Why do scales sound $#@& when YOU use them?

[@JoeMM5]

This is definitely one of the most useful lessons I’ve seen anywhere on the internet in a long while. I love super practical stuff like this!

[@BrunoNeureiter]

The bar is very low anyway

[@TheKuroglu]

@@BrunoNeureiter the bar is not VERY low. There are multiple crazy good bass lesson channels.

[@JoeMM5]

Bruno Neureiter nah there’s plenty of great stuff if you know what you want.

[@Ilus-Mirror]

|> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> 亮 被 因 那 果 最 阳 为 里 总 甜 光 它 生 是 的 照 们 长 在 水 that is crap... (that scales dont teach you the language) with sclales you not only learn tbe alphabet... you learn the structure I teach scles, always in the ionoc system with focus in understanding the system. my chinese is bad also my wife is chinese... but my gung fu is good... its a old acient stile where tai chi and chi gung was one thing and not sperated ... that is not only tru... it is a very good example 再见 |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |>

[@stevewitmer9576]

It's not just the notes, but the space between them! Thanks for breaking this down. The more I understand, the more I want to learn!

[@spykosaurus]

Scott I cannot begin to thank you for this! Everyone kept saying soloing just came to them! I felt like a proper idiot at times when jamming too! Thank you for breaking it down like this. Please do more videos on soloing and improvisations.

[@Ilus-Mirror]

|> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> 亮 被 因 那 果 最 阳 为 里 总 甜 光 它 生 是 的 照 们 长 在 水 that is crap... (that scales dont teach you the language) with sclales you not only learn tbe alphabet... you learn the structure I teach scles, always in the ionoc system with focus in understanding the system. my chinese is bad also my wife is chinese... but my gung fu is good... its a old acient stile where tai chi and chi gung was one thing and not sperated ... that is not only tru... it is a very good example 再见 |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |>

[@dudeman5303]

Yeah this shit really helped me A LOT. I have been having what is basically a mental breakdown every time I am supposed to take a solo. I am so damn happy he tied it all together like this. Terrible music KZbin channels always make clickbait vids about "suck at soloing? DO THIS ONE THING", and then they just show you some average dumb ass shit like a single box shape for the Pentatonic scale. But this one ACTUALLY explains shit. Hell yeah.

[@SuperWaterman1]

Great 4 decades of home school and now I get it...Thank you professor !

[@The1PhillyPhil]

It’s as if your lessons, which were already great, got a even better over night... loving the current format/flow and overall presentation! Best bass channel on KZbin

[@rjjeffreys]

Scott, your language analogy to bass line musical scales is brilliant.

[@mercSnake]

I wish this was available when I was young and arthritis free. Best Bass guitar channel on the web!

[@hehehe208]

11:21 hell yeah

[@ibalrog]

As much fun as the history and list videos are - THIS is the sort of thing I like to see. More videos like this, please!

[@nebbykoo]

You are an excellent teacher. Please do more of this kind of thing. It's really the nitty-gritty of playing. It's the how and why. Thank you!

[@mordaccadrom250]

This!!! More of this! I love the useful application of years of obtained, yet esoteric knowledge. This kind of stuff has been "The Missing Link" of my 40+ years of playing. That's why I have always been a strong support/groove player (and worked a lot) but never felt like stepping out front and doing a practice session in front of an audience. Well done Scott! Please give us more of this.... and perhaps dedicate a course or two towards this in SBL! I have been a member for many many years, but this is the first time I have been compelled to stand up and applaud! Well done indeed!

[@RawfodoG0515]

Best scale/melody lesson I’ve seen. Easy to understand. Brilliant

[@nunobarbosaonline]

Scott you're the best teacher ever! You were born to do this. Thank God you decided to create Scottsbasslessons. I would love to see more of this lesson. I know my scales and arpeggios, but i still struggle to make it sound like "music", if you know what i mean. Fortunately i improved a lot thanks to you and your videos. Thanks for all your help. Keep going, please.

[@robertbies843]

Fantastic. This is referred to as Mother of Tongue or Word of Mouth. One of the most eye opening "discovery" moments in one's musical development. Great job on the content as well as presentation. Your personality and zeal for music makes you one of the most enjoyable, entertaining and effective teachers out there. Kudos!

[@DrTheRich]

Yes YES YES. Soloing, melodies, improvisation is the way i want to use my bass! Especially combining harmony and melody on one instrument!!!

[@josephlafreniere3833]

HELL YEAH !!!! I’ve been lost for years with knowing the scales and working appegios not understanding how to make it sound musical!!! Thank you Scott for clearing the air!

