You’ve probably heard of the pentatonic scale, right? You’ve probably even played it on your bass once or twice (or a couple of thousand times…) Today, I want to share a new way of using the pentatonic scale on bass to make some super cool music. It’s one thing to just run up and down […]
The Modes Vs. The Pentatonic Scale: The Critical Difference
If you’re a beginning bass player, you’ve probably at least of heard of the ‘modes’ and of the pentatonic scale shapes. You may have even learned both of them. But how are they different, and where should you use each of them? The confusion usually crops up around the purpose and use of the modes […]
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 […]
