It doesnt matter whether you play guitar, piano, saxophone, trumpet, bass, or the kazoo. There are lots of good tunes to learn and play and tracks to pick along with on the. This is a a way of playing that i use really a lot in situations where theres no bass player, so mostly duo settings with a guitar player, singer or horn player. Scales and arpeggios by jp dias gustavo lopez segura. This tab will give an overview of the blues scale, show how to turn blues into funk and will give some of my own improve with funk and blues as an example. Here is a list of the 16 most important scales for jazz improvisation and the harmonic contexts in which they can be used for improvisation. Pay attention, burn through this as fast as you can, and you.
These are some of the basic jazz guitar chords used in jazz music. The book called patterns for jazz aebersold product code pt for treble clef instruments, pb for bass clef lists jazz phrases based on many of the scales. Please visit for auxiliary study material, pdf ebooks, and info. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass.
My preferred way, because i use the 3finger method on the bass, is as follows. Bass guitar scale manual paperback january 1, 1992. These 17 technical exercises are in the key of c or sometimes c minor, but i recommend transposing them into all 12 keys. Each scale page features information on the scale including the spelling, triads and seventh chords in the scale, neck diagrams of the scale, and. I named it the beast because it takes a while to get through the exercise, and you can practice in every key, with every 7note scale you know. 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. Scales, chords, arpeggios, and more presented with theoretical definitions and related resources. These are some cool modes that you can use on the bass, or any instrument for that matter.
Banjo ukulele all about that bass acoustic music joyful noise guitar girl online lessons double bass i am bad. Do not copy this file to any publicly accessible computer, such as computers that are accessible as. Learning your triads on bass will help you move beyond. What you need to note about jazz bass guitar is that the bass isnt a riff like it is in rockpop music. This bass scales chart gives you the basic shapes and box patterns to start with to begin playing and learning scales and their degrees. Playing a walking jazz guitar bass line is a captivating method of comping for other musicians, and yourself. More than any other ingredient, the jazz tradition is based on listening. 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. Easytouse guide to over 1,300 scales hal leonard bass method chad johnson. The melodic bass library scales and modes for the bass guitar an indispensable book on scales and modes for the bass guitarist. This is a hitormiss process that most jazz players before 1965 had to use to learn their trade. These are four of the synthetic scales used in jazz. Playing jazz guitar bass lines and chords terence wright.
These four scales also happen to be symmetrical in their intervallic construction. Here are some tips to aid you in mastering these bass blues licks. Three of the keys can also be written with their enharmonic equivalents, and so there are 12 major scales by sound, but 15 major scales by sight, when you write them out. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. The blues scale can also be used over minor chords when the minor chord is sounded for 2, 4, 8, or 16. The jazz bass guitar is called walking bass and it usually is improvisation. Here is a pdf of the 36 important scales major, dorian, and mixolydian in all 12 keys. To summarize, the most important scales to learn first are the major, dorian, and mixolydian scales because they help you navigate major 7th, minor 7th, and dominant b7 chords, respectively. It comprises 17 different scale types in all 12 key s, over one and two octaves. Fender jazz bass owners manual pdf download manualslib. They are all different in their moods so you can decide which you like or want to use. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together 4 autumn leaves e minor 5 autumn leaves g minor 6 beautiful love 7 blue bossa 8 blues bb 9 blues f 10 body and soul 11 c minor blues 12 cherokee confirmation 14 days of wine and roses.
It contains a huge range of movable scale, chord and arpeggio fingerboard diagrams allowing you to play in any key. The collection of material of this book is, in our opinion, the basics to playing bass guitar for some event. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning. A jazz bassist must learn how to walk a line based on the chords of a tune. Learn the major scale and see why this scale is the building block for all scales in major keys. Jazz guitar scales basic modal scales ionianmajor scale play over. The function of a bass player in the jazz combo is to work with the piano player and drummer to provide both a harmonic and rhythmic stability for the tune. Pickups are also mounted to the body and work like little microphones that pick up the sound from the strings. The 16 most important scales in jazz updated learn.