[@tomtripi7497]

wish I could have had this lesson years ago. almost got emotional. 70 years old still gigging and still learning,. thank you so much.

[@samuelemeryjiujitsu]

Just the bass audio is a classic song in the making.

[@phlipperbrooks129]

Good God! A much needed lightbulb moment as I struggle thru music theory in my old age and try to move past 40 years of country and classic rock.

[@fanuellandolf2009]

Hell yeah you just blew my mind with that phrase. Omg!!! Thank you for this video Scott

[@alexev4560]

HellYeah! I need more of those! More leaks, more passages, more about styles explanations. Everything what stays behind learning stuff we are said to be learned!

[@TheAnalytic1]

I like the exercises you covered in this vid. The HOW, and WHY, or rudiments (in drumming). Keep helping us to understand the building blocks... Scott. Like you said, the solos will naturally follow. Every great bassist seems to play their own style, anyway. We must learn to master the (hidden) SYNTAX, and make it sound like real music.

[@richardroach6646]

PLEASE, PLEASE provide more lessons like these! This was GREAT!

[@eduardoduarte9706]

No one has never explained this so simple! Incredible video, Scott! Keep it comming!

[@francoandresjararomero4083]

I would actually love to see a full mini series on improvisation as I find myself really stuck on the problem of using scales properly as I'm kinds of a newbie in bass

[@jonathanwillett6816]

Hell yeah. I would like to see more about this! It's a good lesson Scott. You're the man. The Bloke.

[@idiachuk]

I agree, once you have learned basic technical things, you need to upgrade your thinking more than your fingers. So lessons like this are super helpful for those who are ready to improve their thinking. You mentioned one SUPER important thing in the end - to take the phrase and put it back in the context to understand how it works. I have plenty of issues with that and would LOVE to see a lesson about this topic.

[@beeaech1799]

Absolutely!! More stuff like this, next up Modes and how you incorporate both scales and modes into things like soloing. Or just noodling around as a finger exercise.

[@kit714]

This is one of the best lessons I've seen from you Scott. You've made the entire concept very easy to understand and I really appreciate this new found perspective on scales.

[@ryanlee9730]

This is the best information ever heard about using scales. This is why I joined your SBL member and never regret it. Awesome lesson as usual. Thanks a lot Scott!

[@zeb3two]

HELL YEAH!!! I loved this explanation of how you go about forming solos and bass lines

[@ArielIsaac8111]

Hell yeah!!! This is absolutely the kind of video I needed, thank you Scott so much for this!!

[@reynelorenzo4095]

Hey Scott Devine. Been a subscriber for a few years now. THIS MATERIAL IS GOLDEN! Would love to see more videos with this content. "Phrasing" scales to sound musical is where my bass playing journey has been in a plateau. This video is exactly where all my bass playing questions come from.

[@rbnrvr]

Hell yeah! Keep sharing material like this on your channel!

[@brettnugentpt313]

Such a great inallergy to learn the alphabet doesn’t mean you can speak a language. Great way to put it. Been stuck in linear patterns for years. This is so good Scott

[@devinebass]

Awesome to hear Brett!

[@uberdonkey9721]

I'm addicted to bass and have been playing for very little time but going over loads of scales, this video arrives at perfect time for me. Want to practice with this mix of 3rds, 5ths, arpeggios etc. Thanks so much

[@tiagogodlike]

I just found this video and, by extension, your channel and let me just tell you that you really helped me out in understanding some stuff that I've been struggling for years! Thank you very much sir!

[@gnbfilho]

Great, Scott! The third tip was the best one! Please continue this good work, this good subject! I'd love another video like this, with more exercises! And you could also make a nice video about rithm and timing! Thanks!

[@alexandersacay9091]

These should price a thousand dollars but you are teaching for free! Thank you!

[@johnvenditto2908]

Great lesson! Hell yes I would like more improvisation vids and lessons like this one are why I keep coming back. This hit me between the eyes because I was practicing earlier and felt these holes in my playing.

[@iamthemoneyj]

Wow that part around 7 minutes where you explain while playing was brilliant! Bravo sir!

[@adamfields1362]

Yaas! Do more videos like this. Great job Scott!

[@THETYMEKK12]

That was a real life-changing one! Thank You, Scott!!

[@darrellwilliams6741]

Thank you Scott I really Dig the Way you break Down Learning and Teaching me Something on my Bass I don't mind Sheeding at all Thank you Scott 👍👍👍👍

[@AlmostASurvivor]

Holy crap more of this please!! This helped licks and fills finally start making sense along with your video on Shapes. Thank you!!

