Mark, you're the greatest. I'm 70 years old and am fortunate that I began to learn the bass 5 years ago. There are many great internet learning tools in the 21st Century, but you are The GOAT for me. Even with all I've learned from you, I feel THIS lesson (though I already learned about appegios from you) will accelerate my goal of being able to play walking bass lines. Thanks, AGAIN.
Another fine lesson Mark! It's always good to address different skill levels, and this one is a great one for beginners. As you said, so many bass lines are built from arpeggios. And as an experienced players, its always good to go back to the basics and get a refresher. Cheers.
Thank for your video. I am excited to learn bass this is my first time trying to learn any music and Iam in my forties and I have had a head injury. The doctor told me music can do amazing things to our brain he encouraged me to take lessons in something musical.
When practicing arpeggios, I've learned to play them in order, moving up in 4ths (counter-clockwise). Players should also learn the different fretting positions: 1st, 2nd, and 4th finger positions. That will then help you map each arpeggio across the entire fretboard and eventually, you will memorize the neck.
These lessons are actually helping me to grow as the guitar player too. We're learning scales, but not much people are teaching how to break them and use in specific cases.
I never realized I could just do the minor 3th on the same string as the root note. This whole time I've been playing it on the same string as the 5th but now the minor arpeggio is a lot more easier
Thanks Mark! I bought Chord tone essentials course in the Halloween sale! First course after Bassic Fundamentals for me. Next I suppose to eat training or sight reading over scales? 😂 scales…
Is it crazy to say that I am learning the bass and know nothing about theory but while playing the bass I already play along with the root notes doing some arpeggios without even knowing I was doing it right, watching this video makes me happy bcuz I love the bass and I always thought theory would be really hard and would slow me down. But it’s the opposite
I know my comment is very late so I won’t be surprised if I don’t get a reply but I’m just confused about the f major arpeggio since you cannot go down a half step on the A string because F is the first note on the E string, if you understand what I just said you’re a genius because I explained that very badly
I know the answer is "PRACTICE" But I M much faster just using my index finger to pluck the strings is it normal for a beginner to have a slow middle finger. I would appreciate any tips, suggestions or exercises to help develop more speed with my middle digit
hey Mark what do you mean starting with the middle finger pluck helps with navigating the strings? what’s the difference between middle and index i didn’t understand
I really wanted to understand this video but once he got to the chord progressions, I got totally lost. Just showing the names of the chord progressions did not help me understand anything after about minute 9. And I’ve got about four months playing under my belt. I wish there were diagrams explaining where the notes are…
