In this weeks lesson we’re taking a look at a great (and pretty tricky) Major Pentatonic bass run from the song King George Street by the band Squeeze (Keith Wilkinson on bass). Pentatonic runs are some of the most useful lines you can use when it comes to making cool bass fills. In this video we’ll work through the fill and then look at ways of making the most of the material by transposing it to different keys and breaking it into smaller fragments.
This week we’re looking at arpeggios, specifically two octave arpeggios. If you’ve ever tried learning a two octave arpeggio you’ll have probably encountered the popular ‘stretchy’ fingering starting on the 1st finger. That’s fine, but it’s not the most comfortable of lines. So in this lesson we’re going to breakdown a 2 octave Major Triad…
This week we have a major scale exercise that should help with your many different parts of your musicianship. Practising The Cycle of Fourths In this exercise, we are going to play the major scale through the cycle of fourths (C major, F major, Bb major etc), whilst staying in the same position on the…
In this lesson we’re going to look at arpeggios within a scale and an exercise that will be sure to twist your fingers and your mind. Arpeggios From A Scale What do I mean by the arpeggios within a key? In any key or scale for that matter we can build arpeggios from each note. …
This week we’re going to look at Triads! A triad is a three note chord. We’re going to look at how they’re constructed and how to apply them in our bass lines. Why Learn About Chords? Arpeggios and chord tones (the individual notes of a chord) are essential in creating bass lines even if you…
In this video we’re looking at the Harmonic Minor scale and how it can be used in creating a Minor key. This video is a preview lesson taken from the upcoming Scale Essentials For Bass course here at Talkingbass. Enjoy! Natural Minor vs Harmonic Minor The harmonic minor scale is the same as the natural…
This week we’re looking at one of the most useful ‘modes’ you can learn: The Mixolydian Mode. But don’t worry! You don’t need to freak out, worrying about all that Mode theory stuff you’ve heard about. It’s just a scale like any other and we can quickly get it under our fingers and made some…
Thanks. This will help with my practice
Thank you Mark. I have seen all video posted by you. It has helped me a lot!