Good luck memorizing all of your scales, modes and chord tones. 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. Dont be afraid of all the high notes its just your bass. Guitarbasic guitaradvanced 4 string bassadvanced 5 string bassadvanced 6 string bassadvanced banjoadvanced mandolinbouzoukiadv piano key w inversions. The bass players guide to scales and modes is a complete reference manual featuring all of the scales, modes and arpeggios used by the modern bass guitarist. This bass scales exercise is the best way ive found to learn the notes on the neck. 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. The most comprehensive and complete scale book written especially for the 5stringbass. Additional chord structure examples are included for the different triads and chords. This wall chart contains four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5string bass. Show the notes of natural harmonics on the guitar, bass guitar or any other stringed instrument. Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of the chart, with no log. The only downside is that the only way to properly learn your bass scales is through repetition. Learn minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, major and blues scales for bass guitar.
I did find one site that let you choose a tuning, number of strings, etc, and then it would make the diagrams but the diagrams were way to small and didnt show the patterns on. Jazzhacker scales and modes for 6string bass jeffrey williams. This is made in 3 note per string scale fingerings so it might be useful to look at them if you dont know. Bass guitar now lets apply this to the bass guitar. Learning and practicing these scales will allow you to play the correct notes when creating bass lines, and will provide you with a solid musical foundation. Blues, minor pentatonic, major, major pentatonic in every key.
In order to cycle through as many areas of scale practice as possible and not get bored it is important to have a plan. Scales, chords, arpeggios, and more presented with theoretical definitions and related resources. You can move on to tuning forks, harmonic tuning, and variable instrument tuning later. 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. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning. 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 beast for 5string bass advanced scale exercise. One of our perennial bestsellers over the past few years, fretboard alchemy for 4, 5, and 6string bass is now available as an ebook.
It contains detailed keybykey information, an exhaustive library of chords, and comprehensive scales for soloing. The book is intended as a quick reference for a wide range of players. Ive just switched to a 5 string bass and im looking for scale and mode diagrams but havent found much for a 5 stringer. Here ive written out the f major scale and its related modes with 3 notes on each string, which divides the neck up into 7 overlapping areas. Only the a and the ab scales have a 2 4 1 4 2 3 pattern. Keith b roscoe is one of the unsung heroes of the bass guitar world. The double 1 4 2 4 pattern is used by the ab, b, gb, db, and eb scales. The bass players guide to scales and modes by stuart clayton.
Play up from the 1st green note in the diagram to the 2nd for a 1octave scale. Fret farm is a complete reference to chords, scales and keys for playing the 5 string bass. Home scales the major scale the melodic minor scale symetric scales pentatonic scales blues scales. All examples are in the key of e and 15 triadsseventh chords are covered. The minor pentatonic scale contains the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th note of the normal minor scale aeolian. This bass scales chart gives you the basic shapes and box patterns to start with to begin playing and learning scales and their degrees. If you havent already signed up for the free course at make sure you do. This lesson from mark j smith covers how to play scales on the bass guitar but limited to only 1 or 2 strings. Learning your triads on bass will help you move beyond the root.
The bass parts are necessarily the hardest since a range of two octaves will require very high shifts. Each video is focused on a specific style and technique of the bass guitar. Guitar howard alden, george benson, peter bernstein, joshua breakstone, kenny. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales reference. Arpeggios in positions derived from 3 notes per string scales. Or if you are looking at the guitar neck with the head to the right and body to the left, the bottom string is g and the top string is e. This is also the same notes for all the modes of c d dorian, e phrygian, etc. Ive redone my caged jig, which you can download above. Please note pictures are scaled down for use on ebay the pdf is full size 11 x 8.
This chart is an ideal wall piece for your bedroom or practice studio. A no nonsense comprehensive study of scales, modes, chords, arpeggios, extended fingerings, diagonal fingerings, functional harmony, theory and more. 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. I go through how to use a lot of these ideas in video lessons with. Heres a list of the pdfs and pictures with arpeggio fingerings in positions. All scales will sound in octaves in an orchestra setting. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales. The 5 string bass note legend app provides you with the name and music staff location of each note on the bass guitars fretboard up to the 12th fret. The four strings of a bass are g, d, a, and e, from the highest pitched to the lowest pitched. Threenoteperstring scales the 5 block caged system isnt the only way to view the neck.
If you can recognize a c on your low e string, you can recognize a c on your g string as well. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. Mel bay this wall chart contains four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5string bass. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on. Generate diagrams for almost all scales and chords from the vast scale and chord dictionary. Scales and modes for the 5string bass by brian emmel. Make sure you get a bass amp and not a guitar amp 6 some way to tune your bass. Scales and modes for bass pdf in this lesson i introduce the concept of scales and modes and. A four string five degree perfectfifth calculation line is used, see figure 2. Bass tablature for 2 octave scale for 5 string bass by bass lessons.
For free music learning resources and video instruction, please visit. 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. Pdf ebooks, and info about related paper books and apps. Create and print scales for violin, cello, double bass and other fretless string instruments.
Bass tab for playing a 1octave scale with a tonic note of e in open position a movable bass pattern for playing the scale with any tonic note. A good knowledge of bass guitar scales and music theory will improve your playing tremendously. Free printable guitar scales and bass scales in easy to use pdf format. Only the b and the bb scales have a 1 4 1 4 p 1 2 pattern. An attempt was made to have each instrument begin in an effective part of its range. You could actually practice just whats written here 7 times in a row, changing in your. See how to build scales and chords on the 4 string bass with fretboard toolboxes. Complete book of scales, modes and chords emmel, brian on. The construction of each scale and mode is covered in detail and the reader is encouraged to learn the content of the scale rather than the prescribed fretboard patterns found in other books.
Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of the chart, with no login or signup required. Bass guitar scales made easy learn guitar for free. 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. The bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales pentatonic minor, blues and major as patterns on a fretboard. It can be used to help learn chords, to practice soloing, or to write complete songs.