68K views · 1.2K reactions | Want to add more chords to your bass playing? This is a good place to start - check out this chord exercise using the modes. #MusicTheory #ChordProgressions #ScaleMastery #MusicalTechniques #GuitarLessons #CreativePlaying #MusicalEducation #ChordRelationships #ModesInMusic #AdvancedTechniques | Daric's Bass Lessons | Facebook

How can you master the bass fretboard in 21 weeks instead of years? I wondered the same thing. Because our favorite bassists mostly took years, and all had their own ways of approaching it. But I developed a system to shorten the learning curve. If that's setting off your "too-good-to-be-true" detector, allow me to explain: Most of us didn't approach the fretboard *systematically*: By deconstructing the fretboard, you can apply *systems* instead of treating each pattern or shape in isolation. Wh

8.1K views · 304 reactions | Here's a great exercise to help you memorize the location of the notes in the fretboard. As you can see, you ascend by playing the same note once on every string, and descend on the next note by using the "Circle of Fourths". The order would be the following: C - F - Bb - Eb - Ab - Db - Gb/F# - B - E - A - D - G. Tab & notation available in the comments below  | ScottsBassLessons.com | Facebook