Learn The Fretboard - How To Memorize The Notes Of The Bass Guitar

[@talkingbasslessons]

Lesson Material: bit.ly/3BNtpJx

[@waltersassano]

Playing the cycle of 4ths on each string was the single most effective way I found to remember all the notes. Take your time on each string until you can do them all without delay and then move on to the next string. When you can do all 4 strings without delay, you'll be amazed at how comfortable you are at finding any note pretty much anywhere on the fretboard.

[@MauriceBoone-jm2xu]

How long did it take you

[@waltersassano]

@@MauriceBoone-jm2xu If I recall correctly, the first string (E) took me a couple of weeks. Then it was about a week a string after that. I still do this exercise everyday as part of a warmup.

[@bryangregory6447]

Most natural teacher on the internet.

[@thomasfioriglio]

Another really great lesson Mark. As a veteran player, I still found this helpful. In fact, I bought an unlined fretless bass recently and this is a great way to get familiar with it. And I learned the Cycle of Fourths from you a few years ago and still use it as a practice tool. Wonderful stuff!.

[@GrischaBrockhaus]

This was awesome! I knew nearly all of that, I find my notes w/o problems etc. But I didn't know most of the logic behind that! Strange that I never thought about that. Thanks! 😊

[@StubbornFunkyDonkey]

Thanks Mark! I will watch it as soon as I’m done with my current tasks at work. Should be great.

[@WDXash]

This is very useful. It’s logical and methodical. Thank you 🙏

[@myowlhasantlers]

This was perfect timing! A couple days ago I printed up copies of the fretboard and bass clef in order to try to move away from tab and into better sight reading. This explains so much more clearly what I was trying to brute force my brain into understanding. Thanks!

[@Davebeginnerbass]

Brilliant lesson Mark, you make it so easy to understand for a beginner like myself. Thanks

[@davidbalan6571]

Playing the cycle of 4ths on each string was the single most effective way I found to remember all the notes. Take your time on each string until you can do them all without delay and then move on to the next string .

[@geoffhead111]

im really digging that cyborg bassist book you laid down. tried it out for serious today and it's really improving my groove. feel free to move up n down the fretboard a whole lot more, which interestingly makes scales a whole lot easier cos you dont have to think of a different mode as you move around, you can just repeat the one youre on.

[@photopro100]

Good work Mark! This will certainly help.

[@Dean4471]

Exactly what I'm after 👌🏻

[@MrGoodnplenty1957]

Mark you nailed this one! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@stuartplatt2146]

Another great lesson Mark. A really fine point observation - the pickup switching is different, the neck has a white light - the overall sound is 'sweeter'. IMHO, of course!

[@vizio213]

Great instruction, thank you

[@Ransinhaaloka]

Appreciate from Sri Lanka

[@jtwashere59]

love this. very helpful. question, for those of us seriously memory challenged: is there really any point in bass players learning the notes on the D & G strings? we can always play them quickly from the scale shapes.

[@jtwashere59]

also, the first 7 & the 12 frets are easy (I’m not sure why). Question(s): what’s the best way to internalize the notes on the last 4 frets? count backwards from the 12the fret? Also, is counting even helpful at all, since in real-world situations you’re jumping to the note, not playing it in the context of a scale?

[@johnsmall9]

The circle of fourths is a killer

[@edmondbeaudoin305]

Hi Mark. Good stuff. Question, what kind of bass is that?

[@talkingbasslessons]

@@edmondbeaudoin305 Enfield Lionheart

[@BzBlade]

Could you try a take on figuring out how Buckethead plays the bass and make a video of it? You can search "buckethead bass"; I know he uses a filter pedal but his style is interesting

[@calvinsequeira7744]

Please provide the link for the downloadable lesson material..

[@talkingbasslessons]

Lesson Material: bit.ly/3BNtpJx

[@Maximus091768]

I know all the note up to the 12th fret. From there, it has always been a mystery. I “know” them but if I look down and them, I still have to think. Why???

[@jtwashere59]

opps... re my last question the the last few notes: I guess the answer is "finish the video".

[@_NostaIgia]

4:08 moving to fast I’m still struggling

[@charlescowan6121]

Hi Mark! Would you please give a lesson on 'The Awakening' by Claypool? It's not particularly fast or complicated, however there are a lot of ghost notes, double thumbs and the sort of Claypool craziness that we've all come to love. If not teaching the entire track, just some tips and pointers on how to get up and down the fretboard. Cheers mate!

[@R_nemoS]

Great advice as usual but for me it's more about intervals. Finding the key of any song is not difficult and wherever you happen to be playing on the fretboard each note will be 'relative' to the nearest root note. I find this liberates me from viewing the nut or the dot markers as points of reference, like the solar system; everything is relative to the sun which itself is a moving entity. In time the notes naturally embed themselves in the mind as a consequence of their relation to the root note name. I also find that knowing the major scales on a keyboard is a great visual reference if you have those scale patterns in your mind.

[@talkingbasslessons]

You are describing a totally different, but still very important area of study. Intervals are the nuts and bolts of music. All areas of harmony will improve your musicianship. However, none of that has anything to do with learning the notes on the fretboard. Learning the notes should be THE most basic element of study for any musician. Even 4 year old piano beginners will know the notes on a keyboard.

[@stephen-collins]

Wait, what if I can't remember the 10 things?