That being said, it should be quite obvious that the two go hand in hand. All scales will sound in octaves in an orchestra setting. Please visit for auxiliary study material, pdf ebooks, and info. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning. The beast pdf advanced bass scales exercise this bass scales exercise is the best way ive found to learn the notes on the neck, be able to move around fluidly from top to bottom in any scale, build up your playing endurance, and practice playing fast scale runs all at the same time. Make sure you get a bass amp and not a guitar amp 6 some way to tune your bass. This fingering uses onefingerperfret and begins with your 2nd finger on the root note of the scale. In fact it contains everything in the key of c major and a minor for the five stringed bass. The 5 pentatonic positions you need to learn talkingbass. View 5 string bass guitar scale information and notes. Learning your triads on bass will help you move beyond the root. This book is a must for anyone that is interested in increasing their improvisational abilities, melodic understanding, and their mastery of the 6 string bass guitar fretboard.
That is actually my plan, ive just bought an aria 30 scale bass and the neck is the same length as a 34 21 fret neck but theyve fretted it with 24 frets for a 30 scale, my plan was to replace the fretboard on a 34 neck with a new one at the right scale and then make a new body to suit. Scales and modes for the 5string bass by brian emmel. Most todays 5 string bass guitars are like 4 string bass guitar with one additional bass string. Scales and modes for bass pdf in this lesson i introduce the concept of scales and modes and.
Find out the latest news, and ask questions to further your journey. The picture below represents the horizontal strings and vertical frets of a bass guitar neck. Fret farm is a complete reference to chords, scales and keys for playing the 5 string bass. However obvious it may be, guitarists tend to overlook both the importance of practicing scales and the importance of practicing scale application. You can move on to tuning forks, harmonic tuning, and variable instrument tuning later. Home scales the major scale the melodic minor scale symetric scales pentatonic scales blues scales. Please note pictures are scaled down for use on ebay the pdf is full size 11 x 8. Blues scales continued for 5string bass guitar starts on 3rd of the blues scale starts on 5th of the blues scale starts on 6th of the blues scale. Jazzhacker scales and modes for 6string bass keywords. Perfect to print or keep handy in digital form for reading and quick reference. Scales and chords for the upright bass 9 of 17 7122011 7. This wall chart contains four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5 string bass.
Guitarbasic guitaradvanced 4 string bassadvanced 5 string bassadvanced 6 string bassadvanced banjoadvanced mandolinbouzoukiadv piano key w inversions. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Bass guitar scales pdf free download bass scales are successions of notes with a relationship between them and it is necessary, for any instrument, to know and master them in ours concretely, they will allow us to create bass lines or to improvise in an efficient way. The chart is small enough to take with you on the go, allowing you to incorporate it into your daily.
The 5 string bass guitar method is for bass players who already know how to play bass but want to le bass all access. The bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales pentatonic minor, blues and major as patterns on a fretboard. Pdf ebooks, and info about related paper books and apps. Each video is focused on a specific style and technique of the bass guitar. An attempt was made to have each instrument begin in an effective part of its range.
Strings are vertical while imaginary frets are shown horizontally. These modes are called pentatonic positions and there are actually five of them. The double 1 4 2 4 pattern is used by the ab, b, gb, db, and eb scales. If you can recognize a c on your low e string, you can recognize a c on your g string as well. Hi mark, i am a little confuse here, in you pdf says c minor pentatonic scale is c d eb g ab, but in you. Oneoctave natural minor scale exercises bass scales.
Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales. Mel bay this wall chart contains four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5string bass. Bass tablature for 2 octave scale for 5 string bass by bass lessons. This book is a must for anyone that is interested in increasing their improvisational abilities, melodic understanding, and their mastery of the 5 string bass guitar fretboard. Get your free instant download of the pdf version of this guide now. To cite a few examples, learning bass scales will allow you to write your own songs, play in different styles of music, jam along to other musicians and fast progressions in your musicianship. To play the different positions of the pentatonic scale, we only use the notes from the original pentatonic scale. A good knowledge of bass guitar scales and music theory will improve your playing tremendously. Pentatonic scales continued for 5 string bass guitar starts on 3rd of the pentatonic scale starts on 5th of the pentatonic scale starts on 6th of the pentatonic scale. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on. So, we can play 5 more bass notes for even deeper effect on standard tuned 5 string bass guitar with 22 frets pitch range goes from 0b to 4f.
