Hello, I would like to open this thread to create a section where we can include all possible scales for the electric bass with the collaboration of all members.
The major scale. Try to not memorize the shape but the pattern. This will make sense later on when we discuss modes.
One of my favorite scales to use is sometimes called dominant diminished, half/whole diminished, or octatonic. All you do is start with a half step, then a whole step, then continue to alternate. Many people use it emphasizing its dark or dissonant qualities, but I prefer another approach. I like to use it to outline a dominant 7th chord. For example, here it is written in C. Every note in this scale will work over a C7, either as a chord tone, or as an extension/alteration. Check it out:
A Major Scale For Bass
Another good scale for 7th chords is Lydian Dominant. It's another scale with no avoid notes. Every note in the scale works either as a chord tone or an extension/alteration:
Each scale is divided in two parts (tetrachords), so having them in muscle memory, and knowing how to play them in all positions and combine them it is pretty useful. (much easier than it looks)
Long story short - play that VII mode of Melodic Minor on a dom7 in a Minor Key. As B4E said its got good options
Major Bass 32
But! There are so many interesting ways to use pentatonic minor, and it seems like a lot of players, even very good ones, only know one or two.
The most obvious is to use this over an Em chord. The scale is E - G - A - B - D. This gives you the root, minor 3rd, perfect 11th (aka perfect 4th), perfect 5th, and minor 7th: all chord tones or acceptable extensions.
But if we use the E pentatonic minor scale over an Am chord, those same notes are now the 5th, minor 7th, root, 9th, and 11th of an Am11 chord. Or you can play it over A7, in which case they make it an A9. (Technically A11, but the 11 is traditionally considered an avoid note over a chord with a major third. You can use it as a passing tone, but you don't want to hang around on it.)
How To Play Two Octave Major Scales On The Bass Guitar
Use E pentatonic minor over a Dm chord and those same notes become the 9th, 11th, 5th, 13th, and root of a Dm13 chord. This generally works best on the ii chord. (e.g. a Dm chord in the key of C major).
Use it over an Fmaj7 chord and the notes become the 7th, 9th, 3rd, #11th, and 13th. This generally works best on the IV chord (an F chord in C major).
It's fairly well-known that you can use it over an E7, but we do have an avoid note here (the 11th). The scale in this case give us: root, #9, 11, 5, b7. In such a case we technically should call that G an F## (double-sharp) but in practical reality we never do.
Beginner Bass Base: Introduction To Intervals
All of which ought to perhaps come with this caveat: this stuff works better in melodies, fills, and solos, as opposed to meat-and-potatoes bass lines. But let's face it: those types of bass lines are better served by focusing on chord tones rather than scales anyway. If we're going to talk scales, we might as well go down the rabbit hole, right?
Haha this topic sure escalated quickly. I just hope the TS isn't intimidated by the huge amounts of good info stacking up so quickly.
DiMarco said: Haha this topic sure escalated quickly. I just hope the TS isn't intimidated by the huge amounts of good info stacking up so quickly. Click to expand...
Major Scale Patterns For Bass Guitar
Yeah, we should dial it back a little. This tends to happen on s when someone posts about theory. Things go a lot deeper than intended and scare people off.
Another good point. I'm not sure scales are so important to bass lines. To melodies yes, but to bass lines? Find the chord tones and you've got half a scale already. Fill in the blanks with passing tones and you've created the other half of the scale, all while never thinking about scales at all. It's all just chord tones and passing/approach tones to me.
OK, I'm going to contradict what I just said and post another scale. But no theory. Just one of my favorite scales: the Dorian mode.
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I spent the last 6mo trying to catch up on theory but have to confess I have had zero need for the matter yet.
I make up my melodies using vocals, I never know which scales or even notes I sing until I accompany it with an instrument and work from there. On a guitar I keep trying different chords I know the shape of and it becomes a song.
Bassist4Eris said: OK, I'm going to contradict what I just said and post another scale. But no theory. Just one of my favorite scales: the Dorian mode. View attachment 20007 Click to expand...The bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales (pentatonic minor, blues and major) as patterns on a fretboard. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning.
How To Play An A Minor Scale On Bass Guitar
Strictly speaking, a pentatonic scale is any scale that is comprised of 5 notes. However, when most people talk about the pentatonic scale they are referring to either one of two scales: the pentatonic minor scale, or the pentatonic major scale.
In the majority of cases, they’ll be referring to the pentatonic minor scale, which is the one we’ve included in the bass scales chart above.
The pentatonic minor scale is extremely versatile, and can be used in a number of musical situations. These include: writing rock / metal basslines and licks; improvising over minor chord progressions; and writing folk melodies.
Major Scale For Bass. Major Scale Bass Tab, Patterns & Notation All Keys
The blues scale is simply a pentatonic minor scale that has been embellished with a single, additional note. This is the flattened fifth degree of the scale, a note that is also known as the ‘flat 5’, or ‘blues note’.
Blues scales, as the name suggests, have a ‘bluesy’ sound. This common scale is used not only in blues, but also in rock, metal, jazz and many other musical styles.
The major scale is the ‘standard’ scale used in western music. It comprises 7 notes (8 including the octave), spaced: whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone, semitone. (On the bass fretboard, adjacent frets are a semitone apart. Therefore a whole tone interval means skipping a fret.)
How To Play A B Major Scale On Bass Guitar
You can download and print a pdf version of the bass scales chart by clicking here or on the image above. (The links take you to the pdf version of the chart; there’s no log-in or sign-up required.)
The chart can be printed on a single piece of paper and will make a useful reference for the wall of your practice room.
If you have any questions about the scales on this page then feel free to ask them in the comments below; we're happy to help.Learning Bass Scales: eBook & Bass Backing Tracks
Major Scales On Bass Guitar In 300 Words (lots Of Pictures!)
Having a good knowledge of bass scales is an useful skill for a bass guitarist. Scales are used in writing basslines, in improvisation and in songwriting.
If you’re interested in learning more bass scales, as well as bass arpeggios and bass chords, then check out our book: Bass Guitar Scales, Chords and Arpeggios. It’s available either as a pdf download or as a physical book.
Our Bass Scales Backing Tracks album contains a selection of tracks, each of which allows you play along using a specific scale. Use the tracks to invent bass lines or to improvise bass solos. See more information and hear sample tracks on this page.
A Minor Pentatonic Scale
Our Bass Modes Backing Tracks album contains tracks that allow you to experiment with modal scales. Modal scales are scales derived from the major scale, with each one having its own individual sound. Our backing tracks will help you learn and master modes on your bass guitar. See more information and hear sample tracks on this page.
One big difference in how most guitarists and players of non-fretted instruments learn scales is that guitarists learn scales in shapes, or
Patterns show where the notes fall on the bass neck in relation to each other. This way, a single pattern can be used to play the scale at any fretboard position, and therefore in any key.
Major And Minor Scales (bass Tab) Sheet Music For Bass Guitar (solo)
On the bass scales chart below, you’ll find patterns that will allow you to play the pentatonic minor, blues, and major scales in any key.
Bass guitarists learn and use multiple scale patterns for each scale. This allows them to play the scale at a convenient fretboard position.
If, for example, you only knew how to play a minor pentatonic scale using pattern no. 1 on the bass scales chart below, then if the song was in D you’d find yourself playing at the 10
Fret Daddy The A Major Scale For Bass Guitar
Because that’s a relatively high position on the fretboard, your bass line would be missing out on some lower notes – basically anything under the 10
If you also knew how to play
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