Master the ENTIRE bass neck with only 3 SIMPLE exercises

The pentatonic scale is awesome.

It’s the easiest way to learn how to improvise and there isn’t a bass player on earth that doesn’t use it, BUT… Do you ever feel like you’re playing the same things over and over?

In today’s lesson I’m going to show you some of my best pentatonic scale exercises to help you master the ENTIRE bass neck, so you can break free from the same old shapes that you’ve probably been using for way too long.

In this lesson you’re going to learn:
- Extended pentatonic scales.
- My five essential pentatonic shapes.
- All about two string groupings.
- And why you should be focusing on them.

As always, see you in the shed…

Scott :)

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[restojon]

I'm a self taught player, I've been playing for many years but I don't know that much on the theory side. I found this really interesting and helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's appreciated more than you realise.

[iqi]

Printed it out and gave it a try. The 2-string groupings really show what's happening. I wish I'd had this under my fingers 40 years ago!

[imapocock]

Your ability to teach and explain things concisely is unparalleled. You are a gift to bass players who want to get better at their instrument. Thank you.

[jeffcrook]

I’ve been playing guitar for more than 40 years. I’ve been playing bass like a guitar player for about 8 years. I love your instructional videos. I am beginning to play bass like a bass player now. Thank you!

[elninonow]

The coolest lesson ever. This gives an ocean of possibilities. Thank you Scott for such great Inspiration and structural precision layed out in no time!

[ruthlessadmin]

I learned the 5 pentatonic shapes maybe a two years ago. The hard part with them is connecting them together and moving between them. Once you do that, as long as you are fairly familiar with your intervals & major scale shapes, it all connects up nice and simply. Along the way, I also added chord tones. My next major feat will be modes. These exercises def. help someone like me.

[joakobm]

bro ive been playing bass and guitar for so long, like 9 years with just me and the instrument listening to songs and playing them by ear, finally i have a laptop of my own and this is just a goldmine to practice

[vincentthomas]

Thank you Scott for breaking down your lesson so a bass playing senior citizen can follow and understand. Love U man💯😎

[FranticFoxBass]

Just realized it's like playing Tetris on bass. All the shapes fit into each other, there is no tone of any shape crossing into the one before. Maybe this is super obvious to everyone, but this helped me a lot...

[evancrandall]

Love the 2 string groupingsfrom low to high and high to low. Makes the Pentatonic come across as a lot less "mechanical", if that makes sense. Great lesson. Thank You!

[Beerbatter]

Wow! I just found this channel and I am finding the dynamic charts superimposed directly below the closeup of the fretboard incredibly useful. So much easier to follow. Thank you. Subscribed.

[cpeach]

SOLD! This lesson is gold. I literally feel like playing through this lesson and practicing has taken my playing to another level. It sounds ridiculously cliche, but it has. Thank you! Oh, and I signed up to the academy for a year. Your lessons and material are with out a doubt top notch!

[twoweeksout]

I'll be sure to use these exercises to practice up for my next cover. Thank you Scott!!

[DocRush]

That lesson was my “A-Hah” lesson! Thanks so much!

[bluesingmusic]

Though I'm a hack bassist at best, my ex bassist, taught me the major blues scales, minor blues scales, "walking" the chord (playing the notes making up the chord), & playing octaves (when unable to figure out a tasty groove). He said almost all the songs use those scales (I call them the blues scales Major & minor, he didnt). He's actually a fabulous bassist. I found his advice was priceless, & after messing around with the scales, I figured out all kinds of tunes. Any way, that's what I learned. I like your lessons as well, but a "close up" of the shapes would be helpful, for old guys like me. I'm a guitarist of 50+ yrs, fake it on piano & bass, & can program a drum machine with the best of them. Just found you this afternoon. Cheers!

[Brookzplayzmuzic]

He gives up just enough information to have you intrigued but not enough to make you not want to enroll in his sbl school. Smart

[micktomazou]

HALLELUJAH!!! I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT!!!
This lesson has helped me move on to another plateau in my playing...for others out there, spend a few days on this and you too will benefit from watching this video...
Thanks again Scott!

[edisonfordtimogan]

Thank you so much for the scale lesson Sir! This helps me a lot as a Bass player ❤👌

[MrMuppetbaby]

Thank you Scott another amazing lesson, loved it. The only thing you missed talking about but played it anyway was going up on one shape and coming back down on the adjacent shape. You played it but didn't mention that as a good exercise to do too. Other than that? Amazing. Good stuff!! So practical and useful. Tod

[douglasmiller_kw]

This is huge for me! I keep seeing you driving the entire neck and say to myself... Am I EVER going to get this? Thank you so much for breaking this down into bite-sized pieces. I'm hoping this is the springboard to understanding how to play the pentatonic scales on the other chords as well. Thank you SOOO much for this, Scott!