Blues scales continued for 4string bass guitar starts on 3rd of the blues scale starts on 5th of the blues scale starts on 6th of the blues scale. The bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales pentatonic minor, blues and major as patterns on a fretboard. Scales and chords for the upright bass com imagens. The end result is solid understanding of what scales to use for grooves and soloing and for a bassist this understanding is crucial. You dont want to be thinking about all those arpeggios and scales on the bandstand, so make sure you have those dialed so that you can just think about making music. Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of. In this lesson we discuss the creation of a walking blues bass line and how to utilize the low b string to. For this walking bass line im going to use only two scale patterns as the foundation for the. March 19, 2001 this version of this document is produced for evaluation purposes. Scales on the bass major there are a few different ways to play major scales on a stradella bass. Users are granted the right to read and print copies for their own personal use only.
Recently i did a post about the 3 most important jazz scales for beginning improvisers. It is the most extended scale in poprock jazz because of. Get started with a simple approach to mastering the diminished sound. The blues scale, perhaps the most used in modern music to play lines, whether melodies or riffs, allows us to approach the blues sound without having to play within a blues structure. If you dont know diminished scales, you dont know bebop. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Once you are familiar with the intervallic characteristics of the scale, it should be very easy to play in any key. The importance of not playing anything spacesilence. Many people begin by playing by ear letting their inner musical ear guide their choice of notes and rhythms. Home scales the major scale the melodic minor scale symetric scales pentatonic scales blues scales. The scales include major, three types of minor, the major and minor pentatonic scales, and the blues scale.
Dedicate at least 3060 minutes each day to playing the bass. Listening to jazz recordstapes should be part of every musicians daily routine. Bass guitar scales chords and arpeggios is a printable pdf book for bass guitarists. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales reference. Along with doing twooctave scales, this is the main exercise i recommend to my students for getting a thorough knowledge of the neck of the bass. Here are pdfs for the 12 major scales in treble clef and bass clef. The isbn of the full jazzhacker scales and modes for 4string bass ebook is. 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. As im sure you have heard before, practice makes perfect. Chords and walking bass part 1 in this lesson ill demonstrate how i approach playing walking bass lines and chords at the same time. Parts of the bass a bass is made up of three main sections. The bridge is the assembly that anchors the strings to the body.
Please note pictures are scaled down for use on ebay the pdf is full size 11 x 8. See george russells lydian chromatic concept, oliver messiaens harmonic concept, nicolas slonimsky, schoenberg, dave liebman, hindemith etc. Page 1 page 2 page 3 product view and features page 4 string height adjustment page 5 adjustable neck trussrod page 6 accessories for your bass page 7 bass amplifiers page 8 an outstanding favorite with bass. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales. Once you know how diatonic scales are constructed, youll realize that most of those charts are iterations of the same musical pattern. When playing a twelve bar blues in the key of bb, use the bb blues scale anywhere in the chord progression. As you ascend the bass scale, note where the sound seems to drop down an octave to get back to the starting note. Please use the studybass study guide to navigate the lessons.
A thesis submitted to the graduate council of texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music with a major in music may 2014 committee members. Apart from scales youll have to learn modes as well, as many jazz songs are modal. The lessons contain diatonic, modal, pentatonic, whole tone, and diminished scales as well as modes of both the harmonic and melodic minor scales, eastern, middle eastern, and other exotic scales of jimmys own invention. And i find charting the chromatic scale in 12 keys to be hilariously redundant. All of the other parts of the bass are mounted on these three sections. James jamerson from jazz bassist to popular music icon. Written to be the only reference book a bassist will need, bass guitar scales. The symbol of the bass clef is derived from the old german way of writing f. It lays out the various scales and modes in clear visual patterns on the fingerboard so the student can learn to associate what harmony is under hisher hands. Pdf ebooks, and info about related paper books and apps. The playalong collection is a digital sheet music and backing track package written by geoff chalmers, the founder of discover double bass. Bass guitar scales bass guitar notes bass guitar chords learn bass guitar guitar chord chart bass guitar lessons guitar lessons for beginners guitar tabs music guitar. To get started with walking bass lines it is important to be aware of the root notes in each of the chords you are playing.
Our site is a resource for learning scales on bass guitar. Altered scales are often used over altered dominant seventh chords e. Learn bass guitar scales and modes bass guitar scales represent structure and patterns in our music, and starting to learn those patterns makes it suddenly easier to recognize, understand and apply them. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. From jazz bassist to popular music icon by joshua andrew zarbo, b. Use online or download a free printable bass scales chart pdf for your. Bass parts are presented in easytoread tab as well as in standard music notation bass clef. 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 12 major scales are one the very basic fundamentals of music, and its incredibly important. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written. We are going to start with three main types of scaleschords.