How to build speed and accuracy on the bass (Pt1) - Lesson with Scott Devine (L#47)

[@sm26801]

Scott is the Best bass teacher online!!! Everything is Explained in detail,and makes Sense! This is rarely the case elsewhere! I don't want to meantion names,but there are some very prominent bassists posting lessons here,but Scott's lessons are the Best so far! Thanx Scott!!!

[@jemmehaze9108]

SIR! I must say you are tremendous blessing and i pray for you to be blessed

[@MrOhmikey]

Scott, you're a natural born teacher. Thanks for your nuts and bolts approach to teaching speed bass with very clear and achievable short range goals..

[@Christianonbass]

Great point, and you picked the perfect guitarist to make your point. Many can play Page's solos perfectly--and without his mistakes--but it takes a great guitarist like Page to put the feeling and soul into it like he does. Love Page:)

[@1bluegrassbass]

What an absolutely great lesson! I have been playing bass and other instruments for over 20 + years, I have always had a problem with speed. I have tried all the more traditional methods, really slow, metronome, just play fast, and while these methods have helped, I still had problems with fast passages, YYZ has alway been my downfall , among others, I could never figure out if it was my left hand or right! I have worked with this exercise for just a short time, and I cant believe it worked almost instantly! I know that may seem impossible, but I am guessing I had the speed for a while I just wasn't connecting the right and left hands properly! Great Lesson!!! I am playing YYZ at tonights show !!!

[@tek1001]

Scott, just read up on the glove thing. Wow, great that you overcame the problem and can still play, and play well. Very cool!

[@JohnnyTollefson]

Hey Scott, great lesson as usual! I really appreciate that you take the time to do these lessons because they really are helpful! You bring up tons of good points and tips and your videos really help me develop as a musician and bassist! Keep it up!

[@Christianonbass]

I was taught to play clearly and accurately before going any faster. I agree with your comment Lord Bassman. Accuracy first, then faster...and only as fast as what you can play correctly!

[@31edogru]

first play and after tone:) very nice Scott . thank you.

[@metalheadneji]

Awesome lesson man.

[@TarekMatiz]

Hey Man! Thanks a lot for all the effort you put in these videos!

[@nacho76]

Great exercise!! I've been playing for 6 months now and wish I had found this vid earlier.

[@orvalkilmer533]

very cool lesson indeed! Cheers

[@Obidibidou]

Great snibbet !!! Just what I've been lööking for Thanks a lot Scott!!!

[@MacHamish]

Very informative, TY.

[@FunkySpunky91]

i love your lessons! Brilliant!!

[@groovy_bassman]

good lesson..I'm going start practicing this today!

[@devinebass]

@jctbassaddict Hey thanks for watching man ... there's more lessons on their way ;) keep watching!

[@ff5500]

very helpful lessons, thank you and nice bass btw

[@devinebass]

@thruthewall I'll put it on the list man ;)

[@fortawesomm]

thank you I get that very often

[@smau6785]

+1 for the programming reference!

[@thruthewall]

Cool lesson as always. When you get a chance/if your inclined to, could you explain which harmonics work with which notes? cheers boss

[@EranFuld]

Amazing, clear, and extremely efficient...as always. Yours sincerely, -Eran Fuld (your Facebook friend)

[@tanzlovar]

Actually, you can easily see what he does on the fret board, it's not like he's playing a Paganini piece, is it? This is useful when you already know your fingering and you are not FAST and ACCURATE enough to play a passage. It does not tell you WHAT to play, nor HOW to play it. It tells you HOW TO PRACTICE. It's a phenomenal lesson.

[@RuroiniStenchin]

What kind of cabinet is sitting behind you? You're lessons are awesome,, thank you.

[@TheRedfire555]

Nice video. I primarily use a pick but want to get good at using fingers as well. So far, it's very hard for me to play fast with my fingers.

[@Luis-yr6fj]

+TheRedfire555 YOU CANT play bass with a pick

[@antonmoller8013]

+Luis Cespedes yes you can but most people use fingers

[@TheRedfire555]

Luis Cespedes Why not? Lots of great bass players do. (But, I use my fingers much more now, a lot has changed since I made that comment) :)

[@Luis-yr6fj]

+TheRedfire555 try to record yourself when you play , use a pick then fingers.

[@DUSTYBASS]

Yes you can Luis.. Had extensive surgery on my picking hand (Fingers reattached and a partial fusion of the wrist) I used a pick until my hand got back to it's usual speed but found that the pick was something I wanted to keep in my arsenal.

[@CruisinJolzy]

do you have any lesson on you tube about love making? man, haha jks thanks for the bass lessons they are awesome!!!

[@Mr420rush]

Thanks so much scott!! Helped a lot!..Deffinetly checkin other videos of yours out. :) And oh my you have the same last name as me! Sorry for poor english! :P

[@tek1001]

Great bass lesson, thanks. But I have one question...why the gloves? Does that help you play? What do they do for you?

[@hannesjvv]

He explains it on his site. IIRC Scott suffers from focal dystonia and the gloves function as a 'workaround' for it.

