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11-24-2004, 03:43 PM
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I posted this just now in tablature but this is probably a better place for it...
I'm just looking for some basslines for songs that are written mainly in the pentatonic and are fun but not totaly easy to play. Am teaching three kids at the mo and would realy like some fun examples to use with them. ANy ideas? Just song names would be good as i'll sore it out onto manuscript - none of this tab business hey!!!
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Dodge
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11-24-2004, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Zealand | | | Guitar Boogie by Arthur Smith springs mind. that uses Pentatonic riffs. In the Mood by Roger Miller, the bass player uses Pentatonic riffs. You could also teach them some of the melody as well.
Just to add, all my fills and runs I do are Pentatonic - a very versitile scale.
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11-24-2004, 04:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Centennial State | | | I've always liked John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin bassist) basslines for pentatonic practice.
My favorites with pentatonic riffs are: that girl she got long black wavy hair & the lemon song
Also, there is a Sublime song I used to play with to warm up my pentatonic abilities. It was called "ebin". |
11-24-2004, 04:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Atlanta, Georgia | | | Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke is a good example. The instrumental part is nothing but pentatonic. |
11-24-2004, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | Something interesting for you to experiment with:
The modes of pentatonic scales. 
You can get some great sounds. |
11-24-2004, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Dark Side of the Moon | | | You could learn the Melody to "Chamelion" By Maynard Ferguson / Herbie Hancock, Its completley Bb pentatonic.
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11-24-2004, 07:49 PM
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Also, "You've Got a Friend" by James Taylor. Leland Sklar played a beautiful part.
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11-24-2004, 10:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vernon, B.C. Canada | | | basically and RATM song. there fairly simple and are great fun to rock out to. |
11-25-2004, 01:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | A question about the pentatonic modes;
take the major formula for this example. I remove the 4th and 6th note from the scale, now I have a Major Pentatonic scale. To find modes, do I use the same major scale formulae (i.e. t-t-s-t-t-s- etc..) but remove the 4th and 6th tones?
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11-25-2004, 07:19 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Hipshot Products and SIT Strings | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis | | | Actually, you are removing the 4th and the 7th. the 6th remains, but in answer to your question, yes, just formulate your modes that way.
For the minor pentatonic BTW, just remove the 2nd and the 6th.
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11-25-2004, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by floydbass You could learn the Melody to "Chamelion" By Maynard Ferguson / Herbie Hancock, Its completley Bb pentatonic. | "Chameleon" was written by Hancock,Jackson,Mason, Maupin - i.e. HeadHunters
Maynard Ferguson had nothing to do with it!!
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11-25-2004, 10:02 AM
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Roger Glover of Deep Purple lays down a great bass part based around the penatonic minor in this tune. |
11-25-2004, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield "Chameleon" was written by Hancock,Jackson,Mason, Maupin - i.e. HeadHunters
Maynard Ferguson had nothing to do with it!! | Maynard Ferguson Has an album named chamelion where he covers the song, i just thought id put it in there to be known.
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John Turner only needed 8 strings.
Just Say no to P.D.O.C.
Jaco necesitaba solamente 4 cuerdas . :hiding:
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11-25-2004, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by floydbass Maynard Ferguson Has an album named chamelion where he covers the song, i just thought id put it in there to be known. | Yeah, but why not get the original and spell it correctly!!?? 
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11-25-2004, 12:43 PM
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11-25-2004, 05:53 PM
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cool pentatonic blues scale bassline.
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11-25-2004, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Yeah, but why not get the original and spell it correctly!!?? | Cause I cant spell. Im sorry
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