THE Most Important Skill For A Musician (& How To Learn It)

[@davidbrown6415]

I've been playing bass for over 40 years and I'm still learning. So I've started donating £5 a month to your channel dude. I really enjoy your vids and your style of presentation. Well done!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That's so kind of you David - I really appreciate that! Keep up the great playing.

[@talkingbasslessons]

Lovely lesson Dan!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Mark. Big fan of your channel!

[@skiphoffenflaven8004]

Thank you so much for mentioning the “no shortcuts”, “KZbin age”, and the like. As a professor I see more struggles today in student learning due to the fact that KZbin is deemed the answer to cutting time down on working things through oneself. When I see you in this video I see someone who has put all the time into what you are now capable of doing. I come from before 1980, by a few years, and even though I love “learning” off of KZbin videos, I still have the skillset(s) required to learn without KZbin. It is only a supplement, not a replacement.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much and well said. KZbin promotes quick fixes, hacks, etc. which is not good for anyone. It does tempt creators to make that type of content though. It’s a shame because we just live in a hyperbolic world now.

[@martinheath5947]

Surpringly useful tunes to play in all positions and keys are the Do Ray Mi song from The Sound Of Music classic film (Doe, a deer, a female deer...) and the Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen for reggae flavour interpretations. Great lesson!

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Excellent suggestions!

[@tjstevens001]

Wow! I will be checking out your page more often!

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Thanks! Make sure to subscribe for updates on weekly lessons and do let me know if you have any bass questions.

[@unknown88888888]

This is very helpful Dan! Ive really struggled with ear training and working stuff out by ear. For awhile I’d try to work out fairly simple stuff and just felt like I was banging my head against a wall the entire time. I just felt like the bits of time I had to practice were better spent on other aspects of playing, rather than spending 20 mins listening to the same few bars of a song only to barely work out the key. So I kind of abandoned it for awhile to work in chord tones, technique and groove. But this has given me some motivation and a bit more direction to try to go back into it again

[@Funkybassplayer]

Yes Dan, I’m going to do them this weekend. Yes sir. All of them. I’m going to pause and go back a lot. 😁 Love those Motown riffs. 🫶🏻 What I love to do is when I’m playing along. Is D string 4th fret than 2th fret than open D than A string 2th fret. And the same on the A and E string. I love that riff. It was the first riff I learned. I use it on Alfabet street by prince, about that walk also prince and don’t start lying to me by joss stone. Massively cool songs.

[@ProfileP246]

Loved this thank you Dan! I will go through it many times.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Cool! Glad to hear it.

[@dandan6778]

I like your teaching style

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thank you. 🙏

[@petermanley7525]

Keep doing exactly what you’re doing, it is very much appreviated

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks Peter - will do 👍

[@tonycarel1785]

Thanks Dan!! Finally found a bass teacher that understands where most bass players come from. Your knowledge, presentation and material is top-notch. Absolutely love the fact that you explain it where I can understand it and you show examples of how to use it once you understand it. Cannot wait for your music theory course that you spoke about yesterday on your most latest video. I'm going to go back through your videos and watch them all thanks

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That's so nice of you to say; thanks so much Tony! Let me know if you have any lesson ideas you can't find in my other videos.

[@bouncingswordsful]

Great lesson as always, would like more lessons like this

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Coming up soon...

[@leonjohnson5539]

Thanks so much for your help to make it all make sense to learn all this stuff but most importantly what comes out of it it all just makes sense the way you do makes u just want to play and play 😉 thanks so much ❤️ Bless you and yours

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Leon. Keep playing! 🙏👍

[@adrianch2527]

Hey Dan. U r looking good. Nice shave. Good teaching. Watching your videos daily. Cheers!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thought I'd make an effort! Thanks for watching.

[@lucapappalardo5574]

Excellent tip as usual Dan! If I can suggest (or ask) a topic in the basic lessons you are about to release, whilst talking about scales, is suggest some patterns to get out of the box (ie. pentatonic in triplets) you often show it, but it'll be nice to go a bit more in detail. There are videos about it, but your way is probably the best especially in ths field 💪

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That's a good suggestion, Luca. There are LOADS of patterns you can make up yourself. I'll add that in.

[@lucapappalardo5574]

@@OnlineBassCourses cool!!! Everybody knows the pattern for a major scale, but how to improvise with it it's hard.... I'm very looking forward for your load of patterns! 🤗😉 Thank you soooooo much!!!😘

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👍👍👍

[@gabrielsanchez9621]

I really like your way to teach congrats

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Thanks!

[@stevearnholt8981]

Very insightful, learning loads of info from your videos

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That's great, Steve. Thanks.

[@technology1809]

i am a biguinner bass player and your explination syncs with my understanding👍🏿

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks for the comment. Glad to hear that and keep up the practice!

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Thanks Dan much appreciated 👍

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🙏

[@fletchersletch]

Apart from that's a great lesson, your bass sounds and looks amazing. It sounds I think more on the neck pickup. Never seen an ibanez like this one before. Thanks for the video. Cheers!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much. I've got a couple of videos on that bass if you look in the gear playlist on my channel. It's actually an equal blend of both pickups. This bass just feels really easy to play!

[@josem.ignacio3370]

Amazing lessons. Thanks a lot.

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You're welcome. Thanks for the comment!

[@stewartent2009]

thank you so much

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🙏

[@sqwirlio7794]

Thanks Dan the Man! Great stuff here and very well explained.

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Thanks for watching!

[@stevielongworth6853]

What a lesson, much appreciated Dan.

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Thanks, Stevie!

[@kevmac1230]

A valuable lesson and a great tool

[@arneberg9072]

Finally, by yr excellente guidence, I found out the two differents between major n' minor scales - wha is wha, n' how to DO em. (...and by tha also the diff b-w the arpegious ---

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Great! Keep up the playing…

[@donh5794]

Thanks Dan for another very helpful lesson. Keep doing what you're doing 👍.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Will do. Thanks very much.

[@germancalistri6624]

great class thanks Dan

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You're welcome. Thanks for watching. 👍

[@michaelfraction2308]

Dan Hawkins you r Makin me a better bass player 😊

[@OnlineBassCourses]

That’s great, Michael. Keep it up!

[@vincemiller3877]

Got 1 or 2 things ❤

[@michaelb.1701]

You are such a great teacher and that is such a great sounding bass! I love Ibanez gear! I recently purchased a 1987 SR800,first year of production Soundgear.I really like your bass with the older headstock.I need to find one like that! Are those pick ups upgraded or stock?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks Micheal! They're DiMarzios. I have a before and after video on this bass if you check my channel...

[@laura_whittle]

Super lesson Dan...! Thank you...! Dan could you tell ignorant me what song the riff belongs to at 6:26m, the minor...??? Love this channel...!!!!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks Laura! It's The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. It was the Formula 1 theme tune years ago.

[@jrlambert1866]

Awesome teaching. But for me. A gospel bassist for 50 years I have to admit a major problem in my style of playing. I actually find myself hearing and playing melody. How can I overcome this tendency?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I’ve heard about this before. I think it’s a case of starting to listen and analyse only more ‘traditional’ bass lines. You’ll soon be hearing that too.

[@jrlambert1866]

Traditional bass lines, you mean the old simple ones popular in the 70s and 80s. That's what I like.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

@@jrlambert1866I actually meant just any bass line that conforms to the more traditional role of the bass.

[@jrlambert1866]

@@OnlineBassCourses I know what you're referring to. We actually don't do the new hillsong style music.