[@NoMusicNoRhythm]

i play bass for 2 years and a half now i can almost play any song or whatever :) im in a band now though and every time i invent my bass lines mostly is only on one string for a moment.. idk is this normal or just my sort of style? i sometimes think i play to easy but it sounds nice and clean

[@SilasDeMay]

Great videos, but i must ask the usual question (im sure everyone asks)... whats with the gloves? Do they help you fly around the fretboard or do they change the tone of the bass? Im curious, never seen anyone play with gloves.

[@Lucasplaysbass]

where did you get those gloves? i've been thinking of getting gloves too PS this video was really helpful, great job!

[@skatepark02]

This is prooving to be immensely hard on my fretless! great video tho.

[@ChiickenTM]

Scott, Could you please answer this. Does the position of the right hand (how it rests on the bass) affects the speed of it? thank you beforehand!

[@mikisHaft]

one more question... where are you keeping your thumb, on magnet or on string?

[@Morphindel]

I can't help but notice the best bass tutorials on KZbin are all from British guys. So why do i suck so badly? :P

[@tyjacks]

Great lesson, but do you have an exercises to help control the pinkie finger on the fretting hand? mine flys all over. Ive focused on it but my runs are slow cause my fingers are all over the place. Help...

[@heriirawan418]

so cool

[@daxel5694]

Hi mr. Devine, I've been playing for 4 months, I'm really confused. Do I need to put my non-playing fingers back the "down" finger, pressing the string down everytime? Let's say I were to do a c note with my pinkie on a scale, do my other fingers need to stay back pressing the string? Would it help somehow building up speed or it's just something I ought not do? Thanks a lot for the lessons, you're amazing!

[@t75ftw]

I clicked "Like" immediately after the intro muahahaha:D

[@candycorp1]

where can i get a pair of gloves so from?

[@neggit2063]

could this be done with only the thumb?

[@mikisHaft]

Hey MATE!!! Need help!!! I already know how to play fast, but the problem is when I do some exercise in C major scale, the tone is not clear... How to fix that? Exercise goes something like this C D E F, D E F G, E F G A... I can play this exercise fast in all 5 positions in C, but that tone is pain in the a.. :D Hope you can understand, because my English is not so good...

[@Endureth]

I can't hear well enough if you're playing 3 notes per beat or 4?

[@coleoehlers]

Hey Scott. I just started playing bass a month ago and I've been slaving away at practicing technique. And I have been trying to play with 3 fingers with my RH. And I just don't see other bass players doing that. Is it a bad thing? Should I just practice 2 fingers? I mean theoretically I feel it is only a plus having another finger? Right?

[@Raaaaaaaaaafls]

It's neither a bad, nor a good thing, it's just personal style, you can achieve the same amount of speed with both techniques. Three finger technique is used on more percussive genres such as metal which require a lot of hits on the same string consecutively. Practice both techniques the same amounth though, and good luck.

[@Levi-bh5jx]

Billy Sheehan and Rob Trujillo use 3 fingers. A lot of metal and rock bassists do. Check Talking Bass for 3 finger technique videos too.

[@0tt0kruegar]

better is to practice on a p bass,then swap to yer jazz....old jaco tip for speed playin....worked for me!

[@hoodoosmusik]

What's with the gloves??

[@ezzeldine1]

what is this bass?

[@fortawesomm]

It helps his hand muscles and bones be faster

[@ajvrmrv]

why did you use those gloves? its because your hands gets wet? bc I do ):

[@devinebass]

@enahcs Hey cheers man! Check out my website if you haven't already... scottsbasslessons Ez man. S

[@hannesjvv]

My only complaint is the sound balance: the bass is very loud compared to your voice, making following the lesson quite a bit jarring.

[@jaytjuh575]

Fuuu thought i had a spider on my screen xD

[@mindyourss87]

Why do you play with gloves?

[@berkedemirel1169]

watch it on x1.25 speed

[@aaroniamescua]

Explain the gloves..

[@will30x]

3.44 something is flying outside the window, looks like white clothes

[@marksanin4399]

Will 30x Clothes on a clothesline.

[@herrworthstrom4501]

DU BIST GOTT

[@bobbiehandter785]

biaso bae jokk

[@janicechiaretto7082]

Will u marry me? No... ok ... you're still the best bass instructor out there. U give me hope! Happy New Year!

[@Endureth]

The gloves are curious.

[@juiey2]

You found the problem. When you did it i pointed at the screen poked your face and said ''HAHA THIS GUY IS THE SHIT''

[@charlesblaisdell5406]

or you could just camp out with some Duck Dunn and Jack Bruce cd's

[@TheVarnior]

Use your ears! Trial and error!

[@gkniffen]

Isn't it obvious? He wears the gloves because they look basstastic.

[@hannesjvv]

Sorry, but this is not a beginner lesson. If he also did a slow-mo close-up of how to play the C-major scale in /this/ lesson, he'd just be wasting everyone's time.

[@BIGSABMUSIC]

plank plang!....what is up with that sound you make with the guitar ....AAAAHHHGGG!..makes my ears hurt!