Scales help please

[HoosierBassist]

Hey,

I've been playing bass for about 2 and a half years. Tab is much easier for me to read. Does anybody have a website where I can download scales/arpeggios in tab format? I know I should just learn to read notes, and I can, to a certain extent, but to make things easier i like to read tab.

[funkybass]

You should be able to find them if you google it. Where in Indiana are you? I'm a Hoosier too.

[mambo4]

1000 times more valuable : learning how scales and arpeggios are constructed in terms if intervals and figuring out fingerings on your own.

[oniman7]

Originally Posted by HoosierBassist

Hey,

I've been playing bass for about 2 and a half years. Tab is much easier for me to read. Does anybody have a website where I can download scales/arpeggios in tab format? I know I should just learn to read notes, and I can, to a certain extent, but to make things easier i like to read tab.

I say learn to form them on your own using intervals. Here are a few to start you off:

Major scale: I, II, III, IV, VI, VI, VII (octave)

Minor scale:I, II, iii, IV, V, vi, vii, octave

Major arpeggio: I, III, V, VII, VIII

Minor arpeggio:I, iii, V, vii, viii

If that makes sense, slowly add on. If not, learn what they mean. PM me if you need help.

I've been playing guitar since September 09, bass since last July. I barely read, but learning how scales are made has helped me in many ways. Chords too

[mambo4]

Oniman:
Becuase we speak "one, three, five" in reference to both chords and intervals, there is often confusion when people post.
In general roman numerals refer to chords not intervals.
arabic numerals typically get used to refer to scale tones / intervals within a chord

Major scale: 1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6, 7, (Ocatve)
Minor scale: 1 ,2 ,b3 ,4 ,5 ,b6, b7, (Ocatve) (with 'b' = 'flat' relative to major scale)
Major Triad Arpeggio: 1,3,5 (Major 7th arpeggio: 1,3,5,7)
Minor triad Arpeggio: 1, b3, 5 (Minor 7th arpeggio: 1, b3 , 5, b7)

[Nightwolf55]

Originally Posted by HoosierBassist

Hey,

I've been playing bass for about 2 and a half years. Tab is much easier for me to read. Does anybody have a website where I can download scales/arpeggios in tab format? I know I should just learn to read notes, and I can, to a certain extent, but to make things easier i like to read tab.

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hope these help

[JimmyM]

Tab doesn't tell you crap. Don't shortchange yourself.