[@davinchaffin6839]

This is your best video. I have been trying to figure out what to use for improvisation and how modes play into things and with this video it just clicked!

[@lastcat]

Thanks Scott. That is the first time I have ever heard how it was put together. I get it, 3rds, linear, 4ths, 5ths, linear, 3rd. Nice! I never knew.

[@johnb9316]

Just what I needed to make my scale work for me. Thank you Scott, more Videos like this one will be GREAT.

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@jonathanwillett6816]

Good analogy with the idea we need to learn the scales, just like we learned the alphabet. But the scales we need for musical sentences.

[@stefanbornhoft2258]

very helpful. Good approach because the linear lines are good too, but now connected. Thank you very much

[@anibalroman9791]

Of course, I would love more content like this. Thank you always for your work, Scott.

[@julescg]

Definitely love to see more of this. So useful. Unlocking so much for me.

[@paucc]

Yes! More of this, please, it's really helpful.

[@billyhooks99]

Oh hell yes do some more stuff like this. This video was a true revelation for me.

[@misterbean2233]

Please continue to do these types of lessons which shows us how to use scales and arpeggios to speak the language and go up and down the neck~! Thanks SBL!

[@iammelon7803]

I had a teacher that showed me scales, but that was nearly all I learned from him. Everything else I know is pretty much self taught. I’m glad I found this channel. I’ve learned so much stuff I never knew!

[@Jinjukid]

Yes Please! More Please! Great Stuff Scott!

[@sdam8193]

Hell yeah! One of my favourite lessons by far. Great work with editing as well.

[@gabrielrochamelo8183]

Yeah, Scott! Great content! Please, do more of this stuff. Cheers! 🇧🇷

[@RenoLaringo]

ABSOLUTELY !!!!!!!!!! I WANT MORE ! This was very very helpful ! Thank you soooo much !

[@jackgulliford2326]

Scott this is exactly what I needed, thanks so much. Keep making videos like this!

[@davemcdougal8452]

Holy mole!!! I've been looking for that light switch for a couple of years. Thanks for shedding some light! This one video will give me enough to move forward for the next couple of months or more.🤘

[@kingdeedee]

This was one of the most helpful videos I've seen in a while. You have me looking at the whole fretboard differently. I still have a lot of work to do but I feel like just watching this made me a significantly better player

[@Metalbass10000]

GREAT analogy! Just reciting the alphabet, or segments of the alphabet, is not an essay, or song, or story. You must combine letters into words, and words into statements which communicate a meaning. The more that meaning is something that people can relate to, or understand, or be inspired by, or find to be interesting, the more people are interested in it, and perhaps want to hear more from you. That previous statement could be about the words that come out of you combined to form meaning, or the musical notes that come out of you and combine to form, yes, meaning. And these notes you have chosen to put together must also communicate something to people, just as words do.

[@stephenbobic3226]

Absolutely! Soloing is a bit of a mystery, so bring it on!

[@dylanshakib2374]

yes please!!! this has been one of your most helpful videos for me

[@scottcharlesmcmanus9879]

Hi Scott. Yes I would appreciate more lessons like this. I've spent the last few months practising different scale and modes etc but I am finding them tricky to use meaningfully.

[@FMCrab]

I rareky post a comment but I really wanted to tell you that YES this kind of content is needed, useful and actually necessary. Please do more, because SO MANY people (including myself) don't even know HOW scales are used other than "staying in the key". I guess another interesting video would be on modes, because they complement this perfectly (I guess?).

[@meghanaacharya5690]

Thank you Scott!♥️

[@ezequielgaut8585]

Hell yeah! I would like to watch more of this type of content. I'm from Argentina and I have learned a lot from you videos. Thanks!

[@youssefayman226]

HELL YEAH !!, actually this type of exercise "sequenced intervals" was mentioned by Jaco Pastorius him self in one of his interviews and i was searching for this type of exercises thank you scott for making it happen

[@maartenarnou]

That's right. Felix Pastorius showed similar exercises aswell in his interview/lesson with Scott. 🙂

[@Ilus-Mirror]

|> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> 亮 被 因 那 果 最 阳 为 里 总 甜 光 它 生 是 的 照 们 长 在 水 that is crap... (that scales dont teach you the language) with sclales you not only learn tbe alphabet... you learn the structure I teach scles, always in the ionoc system with focus in understanding the system. my chinese is bad also my wife is chinese... but my gung fu is good... its a old acient stile where tai chi and chi gung was one thing and not sperated ... that is not only tru... it is a very good example 再见 |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |>

[@ianmackenzie686]

Excellent lesson...one I'm going to keep in the toolbox and refer to often.

