not to sound like a shill for talkingbass but I bought volume 1 of the cyborg bassist 4 months ago and it has improved my playing immensely. With that being said I'm only on the second key so it takes a while to master just the major scale. One day I will move on to volume two.
@omg_wtf
10 ай бұрын
In percentage terms, how cyborg are you now?
@williampaquet6573
10 ай бұрын
Been playing this every day since your vid came out, at least 20 to 30 times daily over and over, reciting the notes to and fro. Maybe the single best exercise I ever used to really learn the neck. Thanks for a great lesson.
@ToddGillespie1977
9 ай бұрын
I’m 46 and your lessons and video covers have made me so much better. I’m a bass instructor but you are a MASTER instructor. We all thank you as bassists
@billyjeffersoniv4344
8 ай бұрын
I like it with Em personality but agree it's a great excersize in all keys
@tigerscott2966
11 ай бұрын
Good tips... I play bass and keyboards... It's easy and fun on the keyboard to hit those notes... But, on the bass, it takes practice and consistency to get it right...thanks...
@ericstrauch3215
11 ай бұрын
Great lesson. Of course it's easier for pianists! They don't have multiple places to play one note i.e. C---8th fret, E string/3rd fret, A string.
@s.d.d.6063
11 ай бұрын
as a former pianist I can assure you that this isn’t actually the easiest exercise either…infact pianists learn every scale with both hands over 4 octaves and that takes a lot of time and effort and is material for any piano exams at music shools. It is ofc easy if you play it slowly with an hand…but fluidly and consistently with both hands… and in thirds and sixths? not so much believe me 😅
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
@@s.d.d.6063Yes. Obviously if you play scales in both hands and focus on development of technique a la Hanon you can make the exercise as hard as you want. But, the problem here is that bass players don’t know the notes of the scale and don’t know the notes on the neck. It’s impossible for a lot of bass players to play this exercise even at a slow tempo out of time. On piano you simply learn the notes of the scale and that’s it. Forget the technique. Forget playing well. I just mean playing the right notes.
@Hana666555
11 ай бұрын
I really love your tuition style and lessons. However, could you please raise the staff/clef a bit higher so that the red line on KZitem does not get the way when you pause your videos (It's a common issues with many KZitem instructors). Thanks (:
@omg_wtf
10 ай бұрын
Yeah this is what separates people really. you either know this or you don't. If you know it, it's easy. If not, you're about get to get really humbled. You're going to wonder why you can play YYZ but failed at this "simple" task.
@rogo6567
11 ай бұрын
In "The Cyborg Bassist Vol 1" the position shift to the 7th fret (ascending) will be done on the D-String not on the A-String like in this YT
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
Yes, this isn't directly taken from the book. As I point out in the lesson you can ascend or descend in a variety of different ways. The exercise itself is the main focus here. Not the line.
@joepalooka2145
11 ай бұрын
Excellent exercise without a doubt, and essential for learning all the notes on the fingerboard. Great for guitar as well. For beginner/intermediate players the best way to learn --- play it slow. Speed doesn't matter, playing the right notes does. Getting them locked in your head permanently, and then using the number system to identify 1-3-5-b7-#9 etc. brings you up to an advanced/professional level of knowledge.
@georgeking1909
11 ай бұрын
There’s only one rule. I see this PBass and I click on the video. This might be the prettiest bass ever
@davidbalan6571
11 ай бұрын
In this lesson , we're looking at the song Rio by Duran Duran and amazing bass riff played hugely underrated by John Taylor .
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
Did Rio a few weeks ago
@igooog
4 ай бұрын
This was the first drill my old instructor had me do, every lesson for the first 2 months was opening with this and some arpeggio work. Best part of that was the fact that the same shifts apply to almost any key, with few exceptions. Great way to learn your way around.
@StevenDoyleLuke
11 ай бұрын
This is a great lesson!
@aprilheyliger6091
11 ай бұрын
I think this is a good scale exercise to learn and every bass player should learn it.
@foshizol
11 ай бұрын
Patterns are cool, but only as a starting point. I wish back in the 1980s my guitar teacher had taught me this stuff.
