Knowing how to find the key of a song by ear is a huge win for ANY bass player. Once you know the key, you’ll be able to make very educated guesses for notes that are in the song. Even better though, it means that you can safely avoid notes that aren’t in that key. […]
The Minor Pentatonic Scale On Bass: 3 Places To USE It
It’s one thing to know your minor pentatonic scale on bass. It’s another thing entirely to know exactly where and how to use it. If you just randomly noodle up and down your bass, is that going to make great music? My guess – probably not. But if you have a solid idea of where your […]
The Pentatonic Scale For Bass: A ‘Hack’ For Memorizing And Combining Pentatonic Shapes
When it comes to learning and using the pentatonic scale for bass, how do most people do it? If you’re like me or thousands of other bass players, at some point, you’ve probably sat down with some tabs, sheet music or scale shapes and just tried to learn your pentatonic scale that way. Up and […]
Walking Bass Lines – 5 ‘Plug-And-Play’ Formulas
Walking bass lines can be an absolute mystery. Someone shoves a chord chart in your face and expects you to know exactly how to get through it. In theory, it’s easy. You just have to play 4 notes per bar, right? In reality, it can be a lot trickier than it sounds. The conventional wisdom […]
“Minor Scales On Bass – Which Ones Should I Use?”
Aeolian, Dorian, Phyrgian, Locrian, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor – there are so many options when it comes to minor scales on bass. Which ones should you use? And more importantly – WHY? This can be an endlessly confusing and frustrating question if you’re just starting out. Even if you do understand how the modes work, […]
How And Where To Use The Modes On Bass
If you’ve checked out the previous lesson all about how to play the modes on bass, you would have learned how the modes work and that they’re all related. But what now? You might be wondering, “If the modes are all the same set of notes, why bother with them at all? Won’t everything just […]
