Basic Ascending bassline

[Sippy]

I just came back from my instruction, and my instructor wants me to work on this ascending bassline. I'm 90% sure I have it correct but I want to make sure I do. He taught me an ascending bassline based on the major scale.
It's 4 notes and the fourth note is the same as the 1st. then you move it to the next note. I forgot what he called it. Ascending 3rds maybe?
Anyway.. if somebody could decipher what i'm trying to play I want to get it in tabs just so I know i'm practicing the right thing. Can somebody help me out? Thanks a lot Guys.

[All_¥our_Bass]

he/she probably is using a triad(Root,3rd,5th,Octave) played backwards of course so its Octave,5th,3rd,Root

so forward that would be
C E G c

and backwards
c G E C

tabwise
¯¯¯c¯G¯E¯C
G|-5-------|
D|---5-2---|
A|-------3-|
E|---------|

[Sippy]

no thats not it but thanks for replying...

G|-------------------------
D|------------------------1-
A|----1-----1-2---1-2-4-2-4--
E|-2-4--2-4-----4-----------

and so on down the strings.. it's very similar to the Major scale.. that is the very small part of the beginning. if I wrote the tabs correctly.

[Bassist4Life]

Is this a "bassline" or an "exercise"? All_Your_Bass posted a commonly used bassline. I'm not sure where your tab is headed, but could it be this?

G A B, then A B C, then B C D, then C D E...

Ascending Major Scale in groups of 3

Aerospace Guy, give your teacher a call and ask him/her for clarification. I tell my bass students that they can call me or email me ANYTIME (that is reasonable) if they have a question about a lesson. Your teacher will probably appreciate you calling for clarification. It shows that you are concerned about learning your lesson and doing a good job.

Hope this helps,
Joe

[Sippy]

Yea! actually he did say it was an excercise! I'm sorry once you said that it reminded me.. he taught me a bassline AND the excercise ... my apologies.

[seanlava]

What you're describing is called a sequence. This term refers to a repeating pattern of intervals that works it's way through a "sequence" of starting points in a scale, IE 1-2-3-1, 2-3-4-2, 3-4-5-3, etc. While this does get used mostly for exercises these days, you can hear melodic lines using sequences in classical music, especially the Two Part Inventions by J.S. Bach. For a great in depth study of this concept, check out the book "Teach Yourself Advanced Electric Bass" by Clive Harrison.

[Sippy]

yea thats similar to what he taught me.. Like I said I'm honestly sure i'm doing it right, I just forgot what it's called and the last few bars are whats throwing me off. But it's no problem I already know it backwards and forwards Thanks for everybodies help you guys.

[dlloyd]

Given that it starts...

G|---------------------------
D|---------------------------
A|----1-----1-2--------------
E|-2-4--2-4-----4------------

I bet the rest is something like this...

G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-----1---|
A|-----1---|---1-2---|-1-2-4-1-|-2-4---2-|
E|-2-4---2-|-4-----4-|---------|---------|

G|---------|---------|-----1---|---------|
D|---1-3---|-1-3-4-1-|-3-4---3-|-4-------|
A|-4-----4-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|

You'll probably be asked to do this next...

G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|-4-3-1-4-|-3-1---3-|-1-----1-|---------|
A|---------|-----4---|---4-2---|-4-2-1-4-|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|

G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-2-1---2-|-1-----1-|---------|---------|
E|-----4---|---4-2---|-4-2-1-4-|-2-------|

[TJC]

Originally Posted by AerospaceGuy

...Like I said I'm honestly sure i'm doing it right
...the last few bars are whats throwing me off.
...But it's no problem I already know it backwards and forwards

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