Bass Modes When I was first starting out, one of the biggest hurdles for me was starting to learn the modes on bass. People could kind of explain them to me – they kind of made sense, I could see the shapes – but it was still confusing. Some people even told me not to […]
The Formula For Creating Major Scales On Bass
Last lesson, we talked all about how you don’t necessarily need to know all of the individual notes of each major scale. Instead, you took one shape and plugged it in all over your bass. This is fantastic because it lets you play all 12 major scales without much thought. However, the shape method doesn’t […]
The Easiest Way To Learn The Major Scale For Bass
The major scale is everywhere – there’s no way of avoiding it. That also makes it one of the most useful sounds to know and to be able to play. Not only is it useful by itself, but from the major scale you can also make chords and the ‘modes‘ of the major scale. Most […]
Should You Learn Music Theory?
So…you’re wondering if you should learn music theory? Dominant 7th Sharp 5, modes of the harmonic minor scale, tritone substitutions…Blergh!!! I’m just kidding, but music theory is a sore subject for a lot of us. So many of us have such a bad relationship with the thought of having to learn music theory that we […]
