Master the Entire Bass Neck With Only Two Exercises

[@LessonFace]

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[@curtvincent3728]

I am an old guy and got "stuck" on bass as a guitar player as someone needed to play bass so I was the stuckee! Decades later I stopped being resentful and started to appreciate the role of the bass. But now I am trying to not just learn and play a song (I play out often) but to learn how to really feel a song. Less is more. This teacher has really helped this old guy. Thank you! I am now a Yonit Nitpicker!

[@pantalonesfrescos1130]

I'm a guitar player and just got a bass for christmas to have fun on. This lesson is exactly what I needed. Very clear and concise lesson and it can be applied immediately to jams with friends. Thanks so much.

[@danscalone8110]

57 and I'm learning to play. My goal is to Play!

[@ccastillo36540]

Im 43 and just bout my frist bass never to late to learn something

[@TheEpicnessofmatt]

I’m 59 and thinking hard about buying my 1st bass as a Father’s Day gift for myself.

[@danscalone8110]

@@TheEpicnessofmatt Do It! I'm having a Great Time. We're settling a goal for Halloween to do some gigs.

[@chile0119]

@@TheEpicnessofmatt to much thinking leads to overthinking, go buy it now

[@KamikazieAce95]

@@danscalone8110 Now 9 months down the line, do you feel as though your playing is better?

[@Chriswoodworker]

Just watching this lesson at 11:45pm. Now I have to wait till the morning to have a play on my Bass. Don't know how I'm going to sleep. What a fantastic lesson. So glad I found you on KZbin.

[@lennythelion9471]

I love this lesson! Earlier this month I picked up my bass for the first time in over 25 years. 25 years ago these was no KZbin just books and a teacher if you could afford one. But now there's so much bass tuition on KZbin that it can be bewildering. So I've decided that for the immediate future to concentrate on just two areas; walking bass and jamming with the pentatonic/blues scale. So this lesson is just what I need; Christmas has come early; subscribed.

[@MacMic333]

Great.I’m a drummer but I want to learn bass( every drummer should!). Good clear lesson.

[@SadieAtCollege]

Thank you for this! I would say this tutorial is more for an intermediate player because of the discussion of 7th chords. Geared more towards those who are studying music theory

Yep. Which we should all know in order to communicate with other musicians let alone read a chart.

[@markhebebrand4751]

Your a Awesome clear and simple to understand Bass teacher 💯

[@user-em7ts5yg7z]

super useful video, thx! Also if anyone wants to practice the first exercise u can play along to Marvin Gaye's "whats going on"...pretty much all minor7 or maj7 chords

[@mikeh66]

GOT IT! Good point on Minors starting on the index finger!

[@cjhalfthai]

Yonit is the best bass teacher I've ever watched. She explains everything so well!

[@Eli_J_]

I wish I’d had you as a teacher from day 1. I never spent the time learning scales and chords then I took some years away from bass and just coming back trying to do things the right way now. I’m more intermediate and still had to pull out my cheat sheet of chords. What you’re teaching is golden but show a closer view of your fingers and slow down a bit.

[@TheRuss1013]

Wow! These exercises have made a world of difference for me thank you so much.

[@Bmcdanman123]

Hey thanks I’m starting out and I’m old man!! I love the bass and want to learn it!!

[@SoulCitySawdog]

Thanks for your time helping people!

[@joshualagrone6972]

Just throwing this out there. Folks commenting about how they need tabs instead of notes shouldn’t be trying to learn their neck yet. You gotta walk before you can run. And you’ll run further and more comfortably with a good pair of sneakers. Learning the names of notes and some basic theory will be the Nike Shocks to your bass playing. 🤘

[@E-MTBs]

Your a great teacher, thank you for this lesson.

[@anandaurora]

Great lesson Yonit, packed with stuff yet simple.. thanks

[@alfredbellanti3755]

Thank you Yonit for this valuable lesson.

