Just learning the pentatonics by ear and amazed...

[cire113]

So i learned how to play a minor pentatonic on the whole fretboard by ear starting on any root note..

This has really helped my ear and i can move around the bass a little but but im only practicing one key at a time....

But what i figured out is that by learning for example C sharp minor pentatonic is have also learned E Major pentatonic.. because it is the same notes....

now im kinda excited because even though its only 5 notes the possibilities for me a beginner are endless...

My friend said all that matters is the note you "emphasize"

What does he mean by this?

I am just trying to discover the different possibilities..

He also showed me a "blues" note i can add in which completely changes everything! He also said i should learn the approach notes? but not until i am feeling good about playing in every key and moving around neck..

Sorry if this was confused post i dont know anything... Thanks

[DudeistMonk]

Your post makes sense...your off to a good start.

The next step is to learn the major and minor scales (which are related to the pentatonics)

You should also start learning chords/arpeggios, you will realize that generally speaking a bass lines moves through 1 chord for every 4 beats (1 bar) in 4/4 music (but not all the time). Most of the time the bassist will use the first note (root note, I) of an arpeggio on the first beat of each bar (also called a measure). Once you start learning how music moves through each chord in a chord progression and what scales go with each chord all this will begin to make sense.

The C major arpeggio for instance is C, E, G which is related to the C major scale. so if you where playing a piece of music and the chord progression was C-C-G-C you would emphasize the C, E, and G over the C chord and the G, B, D over the G chord.

Check out studybass.com and then check out teoria.com