[@jomamma1750]

Yes! Nice lesson Scott. More would be a very good thing.

[@RespekfulFungus]

Hell yeah! University Music Major dropout here. Don’t know why, but beyond basic theory, I struggled to wrap my head around it after a couple of semesters, you break things down brilliantly.

[@chrisraney1996]

Dude, you totally connected the dots on this one. Thanks, man! I'm on level 5 of Players Path and kinda suckin' on the improv bits. This is definitely going to help.

[@kensteckelberg7013]

I think applying theory to playing is the most valuable thing you can teach us. Show us how all of these scales and modes are used in a practical application. We want to better ourselves as players and showing us how to apply it all to music and real playing is invaluable. Thanks Scott. Excellent video!

[@dudeman5303]

Dude, Scott, thank you for this. Every time i actually want to learn how to do it, I find stupid youtube videos titled some crap like "suck at soloing? DO THIS ONE EASY THING" and then they just show you a Pentagon box shape everyone already knows. This was legitimately helpful. Holy shit man thank you. This is why you deserve more subscribers, screw all the shitty clickbait channels, they are all choppy and teach you random things that leave gaping holes in your knowledge so you can't tie things together. I wont name names but i am sure, they know who they are, yeah all you crappy clickbait channels im talking to YOU. 😐

[@manelius]

Yes! We want more videos like this one!

[@diogodores1423]

Awesome lesson. You should do more like this! Thanks.

[@pedroavc]

The perfect lesson, Scott! Please make more content like that. But in addition, I'd like lessons on reading sheet music.

[@NewKidOnTheBlock100]

definitely one of the most practically useful lessons I've ever seen on youtube, thanks so much man

[@frankcwte]

Yes! This is exactly what I've been looking for!! Thanks so much!

[@konstruktief]

We'd all like to learn more about how to solo. Also kudos to the video production team for upping their game with better lighting and more interesting editing.

[@vladlipovsky2915]

Scott it's brilliant lesson!!!! Love being your member!

[@mazzanichloe4574]

I've been waiting so long for such clear and practical explanations !! Two years of jazz impro class and no one has been capable of explaining things in a way which was not over complicated and challenging (what really questions me about those teachers' ability to teach...). Please keep making videos like this one! By the way I am not properly a bass player (I only play a little) but a violonist and still, your videos are so helpfull when it comes to understand music in itself. Thanks a lot !

[@fitogarcia5552]

Finally, some clarity! Thank you

[@alexguerrero4605]

Loved this lesson, Scott. Please do more videos exploring soloing 'for dummies'

[@liammusik]

Yes, I want to have more about IT. Very good. 👍🎸😍

[@TheRvoelker]

Hell yes! This lesson helped my understanding and musical context. I would love more videos on how to tie scales into actual music. Great lesson Scott!

[@mrose1604]

This was awesome! This is exactly what I'm looking for in bass learning content. Hell yeah!

[@Iamconnorlee]

Hey Scott! I do tend to fumble around until I hear a phrase I like, will definitely be trying out this approach! I thank ya!

[@jcout25]

Very valuable lesson, Scott. Thank you!

[@TanmaiKhanna]

This is one of the best lessons I've seen on this channel :D

[@jasonalgreen8559]

Excellent. I'm new to your channel, and tend to get bogged down in details when learning. The analogy of scales as alphabet was immediately an open door. I've always struggled with application, and this was an immense help. Thank you.

[@amberleypaul2078]

actually love this channel so much!🎸

[@ixa-3140]

Unsubscribe from Steve Terreberry right now.😂 You are now one of us this is a cult. We do not support such people around here.

[@JaiH1]

Hi Scott I've been a bass player for about 15 years now but during this period I've focused mainly on playing by ear and just jamming mainly. If possible i would like to see some lessons on modes and the use of them. Love your channel dude you've taught me alot and you are a major credit to the bass world. Peace out mate!

[@Matthew-e3u7r]

Makes total sense. Without extra clever language. Refreshing... making it stand out.

[@laurentmouflier]

finally i get it! i kept going up and down, linear way, and it bored me.thanks Scott! Priceless lesson!!

[@carlosblank6629]

Seriously??? You've waited THIS long to teach us this!!!!!???? Lol Thanks, love your channel

[@jackeaffe]

You are right, thank you for this lesson!

[@briansims1111]

I want to see more stuff like this Scott. Thank you