Real Bass Lessons 5 - Jazz - Practice The Major Triads Using The Cycle of 4ths.

[@vacmar73]

Very good teacher. Greetings from the Canary Islands (Spain)

[@thewomble1509]

Clearest explanation of this theory on youtube. Many thanks for giving me the confidence to understand this.

[@DoublebassKenny]

Thanks man! You're a great teacher and a badass bassist! Greetings from Italy.

[@realbasslessons9356]

You are welcome.

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Bass gear for this video: CLASSIC VIBE JAZZ BASS® '60S, Inca Silver with replacement pickups - Nordstrand nj4 single coil 4 string jazz-type bass pickups - 60’s era correct.

[@hacerclic1020]

Thank you for the lessons, my friend. These are really helpful!

[@52rickenbacker]

I love how the basses are always Squier with a pickup mod. They all sound awesome.

[@realbasslessons9356]

+JG_bass I enjoy these basses too! These specific models feel great to me. They just need some enhancement in picking up the range of the strings.

[@annmartinez550]

Jim I have more problems working on my flats rather than the naturals, but I’m learning ,thank you.PS I noticed that the drums gives you that Q and hints on those triads.....

[@Aker66]

Very good and no nonsense, thank you

[@cigarettevodka5690]

Thanks for the lesson - very helpful.

[@realbasslessons9356]

you are welcome

[@cigarettevodka5690]

Not only for this video but for the rest also. You have taught me a lot. Again, thanks.

[@realbasslessons9356]

***** You are most welcome. I am glad you are learning from the lessons. That's why I make them. ;)

[@dereksquid]

I can kinda play guitar...not really. But I want to learn bass. No videos on youtube really make sense to me. Where should I start out/what should I learn first? :)

[@DavidDartley]

Really like your demeanor as a teacher! So, real novice here. After watching this (which I'm going to practice, despite having the following question), I saw somewhat similar vids from others, also recommending the Cycle of 4ths as a practice tool. But none really say why. In this vid of yours on triads, is the Cycle of 4ths just a sort of "schedule" of which triads to practice? (As if you'd simply said "play all the C triads, then do the same for all the C# triads," etc. etc.?) And/Or is there a more real-life / practical reason to use the Cycle of 4ths? Thanks!

[@simonwood1113]

Hey David, As you may know, Jim died earlier this year. If I may be so bold as to answer your question, I believe that Jim would have said that practicing in 4ths is closer to what happens in Jazz (and a great deal of other forms of western popular music). For example, one of the most common structures we encounter is the ii-V-I progression (such as Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7). If you notice this is all movement by 4ths. Moving by a larger interval also sharpens your ability to move around the neck. It's not hard to move by a semitone accurately, but a jump of a 4th up or down the neck, particularly in a busy pattern, is a touch more difficult. Hope this helps.

[@jimdandypicker11]

Hi there, I am glad to have found your site. Do your videos have a sequence in which a new learner can use in order. I tried following the 1, 2, 3, 4 and now this lesson 5 and they seem to skip around and not build upon one another. Am I following the sequence wrong?

[@realbasslessons9356]

+Darren Strutt No order, but, the description is pretty clear.

[@porkyo123]

Real Bass Lessons what do you do after learning them?

[@patrickgi]

Hello,You seem so play a pickup note every so often. Is that the previous note or open string note?

[@realbasslessons9356]

+Patrick Gillham open string, lower