How To Nail Your Bass Guitar Fills (Smooth Transitions)

[@denisblack9897]

i get too excited enjoying myself and listening to the great tone my bass produces thinking ahead part finally made it possible for me not to lose touch with reality thank you, Dan

[@suitecutsbydaveupshur842]

Your a good bass teacher brother, I appreciate you

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much. I appreciate that!

[@petermanley7525]

Quality advice as always

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks Peter.

[@cmstandingmusic3002]

Hi Dan just wanted to say thank you for the free book from signing up to your website, Very Professional. I lost alot of interest in music over the yeras i dont know why but you have given me the inspiration to try again

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Jimmy. Thanks for the message and I'm really glad you're back learning bass. It's a great instrument and well worth persevering with. Keep it up! Let me know if I can help.

[@bocobocoboco]

very cool lesson.

[@peak_flow]

Thanks for all the lessons you've posted this year, Dan. One of the best online bass channels - wish I'd discovered you sooner. Best wishes to you and yours.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks so much Keith. I really appreciate those words. Plenty more coming for 2021...

[@PushSueAside]

Thank you. I keep landing on your videos, subscribed because now I can’t get enough. Cheers and thank you for your talent and ability to teach. You are appreciated

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That's very kind of you to say, Tommy. Thanks. 🙏

[@Harlembrown]

Really looking forward to the next video!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

It should be good! Coming on Saturday...

[@DavidJoyner-l6o]

Awesome, thanks

[@cyriani942]

Thanks a ton Dan. As always great lesson. I wonder why I didn't find your channel 4 years ago when I got into bass guitar. I went accross so many bass guitar channels and learn all the theory but came to a point where I didn't know how to implement or use them. Thanks a lot for your time and wish you a great year ahead! God bless you! 😊

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks for the lovely comment! I've got so much from bass playing concepts that I've learned through years of gigging and recording. I love passing that on so there's a lot more to come. Happy new year and thanks for watching!

[@rossco420]

Hi Dan you have a great collection of basses, some real gems 🔥🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! I think it’s time for a walkthrough...

[@rossco420]

That would be awesome Dan 🙏

[@soulstart89]

I really want to thank you for helping my growth through lockdown. You are forever stimulating my brain. A lot to take in sometimes but like you said in this video the more you practice the easier things become. I was able to keep up with this one. The minor pentatonic scale is my favourite scale. I just get lost when you say things like “major 7th” etc. Need to study more Theory. I’m used to numbers. Great work.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks for watching. Yes, there's a lot of info but, actually, you'll start to notice the same things coming up over and over again. Including "major 7th" etc. Which is just numbers (in a scale): onlinebasscourses.com/bass-line-creation/intervals/. Great to hear that you're continuing to grow - keep it up!

[@soulstart89]

@@OnlineBassCourses this helped a lot. I always got confused when a scale has less than 7 notes and I heard major or minor7th. I now get that it’s reference to the distance of the octave of the scale.

[@mrbungle7586]

Good lesson Dan. Learn the shapes, patterns, fretboard and chord professions. Simple. All these come together fairly quickly if you put the time in consistently. Happy New Year in advance from Australia, cheers 🥂.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Happy new year to you too! Thanks for your comments and for watching. Have a good one. 🥂

[@nadinetamondong5024]

Thank you for this video,I just started learning bass about 4 months ago. I have learned a lot from your content! I'm struggling with my timing coming back in from "baby fills" lol.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks for watching Nadine and keep practising! It’s a very common struggle but you’ll get there. Isolate the fill, make sure you know it will then introduce a metronome. Slow first then gradually speed up. A bit every day and you’ll improve steadily.

[@MixingGBP]

Do not understand why your lessons do not have more views and grab more subscribers.

[@stessbill]

thanks a lot DAN and GOOD YEARS 2021 love & music

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Happy new year to you Stephane!