[@taurusmonkey8780]

Your Bass sounds awesome

[@beatsbylanstarr]

"And of course you can find the octave after" - nope, I can't. I am that much of a newbie 😂

[@stoatystoat174]

An octave is 12 frets up. Moving up a string is the same as moving 5 frets up. So if you're playing on any fret on either of the two lowest strings you can find the octave two strings up and two frets up (5+5+2=12)

[@TheBlazegt]

@@stoatystoat174 *mindblown🤯 That make sense

[@colinburke3758]

Should have been around to help me 45 years ago... where were you???? Thanks for a great insightful lesson

[@michaelpsartori]

I like the look of your left hand ...so relaxed with natural angles

[@VmShpman82]

You showed me things I've never learned before. Cool.

[@EpisodeNan]

Who else here is learning to play bass by learning a full song by hearing it or watching a video of it? Im noob at bass, and this is my way of learning. I sometimes find good licks and shapes with a song Im trying to learn.

[@migjordanpayawal7856]

That's part of the process. Even when I was learning guitar, before I was able to figure out progressions by ear, I was also watching how a musician plays it. I find it a bit more difficult for bass because notes are played separately, and a lot of the other notes can fit into it. Keep going bro!

[@victorramirez5273]

That’s a great Master class!!! Thank you

[@papan1965]

Very very useful!!! You mention and answer quite a few little details and questions I had about how to practice.. e.g. "You dont have to play in a different octave, you can practice the same octave just in another place". As silly as it may seem, those are the questions that bug me when I practice. Thanxxxxx!!!

[@rodneylee4026]

Great teacher. Thanks so much.

[@Cavonny]

Nice lesson I just used the tabs on the screen. Very helpful. Because the voice audio was really low vs the Bass sound, and the metronome. Also camera angle on left hand was weird, hard to see what was done behind the other fingers

[@thearkuhtekt]

Very intuitive video. Thank you. I'm definitely going to add this to my practice routine.

[@williamdorsey2238]

Holy crap, 1:26 into and I'm already subscribed. I watch alot of teachers online and learned alot. But your method of teaching is by far on the top 5

[@Groovemyster]

I'm thinking the people that are trying to learn their neck, probably won't know those chords you called out, Dm7 etc.

[@Musicsson]

What if those people are pro pianists... like me? :))))

[@Groovemyster]

@@Musicsson ah ha, I stand corrected 😜

[@Musicsson]

@@Groovemyster I was also not totally serious... :) although I indeed studied classical music and Jazz. However, that did not catapult me to being a great bassist. But one thing that you really notice when you come from classical music - is that especially Bass is taught and approached very much by playing typical genre patterns / riffs, etc. That's why most beginners sound pretty similar until each develops some personal flavour. If you learn Cello, that's "similar" to base guitar... in classical music you play 99% from notes, complicated stuff that gives you a marvelous technique. That's generally in classical music with all instruments... which is a huge advantage compared to the approach of most musicians who play "modern" music.

[@lelemsays]

That's what's going on with me right now.

[@paulevans4334]

Been playing for years and I don't know them. You can't beat time served, just knowing where the notes are by ear.

[@valtyger]

Would be very helpful to know: 1- Why Maj7 and Min7 and not just Major and Minor. Or they are the same? 2- You continue to play 5 notes. What is that 5th one, could it be on the diagram and which finger? Thanks,

[@DroneUpp]

Thanks for this demonstration! Been playing bass for a long time but never really had a bass instructor so although I can play, I have developed a lot of bad habits and this limited me in bass expression. I need to go back to basics and this will help me. I have sub'd your channel to learn more fundamentals on the bass. Thanks again.

[@anyeikonyak-ov8cr]

You are great teacher👍👍👍

[@monomamori]

NICE! That's an exercise I'll surely try!

[@alexzaslavsky2570]

Had to watch it twice. Very useful video!!

[@marklaciura3177]

Another Great Lesson from Yonit , Roger Sadowsky Bass artist !!

[@williamretallick7430]

Your a gift! Thank you.

[@nicfernald1850]

Exactly how I needed it to be put, thanks a bunches,

[@Musicsson]

Man, the tone of that base... Sadoooooooowsky.

[@bustabass9025]

Heyyy Yoniiiii!!!! Glad I been playing bass for nearly fifty years. Would have a hard time processing what you're saying otherwise. It's all good though.

