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megadan
03-02-2009, 04:53 PM
I checked through the stickies but didn't quite see what I was looking for.

Does anyone have a good link for bass scales (tab + scale tones (b3, 5, 7, etc.) 's would be great but not necessary)

I all ready understand the theory behind scales, I just need a quick reference for practicing. So more so a quick reference guide than a full theory explanation.

Thanks!

megadan
03-02-2009, 05:27 PM
Here's a decent reference:
http://www.cyberfretbass.com/scales/index.php

and some more:
http://www.angelfire.com/id/bass/

JTE
03-02-2009, 06:55 PM
Rather than looking up a chart, make your own. You know the theory so it should be really simple. I never found a need for any of that stuff, however. If you really understand the logic of the fingerboard, and the rules of theory for building scales, it's super easy to learn where they are.

You need a diatonic major scale in two octaves? You know the bass is tuned in fourths, and that the scale is W W H W W W H. Start on the G at the 3rd fret. Next note's a whole step higher so that's two frets, and easy to get to. So, next note is another whole step so you have to go two more frets. That from the 3rd fret to the 7th which is a big stretch. But, that same note is on the 3rd string at the second fret so it's an easy fingering. Next note's a half step so that's a no-brainer (generally)....

||: .... :|| (those are repeat signs, BTW).

Same method works for a pentatonic minor scale, a Harmonic Minor, etc.

It's much more useful to figure this stuff out for yourself than just look at it.
jte