This is a lil thing I do to get my self warmed up, and to et my brain working... its kinda slow sometimes... :bawl:

Giant Steps in all 12 keys around the circle of 4ths...

Starting in the original key...

B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb/F#, B

Its more challenging on the 4 string since you cant just play across the fingerboard, your forced to move around and really know the fingerblard...

:bassist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwdcTETJxd4

This is a lil thing I do to get my self warmed up, and to et my brain working... its kinda slow sometimes... :bawl:

Giant Steps in all 12 keys around the circle of 4ths...

Starting in the original key...

B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb/F#, B

Its more challenging on the 4 string since you cant just play across the fingerboard, your forced to move around and really know the fingerblard...

:bassist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwdcTETJxd4

To challenge yourself a bit more try doing it in basically one position, plus or minus a fret or two. To play tweleve keys in one position requires a great knowledge of your scales and fretboard. It will also force you into using octave displacement. So as a line is running up in pitch you run out of frets in that position, instead of shifting, drop down an octave and continue. Ray Brown and all the great did this. The ear accepts it because it hears the note it is expect even if in a different octave.

Work that up in one position, then work on it in a couple positions on the neck and you will be a Master of the Fretboard.

To challenge yourself a bit more try doing it in basically one position, plus or minus a fret or two. To play tweleve keys in one position requires a great knowledge of your scales and fretboard. It will also force you into using octave displacement. So as a line is running up in pitch you run out of frets in that position, instead of shifting, drop down an octave and continue. Ray Brown and all the great did this. The ear accepts it because it hears the note it is expect even if in a different octave.

Work that up in one position, then work on it in a couple positions on the neck and you will be a Master of the Fretboard.


When I used to do this on my upright it ends up being in only a couple of positions...

there are so many different ways to play giant steps..

you can play the whole tune chromatically down for the full 16 bars, but thats not as challenging...

its all in good fun :D