This is an easy, but effective chromatic scale bass lesson. The chromatic scale is not a difficult scale to understand, so let’s dive right into it. What is the chromatic scale? The chromatic scale is a 12-note scale that includes every pitch in Western music, moving in half steps (semitones) from one note to the […]
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How to Play The A Chord on Bass The most common way to play the A Chord on bass is at the 7th position of the fretboard, on the A, D, and G strings. Play it with your ring, pinky, and middle fingers. Here’s how to place your fingers: The root note, A, is on
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How to Play The E Chord on Bass The most common way to play the E Chord on bass is at the 7th position of the fretboard, on the E, A, and D strings. Play it with your ring, pinky, and middle fingers. Here’s how to place your fingers: The root note, E, is on
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Looking for a simple way to visualize the bass fretboard? Start by learning octave scales! Octave Scales Explained One-octave scales are scale shapes played in a single octave. Octave scale shapes are useful because you can move them to any root note on the fretboard. They also make it easy for you to transpose. Major
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How to play the C chord on bass This is the easiest and most common way to play the C chord on the bass. I recommend playing it with your ring, pinky, and middle fingers, but you can also play it with your middle, ring, and index fingers. You can also play it as a
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5 string bass notes fretboard diagram PDF Memorizing the notes on a 5-string bass Memorizing notes on a 5 string bass is fairly straightforward. Memorize all of the natural notes, one bass string at a time. Practice these notes out loud, and play them as you say them. Next, practice saying the sharp and flat
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You’ll learn the 5 string bass pentatonic scale shapes in this lesson. They all use the root note “C”, but feel free to transpose the shapes when you practice. Also, these shapes are much easier to learn if you already know the 4-string major pentatonic shapes. Shape 1 Shape 2 Shape 3 Shape 4 Shape
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Want to learn an underrated, epic bass scale? Then you need this Phrygian Dominant scale bass lesson. You’ll learn: What is the Phrygian Dominant scale? The Phrygian Dominant scale is a variation of the Phrygian scale, where the minor 3rd is replaced with a major 3rd. It’s also the 5th mode of the harmonic minor
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Want to learn the coolest bass scale? If so, you have to check out this harmonic minor scale bass lesson. You’ll learn: This is one of the most common alternatives to the minor scale, and it’s an amazing scale to learn for any advancing bassist. What is the harmonic minor scale? The harmonic minor scale
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