[@Andy-lm2zp]

Thanks for vid, been watching few bass ones but a lot of people don't do the fingering and it is easy to mess up without, and still struggling with position choices (which string open or not whatever)

[@luis6969santos]

Great great lesson! Thanks (even for those who know very well the "grey zone", know every modal scale, play "jazz"... LOL

[@محمدأبواحمد-ع4د]

You are great teacher

[@kk1creation]

thanks

[@stevehurl298]

Why emphasize the major 7th tone of the scale more than the major 6th? I guess major 7 helps you turn the corner to the V chord, but I think I've always heard major 6th tones used more often in major phrases.

[@johnhammond410]

Thank you for this invaluable information. I have been just getting back into playing after being away from the bass for a few years.

[@riceski]

Isn't this Yonit Spiegelman ? I am sure it's her or her twin. Good lesson

[@natalievandenberg2222]

Thank you!! So clear. Love your teaching style!!

[@EndlessEnt]

Hi Teacher, do you know any website to purchase licensed digital downloads for bass cover? Please advise, thanks alot!

[@BITVHAWAII]

love your verbal explanation delivery. easy to follow. thank you.

[@0711RC]

Thanks!!

[@scottstevens9323]

My kind of teacher! Very informative! I’m slamming!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@reno42wolf]

Here's the problem...your instructions are superb...damn it! You're not going moron slow but fast enough to push you forward. DAMN YOU LESSONFACE!! Where were you 45 years ago WHEN I REALLY NEED YOU! My main problem is physical. I have severe nerve damage in my left pinkie so it's not very useful. Good for balance, but not for actual playing the Bass. I still play several instruments but I've fallen heavily for the bass. Any good 3 finger techniques?

[@bluesdivers]

Thanks.

[@sambagenie]

Top lesson .

[@TBONEcomedy]

That manicure is on point

[@sebastianvega4576]

good practice routine, i certainly see that value in them. but doing this, you will only learn and memorize the e and a string, since you rely on shapes for the d and g stings. you did not make it clear, but do you imply already knowing all you 3rds, 5ths and 7ths in major and minor for a specific root note? i could get behind that. i am working on my neck since almost a year with a similar technique you showed in the beginning (how to not do it). i play for all c notes between the 1st and 12th threat on all strings from top to bottom and back and then going through the whole cycle of 5ths while singing the note names out loud. i have some success with it, but it consumes a lot of practice time and i am not satisfied with the progress in relation to the time i have to spend. since i play guitar and bass for several years, i have my e and a string down pretty good as well as most important scale shapes and triads. do you think it makes more sense to just get my stuff together and memorize the note names for all intervals in major and minor? like knowing this instantly: c major go: c, e, g, h, c (for the 3rd, 5th and 7th for example). right know, for these shapes and triads, i know the interval i am relative to the root, but not the name of the notes of these intervals.

[@davekat4680]

Thank you Yonit ✅ 👍 be well

[@alexandredinkelmann595]

Thanks!

[@arpitgershom2264]

Nice vedio thanks very much

[@elissava5959]

this is a great exercise thank you!

[@jh61]

Thank you so much!

[@Chago778]

I love it thanks for the free lesson...

[@phoyisa]

i love it thanks

[@daveyJ213]

Hello! Thanks for posting this great information. Any advice on how to gain control of the fingering hand (my left). I'm so stiff; buzzing is driving me crazy. Additionally my left pinky locks up or collapses to the point that I literally cannot even bent it. I think it's an old basketball injury - still drives me crazy. Even when I lift my fingers from the strings to go to the next note, there is a buzzing or craping sound. Ugh! Help!

[@VeronicaGorositoMusic]

All fine I get it, now just need to get a bass! 😂

[@Bmcdanman123]

Hey what do you mean by the octave? I’m sorry I’m new learning and I like this video but what is meant by the octave?

[@denisgourraud4482]

hi, Thanks so much for your lessons , just some times my english is poor so i cant get everything youhou says 😂 i’m french lol , your are the best 😊

[@jamesfennder7809]

positive stuff.

