My name's Dan and I create two bass lessons a week that will take your bass playing to the next level. I cover the fundamentals in a no-nonsense, relaxed way.
My channel offers straight-to-the-point, value-packed bass guitar lessons that will lead you to a deeper understanding of music.
I'm still a beginner, but I started on a five-string because years ago, I played bass on my own demos. I didn't know what I was doing back then but I made up the bass lines myself and found that the bass lines turned out to require the B string. Now that I'm taking the instrument seriously, I have the five-string and I love it. Even in my bass lessons (a video course) we did Feel Good, Inc. by Gorillaz. The video transcribed it up to E because it focuses on a four-string. But the tune is in Eb. On the five-string, no transcription or detuning is necessary. So HEY! I'm a five-string player from day one.
I feel like that bass is a Ibanez roadster . I have a 1980 roadster and at the top of the neck by the nut has that same little metal thing on it and I’m pretty sure it says roadster very nice base I like it a lot let me know if I’m right.
Thanks, Dan really informative lesson. I’ve found it really helpful to take some 16th note lines that are e.g. 80 - 100bpm and slow them right down with a metronome to something like 40bpm (which can be quite tricky) and then really focus on the note placement, also helps with sight reading. As you say, once you do that for a while it suddenly starts to click into place. Then I gradually speed up in increments of 5bpm to get up to the actual tempo. Really enjoy your lessons, some of the best on the internet and as a fellow 70s stingray player the tone you’re getting out of your stingray is awesome!
Why would you need to memorize modes if the key signature is the same? Couldn’t you just emphasize the 2 when the D minor is playing or the 5 when the G Major is playing since it’s all gonna be the notes of C Major anyway?
You can do that, yes. Whatever works for you! I find it useful to learn all the modes though because it’s quicker in the long run and I can just go to it immediately without having to work out the original key. One is called the parallel and one is called the derivative approach.
@@OnlineBassCourses but are you actually learning another scale if it’s just a subset of the C Major scale? Why wouldn’t you just play the C Major scale and use the 2 as the priority note?
@@OnlineBassCourses yea I guess it is a good way to memorize the interval formula or chord tones for that particular mode/shape instead of deriving it from the C Major scale
Hi Dan, another comment here. I transcribed (not written. Jsut learned to play it) your solo at the start and noticed that you very rarely use the 4th or the 6th scale tones of either the Dorian or Lydian scales, unless using stepwise motion. Is this something that only comes from experience? I know theres some music theory implications around thr 4th, and maybe the 6th as well. Any comments around this or content you have that discusses why?
I have no idea why! It’s not necessarily good or bad, just what I was hearing at that moment I guess. Using those intervals might have sounded amazing: must try that next time… 🙏🙏
Heck yeah I finally got my amp back ty Lord n now I gotta get my chops back up again and what a poo perfect video to learn. Thanks always Dan Hawkins is the best ❤
Hi Dan! I was watching the video in slow motion as I am just beginning and there seems to be a difference between what you play and what is written in the Rocco bass line. It appears in the final part of the sixteenth notes where instead of playing two sevens or fours you play one seven or four and then three ghost notes, instead of two regular and two ghost notes. Dunno if you are going to see this comment but I wanted to point it out for future reference. PD: Rewatching it I realized with happens only with the first bar with the sevens, not with the fours.
This man is quickly becoming one of my favorite bass teaching video makers his content is honestly astoundingly useful and is really helping me in tryna teach myself bass
Dan I love what you do, but I sure would appreciate you playing through the lines a few times uninterrupted at the beginning or end of the videos. Searching the video for the few seconds you play the lines full speed can be tedious.
Good point. But I write and film my lessons to be watched from beginning to end not skipped around. I understand that’s not what people do these days but there you go!
Good suggestion. I usually do but it gets a bit boring sometimes! It’s good to mix things up plus the principles are the same and it’s good to learn different keys.
Here's my strategy to learning fretless: NEVER "noodle around" on a fretless bass. When you make mistakes you might be reinforcing these errors. Whenever you play a fretless you really need to be playing a specific song. You need to decide exactly what key you are playing in and stay in that key while practicing.
