Learn Your Fretboard Bass Guitar Notes Fast! (4 Easy Steps)

[@1904style]

I’ve been trying to learn the fretboard using the cycle of fifths/fourths method. It has been difficult because there’s a lot of memorization. I like your approach with using notes on a string with octave reference points and understanding the logic of the fretboard. Thanks for the video. Super helpful!

[@PosidoVega]

hi Zach on Drums! that's fantastic to hear that you like my approach and that you found it helpful! Keep shedding!

[@WerIstWieJesus]

Again a very good explanation and good tips. I've bought an acoustic bass two days ago and I am learning the fretboard (and I am already quite confortable). The trick with the octave (2 strings+ 2 frets), I've already found by myself. There is another one: 3 strings+3 frets back. But I want also have an absolute view of the notes on the fretboard (not only relative). Somethings has helped me very much: the circle of fifth (in inverse because the strings are augmenting a forth). B-E-A-D-G-C-F. And then I've decovered two diagonals F-B-F-B and B-F-B-F on the fretboard (beginning at fret 1 and fret 7). This diagonals are sequences of tritones (forth+halftone). At each B there is beginning a sequence of fifths and at each F there is terminating a sequence of fifths. If you respect this you can formaly see directly the notes on the fretboard. Something that helped me also are the three blocks of 2x2 notes (E,F and B,C) placed and those diagonals.

[@PosidoVega]

Thanks WerlstWieJesus! These are great patterns to notices as well. Noticing patterns on the fretboard is crucial since the fretboard is laid out in way that a single shape can be moved around anywhere on the fretboard and the fingering stays the same. Thanks for sharing these!

[@davidadams9395]

Awesome explanation on how to learn the fret board! Thank you!!

[@PosidoVega]

Hi David Adams! Glad to hear you liked my explanation!

[@Your_Channel_Has_1_Subscriber]

Can you make a video on proper right hand technique?

[@MihalyAlberti]

Very helpful, thank you so much! Watched many-many bass videos about how to learn the fretboard and you are the first who tells the "why"s, not just throwing bunch of scales. You point out well the relations and logic and once you understand that, you don't have to learn the fretboard, like a poem. Thank you again and keep up the great work! :)

[@PosidoVega]

hi Mihaly Alberti! thank you so much for watching my video and I'm so happy to hear that my explanations are helpful!

[@toddhammond8305]

This is awsome. Thank you!

[@PosidoVega]

Hi Todd! Thanks for watching and I'm glad you like. I hope this information works out for you! Happy shedding.

[@samuelvictorio4394]

Great video! Just starting on bass, this is very helpful.

[@PosidoVega]

Good to hear you're starting out on bass! Thanks for watching. I'm glad it was helpful!

[@allygator616]

Thank you sooo much this helped a lot!!

[@PosidoVega]

hi ally! thanks for watching. that's great to hear that this helped you a lot :)

[@johnnyappleseed3355]

THUMBS UP!! SUBSCRIBED!

[@PosidoVega]

Love it! Thanks Johnny Appleseed!

[@unclemick-synths]

Good video. My takeaway from this one is to practice the same string and neighbouring-string octaves. Bass teachers often recommend a cycle of fifths method but that's not at all how my brain works. It made so much more sense to me to use landmarks like BC EF, 5th fret notes, and 7th fret notes. Also, sometimes they say to ignore the fret marks but there's a C major scale on fret marks hiding in plain sight!

[@PosidoVega]

Thanks for watching Old Uncle Mick! Glad you liked the video!

[@jadenstubbs3116]

Thanks, I'm gonna use this right now!

[@PosidoVega]

Hi Jaden stubbs! Thanks for watching. Let me know how things go. I'm glad to hear you're going to give this a try.

[@pastenger8819]

Thanks ! Your videos are very helpful. Can you make a video on how to read and transcribe a sheet music please ? I really want to play some piano pieces on bass, I know how to read the notes but I have a lot of trouble knowing where to play the notes/which note to play on the fretboard.

[@PosidoVega]

Hi Pastenger! That's a great suggestion. I haven't thought about making a video on that topic. But, I like the idea of it. I'll circle back on this comment and let you know when I have something available! I'm glad to hear that you find my videos helpful!

[@inspector-tech]

Does that 5 string in the background have a carbon fibre neck???

[@PosidoVega]

hi inspector-tech! yes, it does have a carbon fiber neck

[@inspector-tech]

@@PosidoVega Wow!! Looks insane! What brand/model is that? Do you need to adjust the truss rod much compared to wooden necks?

[@PosidoVega]

@@inspector-tech it's a Modulus Quantum 5. i've adjusted the truss rod once, and i've had the bass since 2010! it's a pretty solid neck! And compared to my other basses with wooden necks, i've had to adjust the truss rod once a year.

[@inspector-tech]

@@PosidoVega Ok, so that's juuuuuuuuuust slightly out of my price range!! 😁😄 Looks amazing though. And thanks for the great content 👍

[@PosidoVega]

@@inspector-tech 😅yeah Modulus' are pricey... i fell in love with it when i played it at a music store during my honeymoon and had to take it home lol

[@munkombwestanley5692]

Beautiful but please reduce talking! You spend too much time on the introduction and become serious at the end of the video.

[@PosidoVega]

I will try my best Munkombwe Stanley! Thanks for watching and giving me feedback too.