In this weeks lesson we’re taking a look at a great (and pretty tricky) Major Pentatonic bass run from the song King George Street by the band Squeeze (Keith Wilkinson on bass). Pentatonic runs are some of the most useful lines you can use when it comes to making cool bass fills. In this video…
In this lesson,I’m going to talk about why I think every bass player should work on an understanding and knowledge of chord tones and chord construction. Every piece we play contains a harmonic background of some kind. This is the ‘chord progression’. When we create a bass line for a tune it’s our functional role…
In this preview clip from the upcoming Chord Tone Essentials course, we take a look at the 3 fingering patterns we can use for any single arpeggio. This allows us to break out of that common 1 octave box shape we can fall into and also sets the scene for more expansion over the whole…
A few years ago I released 2 in-depth videos on the modes for bass guitar. They were both 45 minutes long (which is LONG for a Youtube bass lesson). So here we have a quick outline of what the modes are with a brief tip on how you can apply them. Modes Explained In Record…
In this Music Theory For Bass lesson we look at the modes of the harmonic minor scale What Is The Harmonic Minor Scale? The harmonic minor scale is exactly the same as the natural minor scale except the 7th is raised to make it major instead of minor. C Harmonic Minor Scale– C D Eb F…
In this Music Theory For Bass lesson we look at the modes of the melodic minor scale What Is The Melodic Minor Scale? The melodic minor scale is a variation on the natural minor scale. It contains a flattened third like the Natural Minor, but the sixth and seventh are major instead of minor. Melodic…
In this lesson I’m going to work through the 5 most useful scales for beginners (in my opinion) In this lesson, we are going to look at five simple scales that are useful for developing a strong foundation for beginners to build from. We will learn one shape and cover one octave in each scale,…
In this lesson we look at the Blues Scale (or Minor Blues Scale). This is a simple variation on the Minor Pentatonic from the previous lesson and is VERY common in all styles of pop, jazz and blues music. C Blues Scale Sunshine Of Your Love (D Blues Scale) C Blues Riff