The “Real” Role of the Bass Player /// Scott’s Bass Lessons
I find that one of the biggest stumbling blocks for many bass players is actually understanding what the bass players role is within the band…
It may seem simple at first, but sooooo many players get this completely wrong – and because of this they really miss out on exactly what they should be focusing on to move their bass playing to the next level.
In this lesson you’re going to learn:
– What the ‘real’ role of the bass player is within the band
– The key elements of building grooves and bass lines
– Why it’s so important to know and how it relates to everything you practice
– Why you might be holding yourself back by focusing on the wrong things
– And way more…
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Originally posted by UCWTj3vCqkQIsrTGSm4kM34g at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yc0hG4qfo
Will I ever be as good as this super man
Very beautiful lesson. Thank you. Outline the Chords – using fifths, thirds, sevenths and chromatics. God bless you real good ❤
Jack Bruce said that the role of the bass player is to make everyone else in the band sound better than they actually are.
Scott, you are so freaking knowledgeable, I appreciate everything you show us and try to show us,thanx for bein there
This guy talks too much. Get to the point Scot
Great guidance
Adding in all those chromatic notes reminded me of what McCartney was doing around the time of Pepper and Abbey Rd. Listen to his Bass line on the track, Something.
The role of the bass player is to make the low end fuller. The other instruments can keep rhythm or play broken chords just fine, that's not what bass is for
For me, the bass is the most important rhythmic instrument in any band. The best compliment I ever got was when my drummer told me that my bass lines made him want to dance. So true. Even more than the drums, it's the bass line that gets people dancing! ????????
You need to address the overly busy bass player steppin on the other harmonic instruments toes
The role of the bassist is to enjoy yourself . Everything else is secondary .
Got to 10 minutes and I was lost lol
eh rhythm means more than outling the chords IMO. Just look at the great bass genres. RnB, funk, Afro beat. Also scott your rhythms are AMAZING and would take more time to learn than learning notes of chords?
If you're of a certain age/vintage, your Holy Grail remains Stanley Clarkes 'School Days' – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_gzDQd4zw&t=40s – with 70 years more practice I reckon I'll be able to do a rough copy. Enjoy!
that what you're talking is tonic or key-note , not just note. from your words chord has one note
Scott
There's a lot of bass players self taught that hold there own
Maybe not doing it by the book but they are happy doing what their doing
I started up bass 5 years ago
No experience of music
no one to teach me couldn't afford lessons
i learnt myself
I am 62 years young and haven't got the time to worry about how right i am or not
I joined a band and i have fun and for me i would love to know what you know and play like you but i never had the support
I can read tab which gets me by
I put a lot of smiles on people's faces including mine
most of all i enjoy it
I ACHIEVED IT ON MY OWN and build on what i can day to day right or wrong
One of the Best things i did in my life time i have three proud boys
love u Josehine
I'm a guitar player trying to get to grips with the basics of bass. This video helped but if I can already know play arpeggios up and down the neck and switch keys over the chord changes on guitar, what is the difference at this point between me and a good bass player? Or what else is a good bass player doing that I couldn't do if someone handed me a bass?
Knowing when not to play is like a technique in itself. Silence is the note you don't hear. It's the one you don't hear but it's there putting the spotlight on the snare hit or the kick drum pop or the Rhythm guitiar chop. I love the feeling of that give and take.
This is a good skill, but not the "real" role of the bass player, but just one technique for fulfilling that role. The real role of the bass player is to make people's heads bob up and down. I am completely serious.
This really put it in perspective as a guitar player. As i guitarist I thought it was easy. I’ve been looking at bass as “Aw okay imma just play the root note and travel around the pentatonic” but now you put it in perspective as to why bassists always refer to the chords.
simple is hard to do well consistently
Great lesson!
I never truly understood the importance of a bass before until my stepdad got me one and I started practicing on it frequently. When you take out the bass out of a song it just doesn't sound right anymore, I can't specifically explain it but bass is just like the cherry on top
Wtf really with that glove
4:28 just marking this sweet chill chord progression so I can learn it myself 😛
Scott, you make the this world more beautiful by what you do and how you do it. Thank you for all the care you put into helping us be better in playing this instrument.
Reminds me of the time a drummer locked his keys in his car. Must've been an hour before they got the bassist out.
Scott just seems like such a nice person super chill really helpful 5 stars
Why is bass always mixed so low and quiet in songs. Why isnt it as loudly mixed as singer guitar drums so it can be heard
Actually, playing bass is not that simple as many think. Even playing a steady eight notes line can take years of practice. I mean playing with the proper dynamics and being locking in with the drummer.
Many newbies think they can just pick the bass and start playing.
It is changing the minute they record themselves and listen to their playing afterward.
thx!!!
Holy
I think a better explanation is the bass player's job is to bridge the rhythmic structure of a song (drums) with the harmonic structure (chording instruments). You tie them together.
bsdd is %50 of the rithem engine of the band is bass the drums are the other %50 sounds like a bass player getting to ful of himself to me. sory. to say becose im a bass player to your making money teaching most make money playing rithem can be what you make it. just saYING. I JUST STOPED MY SCOT BASs lessons because of the overly complicated approach to the bass. but if a person wants to check it out then give it a shot ou can always cancel like i did.stay safe
So its not to get girls up and shaking their stuff?
Such an enlightment for me. I was always trying to add something extra, but didn't realize you just have to follow the chord guitarist is playing.
Bass drives the bus. He defines the basic melody. He defines the key of the song. He is connected to the drummer in creating rythm. the hardest part of playing bass is hitting the notes on time and locking in.
At 19 years old and having practised a really bad guitar in my teens against early Beatles, I got a pretty good idea about chords and root notes. I can usually hear what the next chord should be based on its root. Even today, I can hear most chord changes in old songs I haven't heard in many years. A gift, to be sure! Anyway, a friend at that time handed me a bass and said … no problem..just playit. Wow..I immediately fell in love with bass playing. It began to feel as if I was breathing, not tackling a new instrument. So, at 19, I got a gig playing with some excellent musicians in a popular restaurant. Wooo! All went really well. Four piece band, all instrumental. I learned a lot. Then the restaurant owner said he couldn't afford all four so one had to go. One weekend went by without me and the next weekend I was back. The other guys paid me my share out of theirs. They said it was hell to play without the bass! We are essential!
At that age, it really pumped my confidence and I never looked back. Since then I've played churches, school plays, half a dozen different rock bands, my own jazz trio, and later a jazz quartet. Oh yes, I took early ten years of classical piano which bored me to tears, and I sang tenor in many choirs…all helped train my ear.
Thanks for listening….Just a story told by a 74 year old guy, still hacking around, breathing my bass! Old guys have many stories!!
Why gloves?
Scott, you should play the bass like you mean it, with passion, bearly touching the strings is not the way to go man, If anything is better to use excesive strenght to do it.