This week we’re looking at the same Major Pentatonic Patterns as the previous few lessons but this time we’re adding in some chromatic notes for extra spice. The last couple of lessons covered the major pentatonic scale and the various ways we can play and use it in a song. Today, we are going to…
Last week we looked at a simple way of creating Major Pentatonic Runs using a simple scale pattern. This week we’ll extend that pattern both above and below to create some cool extended runs. This lesson carries on from the previous lesson on the major pentatonic scale – be sure to check that out before…
This week I’ll be looking at how you can use the pivot action of the hand, wrist and arm to make certain tricky lines a lot easier! What Is The Major Pentatonic Scale? The major pentatonic is another 5-note scale just like the minor pentatonic. The notes are found by taking degrees 1, 2, 3,…
In this lesson we’re going to look at the most common scale in all of rock, pop and funk bass – The E Minor Pentatonic Scale! E Minor Pentatonic This lesson will explore the E minor pentatonic scale which is built using degrees 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the E natural minor scale….
This week we’re looking at how to learn your scales more thoroughly by note using Spelling Drills! By now, you probably know how to play a major scale as it is a fairly common scale and one that most musicians learn first. When learning scales on bass, we tend to learn a pattern that we…
This lesson deals with memorizing fretboard patterns such as arpeggios and scales by creating and playing distinctive basslines and riffs. How Do I Apply All This Theory Stuff?! When learning new scales and arpeggios, it is easy to get stuck using box shapes and not utilise the entire fretboard. A solution to this problem is…
This lesson covers how to play scales and arpeggios on the bass guitar but only descending from a high root note. This lesson was inspired by a Skype lesson I was giving recently on walking bass lines and the student was having problems with descending arpeggios. Ascending then descending was fine but descending from any…
This lesson covers how to play scales on the bass guitar but limited to only 1 or 2 strings instead of the common 3 strings. Two-String Scales We previously looked at playing one and two octave scales using as few position changes as possible. In this lesson, we are going to play the scales in…