Top 5 Easy Bass Scales For Beginners 

0:53 No.1 : The Major Scale 5:34 No.2 : The Major Pentatonic Scale 8:28 No.3 : The Natural Minor Scale 11:46 No.4 : The Minor Pentatonic Scale 13:33 No.5 : The Blues Scale

You teach with no ego at all! This really helps the focus revolve around what is needed only. No needless shredding. You also have a great ability to put everything in context without getting ahead of the student target skills. These scale videoes are the best i have seen so far for beginners. The shapes are visible, you show they are the same all over the fret board, you link the scales as they are related to eachother etc. To the point and completely understandable. This is evident through all your lessons.

I play guitar (not bass guitar) and just learned more from this video than from any guitar video I've watched. Thanks Mate!

Good work. This man talks and shows almost simultaneously so if you are beginner you are not lost in talks or overwhelmed with playing. Thanks.

i came here for scales, but got both scales and flawless fretting hand technique : P

Great video, you're helping thousands of people grow on their musical paths. I give you credit

I think you are the only selfless teacher across the internet, that is really informative, helpful, neat, and doesn't wank on his strings shredding weird fillers all the time. Thank you so much.

I've been playing bass for over 10 years, but I'm self-taught and never really bothered with music theory. I just wanted to learn to play songs. Nevertheless, all these scales are familiar to me just from playing different songs. I just never really knew what they where called. The notes just sounded good

The voice over announcements of the scales were really cool.

This is one of the best youtube lessons I've come across for bass. You explain this in an easy to understand manner, and very informative. Thanks for the video, keep on rocking!

This makes so much sense after just being repetitive with roaming the fret board, you are so selfless and considerate, respect

Thankyou Mark! I'm embarrassed to say I've been playing bass for 15+ years and I still lack in the basics. Really appreciate your teaching's. They really help me improve on my playing Sunday mornings. May God bless you a 100 fold!

The Little Drummer Boy is the PERFECT example of a sad song in a Major key . Nice lesson , thank you 🙏

Would be good if you had a visual aid showing what you're playing.

*NUMBA ONE, THE MAYJOR SCÄL* This aside, this guide is really dang useful. Thanks

Just stumbled across this video as I am attempting to learn bass, and I wanted to say I think you are a very good teacher. Very well explained and great pacing, this video was very helpful!

Twenty minutes without a hint of a fluff or hesitation, this is the best instruction I have seen on RU-vid much to fast to fallow but after many rewinds, I am starting to get it excellent.

your are a very good bass teacher thank you

This is really helpful! It would be very useful to have a visual aid, however, like a chart

thank you so much..lots of info , but not overwhelming...its so direct , brief and concise....I love your teaching style....thank you again...learned a lot

Best demonstration of scales by far. Really helped me a lot. Gratitude your way sir.

I just have to say mark you may not see this but you’ve thought me more in two days than any bass teacher I tried when I was younger so happy I found your site my friend!!

Great tuition thanks. I've just signed up to talking Bass all I need to do now is practice!

this was a very helpful lesson, I didn’t realize the major pentatonic was just a variation of the major scale. Thank you for making that easier to understand.

You’re my fav teacher! Thank you so much for making it so straightforward, without background noise

Great Goobeldy Goo there's a lot of good information in this video! I have spent a few years just rote learning notes of songs to play bass in a group at church. Simple stuff, and I'd practice the heck out of the songs at home during the week until I could play them sped up so that I'd be super ready to play live. We got the music played and sounded OK. But I was always left wondering after practicing and memorizing songs why some notes sound good together and others don't. I had absolutely ZERO understanding of any kind of music theory for the bass. I guess this wondering has led me to seek the next level and that's where your videos have been instrumental in my beginning to understand what's really going on when I played all those songs. I'm repeating these videos until the information sinks in and I'm practicing at a snail's pace so that I can understand exactly what I'm doing as I go along. Two years ago my practices of today would have seemed impossibly slow, but the me of today is slowly gaining understanding from your kind guidance, and I'm having a blast because I understand what I'm doing. Thank you, Mark!

I am absolute beginner and I really like this session - thanks a lot I understood a lot. Now I have to practize it.

You are like a mathematician coming up with beautiful equations . Thanks Mark.

Thank you. I finally found a digestible tutorial. Thank you so much ❤️

you do an outstanding job of explaining and demonstrating scales. plus you pace your lesson so it is understandable. Thank you

Thanks. I’ve been playing bass for years now, self taught and was trying to help my daughter learn. Your video has been the easiest to follow. Your instructions are clear and most importantly you can see your fingering clearly. Many of the other videos didn’t show where to put your fingers and they went too quickly. We had to stop and pause it and try to work out which fret they were playing on. I am learning how to read music for the first time and your video is helping me with that too. So thank you 😊

Loved the video, you explained it all perfectly, very concise. I just learned how to do the major scale in 5 minutes after being confused as hell and not learning anything watching other videos. Thank you so much

CONGRATULATIONS ! your method is great, very clear and fast it helps me a lot, a really great thank you.

so easy to follow and great teaching style.. thank you!

i just started to learn bass and your videos helps me a lot! thank you so much

Great teaching Mark! It is very helpful for new players. Thank you.

