Jul 03, 2019 the bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales pentatonic minor, blues and major as patterns on a fretboard. You can also resize the bass tabs which makes them perfect for viewing on an ipad, smartphone or other tablet. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales. There is a pdf including all the notes on the neck and sopme tips and tricks to memorise them. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales reference. Free beginner bass scales the nice thing about teaching strings is, unlike band instruments, all the instruments are the same almost. Download the pdf to your computer or open directly from your web browser.
The double bass is somewhat of an oddball, being played standing, only able to play two notes per string, and tuned in fourths instead of fiths. It contains a huge range of movable scale, chord and arpeggio fingerboard diagrams allowing you to play in any key. This is something ive been teaching my private students for years, and i find its a really helpful way to demystify playing in a larger range on the neck without getting lost. Chromatic scale for bass fingering well, heres the chromatic scale for bass. The treble clef for high range notes the bass clef for low range notes the alto clef for middle range notes the treble clef also called the g clef because it. Please use the studybass study guide to navigate the lessons. Chromatic scale for bass guitardo you know this scalepdf. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning. Learn bass major scale exercises to use in your daily practice. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. We have an official major and minor scales tab made by ug professional guitarists. In a sense, the clef calibrates or orients the staff to specific notes. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written. Isbn 18973111 this electronic edition, isbn 18973111, may be copied and distributed without prior written permission of the publisher provided that this edition is not altered in any way, shape, or form, and that it is distributed for free.
It contains a huge amount of information to help you learn and master the fingerboard. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. The notes that make up different modes of scales are illustrated. Bass scales vol 2 available for download and read online in other formats. We have included here a list of all the scales for the bass clef, and also a downloadable pdf document that you can save to your computer and print. Chords for bass guitar 30% discount for release week. 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. We offer a broad selection free bass tabs pdf sheets to help you learn songs. Listening to jazz recordstapes should be part of every musicians daily routine. Print and download in pdf or midi scales bass clef. Information on bass scale modes, easy to understand examples, diagrams, learn how to build scales and chords, and the theory behind it all. Written to be the only reference book a bassist will need, bass guitar scales chords and arpeggios is available to download direct from. Learning your scales is how you learn to avoid wrong notes and play things that fit in well with the rest of the music.
When you use our free bass tabs pdf youll be able to download and save them to your computer for future use. We have put only one pattern because we think it will be easier to understand everything. Bass lesson beginners guide to scales and modes the. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. This is the foundation to becoming a learned musician, rather than. Im really excited to finally present my system for playing two octave bass scales. Pdf bass scales complete fretboard diagram daniel oscar. More than any other ingredient, the jazz tradition is based on listening. Yes, you can in a garage band or to your favorite tunes on your ipod. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Jun 28, 2017 major and minor scales bass tab by lessons scales. In this bass pdf we present the 3 ways that exist to touch the major scale. Pdf cello time scales download full pdf book download. Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of the chart, with no login or signup required.
A good knowledge of bass guitar scales and music theory will improve your playing tremendously. As you follow the scales, you will always go up low to high then back down high to low. Scales and arpeggios by jp dias gustavo lopez segura. Scale compendium, often referred to as the major 326 or minor 330 pentatonic scale 4, play the shapes found in the exercises, but replace the written notes with the notes of your chos en scale. Pentatonic scales to derive the major pentatonic scale from the major scale, use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of the major scale. 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. Double bass scales arpeggios download ebook pdf, epub. Free printable guitar scales and bass scales in easy to use pdf format. Quite a few of them are just ordinary pentatonic scales with an extra note or. Scales for strings is to be used as supplementary material for any string class method or as interesting training material for the development of a string orchestra. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Just because you practice scales, chords, patterns, and exercises doesnt mean you will sound stiff and mechanical, or that you will become a jazz great.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Bass guitar scales pdf free download bass scales are successions of notes with a relationship between them and it is necessary, for any instrument. Pentatonic scales continued for 5string bass guitar starts on 3rd of the pentatonic scale starts on 5th of the pentatonic scale starts on 6th of the pentatonic scale. The series is available in two levels for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano accompaniment. Bass guitar scales chords and arpeggios is a printable pdf book for bass guitarists. Bass guitar scales made easy learn guitar for free.
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