher4007]

This was slightly confusing to me too. It's just the way he references counting. Other teachers would probably say it differently. It's just important to pay attention to how many frets he's actually "moving".

[@haiti2demain219]

I like this Bass you're playing, because it is not to long.👍

[@SolidBuildersInc]

Ok, Ok "3 FRETBOARD SECRETS That Will Change Your LIFE", Yeah, well Ok, Ok, Ok - This really must be some sort of Blessing because "Now I Know" !!! I think I took the red pill and the blue pill Bro. I can play the Bass and the Lead from this insight on Triads. Ok and to drop into the minor 4 frets back is sounding pretty nice too. I want to say thanks man. I had no idea I would be enlightened with this approach to mastering the fretboard. This along with a major / minor Pentatonic or Diatonic with Circle of F's and I feel comfortable to jump around and make music in my mind. Now, I have to practice so my fingers can catch but what a great place to start for a beginner, 🤩 🎸

[@johnanderson1018]

Brilliant secrets of understanding the triad patterns and how to use them😂

[@pinorinco]

This is the ultimate!

[@howardcoleman4748]

Helps slot because helps with fingers and shows how to be easier to not be stumbling across a easy thing now play with ease now ❤🌎☮️🙏

[@alshob]

gratitude!

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@willemniehorster9836]

thanks, great tip

[@devinebass]

👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@willemniehorster9836]

I actually play guitar but have never stopped loving bass guitar, I do have two, Warwick Corvette Fretless and a Jazz Bass from Squire. I get lots of ideas playing bass. I enjoy your channel a lot, you guys are funny and informative. Keep it up, greetings from The Netherlands. @@devinebass

[@Ariel_Paz]

Just browsing the channel. Just subscribed, beautiful job all around. Check 'Moonbean Woman' by Freak Power, great line. Finger independence, groovy, ghost notes all over, awesome fills... I think it would make a nice lesson. Thank you for sharing all these great bass lessons, secrets, etc...

[@NhoyskieIbanez]

ohh okay.. didn't know the terms of that patterns, but im using it to enhance the sounds especially on fills and running chords. I'm a newbie on Bass but master the Alphabet of Bass Chords on fret board. (don't you know every 13th fret chord is the same chords from no. 1) if i play i just used descending pattern or ascending patterns sounds and slide and hammer and vibrate and pull what so ever just to make it sounds good.

[@rayhmax]

Круто, буду практиковать!!!

[@MsPBJTime]

This video made things really start to click for me. I've been taking lessons, but they're focused on playing songs and not on becoming an artist. I want to play the bass and jam, not just play songs.

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@grooveattitude06]

Formidable ! J'ai enfin compris !

[@johnnenadic6002]

Ok, consider my mind blown! That's cool! Thanks!

[@devinebass]

No problem, glad you've found it useful!!

[@locolunch]

Thanks man!

[@devinebass]

👍👍👍

[@roccobass]

Great content as always Scott! Please keep putting it out there. One suggestion though - Flip the graphic 180 degrees so it matches the view of the bass neck. It is counter-intuitive to see the lowest string on the top on his bass, but on the bottom on the graphic.

[@susangarrettcrowley1403]

Actually, Rocco, the way Scott has the graphic really works very well if you think about how you see the strings when you have the bass in your hands and are playing it. And playing it is what this is all about, not just viewing someone else (in this case Scott) playing it. Make sense?

[@tiltil9442]

​@@susangarrettcrowley1403Exactly!

[@caddelworth]

@@susangarrettcrowley1403 "how you see the strings when you have the bass in your hands and are playing it" … unless one is left-handed, of course.😉 Or, like me, lefty but bass is strung as a righty, same as Jimmy Haslip and Stephen McGrath (I deliberately learned it like that, so that I can pick up a double bass and play it 😁).

[@clutch236]

"TWO" complaints:......Scott, I know you're a good guy and a great bass player, HOWEVER, here are my two complaints: (What is your problem with "Musicman" basses? You did a video 'giving one away' but you didn't seem very excited to PLAY it! That bass is great for 'slap bass', but you didn't EXPLORE slapping it, why so stand-offish with the Musicman?....SECONDLY, I have "NEVER EVER" seen you mention ("Glide" by the group Pleasure) as an "iconic/classic" bassline! HELLO! "Maybe" you've actually never heard or heard of it, HOWEVER, I promise you, all you have to do is type it in here on KZbin, and just watch HOW MANY bass players are attempting to play that iconic bassline! Again, you're a great guy, I just need some answers! 🎸

[@remygaspar1411]

thank you for the video, it's so usefull. I might not be the only one and I'm sure there's a reason for that but near the end of the video I couldn't help hearing the intro theme of "Light my fire" by the Doors, right ?

[@remygaspar1411]

I mean I was hearing the melody in my head over the exercise so I guess the chord progression of Light my fire's intro is exactly that, the circle of fifth anti clockwise with only major chords.

[@johnknight9150]

I was wondering, is it common knowledge that if you take the tuning of any string, you can use the same frets every time to follow that note's major or minor key? For instance, if I take the E string, you will have E major by playing 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11. And you will have minor by playing 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10. If I take any other string, let's say the top B on a five-string, I can find the notes for B major or B minor by following the exact same frets as I did with the E string.

[@marklahargoue3426]

It didn't hurt, that's for sure. Thx!!

[@FingalPersson]

I have a bass, i am a musician, i do not play along here, but im understanding the content. I say i am a musician, because if i say i am a bassist, im lying, because i can play piano, guitar, drums, piano and a bit trombone !

[@larryherbert252]

Real good lesson.? Why do have a glove on your fretting hand? Hope u or someone can answer my ? Thanks

[@devinebass]

The reason Scott sometimes wears gloves is because he has a neurological condition called Focal Dystonia and the gloves prevent him from having involuntary muscle movements. Cheers!!