Reference book

[lennydog]

Hi, I am looking for a book with comprehensive bass scales, Modes, and chord patterns.
Suggestions/recomendations please
Many thanks

[GlennPagano]

Bass Grimoire

[mambo4]

-1 to bass grimiore. It contains ONLY a bunch scale diagrams, and very little info about why or in what common circumstances you might want to use one scale vs another, nothing about chords or progressions as I recall.

1000 times more useful is to learn the theory behind the construction of scales, modes and chords and how they interrelate., and work it out on the fret board on your own. Then you can figure it out instead of looking it up. Marc Sabatella's Primer is a great resource. Studybass.com also has useful info.

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Originally Posted by lennydog

Hi, I am looking for a book with comprehensive bass scales, Modes, and chord patterns.
Suggestions/recomendations please
Many thanks

This is free. http://www.jazzwise.com/catalog/arti...articles_id=10

Though it's written for Jazz players, it's all there in neat chapter long bites.

[bassandbeyond]

Joel DiBartolo's book is pretty thorough in this regard.

[Roy Vogt]

The Improvisor's Bass Method by Chuck Sher is also a good source.
While a little short on explanation, The Melodic Bass Library by Jimmy Haslip has tons of scales and fingerings laid out and some examples from Yellowjackets tunes.