[@peterjosvai9804]

OMG, I've been attending these video lessons, and never said thanks -- so, thank you, Yonit! big time! You're one of the best teachers I've ever had ! it is so enjoyable all the time! each lesson / lecture / video is a new game to learn and play .. it's altogether like a Waldorf school -- only not exclusively for children :) usually people teach tricks, which are details, so to speak, whereas you teach tricks, while also widen the bigger knowledge, at the same time.. that of playing music on the bass guitar

[@georgius65]

great lesson, thanks a bunch!

[@jortiz42]

Nice video!

[@dougarnold7955]

Good stuff. Thanks.

[@wiltonh]

Good exercises

[@amprivat5913]

So cool your videos. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Yonit. Really great stuff 👍👍

[@mx472000]

תודה יונית. את נותנת שיעורים פרטיים דרך סקייפ? אחלה וידיאו. למדתי המון ממנו.

[@YonitSpiegelman]

Yes I do, you can book a lesson here :) www.lessonface.com/instructor/yonit-spiegelman

[@wesstarmedia]

I've been playing for a year, and progress is slow. My main aim is to (obviously) know my way around the fretboard better and learn to jam with a band. Im 44, so it's probably a bit too late to be world-class, but i just want to achieve my aforementioned. I suppose it's all about timing/scales and practice? 🎶

[@SnarkyRC]

Lol you can be world class at any age, fella so, no it’s never too late. I play with a few people in their 50s 60s and 70s and I would say they’re world class.

[@wesstarmedia]

@SnarkyRC that's really encouraging, buddy. I shall now practice even harder. 🎸 🍻

[@ziggysmith2722]

You’re the best, I love your videos! Such a big help. Keep up the good work!

[@J_David_Worthington_III]

Great video! Thanks for sharing it!

[@rachellopez9472]

I like your approach. Going to do it.

[@carlosmejia5103]

0:30 IVE BEEN CALLED OUT

[@klx400sr69]

is this progression a 145 in Lydian?

[@10040was]

I AM JUST START OUT BUT HAVE NO IDEAL WHAT KIND OF BASE SHOULD I BUY, COULD HELP OUT? I AM 73YR

[@kristynchapman7567]

So helpful! Thank you

[@Livemusic1800]

Bass... My favorite position.

[@tbeau6663]

Superb video

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Thank You! I will work on this.

[@emmanuelmwiimbwa5183]

Beautiful lesson!

[@robertrosejr1]

What brand bass is that. Thx

[@rachellopez9472]

Love your style of teaching.

[@stevelowe3525]

Hello, enjoying your approach.Hope I'm not over covering something! but what length neck are you playing in these videos? I have bought a regular length Fender Precision Base. If I had done a bit more research I may have gone for the shorter thinner neck. I'm really strangling up head end!

[@sebastianvega4576]

looks like regular length to me. what exactly do you mean by strangling up? i would not recommend shorter scale basses and 4 sting basses all have quite thin necks (if you mean the length of the nut). bass is quite uncomfortable at first and the upper register can be quite challenging in terms of finger streching for example. i would still not go for a shorter scale bass, you will get used to the normal length for sure. if you coming from guitar, you will soon realize, that you do not have to do the same amount of finger acrobatic than on a guitar. often, i just use the index finger and pinky on the higher register, even if i just have to get a distance of one threat down. muting the strings is so much more important and i often find very comfortable positions to play a certain tune. what can help also is adjusting the bass is angled to you body. i play sitting most of the times and i noticed, when i play standing, i need to get the bass quite high to make it comfortable for me. does not look as cool, but sounds better and my wrist is thankful for that :) hope i got your problem somewhat right. cheers

[@zadokmotorfreight2423]

Really really great video thank you!! Definitely going to help!

[@kaiwesley4923]

Why doesn't Db sound as good as C# ?

[@gnais12]

Excelente Leccion, Gracias por compartir

[@bsaw00]

Nice tone!

[@keithowens2554]

Is that a sadowski you are using

[@tr3sidential]

I really feel like I'm going to get this with you. Thanks!