Arpeggios and chord tones are some of the most important patterns you can practice on bass guitar. We generally learn one octave shapes that fall easily under the fingers. Two octave arpeggios require a lot of position shifting and can be quite technically demanding. In this free online bass lesson, I’ll show you a system…
This bass lesson covers how to play two-octave scales on the bass guitar. When we learn scales on bass we often stick to learning the standard one octave root to octave shapes. But what if you need to learn a 2 octave scale? In this lesson from you’ll learn a two octave pattern based on…
This is the second of two lessons on Modes of the major scale and I’ll be covering walking basslines, extended scale patterns over the fingerboard, chords within a mode and quartal harmony. Why Not Just Play A Major Scale? If you already have a basic knowledge of modes and their construction then you will know…
This is the first of two lessons covering the popular topic of Modes. What Are Modes? Modes arescales that begin on different degrees of the major scale. Let’s take the C major scale for example: C D E F G A B If we play this scale from the 2nd degree (D), we get: D E…