This additional bass string is tuned 5 notes lower than the lowest thickest string on 4 string bass guitar. Complete book of scales, modes and chords emmel, brian on. Body 2 1 open if we use the d scale below, then the 2nd string from the bottom would be d or 1 if plucked in the open position. The symbol of the bass clef is derived from the old german way of writing f. This wall chart contains four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5string bass. You could actually practice just whats written here 7 times in a row, changing in your. There are several out there, but chords on bass are all mainly created in the same fashion, so most of the books say the same thing. Jazzhacker scales and modes for 5 string bass standard tuning, beadg jeffrey williams sample ebook please feel free to share this 38page sample ebook with all other musicians and music students. Rocksmith remastered the fastest way to learn guitar a community to assist on your journey of learning how to play guitarbass. Practice the scale until you can play it continuously and fluently. Scales and chords for the upright bass the following keys should be learned in the order presented. This is the same scale that contains all the major and minor scale. Only the b and the bb scales have a 1 4 1 4 p 1 2 pattern. With each position we start on a different note from that scale.
Fretboard navigation method for 5string bass low b based. The suggested fingering for the scale is to the left of the diagram. You dont need a book for 6 string, since they dont exist. Note that the full ebooks include 196 pages, featuring 192 fullpage illustrations of 16 scales and modes in all 12 keys. Learn bass guitar scales and modes bass guitar scales represent structure and patterns in our music, and starting to learn those patterns makes it suddenly easier to recognize, understand and apply them.
This bass scales chart gives you the basic shapes and box patterns to start with to begin playing and learning scales and their degrees. With these 5 pentatonic scale patterns youll be able to move out of. Create and print scales for violin, cello, double bass and other fretless string instruments. Dec 5, 2017 five string, bass guitar, charts, fretboard diagrams, intervals, scales, music, teaching, lessons, 5 string. This is also the same notes for all the modes of c d dorian, e phrygian, etc. The minor pentatonic scale contains the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th note of the normal minor scale aeolian. The bass parts are necessarily the hardest since a range of two octaves will require very high shifts. The most comprehensive and complete scale book written especially for the 5stringbass.
Only the a and the ab scales have a 2 4 1 4 2 3 pattern. The bass parts are necessarily the hardest since a. This page contains all the notes on a 5 string bass guitar fretboard as well as all the scales in tab form and charts. The first major scale fingering you should learn covers a fourfret span. This chart is an ideal wall piece for your bedroom or practice studio.
The isbn of the full jazzhacker scales and modes for 5string bass ebook is. The book is intended as a quick reference for a wide range of players. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. In this lesson we discuss the mechanics of the 5 string bass and the general approach on how to incorporate it into. A four string five degree perfectfifth calculation line is used, see figure 2. The only downside is that the only way to properly learn your bass scales is through repetition. Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of the chart, with no login or signup required. There are many ways to play the major scale on the bass fingerboard. Fretboard navigation method for 5string bass low b based on an instrument specific modification of the caged guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. Learn the major scale and see why this scale is the building block for all scales in major keys.
Octave method for 5string bass low b fretboard navigation method for 5string bass based on a modification of the caged guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. Fretboard navigation method for 5 string bass low b based on an instrument specific modification of the caged guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. It contains detailed keybykey information, an exhaustive library of chords, and comprehensive scales for soloing. Learn minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, major and blues scales for bass guitar. So, we can play 5 more bass notes for even deeper effect on standard tuned 5 string bass guitar with 22 frets pitch range goes from. Jun 28, 2018 that is actually my plan, ive just bought an aria 30 scale bass and the neck is the same length as a 34 21 fret neck but theyve fretted it with 24 frets for a 30 scale, my plan was to replace the fretboard on a 34 neck with a new one at the right scale and then make a new body to suit. Bass exercises understanding musics main minor scale including fingering and examples. About the author born and raised in philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, i am a technologist and amateur bass player, living at the.