[@christyjohn5149]

Any bass fills playlist or videos soon?....this 9ne also helped me to discover many bass fills thanks

[@OnlineBassCourses]

No massive plans. I think I’ll just do more random ones like this as I go!

[@christyjohn5149]

@@OnlineBassCourses great to hear

[@losriosprofundos2113]

Another great lesson. I hope this question isn’t too random, but I’ve been really focusing on improving my timing, and I’ve noticed that I want to pause before the last note of a 12 bar blues, which causes me to be behind the beat a bit. I’ve noticed that it sounds better if I don’t emphasize that particular note, but I’m wondering if there’s something unusual about the final note/beat of a 12 bar blues.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I’ve never noticed anything unusual about that beat! There are lots of different types of blues though and maybe it’s a particular one you’re listening to.

[@bobderosa4079]

I've never heard bass fills explained better.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Cheers Bob. Glad you liked the lesson.

[@bobderosa4079]

@Skyler Aidan Thanks!

[@donh5794]

Very interesting lesson. Is a fill similar or same as improvising? Happy New Year Dan!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thank you. The way I did them in this video (and most of my videos) is very much improvised. It’s the same principle as a solo but a slightly different role I guess. You can’t go too wild with fills! Unless it’s appropriate of course. It’s all making stuff up though at the end of the day.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

P.S. Happy New Year!

[@donh5794]

@@OnlineBassCourses Thank you, I understand.

[@brandonread6956]

Hello, thanks a lot for this solid lesson. I HAVE A QUESTION... I clicked the link and went to the Online Bass Lessons site to get the backing track for this lesson and I couldn't find anyway to download the track or to loop the track within the browser in order to practice the fills over the chord progression. Is there any way to do this? Also, I want to say that I really appreciate the layout of the lessons on your website. Its all the there on one page in a concise and easy to access format. This is really GREAT!! I just watched your walking baselines lesson too and its perfect because am about to start leaning Jazz Standards to improve my fluency over the fretboard. And because Jazz is extra-terrestrially awesome. All the best and thanks again. Brandon

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks for the nice words! Hover to the right of the audio and you'll see three little dots. Click on them and then you can download it. You can also play it in the browser but, unfortunately, there's no way to loop it. That would be cool though... But you can use your DAW to do that too. Or just click play again I suppose...

[@brandonread6956]

@@OnlineBassCourses Brilliant! Thanks Dan

[@TheHenbury]

Scott's good, once you've trudged through the footage of his house; garden; car journeys; kids; celeb' chums & dog! Mark is way better at getting to the point and giving value for money. Ditto Davey Pollitt; even bought a private lesson from him. You seem to be generating a lot more material, and from what I've seen you are simply in a class of your own, Dan! So what's the deal: are you going to be offering paid membership, dedicated courses & so on?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Wow. I have a huge amount of respect for those guys so that’s a huge compliment. Thank you! All the lessons are free but I do have a premium Funk Course and some books. I’ll also continue to produce premium courses and books for those who want a deeper dive into a topic. Let me know if you have any course ideas...

[@TheHenbury]

Thanks, Dan, you're welcome. I'm returning to playing at 60+ after a gap of more than 40 years. Back then I was just about able to keep up with Sid Viscous. I got a bit better and was able to emulate some of JJ Burnel's stuff, but then 'life' kicked in (I believe this is something of a pattern for many of us old g*ts!). My number one bug-bear is muting (something I never even knew mattered in 1979!). Nowadays, I play Blues and funk pretty much exclusively, but still struggle to find a 'universal' technique' that keeps the strings quiet. I know there's: floating/semi-floating thumb; fixed anchor; raking; rest-strokes and so forth, but when I watch top players they seldom appear to use one approach exclusively. If you could do something on that 'issue' I think you'd please a lot of folk. ( :o ) ))

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I have some muting exercises in my new book and I also have this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4KVkJaMiKeLfdE. It should help you!