@EpicBassTime_
11 ай бұрын
Such a great teacher, the style of this video was awesome I really enjoyed just watching and learning 😁
@billyjeffersoniv4344
8 ай бұрын
There's a myth that says modes are for learning the neck? Oh nonono
@JeffAbarta
11 ай бұрын
Congrats on the book release!
@wmkennard
11 ай бұрын
Your awesome Bass man. Love your style n groove, teaching is great ❤
@DeanCameron
8 ай бұрын
"not notes. i hate spelling." Genius
@Truthsayer1979
11 ай бұрын
Yes! THIS is how you learn all the notes cold
@brandonmalone1893
7 ай бұрын
Technically by starting the C scale on the lowest note , which is an E, your just playing the phyrgian scale..... technically lol...its all a matter of how you look at it i guess
@talkingbasslessons
7 ай бұрын
And that’s where people get confused. Ask yourself this: Is the key of A minor the same as C major? No they are not. Is E Phrygian the same as a C major scale? No it’s not. The note you start on is totally irrelevant. The starting note has nothing to do with what the scale actually is. If it was then we’d be constantly switching between modes as we play through a scale.
@williamwhren4275
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I have been playing for years and this really helps. Also maybe it's just me but it LOOKS clearer to me when you use a maple fingerboard. Thanks again. Great lesson.
@nemanjamilosevic2739
11 ай бұрын
john patitucci workshop
@brokenalarms
8 ай бұрын
including CLOUDS! great video, thank you.
@TheCabbageMan
11 ай бұрын
What are modes for?
@talkingbasslessons
10 ай бұрын
Modes are scales like major and minor scales. They are simply derived from a parent major scale. But in terms of what they are for, they are used for creating a certain sound, particularly in jazz (modal jazz styles) and contemporary classical compositions. You'll hear them a LOT in film scores. Some people are misled into thinking they are something to do with learning the fretboard. That is totally misleading and couldn't be further from the truth. If you use modes to 'learn the major scale all over the fretboard' you'll be simply learning modes all over the fretboard. Learning D Dorian DOES NOT help with learning C Major.
@PorchBass
11 ай бұрын
I prefer to think in the 3 notes per string over two octaves paradigm. There is very little repertoire that requires those top notes - so it's natural to not get up to the high D much. Using an octave pedal will get you more used to playing lines above the twelfth fret as it sounds good
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
Yes that's fine from a basic playing perspective. However, this exercise is very different. It tests your knowledge of keys and the fretboard. That's why I ask you to try the exercise at the start of the video. As an example, take a scale, for example Ab major and play it from the lowest note possible to the highest on the bass. That's it. No prep, just go for it. It's basically a test of your overall musicianship. If you know the notes of the scale and the notes on your fretboard it should be easy. Remember, don't start at the tonic. In Ab major, you'll be starting at the low F. Then work all the way up and down the fretboard to the top and back in one fluid line.
@omg_wtf
10 ай бұрын
Learn it all, stop with the excuses :)
@PorchBass
10 ай бұрын
@@omg_wtf lol I learnt the sir duke run! Cheers
@MBITSISTUDIOTV
11 ай бұрын
This guy is an gift from good yoooh he knows what is bass
@ezekielgskeen8607
11 ай бұрын
Awesome lesson Sir, also glad I got your online book too. stay amazing! 👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
@patrickblay7684
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Mark for this interesting lesson allowing us to better master the fretboard. Let me know when the hard copy book will be available as I do prefer paper books.
@MembershipAcct
11 ай бұрын
Perfect timing for me as I'm starting to focus more on bass line improvisation.
@VeganStance
10 ай бұрын
Im a beginner and practice this every day
@number179
11 ай бұрын
Lessons like this have slowed my growth for 20 years. I know how to find a natural note, up-down, left-right, down-up, right-left, down-left, up-right and so on and on: because every lesson is taught (for whatever reason) in C-Major. I know that mapping the fretboard is the point of this…but if it were playing piano…all you would have to do is hit the white keys, any and all white keys would work, as mentioned at the start. Open to suggestions, but I am STUCK on CMaj.
@EpicBassTime_
11 ай бұрын
I don’t understand
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
Have you learned the actual notes of other keys? You say you move up-down, left-right etc. That sounds like you're using basic fretboard patterns. Do you know the notes of G major are GABCDEF# or the notes of Eb Major are Eb F G Ab Bb C D? The point of this exercise is learning the actual notes of a scale and the notes of your fretboard. If you are rusty on either of these things, this exercise will be incredibly difficult.