Thanks so much!!

Well done very helpful

I love the way you teach, your you show everything you say, you give awesome explanation in English and you over emphasis. not everyone cup of tea. but its my cup of tea, regards. your stuck with me

Man it's funny how a lot of guys do video but they forget that everyone is not we're they are and it's hard for to follow them I'm a beginner but you break it down so beautifully with the fret and the strings I'm learning fast as the video says for beginners Thank You I'm going to be checking out all your videos

your a blessing to alot of people ,thank you . [much]

I can watch ur video over n over again mark because u teach very well n because of u I am improving my bass line everyday thank u so much for ur powerful explanation in every lesson

well done...Thank you.. being a beginner this was extremely helpful.

Hi! Thanks for the videos, is time to learn! Bless!

thank you so much for making these lessons.

Extremely helpful, thanks so much for the vid

killer video thanks Mark

Thank you, your lessons helped a lot

this is really helpful, thank you

This will help my speed so much, thank you!

Very cool lesson, Thank You !!

Wow best tutorial online!. Thabk u sir

Great teaching.

Your pinky sure is friendly. It's always waving Hello:)

Thnx a lot. Excellent explanation. Bless

Thank you I really like your lessons

cheers mate, really clear and useful video

I do deeply appreciate this, I only learned a little bass was by ear, I would love to learn they notes and learn how to play more.

Thank you, this video help me alot

Great video

Found this video really helpful, cheers.

Brilliant mate❤️👍Fantastic instructor👍

Excellent - just excellent!

Oh man it would be so cool to see what you're doing with your hands

You are good teacher for me bro thanks 👍👍

Exactly what I needed, the meat and potatoes, thanks!!!

subscribed. so approachable the way you teach it!!

Thank You!

ive been learning the notes on my fretboard before properly engaging with scales and it has helped a fair bit IMO. In a lot of videos its a lot easier to piece together if you know the fretboard notes, and the scales will make more sense as they move across the frets. Just an anecdote for my fellow newbies. I'm learning 1 string at a time. So far I have the E and A string frets memorized. Even just knowing 2 strings has improved my ability to learn scales a bit more efficiently.

Great vid. Best about basic bass scales

Great lesson for beginners bassists.

Lots of insights

Another great video

Thanks ✌

Thank you sir

Thank you its really educatif..can i get a Link from you to learn any other more bass scales

so helpful, so systemic

This video helped me finally understand major vs minor

very helpful

Fantastic

Cute playing.❤

Thank you

nyc teaching....motivated

Wow 🤩 I sound like I know wot I’m doing Thanks 😊

awesome

I learnt a great deal here

Great Stuff 👍

thanks you sir

The blue scale ❤️😍made me download this video

Awesome vid

so for the scales do I find the root note like d and play the shape or scale from there. Great video and I love theres no needless playing to show off. New sub.

great video, nicely explained. this will be my go to channel! picked up a bass last week! thank you!

super!

I like it lave this bass guitarist

Your lessons are some of the best, in this video I feel like you should have explained the minor scale from the prospective of its origin, A to A using no sharps or flats. Just like the C major scale only it creates a different pattern. This I feel would lead to a better “Big Picture” understanding of Modes, scales and how the shifting of them allows you to play uniformly in different keys, I am a beginner, trying to develop my own perspective. Not trying to second guess you here!

Hey hi all the way from South Africa. I've written all the scales (major and minor and all the pentatonic scales I could find off you tube, in my book) Please can I ask a stupid question? , must I also learn all the chords I'm assuming that there are bass as well as guitar chords , I haven't gotten to nodes and triads yet , please advise me on what I should be focusing on next , I'm proud to say I know my scales back to front but what next? Cheers. Gavin.

Did I hear My Girl when you played the major pentatonic?

i have pretty small hands, I can reach all these but its a stretch. Any advice on how to play bass with smaller hands?

Very handy video for a beginner like my self.. btw that’s a sexy Ibanez.. I have a Ibanez but I got the sr300eb in weathered black. For £240 I think it’s a great starting point for a new bassist :)

Thanks for the helpful lesson, Mark! I'm just curious to learn how to extend the scales to include the E string? Seems like the way you taught here starts on the A string and goes to D and G from there. But what about the E string? Thanks. 🙏