I had no idea about naming convention but used to use those additional notes. Even if it seems to be simple, many listeners hear it as highly skilled playing.

I wasn't saying a lot nice things about this dude in the past, but I gotta apollogize sincerely because he is actually pretty awesome the more I watch of him and I was not in the right to judge him for superficial reasons. I learned a lot from this guy and I was basically trashing him for nothing. I am deeply sorry for that! Great video, keep it on!

@patrickhagen563

Ай бұрын

Way to go, that took a lot of courage.

@talkingbasslessons

Ай бұрын

Don't actually recall seeing you trashing me. What was the main beef? I get a lot of people calling me names. But if you knew anything about my history and where I'm from, you'd very quickly realise I'm pretty immune to piss taking.

@NoChrReq

Ай бұрын

He is around for so many years and I'm sort of sad that he fell behind Scott despite having more or less being around for the same amount of time. They even have very similar accents. I learned a lot from Mark in terms of lessons. Scott on the other hand went on to become a talkshow presenter, talking for a whole 15 minutes about nothing in each and every single one of his videos.

@talkingbasslessons

Ай бұрын

@@NoChrReq Yes Scott and I have the same accent. We’re both from Leeds (although he’s originally from Carlisle) We have been friends since the mid 90s. We met at music college looong before KZread or Social Media. We’ll be going out drinking next weekend.

@NoChrReq

Ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons nice to hear man, enjoy your drinks. Cheers 🍻

Thanks a million for another really great lesson.. its like you switched on a light in my brain. Brilliant. 🙏☘️☘️☘️

Here he is again... IT IS THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND... MARK FROM TALKING BASS (he should honestly be top 10 all time bassist)

The sounds of major and minor scales are instinctively recognisable in Melody's ' like ' Frere Jacques or " Twinkle Twinkle Little" Star

This is great. I have been focusing exclusively on playing around on the pentatonic notes for each chord, since they always include the chord tones, and also include two passing non-chord tone notes. This will help me begin to move away from exclusively playing pentatonics and focus instead of playing fewer notes and including these passing non-chord tone notes, thanks for this.

thanks for making these available, great stuff

Another fantastic lesson. Thanks Mark :

Absolutely amazing videos! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! ❤

Great stuff again Mark, I now need to buy this lesson series to add to my collection of yours. Thanks for the years of guidance.

I would much rather get my help here, from Mark. Scott is great, and I am pretty sure an all round nice guy. The 2 "methods" and the structures are different - As Mr. Gormsby (7 periods with Mr. Gormsby) would say: "And that's fine..." But for me, too much hard sell and not really the personal encouragement (one does need it) from SBL. Also I been playing for about 45 years. And I find Mark STILL surprises and TEACHES me the stuff I need, And WANT. I used to live in Carlisle. But my mum was born in Thorner near Leeds.

@willb1157

Ай бұрын

What? None of you know 7 periods with Mr. Gormsby? Oh, what you've missed in life. .Bass.

One of the mist useful well done lesson I have seen. Awesome.

Nice job. You have an excellent style and convey the information very clearly. Thanks

Wow. It’s like watching Inception! So much to digest. Thank you Mark. Really enjoying Vol 1 so far. I can’t help sneak peaking at vol 2! The Chord Tone Essentials course is a fantastic grounding for this course and has helped me find my place quickly with the guitarist in the band. Every lesson so far I’ve learned something I didn’t know, so don’t skip ahead.

Thanks......I will continue to learn from you 😊

Nice, I'm definitely going to incorporate this into my playing and practice

Thanks, Sir ❤❤❤❤

This is golden ✨️

Fantastic, thanks!

This is some killer training! Simple techniques, but they really bring those patterns alive. Cheers!

@johnvrabec9747

Ай бұрын

These exercises also assist in ear training, hearing and recognizing the technique being played.

Great lesson. Thank you. Tell me what is the brand of your wide bass strap??

Great, as usual. What do you use to make your backing tracks? I'm struggling to find a software that produces decent guitar grooves.

like you man, i think you are very clever to teach and share

Gem!!!

Is that an Adam Clayton Jazz Bass I spy?? Wow, this was a lot of information. Maybe too much at first? I was hoping you would break down some of those bass lines a little slower. Maybe this could have been in two parts? Despite that, this was excellent, Mark! My band is getting ready to record, and now this is making me rethink my baselines, or at the very least, try some different ideas. Very well explained and I was able to follow along when I paused it and took a moment to figure out on my own where you were going with the bass lines (regarding the 3rd and 5th, etc.). The fact that I know that is thank to you and your lessons. So thanks.

@talkingbasslessons

Ай бұрын

The jazz at the beginning is a 1982 Japanese Fender. Bought it on Ebay. Those 80s Japanese Fenders are really good. You might have seen the natural Precision I use sometimes. That's a Japanese '82 import too. As for the video, it's from the Theory course over at the website. All of the lesson material is provided with tracks. There are many hours of video that takes you waaaay beyond this but also builds up to this from absolute basics. The intervals and arpeggios I mention are all covered at length in the previous lessons, hence the lack of info on those areas and the speed at which I move. Course is on sale until Wednesday here: members.talkingbass.net/shop/

@thomasfioriglio

Ай бұрын

Thank you Mark!

Does the new course (which this is a part of, right?) have lots of melodic lessons like this, or lessons where we can play along to learn not only the shapes but the sounds of these different melodic basics (or other skills)? Maybe that course would make a good birthday present for myself.

@talkingbasslessons

Ай бұрын

It’s hard to categorise the course in that way. It’s soooo much more than just learning bass. It’s a music theory course taking you from the absolute basics all the way through to advanced jazz degree level. Yes there are melodic lessons like this one but they are a tiny part of the whole. The course is huge and covers a LOT of stuff.

@marshwetland3808

Ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons But stuff I can do, not just theory in the brain, right? I've done too much of that. This exercise sounded so easy. When I tried it - quite challenging, probably lots easier on piano where I know the notes well as they are obvious on sight. Challenging, but not impossible, so perfect level. I did look at the syllabus on your site.

@marshwetland3808

Ай бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons Sure, but it says theory you can use. That's what I want. I get lost in my head and need to be applying everything in a basic way, like this fantastic exercise you came up with. Pulling it all together under the fingers. Maybe I should take just part 2. I have Grade7 piano and a fair bit of theory.

GOOD VIDEO MARK I HAVE THAT SAME BLUE BASS

@Pookiestud

Ай бұрын

What kind is it?

@markbass354

Ай бұрын

its fender its a good bass @@Pookiestud

@marshwetland3808

Ай бұрын

@@markbass354 Fender?? Mark's bass in an Enfield. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2WXqqmyfd3eh84.html

You always dress quite well.

😲 Big Claim,…. Let’s dig in,..

💙👊😎

What brand is that purple bass? It's heavenly