@diegovargas70
11 ай бұрын
Hi Mark, How long does the discount last on volume 2 of Cyborg Bassist?
@LeftiBassist
11 ай бұрын
According to his web site - 10 Days.
@dmex7777
11 ай бұрын
So how did know not to hit a wrong note
@graemerobertson5160
11 ай бұрын
It is only ridiculously easy on a piano if you are good at thumb crossing!
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
Or if you play it with one finger. I wasn't referring to playing it fast or with good technique or even in time. The hard part for a bass player is knowing the notes and playing them over the whole range. That's the easy part for a pianist, so much so that they would probably find that really weird.
@carlosvillarroel6665
11 ай бұрын
Have to spend a lot of time with the bass on the shoulders... There are 12 keys
@marcinfilip7405
11 ай бұрын
Or if you are a fan of Victor Wooten, you have to find more time. He said there are 30 keys.
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
@@marcinfilip7405Unfortunately, they are all wrong. There are theoretically an infinite number of keys. Nobody wants to put any criteria on that question like it’s some gottya thing. But yeah. It’s infinite. The circle of fifths and fourths is infinite if you don’t cheat and do the enharmonic switch at some point of your own choosing.
@realartjom
11 ай бұрын
I cannot figure out, why it's so important to know, how many flats a scale has
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
Do you read music? If not then that’s the reason it’s never occurred to you. If you learn to read the answer stares you in the face from day one.
@McDoinky
11 ай бұрын
If you read, it lets you know immediately which scale you’ll be playing in
@omg_wtf
10 ай бұрын
I mean, yeah, it depends on what you want from bass playing. If you want be a musician, you need to know. If you want to play Blink 182 from TAB, then no you dont
@MichaelSchuerig
11 ай бұрын
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the approach, but I have a feeling there's something wrong if the fingering patterns for every major and minor scale are so different that each of these scales needs its own exercise.
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
The whole point is that every key should be learned as a separate entity. It’s why bassists and guitarists have a huge musical disadvantage when compared to other instrumentalists. A key or a scale is not just a simple fretboard pattern. It’s the reason this exercise is hard for bass players.
@MichaelSchuerig
11 ай бұрын
@@talkingbasslessons I'm not convinced. A scale is a sequence of intervals. With scales as with most other things, I'm strongly in favor of recognizing the similarities and making use of them. If you treat all keys as separate entities, you have a lot of relearning to do when you transpose a bass line. It's less complicated if you think in intervals and associated patterns to begin with. As I said, maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're getting at. To improve dexterity it is surely useful to learn different fingerings for the same notes. For instance, to avoid shifting in inconvenient places.
@jelaniwilson1699
11 ай бұрын
@@MichaelSchuerig I think what he's trying to say is that most players just learn the "patterns" and don't actually learn the notes within the scale as well as where on the fretboard the notes are. The exercise's aim is to essentially force you to learn just that. Bassists and guitarists can get away with just learning patterns but you limit yourself to just playing within the patterns.
@MichaelSchuerig
11 ай бұрын
@@jelaniwilson1699 Okay, I can agree to that.
@talkingbasslessons
11 ай бұрын
@@MichaelSchuerig Obviously you should be looking at intervals. I talk about that all the time here on the channel (I'll wager that there are over 50 of the 600+ lessons on here stressing that). But that's only a part of the whole pie. You should see all keys as independent structures in the same way as times tables. If you're only thinking about the mechanics of "playing bass" then you can do what you want. But the further you go in music the more you will see holes in your musicianship. Learning keys is a VERY basic part of learning music. For example, without visualising the bass fretboard or working it out (just relying on your musical knowledge) answer the following questions: "What is chord vi in A Major?" "What is the 4th degree of the F# Major scale?" "What is chord III in Bb minor?" These are all very basic questions that have a real world application. This is where understanding every key to the same level is important. And, as one last thing, this doesn't mean you shouldn't learn scale 'patterns' or tab or anything like that. Learn everything. Learn to see music from every single angle. Yes, it takes many tens or hundreds of thousands of hours of study and hard practice but that's the whole point.
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