The SIMPLEST Trick To Build Your Chops

0:00-1:53 What is Technique?
1:53-3:27 The Simple Technique Trick
3:27-3:45 Where to Practice The Trick
3:45-8:06 Open Strings
8:06-9:04 “Scales and Arpeggios” Packet
9:04-12:50 Bass Tetris
12:50-14:52 Playing Without Getting Tired
14:52-19:32 Goodbye Franz!

[Not_Bassic]

Not only is Cole Davis an excellent bass player, he is an even more extraordinary teacher providing high quality online lessons for FREE of cost to anyone other than your time and he makes that worth while. I really appreciate all the lessons and the words of wisdom he fits into every meaningful video.

[zakolache]

"... but I couldn't find it, so that quote is mine now." XD going to start using that

[PeterKindred]

Cole Davis, I can't argue about anything he is teaching . I love the sence of Homour. Cole is just Funny as all !

[raveniskcrow]

Ii almost fell out of my chair with the Dragonetti comment. Great ideas my good man! Bravo to you!

[TaboraMusic]

I totally agree. That’s something I notice with excellent jazz players, both in walking lines and solos, it’s that creative use of open strings. Salsa players use them too, especially the open strings in conjunction with the octave harmonica, to give their lines a really hip bounciness.

[harryblue]

As a brand new Double Bass player it's so refreshing to hear some alternatives to rules that seem to be antiquated and awkward for the sake of maintaining the status Quo.... great lesson Sir.

[zublefar]

Subscribing just for the posture of this man! I wish I have a half of this straightness...

[rowdyroddy]

Nothing wrong with Simandl. It's just another set of options. Simandl also crosses over to electric well. I studied with it when I had access to a DB, and used it with my electric studies too. But mainly for reading. I think a player who practices well, is going to end up exploring more than one method knowingly or not. LOL It's not really something I am ever conscious of at this point. I play 6 string electric now mainly, and have to know even more pathways, and more options that are available . Knowing more options is always better, even if you don't use them frequently. Cheers.

[janubbelohdehenningsen]

Well done! Thank you! Simple is always best!

[MrDanilop]

I actually saw the Dragonetti’s head and teeth when you mentioned it 😂 fantastic. Thank you.

[hheavend]

You are fantastic and very humorous. Thank you from sparing me physical and emotional trauma.

[FrantzesElzaurdia]

Man I'm getting started on bass for fun and all this information on your channel is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!

[juliarichard]

Love you man you are amazing
Didn’t with what I could start my bass sessions, now, I know
Thank you from Paris

[Narayan]

Great content! I totally agree. Specially the part about the Ab7 scale. Though there is a reason to go down the G string instead of using the rest of the strings in the middle register and for not using much of the E string apart from the "cash register" position and that has to do with the sound and string hight. On one side the G string as well as the "cash register" position tend to have a more penetrating sound whereas the rest of the strings and areas on the fingerboard tend to have more of a mellow sound. And the E string due to its thickness and hight tend to have more of a muffled sound being it hard to produce a clean pitch therefore hard to play in tune. Meaning you have to have a quality instrument and luthier to find that "bliss point". Also the reason why you only need two shifts for the Ab7 scale is because you are using extensions once you get to the mid range which can be a bit of a discomfort if you have small hands and high and thick strings. Hope you found my comment interesting and i'd love to hear/see/read your thoughts on the matter, maybe even a video about it. Great work and it's a pleasure following you. Take care.

[nicolaslher]

Great video, I’ve just discovered your channel and I love your approach, so clever, yet very funny and amazing playing! I hope your going to continue with the channel, cheers from Belgium !

[johnchristensen]

After working this a bit... I have found that these fingerings work really well if you are comfortable with a string-skip in the right hand. "Getting from one place to another" also needs to account for right hand efficiency. I personally can play a smoother scale adjusting these fingerings to avoid any unnecessary string skipping (moving from A string to G string, D to E). Other than this observation for my own playing ability... these are invaluable.

[fndne]

Economy of motion is awesome and important to practice. Open strings are a great place to start.

But leaps are important things to practice too, and there can be economy of motion in how we leap, too.

[UccelloProject]

Great vid-makes so much sense. I kind of think of the whole L shaped "tetris" approach to shifting on the G string as the first step. Learning to shift on the thinnest, easiest to control string as a way to get the concept/distances of shifting. Then one should take that concept and start applying it to the D, A and E strings, like training wheels I guess. Hey, btw, also loved your vid on melodic/interesting bass lines. I watched it a few times and had a better gig that same night-thanks! Hoping not to be too presumptuous, but I would love to see a vid from you with that same concept but over songs with two beat changes (My Romance, I Could Write A Book, etc). Only having two beats per chord always makes me feel like I need to ignore certain changes or just box lines in more. Love your stuff and thanks again!

[LadyLove]

I really appreciate your sense of humor 😂 but mostly this incredible method of achieving excellent technique on this physical instrument that I love ❤ “The Upright Bass”…

[mdspman]

Larry Grenadier said that for improvising musicians you really need to be able to play scales/arpeggios/broken scales etc... up and down the neck using multiple paths of navigating the fretboard so no matter where your hands are on the fretboard you can find good starting notes and the appropriate path to create a line. Pretty tall order but it gives us a lifetime of practice.