spider scales???

[iplaybassguitar]

what are spider scales??it was mentioned in the practice schedule post, but it wasnt explained, im always looking for new stuf to try so id like to know how to use these...thanks for your help

[pmaraziti]

Hi, not sure if you refer to the famous Patitucci Spider exercise... if so.. here you go.. I've stolen from an other thread some time back... I owe some copy rights to somebody.. well actually to Patitucci !



An other exercise I'm doing is running 2 scales in parallel separated by a certain interval 2nd Major, 3rd Major etc ... you need to play them at least for 2 octaves. It's nice to develop some finger indenpency and to train your ear a bit on intervals...

Enjoy, Paolo

[blackbassist]

i like that exercise...
here are some from google
http://www.activebass.com/default.as...ew.pl%3Fl%3D36

[iplaybassguitar]

Originally Posted by pmaraziti

Hi, not sure if you refer to the famous Patitucci Spider exercise... if so.. here you go.. I've stolen from an other thread some time back... I owe some copy rights to somebody.. well actually to Patitucci !

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An other exercise I'm doing is running 2 scales in parallel separated by a certain interval 2nd Major, 3rd Major etc ... you need to play them at least for 2 octaves. It's nice to develop some finger indenpency and to train your ear a bit on intervals...

Enjoy, Paolo

thanks a lot for the spider excersize...could you further explain that parallel one more though? i kinda get it but not really sure...

[thebassclef]

The Patitucci Spider Excersise is the one talked about in the Prcatice schedule forum, But this is the one I learned when playing Geetaaaw tranposed for bass. When you play it, , your hand looks like a spider crawling on the neck. This is just the first 6 positions. The pattern is the same for the rest of the neck.

|--------------------------------------------------0--1---------|
|--------------------------0--1--------------2--3--------2--3---|
|--0--1--------------2--3--------2--3--0--1---------------------|
|--------2--3--0--1---------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------1--2---------|
|--------------------------1--2--------------3--4--------3--4---|
|--1--2--------------3--4--------3--4--1--2---------------------|
|--------3--4--1--2---------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------2--3---------|
|--------------------------2--3--------------4--5--------4--5---|
|--2--3--------------4--5--------4--5--2--3---------------------|
|--------4--5--2--3---------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------------3--4---------|
|--------------------------3--4--------------5--6--------5--6---|
|--3--4--------------5--6--------5--6--3--4---------------------|
|--------5--6--3--4---------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------4--5---------|
|--------------------------4--5--------------6--7--------6--7---|
|--4--5--------------6--7--------6--7--4--5---------------------|
|--------6--7--4--5---------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------5--6---------|
|--------------------------5--6--------------7--8--------7--8---|
|--5--6--------------7--8--------7--8--5--6---------------------|
|--------7--8--5--6---------------------------------------------|

[pmaraziti]

Originally Posted by iplaybassguitar

thanks a lot for the spider excersize...could you further explain that parallel one more though? i kinda get it but not really sure...

Basically you select a scale (say C) and an interval (say 3rd Major). Then you start with the root (C) then the root + selcted interval (E) and then with the example selected you'd go D and F... you play say in 8th notes ... here an example that I wrote very very quickly now... so I hope to not have done mistakes !



Enjoy

Paolo

[iplaybassguitar]

hey pmaraziti where are you getting these examples? is there a site out there that has all these great examples writte out? if there is could you hook a brother up?
thanks man

[pmaraziti]

Originally Posted by iplaybassguitar

hey pmaraziti where are you getting these examples? is there a site out there that has all these great examples writte out? if there is could you hook a brother up?
thanks man

I've got the first one from a fellow TBer that published in the technique section some time back. For the last one I posted, this was the result of some class taken combined with a bit of my imagination, that's really it. But if you look at www.activebass.com you might find soem useful lessons as well.

Enjoy, Paolo

[pmaraziti]

Originally Posted by iplaybassguitar

hey pmaraziti where are you getting these examples? is there a site out there that has all these great examples writte out? if there is could you hook a brother up?
thanks man

I've got the first one from a fellow TBer that published in the technique section some time back. For the last one I posted, this was the result of some class taken combined with a bit of my imagination, that's really it. But if you look at www.activebass.com you might find some useful lessons as well.

Enjoy, Paolo

[pmaraziti]

Sorry...my browser got stuck while publishing the first reply, and by mistake I posted it twice (it's not an attempt of cheating to reach Munji's posting record ! )

P.

[pmaraziti]

Well this morning was thinking about this post, and I made a mistake... the attached sheet doesn't respect what I said about the interval (e.g. it's not always 3rd Major). The rule that applies to that sheet is the constance of the scale interval (e.g. in the example is the III of the scale).

Of course that can be played also with fixed intervals.

P.