Bass Soloing Made EASY (w/Gary Willis)!!

In this quick lesson, Gary Willis shares a killer pentatonic substitution trick to use over minor chords.

In this example, Gary improvises over a D minor chord while using the D minor pentatonic scale (root) and the A minor pentatonic scale (the 5th from the root).

Even though they are different scales, they accentuate different intervals and bring different colours to your phrases.

See you in the shed!!

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[dale]

These musicians are on another freaking level high above the clouds.

[tetsusiega]

Every guest you bring on for these shorts always look like they have a bass gifted to them by a magical genie 🧞

[carlosblank]

This guy makes bass playing look so easy!!!

[roncar]

At 64yr I wished YouTube was around when I played bass, drums, saxophone, and the piano!

[ruiabreu]

Let's say the chord is Dmin (I). You can play (I) Dmin penta (1 b3 4 5 b7 of Dmin). You can play (V) Amin penta (1 2 4 5 b7 of Dmin). You can play Emin (ii) penta ( 1 2 4 5 6) of Dmin.

[heavi-armed-infadel]

Saw Gary live in Tribal Tech Face First tour at a small intimate venue and I had NEVER heard of him or them before that. I was near hysterical after every song, one of greatest shows I've ever had the privilege of seeing. Being a bass player myself I had to met him after the show and he was the nicest dude, very approachable, told me about his days in the Dallas Philharmonic. Even gave me a CD!

[Kirk]

Yes sir, quick and amazing music theory.

[walllee]

Every time I hear Gary Willis it’s a mood

[chriscopeland]

I want to buy Gary Willis bass it sounds so nice.

[jukes]

I think the takeaway here is you don't have to only solo with the (I) chord if it's a vamp. Using the (ii°, III, iv, v, VI, VII) (in a minor key) chords will add good-sounding movement to your solo. And you can experiment with extensions like the 9th or 11th etc.

However, a tip from Victor Wooten is that if you're soloing over a progression, staying on the root chord can highlight your solo while the movement is done for you in the background.

[larrypayton]

Great awareness, thanks we are learning more than ever.Awesome😊

[jeffbriggs]

I let this video run for a while as I kept seeing and hearing interesting and skilled playing. I love the phrasing!

[Koladejesugbemi]

SBL had really created I've of the biggest communities on YouTube

[Hotel]

These guys are on a whole other level while I’m over here wondering wtf is a pentatonic😅😅😅

[ganglezz]

Gary Willis is a fucking badass!!! Check out “Self Defense” off of Nomad

[jeffcolucci]

My favorite of all time, and he's a nice, normal guy. I am not happy to report that I played doubles in tennis with him and Kurt Covington and we got our asses handed to us.

[NoobieSnake]

So basically play the 5minor pentatonic instead of the 1minor pentatonic eh?